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31988R1791 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1791/88 of 24 June 1988 determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice are to be carried out during the 1987/88 wine year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1791/88
of 24 June 1988
determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice are to be carried out during the 1987/88 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1441/88 (2), and in particular Articles 46 (5) and 81 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 of 11 June 1985 fixing the conversion rates to be applied in agriculture (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1604/88 (6),
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 of 9 December 1985 on the organization of campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1337/87 (8), provides that the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice are to be carried out and the total amounts allocated for the financing of the campaigns in each of the said Member States must be determined for each wine year;
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2372/87 of 31 July 1987 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of aid for the use of grapes, grape must and concentrated grape must for the manufacture of grape juice and fixing the aid for the 1987/88 wine-growing year (9), fixed the proportion of the aid to be used for the financing of promotional campaigns at 35 %;
Whereas the amount available for such financing depends on the quantities of the products in respect of which the aid is to be granted; whereas the budget estimate adopted for the financing of the 1985/86 and 1986/87 promotional campaigns turned out to be some 250 000 ECU too low; whereas the amount available for financing to measure for 1987/88 is estimated at 4 270 000 ECU; whereas in this way the total budget available for 1987/88 is 4 520 000 ECU;
Whereas the amount adopted is not sufficient to enable effective campaigns to be mounted throughout the Community; whereas it therefore appears advisable to continue to operate promotional schemes in those Member States in which such schemes were undertaken during the previous wine year; whereas however in order to determine the potential effects of a campaign in Belgium a sum should be assigned to that Member State that will enable it to finance a study on this matter; whereas schemes financed from the budget adopted for Spain should, moreover, be restricted to that Member State in view of its limited possibilities for disposing of the product in question other than on the domestic market;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
1. For the 1987/88 wine year, campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice as provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 shall be carried out in the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
The total amount for the financing of these campaigns shall be:
- 1 452 000 ECU for the Federal Republic of Germany,
- 1 295 000 ECU for France,
- 752 000 ECU for Italy,
- 1 000 000 ECU for Spain.
An amount of 20 000 ECU is also assigned for a study in Belgium to determine the utility of a promotional campaign in Belgium.
2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be converted into national currency using the representative rate applicable in the wine sector on 1 September 1987.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001D0399 | 2001/399/EC: Commission Decision of 7 May 2001 recognising the fully operational character of the French database for bovine animals (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1183)
| Commission Decision
of 7 May 2001
recognising the fully operational character of the French database for bovine animals
(notified under document number C(2001) 1183)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/399/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97(1), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,
Having regard to the request submitted by France,
Whereas:
(1) On 3 December 1999 the French authorities submitted to the Commission a request asking for recognition of the fully operational character of their database that forms part of the French system for the identification and registration of bovine animals.
(2) The French request was accompanied by appropriate information that was updated on 24 January 2001.
(3) The French authorities have undertaken to improve the reliability of this database ensuring in particular that (i) the delays for notification of movements, births and deaths shall be shortened to seven days at maximum, and the procedure for the control of these delays is introduced, (ii) all kinds of movements shall be recorded in the database, (iii) the existing measures for prompt correction of any errors or deficiencies which could be detected automatically or following the appropriate on-the-spot inspections, are reinforced. The French authorities have undertaken to implement those improvement measures at the latest by 1 September 2001. The French authorities have undertaken to inform the Commission in the event of any problems occurring during the implementation period of the abovementioned measures.
(4) In view of the situation in France, it is appropriate to recognise the fully operational character of the database for bovine animals,
The French database for bovine animals is recognised as fully operational from 2 September 2001.
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32014D0794 | 2014/794/EU: Council Decision of 7 November 2014 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Cultural Cooperation set up by the Protocol on cultural cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, as regards the establishment of a list of 15 arbitrators
| 15.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 330/40
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 November 2014
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Cultural Cooperation set up by the Protocol on cultural cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, as regards the establishment of a list of 15 arbitrators
(2014/794/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 167(3) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 6 October 2010. The Agreement contains a Protocol on Cultural Cooperation (‘the Protocol’) which, according to Article 1 thereof, sets up the framework within which the Parties cooperate for facilitating exchanges regarding cultural activities, goods and services, including, inter alia, in the audiovisual sector.
(2) Pursuant to Article 15.10.5 of the Agreement, it has been provisionally applied in part by Council Decision 2011/265/EU (2) (‘the Decision’) since 1 July 2011, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.
(3) Pursuant to Article 6 of the Decision, the position to be taken by the Union in the Committee on Cultural Cooperation (‘the Committee’) on decisions having legal effects shall be determined by the Council acting in accordance with the Treaty.
(4) Article 3bis of the Protocol provides that the Committee shall, promptly after its establishment, establish a list of 15 individuals to serve as arbitrators.
(5) The Union should determine the position to be taken in the Committee with regard to the establishment of the list of arbitrators.
(6) The position of the Union within the Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Committee on Cultural Cooperation, set up by the Protocol on cultural cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, as regards the establishment of the list of 15 individuals to serve as arbitrators shall be based on the draft decision of the Committee on Cultural Cooperation attached to this Decision.
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32004R2213 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2213/2004 of 21 December 2004 determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2004 for import licences for certain pigmeat sector products under the regime provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted
| 22.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 374/57
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2213/2004
of 21 December 2004
determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2004 for import licences for certain pigmeat sector products under the regime provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The applications for import licences lodged for the first quarter of 2005 are for quantities less than the quantities available and can therefore be met in full.
(2) The quantity available for the following period should be determined.
(3) It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to the fact that licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community,
1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 January to 31 March 2005 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.
2. For the period 1 April to 30 June 2005, applications may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 for import licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
3. Licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.
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31987R1916 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1916/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing the production target price, the production aid and the intervention price for olive oil for the 1987/88 marketing year, as well as the minimum quantity referred to in Article 5 (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
| (1) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1916/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing the production target price, the production aid and the intervention price for olive oil for the 1987/88 marketing year, as well as the maximum quantity referred to in Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof
, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 89 (1), 92 (3), 234 (2) and 290 (3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the common organization of the market in oils and fats (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 (3), and in particular
Articles 4 (4) and 5 (1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (4), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (5), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (6), Whereas, when the production target price for olive oil is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contribution which the Community desires to make to the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices; Whereas the target price referred to above must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC; Whereas, if the producer is to receive a fair income, production aid must be fixed in the light of the impact which the consumption aid has on part only of the production; Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the maximum quantity that may be eligible for the unitary production aid fixed for each of the marketing years in question is to be fixed; whereas, pursuant to the criteria referred to in the said paragraph, the maximum quantity for each of the 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketing years should be as set out below; Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in
Article 8
of Regulation No 136/66/EEC; Whereas, as a result of the application of Articles 68 and 236 of the Act of Accession, the intervention price for olive oil in Spain and Portugal differs from the common prices; whereas, under Articles 92 (2) and 290 (2) of the Act of Accession, the intervention prices for olive oil applicable in Spain and Portugal must, as from the entry into force of the adjustment of the acquis communautaire with relation to vegetable oils and fats, be aligned on the common prices in accordance with the detailed rules specified in the second indent of the said paragraphs; whereas the prices should be aligned in accordance with those detailed rules from the beginning of the marketing year following that in which it is established that the acquis communautaire has been adjusted; Whereas, following the entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 the adjustment of the acquis communautaire should be established as having taken place; whereas, accordingly, the intervention prices applicable in Spain and Portugal in 1987/88 should be fixed in accordance with the second indent of articles 92 (2) and 290 (2) of the Act of Accession; Whereas Articles 95 and 293 of the Act of Accession provide for the granting of Community aid for the production of olive oil in Spain and in Portugal; whereas, pursuant to Articles 79 and 246 of that Act, the amounts of the Community aid in Spain and Portugal should be aligned on the common aid at the beginning of the marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment result in the Spanish and Portuguese aid rates shown below; Whereas the production target price and the intervention price are fixed for a specific standard quality; whereas the reasons which led to the determination of the standard quality for the 1981/82 marketing year are still valid; whereas that standard quality should therefore remain unchanged; Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, a percentage of the production earmarked for producers may be allocated to the financing of regional measures to improve the quality of olive oil production; whereas such measures are necessary, in particular for plant health reasons, in certain production regions; whereas some of the said aid should therefore be allocated to the financing of such measures; Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 (d) (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the percentage of the production aid that may be withheld for recognized organizations of olive oil producers or associations thereof should be fixed; Whereas, however, taking into account the fact that it appears opportune to re-examine the tasks which must be entrusted to those organizations, the fixing of the percentage of production aid for the 1987/88 marketing year should be suspended -
For the 1987/88 marketing year, the production target price, the production aid and the intervention price of olive oil shall be as follows:(a) production traget price: 322, 56 ECU/100 kg;(b)production aid:- for Spain: 20,83 ECU/100 kg,- for Portugal: 14,19 ECU/100 kg,- for the Community of Ten: 70,95 ECU/100 kg; (c)production aid for growers whose average production does not exceed 200 kilograms of olive oil per year:- for Spain: 21,95 ECU/100 kg,- for Portugal: 15,31 ECU/100 kg,- for the Community of Ten: 80,95 ECU/100 kg; (d)intervention price:- for Spain: 144,81 ECU/100 kg,- for Portugal: 201,72 ECU/100 kg,- for the Community of Ten: 216,24 ECU/100 kg.
The prices specified in Article 1 shall relate to ordinary virgin olive oil with a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, of 3, 3 grams per 100 grams.
1. For the 1987/88 marketing year, 2 % of the production aid earmarked for olive oil producers shall be allocated to the financing of specific measures to improve the quality of olive oil in each producer Member State. 2. Notwithstanding
0
(d) (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the percentage of the amount of production aid which may be adopted for organizations of olive oil producers or associations thereof recognized under the said Regulation, may be fixed for the 1987/88 marketing year not later than 1 November 1987.
The maximum production of olive oil referred to in Article 5 (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be 1 350 000 tonnes for each of the 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketing years.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 November 1987.
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32012R0676 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 676/2012 of 23 July 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 24.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 196/55
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 676/2012
of 23 July 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003R0045 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 45/2003 of 10 January 2003 correcting Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 45/2003
of 10 January 2003
correcting Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 of 26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for eggs(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 5/2001(2), and in particular Article 10(3) and Article 20(1) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The text of the Italian version of Article 12(4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) 1651/2001(4), is incorrect. The Italian version should therefore be corrected.
(2) According to the last amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 the farming methods may be indicated on all eggs and not only on eggs of Grade "A". The Swedish version should therefore be corrected accordingly.
(3) Farming methods may be indicated on all packs containing eggs and not only on small packs. The Dutch version should therefore be corrected accordingly.
(4) The measurements provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation (EEC) No 1274/91 is corrected as follows:
1. for the Italian version only:
in Article 12(4) the words in brackets "(entro un raggio di 20 km dal centro di imballaggio e)" shall be deleted;
2. for the Swedish version only:
in Article 18(1), third line, the words "av klass 'A'" and "sĂĽdana" shall be deleted;
3. for the Dutch version only:
in Article 18(1), second line, the term "kleine" shall be deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R2078 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2078/2003 of 27 November 2003 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2078/2003
of 27 November 2003
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on the Community and world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 28 of that Regulation. The same Article provides that the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into account.
(3) The refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of the standard quality. The latter is defined in Annex I, point II, to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 28(4) of that Regulation. Candy sugar is defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector(2). The refund thus calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content.
(4) In special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixed by other legal instruments.
(5) The refund must be fixed every two weeks. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) The first subparagraph of Article 27(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that refunds on the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation may vary according to destination, where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary.
(7) The significant and rapid increase in preferential imports of sugar from the western Balkan countries since the start of 2001 and in exports of sugar to those countries from the Community seems to be highly artificial.
(8) To prevent any abuse through the re-import into the Community of sugar products in receipt of an export refund, no refund should be set for all the countries of the western Balkans for the products covered by this Regulation.
(9) Import duties and export refunds still apply to certain sugar products traded between the Community, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, hereinafter referred to as "new Member States", of the other part, and the level of export refunds is appreciably greater than the level of import duties. In view of the accession of these countries to the Community on 1 May 2004, the appreciable gap between the level of import duties and the level of export refunds granted for the products in question may result in speculative trade flows.
(10) To prevent any abuse through the re-import or re-introduction into the Community of sugar products in receipt of an export refund, no refund or levy should be set for all the new Member States for the products covered by this Regulation.
(11) In view of the above and of the present situation on the market in sugar, and in particular of the quotations or prices for sugar within the Community and on the world market, refunds should be set at the appropriate amounts.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 November 2003.
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31985D0472 | 85/472/EEC: Commission Decision of 2 October 1985 on health protection measures in respect of Zimbabwe
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 October 1985
on health protection measures in respect of Zimbabwe
(85/472/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas the Member States should be granted the option of authorizing imports into their territory, under certain conditions and from certain regions, of fresh meat from Zimbabwe, taking into account, in particular, the existing health situation in that country and the measures taken by that country's authorities to combat foot-and-mouth disease and to avoid its spreading into other, unaffected regions;
Whereas outbreaks of exotic foot-and-mouth disease have occurred from time to time in certain southern areas of Zimbabwe; whereas, however, other parts of the country have been free of the disease for a number of years;
Whereas strict measures, in particular the prohibition of movements of livestock from the southern regions of Zimbabwe to the disease-free region of Mashonaland, are applied, except in the case of livestock for immediate slaughter; whereas the southern regions are clearly demarcated from the disease-free region; whereas measures are applied throughout the country to monitor the movements of livestock and to detect any outbreak of the disease;
Whereas the central veterinary authorities of Zimbabwe have confirmed that Zimbabwe has remained free of foot-and-mouth disease since September 1984 and have undertaken to inform the Member States and the Commission of any new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease therein within 24 hours, by telex or telegram, or of an alteration to their vaccination policy against it;
Whereas the competent authorities of Zimbabwe have given assurances that meat intended for the Community will be produced, handled and stored entirely separately from meat which does not fulfil the terms of this Decision;
Whereas this Decision will be reviewed in the light of the developing animal health situation in Zimbabwe and in particular of the appearance of foot-and-mouth disease, of the vaccination policy employed, of the designation of buffer zones and of the designation of regions from which animals, whose meat is intended for export to the Community, are acceptable;
Whereas the animal health requirements of Member States, pursuant to Article 16 of Directive 72/462/EEC relating to imports of meat from Zimbabwe, have not yet been laid down at Community level; whereas, pending the entry into force of such requirements, the Member States may continue to apply their national animal health rules on imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The prohibition provided for in Article 14 (2) of Directive 72/462/EEC shall not apply to the veterinary region of Mashonaland in Zimbabwe in respect of boned carcase meat (excluding offal).
If a Member State authorizes the importation into its own territory of fresh meat exclusively from boned carcases of animals of the bovine species coming from the region referred to in Article 1 and slaughtered in that region, the following conditions shall apply:
- the meat shall satisfy the requirements of the specimen health certificate annexed hereto; the certificate shall accompany the meat during transport to the importing Member State,
- the meat shall not enter the importing Member State's territory for at least 21 days from the date of slaughter,
- the meat shall come from bovine animals coming from the region mentioned in Article 1.
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32006R0549 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 549/2006 of 3 April 2006 establishing a prohibition of fishing for Northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L by vessels flying the flag of a Member State other than Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania
| 5.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 96/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 549/2006
of 3 April 2006
establishing a prohibition of fishing for Northern prawn in NAFO zone 3L by vessels flying the flag of a Member State other than Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2006.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flags of or registered in the Member States referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member States referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flags of or registered in the Member States referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002D0266 | 2002/266/EC: Council Decision of 25 March 2002 authorising France to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to biofuels in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC
| Council Decision
of 25 March 2002
authorising France to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to biofuels in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC
(2002/266/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/81/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on mineral oils(1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By letter dated 17 November 2000, France requested authorisation to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to vegetable oil esters incorporated into domestic heating fuel and diesel, and to ethyl alcohol derivatives (where the alcohol component is of agricultural origin) incorporated into premium grade or regular petrol. The ethyl alcohol derivative principally concerned is ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), an oxygenated compound made up of alcohol of agricultural origin and of isobutene, a product resulting from oil refining.
(2) Following the Commission's requests for further information, France supplied the details necessary for examination of the matter in letters dated 18 January and 21 February 2001.
(3) The other Member States have been notified of this request.
(4) The Commission had to ask for the matter to be raised by the Council, by letter dated 19 April 2001, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC.
(5) The Commission and the Council have been encouraging the development of renewable energies, and biofuels in particular, since 1985. Council Directive 85/536/EEC of 8 December 1985 on crude oil savings through the use of substitute fuel components in petrol(2) stresses the role of biofuels in reducing Member States' dependence on oil imports and authorises the incorporation into petrol of up to 5 % of ethanol by volume and up to 15 % of ETBE by volume. Under Council Decisions 93/500/EEC(3) and 98/352/EC(4) and Decision 646/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(5), the Altener programme on promoting renewable energies in the Community was adopted with the aim of securing a market share for biofuels of 5 % of total motor vehicle fuel consumption by 2005. The 1997 White Paper on renewable sources of energy further recommended setting an objective of the production of 18 million tonnes of liquid biofuels by 2010 as part of an overall goal of doubling the share of renewables in EU energy consumption by the same year. The Commission's Green Paper Towards a European strategy for energy supply security stresses the key role of tax instruments in achieving these aims by reducing the difference in cost price between biofuels and competing products. On 12 March 1997, the Commission submitted a proposal for a directive restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products which envisages the possibility of an exemption for biofuels outside the context of a pilot project within the meaning of Article 8(2)(d) of Directive 92/81/EEC. Lastly, on 7 November 2001, the Commission adopted an action plan and two proposals for directives on encouraging the use of substitute fuels in the transport sector, starting with regulatory and tax measures designed to promote biofuels.
(6) The exemption requested by the French authorities is therefore in line with the Community's policy of developing the biofuel sector, in the interests of protecting the environment and ensuring security of energy supply.
(7) The French legal arrangement is based on Article 25 of the amending finance law of 1997, on Decree No 98-309 of 22 April 1998 laying down the requirements for participation in the invitation to tender for the release for home use in France of biofuels giving rise to a reduction in domestic consumption tax, and on the decision of 22 April 1998 setting up the Committee for the examination of authorisation requests by biofuel production units.
(8) This arrangement, which has been in force since 1 November 1997, was established on the basis of the Commission decision of 9 April 1997 (hereinafter "the decision of 9 April 1997") declaring that the domestic tax reductions on vegetable oil esters and ETBE constituted State aid compatible with the common market. The 1997 decision stated that the scheme concerned qualified as a pilot project.
(9) The 1997 French legal arrangement for the differentiation of excise duties (hereinafter "the 1997 arrangement" is not limited in time. It provides for the issue by the French authorities of an authorisation allowing a reduction in excise duties for approved warehousekeepers carrying out the mixing of biofuels and mineral oils. Authorisations are granted for a period of three to nine years from the date of issue.
(10) Details of the 1997 arrangement are given in the table below:
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(11) The 1997 arrangement complies with the minimum rates of excise duty referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Council Directive 92/82/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral oils(6), as indicated in the following table:
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(12) On the entry of biofuels into refineries under customs control (tax production or storage warehouse) where they are to be incorporated into petroleum products, an exemption certificate is issued to the operator carrying out the operation for an amount corresponding to the volume received multiplied by the exemption rate. These certificates are then set against the declarations of release for home use of petroleum products.
(13) Where the mixing is carried out in a Member State other than France, the document accompanying the product states that the petroleum product contains a biofuel and specifies its nature. When the excise duty falls due in France, an exemption certificate is issued for an amount corresponding to the volume of biofuel contained in the petroleum product multiplied by the exemption rate.
(14) The exemption requested under Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC is based on the 1997 arrangement. However, it will be adapted to take account both of this Decision and the Commission's final decision on the compatibility of the State aids to promote biofuels.
(15) Exceptionally, in view of the specific and unique circumstances of the case, this Decision must be applied with effect from 1 November 1997 and relate also to the exemptions granted since the entry into force of the 1997 arrangement.
(16) According to the decision of 9 April 1997, the domestic tax reductions on vegetable oil esters and ETBE constituted State aid compatible with the common market. That decision stipulated that the scheme concerned qualified as a pilot project and therefore came within the scope of Article 8(2)(d) of Directive 92/81/EEC which allows Member States to apply for exemptions or reductions in the rate of excise duty applied to mineral oils used in the field of pilot projects for the technological development of more environmentally-friendly products, in particular in relation to fuels from renewable resources. A specific decision authorising differentiated rates of excise duty based on Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC was not therefore considered necessary. In the light of the legal context and the Community legislative policy referred to in the fifth recital above, therefore, the economic operators who received the domestic tax reductions provided for by the 1997 arrangement can be considered as having acted in good faith.
(17) In its judgment of 27 September 2000 in Case T-184/87 (BP Chemicals v. Commission)(7) the Court of First Instance of the European Communities annulled the part of the decision of 9 April 1997 relating to the ETBE sector.
(18) That case related to an application to annul the decision of 9 April 1997 submitted by BP Chemicals, the main European producer of synthetic ethanol. The Court dismissed as inadmissible the application against the 1997 decision as that decision related to measures applicable to the esters sector. The Court concluded that the measures relating to the esters sector did not bring about a significant change in the applicant's legal situation and consequently did not affect its interests. In relation to the measures applicable to the ETBE sector, the Court considered that the Commission had infringed Article 8(2)(d) of Directive 92/81/EEC by deciding that the contested scheme could be regarded as a pilot project within the meaning of that Article. The Court concluded that, by infringing Article 8(2)(d) of Directive 92/81/EEC, the Commission had exceeded the powers conferred on it by Article 93(3) of the Treaty.
(19) Paragraph 78 of the Court's judgment states that there is no reason why a decision cannot be adopted by the Council in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC on tax exemption schemes to promote the market penetration of biofuels. The Court did not therefore find the exemption illegal on substantive grounds but considered that the procedure in Article 8(4) of the Directive should be applied.
(20) As a result of the annulment of the part of the decision of 9 April 1997 relating to the ETBE sector, therefore, that part of the dossier reverts in law to the stage prior to the adoption of the annulled decision, i.e. in 1997.
(21) Moreover, even if the Court's judgment does not concern the esters sector, on account of the inadmissibility of that part of the application, it nevertheless seems logical that the measures applicable to the esters sector would likewise not be part of pilot projects within the meaning of Article 8(2)(d) of Directive 92/81/EEC. The current application by the French authorities is, accordingly, the logical consequence of the partial annulment of the Commission decision of 9 April 1997 insofar as it puts the exemption into the appropriate procedural framework.
(22) Following the Court's ruling, on 29 November 2000 the Commission initiated the procedure provided for by Article 88(2) of the Treaty in relation to State aid C 64/2000 (French biofuels)(8) concerning the ETBE sector. The French national legal arrangement is being examined in this context with effect from its entry into force on 1 November 1997.
(23) Exemptions unlimited in time cannot be authorised. A period of six years is sufficient in economic terms to meet the planning needs of investment projects in the case in question. Individual exemptions of a maximum duration of six years from the date of issue of the authorisation would be appropriate for biofuel production units. The biofuel production units must have received authorisation from the French authorities by 31 December 2003 at the latest.
(24) Distortions of competition should be limited and the incentive of a reduction in costs for producers and distributors of biofuels maintained, in particular by the implementation of excise reduction mechanisms adapted to changes in raw material prices.
(25) The Commission regularly reviews reductions and exemptions to check that they do not distort competition or hinder the operation of the internal market and are not incompatible with Community policy on protection of the environment, energy and transport,
1. France is hereby authorised to grant permits for the application of a differentiated rate of excise duty to the fuel mixture "petrol/ethyl alcohol derivatives whose alcohol component is of agricultural origin".
2. France is hereby authorised to grant permits for the application of a differentiated rate of excise duty to the fuel mixture "diesel/vegetable oil esters".
3. To allow a reduction in excise duty on blends incorporating vegetable oil esters and ethyl alcohol derivatives which are used as fuel within the meaning of Directive 92/81/EEC, the French authorities must issue the necessary permits to the biofuel production units concerned by 31 December 2003 at the latest.
The authorisations will be valid for a maximum of six years from the date of issue.
The reduction specified in the authorisation may be applied after 31 December 2003 until the expiry of the authorisation. It may not be extended.
4. The reductions in excise duties shall not exceed EUR 35,06/hl or EUR 396,64/t for vegetable oil esters and EUR 50,23/hl or EUR 297,35/t for ethyl alcohol derivatives used in the mixtures referred to in paragraph 1.
5. The rates of duty applicable to the mixtures referred to in paragraph 1 must comply with the terms of Directive 92/82/EEC, and in particular the minimum rates laid down in Articles 4 and 5 thereof.
1. France is hereby authorised to grant permits for the application of a differentiated rate of excise duty to the mixture "domestic heating fuel/vegetable oil esters".
2. To allow a reduction in excise duty on blends incorporating vegetable oil esters and used as fuel within the meaning of Directive 92/81/EEC, the French authorities must issue the necessary permits to the biofuel production units concerned by 31 December 2003 at the latest.
The authorisations will be valid for a maximum of six years from the date of issue.
The reduction specified in the authorisation may be applied after 31 December 2003 until the expiry of the authorisation, but may not be extended.
3. The reductions in excise duties shall not exceed EUR 35,06/hl or EUR 396,64/t for the vegetable oil esters used in the mixtures referred to in paragraph 1.
4. The rates of duty applicable to the mixture referred to in paragraph 1 must comply with the terms of Directive 92/82/EEC, and in particular the minimum rate laid down in Article 3 thereof.
The reductions in excise duty shall be adjusted to take account of changes in the price of raw materials to avoid over-compensating for the extra costs involved in the manufacture of biofuels.
This Decision shall apply with effect from 1 November 1997.
It shall expire on 31 December 2003.
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32008L0012 | Directive 2008/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission
| 19.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 76/39
DIRECTIVE 2008/12/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 March 2008
amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) provides that certain measures are to be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4).
(2) Decision 1999/468/EC has been amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, which introduced the regulatory procedure with scrutiny for the adoption of measures of general scope and designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty, inter alia, by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument with new non-essential elements.
(3) In accordance with the statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (5) concerning Decision 2006/512/EC, for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be applicable to instruments adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty which are already in force, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures.
(4) The Commission should be empowered to adapt Annex III and to adopt and revise detailed rules for exports and for the labelling of batteries and accumulators. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2006/66/EC, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
(5) Directive 2006/66/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Since the amendments made to Directive 2006/66/EC by this Directive are technical in nature and concern committee procedure only, they do not need to be transposed by the Member States. It is therefore not necessary to lay down provisions to that effect,
Amendments
Directive 2006/66/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 10(4) shall be replaced by the following:
2. the first sentence of Article 12(6) shall be replaced by the following:
3. Article 15(3) shall be replaced by the following:
4. Article 17 shall be replaced by the following:
5. Article 21 shall be amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
(b) paragraph 7 shall be replaced by the following:
6. Article 24(3) shall be replaced by the following:
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002R0777 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 777/2002 of 7 May 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the granting of private storage aid for certain cheeses in the 2002/03 marketing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 777/2002
of 7 May 2002
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the granting of private storage aid for certain cheeses in the 2002/03 marketing year
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 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 private storage aid may be granted for long-keeping cheeses and for cheeses which are manufactured from sheep's and/or goat's milk and require at least six months to mature, if for those cheeses price developments and the stock situation indicate a serious imbalance of the market which may be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage. The seasonal nature of the production of certain long-keeping cheeses and Pecorino Romano, Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheese is aggravated by the fact that the seasonality of consumption is the inverse of the seasonality of production. The fragmented production of such cheeses further aggravates the consequences of that seasonality. Therefore, provision should be made for recourse to seasonal storage in respect of a quantity corresponding to the difference between summer and winter production.
(2) The types of cheeses eligible for aid and the maximum quantities which may benefit from it should be laid down, as well as the duration of the contracts in relation to the real requirements of the market and the keeping qualities of the cheeses in question.
(3) It is necessary to specify the terms of the storage contract and the measures to enable the cheese covered by a contract to be identified and subjected to checks. The amount of aid shall be fixed with reference to storage costs and the balance to be maintained between cheeses for which aid is granted and other cheeses coming on the market.
(4) Detailed rules should also be laid down regarding documentation, accounting and the frequency and nature of checks. In this connection, it should be laid down that the Member States may provide that the costs of controls be fully or in part charged to the contractor.
(5) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Purpose
This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the granting, under Article 9 of that Regulation, of private storage aid for certain cheeses (hereinafter referred to as "aid") in the 2002/03 marketing year.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "storage lot" means a quantity of cheese weighing at least two tonnes, of the same type and taken into storage in a single storage depot on a single day;
(b) "day of commencement of contractual storage" means the day following that of entry into storage;
(c) "last day of contractual storage" means the day before that of removal from storage.
Cheeses eligible for aid
1. Aid shall be granted in respect of certain long-keeping cheeses and Pecorino Romano, Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheese under the terms laid down in the Annex.
2. The cheeses must have been manufactured in the Community and satisfy the following conditions:
(a) be indelibly marked with an indication of the undertaking in which they were manufactured and of the day and month of manufacture; this may take the form of a code;
(b) have undergone quality tests which establish their classification after maturing in the categories laid down in the Annex.
Storage contract
1. Contracts relating to the private storage of cheese shall be concluded between the intervention agency of the Member State on whose territory the cheese is stored and natural or legal persons, hereinafter called "contractors".
2. Storage contracts shall be drawn up in writing on the basis of an application to draw up a contract.
Applications must reach intervention agencies within no more than 30 days of the date of entry into store and may relate only to lots of cheese which have been fully taken into storage. Intervention agencies shall register their date of receipt.
If an application reaches the intervention agency within 10 working days following the deadline, a storage contract may still be concluded but the aid shall be reduced by 30 %.
3. Storage contracts shall be concluded for one or more storage lots and shall include, in particular, provisions concerning:
(a) the quantity of cheese to which the contract applies;
(b) the dates relating to the execution of the contract;
(c) the amount of aid;
(d) the identity of the storage depots.
4. Storage contracts shall be concluded within no more than 30 days of the date of registration of the application to draw up a contract.
5. The control measures, particularly those referred to in Article 7, shall be the subject of specifications drawn up by the intervention agency. The storage contract shall refer to these specifications.
Entry into and removal from storage
1. The periods of entry into and removal from storage shall be as laid down in the Annex.
2. Removal from storage shall be in whole storage lots.
3. Where, at the end of the first 60 days of contractual storage, the deterioration in the quality of the cheese is greater than is normal in store, contractors may be authorised, once per storage lot, to replace the defective quantity, at their own expense.
If checks during storage or on removal reveal defective quantities, no aid may be paid for those quantities. In addition, the part of the lot which is still eligible for aid may not be less than two tonnes. The same rule shall apply where part of a lot is removed before the start of the period of removal from storage referred to in paragraph 1 or before expiry of the minimum storage period referred to in Article 8(2).
4. For the purpose of calculating the aid in the case referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, the first day of contractual storage shall be the day of commencement of contractual storage.
Storage conditions
1. The Member State shall ensure that all the conditions granting entitlement to payment of the aid are fulfilled.
2. The contractor or, at the request of the Member State or with its authorisation, the person responsible for the storage depot, shall make available to the competent authority responsible for inspection, any documentation permitting verification of the following particulars of products placed in private storage:
(a) ownership at the time of placing in storage;
(b) the origin and the date of manufacture of the cheeses;
(c) the date of placing in storage;
(d) presence in the storage depot and the address of the depot;
(e) the date of removal from storage.
3. The contractor or, where applicable, the person responsible for the storage depot shall keep stock records available at the depot for each contract, covering:
(a) the identification, by storage lot number, of the products placed in private storage;
(b) the dates of entry into and removal from storage;
(c) the number of cheeses and their weight by storage lot;
(d) the location of the products in the storeroom.
4. Products stored must be easily identifiable, easily accessible and identified individually by contract. A special mark shall be affixed to stored cheeses.
Checks
1. On entry into storage the competent agency shall conduct checks in particular to ensure that products stored are eligible for the aid and to prevent any possibility of substitution of products during storage under contract.
2. The competent agency shall make an unannounced check, by sampling, to ensure that the products are present in the storage depot. The sample concerned must be representative and must correspond to at least 10 % of the overall quantity under contract for a private storage aid measure.
Such checks must include, in addition to an examination of the accounts referred to in Article 6(3), a physical check of the weight and type of products and their identification. Such physical checks must relate to at least 5 % of the quantity subjected to the unannounced check.
3. At the end of the contractual storage period, the competent agency shall check to see that products are present. However, where the products are still in storage after expiry of the maximum contractual storage period, this check may be made when the products are removed from storage.
For the purposes of the check referred to in the first subparagraph, the contractor shall inform the competent authority, indicating the storage lots concerned, at least five working days before:
(i) the expiry of the contractual storage period, or
(ii) the start of the removal operations, where these take place during or after the contractual storage period.
The Member State may accept a shorter time limit than five working days.
4. A report shall be drawn up on the checks carried out pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, specifying:
(a) the date of the check,
(b) its duration,
(c) the operations carried out.
The report must be signed by the inspector responsible and countersigned by the contractor or, as the case may be, the person responsible for the store, and must be included in the payment dossier.
5. In the case of irregularities affecting at least 5 % of the quantities of products subjected to the checks, the latter shall be extended to a larger sample to be determined by the competent agency.
The Member States shall notify such cases to the Commission within four weeks.
6. The Member States may provide that the costs of controls are to be fully or in part charged to the contractor.
Storage aid
1. The aid shall be as follows:
(a) EUR 35 per tonne for the fixed costs;
(b) EUR 0,35 per tonne per day of storage under contract for the warehousing costs;
(c) an amount per tonne per day of storage under contract for the financial costs, namely:
(i) EUR 0,36 for long-keeping cheeses;
(ii) EUR 0,46 for Pecorino Romano cheese;
(iii) EUR 0,51 for Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheese.
2. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage under contract for less than 60 days. The maximum aid payable shall not exceed an amount corresponding to 180 days' storage under contract.
Where the contractor fails to comply with the time limit referred to in the second and third subparagraphs of Article 7(3), the aid shall be reduced by 15 % and shall be paid only in respect of the period for which the contractor supplies satisfactory proof to the competent agency that the cheeses have remained in contractual storage.
3. The aid shall be paid on application by the contractor, at the end of the contractual storage period, within 120 days of receipt of the application, provided that the checks referred to in Article 7(3) have been carried out and that the conditions for entitlement to the aid have been met.
However, if it has been necessary to commence an administrative inquiry into entitlement to the aid, payment shall not be made until entitlement has been recognised.
Communication of information
The Member States shall notify the Commission by 15 January 2003 of the quantities of cheese for which storage contracts have been concluded.
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Entry into force
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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32008R1244 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1244/2008 of 12 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1614/2000 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 in respect of the definition of the concept of originating products used for the purposes of the scheme of generalised preferences to take account of the special situation of Cambodia regarding certain exports of textiles to the Community
| 13.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1244/2008
of 12 December 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1614/2000 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 in respect of the definition of the concept of originating products used for the purposes of the scheme of generalised preferences to take account of the special situation of Cambodia regarding certain exports of textiles to the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 247 thereof,
Having regard to 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 (2), and in particular Article 76 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (3), the Community granted generalised tariff preferences to Cambodia. Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 is due to lapse on 31 December 2008 but will be replaced as of 1 January 2009 by Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (4), which confirms the granting by the Community of the said tariff preferences to Cambodia.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 establishes the definition of the concept of originating products to be used for the purposes of the scheme of generalised tariff preferences. Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 also provides for a derogation from that definition in favour of least-developed beneficiary countries benefiting from the generalised system of preferences (GSP) which submit an appropriate request to that effect to the Community.
(3) Cambodia has benefited from such a derogation for certain textile products under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2000 (5), which has been prolonged several times, and is due to expire on 31 December 2008.
(4) By letters dated 31 July and 15 October 2008 Cambodia submitted a request for prolongation of the derogation in accordance with Article 76 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
(5) When the validity of Regulation (EC) No 1614/2000 was last extended, by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1807/2006 (6), it was expected that new, simpler and more development-friendly GSP rules of origin would be applicable before expiry of the derogation. However new GSP rules of origin have not yet been adopted and it is now expected that such rules of origin will not be in place before the end of 2009.
(6) The request demonstrates that the application of the rules of origin on sufficient working or processing and regional cumulation would affect significantly the ability of the Cambodian garment industry to continue its exports to the Community and deter investment. This would lead to further business closures and unemployment in that country. Furthermore, it seems that application of the GSP rules of origin currently applicable for even a short period would be liable to have the effect described.
(7) The period of prolongation of the derogation should cover the time necessary to adopt and implement new GSP rules of origin. Since the conclusion of longer-term contracts benefiting from the derogation is of particular importance to the stability and growth of Cambodian industry, the prolongation granted should be sufficiently long to permit the economic operators to conclude such contracts.
(8) As a consequence of the application of the future new rules of origin, the Cambodian products which are currently eligible for preferential tariff treatment only through application of the derogation should in future be able to qualify through application of the new rules of origin. The derogation will at that moment become superfluous. In order to ensure clarity for operators, it will therefore be necessary to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1614/2000 with effect from the date on which the new rules of origin apply.
(9) The derogation should therefore be prolonged until the date of application of the new rules of origin to be laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, but in any event it should cease to apply on 31 December 2010.
(10) Regulation (EC) No 1614/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1614/2000 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
The derogation provided for in Article 1 shall apply to products transported directly from Cambodia and imported into the Community up to the annual quantities listed in the Annex against each product during the period from 15 July 2000 until the date of application of an amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 in respect of the definition of the concept of originating products used for the purposes of the scheme of generalised preferences, but in any event that derogation shall cease to apply on 31 December 2010.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2009.
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32006D0058 | 2006/58/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2006 authorising the placing on the market of rye bread with added phytosterols/phytostanols as novel foods or novel food ingredients pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2006) 42) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 3.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 31/18
COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 January 2006
authorising the placing on the market of rye bread with added phytosterols/phytostanols as novel foods or novel food ingredients pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document number C(2006) 42)
(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/58/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 September 2001 Pharmaconsult Oy Ltd (formerly MultiBene Health Oy Ltd) made a request to the competent authorities of Finland for placing phytosterols on the market.
(2) On 17 January 2002 the competent authorities of Finland issued their initial assessment report.
(3) In their initial assessment report, Finland’s competent food assessment body came to the conclusion that the phytosterols/stanols are safe for human consumption.
(4) The Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to all Member States on 5 March 2002.
(5) Within the 60-day period laid down in Article 6(4) of the Regulation, reasoned objections to the marketing of the product were raised in accordance with that provision.
(6) The Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) in its opinion ‘General view on the long-term effects of the intake of elevated levels of phytosterols from multiple dietary sources, with particular attention to the effects on β-carotene’ of 26 September 2002 indicated that there was no evidence of additional benefits at intakes higher than 3 g/day and that high intakes might induce undesirable effects and that it was therefore prudent to avoid plant sterol intakes exceeding 3 g/day.
(7) Furthermore, the SCF, in its opinion on an application from MultiBene for approval of plant sterol enriched foods of 4 April 2003, reiterated its concerns about cumulative intakes from a wide range of foods with added phytosterols. However, at the same time the SCF confirmed that the addition of phytosterols to a wide range of bakery products was safe.
(8) In order to meet the concerns on cumulative intakes of phytosterols/phytostanols from different products Pharmaconsult Oy consequently agreed to reduce the original application on bakery products exclusively to rye bread.
(9) Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 of 31 March 2004 concerning the labelling of foods and food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters (2), ensures that consumers receive the information necessary in order to avoid excessive intake of additional phytosterols.
(10) The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health has not given a favourable opinion; the Commission therefore submitted a proposal to the Council on 22 August 2005 in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Council Decision 1999/468/EC (3), the Council being required to act within three months.
(11) However, the Council has not acted within the required time-limit; a Decision should now be adopted by the Commission,
Foods and food ingredients as described in Annex I with added phytosterols/phytostanols as specified in Annex II, hereinafter called the products, may be placed on the market in the Community.
The products shall be presented in such a manner that they can be easily divided into portions that contain either maximum 3 g (in case of one portion per day) or maximum 1 g (in case of three portions per day) of added phytosterols/phytostanols.
This Decision is addressed to Pharmaconsult Oy, Riippakoivunkuja 5, FIN-02130 Espoo. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32008D0847 | 2008/847/EC: Council Decision of 4 November 2008 on the eligibility of central Asian countries under Decision 2006/1016/EC granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans and loan guarantees for projects outside the Community
| 12.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 301/13
COUNCIL DECISION
of 4 November 2008
on the eligibility of central Asian countries under Decision 2006/1016/EC granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans and loan guarantees for projects outside the Community
(2008/847/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 181a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 2 of Decision 2006/1016/EC (1), for countries listed in Annex I and marked with an asterisk (*) and for others not listed in Annex I, eligibility for European Investment Bank (EIB) financing under Community guarantee is decided by the Council on a case by case basis in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 181a(2) of the Treaty.
(2) Annex I to Decision 2006/1016/EC includes five central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, among the countries marked with an (*).
(3) In the EU Strategy for a new partnership with central Asia, adopted by the European Council in its meeting of 21 and 22 June 2007, it is highlighted that the EIB should play an important role in financing projects of interest to the EU in central Asia.
(4) Since the macroeconomic conditions prevailing in the central Asian countries, and in particular the situation regarding external finances and debt sustainability, have improved in recent years as a result of strong economic growth and prudent macroeconomic policies, those countries should be allowed access to financing from the EIB,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan shall be eligible for EIB financing under Community guarantee in accordance with Decision 2006/1016/EC.
This Decision shall take effect on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004D0695 | 2004/695/EC:Commission Decision of 14 October 2004 on the lists of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2005 (notified under document number C(2004) 4010)
| 15.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 316/87
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 October 2004
on the lists of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2005
(notified under document number C(2004) 4010)
(2004/695/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 24(5) and Article 32 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Certain Member States have submitted programmes to the Commission for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases for which they wish to receive a financial contribution from the Community.
(2) Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (2), programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases are to be financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of that Regulation are to apply.
(3) In drawing up the list of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community for 2005, and the proposed rate and amount of the contribution for each programme, both the interest of each programme for the Community and the volume of available appropriations must be taken into account.
(4) In drawing up the list of programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community for 2005, and the proposed rate and amount of the contribution for each programme, the interest of each programme for the Community, its compliance with the technical provisions of relevant Community veterinary legislation and the volume of available appropriations must be taken into account.
(5) The Commission has considered each of the programmes submitted from both the veterinary and the financial point of view and is satisfied that those programmes should be included in the lists of programmes qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2005.
(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,
1. The programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases listed in Annex I shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 2005.
2. For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the proposed rate and amount of the financial contribution from the Community shall be as set out in Annex I.
1. The programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses listed in Annex II shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 2005.
2. For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the proposed rate and amount of the financial contribution from the Community shall be as set out in Annex II.
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 |
31997D0214 | 97/214/EC: Council Decision of 17 March 1997 authorizing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to apply a measure derogating from Article 9 of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
| COUNCIL DECISION of 17 March 1997 authorizing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to apply a measure derogating from Article 9 of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes (97/214/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1), and in particular Article 27 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 27 (1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorize any Member State to introduce special measures for derogation from that Directive in order to simplify the procedure for charging the tax or to prevent certain types of tax evasion or avoidance;
Whereas, by letter to the Commission registered on 6 December 1996, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland requested authorization to introduce a measure derogating from Article 9 of Directive 77/388/EEC;
Whereas the other Member States were informed on 20 December 1996 of the request made by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
Whereas the measure is necessary to counter the tax avoidance effects that have led a growing number of Community taxable and non-taxable persons to purchase telecommunications services outside the Community in order to avoid payment of VAT; whereas the measure is furthermore necessary to discourage suppliers of telecommunications services established in a Member State from establishing themselves outside the Community;
Whereas the measure is also necessary to simplify the procedure for charging the tax insofar as it provides the same tax obligations for customers of telecommunications services regardless of whether these services are performed by suppliers established inside or outside the Community;
Whereas the derogations will not affect, except to a negligible extent, the amount of tax due at the final consumption stage and will not therefore have an adverse effect on the European Communities' own resources arising from value-added tax;
Whereas it is necessary to grant this measure from 1 January 1997 in order to remedy as quickly as possible a situation undermining the competitiveness of European telecommunications companies; whereas from 1 January 1997 the customers and the suppliers of telecommunications services had no longer a legitimate confidence in the continuation of the legislation in force at that date;
Whereas it is desirable that the derogation should be granted until 31 December 1999, or, if a Directive altering the place of taxation of telecommunications services enters into force at an earlier date, until that date, in order to allow the Council to adopt a general Community solution based on the Commission proposal,
By way of derogation from Article 9 (1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is authorized to include, within Article 9 (2) (e) of the Directive, telecommunications services. In the case of a Member State making use of this facility, the provisions of Article 9 (3) (b) of the Directive shall also apply to these services.
Telecommunications services shall be deemed to be services relating to the transmission, emission or reception of signals, writing, images and sounds or information of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems, including the transfer or assignment of the right to use capacity for such transmission, emission or reception.
This Decision may be applied to telecommunications services in respect of which the chargeable event took place from 1 January 1997. It will also apply to prepayments made in respect of telecommunications services paid for before the date of implementation of this Decision by the Member State insofar as these prepayments cover supplies of telecommunications services which are performed after the date of implementation.
The authorization specified in this Decision shall apply until 31 December 1999, or, if a Directive altering the place of taxation of telecommunications services enters into force at an earlier date, until that date.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32010R0111 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 111/2010 of 8 February 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 9.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 36/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 111/2010
of 8 February 2010
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0384 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2004 of 1 March 2004 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2004
of 1 March 2004
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32005D0118(04) | Council Decision of 21 October 2004 appointing Spanish members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers
| 18.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 12/14
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 October 2004
appointing Spanish members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers
(2005/C 12/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (1), and in particular Article 82 thereof,
Having regard to the lists of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decision of 4 October 2004 (2) the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers for the period 23 September 2004 to 22 September 2006, with the exception of the Spanish members and alternate members;
(2) The Spanish Government has submitted the candidates for the seats to be filled,
The following are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers for the term of office expiring on 22 September 2006:
I. GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
Members Alternates
Mr Carlos GARCIA DE CORTAZAR NEBREDA Ms Concepción HERRERA FERNÁNDEZ
II. TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES
Members Alternates
Mr Julio RUIZ RUIZ Ms Ma Pilar ROC ALFARO
III. REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS' ORGANISATIONS
Members Alternates
Ms Pilar IGLESIAS VALCARCE Mr Roberto SUÁREZ SANTOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1830 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1830/2001 of 17 September 2001 amending the import duties in the cereals sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1830/2001
of 17 September 2001
amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1823/2001(5).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1823/2001,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1823/2001 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31996R0467 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 467/96 of 14 March 1996 exempting certain regions of Spain from the special set- aside obligation for the 1996/97 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 467/96 of 14 March 1996 exempting certain regions of Spain from the special set-aside obligation for the 1996/97 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2989/95 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas in the event of exceptional weather conditions the effect of which is to reduce arable crop yields to a level much lower than normal and to cause the base area of the region in question to be exceeded, producers in that region may be exempted from the special set-aside obligation without compensation;
Whereas the drought from which Spain has been suffering for many months has provoked such a reduction in yields in certain regions; whereas that drought constitutes a situation justifying total exemption from the special set-aside in those regions in Spain where the base area has been exceeded;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,
Producers of arable crops in the 'Secano` regions of the autonomous regions of Aragon, Castille-Leon and the Basque Country and in the 'Regadio` regions throughout Spain shall be exempted from the special set aside referred to in the second indent of Article 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 to be carried out in the 1996/97 marketing year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 15 January 1996.
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 |
32000D0151 | 2000/151/EC: Council Decision of 14 February 2000 appointing a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 February 2000
appointing a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2000/151/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 the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas:
A seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Volker Schemmel, alternate member, notified to the Council on 10 January 2000.
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Mr Hans Kaiser is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Volker Schemmel for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2002. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992D0348 | 92/348/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 June 1992 amending Commission Decision 92/25/EEC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 June 1992
amending Commission Decision 92/25/EEC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe
(92/348/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine, caprine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/25/EEC (3) as last amended by Decision 92/166/EEC (4) lays down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe; whereas this Decision provides that Member States shall authorize imports of boned carcase meat of bovine animals from the region of Mashonaland West in Zimbabwe;
Whereas the situation has improved in relation to foot-and-mouth disease and now it is possible to amend further the regionalization in Zimbabwe thereby allowing importation into the Community of fresh boned meat from the regions of Mashonaland East and Makoni;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Article 1 (1) of Decision 92/25/EEC after the words 'the veterinary region of Mashonaland West` insert 'the veterinary region of Mashonaland East and the veterinary region of Makoni`.
The Annex to Decision 92/25/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
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 |
32011R0273 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 273/2011 of 21 March 2011 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Bayerisches Rindfleisch/Rindfleisch aus Bayern (PGI))
| 22.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 76/36
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 273/2011
of 21 March 2011
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Bayerisches Rindfleisch/Rindfleisch aus Bayern (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Germany’s application to register the name ‘Bayerisches Rindfleisch/Rindfleisch aus Bayern’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection pursuant to 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 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000R0440 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2000 of 25 February 2000 laying down for 2000 the quantities for which the annual allocations for newcomer operators are granted under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP bananas
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 440/2000
of 25 February 2000
laying down for 2000 the quantities for which the annual allocations for newcomer operators are granted under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP bananas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 of 28 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 regarding imports of bananas into the Community(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 756/1999(4), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2000(5) establishes certain rules relating to imports of bananas under the tariff quotas and of traditional ACP bananas and fixes the indicative quantities for the second quarter of 2000.
(2) Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays down the method for calculating the annual allocation for each newcomer operator. In accordance with that method and a ranking of the individual applications in increasing order of the quantities applied for, the Commission calculates the quantities for which the annual allocations shall be granted.
(3) The notifications received from the Member States in accordance with Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 250/2000 have led the Commission to adopt this Regulation, based on which the competent national authorities will establish the individual allocations for the operators in question and notify them accordingly.
(4) However, the results of the verifications and checks by the competent national authorities on the registration of newcomer operators in cooperation with the Commission may result in an amendment of this Regulation and in corrections to the annual allocations for the newcomer operators. In particular, the annual allocations calculated by the national authorities pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 and this Regulation cannot constitute vested rights or be invoked by the operators as legitimate expectations.
(5) This Regulation must enter into force immediately, given the time limits laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2362/98,
The national authorities shall establish the annual allocations for 2000 under the tariff quotas and for the traditional ACP banana quantities referred to in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EC) No 404/93 for the newcomer operators referred to in Articles 7 et seq. of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98, in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31992R0659 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 659/92 of 16 March 1992 fixing for the 1991/92 marketing year the average world market price and the indicative yield for linseed
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 659/92 of 16 March 1992 fixing for the 1991/92 marketing year the average world market price and the indicative yield for 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 an average world market price for linseed must be determined each year according to the criteria laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1774/76 of 20 July 1976 on special measures for linseed (3);
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3633/91 (5), provides that this average price is to be the arithmetic mean of the world market prices as referred to in that Article and recorded each week over a representative period;
Whereas the most representative period for the marketing of Community linseed may be taken to be that from 2 September 1991 to 7 February 1992; whereas this is therefore the period to be taken into account;
Whereas the application of all these provisions produces the average world market price for linseed specified below;
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 provides that the subsidy is to be granted for a production figure obtained by applying an indicative yield to the areas sown and harvested; whereas that yield must be determined by applying the criteria laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 and (EEC) No 1774/76;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76, the producer Member States have supplied the Commission with the results of the sampling, carried out pursuant to Article 2a (2) of that Regulation, regarding the yields per hectare of seed harvested from each of the types of flax referred to in Articles 7a and 10a of the said Regulation in the homogeneous production areas; whereas, on the basis of those results, the indicative yield for linseed should be that specified below;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
For the 1991/92 marketing year, the average world market price for linseed shall be ECU 13,025 per 100 kilograms.
For the 1991/92 marketing year, the indicative yields for linseed and the relevant production zones shall be as specified in the Annex.
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 |
32009R1126 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2009 of 23 November 2009 opening and providing for the management of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002
| 24.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 308/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1126/2009
of 23 November 2009
opening and providing for the management of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (1), and in particular Article 5(3) first indent and Article 5(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision No 2/2008 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 24 June 2008 concerning the adaptation of Annexes 1 and 2 (2), Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’) have been replaced.
(2) Annex 2 to the Agreement, as amended, sets out the tariff concessions granted by the Community for imports of agricultural products originating in Switzerland. Certain of those tariff concessions apply within tariff quotas managed in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).
(3) For reasons of clarity, it is appropriate to lay down the provisions implementing those tariff quotas for agricultural products in one single legislative act which replaces Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002 (4). In accordance with the Agreement the tariff quotas should be opened for the period from 1 January to 31 December.
(4) Since Decision No 2/2008 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture enters into force on 1 January 2010, this Regulation should apply from the same date.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The tariff quotas for the products originating in Switzerland listed in the Annex shall be opened annually, and at the rates of customs duty indicated in that Annex.
The 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.
Regulation (EC) No 933/2002 is repealed.
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 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32012D0737 | 2012/737/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 27 November 2012 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (notified under document C(2012) 8518) Text with EEA relevance
| 29.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 329/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 27 November 2012
amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community
(notified under document C(2012) 8518)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/737/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (1), and in particular the first and second indent of Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Union lays down the criteria for the notification of those animal diseases, the occurrence of which must be notified by the affected Member State to the Commission and to the other Member States.
(2) Annex I to Directive 82/894/EEC listing the diseases of which the occurrence must be notified to the Commission and the other Member States, includes equine encephalomyelitis, among the diseases affecting terrestrial animals, without distinguishing its different types. For the sake of clarity and to provide valuable information of animal or public health importance about the causal pathogen agent the different types of equine encephalomyelitis should be explicitly listed in this Annex.
(3) In addition, the diseases rabies, anthrax, bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis, enzootic bovine leukosis and ovine and caprine brucellosis have been widely eradicated by most Member States. As a result, outbreaks thereof have become less frequent in large areas of the Union. From now on, outbreaks should be notified to the Commission and to the other Member States. It is therefore necessary to add these diseases to Annex I.
(4) To avoid administrative burden, under certain circumstances it is appropriate to require weekly notifications of primary outbreaks and monthly notifications of secondary outbreaks of the abovementioned diseases.
(5) Certain Member States and regions thereof have not yet achieved the officially free status for non-exotic diseases such as bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis, enzootic bovine leukosis or ovine and caprine brucellosis, as regulated by Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (2) and Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (3). To avoid a disproportionate quantity of notifications, it should not be required to notify outbreaks of the abovementioned diseases in non-free Member States or regions thereof.
(6) In the future, notifications to the Commission and to the World Animal Health Information System of the World Organisation for Animal Health (hereinafter ‘OIE’) concerning animal diseases will be entered in one system (the Animal Disease Information System — ADIS). It is thus appropriate, where possible, to use in Annex I to Directive 82/894/EEC the same terminology as used by the OIE.
(7) An online reporting system is already in place for the occurrence of low pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds. It is therefore appropriate to explicitly indicate that as regards avian influenza, highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks should be notifiable in poultry, captive birds and wild birds, while low pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks should only be notifiable in poultry and captive birds.
(8) Epizootic ulcerative syndrome was removed from the list of exotic diseases set out in Part II of Annex IV to 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) by Commission Implementing Directive 2012/31/EU of 25 October 2012 amending Annex IV to Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards the list of fish species susceptible to Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia and the deletion of the entry for Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (5). Consequently, the disease should also be removed from Annex I to Directive 82/894/EEC.
(9) Annexes I and II to Directive 82/894/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annexes I and II to Directive 82/894/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2013.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
31995D0123 | 95/123/EC: Commission Decision of 30 March 1995 amending the information contained in the list in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain coastal areas of the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 March 1995 amending the information contained in the list in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain coastal areas of the Community (95/123/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1796/94 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of 30 December 1987 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain coastal areas of the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3410/93 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas authorities of the Member States concerned have applied for the information in the list provided for in Article 9 (3) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 to be amended; whereas the said authorities have provided all the information supporting their applications pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/87; whereas it has been found that the information complies with the requirements and whereas, therefore, the information in the list annexed to the Regulation should be amended,
The information in the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 is amended as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31991R3923 | Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3923/91 of 23 December 1991 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings and establishing Community surveillance for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands ( 1992 )
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3923/91 of 23 December 1991 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings and establishing Community surveillance for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands (1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 91/668/EEC of 2 December 1991 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community, the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of Faroe Islands (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Articles 3 and 8 of the abovementioned Decision provide that customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of Ten of certain fish and fishery products listed in Protocol 1 attached to the said Decision will be abolished on 1 January 1992; whereas the abolition is subject to Community tariff quotas and ceilings and, for some of these products, Community statistical surveillance; whereas the said Community tariff quotas and ceilings in respect of products originating in the Faroe Islands should therefore be opened from 1 January 1992 for the volumes indicated respectively in Annexes I and II and Community statistical surveillance should be established in respect of the products listed in Annex III;
Whereas, in the context of these tariff measures, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic will apply customs duties calculated in accordance with Articles 173 (1) and (2) and 360 (1) (b) and (2) respectively of the Act of Accession;
Whereas the preferential rates of duty indicated in Annexes I, II and III apply only where the free-at-frontier price determined by the Member States in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) N° 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (2) is at least equal to the reference price set, or to be set, by the Community for the products or categories of products concerned;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas in respect of the products listed in Annex I should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates of duty laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question in all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; whereas the necessary steps should be taken to ensure that the tariff quotas are administered efficiently at Community level, enabling the Member States to draw from the quotas the quantities required, corresponding to the actual imports recorded; whereas this method of administering the quotas calls for close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission;
Whereas the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are joined in, and represented by, the Benelux economic union; whereas any operation concerning the administration of the quotas may therefore be carried out by one of its members;
Whereas, in respect of products listed in Annex II and subject to Community tariff ceilings, Community surveillance may be effected by charging imports of these products against the ceilings at Community level as and when the products are presented at customs and declared for free circulation; whereas this method of administering the ceilings should enable customs duties to be restored as soon as the ceilings in question are reached at Community level;
Whereas, this method of administering the ceilings calls for close and speedy cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, which must be able to monitor the level reached by imports charged against the ceilings and inform the Member States accordingly; whereas this cooperation should be close enough to allow the Commission to take the appropriate steps to restore customs duties as soon as one of the ceilings is reached;
Whereas, for the products listed in Annex III, it would seem appropriate to have recourse to the system of statistical surveillance administered by the Commission pursuant to the relevant provisions of Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 (1) and (EEC) N° 1736/75 (2),
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1992, the customs duty applicable to imports into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 of products listed in Annex I and originating in the Faroe Islands shall be suspended at the level indicated in the said Annex and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas specified therein.
2. Within the limits of the tariff quotas, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duty calculated in accordance with Articles 173 (1) and (2) and 360 (1) (b) and (2) respectively of the Act of Accession.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission, which may take any appropriate administrative measure to ensure efficient operation.
Where an importer enters a product covered by this Regulation for free circulation in a Member State accompanied by a request for preferential treatment and by a movement certificate, and his declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission accordingly, draw a quantity from the quota concerned to satisfy the requirement.
Applications for drawings from the quotas shall indicate the date on which the declarations were accepted and shall be sent to the Commission forthwith.
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission on the basis of the date when the declarations for free circulation were accepted by the customs authorities of the Member State concerned, proviced the available balance is sufficient.
Where a Member State fails to use the quantities drawn it shall return them as soon as possible to the relevant quota.
Where the quantities applied for are in excess of the available balance, allocation shall be made in proportion to the requirements. The Member States shall be informed by the Commission of the quantities drawn.
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1992 imports into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 of certain products listed in Annexes II and III and originating in the Faroe Islands shall be subject respectively to import ceilings and Community surveillance.
The description of the products referred to in the first subparagraph, the ceilings and the customs duty applicable are specified in the said Annexes.
2. As part of these tariff measures, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply duties calculated in accordance with Articles 173 (1) and (2) and 360 (1) (b) and (2) respectively of the Act of Accession.
3. Imports shall be charged against the ceilings as and when the products are presented to customs under cover of declarations for free circulation accompanied by a movement certificate complying with the rules laid down in the protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation, attached to Decision 91/668/EEC.
Goods may only be charged against the ceiling where the movement certificate is presented before the date when collection of customs duty is resumed.
Utilization of ceilings shall be recorded at Community level on the basis of imports charged against them as specified in the first and second subparagraphs.
Member States shall inform the Commission of any import operation carried out in accordance with the procedure determined above at the intervals and within the deadlines laid down in paragraph 5.
4. As soon as the ceilings are reached, the Commission may, by adopting a Regulation, resume the collection of the customs duties applicable to third countries until the end of the calendar year.
5. Member States shall send the Commission, no later than the 15th of each month, the statements showing the quantities charged during the preceding month.
6. The statistical surveillance provided for in respect of products specified in Annex III to this Regulation shall be carried out at Community level on the basis of imports charged as specified in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 and notified to the Statistical Office of the European Communities pursuant to Regulations (EEC) N° 2658/87 and (EEC) N° 1736/75.
Rates of duty specified in Annexes I, II and III shall apply only where the free-at-frontier price determined by Member States in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) N° 3796/81 and (EEC) N° 3468/88 is at least equal to the reference price set or to be set by the Community in respect of the products or categories of products concerned.
The Commission shall adopt all appropriate measures, in close cooperation with the Member States, to apply this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992.
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32003D0104 | 2003/104/EC: Council Decision of 6 February 2003 appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| Council Decision
of 6 February 2003
appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2003/104/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Austrian Government,
Whereas:
(1) The Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC on 22 January 2002(1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions.
(2) The seat of an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Anton KOCZUR, of which the Council was notified on 28 November 2002,
Mr Bernd VĂGERLE is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Anton KOCZUR for the remainder of his term of office, which expires on 25 January 2006. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0226 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 226/2012 of 15 March 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1730/2006 as regards the conditions of use of benzoic acid (holder of authorisation Emerald Kalama Chemical BV) Text with EEA relevance
| 16.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 77/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 226/2012
of 15 March 2012
amending Regulation (EC) No 1730/2006 as regards the conditions of use of benzoic acid (holder of authorisation Emerald Kalama Chemical BV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The preparation benzoic acid, belonging to the additive category of ‘zootechnical additives’, was authorised for 10 years as a feed additive for use in weaned piglets by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1730/2006 (2) and for use in pigs for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2007 (3).
(2) In accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the holder of the authorisation has proposed changing the terms of the authorisation of the preparation benzoic acid as feed additive for weaned piglets to delete the condition regarding inclusion of that preparation in compound feed via premixture and to modify the conditions regarding complementary feedingstuffs. The application was accompanied by the relevant supporting data. The Commission forwarded that application to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’).
(3) The Authority concluded in its opinion of 6 September 2011 (4) that there is no reason to continue to restrict the inclusion of the preparation benzoic acid to compound feed via premixtures. It considered the restrictions on the use of the additive in complementary feed established by Regulation (EC) No 1138/2007 as being sufficient and applicable to weaned piglets.
(4) The conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1730/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1730/2006 is replaced by the text of the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985D0188 | 85/188/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 February 1985 amending Commission Decision 82/62/EEC of 18 December 1981 authorizing the United Kingdom to grant exemptions from Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 February 1985
amending Commission Decision 82/62/EEC of 18 December 1981 authorizing the United Kingdom to grant exemptions from Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport
(Only the English text is authentic)
(85/188/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 543/69 of 25 March 1969 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport, as amended (1),
Whereas in Decision 82/62/EEC of 18 December 1981 (2) the Commission, after examination of the particular circumstances of the United Kingdom milk industry, authorized derogations from the aforementioned Regulation for certain milk transport, including a temporary derogation for the transport of untreated milk between reload points and dairies until 31 December 1984;
Whereas by letter of 3 October 1984 the United Kingdom Government requested that this temporary derogation be extended until 31 December 1985;
Whereas, in view of the present re-examination of certain provisions of the Regulation, it is reasonable to extend this derogation until 31 December 1985,
Commission Decision 82/62/EEC of 18 December 1981 is hereby amended as follows:
In Article 2, '31 December 1985' is substituted for '31 December 1984'.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom Government. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990D0585 | 90/585/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1990 on the establishment of the community support framework for community structural assistance in the region of France concerned by objective 5 (b), namely Auvergne (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 June 1990
on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural
assistance in the region of France concerned by Objective 5 (b), namely Auvergne
(Only the French text is authentic)
(90/585/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof;
Whereas Commission Decision 89/426/EEC (2) defined the rural areas eligible for Community assistance under Objective 5 (b) as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas in the Auvergne region certain areas have been selected to benefit from Community assistance under Objective 5 (b);
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 the Commission, on the basis of rural development plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, Community support frameworks for Community structural operations;
Whereas in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 11 (3) of the abovementioned Regulation the Community support framework shall cover in particular the development priorities, the forms of assistance, the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount of assistance and its source, and the duration of the assistance;
Whereas Title III, Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88 (3) sets out the conditions for the preparation and implementation of the Community support framework;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88, the French Government submitted to the Commission on 26 October 1989 the rural development plan for Auvergne;
Whereas the plan for the rural areas of Auvergne submitted by the French Government includes a description of the main development priorities selected and of the corresponding measures, and an indication of the use to be made of assistance under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments of the Community in implementing the plans;
Whereas the Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion
of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development; whereas the Committee provided for in Article 124 of the Treaty has been consulted;
Whereas in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 4253/88 this Decision is to be sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;
Whereas in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 4253/88 the budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned,
The Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the rural areas of Auvergne concerned by Objective 5 (b), covering the period 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1993 is hereby approved.
The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of this Community support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the rules and guidelines for the Structural Funds and other existing financial instruments.
The Community support framework includes the following essential information:
(a)
statement of specific priorities for joint action by the Community and the Member State:
- adaptation and diversification of the agricultural sector,
- forestry and wood processing sector,
- development of the socio-economic structure and businesses,
- tourism and spas,
- protection of nature and rural areas,
- measures for the Massif Central,
- human resources;
(b)
an outline of the forms of assistance to be provided primarily in the form of operational programmes;
(c)
an indicative financing plan at 1989 constant prices, specifying for the whole period the total appropriations to provide budgetary assistance from the Community for both the implementation of new measures covered by the priorities in (a) and multiannual measures under way or
decided, before the adoption of this Community support framework, broken down as follows:
>TABLE>
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31994R2297 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2297/94 of 23 September 1994 fixing depreciation percentages to be applied when agricultural products are bought in, for the 1995 financial year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2297/94 of 23 September 1994 fixing depreciation percentages to be applied when agricultural products are bought in, for the 1995 financial year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down the general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1571/93 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, systematic depreciation of public intervention agricultural products must take place when they are bought in; whereas accordingly the Commission determines the depreciation percentage for each product concerned before the beginning of each year and whereas such percentage shall not exceed the difference between the buying-in price and the foreseeable disposal price for each of these products;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, the Commission may, at its discretion, restrict depreciation at the time of buying in to a proportion of this depreciation percentage, but such proportion may not be less than 70 %; whereas, coefficients to be applied also for the 1995 financial year by the intervention agencies to the monthly buying-in values of products should be fixed, to enable the agencies to establish the depreciation amounts;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
In respect of the products listed in the Annex, which, having been bought in by public intervention have entered store or been taken over by the intervention agencies between 1 October 1994 and 30 September 1995, the authorities shall depreciate their value to account for the difference between the buying-in prices and the foreseeable selling prices of the relevant products.
To establish the amount of the depreciation, the interventon agencies shall apply to the values of the products bought every month in the coefficients set out in the Annex.
The expenditure amounts determined in this way shall be notified to the Commission under the declarations established pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2776/88 (3).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 October 1994 onwards.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32004R0111 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/2004 of 22 January 2004 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/2004
of 22 January 2004
fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector(2), provides that the export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 is equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, including, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; the sucrose content of the product in question is determined in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(3) Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry(3) to the products listed in the Annex to the last mentioned Regulation;
(4) According to the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the basic amount of the refund on the other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation exported in the natural state must be equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the one hand, of the difference between the intervention price for white sugar for the Community areas without deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world market and, on the other, of the need to establish a balance between the use of Community basic products in the manufacture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought in under inward-processing arrangements.
(5) According to the terms of Article 30(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the application of the basic amount may be limited to some of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation.
(6) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 makes provision for setting refunds for export in the natural state of products referred to in Article 1(1)(f) and (g) and (h) of that Regulation; the refund must be fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the export refund for products falling within CN code 1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and of the economic aspects of the intended exports; in the case of the products referred to in the said Article (1)(f) and (g), the refund is to be granted only for products complying with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95; for the products referred to in Article 1(1)(h), the refund shall be granted only for products complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(7) The abovementioned refunds must be fixed every month; they may be altered in the intervening period.
(8) The first subparagraph of Article 27(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that refunds on the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation may vary according to destination, where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary.
(9) The significant and rapid increase in preferential imports of sugar from the western Balkan countries since the start of 2001 and in exports of sugar to those countries from the Community seems to be highly artificial in nature.
(10) In order to prevent any abuses associated with the reimportation into the Community of sugar sector products that have qualified for export refunds, refunds for the products covered by this Regulation should not be fixed for all the countries of the western Balkans.
(11) Import duties and export refunds still apply to certain sugar products traded between the Community, on the one hand, and the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, hereafter known as the "new Member States", on the other, and the level of export refunds is appreciably greater than the level of import duties. In view of the accession of those countries to the Community on 1 May 2004, the appreciable gap between the level of import duties and the level of export refunds granted on the products in question may result in speculative trade movements.
(12) In order to prevent any abuse associated with the re-import or re-introduction into the Community of sugar sector products that have qualified for export refunds, levies and refunds for the products covered by this Regulation should not be set for all the new Member States.
(13) In view of the above, refunds for the products in question should be fixed at the appropriate amounts.
(14) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January 2004.
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31989R1236 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1236/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine
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 the reduction in wine production anticipated from the structural measures covering areas planted to wine grapes should not be prevented from being realized on account of replanting under rights arising from the grubbing of areas planted to vines that fall into another category as far as normal utilization of the grapes produced is concerned; whereas it is necessary to stipulate therefore that areas grubbed may be replanted only with vines of the same utilization category as the vines grubbed;
Whereas it appears advisable to extend the possibility, which already exists where preventive distillation is concerned, of delivering for compulsory distillation, in addition to table wines, wines suitable for yielding table wine in order to avoid, in particular, the enrichment of the latter wines for the production of table wine, which at present is the only wine eligible for such distillation;
Whereas it is also appropriate to update certain references
to the rules and regulations in the field of production structures;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4250/88 (5), should therefore be amended,
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following is added to the third indent of Article 6 (2):
´and by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85.'
2. The following subparagraph is added to Article 7 (3):
´When a replanting right is exercised, only those wine varieties may be used in the classification of vine varieties drawn up pursuant to Article 13 (1), which are ranked in the same utilization category as the vine varieties in the area, grubbing of which has given rise to the replanting right.'
3. The first subparagraph of Article 39 (1) reads:
´If, in respect of a given wine year, the market in table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine is in a state of serious imbalance, compulsory distillation of table wine and of wine suitable for yielding table wine shall be decided on.'
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 September 1989.
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32005R0789 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 789/2005 of 25 May 2005 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss of income from marketing in the banana sector
| 26.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 132/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 789/2005
of 25 May 2005
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss of income from marketing in the banana sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 (2) lays down the detailed rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the submission of applications for advances and payment of the balance of the compensatory aid for loss of income from marketing in the banana sector, as provided for by Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93. With a view to sound management and to obtaining by year-end all the data and information needed to fix the aid in particular, penalties should be provided for where there is a delay in the submission of applications for payment of the balance.
(2) The supporting documents that must accompany the payment applications should also be specified and these documents must include proof of the goods’ actual sale, in particular their acceptance by the buyer.
(3) Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The third subparagraph of paragraph 2(b) is replaced by the following:
2. Paragraph (4) is replaced by the following:
— the certificates of conformity or, if appropriate, the certificate of exemption referred to in Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2898/95 (3),
— sales invoices,
— the transport documents, in the case of bananas marketed outside the production region.
3. The following paragraph 4a is inserted:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
However, Article 1(2) and (3) shall apply for the first time to applications for advances relating to the quantities marketed in May and June 2005.
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32010R0384 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 384/2010 of 5 May 2010 on the authorisation and refusal of authorisation of certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (Text with EEA relevance)
| 6.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 113/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 384/2010
of 5 May 2010
on the authorisation and refusal of authorisation of certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health
(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 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (1), and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 health claims made on food are prohibited unless they are authorised by the Commission in accordance with that Regulation and included in a list of permitted claims.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 also provides that applications for authorisations of health claims may be submitted by food business operators to the national competent authority of a Member State. The national competent authority is to forward valid applications to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), hereinafter referred to as the Authority.
(3) Following receipt of an application the Authority is to inform without delay the other Member States and the Commission of the application, and to deliver an opinion on a health claim concerned.
(4) The Commission is to decide on the authorisation of health claims taking into account the opinion delivered by the Authority.
(5) All the opinions referred to in this Regulation are related to applications for reduction of disease risk claims, as referred to in Article 14(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
(6) Following an application from Danone France, submitted pursuant to Article 14(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of Danacol® on blood cholesterol (Question No EFSA-Q-2008-779) (2). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded as follows: ‘Danacol® reduces LDL-cholesterol by 10 % in 3 weeks, and the reduction is maintained with daily consumption. High blood cholesterol is one of the main risk factors in the development of (coronary) heart disease’.
(7) On the basis of the data presented, the Authority concluded in its opinion received by the Commission on 3 August 2009 that a cause and effect relationship had been established between the daily consumption of 1,6 g of phytosterols and the claimed effect. Accordingly, a health claim reflecting this conclusion should be considered as complying with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, and it should be included in the Community list of permitted claims.
(8) On 3 August 2009, the Commission and the Member States received also the scientific opinion from the Authority, based on the request of the Commission and a similar request from France, following the conclusions of the Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health and in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, regarding the possibility to indicate a quantitative effect in health claims related to the effects of plant sterols/plant stanols esters and lowering of blood cholesterol (Question No EFSA-Q-2009-00530 and Q-2009-00718) (3). The Authority concluded that for a daily intake of 1,5-2,4 g plant sterols/stanols added to foods such as yellow fat spreads, dairy products, mayonnaise and salad dressings an average reduction of between 7 and 10,5 % can be expected and that such reduction is of biological significance. In addition, the Authority indicated that the blood LDL cholesterol lowering effect is usually established within the 2-3 weeks and can be sustained by a continued consumption of plant sterols/stanols.
(9) Accordingly, taking into account the scientific opinion from the Authority and in order to ensure that such health claims referring to the magnitude of the claimed effect are authorised in a way that would not mislead the consumer, and that their conditions of use are set in a coherent way, it is necessary to set different conditions of use than those proposed by the applicant.
(10) Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 provides that an opinion in favour of authorising a health claim should include certain particulars. Accordingly, those particulars should be set out in the Annex I to the present Regulation as regards the authorised claim and include, as the case may be, the revised wording of the claim, specific conditions of use of the claim, and, where applicable, conditions or restrictions of use of the food and/or an additional statement or warning, in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and in line with the opinions of the Authority.
(11) One of the objectives of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 is to ensure that health claims are truthful, clear and reliable and useful to the consumer, and that wording and presentation are taken into account in that respect. Therefore, where the wording of claims has the same meaning for consumers as that of an authorised health claim, because they demonstrate the same relationship that exists between a food category, a food or one of its constituents and health, they should be subject to the same conditions of use, as indicated in Annex I.
(12) Following an application from Cambridge Theranostics Ltd., submitted pursuant to Article 14(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of Lycopene-whey complex on risk of atherosclerotic plaques (Question No EFSA-Q-2008-703) (4). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded as follows: ‘Lycopene-whey complex prevents oxidative damage of plasma lipoproteins, which reduces the build up of arterial plaques and reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and other clinical complications of atherosclerosis’.
(13) On the basis of the data presented, the Authority concluded in its opinion received by the Commission on 3 August 2009 that a cause and effect relationship had not been established between the intake of Lycopene-whey complex and the claimed effect. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(14) Following an application from Clasado Ltd., submitted pursuant to Article 14(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of BimunoTM (BGOS) Prebiotic on reduction of the bad bacteria that can cause travellers’ diarrhoea (Question No EFSA-Q-2008-232) (5). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded as follows: ‘Regular consumption of BimunoTM (BGOS) Prebiotic helps to protect against the bad bacteria than can cause the travellers’ diarrhoea’.
(15) On the basis of the data presented, the Authority concluded in its opinion received by the Commission 7 July 2009 that a cause and effect relationship had not been established between the intake of BimunoTM (BGOS) Prebiotic and the claimed effect. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(16) The comments from the applicants and the members of the public received by the Commission pursuant to Article 16(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 have been considered when setting the measures provided for in this Regulation.
(17) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and neither the European Parliament nor the Council have opposed them,
The health claim set out in Annex I to this Regulation may be made on foods on the European Union market in compliance with the conditions set out in that Annex.
That health claim shall be included in the Community list of permitted claims referred to in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
The health claims set out in the Annex II to this Regulation shall not be included in the Community list of permitted claims as provided for in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
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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32010D0695 | 2010/695/EU: Commission Decision of 17 November 2010 amending the Annexes to Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of Estonia, Latvia and the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands in Spain as officially free of brucellosis ( B. melitensis ) and amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Estonia as officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds (notified under document C(2010) 7856) Text with EEA relevance
| 19.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/14
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 November 2010
amending the Annexes to Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of Estonia, Latvia and the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands in Spain as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Estonia as officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds
(notified under document C(2010) 7856)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/695/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex A(I)(4) and Annex A(II)(7) thereto,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (2), and in particular Section II of Chapter 1 of Annex A thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 91/68/EEC defines the animal health conditions governing trade in the Union in ovine and caprine animals. It lays down the conditions whereby Member States or regions thereof may be recognised as being officially brucellosis-free.
(2) Commission Decision 93/52/EEC of 21 December 1992 recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease (3) lists, in the Annexes thereto, the Member States and regions thereof which are recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance with Directive 91/68/EEC.
(3) Estonia and Latvia have submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions laid down in Directive 91/68/EEC to be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) for the entire territory of the respective Member State.
(4) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Estonia and Latvia, both Member States should be recognised as being officially free of that disease. Annex I to Decision 93/52/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) Spain has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating for the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands compliance with the conditions laid down in Directive 91/68/EEC in order for that region in Spain to be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).
(6) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Spain, the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands should be recognised as being officially free of that disease. Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) Directive 64/432/EEC applies to trade within the Union in bovine animals and swine. It lays down the conditions whereby a Member State may be declared officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.
(8) Annexes I and II to Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (4) list the Member States which are declared respectively officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free.
(9) Estonia has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for the entire territory of that Member State.
(10) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Estonia, that Member State should be declared officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free. Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) Decisions 93/52/EEC and 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12) 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 Annexes to Decision 93/52/EEC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.
Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.
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32004D0400 | 2004/400/EC: Commission Decision of 26 April 2004 allowing Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for the new active substance profoxydim (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 1512)
| Commission Decision
of 26 April 2004
allowing Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for the new active substance profoxydim
(notified under document number C(2004) 1512)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/400/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), 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 March 1998 Spain received an application from BASF AG for the inclusion of the active substance profoxydim (former names: clefoxydim, BAS 625H) in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Decision 1999/43/EC(2) confirmed that the dossier was complete and could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annex II and Annex III to the Directive.
(2) Confirmation of the completeness of the dossier was necessary in order to allow it to be examined in detail and to allow Member States the possibility of granting provisional authorisations, for periods up to three years, for plant protection products containing profoxydim, 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 substance and the plant protection product in the light of the requirements laid down by that Directive.
(3) For profoxydim, 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 applicant. The rapporteur Member State submitted the draft assessment report to the Commission on 28 March 2001.
(4) The examination of the dossier is still ongoing after submission of the draft assessment reports by the rapporteur Member State and it will not be possible to complete the evaluation within the timeframe foreseen by Directive 91/414/EEC.
(5) 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 profoxydim 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 dossier to continue. It is expected that the evaluation and decision-making process with respect to a decision on possible Annex I inclusion for profoxydim will have been completed within 24 months.
(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,
Member States may extend provisional authorisations for plant protection products containing profoxydim for a period not exceeding 24 months from the date of adoption of this Decision.
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32012D0058 | 2012/58/EU: Council Decision of 23 January 2012 on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to DNA data in the Czech Republic
| 2.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 30/15
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 January 2012
on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to DNA data in the Czech Republic
(2012/58/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (1), in particular Article 2(3) and Article 25 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA (2), in particular Article 20 thereof and Chapter 4 of the Annex thereto,
Whereas:
(1) According to the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties.
(2) Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is applicable and the Council must unanimously decide whether the Member States have implemented the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision.
(3) Article 20 of Decision 2008/616/JHA provides that decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision 2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With respect to automated data exchange in accordance with Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot run.
(4) The Czech Republic has informed the General Secretariat of the Council of the national DNA analysis files to which Articles 2 to 6 of Decision 2008/615/JHA apply and the conditions for automated searching as referred to in Article 3(1) of that Decision in accordance with Article 36(2) of that Decision.
(5) According to Chapter 4, point 1.1, of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data category.
(6) The Czech Republic has completed the questionnaire on data protection and the questionnaire on DNA data exchange.
(7) A successful pilot run has been carried out by the Czech Republic with Slovakia.
(8) An evaluation visit has taken place in the Czech Republic and a report on the evaluation visit has been produced by the Slovakian evaluation team and forwarded to the relevant Council Working Group.
(9) An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning DNA data exchange has been presented to the Council,
For the purposes of automated searching and comparison of DNA data, the Czech Republic has fully implemented the general provisions on data protection of Chapter 6 of Decision 2008/615/JHA and is entitled to receive and supply personal data pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 of that Decision as from the day of the entry into force of this Decision.
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32007D0455 | Council Decision 2007/455/CFSP of 25 June 2007 implementing Common Position 2004/161/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Zimbabwe
| 30.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 172/89
COUNCIL DECISION 2007/455/CFSP
of 25 June 2007
implementing Common Position 2004/161/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Zimbabwe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) By Common Position 2004/161/CFSP, the Council adopted measures, inter alia, to prevent the entry into, or transit through, the territories of Member States of individuals who engage in activities which seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe and to freeze their funds and economic resources.
(2) Following the recent brutality by the Government of Zimbabwe against opposition supporters, and the specific role of the police in these events, the names of the Assistant Police Commissioner in charge of Law and Order and the Senior Assistant Police Commissioner in charge of Harare should be added to the list set out in the Annex to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP.
(3) Furthermore, more detailed reasons in relation to the individuals listed in that Annex should be provided.
(4) The Annex to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP should therefore be updated and revised accordingly,
The Annex to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP shall be replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
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31984R2553 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2553/84 of 4 September 1984 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of oxalic acid originating in Brazil, accepting an undertaking offered by the exporter in the German Democratic Republic of oxalic acid and terminating the proceeding regarding imports of oxalic acid from the German Democratic Republic and Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2553/84
of 4 September 1984
imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of oxalic acid originating in Brazil, accepting an undertaking offered by the exporter in the German Democratic Republic of oxalic acid and terminating the proceeding regarding imports of oxalic acid from the German Democratic Republic and Spain
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 Articles 9, 10 and 11 thereof,
After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation,
Whereas:
A. Procedures
(1) In February 1984 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Council of Chemical Manufacturers' Federations on behalf of producers of oxalic acid whose output constitutes a major proportion 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 oxalic acid originating in Brazil, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and Spain falling within subheading ex 29.15 A I of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code ex 29.15-11, and commenced an investigation.
(2) The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of Brazil and Spain and the complainants and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing.
All known exporters concerned and some importers made their views known in writing. All such exporters have requested and have been granted hearings.
Submissions were also made by certain Community purchasers of oxalic acid.
(3) The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed to be necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following:
- EEC producers:
Rhône Poulenc, Paris, France;
- non-EEC producers:
- Destilados Agrícolas Vimbodí SA, Tarragona, Spain,
- Explo Industrias Químicas e Explosivos SA, Lorena, Brazil;
- EEC importers:
- Proimex, Milan, Italy,
- Faravelli, Milan, Italy.
The Commission requested and received detailed written submissions from the complainant Community producers, the exporters and several importers and verified the information therein to the extent considered necessary.
The investigation of dumping covered the period from March 1983 to February 1984.
B. Normal value
(4) Normal value was provisionally determined for the Spanish and Brazilian products on the basis of the domestic prices of those producers who exported to the Community. In both cases the Commission was satisfied that these prices were representative and covered all costs of production.
(5) In order to establish whether the imports from the GDR were dumped, the Commission had to take account of the fact that this country does not have a market economy and the Commission
therefore had to base its determinations on the normal value in a market-economy country; in this connection, the complainants had suggested the Spanish market. No objection was made to this suggestion.
The Commission is satisfied that between the GDR and Spain there are no extraordinary differences in production processes or scale of production and that in Spain price levels are in a reasonable proportion to appropriate costs.
The Commission therefore concluded that it would be appropriate and not unreasonable to determine normal value on the basis of Spanish domestic prices.
C. Export price
(6) Export prices were determined on the basis of the prices actually paid or payable for the products sold for export to the Community.
D. Comparison
(7) In comparing normal value with export prices the Commission took account, where appropriate, of differences affecting price comparability and in particular variations in payment terms. Comparisons were made as nearly as possible at the same time. This was particularly relevant for the Brazilian product in view of the extremely high rate of inflation in Brazil and the frequent devaluations of the Cruzeiros vis-à-vis the US dollar in which currency the export transactions were made.
All comparisons were made at an ex-works level.
E. Margins
(8) The above preliminary examination of the facts shows the existence of dumping in respect of the Brazilian and GDR exporters, the margin of dumping being equal to the amount by which the normal value as established exceeds the price for export to the Community.
These margins vary according to the exporter concerned, the weighted average margin for each of the exporters investigated being as follows:
- Brazil 57,9 %,
- GDR 15,2 %.
Spanish imports were found not to have been dumped.
(9) For those exporters who neither replied to the Commission's questionnaire nor made themselves known otherwise in the course of the preliminary investigation, dumping was determined on the basis of the facts available. In this connection the Commission considered that the results of its investigation provided an accurate basis for determination of the level of dumping and that it would constitute a bonus for non-cooperation to assume that the dumping margin for these exporters was any lower than the dumping margin determined with regard to exporters who had cooperated in the investigation. For these reasons it is considered appropriate to use this latter dumping margin for this group of exporters.
F. Injury
(10) With regard to the injury caused by the dumped imports the evidence available to the Commission shows that imports to the Community from Brazil and the GDR of oxalic acid increased from less than 1 200 tonnes in both 1980 and 1981 to approximately 2 000 tonnes in both 1982 and 1983 with a consequent increase in market share held by the exporting countries from 6 to 18 % in the same period.
The resale prices of these imports undercut the prices of the Community producers during the investigation period by approximately 15 % and were consistently lower than those required to cover the costs of Community producers and provide a reasonable profit.
(11) The consequent impact on the Community industry concerned has to be seen in the light of the effect of the anti-dumping measures taken with regard to Chinese (1) and Czech (2) imports in 1982 and to the cessation of production at the same time of an important EEC producer. The effect of these circumstances has led to an increase in the complainants' production, but since capacity utilization remains at below 50 % the resultant high unit cost combined with competition from increasing volumes of dumped imports has led to continued losses from the sale of oxalic acid in the Community.
(12) The Commission has considered whether injury has been caused by other factors such as the volume and prices of undumped imports and the stagnation of demand. However, consumption in the Community increased by 15 % between 1981 and 1983 while imports from countries not concerned with this proceeding declined during this period. The prices of these imports were
generally higher than those of the dumped imports although not necessarily reaching the level of the Community producers. Thus, the substantial increase in dumped imports from the countries concerned and the prices at which they are offered for sale in the Community led the Commission to determine that the effects of the dumped imports of oxalic acid originating in Brazil and the GDR, taken in isolation, have to be considered as constituting material injury to the Community industry concerned.
G. Community interest
(13) Community processing industries have argued that the introduction of protective measures against Spanish imports of oxalic acid would not be in the Community interest because it would make them less competitive. Since, however, as a result of the preliminary investigation, anti-dumping measures will not be taken with regard to Spain and in view of the particularly serious difficulties facing the Community oxalic acid producing industry, the Commission has come to the conclusion that it is in the Community's interest that action be taken. In order to prevent further injury being caused during the remainder of the proceeding, this action should, in the case of Brazilian imports, take the form of a provisional anti-dumping duty.
H. Rate of duty
(14) Having regard to the extent of injury caused, the rate of such duty should be less than the dumping margin provisionally established but adequate to remove the injury caused by the dumped Brazilian imports.
(15) It was considered that if a duty exceeding the price undercutting practised by the Brazilian exporter were imposed, the effect might be that this exporter would be displaced from the market without relief to the Community industry as the Brazilian exports would be replaced by other low-priced non-member country suppliers. In these circumstances it is considered to be in the Community's interest that the rate of the duty be 17,6 %.
I. Undertaking and termination
(16) The GDR exporter concerned, having been informed of the main findings of the preliminary investigation, offered an undertaking concerning its exports of oxalic acid to the Community.
The effect of the said undertaking will be to increase import prices to the Community to the level necessary to eliminate the dumping.
(17) In these circumstances, the undertaking offered is considered acceptable and the proceeding may, as it concerns the GDR, be terminated without imposition of anti-dumping duties.
In view of the finding of no dumping regarding imports of oxalic acid originating in Spain, the proceeding as it concerns that country, may also be terminated without imposition of anti-dumping measures.
No objection to this course was raised in the Advisory Committee.
(18) A period should be fixed within which the parties concerned may make their views known and request a hearing,
1. A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of oxalic acid originating in Brazil and falling within subheading ex 29.15 A I of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code ex 29.15-11.
2. The amount of the duty shall be equal to 17,6 % of the price per tonne net, free-at-Community-frontier, before duty.
The free-at-Community-frontier prices shall be net if the conditions of sale provide for payment within 30 days from the date of shipment; they shall be increased or reduced by 1 % for each increase or decrease of one month in the period for payment.
3. The provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply for the application of the duty.
4. The release for free circulation in the Community of the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security, equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.
The undertaking given by AHB Chemie, Berlin in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning oxalic acid originating in the German Democratic Republic is hereby accepted. Article 3
The anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of oxalic acid originating in the German Democratic Republic and Spain is hereby terminated.
Without prejudice to Article 7 (4) (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84, the parties concerned may make known their views and apply to be heard orally by the Commission within one month of the entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Subject to Articles 11, 12 and 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84, Article 1 of this Regulation shall apply for a period of four months, unless the Council adopts definitive measures before the expiry of that period.
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32007R0144 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 144/2007 of 15 February 2007 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products
| 16.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 46/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 144/2007
of 15 February 2007
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), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the market in milk and milk products, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(3) The second subparagraph of 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 according to destination.
(4) In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Dominican Republic on import protection for milk powder in the Dominican Republic (2) approved by Council Decision 98/486/EC (3), a certain amount of Community milk products exported to the Dominican Republic can benefit from reduced customs duties. For this reason, export refunds granted to products exported under this scheme should be reduced by a certain percentage.
(5) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Export refunds as provided for in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the conditions provided for in Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 (4).
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February 2007.
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32012R0549 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 549/2012 of 25 June 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 26.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/41
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 549/2012
of 25 June 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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32006R0226 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 226/2006 of 9 February 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 10.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 39/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 226/2006
of 9 February 2006
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 10 February 2006.
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32002D0509 | 2002/509/EC: Commission Decision of 22 March 2001 approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Aquitaine in France (notified under document number C(2001) 631)
| Commission Decision
of 22 March 2001
approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Aquitaine in France
(notified under document number C(2001) 631)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2002/509/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee pursuant to Article 147 of the Treaty and the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 13 et seq. of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 lay down the procedure for preparing and implementing Single Programming Documents.
(2) Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that, after consultation with the partners referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation, the Member State may submit to the Commission a development plan which is treated as a draft Single Programming Document, and which contains the information referred to in Article 16 of the Regulation.
(3) Under Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, on the basis of the regional development plan submitted by the Member State and within the partnership established in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation, the Commission is to take a decision on the Single Programming Document, in agreement with the Member State concerned and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles 48 to 51.
(4) The French Government submitted to the Commission on 28 April 2000 an acceptable draft Single Programming Document for the region of Aquitaine fulfilling the conditions for Objective 2 pursuant to Article 4(1) and qualifying for transitional support under Objectives 2 and 5(b) pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. As permitted by Article 40(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(2), the draft includes rural development measures other than those referred to in Article 35(1) of the Regulation. It also includes the information listed in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, in particular a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section.
(5) The date of submission of the draft which was considered acceptable by the Commission constitutes the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible. Under Article 52(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, as an acceptable plan was submitted between 1 January and 30 April 2000 the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible is 1 January 2000 in the case of the Structural Funds. In the case of the EAGGF Guarantee Section, Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/1999(3) provides that the expenditure is eligible only if it has actually been paid to the beneficiary after the date of submission of the programme. Under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, it is necessary to lay down the final date for the eligibility of expenditure.
(6) The rural development measures to be financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section are governed, in particular as regards their compatibility and consistency with common agricultural policy measures, by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.
(7) The Single Programming Document has been drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned and within the partnership.
(8) The Commission has satisfied itself that the Single Programming Document is in accordance with the principle of additionality.
(9) Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Commission and the Member State are required to ensure, in a manner consistent with the principle of partnership, coordination between assistance from the Funds and from the EIB and other existing financial instruments.
(10) The EIB has been involved in drawing up the Single Programming Document in accordance with the provisions of Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and has declared itself prepared to contribute to its implementation in conformity with its statutory provisions.
(11) The financial contribution from the Community available over the entire period and its year-by-year breakdown are expressed in euro. The annual breakdown should be consistent with the relevant financial perspective. Under Article 7(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Community contribution has already been indexed at a rate of 2 % per year. Under Article 7(7) and Article 44(2) of the Regulation, the Community contribution may be reviewed at mid-term, and not later than 31 March 2004, to take account of the effective level of inflation and the allocation of the performance reserve.
(12) Provision should be made for adapting the financial allocations of the priorities of this Single Programming Document within certain limits to actual requirements reflected by the pattern of implementation on the ground, in agreement with the Member State concerned,
The Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Aquitaine in France eligible under Objective 2 and qualifying for transitional support under Objectives 2 and 5(b) for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006 is hereby approved.
1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Single Programming Document includes the following elements:
(a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Structural Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategy of France.
The priorities are as follows:
1. promoting employment through support for the establishment and development of firms;
2. making the region more competitive;
3. making the area more dynamic and improving living conditions;
4. better use of rural resources;
5. technical assistance;
(b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the priorities, including the information needed to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty;
(c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from each Fund and the other financial instruments, including the total amount from the EAGGF Guarantee Section and indicating separately the funding planned for the regions receiving transitional support in respect of Objectives 2 and 5(b) and the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribution from the Funds planned for each year for the Single Programming Document is consistent with the relevant financial perspective;
(d) the provisions for implementing the Single Programming Document including designation of the managing authority, a description of the arrangements for managing the Single Programming Document and the use to be made of global grants, a description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, including the role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for the participation of the partners in that Committee;
(e) the ex ante verification of compliance with additionality and information on the transparency of financial flows.
2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 2297277717 for the whole period, the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 452855666 and that from the EAGGF Guarantee Section at EUR 82264000.
The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 893839611 from the public sector and EUR 868318440 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and other lending instruments.
3. The rate of part-financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for each rural development measure is given in the Single Programming Document. The rate of part-financing by the EAGGF at the level of the sub-measure or action is given in the programme complement provided for in Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and shall be valid for at least one financial year.
1. The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted under the Single Programming Document amounts to EUR 452855666, to which the EAGGF Guarantee Section will contribute a further EUR 82264000.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds for the various priorities included in the Single Programming Document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision.
2. The indicative initial estimated breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
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3. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority may be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the Single Programming Document throughout the programme period, up to a maximum of EUR 30 million, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1.
This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which it has not yet approved. Submission of the application for assistance, the programme complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty.
Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls under the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 to certain categories of horizontal State aid(4). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its part financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.
Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of the Regulation for measures being part-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission.
By way of derogation from the preceding paragraphs, Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall apply in the context of rural development part financed by the EAGGF.
The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 1 January 2000 for the Structural Funds and 28 April 2000 for the EAGGF Guarantee Section.
The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2008 for the Structural Funds. This date is extended to 30 April 2009 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure in the area receiving transitional support shall be 31 December 2007.
The final date for the EAGGF Guarantee Section to take account of payments made by the paying bodies under this programming document shall be 31 December 2006.
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32003D0391 | 2003/391/EC: Commission Decision of 23 May 2003 amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community as regards the United States of America (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1643)
| Commission Decision
of 23 May 2003
amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community as regards the United States of America
(notified under document number C(2003) 1643)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/391/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 92/452/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2003/151/EC(4), provides that Member States are only to import embryos from third countries where they have been collected, processed and stored by an embryo collection team listed in that Decision. The United States of America has requested that amendments be made to that list as regards the entries for that country.
(2) The United States of America has provided guarantees regarding compliance with the appropriate rules set out in Directive 89/556/EEC and the collection teams concerned have been officially approved for exports to the Community by the veterinary services of that country.
(3) Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) 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 Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC is amended as follows:
1. the following row is deleted concerning teams of the United States of America:
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2. the following row is added concerning teams of the United States of America:
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This Decision shall apply from 6 June 2003.
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32008D0742(01) | 2008/742/EC: Commission Decision of 18 September 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of propachlor in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance (notified under document number C(2008) 5064) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 19.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/39
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 September 2008
concerning the non-inclusion of propachlor in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance
(notified under document number C(2008) 5064)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/742/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), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that a Member State may, during a period of 12 years following the notification of that Directive, authorise the placing on the market of plant protection products containing active substances not listed in Annex I to that Directive that are already on the market two years after the date of notification, while those substances are gradually being examined within the framework of a programme of work.
(2) Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (2) and (EC) No 1490/2002 (3) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the third stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and establish a list of active substances to be assessed with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. That list includes propachlor.
(3) For propachlor the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 and (EC) No 1490/2002 for a range of uses proposed by the notifier. Moreover, those Regulations designate the rapporteur Member States which have to submit the relevant assessment reports and recommendations to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 451/2000. For propachlor the rapporteur Member State was the Netherlands and all relevant information was submitted on 23 May 2007.
(4) The Commission examined propachlor in accordance with Article 11a of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002. A draft review report for that substance was reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 20 May 2008 in the format of the Commission review report.
(5) During the examination of this active substance by the Committee, taking into account comments received from Member States, it was concluded that there are clear indications that it may be expected that it has harmful effects on groundwater and in particular the leaching to groundwater is above 0,1 μg/l in all modeled scenarios for three relevant metabolites. Moreover, other concerns which were identified by the rapporteur Member States in its assessment report are included in the review report for the substance.
(6) The Commission invited the notifier to submit its comments on the results of the examination of propachlor and on its intention or not to further support the substance. The notifier submitted its comments which have been carefully examined. However, despite the arguments put forwards by the notifier, the concerns identified could not be eliminated, and assessments made on the basis of the information submitted have not demonstrated that it may be expected that, under the proposed conditions of use, plant protection products containing propachlor satisfy in general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(7) Propachlor should therefore not be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(8) Measures should be taken to ensure that authorisations granted for plant protection products containing propachlor are withdrawn within a fixed period of time and are not renewed and that no new authorisations for such products are granted.
(9) Any period of grace granted by a Member State for the disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of plant protection products containing propachlor should be limited to 12 months in order to allow existing stocks to be used in one further growing season, which ensures that plant protection products containing propachlor remain available for 18 months from the adoption of this Decision.
(10) This Decision does not prejudice the submission of an application for propachlor in accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 of 17 January 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards a regular and an accelerated procedure for the assessment of active substances which were part of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of that Directive but have not been included into its Annex I (4), in view of a possible inclusion in its Annex I.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Propachlor shall not be included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
Member States shall ensure that:
(a) authorisations for plant protection products containing propachlor are withdrawn by 18 March 2009;
(b) no authorisations for plant protection products containing propachlor are granted or renewed from the date of publication of this Decision.
Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall be as short as possible and shall expire on 18 March 2010 at the latest.
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32002R0018 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 18/2002 of 7 January 2002 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Israel
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 18/2002
of 7 January 2002
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the Community of fresh cut flowers.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001(3) opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 17/2002(4) fixes the Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for the application of the import arrangements.
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(6), lays down the detailed rules for the application of the arrangements.
(5) On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must be concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for large-flowered roses originating in Israel. The Common Customs Tariff duty should be re-established.
(6) The quota for the products in question covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2001. As a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up to the end of that period at the latest.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
For imports of large-flowered roses (CN code ex 0603 10 10 ) originating in Israel, the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31990R0201 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 201/90 of 22 January 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in cereals
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 201/90
of 22 January 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in cereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Communtiy, 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 4b of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3707/89 (5), provides for the payment of the maximum additional co-responsibility levy at the beginning of the marketing year and, where appropriate, for its reimbursement in full or in part depending on the definitive harvest recorded;
Whereas the abovementioned arrangements lead to administrative complications throughout a substantial part of the marketing year; whereas they should accordingly be replaced by arrangements which, while maintaining application of the levy during the same marketing year, enable the abovementioned complications to be avoided by deferring to the following marketing year some of the consequences of the determination of the level of production of a given marketing year; whereas that objective may be achieved by setting an additional co-responsibility levy equal to 1,5 % of the intervention price for common wheat of breadmaking quality which, after the first marketing year of application will be adjusted if necessary to take account of the percentage by which the production of the previous marketing year exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity; whereas however this adjustment may not lead to the setting, for the marketing year in question, of an additional co-responsibility levy of more than 3 %,
Article 4b of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is hereby amended as follows:
1. paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
2. 'Where the cereal production from a marketing year exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity referred to in paragraph 1, an additional co-responsibility levy shall be payable by producers, in proportion to the amount of the excess, within a limit of 3 %. It shall be set on the basis of the intervention price valid for common wheat of breadmaking quality at the beginning of the marketing year in question.
(1), (4), (6) and (7) shall apply to this additional levy.
This levy shall be applied in the following way:
- a flat-rate levy of 1,5 % of the intervention price referred to above shall be applied from the beginning of the marketing year,
- should the percentage by which the maximum guaranteed quantity, determined in accordance with paragraph 4, be different from the percentage of the flat-rate levy, the flat-rate levy for the following marketing year shall be increased or reduced by the difference between the two percentages within a limit of 1,5 %';
2. in paragraph 4, 'before 1 March' is replaced by 'in February'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 1990/91 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32014R0440 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 440/2014 of 29 April 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 30.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 128/79
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 440/2014
of 29 April 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986R0659 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 659/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the compensatory allowance for Mediterranean sardines
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 659/86
of 28 February 1986
fixing the compensatory allowance for Mediterranean sardines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 171 and 358 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 of 4 November 1985 laying down general rules on the granting of compensatory allowances in respect of sardines (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 lays down that the grant of the compensatory allowance is to be limited to Mediterranean sardines of sizes 3 and 4 and freshness categories E and A, as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 of 19 January 1976, laying down common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled products (2);
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85 lays down that the allowance is to be equal to the difference between the withdrawal price for Atlantic sardines of the size in question, applicable in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, and the withdrawal price for Atlantic sardines of size 2 applicable in the new Member States;
Whereas the withdrawal prices for the 1986 fishing year were fixed for the products in question by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 656/86 (3);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
The compensatory allowance granted for Mediterranean sardines, as provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3117/85, shall be as follows for the 1986 fishing year:
- sardines, size 3 (E, A): 225 ECU/tonne,
- sardines, size 4 (E, A): 90 ECU/tonne.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32001R2070 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2070/2001 of 23 October 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2070/2001
of 23 October 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001, and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil producer organisations(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1638/98, and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001 amending Regulations No 136/66/EEC and (EC) No 1638/98 as regards the extension of the period of validity of the aid scheme and the quality strategy for olive oil extended application of the rules currently in force in the oils and fats sector to the end of the 2003/04 marketing year. As a result Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 648/2001(6), should be amended.
(2) Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 stipulates that where the checks on an approved mill do not confirm the figures in the stock records of that mill the Member State must determine the quantity of oil for which aid is to be given for each producer taking into account the olive yields and oil yields fixed in accordance with the standard method laid down in Article 18 thereof. In order that the eligible quantity reflects as closely as possible the actual production of the producers concerned, the Member State must also take account of other objective factors at the time of fixing that quantity. The number of olive trees in question, the yield fixed for the homogeneous zone concerned and a coefficient taking account of the difference, at national level, between the production resulting from the estimate of yields and the effective production fixed by the Commission in accordance with Article 17a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 constitute such criteria and must therefore be incorporated into the calculation of the eligible quantity.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 is amended as follows:
1. In the title, the words "1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years" are replaced by "1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04 marketing years".
2. In the second subparagraph of Article 14(1), the words "1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years" are replaced by "1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04 marketing years".
3. The second subparagraph of Article 15(1) is replaced by the following: "However, without prejudice to any claims which the olive growers concerned might make against the mill, that quantity may not exceed either the quantity covered by each aid application submitted or the quantity obtained by multiplying:
- the number of olive trees of the olive grower concerned by
- the average yield for the homogeneous zone in which they are located and by
- a coefficient representing the ratio between the production fixed for the Member State under Article 17a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 and the production obtained for that Member State by estimating the yields and the number of olive trees.
The number of olive trees shall be determined in proportion to the quantity of oil concerned in the case where aid is requested for oil obtained from more than one mill."
4. In Article 26(2), the words "1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years" are replaced by "1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03 marketing years".
5. In Article 28(2), "to 2002/03" is added after "2000/01".
6. In the third subparagraph of Article 30(1), "20 % in 2000/01" is replaced by "20 % in 2000/01 to 2003/04".
7. The final subparagraph of Article 32 is replaced by the following: "Before 1 January of the 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04 marketing years, producer Member States shall present a summary report of the number of checks carried out under Articles 28, 29 and 30, the number of cases where adjustment was required, with an indication of the information or quantities concerned, and the penalties imposed or under consideration, along with a brief assessment of the control arrangements set up and any difficulties encountered."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31989R4034 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4034/89 of 29 December 1989 extending the periods of validity of Regulations (EEC) No 3044/79, (EEC) No 1782/80 and (EEC) No 412/88, on Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products originating in Malta, Egypt and Turkey
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4034/89
of 29 December 1989
extending the periods of validity of Regulations (EEC) No 3044/79, (EEC) No 1782/80 and (EEC) No 412/88, on Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products originating in Malta, Egypt and Turkey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 of 5 February 1982 on common rules for imports (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3365/89 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having consulted the advisory committee set up under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 288/82.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2819/79 (3), the period of validity of which was last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1884/89 (4), makes imports of certain textile products originating in certain non-member countries subject to Community surveillance;
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 3044/79 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3928/87 (6), the Commission established Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products originating in Malta;
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1782/80 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3928/87, the Commission established Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products originating in Egypt;
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 4121/88 (8), the Commission established Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products originating in Turkey;
Whereas those Regulations expire on 31 December 1989;
Whereas the reasons that justified the introduction of the above Regulations are still valid; whereas the said Regulations should therefore be extended for an additional period,
Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products, established by Regulations (EEC) No 3044/79, (EEC) No 1782/80 and (EEC) No 4121/88, is hereby extended until 31 December 1990.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1990.
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 |
32014D0151 | Council Implementing Decision 2014/151/CFSP of 21 March 2014 implementing Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
| 21.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 86/30
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2014/151/CFSP
of 21 March 2014
implementing Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
(2) In view of the gravity of the situation, the Council considers that additional persons should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
(3) The Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0273 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 273/2005 of 17 February 2005 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
| 18.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 47/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 273/2005
of 17 February 2005
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004 (2).
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified on 11 to 17 February 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be 13,97 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993D0745 | Council Decision of 20 December 1993 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the supplementary Protocol between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 December 1993
concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the supplementary Protocol between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part
(93/745/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Europe Agreement signed in Luxembourg on 4 October 1993, it is necessary to approve the Supplementary Protocol to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 16 December 1991, as subsequently amended by the exchange of letters signed on 15 December 1992 concerning the extension of the duration of this Agreement;
Whereas the Interim Agreement was last amended by an Additional Protocol initialled on 16 July 1993 and applied provisionally from 1 July 1993 in order to increase and accelerate the granting of certain Community concessions;
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Communities a Supplementary Protocol with the Czech Republic to the Interim Agreement in order to adapt this Agreement to the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic on 31 December 1992 and the subsequent succession thereto by the Czech Republic;
Whereas it is necessary to approve this Supplementary Protocol,
The Supplementary Protocol between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Supplementary Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Supplementary Protocol in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988L0302 | Commission Directive 88/302/EEC of 18 November 1987 adapting to technical progress for the ninth time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 18 November 1987 adapting to technical progress for the ninth time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (87/302/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (1), as amended for the sixth time by Directive 79/831/EEC (2), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Directive 67/548/EEC provides that the physico-chemical properties, toxicity and ecotoxicity of the substances and preparations shall be determined according to the methods specified in Annex V;
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Directive 67/548/EEC provides that the real or potential environmental hazard of a substance or preparation shall be assessed according to the characteristics set out in Annexes VII and VIII;
Whereas Annex V to the version introduced by Commission Directive 84/449/EEC (3) presently contains only those test methods corresponding to the characteristics detailed in Annex VII and it is necessary also to make available test methods corresponding to the characteristics detailed in Annex VIII;
Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in Dangerous Substances and Preparations,
The text of the Annex to this Directive is added to Annex V to Directive 67/548/EEC.
Member States shall adopt and publish before 31 December 1988 the measures needed to comply with this Directive and shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply those measures by 30 June 1989 at the latest.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992D0077 | Commission Decision of 13 December 1991 on the establishment of an addendum to the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in Portugal on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 13 December 1991 on the establishment of an addendum to the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in Portugal on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (92/77/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof,
After consultation of the Committee for the development and reconversion of regions,
Whereas the Commission has approved by Decision 89/642/EEC (2) the Community support framework for structural assistance in Portugal;
Whereas the Portuguese Government submitted to the Commission 12 sectoral plans, seven on 4 April 1991, two on 5 April 1991, and three on 28 June 1991, on the modernization of the conditions under which agricultural products are processed and marketed referred to in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 of 29 March 1990 on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural products are processed and marketed (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (4);
Whereas the plans submitted by the Member State include descriptions of the main priorities selected and indications of the use to be made of assistance under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section in implementing the sectoral plans;
Whereas measures falling within the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 867/90 of 29 March 1990 on improving the processing and marketing conditions for forestry products (5) may be taken into consideration by the Commission when establishing the Community support framework for areas covered by objective 1 as provided for in Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas this addendum to the Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas all measures which constitute the addendum are in conformity with Commission Decision 90/342/EEC of 7 June 1990 on the selection criteria to be adopted for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products (6);
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this addendum in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (7), this decision is to be sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;
Whereas in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
The addendum to the Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed in Portugal covering the period from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1993 is hereby established.
The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of this addendum to the Community support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the rules and guidelines of the structural Funds and the other existing financial instruments.
The addendum to the Community support framework contains the following essential information:
(a) a statement of the main priorities for joint action in the following sectors:
1. forestry products;
2. meat;
3. milk and milk products;
4. eggs and poultrymeat;
5. diverse animal products (auction markets);
6. cereals and rice;
7. oil producing plants (olive oil);
8. wine and alcohol;
9. fruit and vegetables;
10. flowers and plants;
11. potatoes;
(b) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1991 prices, the total cost of the priorities adopted for joint action by the Community and the Member State concerned, ECU 316 388 599 for the whole period, and the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:
(ecus)
1. forestry products 12 283 255 2. meat 14 166 358 3. milk and milk products 25 961 874 4. eggs and poultrymeat 2 745 617 5. diverse animal products (auction markets) 2 483 256 6. cereals and rice 8 174 694 7. oil producing plants (olive oil) 5 308 994 8. wine and alcohol 26 748 714 9. fruit and vegetables 23 194 638 10. flowers and plants 1 625 215 11. potatoes 2 031 518 Total 124 724 103
The resultant national financing requirement, approximately ECU 38 938 387 for the public sector and ECU 152 726 109 for the private sector, may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other loan instruments.
This declaration of intent is addressed to the Portuguese Republic. | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 |
32003D0291(01) | 2003/291/EC: Commission Decision of 25 April 2003 laying down the requirements for the prevention of avian influenza in susceptible birds kept in zoos in Belgium and the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1439)
| Commission Decision
of 25 April 2003
laying down the requirements for the prevention of avian influenza in susceptible birds kept in zoos in Belgium and the Netherlands
(notified under document number C(2003) 1439)
(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/291/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 Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Directive 92/40/EEC(3) sets out the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza in poultry, without prejudice to Community provisions governing intra-Community trade. This Directive does not apply where avian influenza is detected in other birds. However, in this case, the Member State concerned must inform the Commission of any measure it takes.
(2) Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC(4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2002(5), and in particular Article 3 thereof, provides that trade in and imports of the animals, semen, ova and embryos concerned must not be prohibited or restricted for animal health reasons, other than those arising from the application of Community legislation, and in particular any safeguard measures taken.
(3) Council Directive 1999/22/EC of 29 March 1999 relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos(6), and in particular Article 2 thereof sets out the definition of a zoo. This definition should however be complemented with regard to trade for the purpose of the present Decision.
(4) Since 28 February 2003 the Netherlands have declared several outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry.
(5) The Netherlands took immediate action as provided for by Directive 92/40/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza, as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, before the disease was officially confirmed.
(6) For the sake of clarity and transparency the Commission after consultation with the Dutch authorities, thereby reinforcing the measures taken by the Netherlands, has taken Decision 2003/153/EC(7) of 3 March 2003 concerning protection measures in relation to strong suspicion of avian influenza in the Netherlands.
(7) Subsequently Decision 2003/156/EC(8), Decision 2003/172/EC(9), Decision 2003/186/EC(10) and Decision 2003/191/EC(11), Decision 2003/214/EC(12), Decision 2003/258/EC(13) and Decision 2003/290/EC(14) were adopted after consultation with the Dutch authorities and evaluation of the situation with all Member States.
(8) On basis of Decision 2003/214/EC the Dutch authorities started preventive emptying and culling of poultry in holdings and areas at risk, in order to avoid further spreading of the virus.
(9) On 16 April 2003 the veterinary authorities of Belgium have informed the Commission about a strong suspicion of avian influenza in the province of Limburg, which was subsequently officially confirmed.
(10) The Belgian authorities have immediately, before the official confirmation of the disease, implemented the measures foreseen in Directive 92/40/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza while further confirmatory diagnostic procedures were carried out.
(11) For the sake of clarity and transparency the Commission after consultation with the Belgian authorities, thereby reinforcing the measures taken by Belgium, has taken Decision 2003/275/EC(15) concerning protection measures in relation to strong suspicion of avian influenza in Belgium.
(12) Subsequently Decision 2003/289/EC(16) was adopted after consultation with the Belgian authorities and evaluation of the situation with all Member States.
(13) On basis of Decision 2003/275/EC the Belgian authorities started preventive emptying and culling of poultry in holdings and areas at risk, in order to avoid further spreading of the virus.
(14) In order to protect wild fauna and to conserve bio-diversity, Belgium and the Netherlands however may decide to carry out an emergency vaccination against avian influenza of susceptible birds in zoos.
(15) It is appropriate to provide that essential information concerning the emergency vaccination should be specified in a programme to be submitted by Belgium and the Netherlands to the Commission and the other Member States.
(16) The emergency vaccination, even though limited to special categories of animals not primarily concerned by trade, may contribute to jeopardise the avian influenza status in terms of international trade, not only for the Member State or part of its territory where vaccination is carried out. Therefore the vaccinated birds should not be traded.
(17) 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 the purpose of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:
- "Zoo": an establishment as referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 1999/22/EC and, with regard to trade, an "approved body, institute or centre" as referred to in Article 2(1)(c) of Council Directive 92/65/EEC,
- "Susceptible bird": any bird species likely susceptible to avian influenza and not intended for the production of animal products.
The competent veterinary authority of Belgium and the Netherlands shall ensure that stringent bio-security measures are taken in zoos where birds susceptible to avian influenza are kept, in order to avoid risky contacts that may cause the introduction and spread of avian influenza. These measures shall aim in particular at avoiding risky contacts with the public and with poultry holdings.
Belgium and the Netherlands may decide to apply emergency vaccination against avian influenza to susceptible birds kept in zoos, which are considered to be at risk from the disease, in accordance with the requirements set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Belgium and the Netherlands shall officially present in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health a programme on the vaccination of susceptible birds kept in zoos against avian influenza to other Member States and the Commission. The programme shall at least comprise detailed information on:
- the exact address and location of the zoos where the vaccination is to be carried out,
- the specific identification and number of susceptible birds,
- the individual identification of the birds to be vaccinated,
- the type of vaccine to be used, the vaccination scheme and the timing of the vaccination,
- the motivation of the decision to implement the measures,
- the timetable of the vaccinations to be carried out.
Belgium and the Netherlands shall apply the measures in compliance with this Decision and immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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32004R0541 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 541/2004 of 23 March 2004 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 541/2004
of 23 March 2004
establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1),
Having regard to 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(2), and in particular Article 173(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation.
(2) The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 March 2004.
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32012R0119 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 119/2012 of 10 February 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 11.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/40
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 119/2012
of 10 February 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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32003R1838 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1838/2003 of 17 October 2003 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 300th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1838/2003
of 17 October 2003
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 300th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999(4), the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter; Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of the tenders received in response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.
(2) In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-use security determined accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 300th special invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90, the maximum aid and the amount of the end-use security shall be as follows:
>TABLE>
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October 2003.
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31995R2730 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2730/95 of 27 November 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3389/81 laying down detailed rules for export refunds in the wine sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2730/95 of 27 November 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3389/81 laying down detailed rules for export refunds in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1544/95 (2), and in particular Article 55 (8) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 345/79 of 5 February 1979 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on wine and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2009/81 (4), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/81 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1343/94 (6), lays down certain detailed rules in relation to the granting of export refunds in the wine sector;
Whereas the application of Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27 November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1384/95 (8), has had satisfactory results as regards the proofs of release for consumption of the products into third countries;
Whereas, furthermore, experience has shown that export transactions to certain of the abovementioned countries have led to abuses; whereas the removal of certain countries in which there is a serious risk of abuse from the list of countries qualifying under the export refund scheme should normalize trade;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Article 4a of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/81 is hereby deleted.
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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31994D0484 | 94/484/EC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1994 approving an amendment to the Spanish programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in the Basque Country
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 July 1994 approving an amendment to the Spanish programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in the Basque Country (94/484/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 of 21 March 1989 establishing a system of transitional aids to agricultural income (1), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3813/89 of 19 December 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of transitional aids to agricultural income (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1110/91 (3), and in particular
Article 10
(3) thereof,
Whereas on 12 February 1992 the Spanish authorities notified the Commission of their intention to establish a programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in the Basque Country; whereas the Commission approved the programme in its Decision 92/343/EEC (4);
Whereas Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 provides that that Regulation is to apply until 31 March 1993 and that no programme of agricultural income aid is to be approved after that date; whereas, therefore, in accordance with Article 7 (1) of the same Regulation, after that date the Commission can only approve technical amendments to programmes of aid to agricultural income;
Whereas on 21 March 1994 the Spanish authorities notified the Commission that they had made some technical errors when drawing up the programme, and that the first period of application of the programme had shown there to be a risk that the consequences of these errors were a threat to its success; whereas as result of these errors and the need to correct them the Spanish authorities did not make income aid payments at the pace that had been planned;
Whereas the Spanish authorities have requested that the scheduling of budget allocations provided for by the Decision approving the programme should be altered without altering the total amount chargeable to the Community budget; whereas it seems appropriate to grant these technical requests since they are not of a nature to alter the substance of the Decision of 9 June 1992 approving the programme;
Whereas the Management Committee for Agricultural Income Aid was consulted on 19 July 1994 on the measure provided for in this Decision;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee was consulted on 19 July 1994 on the maximum amounts that can be charged to the Community budget each year under the programme approved,
The programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in the Basque Country notified to the Commission by the Spanish authorities on 12 February 1992, as amended by the communication of 21 March 1994, is hereby approved.
The maximum amounts that may be charged to the Community budget each year under this Decision are as follows:
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32013D0290 | 2013/290/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 14 June 2013 amending Decision 2009/821/EC as regards the lists of border inspection posts and veterinary units in Traces due to the accession of Croatia (notified under document C(2013) 3474) Text with EEA relevance
| 18.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 164/22
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 14 June 2013
amending Decision 2009/821/EC as regards the lists of border inspection posts and veterinary units in Traces due to the accession of Croatia
(notified under document C(2013) 3474)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/290/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2009/821/EC of 28 September 2009 drawing up a list of approved border inspection posts, laying down certain rules on the inspections carried out by Commission veterinary experts and laying down the veterinary units in Traces (1) lays down in its Annex I the list of border inspection posts approved in accordance with Council Directives 91/496/EEC (2) and 97/78/EC (3) and in its Annex II the list of central units, regional units and local units in the integrated computerised veterinary system (Traces).
(2) Decision 2009/821/EC, adopted by the Commission, remains valid beyond 1 July 2013 and therefore requires adaptation to the accession of Croatia. The necessary adaptations are not provided for in the Act of Accession for Croatia (4) and thus need to be adopted before accession with this Decision so as to be applicable as from accession.
(3) The process of enlargement will result in significant modification of the land border of the new Union with neighbouring third countries, with the extension of the coastal border to include more sea coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and with the addition of one international airport.
(4) The proposed locations put forward as border inspection posts with third countries in Croatia have been the subject of audits by the Commission audit service (formerly referred to as Commission inspection service), the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO). It is considered that these locations will be completed to Union requirements by accession. Therefore the proposed locations in Croatia should be added to the list of approved border inspection posts in Member States set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC.
(5) At the same time as a result of the accession of Croatia, certain Member States notably Hungary and Slovenia will cease to have borders with third countries. As a result certain land border inspection posts in these Member States will become redundant. Therefore the list of approved border inspection posts in these two Member States set out in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC should be amended accordingly.
(6) Furthermore, the process of enlargement will result in the addition of local veterinary units in Croatia for the use of Traces. Therefore these local veterinary units must be added to the list of local units in Traces for Member States, laid down in Annex II to Decision 2009/821/EC.
(7) Decision 2009/821/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annexes I and II to Decision 2009/821/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
The amendments set out in the Annex shall enter into force subject to, and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.
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32012D0408 | 2012/408/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (EGF/2012/000 TA 2012 — Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)
| 20.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/11
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 4 July 2012
on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (EGF/2012/000 TA 2012 — Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)
(2012/408/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 provides that 0,35 % of the annual maximum amount can be made available each year for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. The budgetary authority proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 730 000.
(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 730 000 in commitment and payment appropriations.
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32009R1219 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009 of 14 December 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2010 of the import tariff quotas for baby beef products originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro
| 15.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/52
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1219/2009
of 14 December 2009
laying down detailed rules for the application in 2010 of the import tariff quotas for ‘baby beef’ products originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 144(1) and Article 148(a), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 (2), provides for annual preferential tariff quotas of 1 500 tonnes of ‘baby beef’ products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina and of 9 175 tonnes of ‘baby beef’ products originating in the customs territories of Serbia and Kosovo (3).
(2) The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, approved by Council and Commission Decision 2005/40/EC, Euratom (4), the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, approved by Council and Commission Decision 2004/239/EC, Euratom (5), the Interim Agreement with Montenegro, approved by Council Decision 2007/855/EC of 15 October 2007 concerning the signing and conclusion of an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (6) and the Interim Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina, approved by Council Decision 2008/474/EC of 16 June 2008 concerning the signing and conclusion of an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part (7), lay down annual preferential tariff quotas of ‘baby beef’ of 9 400 tonnes, 1 650 tonnes, 800 tonnes and 1 500 tonnes respectively.
(3) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2248/2001 of 19 November 2001 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia (8) and Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 153/2002 of 21 January 2002 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (9) provide that detailed rules for the implementation of concessions on ‘baby beef’ should be laid down.
(4) For control purposes, Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 makes imports under the quotas of ‘baby beef’ for Bosnia and Herzegovina and for customs territories of Serbia and Kosovo, subject to the presentation of a certificate of authenticity attesting that the goods originate from the issuing country and that they correspond exactly to the definition in Annex II to that Regulation. For the sake of harmonisation, imports under the quotas of ‘baby beef’ originating in Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro should also be made subject to the presentation of a certificate of authenticity attesting that the goods originate from the issuing country and that they correspond exactly to the definition in Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Croatia or with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Montenegro respectively. A model should also be established for the certificates of authenticity and detailed rules laid down for their use.
(5) The quotas concerned should be managed through the use of import licences. To this end, Commission Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 of 23 April 2008 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (10) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 382/2008 of 21 April 2008 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (11) should be applicable subject to this Regulation.
(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (12) lays down in particular detailed provisions on applications for import licences, the status of applicants, the issue of licences and the notifications by the Member States to the Commission. That Regulation limits the period of validity of licences to the last day of the import tariff quota period. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 should apply to import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation, without prejudice to additional conditions or derogations laid down in this Regulation.
(7) In order to ensure proper management of imports of the products concerned, import licences should be issued subject to verification, in particular of entries on certificates of authenticity.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
1. The following tariff quotas are hereby opened for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010:
(a) 9 400 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in Croatia;
(b) 1 500 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
(c) 1 650 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
(d) 9 175 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in the customs territories of Serbia and Kosovo;
(e) 800 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in Montenegro.
The quotas referred to in the first subparagraph shall bear the order Nos 09.4503, 09.4504, 09.4505, 09.4198 and 09.4199 respectively.
For the purposes of attributing those quotas, 100 kilograms live weight shall be equivalent to 50 kilograms carcass weight.
2. The customs duty applicable under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 20 % of the ad valorem duty and 20 % of the specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs Tariff.
3. Importation under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reserved for certain live animals and certain meat falling within the following CN codes, referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000, in Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreements concluded with Croatia, in Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement concluded with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Montenegro and in Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina:
— ex 0102 90 51, ex 0102 90 59, ex 0102 90 71 and ex 0102 90 79,
— ex 0201 10 00 and ex 0201 20 20,
— ex 0201 20 30,
— ex 0201 20 50.
Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and Regulations (EC) No 376/2008 and 382/2008 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
1. Section 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the country or customs territory of origin and the mention ‘yes’ shall be marked by a cross. Licences shall be subject to the obligation to import from the country or customs territory indicated.
Section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of the entries listed in Annex I.
2. The original of the certificate of authenticity drawn up in accordance with Article 4 plus a copy thereof shall be presented to the competent authority together with the application for the first import licence relating to the certificate of authenticity.
Certificates of authenticity may be used for the issue of more than one import licence for quantities not exceeding that shown on the certificate. Where more than one licence is issued in respect of a certificate, the competent authority shall:
(a) endorse the certificate of authenticity to show the quantity attributed;
(b) ensure that the import licences delivered in respect of that certificate are issued on the same day.
3. The competent authorities may issue import licences only after they are satisfied that all the information on the certificate of authenticity corresponds to that received each week from the Commission for the imports concerned. The licences shall be issued immediately thereafter.
1. All applications for imports licences under the quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the authorities of the exporting country or customs territory listed in Annex II attesting that the goods originate in that country or customs territory and that they correspond to the definition given, as the case may be, in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000, Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreements with Croatia, Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Montenegro or Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2. Certificates of authenticity shall be made out in one original and two copies, to be printed and completed in one of the official languages of the Community, in accordance with the relevant model in Annexes III to VIII for the exporting countries or customs territory concerned. They may also be printed and completed in the official language or one of the official languages of the exporting country or customs territory.
The competent authorities of the Member State in which the import licence application is submitted may require a translation of the certificate to be provided.
3. The original and copies of the certificate of authenticity may be typed or hand-written. In the latter case, they shall be completed in black ink and in block capitals.
The certificate forms shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used shall weigh not less than 40 g/m2. The original shall be white, the first copy pink and the second copy yellow.
4. Each certificate shall have its own individual serial number followed by the name of the issuing country or customs territory.
The copies shall bear the same serial number and the same name as the original.
5. Certificates shall be valid only if they are duly endorsed by an issuing authority listed in Annex II.
6. Certificates shall be deemed to have been duly endorsed if they state the date and place of issue and if they bear the stamp of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or persons empowered to sign them.
1. The issuing authorities listed in Annex II shall:
(a) be recognised as such by the exporting country or customs territory concerned;
(b) undertake to verify entries on the certificates;
(c) undertake to forward to the Commission at least once a week any information enabling the entries on the certificates of authenticity to be verified, in particular with regard to the number of the certificate, the exporter, the consignee, the country of destination, the product (live animals/meat), the net weight and the date of signature.
2. The list in Annex II shall be revised by the Commission where the requirement referred to in paragraph 1(a) is no longer met, where an issuing authority fails to fulfil one or more of the obligations incumbent on it or where a new issuing authority is designated.
Certificates of authenticity and import licences shall be valid for three months from their respective dates of issue.
The exporting country or custom territory concerned shall communicate to the Commission specimens of the stamp imprints used by their issuing authorities and the names and signatures of the persons empowered to sign certificates of authenticity. The Commission shall communicate that information to the competent authorities of the Member States.
1. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify to the Commission:
(a) no later than 28 February 2011, the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued in the previous import tariff quota period;
(b) no later than 30 April 2011, the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.
2. No later than 30 April 2011, Member States shall notify to the Commission the quantities of products, which were actually released for free circulation during the preceding import tariff quota period.
3. The notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be made as indicated in Annexes IX, X and XI to this Regulation and the product categories indicated in Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 382/2008 shall be used.
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 2010.
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31981D0573 | 81/573/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Perkin Elmer differential scanning calorimeter, DSC-2C' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as "Perkin Elmer differential scanning calorimeter, DSC-2C" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/573/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 21 January 1981, Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Perkin Elmer differential scanning calorimeter, DSC-2C", to be used for the determination of the specific heat and the transition entropy of materials which have ferroelectric and other structural phase transition, and also in the study of properties of metallic glasses, for the determination of the temperature of crystallization and heat of crystallization of these materials, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 28 April 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a calorimeter;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus, whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as "Perkin Elmer differential scanning calorimeter, DSC-2C" which is the subject of an application by Germany of 21 January 1981 may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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32002R0448 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2002 of 12 March 2002 amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2002
of 12 March 2002
amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98(3), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The amounts of the representative prices and additional duties applicable to the import of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2001(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 259/2002(5).
(2) It follows from applying the general and detailed fixing rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 to the information known to the Commission that the representative prices and additional duties at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 March 2002.
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31977R0546 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 546/77 of 16 March 1977 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community' s external trade
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 546/77 of 16 March 1977 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community's external trade
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (1), and in particular Articles 8 and 41 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 69/73/EEC of 4 March 1969 on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of inward processing (2), as last amended by Directive 76/119/EEC (3),
Having regard to Council Directive 76/119/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of outward processing,
Whereas statistical returns in respect of importation for inward processing or of exportation after inward processing, on the one hand, and of exportation for outward processing or of importation after outward processing, on the other hand, should correspond to the customs arrangements for inward and outward processing respectively ; whereas these customs arrangements bear different names in the Member States;
Whereas the table of equivalence should therefore be established between these statistical procedures and the customs procedures under which the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action on inward and outward processing arrangements is carried out:
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on External Trade Statistics,
Statistical procedures in respect of importation for inward processing and of exportation after inward processing shall relate to import and export operations carried out in Member States under the customs procedures named below: >PIC FILE= "T0011862">
Statistical procedures in respect of exportation for outward processing and of importation after outward processing shall relate to import and export operations carried out in Member States under the customs procedures named below: >PIC FILE= "T0011863"> (1)OJ No L 183, 14.7.1975, p. 3. (2)OJ No L 58, 8.3.1969, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 24, 30.1.1976, p. 58.
Statistical procedures in respect of "other importations" and "other exportations" shall relate to the operations carried out in Member States under customs procedures other than those specified in Articles 1 and 2.
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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32002D0159 | 2002/159/EC: Commission Decision of 18 February 2002 on a common format for the submission of summaries of national fuel quality data (notified under document number C(2002) 508)
| Commission Decision
of 18 February 2002
on a common format for the submission of summaries of national fuel quality data
(notified under document number C(2002) 508)
(2002/159/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC(1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It is necessary for the Member States to monitor the quality of petrol and diesel fuels marketed in their territories in order to ensure compliance with the environmental specifications contained in Directive 98/70/EC and to ensure the effectiveness of measures to reduce atmospheric pollution caused by vehicles.
(2) It is necessary to establish a common reporting format for the submission of fuel quality monitoring information in accordance with Article 8(3) of Directive 98/70/EC,
This Decision establishes a common format for the submission of national fuel quality data in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 98/70/EC.
Member States shall use the format set out in the Annex, when making their submission to the Commission.
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31990D0340 | 90/340/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 June 1990 concerning the areas referred to in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of shipbuilding areas (Renaval programme) (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 June 1990
concerning the areas referred to in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of shipbuilding areas (Renaval programme)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(90/340/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 of 26 July 1988 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of shipbuilding areas (Renaval programme) (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 stipulates that the Community programme shall apply to areas which satisfy the criteria specified in Article 3 (1) of that Regulation;
Whereas the Member States concerned must submit an application for approval of the areas to which the Community programme is to apply; whereas the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has submitted such an application;
Whereas the nationally assisted Intermediate Areas of Fife Region satisfy the abovementioned criteria,
The nationally assisted Intermediate Areas of Fife Region in the Country of Scotland in the United Kingdom are hereby found to satisfy the criteria in Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88. The Community programme instituted by that Regulation shall therefore apply to those areas.
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32006R0676 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2006 of 2 May 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards definitions and updated definitions (Text with EEA relevance)
| 3.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 118/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 676/2006
of 2 May 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards definitions and updated definitions
(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 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (1), and in particular Article 15(2)(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on income and living conditions encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and European levels.
(2) As a result of the accession of new Member States to the European Union on 1 May 2004, Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 has been amended by Regulation (EC) No 1553/2005 of European Parliament and of the Council (2), in order to adapt the sample sizes and to give time to new Member States to adapt their respective systems to harmonised methods and definitions when compiling Community statistics.
(3) Furthermore, it appears that some new Member States in the same way as some existing Member States, need additional time to deliver all gross income data as specified in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 (3).
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
The first subparagraph of paragraph 3 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 is replaced by the following:
‘By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Poland and Latvia shall be authorised not to deliver any gross income data as from the first year of their operation. These countries shall, however, deliver these data as soon as possible and in any case no later than 2007.’
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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31993D0315 | 93/315/EEC: Commission Decision of 15 July 1992 amending its decisions of 18 December 1991 on the adoption of the Community support frameworks for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible for Objective 2 in the United Kingdom (Only the English text is authentic)
| <{COM}>COMMISSION DECISION of 15 July 1992 amending its decisions of 18 December 1991 on the adoption of the Community support frameworks for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible for Objective 2 in the United Kingdom (Only the English text is authentic)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular Article 9 (9) thereof,
Whereas according to Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 a Community support framework may, if necessary, be revised or adjusted, on the initiative of the Member State or of the Commission;
Whereas Commission Decisions 93/306/EEC to 93/314/EEC (2) inclusive, taken on 18 December 1991, provided for the adoption of the Community support frameworks for Community structural assistance, covering the period 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1993, in the nine areas eligible for Objective 2 in the United Kingdom;
Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom submitted on 3 February 1992 a request to modify the said Community support frameworks;
Whereas this request refers to the correction of material errors in the texts and financial tables established by Decisions 93/306/EEC to 93/314/EEC inclusive, referred to above;
Whereas in the case of the Community support framework for eastern England, adopted by Decision 93/306/EEC, certain modifications proposed pertain to the distribution between allocations of ERDF and ESF resources, and imply changes to the corresponding national financing requirement;
Whereas the Community support framework Monitoring Committee for eastern England has delivered a positive opinion on the proposed modification to the Community support framework for eastern England;
Whereas for ease of administration leading to the publication of the United Kingdom Objective 2 Community support frameworks as a single document by the Commission, it is desirable to effect all the changes referred to above with a single Commission decision,
The Community support framework for north-east England, adopted by Decision 93/307/EEC, is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 1 to the present Decision (3).
The Community support framework for eastern England, adopted by Decision 93/306/EEC, is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 2 to the present Decision.
In particular, Article 2 (c) of the Commission Decision is replaced by the following:
'(c) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1992 prices, the total cost of the priorities adopted for joint action by the Community and the Member State concerned, and, in addition, of existing multiannual national initiatives, that is ECU 634,0 million for the whole period, together with the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:
ERDF ECU 177,8 million
ESF ECU 32,7 million
Total for Structural Funds ECU 210,5 million.
The resultant national financing requirement, that is approximately ECU 299,8 million for the public sector and ECU 123,7 million for the private sector, may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other lending instruments.'
The financial tables presented in Annex 2 have been modified accordingly.
The Community support framework for the English West Midlands, adopted by Decision 93/308/EEC, is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 3 to the present Decision.
The Community support framework for north-west England, adopted by Decision 93/309/EEC is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 4 to the present Decision.
The Community support framework for west Cumbria, adopted by Decision 93/310/EEC, is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 5 to the present Decision.
The Community support framework for Clwyd, adopted by Decision 93/311/EC, is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 6 to the present Decision.
The Community support framework for industrial south Wales, adopted by Decision 93/312/EEC, is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 7 to the present Decision.
The Community support framework for western Scotland, adopted by Decision 93/313/EEC, is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 8 to the present Decision.
The Community support framework for eastern Scotland, adopted by Decision 93/314/EEC, is hereby replaced by the document comprising Annex 9 to the present Decision.
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All other dispositions specified in Decisions 93/306/EEC to 93/314/EEC remain valid.
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32014D0501 | 2014/501/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 24 July 2014 amending the Annexes to Decision 92/260/EEC as regards the temporary admission of registered horses from Costa Rica and Decision 2004/211/EC as regards the entries for Brazil and Costa Rica in the list of third countries and parts thereof from which the importation into the Union of live equidae and semen, ova and embryos of the equine species are authorised (notified under document C(2014) 5166) Text with EEA relevance
| 26.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/16
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 24 July 2014
amending the Annexes to Decision 92/260/EEC as regards the temporary admission of registered horses from Costa Rica and Decision 2004/211/EC as regards the entries for Brazil and Costa Rica in the list of third countries and parts thereof from which the importation into the Union of live equidae and semen, ova and embryos of the equine species are authorised
(notified under document C(2014) 5166)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/501/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 17(3)(a) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2009/156/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing the movement and importation from third countries of equidae (2), and in particular Article 12(1) and (4), point (a) of Article 15, Article 16(2), and the introductory phrase of Article 19 and points (a) and (b) of Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2009/156/EC lays down animal health conditions for the importation into the Union of live equidae. It provides, amongst others, that imports of equidae into the Union are only authorised from third countries which have been free for two years from Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis, and for six months from glanders.
(2) Commission Decision 92/260/EEC (3) lays down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification requirements for the temporary admission into the Union of registered horses for a period of less than 90 days from third countries assigned to specific sanitary groups as set out in Annex I thereto.
(3) Commission Decision 2004/211/EC (4) establishes a list of third countries and parts of territories thereof from which Member States are to authorise the temporary admission of registered horses, the re-entry of registered horses after temporary export and the imports of registered equidae and equidae for breeding and production and sets out the conditions for the importation of equidae from third countries.
(4) The Metropolitan area of San José in Costa Rica is listed in Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC for the re-entry of registered horses for racing, competition and cultural events after temporary export for a period of no more than 30 days in accordance with Commission Decision 93/195/EEC (5).
(5) Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis was last reported in Costa Rica in August 2012 in Alajuela some 20 km away from San José, and in November 2012 in Guanacaste in the north-west of the country some 200 km away from San José. Both outbreaks were controlled by vaccination. According to official reports those outbreaks have not affected the Metropolitan area of San José. It is therefore possible to allow for a limited period of time the temporary admission of registered horses from that part of the territory of Costa Rica which have qualified for the World Equestrian Games in France. However, since those horses are trained for endurance outdoors, it is appropriate to substantiate the absence of infection in those vaccinated horses by additional testing for Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis and to require protection from vector insects for the time after samples have been taken for the required tests until loading.
(6) Vesicular stomatitis has occurred during the last six months in Costa Rica. Therefore, it is appropriate to substantiate the absence of infection in those horses by compulsory testing for vesicular stomatitis.
(7) It is therefore necessary to adapt the list of third countries in Annex I to Decision 92/260/EEC, to include a requirement for testing for Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis in Annex II(D) and to amend the entry for Costa Rica in Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC.
(8) By letter of 4 July 2014 Brazil informed the Commission that the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Distrito Federal and Rio de Janeiro have been free for six months from glanders.
(9) The entry for that region of Brazil in Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC should be amended accordingly.
(10) Annexes I and II(D) to Decision 92/260/EEC and Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Annex I and Annex II(D) to Decision 92/260/EEC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.
Annex I to Decision 2004/211/EC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.
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32005R0623 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 623/2005 of 21 April 2005 fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
| 22.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 103/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 623/2005
of 21 April 2005
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004 (2).
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified on 15 to 21 April 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be 16,50 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 April 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R0491 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 491/87 of 18 February 1987 reintroducing the levying of the customs duties applicable to microwave ovens falling under subheading 85.12 E ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea, benefiting from the tariff preferences provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 491/87
of 18 February 1987
reintroducing the levying of the customs duties applicable to microwave ovens falling under subheading 85.12 E ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea, benefiting from the tariff preferences provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1) and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, in pursuance of Articles 1 and 12 of that Regulation, 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 ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I; whereas, as provided for in Article 13 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 reintroduced;
Whereas, in the case of microwave ovens, falling under subheading 85.12 E ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, the individual ceiling was fixed at 1 500 000 ECU; whereas, on 17 February 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in South Korea reached the ceiling in question after being charged there against;
Whereas, it is appropriate to reintroduce the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against South Korea,
As from 22 February 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be reintroduced on imports into the Community of the following products originating in South Korea:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 85.12 E ex II (NIMEXE-code 85.12-67) // Microwave ovens // //
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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32000R0285 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 285/2000 of 4 February 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 285/2000
of 4 February 2000
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1256/97(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 of 12 July 1982 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determing incomes of agricultural holdings(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 60/97(4), fixes the number of returning holdings in each division.
(2) In the case of Greece the total number of returning holdings has been fixed at 7200 for 1985 and subsequent years. This number has not been changed since then, despite the significant reduction in the number of holdings in Greece. The reduction has been accompanied by an increase in the average size of the holdings and in their uniformity, which is such that it enables satisfactory representativeness to be achieved on the basis of a smaller sample than the current one. Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be amended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the farm accountancy data network,
The table for Greece in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is hereby replaced by the table annexed to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 1999 accounting year.
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32014R0010 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 10/2014 of 7 January 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 8.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 3/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 10/2014
of 7 January 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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31993R0604 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 604/93 of 15 March 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of compulsory distillation in Germany and opened by Regulation (EEC) No 129/93
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 604/93 of 15 March 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of compulsory distillation in Germany and opened by Regulation (EEC) No 129/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1756/92 (2), and in particular Article 39 (9) and (11) thereof,
Whereas the very high volume of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine produced in Germany in the 1992/93 wine year accounts for the opening there by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 129/93 (3) of compulsory distillation; whereas in order to help producers contribute to this distillation operation, the Council, on a request from Germany, authorized pursuant to Article 93 (2) of the Treaty the grant of a national aid by Council Decision of 13 February 1993;
Whereas the special structure of wine production, in particular the breakdown between table wines and quality wines produced in specified regions, together with the need for the effective and balanced application of the measure mean that the particular classes of operators who are subject to the obligation to distil must be determined; whereas, to that end, account should be taken, firstly, of operators who obtained yields higher than the yields fixed by the German authorities pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 of 16 March 1987 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3896/91 (5), and, secondly, of operators who, having available significant volumes of wine at the beginning of the wine year, took part in the preventive distillation operation introduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2363/92 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3192/92 (7), and are subject to the abovementioned national aid scheme;
Whereas, for technical and administrative reasons, provision should be made for the competent authorities to determine precisely on an objective basis the two classes of operators required to carry out compulsory distillation;
Whereas the production of table wine in Germany consists mainly of other types of table wine which are representative of Community production; whereas the buying-in prices and the aid for these other types of wine - defined in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 - for which a guide price for the 1992/93 wine year has been fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1757/92 (8) should be determined;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
For the purposes of the application in Germany of the compulsory distillation of 310 000 hectolitres of table wine decided on by Regulation (EEC) No 129/93, by way of derogation from Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/88 (9), the competent authorities shall restrict the requirement to carry out compulsory distillation to producers, including cooperative wineries and producers' associations:
- who obtained, in the 1992/93 wine year, a quantity of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine equivalent at least to a minimum quantity which they shall determine, or
- who concluded a preventive distillation contract pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2363/92 and are subject to the national aid scheme authorized by the Council Decision of 13 February 1993.
The persons required to carry out compulsory distillation shall be notified by 31 March 1993 at the latest.
The competent authorities shall inform the Commission not later than 20 March 1993 of the provisions they have adopted pursuant to this Article.
Without prejudice to the application of Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, the buying-in prices for table wine to be delivered for compulsory distillation shall be:
- ECU 1,43 per % vol alcohol and per hl for table wine of type A II,
- ECU 1,63 per % vol alcohol and per hl for table wine of type A III,
- ECU 1,02 per % vol alcohol and per hl for table wine of type R III.
The aid for which the distiller may qualify, as against the prices laid down in Article 2, shall be for table wine of types A II, A III and R III respectively:
(a) where the product obtained from distillation complies with the definition of neutral spirits set out in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 (10): ECU 0,92, 1,12 and 0,51 per % vol alcohol per hectolitre;
(b) where the product obtained from distillation is wine spirits complying with the quality criteria laid down by national provisions in force: ECU 0,81, 1,01 and 0,40 per % vol alcohol per hectolitre;
(c) where the product obtained from distillation is raw alcohol with an alcoholic strength of not less than 52 % vol: ECU 0,81, 1,01 and 0,40 per % vol alcohol per hectolitre.
1. The price to be paid to the distiller by the intervention agency for the product delivered in accordance with the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 39 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, as against the prices laid down in
of this Regulation, shall be ECU 1,88, 2,08 and 1,47 per % vol alcohol per hectolitre for table wines of types A II, A III and R III respectively.
These prices shall apply to neutral spirits complying with the definition set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89.
2. For spirits other than those referred to in paragraph 1, the prices given in that paragraph shall be reduced by ECU 0,11 per % vol alcohol per hectolitre.
The aid for which fortifiers of wine for distillation shall qualify, as against the prices laid down in Article 2, shall be ECU 0,79, 0,99 and 0,38 per % vol alcohol per hectolitre for table wins of types A II, A III and R III respectively.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31999R1337 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1337/1999 of 24 June 1999 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of milk and milk products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1337/1999
of 24 June 1999
establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96(2),
(1) Whereas in application of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance for the milk sector should be determined for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 for supplies to the Canary Islands;
(2) Whereas the quantities of the forecast supply balance for those products is fixed in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1300/98(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 792/1999(4), for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999; whereas, in order to continue to satisfy requirements for milk and milk products, the abovementioned quantities should be fixed for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000;
(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance for the Canary Islands in the milk sector benefiting, as appropriate from exemption from import duties for products from third countries or for Community aid for products from the Community market shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Where, as regards a particular product separate amounts are fixed in the forecast supply balance for direct consumption, and for processing and/or packaging respectively, an adjustment in the breakdown as between the prescribed uses is permitted, within a limit of 20 % of the total quantity fixed for that product.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1999.
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 |
32001R2420 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2420/2001 of 11 December 2001 fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2420/2001
of 11 December 2001
fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1516/96(2), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95(4), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2916/95, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2203/2001(7), fixes detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixes representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin.
(2) It results from regular monitoring of the information providing the basis for the verification of the import prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin that the representative prices for imports of certain products should be amended taking into account variations of prices according to origin. Therefore, representative prices should be published.
(3) It is necessary to apply this amendment as soon as possible, given the situation on the market.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1931 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1931/2005 of 24 November 2005 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
| 25.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 307/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1931/2005
of 24 November 2005
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 september 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (2) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds.
(3) That calculation must also take account of the cereal products content. In the interest of simplification, the refund should be paid in respect of two categories of ‘cereal products’, namely for maize, the most commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and maize products, and for ‘other cereals’, these being eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize products. A refund should be granted in respect of the quantity of cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4) Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also take into account the possibilities and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market and the economic aspect of the export.
(5) The current situation on the cereals market and, in particular, the supply prospects mean that the export refunds should be abolished.
(6) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 November 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31998D0705 | 98/705/Euratom: Commission Decision of 26 June 1998 concerning the extension of the duration of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), by the Commission for and on behalf of the Community (notified under document number C(1998) 1381)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 26 June 1998 concerning the extension of the duration of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), by the Commission for and on behalf of the Community (notified under document number C(1998) 1381) (98/705/Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
Whereas the Council, in its Decision (1) of 22 June 1998 approved the extension of the duration of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER),
The duration of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is hereby extended on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Amendment extending the ITER EDA Agreement with the understandings for the extension of the duration of the ITER EDA Agreement is appended to this Decision (2).
The Member of the Commission responsible for Science, Research and Development or her designated representative is authorized to sign the Amendment extending the ITER EDA Agreement for the purpose of binding the European Atomic Energy Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R1700 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1700/2004 of 29 September 2004 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of Germany
| 1.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 305/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1700/2004
of 29 September 2004
prohibiting fishing for herring 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), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 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 (2) lays down quotas for herring for 2004.
(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 herring in the waters of ICES sub-areas I and II by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. Germany has prohibited fishing for this stock from 25 August 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of herring in the waters of ICES sub-areas I and II by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Germany for 2004.
Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES sub-areas I and II 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 that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 25 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1198 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1198/2005 of 26 July 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 27.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1198/2005
of 26 July 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 July 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008D0743(01) | 2008/743/EC: Commission Decision of 18 September 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of diniconazole-M in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance (notified under document number C(2008) 5068) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 19.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/41
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 September 2008
concerning the non-inclusion of diniconazole-M in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance
(notified under document number C(2008) 5068)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/743/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), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that a Member State may, during a period of 12 years following the notification of that Directive, authorise the placing on the market of plant protection products containing active substances not listed in Annex I to that Directive that are already on the market two years after the date of notification, while those substances are gradually being examined within the framework of a programme of work.
(2) Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (2) and (EC) No 1490/2002 (3) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the third stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and establish a list of active substances to be assessed with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. That list includes diniconazole-M.
(3) For diniconazole-M the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 and (EC) No 1490/2002 for a range of uses proposed by the notifier. Moreover, those Regulations designate the rapporteur Member States which have to submit the relevant assessment reports and recommendations to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 451/2000. For diniconazole-M the rapporteur Member State was France and all relevant information was submitted on 31 May 2007.
(4) The Commission examined diniconazole-M in accordance with Article 11a of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002. A draft review report for that substance was reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 20 May 2008 in the format of the Commission review report.
(5) During the examination of this active substance by the Committee, taking into account comments received from Member States, it was concluded that there are clear indications that it may be expected that it has harmful effects on human health and in particular on operators, because the exposure is greater than 100 % of the AOEL. Moreover, other concerns which were identified by the rapporteur Member State in its assessment report are included in the review report for the substance.
(6) The Commission invited the notifier to submit its comments on the results of the examination of diniconazole-M and on its intention or not to further support the substance. The notifier submitted its comments which have been carefully examined. However, despite the arguments put forwards by the notifier, the concerns identified could not be eliminated, and assessments made on the basis of the information submitted have not demonstrated that it may be expected that, under the proposed conditions of use, plant protection products containing diniconazole-M satisfy in general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(7) Diniconazole-M should therefore not be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(8) Measures should be taken to ensure that authorisations granted for plant protection products containing diniconazole-M are withdrawn within a fixed period of time and are not renewed and that no new authorisations for such products are granted.
(9) Any period of grace granted by a Member State for the disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of plant protection products containing diniconazole-M should be limited to 12 months in order to allow existing stocks to be used in one further growing season, which ensures that plant protection products containing diniconazole-M remain available for 18 months from the adoption of this Decision.
(10) This Decision does not prejudice the submission of an application for diniconazole-M in accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 of 17 January 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards a regular and an accelerated procedure for the assessment of active substances which were part of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of that Directive but have not been included into its Annex I (4), in view of a possible inclusion in its Annex I.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Diniconazole-M shall not be included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
Member States shall ensure that:
(a) authorisations for plant protection products containing diniconazole-M are withdrawn by 18 March 2009;
(b) no authorisations for plant protection products containing diniconazole-M are granted or renewed from the date of publication of this Decision.
Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall be as short as possible and shall expire on 18 March 2010 at the latest.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R1727 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1727/92 of 30 June 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the Azores and Madeira and establishing the forecast supply balance
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1727/92 of 30 June 1992 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the Azores and Madeira and establishing the forecast supply balance
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the Azores and Madeira (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92 (2) lays down common detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the Azores and Madeira;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 92/91 (4), lays down in particular detailed rules for import licences; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 337/92 (6), lays down additional and exceptional detailed rules specific to the cereals sector;
Whereas, in order to take account of trade practices specific to the cereals sector, provision should be made for detailed rules supplementing or derogating from the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, the forecast supply balance for cereal products for the Azores and Madeira should be drawn up, showing for the Azores the quantities required on each island; whereas the balance must allow for interchange of the quantities determined for certain products and, if necessary, adjustment during the year of the overall quantity determined, in line with regional requirements;
Whereas provision should be made for the Member State to designate the competent authority for issuing import licences and aid certificates, and for handling aid applications and payments;
Whereas a timetable for submitting licence and certificate applications should be set, and also admissibility requirements for applications, in particular as regards the lodging of securities; whereas, in addition, the period of validity of import licences and aid certificates should be fixed in accordance with supply needs and the requirements of sound administration by granting, in view of the situation of the Azores and Madeira, a longer period of validity for aid certificates;
Whereas provision should be made for the adjustment of the aid granted for the supply of cereal products originating in the Community on the basis of the difference in the threshold price of the product in question between the month of application for aid certificates and the month in which the certificates are used, in order to prevent, before the harvest, supply commitments which benefit from aid for the new marketing year, and to take account of practices in the cereals sector;
Whereas, to ensure the sound administration of the supply arrangements, additional requirements should be laid down for the release of the security;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 forecast supply balance quantities eligible for exemption from duties on imports from third countries or for Community aid shall be as specified in the Annex.
2. Without prejudice to any adjustment of the balance during the course of the year, the respective quantities fixed for one or other of the cereals in question may be exceeded by a maximum of 20 % provided the overall quantity is adhered to.
3. For the Azores the quantities indicated in paragraph 1 shall be broken down by island of destination as follows:
- durum wheat and malt: Sao Miguel (entire amount),
- breadmaking wheat:
(a) Sao Miguel: 60 %
(b) Terceira: 30 %
(c) Faial: 10 %,
- barley, maize and feed wheat:
(a) Sao Miguel: 75 %
(b) Terceira: 14 %
(c) Faial: 2,5 %
(d) Sao Jorge: 2 %
(e) Pico: 2 %
(f) Flores (Corvo): 1,5 %
(g) Santa Maria: 1,5 %
(h) Graciosa: 1,5 %.
The Member State shall designate the competent authority for:
(a) issuing import licences;
(b) issuing the aid certificate provided for in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92;
(c) payment of the aid to the operators concerned.
The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92 shall apply.
1. Applications for licences and certificates shall be submitted to the competent authority during the first five working days of each month. Licence or certificate applications shall be admissible only if:
(a) they do not exceed the maximum quantity available when they are lodged;
(b) prior to expiry of the time limit laid down for submission of licence and certificate applications, proof has been provided that the party concerned has lodged security of ECU 25 per tonne.
2. If licences and certificates are issued for quantities less than the quantities applied for, as a result of a single reduction coefficient being fixed, operators may withdraw their applications in writing within a time limit of five working days following the date on which the reduction coefficient is fixed.
1. The period of validity of import licences shall expire on the last day of the month following the month in which they were issued.
2. The period of validity of aid certificates shall expire on the last day of the second month following the month in which they were issued.
The account of the aid as specified in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 shall be adjusted on the basis of the difference in the threshold price of the cereal in question between the month in which aid certificates are applied for and the month in which each entry on the certificate has been made.
Securities shall be released if and when:
(a) the competent authority has not granted an application;
(b) the operator has withdrawn his application in accordance with Article 4 (2);
(c) proof has been provided that the licence or certificate has been used; the security shall then be released in proportion to the quantities entered on the licence or certificate;
(d) proof has been provided that the product concerned has become unsuitable for use or it has not been possible to carry out the operation as a force majeure.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31998R0214 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/98 of 28 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 411/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial assistance
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 214/98 of 28 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 411/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial assistance
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 amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2), and in particular Article 48 thereof,
Whereas Article 2(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1501/97 (4), defines the concept of marketed production as the products of members of a producer organisation disposed of under certain conditions; whereas, on grounds of economic consistency, it is necessary to specify that the marketed production mentioned above is that of the members of the producer organisation on 1 January in the year following the year to which the production relates;
Whereas Article 4(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 411/97 requires a bank account to be opened and used solely for transactions connected with the management of the operational fund; whereas detailed accounts that are annually verified and certified by auditors can offer the same guarantees as a separate bank account; whereas it is therefore appropriate to offer the Member States the option of applying this alternative system, at the request of a producer organisation;
Whereas Article 9(3) of the aforementioned Regulation provides that advances granted for operations which cannot be implemented within the time limits laid down are to be maintained in the operational fund under certain conditions, with a view to subsequent implementation of the operations in question; whereas it is necessary at present, for the sake of fairness, to extend this possibility to operations for which no advances have been granted and to require it to be proved to the satisfaction of the competent national authority that it was impossible to implement the operations in question for reasons beyond the control of the producer organisation concerned;
Wheres the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
Regulation (EC) No 411/97 is amended as follows:
1. The following sentence is added to Article 2(4):
'To establish the marketed production as referred to above for a given year, account shall be taken of the members of the producer organisation on 1 January in the following year.`
2. The following sentence is added to Article 4(3)(b):
'At the request of a producer organisation, the Member States may decide to replace the evidence of the opening of a bank account by instead requiring the organisation to keep financial accounts comprising accounts for each operation in which each item of expenditure and revenue relating to the operational fund can be indentified and to have the accounts checked and certified annually by auditors.`
3. Article 9(3) is replaced by the following:
'3. Applications for financial assistance or the balance thereof may cover expenditure programmed but not incurred relating to operation for which it is proved to the satisfaction of the competent national authority that they could not be carried out before 31 December of the year of implementation of the operational programme for reasons beyond the control of the producer organisation concerned and that they can be carried out before 30 April of the following year, provided that an equivalent contribution from the producer organisation is maintained in the operational fund.
The assistance shall be paid out and the security lodged in accordance with Article 8(2) shall be released only on condition that proof of implementation of the programmed expenditure referred to in the preceding subparagraph is provided before 30 April of the year following that for which the expenditure in question was programmed, and on the basis of the entitlement to the assistance actually established.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0058 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2009 of 22 January 2009 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
| 23.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 58/2009
of 22 January 2009
fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a standing invitation to tender procedure.
(2) Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (3), and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 20 January 2009.
(3) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 20 January 2009, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred to in Article 1(a) and (b) and in Article 2 of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January 2009.
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 |
32009D0549 | 2009/549/EC: Commission Decision of 13 July 2009 nominating a public policy member of the Supervisory Board of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group
| 15.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 182/63
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 July 2009
nominating a public policy member of the Supervisory Board of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group
(2009/549/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with 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), an accounting technical committee should provide support and expertise to the Commission in the assessment of international accounting standards. The role of that accounting technical committee is fulfilled by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG).
(2) EFRAG was founded in 2001 by European organisations representing issuers, investors and the accountancy profession involved in the financial reporting process.
(3) Following the reforms of EFRAG’s governance structure, EFRAG’s Supervisory Board includes four public policy members specifically selected on the basis of their experience in public policy making at either national or European level. In accordance with Section 3.2 of Appendix 1 to the EFRAG Statues effective from 11 June 2009, it is for the Commission to nominate those public policy members. EFRAG’s Supervisory Board members are appointed by EFRAG’s General Assembly.
(4) After a public call for applications (2) the Commission has selected one candidate to be nominated as public policy member of EFRAG’s Supervisory Board,
The Commission hereby nominates Mr Pedro SOLBES to be appointed as public policy member of the Supervisory Board of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31981R1223 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1223/81 of 7 May 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 on the drawing and reduction of samples and the determination of the oil content, impurities and moisture in oilseeds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1223/81 of 7 May 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 on the drawing and reduction of samples and the determination of the oil content, impurities and moisture in oilseeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3454/80 (2), and in particular Articles 26 (3) and 27 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 72/77 (4) fixed the maximum weight of the lot used as a basis for the operations provided for in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1204/72 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 22/81 (6) ; whereas, in respect of colza, rape and sunflower seeds, administrative and commercial practice require analysis covering a lot of greater weight ; whereas the maximum weight of the lot for such seed, and the weight of the total sample to be used for analysing the colza and rape seeds, should therefore be altered;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The following paragraphs are hereby-added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1470/68:
"6. By way of derogation from the provisions of Annex I, the maximum weight of the lot referred to in points 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 6.4 shall be fixed at 500 tonnes for colza and rape seeds and 1 000 tonnes for sunflower seed.
7. By way of derogation from the provisions of Annex I, the maximum weight of the total sample referred to in point 6.4 shall be fixed at 100 kilograms for colza and rape seeds."
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 |
31981L0075 | Council Directive 81/75/EEC of 17 February 1981 amending Section 2 of Annex II to Directive 72/276/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain methods for the quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 17 February 1981 amending Section 2 of Annex II to Directive 72/276/EEC on the approximation of the laws ; of the Member States relating to certain methods for the quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures (81/75/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Council Directive 71/307/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to textile names (4), provides for the mandatory labelling of the fibre content of textile products;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Directive 71/307/EEC, Council Directive 72/276/EEC of 17 July 1972 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to certain methods for the quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures (5) lays down 13 uniform methods of analysis for most of the textile products composed of binary mixtures that are on the market;
Whereas textile products consisting of polypropylene fibres and certain other fibres and products consisting of chlorofibres based on homopolymers of vinyl chloride and certain other fibres which are also subject to the labelling obligation provided for in Directive 71/307/EEC are not covered by Directive 72/276/EEC ; whereas uniform methods of analysis applicable to these products should be established,
Special methods Nos 14 and 15 set out in the Annex to this Directive are hereby added to Section 2 of Annex II to Directive 72/276/EEC.
1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with the Directive within one year of its notification. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. As soon as this Directive has been notified, Member States shall ensure that the Commission is informed, in sufficient time for it to submit its comments, of any draft laws, regulations or administrative provisions which they intend to adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985R3020 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3020/85 of 30 October 1985 on the agricultural conversion rate to be applied to export refunds and import levies in respect of certain products processed from fruit and vegetables
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3020/85
of 30 October 1985
on the agricultural conversion rate to be applied to export refunds and import levies in respect of certain products processed from 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 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 746/85 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (9) and 5 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas the agricultural conversion rates to be applied in the framework of the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables are fixed in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 (4);
Whereas the agricultural conversion rate applicable for a currency is generally the same for all sectors; whereas, however, certain exceptions exist, in particular when an amendment to the rate enters into force at the beginning of the various marketing years for agricultural products; whereas this situation may create problems for some composite products whose import levies or export refunds are determined on the basis of their components;
Whereas in the framework of the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables, the export refunds on sugars added to certain preserved fruit are those fixed in either the sugar or the cereals sector; whereas the import levy on sugars added to certain preserved fruit is calculated on prices established in the sugar sector; whereas under these circumstances it is appropriate to provide that the agricultural conversion rates for such amounts should be those applicable in the agricultural sectors covering the relevant basic 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,
1. The agricultural conversion rate to be applied for converting:
(a) the import levy provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77;
(b) the amount of export refund on sugars falling within heading No 17.01 of the Common Customs Tariff provided for in Article 5 (2) of the same Regulation
into national currencies shall be that applicable in the common organization of the market in sugar.
2. The agricultural conversion rate to be applied for converting the amount of export refund on glucose and glucose syrup falling within subheadings 17.02 B I and B II of the Common Customs Tariff provided for in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 shall be that applicable to maize under the common organization of the market in cereals.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31991R1288 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1288/91 of 14 May 1991 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 17.5.1991 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 122/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1288/91
of 14 May 1991
concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1056/91 (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 classification 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 these rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivisions to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff or 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 the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomenclature Committe,
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.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
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