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32013D0697 | 2013/697/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision EUTM Mali/3/2013 of 12 November 2013 on the acceptance of third States' contributions to the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)
| 30.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 320/33
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUTM MALI/3/2013
of 12 November 2013
on the acceptance of third States' contributions to the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali)
(2013/697/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2013/34/CFSP of 17 January 2013 on a European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali) (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Decision 2013/34/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to take the relevant decisions on acceptance of the proposed contributions by third States.
(2) Following recommendations on a contribution from the Swiss Confederation by the EU Mission Commander and the advice from the European Union Military Committee, the contribution from the Swiss Confederation should be accepted.
(3) In accordance with Article 5 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark does not participate in the elaboration and the implementation of decisions and actions of the Union which have defence implications. Consequently, Denmark is not participating in the adoption of this Decision and is neither bound by it nor subject to its application,
Third States' contributions
1. The contribution from the Swiss Confederation to the European Union military mission to contribute to the training of the Malian Armed Forces (EUTM Mali) is accepted and is considered to be significant.
2. The Swiss Confederation is exempted from financial contributions to the budget of EUTM Mali.
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31984D0028 | 84/28/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 January 1984 on the list of establishments in Poland approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 January 1984
on the list of establishments in Poland approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community
(84/28/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 Articles 4 (1) and 18 (1) (a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas establishments in non-member countries cannot be authorized to export fresh meat to the Community unless they satisfy the general and special conditions laid down in Directive 72/462/EEC;
Whereas Poland has forwarded, in accordance with Article 4 (3) of Directive 72/462/EEC, a list of the establishments authorized to export to the Community;
Whereas Community on-the-spot visits have shown that the hygiene standards of certain of these establishments are sufficient; whereas they may therefore be entered on an initial list, established pursuant to Article 4 (1) of the said Directive, of establishments from which importation of fresh meat may be authorized;
Whereas the case of the other establishments proposed by Poland has to be re-examined on the basis of additional information regarding their hygiene standards and their ability to adapt quickly to Community legislation;
Whereas, in the meantime and so as to avoid any abrupt interruption of existing trade flows, these establishments may be authorized temporarily to continue their exports of fresh meat to those Member States prepared to accept them;
Whereas it will therefore be necessary to re-examine and, if necessary, amend this Decision in the light of measures taken to this end and of improvements made;
Whereas imports of fresh meat are also subject to other Community veterinary legislation, particularly as regards health protection requirements;
Whereas the importation of fresh meat from establishments appearing on the list annexed to this Decision remains subject to provisions laid down elsewhere and to the general provisions of the Treaty; whereas, in particular, the importation from non-member countries and the re-exportation to other Member States of certain categories of meat, such as meat weighing less than three kilograms, or meat containing residues of certain substances, which are not covered by Community rules or by rules which need to be further harmonized, remain subject to the health legislation of the importing Member State, within the framework of the general provisions of the Treaty;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The establishments in Poland listed in the Annex are hereby approved for the import of fresh meat into the Community pursuant to the said Annex.
2. Imports from the establishments referred to in paragraph 1 shall remain subject to the Community veterinary provisions laid down elsewhere.
1. Member States shall prohibit imports of fresh meat coming from establishments other than those listed in the Annex.
2. However, Member States may continue to authorize until 31 August 1984 imports of fresh meat coming from establishments which are not listed in the Annex but which have been officially approved and proposed by the Polish authorities as of 26 September 1983 pursuant to Article 4 (3) of Directive 72/462/EEC, unless a decision is taken to the contrary, in accordance with Article 4 (1) of the abovementioned Directive, before 1 September 1984.
The Commission shall forward the list of these establishments to the Member States.
This Decision shall apply from 1 February 1984.
This Decision shall be reviewed and if necessary amended before 1 June 1984.
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32007R0113 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 113/2007 of 7 February 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 8.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 35/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 113/2007
of 7 February 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004D0142 | 2004/142/EC: Commission Decision of 12 February 2004 on financial assistance from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field (residues) for the year 2004 (notified under document number C(2004) 334)
| Commission Decision
of 12 February 2004
on financial assistance from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field (residues) for the year 2004
(notified under document number C(2004) 334)
(Only the Dutch, French, German and Italian texts are authentic)
(2004/142/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Community financial assistance should be granted to the Community reference laboratories designated by the Community to assist them in carrying out the functions and duties laid down in Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products(3).
(2) The financial contribution from the Community should be granted provided that the actions planned are efficiently carried out and that the authorities supply all the necessary information within the time limits laid down.
(3) Considering the situation of the Community reference laboratory in Rome and the fact that it is not accredited as required by Council Directive 93/99/EC(4) and Commission Decision 98/179/EC(5), the Community financial assistance for this laboratory should only be granted after the accreditation. The financial assistance will be proportionate to the work programme which can be accomplished in the remainder of 2004.
(4) Additional financial assistance should be also provided for the organisation of workshops in the area of responsibility of the Community reference laboratories.
(5) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999(6), veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with Community rules shall be financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund; for financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 apply.
(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 156/2004(7) establishes the eligible expenditures of the Community reference laboratories receiving financial assistance pursuant to Article 28 of Decision 90/424/EEC and establishes the procedures for the submission of expenditures and audits.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. The Community grants financial assistance to the Netherlands for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Rijksinstituut voor de Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, for the detection of residues of certain substances.
2. The Community's financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall amount to a maximum of EUR 415000 for the period from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004.
3. The Community's additional financial assistance for the organisation of a technical workshop shall amount to a maximum of EUR 30000.
1. The Community grants financial assistance to France for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Laboratoire d'études et de recherches sur les médicaments vétérinaires et les désinfectants de L'Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, (formerly the Laboratoire des médicaments vétérinaires), Fougères, France, for the detection of residues of certain substances.
2. The Community's financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall amount to a maximum of EUR 415000 for the period from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004.
3. The Community's additional financial assistance for the organisation of a technical workshop shall amount to a maximum of EUR 36000.
1. The Community grants financial assistance to Germany for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (formerly the Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin), Berlin, Germany, for the detection of residues of certain substances.
2. The Community's financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall amount to a maximum of EUR 415000 for the period from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004.
3. The Community's additional financial assistance for the organisation of a technical workshop shall amount to a maximum of EUR 30000.
1. Subject to sub-paragraph 4, the Community grants financial assistance to Italy for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, for the detection of residues of certain substances.
2. Subject to sub-paragraph 4, the Community's financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall amount to a maximum of EUR 415000 for the period from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004.
3. The Community's additional financial assistance for organisation of two technical workshops shall amount to a maximum of EUR 34000.
4. The Community's financial assistance will start on the date of accreditation of the Community reference laboratory according to the requirements of Directive 93/99/EC and Decision 98/179/EC. The amount granted shall be proportionate to the work programme established for the remainder of 2004 in agreement with the Commission.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of Netherlands. | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R1147 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1147/98 of 2 June 1998 amending for the 11th time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1147/98 of 2 June 1998 amending for the 11th time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in Spain, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No 913/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 988/98 (4), to introduce exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in that Member State;
Whereas, because the veterinary and trade restrictions continue to apply and have been extended to new zones, particularly in the provinces of Zaragoza and Seville, the number of piglets which may be delivered to the competent authorities should be increased so that the exceptional measures can continue from 14 May 1998 and the list of eligible areas laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 913/97 should be adjusted in line with the current veterinary and health situation;
Whereas Commission Decision 97/285/EC of 30 April 1997 concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain (5), as last amended by Decision 98/271/EC (6), has been replaced by Decision 98/339/EC (7); whereas account must be taken of this change;
Whereas the restrictions on the free movement of animals have been operative for several weeks in one of the areas located in the province of Zaragoza and the area in the province of Seville, resulting in a substantial increase in the weight of the animals and, consequently, an intolerable situation as regards their welfare; whereas application of the support measures from 14 May 1998 in these new areas is therefore justified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EC) No 913/97 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 2(2) 'Decision 97/285/EC` is replaced by 'Decision 98/339/EC`.
2. Annex I is replaced by Annex I hereto.
3. Annex II is replaced by Annex II hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply from 14 May 1998.
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 |
31987R2044 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2044/87 of 10 July 1987 amending quantitative limits fixed for imports of certain textile products originating in Thailand (category 5)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2044/87
of 10 July 1987
amending quantitative limits fixed for imports of certain textile products originating in Thailand (category 5)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Whereas, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86, quantitative limits may be increased where it appears that additional imports are required;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
The quantitative limits for textile products originating in Thailand, as fixed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86, are hereby amended as laid down in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0453 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2004 of 11 March 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2004
of 11 March 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0329 | 2003/329/EC: Commission Decision of 12 May 2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the heat treatment process for manure (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1505)
| Commission Decision
of 12 May 2003
on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the heat treatment process for manure
(notified under document number C(2003) 1505)
(Only the French, Dutch, German, Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/329/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal-by-products not intended for human consumption(1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 provides for a complete revision of Community rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption, including the introduction of a number of strict requirements. In addition, it provides that appropriate transitional measures may be adopted.
(2) In view of the strict nature of those requirements, it is necessary to provide for transitional measures for Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Finland in order to allow industry sufficient time to adjust. In addition, alternative collection, transport, storage, handling, processing and uses for animal by-products need to be further developed as well as disposal methods for those by-products.
(3) Accordingly, as a temporary measure a derogation should be granted to Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Finland to enable them to authorise operators to continue to apply national rules for the heat treatment process for manure.
(4) In order to prevent a risk to animal and public health appropriate control systems should be maintained in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Finland for the period of the transitional measures.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Derogation regarding the heat treatment process for manure
Pursuant to Article 32(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 and by way of derogation from paragraph 5(b) of Chapter III of Annex VIII to that Regulation, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Finland may continue to grant individual approvals, until 31 December 2004 at the latest, to operators of premises and facilities in conformity with national rules, to apply such rules, for the heat treatment process for manure, provided that the national rules:
(a) guarantee the overall reduction of pathogens;
(b) are only applied in premises and facilities that applied those rules on 1 November 2002; and
(c) comply with the rest of the requirements of Chapter III of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.
Control measures
The competent authority shall take the necessary measures to control compliance by authorised operators of premises and facilities with the conditions set out in Article 1
Withdrawal of approvals and disposal of material not complying with this Decision
1. Individual approvals by the competent authority for the heat treatment process for manure shall be immediately and permanently withdrawn in respect of any operator, premises or facilities if the conditions set out in this Decision are no longer fulfilled.
2. The competent authority shall withdraw any approvals granted under Article 1 by 31 December 2004 at the latest.
The competent authority shall not grant a final approval under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 unless on the basis of its inspections it is satisfied that the premises and facilities referred to in Article 1 meet all the requirements of that Regulation.
3. Any material that does not comply with the requirements of this Decision shall be disposed of in accordance with the instructions of the competent authority.
Compliance with this Decision by the concerned Member States
Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Finland shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and shall publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Applicability
This Decision shall apply from 1 May 2003 to 31 December 2004.
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Finland. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0406 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 406/2007 of 12 April 2007 establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in EC and international waters of ICES zones I and II by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
| 14.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 99/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 406/2007
of 12 April 2007
establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in EC and international waters of ICES zones I and II by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 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 2007.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2007.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2007 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0693 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 693/2013 of 19 July 2013 on the issue of import licences and the allocation of import rights for applications lodged during the first seven days of July 2013 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultrymeat
| 20.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 197/15
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 693/2013
of 19 July 2013
on the issue of import licences and the allocation of import rights for applications lodged during the first seven days of July 2013 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultrymeat
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 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 (3) opened tariff quotas for imports of poultrymeat products originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of July 2013 in respect of Groups Nos 1, 2, 4A, 6A, 7 and 8 for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2013 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested.
(3) The applications for import rights lodged during the first seven days of July 2013 in respect of Group No 5A for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2013 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import rights may be allocated should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested,
1. The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2013 in respect of Groups Nos 1, 2, 4A, 6A, 7 and 8, shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.
2. The quantities for which import rights applications have been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2013 in respect of Group No 5A, shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 July 2013.
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32006D0275 | 2006/275/EC: Commission Decision of 10 April 2006 amending Decision 95/320/EC setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents
| 11.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 101/4
COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 April 2006
amending Decision 95/320/EC setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents
(2006/275/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 95/320/EC (1) sets up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.
(2) Following the accession of new Member States in 2004, the provisions of Decision 95/320/EC concerning the composition of the Committee are no longer appropriate.
(3) To ensure that the Committee provides impartial scientific opinions of a high quality, it is important that its members should be independent and highly qualified. It is also necessary to maintain a high level of efficiency of the Committee.
(4) The Committee should therefore be composed by a maximum of 21 members, selected from Member States proposals of suitable candidates and appointed by the Commission.
(5) Decision 95/320/EC should be amended accordingly,
In Article 3 of Decision 95/320/EC, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
‘1. The Committee shall be composed of not more than 21 members selected from among suitable candidates proposed by the Member States and reflecting the full range of scientific expertise which is necessary to fulfil the mandate in Article 2, including, in particular, chemistry, toxicology, epidemiology, occupational medicine and industrial hygiene, and general competence in setting OELs.
2. The Commission shall appoint the members of the Committee, on the basis of their proven scientific expertise and experience, having regard to the need to ensure that the various specific areas are covered.’
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31981D0461 | 81/461/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 June 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Genrad 1621 precision capacitance measurement system' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| Commission Decision
of 10 June 1981
establishing that the apparatus described as "Genrad 1621 precision capacitance measurement system" may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(81/461/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 2 December 1980, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Genrad 1621 precision capacitance measurement system", to be used for research into the properties of glasses containing differing amounts of various elements and in particular for measuring the resistance and capacitance of samples as a function of frequency, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community ;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 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 capacitance meter; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the large range of capacitance and inductive measures, and the use to which it is put, make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as "Genrad 1621 precision capacitance measurement system", which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 2 December 1980, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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32013D0678 | 2013/678/EU: Council Implementing Decision of 15 November 2013 authorising the Italian Republic to continue to apply a special measure derogating from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
| 27.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 316/35
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 15 November 2013
authorising the Italian Republic to continue to apply a special measure derogating from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
(2013/678/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1), and in particular Article 395(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By a letter registered with the Commission’s Secretariat-General on 8 April 2013, Italy requested authorisation for a measure derogating from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC in order to continue to exempt from value added tax (VAT) certain taxable persons whose annual turnover falls below a certain threshold, and to raise this threshold from EUR 30 000 to EUR 65 000. Through that measure, those taxable persons would be exempt from certain or all of the obligations in relation to VAT referred to in Chapters 2 to 6 of Title XI of Directive 2006/112/EC.
(2) The Commission informed the other Member States by letter dated 10 June 2013 of the request made by Italy. By letter dated 14 June 2013, the Commission notified Italy that it had all the information necessary to consider the request.
(3) A special scheme for small enterprises is already available to Member States under Title XII of Directive 2006/112/EC. The extended measure derogates from Article 285 of that Directive in its application to Italy only in so far as the annual turnover threshold for the scheme is higher than the EUR 5 000 threshold.
(4) By Council Decision 2008/737/EC (2), Italy was authorised to exempt, as a derogating measure, taxable persons whose annual turnover is no higher than EUR 30 000 until 31 December 2010. The application of that derogation was subsequently extended until 31 December 2013 by Council Implementing Decision 2010/688/EU (3). Given that that threshold has resulted in reduced VAT obligations for smaller businesses, Italy should be authorised to apply that measure for a further limited period, and to increase the threshold to EUR 65 000. Taxable persons should still be able to opt for the normal VAT arrangements.
(5) For the sake of making the measure available to a greater number of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and thereby corresponding to the objectives of Commission Communication entitled ‘ “Think Small First” — A “Small Business Act” for Europe’, Italy should be authorised to increase the annual turnover threshold under which certain taxable persons can be VAT exempt from EUR 30 000 to EUR 65 000.
(6) On 29 October 2004 the Commission adopted a proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC (4) with a view to simplifying the value added tax obligations, which included provisions aimed at allowing Member States to set the annual turnover threshold for the VAT exemption scheme at up to EUR 100 000 or the equivalent in national currency, with the possibility of updating that amount each year. The extension request submitted by Italy is compatible with that proposal, on which the Council has not yet been able to reach an agreement.
(7) From information provided by Italy, the derogating measure only has a negligible impact on the overall amount of tax revenue collected at the final stage of consumption and has no impact on the Union’s own resources accruing from VAT,
By way of derogation from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Italy is authorised to exempt from VAT taxable persons whose annual turnover is no higher than EUR 65 000.
Italy may increase that threshold in order to maintain the value of the exemption in real terms.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2014 until the entry into force of a Directive amending the amounts of the annual turnover ceilings below which taxable persons may be exempted from VAT, or until 31 December 2016, whichever is the earlier.
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32006R1876 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1876/2006 of 18 December 2006 concerning the provisional and permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
| 19.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 360/126
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1876/2006
of 18 December 2006
concerning the provisional and permanent authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and in particular Articles 3, 9d(1) and 9e(1) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (2), and in particular Article 25 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition.
(2) Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down transitional measures for applications for the authorisation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) The applications for the authorisation of the additives listed in the Annexes to this Regulation were submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4) Initial comments on those applications, as provided for in Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC, were forwarded to the Commission before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Those applications are therefore to continue to be treated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC.
(5) Data were submitted in support of an application for authorisation of the use of the micro-organism preparation of Lactobacillus farciminis CNCM MA 67/4R for chickens for fattening, turkeys for fattening and laying hens. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) expressed its opinion on the use of this preparation on 11 July 2006. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 9e(1) of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that micro-organism preparation, as specified in Annex I to this Regulation, should be authorised for four years.
(6) Data were submitted in support of an application for authorisation of the use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum (ATCC 2105), endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase and alpha-amylase produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (DSM 9553), subtilisin produced by Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 2107), polygalacturonase produced by Aspergillus aculeatus (CBS 589.94) for turkeys for fattening. On 15 June 2006 EFSA delivered its opinion on the use of this preparation which concludes that it does not present a risk for the consumer, the user, the animal category targeted or the environment. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 9e(1) of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that enzyme preparation, as specified in Annex II to this Regulation, should be authorised for four years.
(7) The use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-glucanase, endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase and endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum (ATCC 74252) was provisionally authorised for the first time for laying hens and piglets by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2188/2002 (3). New data were submitted in support of an application for authorisation without a time limit of that enzyme preparation. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that enzyme preparation, as specified in Annex III to this Regulation, should be authorised without a time limit.
(8) The use of the preparation of sodium benzoate, propionic acid and sodium propionate was provisionally authorised for the first time for pigs and dairy cows by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1252/2002 (4). New data were submitted in support of an application for authorisation without a time limit of that preservative preparation. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preservative preparation, as specified in Annex IV to this Regulation, should be authorised without a time limit.
(9) The assessment of these applications shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additives set out in the Annexes. Such protection should be assured by the application of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (5).
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparation belonging to the group ‘Micro-organisms’, as specified in Annex I, is authorised for four years as an additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
The preparation belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’, as specified in Annex II, is authorised for four years as an additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
The preparation belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’, as specified in Annex III, is authorised without a time limit as an additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
The preparation belonging to the group ‘Preservatives’, as specified in Annex IV, is authorised without a time limit as an additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31962R0059 | EEC: Regulation No 59 of the Council amending certain provisions of Regulation No 17
| REGULATION No 59 OF THE COUNCIL amending certain provisions of Regulation No 17
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 87 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Whereas Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962 provides that the agreements, decisions and concerted practices referred to in Article 5 (1) thereof must be notified before 1 August 1962 in order to benefit from the transitional provisions adopted in respect of them in Articles 6 (2) and 7 (1) thereof;
Whereas in order to facilitate implementation of these transitional provisions it is advisable to extend this time limit by three months as a general rule and by six months in respect of agreements, decisions and concerted practices to which not more than two undertakings are party;
1. In Article 5 (1) of Regulation No 17, the words "before 1 November 1962" shall be substituted for the words "before 1 August 1962".
2. The following sentence shall be added to Article 5 (1) of Regulation No 17:
"However, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any agreements, decisions and concerted practices to which not more than two undertakings are party shall be notified before 1 February 1963."
3. In Article 7 (1) of Regulation No 17, the words "within the time limits specified in Article 5 (1)" shall be substituted for the words "before 1 August 1962".
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31990D0252 | 90/252/Euratom, ECSC, EEC: Commission Decision of 29 May 1990 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February 1990 and correcting Commission Decisions 89/582/EEC, Euratom, ECSC and 89/619/EEC, Euratom, ECSC adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 September 1989 and 1 November 1989 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in non-member countries
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 May 1990
adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February 1990 and correcting Commission Decisions 89/582/EEC, Euratom, ECSC and 89/619/EEC, Euratom, ECSC adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 September 1989 and 1 November 1989 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in non-member countries
(90/252/Euratom, ECSC, EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of the Officials of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 3728/89 (2), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Whereas pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1051/90 (3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 January 1990 to the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country of employment;
Whereas, some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 February 1990 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain non-member countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weightings and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down;
Whereas Commission Decisions Nos 89/582/EEC, Euratom, ECSC (4), adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 September 1989, and 89/619/EEC, Euratom, ECSC (5), adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 November 1989, need to be corrected,
With effect from 1 February 1990 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex.
With effect from 1 September 1989 and 1 November 1989, the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in Burundi, payable in the currency of the country of employment, are readjusted as follows:
- September 1989 82,91
- November 1989 82,91.
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32013R0369 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 369/2013 of 22 April 2013 approving the active substance potassium phosphonates, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 Text with EEA relevance
| 23.4.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 111/39
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 369/2013
of 22 April 2013
approving the active substance potassium phosphonates, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular Articles 13(2) and 78(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 80(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, Council Directive 91/414/EEC (2) is to apply, with respect to the procedure and the conditions for approval, to active substances for which a decision has been adopted in accordance with Article 6(3) of that Directive before 14 June 2011. For potassium phosphonates (initially referred to as ‘potassium phosphite’) the conditions of Article 80(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are fulfilled by Commission Decision 2003/636/EC (3).
(2) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC, France received on 22 August 2002 an application from Luxembourg Industries (Pamol) Ltd for the inclusion of the active substance potassium phosphonates in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Decision 2003/636/EC confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(3) For that active substance, the effects on human and animal 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 designated rapporteur Member State submitted a draft assessment report on 1 February 2005.
(4) The draft assessment report was reviewed by the Member States and the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’). The Authority presented to the Commission its conclusion on the review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance potassium phosphonates (4) on 16 December 2011. The draft assessment report and the conclusion of the Authority were reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and the draft assessment report was finalised on 15 March 2013 in the format of the Commission review report for potassium phosphonates.
(5) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing potassium phosphonates may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) and Article 5(3) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular with regard to the uses which were examined and detailed in the Commission review report. It is therefore appropriate to approve potassium phosphonates.
(6) In accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in conjunction with Article 6 thereof and in the light of current scientific and technical knowledge, it is, however, necessary to include certain conditions and restrictions. It is, in particular, appropriate to require further confirmatory information.
(7) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before approval in order to permit Member States and the interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the approval.
(8) Without prejudice to the obligations provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 as a consequence of approval, taking into account the specific situation created by the transition from Directive 91/414/EEC to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the following should, however, apply. Member States should be allowed a period of six months after approval to review authorisations of plant protection products containing potassium phosphonates. Member States should, as appropriate, vary, replace or withdraw authorisations. By way of derogation from that deadline, a longer period should be provided for the submission and assessment of the update of the complete Annex III dossier, as set out in Directive 91/414/EEC, of each plant protection product for each intended use in accordance with the uniform principles.
(9) The experience gained from inclusions in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC of active substances assessed in the framework of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (5) has shown that difficulties can arise in interpreting the duties of holders of existing authorisations in relation to access to data. In order to avoid further difficulties it therefore appears necessary to clarify the duties of the Member States, especially the duty to verify that the holder of an authorisation demonstrates access to a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive. However, this clarification does not impose any new obligations on Member States or holders of authorisations compared to the Directives which have been adopted until now amending Annex I to that Directive or the Regulations approving active substances.
(10) In accordance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (6) should be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Approval of active substance
The active substance potassium phosphonates, as specified in Annex I, is approved subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Re-evaluation of plant protection products
1. Member States shall in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing potassium phosphonates as an active substance by 31 March 2014.
By that date they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to this Regulation are met, with the exception of those identified in the column on specific provisions of that Annex, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to Directive 91/414/EEC in accordance with the conditions of Article 13(1) to (4) of that Directive and Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing potassium phosphonates as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances, all of which were listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 by 30 September 2013 at the latest, Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles, as referred to in Article 29(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to Directive 91/414/EEC and taking into account the column on specific provisions of Annex I to this Regulation. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
Following that determination Member States shall:
(a) in the case of a product containing potassium phosphonates as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 March 2015 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing potassium phosphonates as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 March 2015 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective act or acts which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC or approved that substance or those substances, whichever is the latest.
Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Entry into force and date of application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 October 2013.
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31993D0207 | 93/207/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 March 1993 approving the Spanish programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Castile-Leon
| COMMISSION DECISION of 16 March 1993 approving the Spanish programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Castile-Leon
(93/207/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 of 21 March 1989 establishing a system of transitional aids to agricultural income (1), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3813/89 of 19 December 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of transitional aids to agricultural income (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1110/91 (3), and in particular
Article 10
(3) thereof,
Whereas on 4 December 1992 the Spanish authorities notified the Commission of their intention to introduce a programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Castile-Leon; whereas additional information concerning this programme was received by the Commission from the Spanish authorities on 20 January and 29 January 1993;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 and the detailed rules for their application, and particularly with the aims of the second subparagraph of Article 1 (2) of the said Regulation;
Whereas the Management Committee for Agricultural Income Aids was consulted on 22 February 1993 on the measures provided for in this Decision;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee was consulted on 23 February 1993 on the maximum amounts that may be charged annually to the Community budget as a result of approving the programme,
The programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Castile-Leon, notified to the Commission by the Spanish authorities on 4 December 1992, is hereby approved.
The maximum amounts that may be charged annually to the Community budget as a result of this Decision shall be as follows:
/* Tables: see OJ */
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32014D0413 | 2014/413/EU: Council Decision of 24 June 2014 appointing an Austrian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
| 28.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 190/84
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 June 2014
appointing an Austrian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2014/413/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Austrian Government,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).
(2) A member's seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Gerfried GRUBER,
Mr Andreas THURNER is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2015.
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31987D0092 | 87/92/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 January 1987 setting up the special Silkworm Section of the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 setting up the special Silkworm Section of the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp (87/92/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the special Silkworm Section of the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp was set up by Commission Decision 74/72/EEC (1), as last amended by Decision 83/77/EEC (2);
Whereas, following the accession of new Member States to the Community, the number of seats on the Section should be increased and they should be reallocated; whereas the procedure for the replacement of members should also be adjusted;
Whereas the provisions concerning the special Silkworm Section of the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp have been amended several times and have therefore become difficult to apply; whereas they should therefore be consolidated;
Whereas the Commission should seek the views of producers, traders and consumers on matters arising in connection with the operation of the common organization of the market in silkworms;
Whereas Article 7 of Decision 74/72/EEC, repealed by Decision 83/77/EEC, should be reinstated;
Whereas all the occupations directly involved in the implementation of the market organization in question, and also consumers, must have an opportunity to participate in the drafting of the opinions requested by the Commission;
Whereas the trade associations concerned and the consumer groups in the Member States have set up organizations at Community level which are in a position to represent those concerned in all the Member States,
1. There shall be attached to the Commission a special Silkworm Section of the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hem, hereinafter called the 'Section'.
(3) OJ No L 52, 23. 2. 1974, p. 15.
(4) OJ No L 51, 24. 2. 1983, p. 34.
2. The Section shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: silkworm rearers and cooperatives, the silk industry, the silk trade, workers in the sectors concerned and consumers.
1. The Section may be consulted by the Commission on any problem concerning the operation of the Regulation laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing and in particular on measures to be adopted by the Commission under that Regulation.
2. The Chairman of the Section may indicate to the Commission the desirability of consulting the Section on any matter within the latter's competence on which its opinion has not been sought. He shall do so, in particular, at the request of one of the interests represented.
Aricle 3 1. The Committee shall consist of 14 members.
2. Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows:
- seven to agricultural producers and cooperatives in the
sector,
- two to representative of the silk industry,
- one to a representative of the silk trade,
- two to representatives of agricultural workers and of workers in the silk industry,
- two to consumers' representatives.
1. Members of the Section shall be appointed by the Commission on proposals from the trade workers' organizations set up at Community level which are most representative of the interests specified in Article 1 (2) and whose activities come within the scope of the special measures to encourage silkworm rearing. Consumers' representatives shall be appointed on proposals from the Consumers' Advisory Committee.
Those bodies shall for each seat to be filled put forward the names of two candidates of different nationality.
2. The term of office for members of the Section shall be three years. Their appointments may be renewed. Members shall not be remunerated for their services.
After expiry of the three years members of the Section shall remain in office until they are replaced or until their appointments are renewed.
In the event of the resignation or decease of a member or a request from the body having proposed a member that he be replaced, he shall be replaced in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1.
3. A list of the members of the Section shall be published by the Commission, for information purposes, in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
1. After consulting the Commission, the Section shall elect a chairman for a period of three years.
The chairman shall be elected, in the case of the first ballot, by a two-thirds majority of the members present and, in the case of subsequent ballots, by a simple majority of the members present. In the event of a tie, the Commission shall provide a chairman on a temporary basis.
2. The Section shall elect two vice-chairmen for a period of three years.
The vice-chairmen may not represent the same interest as the chairman.
The election shall take place in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1.
The Section may, in accordance with the same procedure, elect other officers. In that case, the officers other than the chairman shall include not more than one representative of each interest represented on the Section.
The officers shall prepare and organize the work of the Section.
1. Only the Commission representatives, the members of the Sections, or persons replacing them in their absence, and persons invited in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 may participate in or attend meetings.
2. Should a member be unable to attend a meeting, the organization or organizations to which a seat is allocated may appoint a person to take his place. This person shall be selected from a list drawn up by mutual agreement between
the Commission and the organization or organizations in question and containing a number of names equal to half the total numbers of members representing the organization or organizations in question. The number shall be not less than one and not more than 12.
The secretariat of the Section must be informed of such replacement of a member at least seven days before a meeting.
3. At the request of an organization to which one or more seats are allocated, the chairman may, in agreement with the Commission staff, invite its general secretary or a member of its secretariat to attend the meetings of the Section as an observer.
Should he be unable to attend, however, the general secretary may have his seat as an observer taken by another person designated by him.
Observers shall not have the right to speak. They may, however, be invited to do so by the chairman in agreement with the Commission staff.
4. At the request of an organization to which one or more seats are allocated, and when the matters on the agenda are of a highly technical nature outside the normal framework of the deliberations of the Section, the chairman may, in agreement with the Commission staff, invite one or more experts to take part in the deliberations of the Section.
The Commission may, on its own initiative, invite any person particularly well qualified in one of the subjects on the agenda to take part in the deliberations of the Section as an expert.
However, experts shall participate only in the discussion of the matter concerning which they were invited to attend.
1. The Section shall be convened by the Commission and shall meet at Commission headquarters.
2. Representatives of the Commission departments concerned shall take part in meetings of the Section.
3. Secretarial services for the Section shall be provided by the Commission.
aIn agreement with the Commission staff, the Section may set up working groups to facilitate its work.
The Section shall discuss matters on which the Commission has requested an opinion. No vote shall be taken.
The Commission may, when seeking the opinion of the Section, set a time limit within which such opinion shall be given.
The views expressed by the various interests represented shall be included in a report forwarded to the Commission.
In the event of unanimous agreement being reached in the Section on the opinion to be given, the Section shall formulate joint conclusions and attach them to the report.
The outcome of the Section discussions shall, on request, be communicated by the Commission to the Council and to the Management Committees.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 214 of the Treaty, where the Commission informs them that the opinion requested or the question raised is on a matter of a confidential nature, members of the Section shall be under an
obligation not to disclose information which has come to their knowledge through the work of the Section.
In such cases, only members of the Section and representatives of the Commission departments concerned may be present at meetings.
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Commission Decision 74/72/EEC is hereby repealed.
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32004R2194 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2194/2004 of 20 December 2004 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
| 21.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 373/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2194/2004
of 20 December 2004
fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
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 organization of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 15(2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which application for an export licence is made must be applied on request to exports to be effected during the period of validity of the export licence. In this case, a corrective amount may be applied to the refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2) allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the malt referred to in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92. That corrective amount must be calculated taking account of the factors referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(3) It follows from applying the provisions set out above that the corrective amount must be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The corrective amount referred to in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 which is applicable to export refunds fixed in advance in respect of malt shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.
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31993R1804 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1804/93 of 6 July 1993 determining the extent to which applications lodged in May 1993 for import licences for fresh, chilled or preserved beef and veal under the import arrangements provided for in the Bilateral Agreement on Agriculture between the Community and Sweden can be accepted
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1804/93 of 6 July 1993 determining the extent to which applications lodged in May 1993 for import licences for fresh, chilled or preserved beef and veal under the import arrangements provided for in the Bilateral Agreement on Agriculture between the Community and Sweden can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1180/93 of 14 May 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application in 1993 of the import arrangements for beef and veal provided for in the agreement between the bilateral Community and Sweden (1), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1180/83 fixes the quantity of fresh or chilled beef and veal falling within CN code 0201 and products falling within CN code 1602 50 31, 1302 50 39 or 1602 50 80 originating in Sweden which may be imported under special conditions in respect of 1993; whereas the quantities covered by import licence applications are such that import licences may be granted for the full quantities applied for;
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1180/93, lays down that if the quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for are lower than the quantities available, additional licences have been applied for are lower than the quantities available, additional licences are to be issued for the remaining quantity; whereas to that end the quantitiy remaining should be determined,
1. Import licences shall be granted in full for quantities covered by applications submitted pursuant to Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1180/93.
2. The remaining quantitiy as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1180/93 is:
- 2 579,38 tonnes, expressed as carcase weight, of beef falling within CN code 0201,
- 1 788 tonnes, expressed as carcase weight, of products falling within CN codes 1602 50 31, 1302 50 39 and 1602 50 80.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999L0073 | Commission Directive 1999/73/EC of 19 July 1999 including an active substance (spiroxamine) in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/73/EC
of 19 July 1999
including an active substance (spiroxamine) in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Council Directive 99/1/EC(2), hereafter referred to as the Directive, and in particular Article 6(1);
(1) Whereas in accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC Germany received on 13 October 1995 an application from Bayer AG, hereafter referred to as the applicant, for the inclusion of the active substance spiroxamine in Annex I to the Directive;
(2) Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(3) of the Directive the Commission confirmed in Decision 96/522/EC of 29 July 1996 recognising in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of spiroxamine in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(3) that the dossier submitted for spiroxamine could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annex II and for a plant protection product containing this active substance, of Annex III to the Directive;
(3) Whereas, in accordance with Article 5(1) of the Directive, an active substance should be included for a period not exceeding 10 years in Annex I when it may be expected that there will not be any harmful effects on human or animal health or on groundwater or any unacceptable influence on the environment;
(4) Whereas for spiroxamine, the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(2) and (4) of the Directive, for the uses proposed by the applicant; whereas Germany acting as nominated rapporteur Member State, has submitted to the Commission on 5 February 1997 the assessment report concerned;
(5) Whereas the submitted report has been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Plant Health; whereas this review has been finalised on 12 May 1999 in the format of the Commission review report for spiroxamine; whereas it may be necessary to update this report to take account of technical and scientific developments; whereas in such case the conditions for the inclusion of spiroxamine in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC will also need to be amended pursuant to Article 6(1) of that Directive;
(6) Whereas the dossier and the information from the review have also been submitted to the Scientific Committee on Plants for opinion; whereas this Committee has given its opinion on 18 December 1998(4); whereas this Committee identified potential risks to algae, sediment - dwelling organisms and possibly plants; whereas therefore, where appropriate, risk mitigation measures must be taken; whereas for operator exposure, this Committee concluded that with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), the estimated operator exposure was acceptable; whereas therefore appropriate protective measures will need to be taken in order to ensure operator safety; whereas these conclusions are also consistent with the issues highlighted in the review carried out within the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health;
(7) Whereas it has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing the active substance concerned may be expected to satisfy in general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a), (b) and (3) of the Directive, in particular with regard to the uses which were examined; whereas therefore it is necessary to include the active substance concerned in Annex I, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authorisations of plant protection products containing the active substance concerned can be granted in accordance with the provisions of the said Directive;
(8) Whereas after inclusion a reasonable period is necessary to permit Member States to implement the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC on plant protection products containing spiroxamine and in particular to review, within this period, existing provisional authorisations or to grant, by the end of this period at the latest, new authorisations in accordance with the provisions of the Directive; whereas a longer period may also be required for plant protection products containing spiroxamine and other active substances included in Annex I;
(9) Whereas it is appropriate to provide that the finalised review report (except for confidential information in the meaning of Article 14 of the Directive) is kept available or made available by the Member States for consultation by any interested parties;
(10) Whereas the review report is required for the proper implementation by the Member States, of several sections of the uniform principles laid down in Annex VI to the Directive, where these principles refer to the evaluation of the Annex II data which were submitted for the purpose of the inclusion of the active substance in Annex I of the Directive;
(11) Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health delivered on the 12 May 1999;
Spiroxamine is hereby designated as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, as set out in the Annex hereto.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, at the latest by 1 January 2000.
2. However, for plant protection products containing spiroxamine together with another active substance which is in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, the period referred to in paragraph 1 is extended to the extent that a longer implementation period is provided for by the provisions laid down in the Directive concerning the inclusion of the other active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
3. Member States shall keep available the review report (except for confidential information in the meaning of Article 14 of the Directive) for consultation by any interested parties or shall make it available to them on specific request.
4. When Member States adopt the measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 September 1999.
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32014R0102 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 102/2014 of 4 February 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia
| 5.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 34/4
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 102/2014
of 4 February 2014
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 of 29 April 2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia (1), and in particular Article 11(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 lists the natural and legal persons, bodies and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 23 December 2013, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to remove one person from the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.
(3) Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R0716 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 716/93 of 26 March 1993 fixing advance payments in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector for the 1992/93 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 716/93 of 26 March 1993 fixing advance payments in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector for the 1992/93 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3814/92 (2), and in particular Article 28 (8) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 of 8 June 1982 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 886/91 (4), provides for the fixing before 1 April, and the collection before the following 1 June, of the unit amounts to be paid by sugar producers and isoglucose producers as advance payments of the production levies for the current marketing year; whereas the estimate of the basic production levy and of the B levy, referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82, gives an amount which is more than 60 % of the maximum amounts indicated in Article 28 (3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82, the unit amounts for sugar should therefore be fixed at 50 % of the maximum amounts concerned and for isoglucose the unit amount of the advance payment should therefore be fixed at 40 % of the unit amount of the basic production levy estimated for sugar;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The unit amounts referred to in Article 5 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 in respect of the 1992/93 marketing year are hereby fixed as follows:
(a) the advance payment of the basic production levy for A sugar and B sugar shall be ECU 0,530 per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
(b) the advance payment of the B levy for B sugar shall be ECU 9,939 per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
(c) the advance payment of the basic production levy for A isoglucose and B isoglucose shall be ECU 0,424 per 100 kilograms of dry matter.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R2532 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2532/2001 of 21 December 2001 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of France
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2532/2001
of 21 December 2001
prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2425/2001(4), lays down quotas for herring for 2001.
(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 divisions V b (EC waters), VI a north and VI b by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. France has prohibited fishing for this stock from 2 November 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC waters), VI a north and VI b by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 2001.
Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC waters), VI a north and VI b by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 2 November 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1823 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1823/2005 of 9 November 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 10.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 294/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1823/2005
of 9 November 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 10 November 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32015D0321 | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/321 of 26 February 2015 amending Decision 2008/989/EC authorising Member States, in accordance with Council Directive 1999/105/EC, to take decisions on the equivalence of the guarantees afforded by forest reproductive material to be imported from certain third countries (notified under document C(2015) 1045)
| 28.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 57/15
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/321
of 26 February 2015
amending Decision 2008/989/EC authorising Member States, in accordance with Council Directive 1999/105/EC, to take decisions on the equivalence of the guarantees afforded by forest reproductive material to be imported from certain third countries
(notified under document C(2015) 1045)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 1999/105/EC of 22 December 1999 on the marketing of forest reproductive material (1), and in particular Article 19(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 2008/971/EC (2) granted equivalence to certain third countries as regards the systems for the approval and registration of basic material and the subsequent production of reproductive material from this basic material. For certain other third countries the information available at Union level was not sufficient to include those third countries in that Decision. Therefore, the Commission adopted Commission Decision 2008/989/EC (3).
(2) In order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted after 31 December 2014, it is appropriate to extend the period of application of Decision 2008/989/EC pending an adaptation of Decision 2008/971/EC.
(3) Pending a future amendment of Decision 2008/971/EC, it is also appropriate to temporarily authorise Member States to take decisions in respect of forest reproductive material of the category ‘tested’ produced in the third countries already listed in Decision 2008/971/EC.
(4) The information communicated by Member States shows that forest reproductive material originating in New Zealand is not accompanied by a master certificate or an official certificate issued by that country. New Zealand should, therefore, be deleted from the list of countries in relation with which Member States are authorised to take decisions as regards the equivalence of the guarantees afforded by forest reproductive material.
(5) Therefore, Decision 2008/989/EC should be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Decision 2008/989/EC is amended as follows:
(1) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
(2) The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2015.
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 |
31988R4244 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 4244/88 of 21 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for new potatoes, fresh tomatoes and peas and immature beans, prepared or preserved, originating in Morocco (1989)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4244/88 of 21 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for new potatoes, fresh tomatoes and peas and immature beans, prepared or preserved, originating in Morocco (1989)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 1 of the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (1) provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for imports into the Community of:
- 39 000 tonnes of new potatoes falling within CN code ex 0701 90 51 for the period 1 January to 31 March,
- 86 000 tonnes of fresh tomatoes falling within CN code 0702 00 10 for the period 15 November to 30 April, and - 8 700 tonnes of peas and immature beans falling within CN codes 2004 90 50, 2005 40 00 and 2005 59 00 for the period 1 January to 31 December,
originating in Morocco;
Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, customs duties are to be phased out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in Articles 75, 243 and 268 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal; whereas the quota duties for 1989 are equal to 60 % of the basic duties for fresh tomatoes and 50 % of the basic duty for new potatoes and peas and immature beans; whereas, however, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3189/88 of 14 October 1988 laying down arrangements for Spain's and Portugal's trade with Morocco (2) provides that those Member States are to postpone application of the preferential arrangements for products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (4), until 31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively;
Whereas this Regulation therefore only applies to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 with regard to fresh tomatoes, whereas it applies to the Community as at present constituted with regard to new potatoes and peas and immature beans, prepared or preserved;
Whereas taking into account the fact that for fresh tomatoes Morocco benefits during the periods from 15 November to 31 December 1988 and from 1 March to 30 April 1989 from a lower customs duty compared with Spain and Portugal, this tariff quota should be opened for the period 1 January to 28 February 1989;
Whereas the volume of this quota should therefore, by virtue of the pro rata temporis clause, for this period be fixed at 31 556 tonnes;
Whereas these Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for 1989;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; whereas, however, the quotas should not in this case be allocated among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volumes of such quantitites as they may need, under the conditions and according to a procedure to be laid down; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quota is used and inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning the administration of the quota share levied by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of the following products originating in Morocco shall be suspended for the periods and at the levels indicated and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas as shown below:
Order No CN code Description Volume of the tariff quota Quota duty (%) Applicable in 09.1115 ex 0701 90 51 New potatoes:
From 1 January to 31 March 1989 39 000 7,5 Community as at present constituted 09.1117 ex 0702 00 10 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled:
From 1 January to 28 February 1989 31 556 3,3 MIN ECU 0,6 100 kg/net Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 09.1119 ex 2004 90 50 ex 2005 40 00 ex 2005 59 00 Peas (Pisum sativum) immature beans otherwise prepared and/or preserved than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen or not 8 700 12 Community as at present constituted 2. Within the limits of the tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1 for new potatoes and peas and immature beans, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply duties calculated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3189/88.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission, which may take any appropriate measure with a view to ensuring the efficient administration thereof.
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry into free circulation including a request for preferential benefit for products covered by this Regulation, and if this declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall draw, from the tariff quota, by means of notification to the Commission, a quantity corresponding to these needs.
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the date of acceptance of the said declaration, must be communicated to the Commission without delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis of the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member State concerned, to the extent that the available balance so permits.
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the tariff quota, allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member States shall be informed by the Commission in accordance with the same procedures.
1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 3 enable imports to be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products concerned have free access to the quotas for such times as the balance of the tariff quotas so permits.
3. Member States shall charge imports of the said products against their drawings as and when such products are entered with the customs authorities under cover of declarations of entry into free circulation.
4. The extent to which the quotas have been used up shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
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 |
32010R0296 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 296/2010 of 8 April 2010 granting no export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
| 9.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 89/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 296/2010
of 8 April 2010
granting no export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 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 not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 6 April 2010.
(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 6 April 2010, no export refund shall be granted for the product and destinations referred to in point (c) of Article 1 and in Article 2 respectively of that Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 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 |
31996R2227 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2227/96 of 21 November 1996 fixing certain indicative quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the first quarter of 1997 (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2227/96 of 21 November 1996 fixing certain indicative quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the first quarter of 1997 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), provides for the fixing of indicative quantities expressed as a percentage of the quantities allocated to the various countries or groups of countries mentioned in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (6), for the purpose of issuing import licences for each quarter using data and forecasts relating to the Community market;
Whereas, on the basis of an analysis of the data relating on the one hand to the quantities of bananas marketed in the Community in 1996 and in particular to actual imports in particular during the first quarter, and on the other hand to the outlook for supply of the market and consumption within the Community during the first quarter of 1997, an indicative quantity should be fixed for each country of origin at 33 % of the quantity allocated to it in the tariff quota to ensure adequate supplies to the Community as a whole;
Whereas, on the basis of the same data, the authorized quantity referred to in Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 which operators in categories A and B can apply for in respect of the first quarter of 1997 should be fixed;
Whereas the indicative quantities provided for in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for the purposes of issuing import licences for traditional imports from ACP States should also be fixed;
Whereas this Regulation must enter into force prior to the period for the submission of licence applications in respect of the first quarter of 1997;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the Community as a whole for the first quarter of 1997, the indicative quantities provided for in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for imports of bananas under the tariff quota provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be 33 % of the quantities laid down for each country or group of countries mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/95.
The indicative quantities shall apply to import licence applications in respect of imports of bananas originating in Costa Rica, Colombia and Nicaragua from operators in Categories A and C as well as Category B.
The authorized quantities for Category A and B operators for the first quarter of 1997 as provided for in Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 shall amount to 35 % of the quantity allocated to each operator pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 6 of that Regulation.
The indicative quantities provided for in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for traditional ACP imports of bananas for the first quarter of 1997 shall be 31 % of the traditional quantities laid down in respect of each country in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 404/93.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004D0512 | 2004/512/EC: 2004/512/EC:Council Decision of 8 June 2004 establishing the Visa Information System (VIS)
| 15.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/5
COUNCIL DECISION
of 8 June 2004
establishing the Visa Information System (VIS)
(2004/512/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 66 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) The Seville European Council on 21 and 22 June 2002 considered the establishment of a common identification system for visa data as a top priority and called for its introduction, as soon as possible, in the light of a feasibility study and on the basis of guidelines adopted by the Council on 13 June 2002.
(2) On 5 and 6 June 2003 the Council welcomed the feasibility study, as presented by the Commission in May 2003, confirmed the objectives for a VIS as set out in the guidelines and invited the Commission to continue its preparatory work on the development of the VIS in cooperation with Member States on the basis of a centralised architecture, taking into account the option of a common technical platform with the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II).
(3) The European Council in Thessaloniki on 19 and 20 June 2003 deemed it necessary that, following the feasibility study, orientations should be determined as soon as possible, with regard to the planning for the development of the VIS, and the appropriate legal basis which will permit its establishment, and the engagement of the necessary financial means.
(4) This Decision constitutes the required legal basis to allow for the inclusion in the general budget of the European Union of the necessary appropriations for the development of VIS and the execution of that part of the budget.
(5) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1). The committee assisting the Commission should meet, as necessary, in two distinct formations depending on the agenda.
(6) Since the objective of this Decision, namely the development of a common VIS, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and impact of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective.
(7) This Decision respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
(8) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is therefore not bound by it or subject to its application. As this Decision builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark shall, in accordance with Article 5 of the said Protocol, decide within a period of six months after the Council has adopted this Decision whether or not it will transpose it into its national law.
(9) As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (2), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point B of Council Decision 1999/437/EC (3) on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement.
(10) An arrangement has to be made to allow representatives of Iceland and Norway to be associated with the work of committees assisting the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers. Such an arrangement has been contemplated in the Exchange of Letters between the Community and Iceland and Norway (4), annexed to the abovementioned Agreement.
(11) This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (5); the United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(12) This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland's request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (6); Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application,
1. A system for the exchange of visa data between Member States, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Visa Information System’ (VIS), is hereby established, which shall enable authorised national authorities to enter and update visa data and to consult these data electronically.
2. The Visa Information System shall be based on a centralised architecture and consist of a central information system, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Central Visa Information System’ (CS-VIS), an interface in each Member State, hereinafter referred to as ‘the National Interface’ (NI-VIS) which shall provide the connection to the relevant central national authority of the respective Member State, and the communication infrastructure between the Central Visa Information System and the National Interfaces.
1. The Central Visa Information System, the National Interface in each Member State, and the communication infrastructure between the Central Visa Information System and the National Interfaces shall be developed by the Commission.
2. The national infrastructures shall be adapted and/or developed by the Member States.
The measures necessary for the development of the Central Visa Information System, the National Interface in each Member State, and the communication infrastructure between the Central Visa Information System and the National Interfaces shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2) where they concern matters other than those listed in Article 4.
The measures necessary for the development of the Central Visa Information System, the National Interface in each Member State, and the communication infrastructure between the Central Visa Information System and the National Interfaces concerning the following matters shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(3):
(a) the design of the physical architecture of the system including its communication network;
(b) technical aspects which have a bearing on the protection of personal data;
(c) technical aspects which have serious financial implications for the budgets of the Member States or which have serious technical implications for the national systems of the Member States;
(d) the development of security requirements, including biometric aspects.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the committee set up by Article 5(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 of 6 December 2001 on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (7).
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at two months.
3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at two months.
4. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
The Commission shall submit a yearly progress report to the European Parliament and the Council concerning the development of the Central Visa Information System, the National Interface in each Member State, and the communication infrastructure between the Central Visa Information System and the National Interfaces, and for the first time by the end of the year after signing the contract for the development of the VIS.
This Decision shall apply from the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 |
32001R2498 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2498/2001 of 19 December 2001 fixing the import duties in the rice sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2498/2001
of 19 December 2001
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2831/98(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31991R0071 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 71/91 of 10 January 1991 amending Annexes III and IVa to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 with regard to certain textile products originating in Hong Kong (categories 5, 73 and 74)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 71/91 of 10 January 1991 amending Annexes III and IVa to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 with regard to certain textile products originating in Hong Kong (categories 5, 73 and 74)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3143/90 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Whereas, with a view to the introduction of the combined nomenclature, the Community has negotiated with Hong Kong an Agreed Minute modifying the quantitative limits for categories 5, 73 and 74 products provided for in the Agreement between the EEC and Hong Kong on trade in textiles;
Whereas the Council has decided, by Decision 90/174/EEG (3), that this Agreed Minute should be applied provisionally from 1 January 1989 pending its formal conclusion;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Annexes III and IVa to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
Article 1
Annexes III and IVa to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 are hereby amended for Hong Kong accordance with the Annex hereto. Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1989.
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 |
32007D0547 | 2007/547/EC: Council Decision of 5 June 2007 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
| 3.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/25
COUNCIL DECISION
of 5 June 2007
on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
(2007/547/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the third sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 23 October 2006, the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, to negotiate with the Republic of Armenia a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
(2) Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Protocol should be signed on behalf of the European Communities and their Member States.
(3) The Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 2007, pending completion of the relevant procedures for its formal conclusion,
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Communities and their Member States, the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, subject to possible conclusion at a later stage.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision (1).
Pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 2007. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R2255 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2255/2003 of 19 December 2003 prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2255/2003
of 19 December 2003
prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1754/2003(4), lays down quotas for common sole for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division VIIa, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock from 6 December 2003. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division VIIa, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 2003.
Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES division VIIa, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 6 December 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0056 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 56/2007 of 24 January 2007 determining the extent to which the applications for import licences lodged during the first 15 days of January 2007 for butter originating in New Zealand under quota numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182 can be accepted
| 25.1.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 18/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 56/2007
of 24 January 2007
determining the extent to which the applications for import licences lodged during the first 15 days of January 2007 for butter originating in New Zealand under quota numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182 can be accepted
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas (2), and in particular Article 35a(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Applications for import licences, lodged from 1 to 15 January 2007 for butter originating in New Zealand under quotas numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182 referred to in Annex IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 and notified to the Commission by 18 January 2007, concern quantities greater than those available. Allocation coefficients should therefore be fixed for the quantities applied for,
Applications for import licences for butter originating in New Zealand under the quota numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182 lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 from 1 to 15 January 2007 and notified to the Commission by 18 January 2007 shall be accepted subject to the application of the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32003D0779 | 2003/779/EC: Commission Decision of 31 October 2003 laying down animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of animal casings from third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3988)
| 1.11.2003 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 285/38
COMMISSION DECISION
of 31 October 2003
laying down animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of animal casings from third countries
(notified under document number C(2003) 3988)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/779/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2003/721/EC (2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) and (c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 94/187/EC of 18 March 1994 laying down animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of animal casings from third countries (3) has been substantially amended several times (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality, the said Decision should be codified.
(2) Annex I(2) to Directive 92/118/EEC allows the importation from any third country of animal casings which have undergone a prescribed treatment.
(3) The animal health conditions and veterinary certification must be laid down in order to guarantee that the prescribed treatment of the casings is carried out.
(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,
Member States shall authorise the importation from any third country of animal casings accompanied by a health certificate as laid down in Annex I, which shall consist of one sheet and shall be completed in at least one official language of the Member State carrying out the import control.
Decision 94/187/EC is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0849 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 849/2009 of 17 September 2009 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
| 18.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 849/2009
of 17 September 2009
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 843/2009 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 September 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 |
32006R0334 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 334/2006 of 23 February 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1809/2005
| 24.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 54/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 334/2006
of 23 February 2006
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1809/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in Portugal from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2005 (2).
(2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in the duty should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 17 to 23 February 2006 in response to the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imported maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1809/2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 February 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0739 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 739/2013 of 30 July 2013 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols as a stabiliser in ready-to-freeze alcoholic cocktails, and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards specifications for Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols food additive Text with EEA relevance
| 31.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 204/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 739/2013
of 30 July 2013
amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols as a stabiliser in ready-to-freeze alcoholic cocktails, and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards specifications for Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols food additive
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (1), and in particular Article 10(3) and Article 14 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (2), and in particular Article 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 lays down a Union list of food additives approved for use in foods and their conditions of use.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 (3) lays down specifications for food additives listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.
(3) Those lists may be updated in accordance with the common procedure referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008, either on the initiative of the Commission or following an application.
(4) An application for the authorisation of use of Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols as a stabiliser in ready-to-freeze alcoholic cocktails was submitted on 11 February 2011 and was made available to the Member States.
(5) There is a technological need for the use of Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols as a stabiliser, ice nucleating agent, to generate and maintain the presence of ice dispersions within a range of ready-to-freeze alcoholic cocktails. These products are designed to be purchased by the consumer in liquid form and placed in domestic freezers to produce a semi-frozen beverage. Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols when added to the cocktails as an ice-nucleating agent (stabiliser) ensure that the cocktails will freeze and produce a satisfactory semi-frozen beverage in the consumer’s freezer. Without the use of stigmasterol-rich plant sterols, supercooling of the beverage can occur and ice formation cannot be guaranteed resulting in product failure.
(6) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008, the Commission is to seek the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority in order to update the Union list of food additives set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.
(7) The European Food Safety Authority evaluated the safety of Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols when used as a food additive in ready-to-freeze alcoholic cocktails and expressed its opinion on 14 May 2012 (4). It considered that the toxicological data available for stigmasterol-rich plant sterols are insufficient to establish an acceptable daily intake. However, based on the available data, it concluded that the proposed use and use levels of stigmasterol-rich plant sterols as a stabiliser in ready-to-freeze alcoholic cocktails are not of a safety concern. Furthermore, the Authority considers that the average daily intake, taking into account the estimated exposure to plant sterols from all sources (i.e. from new applications, from natural sources and added as novel food ingredient) will not exceed 3 g/day.
(8) Therefore, it is appropriate to authorise the use of Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols as a stabiliser in ready-to-freeze alcoholic cocktails and to assign E 499 as an E-number to that food additive.
(9) Phytosterols, phytostanols and their esters have been previously evaluated by several scientific authorities, including the Scientific Committee for Food, the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives and the European Food Safety Authority and are approved for use in various foods within the Union at levels of intake of up to 3 g/day. Those substances are used as novel food ingredients with the purpose of helping hypercholesterolaemic individuals control their LDL-cholesterol blood levels.
(10) 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 (5) provides for mandatory particulars on the labelling of such foods, in addition to those listed in Article 3 of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (6). Those labelling requirements relate to the effects of phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols and/or phytostanol esters on blood cholesterol levels.
(11) As the levels of stigmasterol-rich plant sterols for the intended use on alcoholic beverages are not sufficient to affect blood cholesterol levels, ready-to-freeze alcoholic cocktail beverages containing the stigmasterol-rich plant sterols should be exempted from complying with the labelling requirements laid down by Regulation (EC) No 608/2004.
(12) The specifications for stigmasterol-rich plant sterols should be included in Regulation (EU) No 231/2012.
(13) The European Food Safety Authority’s opinion on the safety of Stigmasterol-rich plant sterols of 14 May 2012 considered the specifications for that food additive as proposed by the applicant and as laid down in Annex II to this Regulation. It concluded that the specifications are based on the ones established for phytosterols, phytostanols, and their esters by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (7) and results from analysis of stigmasterol-rich plant sterols verified that the production process produces a consistent product that falls within the proposed specifications.
(14) When updating specifications laid down in Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, it is necessary to take into account the specifications and analytical techniques for additives set out in the Codex Alimentarius as drafted by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.
(15) Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008 and (EU) No 231/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(16) 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 has opposed them,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31984D0497 | 84/497/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1984 on a proposal by the Netherlands Government to grant aid for an investment by a flat-glass manufacturer at Tiel (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 June 1984
on a proposal by the Netherlands Government to grant aid for an investment by a flat-glass manufacturer at Tiel
(Only the Dutch text is authentic)
(84/497/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having given notice in accordance with the above Article to interested parties to submit their comments and having regard to those comments,
Whereas:
I
Article 6 of the Netherlands Law of 29 June 1978 (Wet Investeringsrekening - WIR) (1) on the promotion and guidance of investment introduced an 'additional premium for major projects' for investments exceeding Fl 30 million. The amount of the premium depends on the number of jobs created and may account for up to 4 % of the investment in question.
When examining the Netherlands Law at the draft stage, in the course of the procedure under Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, the Commission pointed out that since the 'additional premium for major projects' involved no sectoral or regional objectives it therefore constituted a general aid system, and that since the arrangements applied to all investment, without distinction by reference to given undertakings, regions or sectors, they could not qualify for the derogations under Article 92 (3) (a) or (c). In the absence of such specification, the Commission could not assess the system's effects on trade between Member States and on competition and therefore assess its compatibility with the common market.
In respect of such general aid systems it is now the well-established policy of the Commission to accept them subject to one of two conditions, namely that the Member State concerned notifies to the Commission either a plan for regional or sectoral application or alternatively, where this is felt not to be possible, significant individual cases of application.
In line with this approach, and in accordance with Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, the Commission requested prior notification in good time of individual cases of application of the 'additional premium for major projects', account being taken of the amount of investment concerned.
During discussions with the Netherlands authorities the Commission stated that it would assess each case on its own merits in the light of the rules contained in Articles 92 et seq. or rules developed during administration of those provisions. The Netherlands Government could not infer that, by requesting regular prior notification, the Commission had taken a favourable view of the additional premium system.
The Netherlands Government complied with the Commission's request by including the prior notification procedure in Articles 6 (7) and 7 (3) of Chapter V of the Netherlands Law of 29 June 1978.
II
By telex of 24 August 1983 the Netherlands Government, as required by the procedure, informed the Commission of its intention to grant the 'additional premium for major projects' for a proposed investment by a Dutch company, belonging to a flat-glass manufacturing group, who was the only producer of basic flat glass in the Netherlands until 1981. At present no basic flat glass is produced in the Netherlands.
The proposed investment consists of the establishment of a float for the production of flat glass. The cost of the investment is estimated to be Fl 150 million and the premium proposed would amount to Fl 6 million, or 4 % of the sum of the investment. The investment would create 140 jobs within five years and preserve another 350 jobs in the firm's processing unit.
The project will have the effect of increasing overall production capacity. The new plant has a production capacity of 500 t/d, while the investor's Belgian branch, which would stop its production of basic flat glass, has a capacity of 100 t/d. Even when taking into account the capacity lost by the closure of the old glass factory at Tiel in 1981 (280 t/d), the new float will lead to an increase of capacity of 120 t/d. Almost the whole of the new float's products are expected to be used inside the Community, the major share of which inside the Netherlands. The recipient company is expected to cease buying glass for processing purposes from other firms.
III
After a first examination of the notification the Commission believed the aid proposal to be incompatible with the common market, on the ground that it would distort competition to an extent contrary to the Community interest, especially given the overcapacity problems the flat-glass sector is facing at the Community level. Consequently, the Commission decided to initiate the procedure provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty and informed the Netherlands Government accordingly by letter of 6 October 1983, requesting it to let the Commission have its remarks.
The Netherlands Government, in submitting its comments under the procedure by letter of 23 December 1983, stated that the recipient group would be the only European flat-glass producer to have decreased its production capacity by at least 20 % since 1974, even after completion of the new float at Tiel and that the new float would prevent imports from third countries.
The comments of the Governments of four other Member States and another flat-glass manufacturer submitted under the procedure supported the Commission's concern over the effect of the proposed aid on competition and on trade.
IV
The premium proposed by the Netherlands Government constitutes and aid within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty, since it would allow the undertaking to carry out the investment without bearing all its costs. In view of the effect the proposed aid will have on capacity and on deliveries by manufacturers in other Member States it can be concluded that the aid is liable to distort competition and affect trade contrary to the common interest.
Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty provides that, in principle, any aid fulfilling the criteria which it sets out is incompatible with the common market. The derogations from this incompatibility set out in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty, which are the only ones that could apply to this case, specify objectives pursued in the Community interest and not in that of the individual recipient of the aid. These derogations must be strictly interpreted in the examination of any regional or sectoral aid scheme or of any individual case of application of general aid systems. In particular, they may be applied only where the Commission establishes that, in the absence of the aid, the free play of market forces would not of itself induce the recipient undertakings to act in such a manner as to contribute to the attainment of one of the objectives specified by those derogations.
To apply such derogations for aids which do not offer a compensating benefit of this kind would be tantamount to allowing trade between Member States to be affected and competition to be distorted without any justification in terms of the interest of the Community, while at the same time granting undue advantages to certain Member States.
When applying the principles set out above in its examination of individual cases of application of general aid systems, the Commission must be satisfied that there exists on the part of the recipient undertaking a specific compensating justification in that the grant of aid is required to promote the attainment of one of the objectives set out in Article 92 (3) of the Treaty. Where this cannot be demonstrated, and especially where the proposed investment nevertheless takes place, it is clear that the aid does not contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the derogations but serves to increase the financial power of the undertaking in question.
In the case in question there does not appear to be such a compensating justification on the part of the recipient of the aid.
The Netherlands Government has not been able to give, nor has the Commission found, any grounds to establish that the proposed aid meets the conditions justifying one of the derogations for which provision is made in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty.
As regards the derogations of Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) of the EEC Treaty concerning aid to promote or to facilitate the development of certain areas, it cannot be considered that the standard of living in the Tiel area is 'abnormally low' or that it suffers from 'serious underemployment' within the meaning of subparagraph (a). As regards the derogation of subparagraph (c) the Netherlands Government has not included the Tiel area amongst those requiring special regional aid. The Netherlands Government itself emphasized that the 'additional premium for major projects' was not granted on account of regional considerations. In respect of the derogations envisaged in Article 92 (3) (b) of the EEC Treaty, investment of this type is brought about in a general way by normal market forces. Moreover, there is nothing peculiar to the investment in question to qualify it as a project of common European interest or as one designed to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State, the promotion of which merits a derogation under Article 92 (3) (b) of the EEC Treaty from the principle of the incompatibility of aids laid down by Article 92 (1). In stating its views on the WIR, the Commission recalled that the Netherlands is part of the Community's central regions. These regions are not suffering from the most serious economic and social problems in the Community but they are the regions where there is a real risk of an upward spiral of aids, and where any aid is likely, more than elsewhere, to affect trade between Member States. Furthermore, the information available on the socio-economic situation in that country does not point to the conclusion that it is suffering from a serious disturbance in its economy within the meaning of the Treaty. In individual cases of application the 'additional premium for major projects' is not granted for the purpose of dealing with such a situation. To take any other view would enable the Netherlands, in the present climate of slow growth and high unemployment throughout the Community, to divert to their advantage investment which might be made in other, less well-placed, Member States. Recent social and economic trends in the Community justify maintaining this approach as regards both the scheme itself and possible cases of application.
Finally, as regards the derogations provided for in Article 92 (3) (c) in favour of 'aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas' examination of the flat-glass market indicates that the sector's undertakings are facing problems of stagnant demand and a low rate of capacity utilization, which have had a negative effect on the financial structure of the companies and have resulted in a reduction of employment and closure of production units. Any assistance to establish new capacity would be liable to aggravate existing capacity problems and deteriorate the financial situation of firms in the industry, particularly in other Member States. In addition, the output of the new unit would partly replace imports from other Member States. It is therefore evident that the aid in question would affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.
In view of the above, the aid proposed by the Netherlands Government does not meet the conditions necessary for it to benefit from any of the derogations set out in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty,
The Netherlands Government shall refrain from implementing its proposal, notified to the Commission by telex dated 24 August 1983, to grant the 'additional premium for major projects' in favour of an investment made at Tiel by a flat-glass manufacturer.
The Netherlands Government shall inform the Commission within two months of the date of notification of this Decision of the measures which it has taken to comply therewith.
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32003R0792 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2003 of 8 May 2003 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar without further processing
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2003
of 8 May 2003
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar without further processing
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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), 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 the 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 sugar and raw sugar, non-denatured and exported without further processing, 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 Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. 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(3). The refund thus calculated for sugar containing added flavour 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 in nature.
(8) In order to prevent any abuses associated with the re-importation 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.
(9) 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 fixed at the appropriate amounts.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The refunds to be granted on exports of the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, non-denatured and without further processing, are hereby fixed in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 May 2003.
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32002R2137 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2137/2002 of 29 November 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2789/1999 laying down the marketing standard for table grapes
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2137/2002
of 29 November 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 2789/1999 laying down the marketing standard for table grapes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2002(2), and in particular Article 2(2),
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2789/1999(3), amended by Regulation (EC) No 716/2001(4), laid down provisions concerning the quality, the sizing and the tolerances for table grapes.
(2) In the interest of preserving transparency on the world market, account should be taken of the standard for table grapes recommended by the Working Party on standardisation of perishable produce and quality development of the United nations Economic Commission for Europe. The latter having been modified several times along the two last years, the Community standard should be updated accordingly.
(3) The degree of ripeness and, accordingly, the taste quality, of table grapes is directly correlated to the sugar content, as well as to the ratio between acidity and sugar content, measured on the produce concerned. In order to avoid that table grapes of insufficient quality are marketed, minimum sugar content values should be laid down, as well as a general requirement with regards to the sugar-acidity ratio.
(4) The provisions concerning sizing of table grapes are complex because of the existence of three different lists of varieties in the Appendix to the standard. In order to simplify the text, two of the three lists of varieties shall be deleted.
(5) It is necessary accordingly to amend Regulation (EC) No 2789/1999.
(6) In order to apply the provisions of the present Regulation, the traders have to comply with certain technical adaptations, in particular with regard to their packing facilities. The application of the present Regulation shall therefore start after a period of a sufficient length after the date of its entry into force.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2789/1999 is amended according to the Annex to the present Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It is applicable from the first day of the third month following its entry into force.
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31982D0064 | 82/64/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Varian- Leed/Auger optics, model 981-0127, with Leed/Auger electron gun, model 981-2125, power module, model 981- 2145 and Leed module, model 981-2148' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 December 1981
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Varian-Leed/Auger optics, model 981-0127, with Leed/Auger electron gun, model 981-2125, power module, model 981-2145 and Leed module, model 981-2148' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/64/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 18 May 1981, the Government of the Federal Republic of 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 'Varian-Leed/Auger optics, model 981-0127, with Leed/Auger electron gun, model 981-2125, power module, model 981-2145 and Leed module, model 981-2148', to be used for the analysis of structures of single-crystal surfaces and of the structure and dynamics of adsorbates on such surfaces, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met, on 30 October 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 an optical apparatus; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the high sensitivity and the degree of precision at the analysis of the surfaces of the cristals and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities, whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as 'Varian-Leed/Auger optics, model 981-0127, with Leed/Auger electron gun, model 981-2125, power module model 981-2145 and Leed module, model 981-2148', which is the subject of an application by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany of 18 May 1981, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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31999R1675 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1675/1999 of 19 July 1999 fixing the amount of aid in respect of silkworks for the 1999/2000 rearing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1675/1999
of 19 July 1999
fixing the amount of aid in respect of silkworks for the 1999/2000 rearing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 of 24 April 1972 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing(1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(4),
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 provides that the amount of aid for silkworms reared within the Community must be fixed each year in such a way as to help ensure a fair income for silkworm rearers, taking into account the state of the market in cocoons and raw silk, of foreseeable trends on the market and of import policy;
(2) application of the abovementioned criteria entails fixing the amount of aid at the level mentioned below,
For the 1999/2000 rearing year, the amount of aid in respect of silkworms as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/77 shall be fixed at EUR 133,26 per box of silkworm eggs used.
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 April 1999.
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32001R2162 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2162/2001 of 7 November 2001 amending Annexes I, II and III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2162/2001
of 7 November 2001
amending Annexes I, II and III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1879/2001(2), and in particular Articles 7 and 8 thereof;
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, maximum residue limits must be established progressively for all pharmacologically active substances which are used within the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for administration to food-producing animals.
(2) Maximum residue limits should be established only after the examination within the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products of all the relevant information concerning the safety of residues of the substance concerned for the consumer of foodstuffs of animal origin and the impact of residues on the industrial processing of foodstuffs.
(3) In establishing maximum residue limits for residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, it is necessary to specify the animal species in which residues may be present, the levels which may be present in each of the relevant meat tissues obtained from the treated animal (target tissue) and the nature of the residue which is relevant for the monitoring of residues (marker residue).
(4) For the control of residues, as provided for in appropriate Community legislation, maximum residue limits should usually be established for the target tissues of liver or kidney. However, the liver and kidney are frequently removed from carcasses moving in international trade, and maximum residue limits should therefore also always be established for muscle or fat tissues.
(5) In the case of veterinary medicinal products intended for use in laying birds, lactating animals or honey bees, maximum residue limits must also be established for eggs, milk or honey.
(6) Cefacetrile, deltamethrin and imidocarb should be inserted into Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.
(7) Ammonium lauryl sulphate, bronopol, calcium pantothenate and menthae arvensis aetheroleum should be inserted into Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.
(8) In order to allow for the completion of scientific studies, the duration of the validity of the provisional maximum residue limits previously defined in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 should be extended for kanamycin.
(9) An adequate period should be allowed before the entry into force of this Regulation in order to allow Member States to make any adjustment which may be necessary to the authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market which have been granted in accordance with Council Directive 81/851/EEC(3), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/37/EC(4), to take account of the provisions of this Regulation.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,
Annex I, II and III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulations shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 60th day following its publication.
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32014D0043 | 2014/43/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 27 January 2014 concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Lithuania (notified under document C(2014) 501) Text with EEA relevance
| 29.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 26/44
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 27 January 2014
concerning certain interim protective measures relating to African swine fever in Lithuania
(notified under document C(2014) 501)
(Only the Lithuanian text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/43/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) African swine fever is an infectious viral disease affecting domestic and feral pig populations and can have a severe impact on the profitability of pig farming causing disturbance to trade within the Union and exports to third countries.
(2) In the event of an outbreak of African swine fever, there is a risk that the disease agent might spread to other pig holdings and to feral pigs. As a result, it may spread from one Member State to another Member State and to third countries through trade in live pigs or their products.
(3) Council Directive 2002/60/EC (3) lays down minimum measures to be applied within the Union for the control of African swine fever. Article 15 of Directive 2002/60/EC provides for the establishment of an infected area following the confirmation of one or more cases of African swine fever in feral pigs.
(4) Lithuania has informed the Commission of the current African swine fever situation on its territory, and in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2002/60/EC, it has established an infected area where the measures referred to in Articles 15 and 16 of that Directive are applied.
(5) In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade by third countries, it is necessary to establish in collaboration with the Member State concerned a Union list of the restricted zones for African swine fever in Lithuania.
(6) Accordingly, pending the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, the restricted zones in Lithuania should be listed in the Annex to this Decision and the duration of that regionalisation fixed.
(7) This Decision is to be reviewed at the next meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Lithuania shall ensure that the infected area established in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2002/60/EC comprises at least the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply until 15 February 2014.
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32005R0361 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 361/2005 of 3 March 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 4.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 58/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 361/2005
of 3 March 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 4 March 2005.
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31975L0324 | Council Directive 75/324/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers (75/324/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;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1);
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2);
Whereas, in certain Member States, aerosol dispensers are required to comply with certain mandatory technical specifications ; whereas such specifications differ from one Member State to another and, by so doing, hinder trade within the Community;
Whereas these barriers to the establishment and functioning of the common market can be removed if all the Member States adopt the same specifications, either in addition to or in place of those laid down in their present laws, and whereas these specifications must relate, more particularly, to the manufacture, filling and nominal capacities of aerosol dispensers;
Whereas, at the present stage of technical progress, the field of application of this Directive should be limited to aerosol dispensers made of metal, glass or plastic;
Whereas the technical specifications listed in the Annex to this Directive will need to be promptly adapted in line with technical progress ; whereas, to facilitate the implementation of the appropriate necessary measures, a procedure should be laid down for close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within a Committee on the adaptation to technical progress of the Directive on aerosol dispensers;
Whereas it is possible that some aerosol dispensers placed on the market may represent a safety risk even though they satisfy the requirements of this Directive and of the Annex thereto ; whereas a procedure should therefore be laid down to obviate this risk,
This Directive shall apply to aerosol dispensers as defined in Article 2, with the exception of those with a maximum capacity of less than 50 ml, and those with a maximum capacity greater than that specified in points 3.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 5.1 and 5.2 respectively of the Annex to this Directive.
For the purpose of this Directive, the term "aerosol dispenser" shall mean any non-reusable container made of metal, glass or plastic and containing a gas compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure, with or without a liquid, paste or powder, and fitted with a release device allowing the contents to be ejected as solid or liquid particles in suspension in a gas, as a foam, paste or powder or in a liquid state.
The person responsible for the marketing of aerosol dispensers shall affix the symbol "3" (inverted epsilon) to aerosol dispensers, as proof that they satisfy the requirements of this Directive and the Annex thereto.
The Member States may not, for reasons related to the requirements laid down in this Directive and the Annex thereto, refuse, prohibit or restrict the marketing of any aerosol dispenser which complies with the requirements of this Directive and the Annex thereto. (1)OJ No C 83, 11.10.1973, p. 24. (2)OJ No C 101, 23.11.1973, p. 28.
The amendments required to adapt to technical progress the Annex to this Directive shall be adopted according to the procedure laid down in Article 7.
1. A committee on the adaptation to technical progress of the Directive on aerosol dispensers, hereinafter called the "Committee", is hereby set up and shall consist of representatives of the Member States with a Commission representative as Chairman.
2. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the matter shall be referred to the Committee by its Chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The Commission representative shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a period of two months. Opinions shall be adopted by a majority of 41 votes, the votes of the Member States being weighted as provided in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The Chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the proposed measures where they are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee.
(b) Where the proposed measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay propose to the Council the measures to be adopted. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
(c) If the Council has not acted within three months of the proposal's being submitted to it, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
1. Without prejudice to other Community Directives, in particular to Directives on dangerous substances and preparations, each aerosol dispenser or, where particulars cannot be put on the aerosol dispenser due to its small dimensions (maximum capacity of 150 ml or less) a label attached thereto must bear the following particulars in visible, legible and indelible characters: (a) the name and address or trade mark of the person responsible for marketing the aerosol dispenser,
(b) the symbol "3" (inverted epsilon) certifying conformity with the requirements of this Directive,
(c) code markings enabling the filling batch to be identified,
(d) the details referred to in point 2.2 of the Annex,
(e) the net contents by weight and by volume.
2. Member States may make the marketing of aerosol dispensers in their territory conditional on the use of their national language or languages for the wording on the label.
Member States shall take all necessary measures to prevent the use on aerosol dispensers of markings or inscriptions which might be confused with the symbol "3" (inverted epsilon).
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1. If a Member State notes, on the basis of a substantive justification, that one or more aerosol dispensers, although complying with the requirements of the Directive, represent a hazard to safety or health, it may provisionally prohibit the sale of the dispenser or dispensers in its territory or subject it or them to special conditions. It shall immediately inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof, stating the grounds for its decision.
2. The Commission shall, within six weeks, consult the Member States concerned, following which it shall deliver its opinion without delay and take the appropriate steps.
3. If the Commission is of the opinion that technical adaptations to the Directive are necessary, such adaptations shall be adopted by either the Commission or the Council in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7. In that case, the Member State having adopted safeguard measures may maintain them until the entry into force of the adaptations.
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1. The Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive within 18 months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. The Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
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31992R1265 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1265/92 of 18 May 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 898/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fresh, chilled or frozen beef provided for in the interim Association Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1265/92 of 18 May 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 898/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fresh, chilled or frozen beef provided for in the interim Association Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying 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 Republic of Poland, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 591/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying 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 Republic of Hungary, of the other part (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying 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 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1628/91 (5), and in particular Article 15 (2) thereof,
Whereas the Interim Agreements provide for a 20 % reduction in the levy and in the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of fresh, chilled and frozen beef and veal covered by CN codes 0201 and 0202 up to certain quantities; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 898/92 (6) takes account of the reduction solely in the levy; whereas the reduction in the CCT duty should also be incorporated in that Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EEC) No 898/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1. The reduction in the import levy on beef and veal under import arrangements referred to in Article 1 (1) shall amount to 20 % of the full rates applying on the day of acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation.';
2. Article 2 (2) (f) is replaced by the following:
'(f) section 24 of licences shall show one of the following:
- Exacción reguladora y derecho del AAC tal como establece el Reglamento (CEE) no 898/92;
- Importafgift og FTT-told i henhold til forordning (EOEF) nr. 898/92;
- Abschoepfung und Zoll des GZT gemaess Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 898/92;
- Eisfora kai dasmos toy KD opos provlepontai apo ton kanonismo (EOK) arith. 898/92;
- Levy and CCT duty as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 898/92;
- Prélèvement et droit du TDC comme prévus par le règlement (CEE) no 898/92;
- Prelievo e dazio della TDC a norma del regolamento (CEE) n. 898/92;
- Heffing en recht van het GDT overeenkomstig Verordening (EEG) nr. 898/92;
- Direito nivelador e direito da pac previstos no Regulamento (CEE) no 898/92.'.
3. The second paragraph of Article 4 is replaced by the following:
'However, in the case of quantities imported under the terms of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the fully levy and the normal CCT duties shall be collected on quantities in excess of those stated on the import licence.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31998R1844 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1844/98 of 27 August 1998 determining estimated production of unginned cotton for the 1998/99 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1844/98 of 27 August 1998 determining estimated production of unginned cotton for the 1998/99 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 (2) laying down general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/98 (3), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 requires estimated production of cotton to be determined from crop estimates before 1 October of each marketing year; whereas on the basis of the data available the production estimate for the 1998/99 marketing year should be as indicated below;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
For the 1998/99 marketing year estimated production of unginned cotton is
- 1 150 000 tonnes for Greece,
- 361 915 tonnes for Spain,
- 120 tonnes for other Member States.
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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32004R1242 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1242/2004 of 28 June 2004 granting derogations to the new Member States from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 relating to reference levels of fishing fleets
| 7.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 236/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1242/2004
of 28 June 2004
granting derogations to the new Member States from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 relating to reference levels of fishing fleets
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1) provides that reference levels are to be established for each Member State’s fleet as the sum of the objectives per segment of the Multiannual Guidance Programme 1997-2002.
(2) The new Member States do not have objectives as referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
(3) Reference levels could only be established for the new Member States by reference to the level of their fleets at the moment of accession. But, if that was the case, obligations provided for in Article 11(2) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 would be superfluous, since these obligations would overlap with those arising from the entry/exit scheme provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation.
(4) It is therefore not appropriate to fix the reference levels provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 for the new Member States, nor to apply Article 11(2) and (4) of that Regulation to them, as it shall have no effect on the management of the fleet by the new Member States.
(5) Because of the short period of time during which these new Member States may grant aid for the renewal of the fleet, it is not appropriate to require these fleets to be reduced, as provided for in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
(6) Accordingly, derogations should be granted to the new Member States from the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002,
By way of derogation, Article 11(2) and (4), Article 12 and Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 shall not apply to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
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 May 2004.
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32007D0814 | 2007/814/EC: Commission Decision of 13 November 2007 repealing Decision 1999/572/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of steel wire ropes and cables originating in the People’s Republic of China, Hungary, India, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Poland, South Africa and Ukraine
| 12.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 326/25
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 November 2007
repealing Decision 1999/572/EC accepting undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of steel wire ropes and cables originating in the People’s Republic of China, Hungary, India, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Poland, South Africa and Ukraine
(2007/814/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), and in particular Articles 8 and 9 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS AND EXISTING MEASURES
(1) In August 1999, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1796/1999 (2), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of steel ropes and cables originating, inter alia, in South Africa.
(2) In November 2005, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 1858/2005 (3) decided that the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of the product concerned originating, inter alia, in South Africa should be maintained.
(3) The Commission, by Decision 1999/572/EC of 13 August 1999 (4), accepted a price undertaking from a South African company, Scaw Metals Group Haggie Steel Wire Rope (‘Haggie’ or ‘the company’).
(4) By Decision 1999/572/EC the Commission also accepted price undertakings from the following companies: Usha Martin Industries & Usha Beltron Ltd, India; Aceros Camesa SA de CV, Mexico; and Joint Stock Company Silur, Ukraine. The Commission withdrew the acceptance of the undertaking offered by Joint Stock Company Silur, Ukraine by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1678/2003 (5). The anti-dumping measures on steel wire ropes and cables originating in Mexico expired on 12 August 2004 (6). The Commission withdrew the acceptance of the undertaking offered by Usha Martin Industries & Usha Beltron Ltd by Commission Decision 2006/38/EC of 22 December 2005.
(5) As a result imports into the Community of the product concerned of South African origin, produced by the company and of the product type covered by the undertaking (the product covered) were exempted from the definitive anti-dumping duties.
(6) In this regard it should be noted that certain types of steel wire ropes and cables currently produced by Haggie were excluded from the scope of the undertaking. Accordingly, such steel wire ropes and cables were liable to the payment of the anti-dumping duty when entered into free circulation in the Community.
B. BREACHES OF THE UNDERTAKING
1. Obligations of the company under the undertaking
(7) The undertaking offered by the company obliges it to, inter alia, export the product covered to the European Community above certain minimum prices (MIPs) as stated in the undertaking.
(8) It was further acknowledged by the company in the undertaking that with regard to the exemption from the anti-dumping duties afforded by the undertaking, such exemption is conditional upon the presentation to the Community customs services of an ‘undertaking invoice’. Moreover, the company undertook not to issue such undertaking invoices for sales of those types of product concerned which are not covered by the undertaking and which are therefore liable to the anti-dumping duty. The company also acknowledged that the undertaking invoices issued had to contain the information set out first in the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 1796/1999 and later in the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 1858/2005.
(9) The terms of the undertaking also oblige the company to provide the Commission with regular and detailed information, in the form of a quarterly report of its sales of the product concerned to the European Community. Such reports should include the products covered by the undertaking which benefited from the exemption from the payment of the anti-dumping duty, as well as those types of steel ropes and cables which are not covered by the undertaking and which are therefore liable to the payment of the anti-dumping duty upon importation into the European Community.
(10) It is clear that the aforementioned sales reports should be, as submitted, complete, exhaustive and correct in all particulars and that the transactions fully comply with the terms of the undertaking.
(11) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with the undertaking, the Company also undertook to allow on-spot verification visits at its premises in order to verify the accuracy and veracity of data submitted in the said quarterly reports and to provide all information considered necessary by the Commission.
(12) It should be noted that the company already received a warning letter from the Commission Services on 28 October 2003 for breaching the undertaking by issuing undertaking invoices for products not covered by the undertaking but otherwise being subject to the anti-dumping measures. The warning letter stated that in view of the particular circumstances under which these breaches took place it was not intended to withdraw the acceptance of the undertaking, but it was also pointed out that any subsequent infringement of the undertaking, even of a minor nature, would make it difficult for the Commission to maintain the acceptance of the undertaking from the company.
(13) In this regard, a verification visit was carried out at the premises of the Company in South Africa from 5 February 2007 until 6 February 2007. The verification visit covered the period from 1 January 2004 until 31 December 2006.
2. Results of the verification visit to the Company
(14) The verification visit established that the company, on two occasions, issued undertaking invoices (undertaking invoice numbers: 935515 and 935516) for the products subject to the anti-dumping measure but not covered by the undertaking. Therefore, these transactions unlawfully benefited from the exemption from the payment of the anti-dumping duty upon importation.
(15) The verification visit established that, on one occasion, the company failed to adjust the unit sales price according to the terms of payment. The failure to make this adjustment for the financial cost linked to the actual time of the payment has led to a unit sale price below the applicable MIP.
(16) Furthermore, the verification visit established that, on several occasions, the company issued undertaking invoices not in conformity with the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 1858/2005 by including the sentence ‘For sale offshore, not to be sold within the European Union’.
(17) Examination of the undertaking invoices issued for the time period concerned by the verification visit showed that one transaction was not included in the quarterly undertaking sales report submitted to the Commission. Furthermore, it was also established that the company reported transactions not intended for release into free circulation in the Community as if they were intended to be released into free circulation in the Community. The verification visit also identified several transactions which were reported as transit sales, but, in reality, the goods were released into free circulation in the Community. Moreover discrepancies were found between the quarterly undertaking sales reports and the corresponding invoices.
3. Reasons to withdraw acceptance of the undertaking
(18) The fact that the company issued undertaking invoices for product concerned which were not covered by the undertaking and the fact that these transactions benefited from the exemption from the payment of the anti-dumping duty only granted for the products covered by the undertaking constitute breaches of the undertaking.
(19) The obligation of the company to respect the MIP for all sales of the product covered was not met.
(20) Issuing undertaking invoices not in conformity with the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 1858/2005 for sales of product covered can be confusing for the customs authorities and no longer allow the customs authorities to effectively monitor the undertaking and, therefore, render the undertaking impractical.
(21) The facts set out in recital (17) have led to the conclusion that the quarterly undertaking sales reports as submitted by the company were not complete, exhaustive and correct in all particulars and therefore these reports were not sufficiently reliable to be used for monitoring the undertaking. Non-compliance with reporting requirements also constitutes a breach of the undertaking.
4. Written submissions and hearing
(a) Lack of understanding of the Undertaking
(22) The company acknowledged by its written submission that errors occurred when issuing undertaking invoices and preparing the undertaking reports due to a lack of understanding of the technical provisions of the undertaking, of incorrect reading of the text and/or the company’s failure to consult it. It was also stated in its written submission and during the hearing on 26 April 2007 that changes in the senior management and the restructuring of the organization contributed to lack of understanding of the complex requirements of the undertaking.
(23) The company also admitted the receipt of the warning letter from the Commission Services on the 28 October 2003. However, the company argued that it never received a verification report which it assumed would have outlined the actual error made. The company argued that the fact that it was not made aware of the actual errors also contributed to its failure to change its practices concerning the preparation of undertaking reports or improve its understanding.
(24) In respond to these arguments it has to be noted that the company on 18 September 2003 received a letter from the Commission which set out in detail the breaches identified. The warning letter of 28 October 2003 did not repeat the breaches in detail any longer but referred to the earlier correspondence between the Commission and the company.
(25) It also should be noted that the company might have been confused when it referred to a verification report. The Commission did not carry out a verification visit prior to issuing the warning letter on 28 October 2003 as the breaches which let to issuance of the warning letter were established on the basis of desk analysis of the undertaking reports. The Commission did carry out a verification in May 2004 but since that verification did not lead to further action no letter relating to it needed to be sent the company.
(26) Moreover, the company submitted during the hearing that, after the verification visit, the company revisited its complete system, based on the comments made on the spot, in order to accommodate the necessary changes to meet the requirements of the undertaking.
(27) The arguments presented by the company in its defence regarding its lack of understanding of the undertaking do not alter the Commission’s view that the company failed to comply with the obligations of the undertaking. It also has to be noted that the company already received a warning letter for breaching the undertaking in the past and it failed to adopt the measures necessary to prevent that new breaches of the undertaking would occur. The lack of understanding of the requirements of the undertaking constitutes a high risk for the sufficiency and reliability of the monitoring of the undertaking.
(b) Proportionality
(28) With regard to the price violation, the company admitted that a price violation occurred on one occasion because it failed to do the necessary adjustments in the sales price in respect of late payment. However, it was argued that the sales prices of all other transactions were strictly in compliance with the MIP. Moreover, it was submitted that the late payment occurred due to unforeseen circumstances as the client concerned normally pre-pays for goods prior to shipment taking place.
(29) In response to these arguments it should be pointed out that in accordance with the undertaking, the company undertook to ensure that the Net Sales Price of all sales covered by the undertaking shall be at or above the MIPs set out in the undertaking.
(30) Moreover, regarding the issue of proportionality, the basic Regulation contains no direct or indirect requirement that a breach of an undertaking must relate to a minimum percentage of sales or must relate to a minimum percentage of the MIP.
(31) This approach has also been confirmed by the jurisprudence of the Court of First Instance which has ruled that any breach of an undertaking is sufficient to justify the withdrawal of acceptance of an undertaking (7).
(32) Accordingly, the arguments presented by the company with regard to proportionality do not alter the Commission’s view that a breach of the undertaking occurred and that the acceptance of the undertaking should be withdrawn.
(c) Good faith of the company
(33) The company argued that at the time of submitting their regular reports to the Commission, the company felt that the reports were complete, exhaustive and correct in all particulars.
(34) At no time did the company try to report incorrect information or attempt to withhold any information requested.
(35) The company also emphasised both in its written submission and during the hearing, that it did not derive any benefit from the breaches of the undertaking, in any but two cases, and that the errors were not carried out within the scope of a circumvention scheme.
(36) Referring to the recitals above it must be noted that the company was not seen to be purposely trying to benefit from not respecting the requirements of the undertaking or by impeding the monitoring. However, the repeated occurrence of the errors renders the proper monitoring of the undertaking impractical.
C. REPEAL OF DECISION 1999/572/EC
(37) In view of the above, the acceptance of the undertaking should be withdrawn and Commission Decision 1999/572/EC should be repealed. Accordingly, the definitive antidumping duty imposed by Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1858/2005 should apply,
Article 1
Decision 1999/572/EC is hereby repealed.
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32008D0693 | 2008/693/EC: Commission Decision of 13 August 2008 amending Decision C(2006) 4332 fixing an annual indicative allocation by Member State for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 of the Community commitment appropriations from the European Fisheries Fund (notified under document number C(2008) 4358)
| 28.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 229/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 August 2008
amending Decision C(2006) 4332 fixing an annual indicative allocation by Member State for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 of the Community commitment appropriations from the European Fisheries Fund
(notified under document number C(2008) 4358)
(2008/693/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision C(2006) 4332 of 4 October 2006 (2), fixed for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 an annual indicative allocation by Member State, of the Community commitment appropriations for the regions eligible for funding from the European Fisheries Fund (hereinafter EFF) under the non-Convergence objective, of the Community commitment appropriations for the regions eligible for funding from the EFF under the Convergence objective and of the total Community commitment appropriations from the EFF.
(2) Under point 48 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3), the European Parliament and the Council authorised by Decision 2008/371/EC the transfer to subsequent years of the allocations not used in 2007 as a result of delays in the adoption of certain operational programmes.
(3) Article 74 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 provides that the first budget commitment shall be made available before the adoption by the Commission of the decision approving the operational programme. Article 75 paragraph 2 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4) provides that the commitment of the expenditure shall be preceded by a financing decision adopted by the institution or the authorities to which powers have been delegated by the institution. To that end, this Commission Decision will also constitute the financing decision for the operational programmes of Belgium, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and United Kingdom that have not been adopted in 2007 and therefore allowing for the first budget commitment in respect of the above operational programmes before the adoption of the Decision of the Commission approving the above operational programmes.
(4) Decision C(2006) 4332 should be amended accordingly,
Annex I to the Decision C(2006) 4332 is replaced by the Annex attached to this Decision.
The contribution from the EFF for 2008 in respect of the operational programmes for Belgium, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and United Kingdom, separately, for the Convergence and the non-Convergence objectives amount respectively to EUR 138 122 568 and 26 140 015, at current prices and shall be charged accordingly against budget lines 11 06 12 and 11 06 13.
This Decision shall apply from the third day after adoption.
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31976L0371 | First Commission Directive 76/371/EEC of 1 March 1976 establishing Community methods of sampling for the official control of feedingstuffs
| FIRST COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 1 March 1976 establishing Community methods of sampling for the official control of feedingstuffs (76/371/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Council Directive of 20 July 1970 on the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas that Directive requires that official control of feedingstuffs be carried out using Community methods of sampling and analysis for the purpose of checking compliance with requirements arising under the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action concerning the quality and composition of feedingstuffs;
Whereas, as a first stage, methods of sampling should be laid down for the control of the constituents of feedingstuffs and their additives and for the control of undesirable substances and products, with the exception of residues of pesticides and micro-organisms, which these feedingstuffs may contain;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,
The Member States shall require that sampling for the official control of feedingstuffs, as regards the determination of constituents, additives and undesirable substances and products, with the exception of residues of pesticides and micro-organisms, be carried out in accordance with the methods described in the Annex to this Directive.
The Member States shall, not later than 1 January 1977, bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith notify the Commission thereof.
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 |
32012R0908 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2012 of 4 October 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 5.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 908/2012
of 4 October 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31969R0019 | Regulation (EEC) No 19/69 of the Council of 20 December 1968 on the advance fixing of the levy on imports of olive oil
| REGULATION (EEC) No 19/69 OF THE COUNCIL of 20 December 1968 on the advance fixing of the levy on imports of olive oil
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ EEC (1) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2146/68, (2) and in particular Article 16 (1) thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/ EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and fats between the Community and Greece, and in particular Article 8 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides for the possibility of the import levy on olive oil being fixed in advance ; and whereas it is for the Council to adopt the appropriate provisions for applying it;
Whereas given normal trade practice on the world market in olive oil, the period of advance fixing can be limited to that which is necessary to allow traders to effect imports knowing what the cost price of the imported product will be;
Whereas to allow the number of applications for advance fixing to be assessed as a preliminary to the possible introduction of protective measures, provision should be made for an interval between the lodging of the application for advance fixing and its approval;
Whereas to prevent speculation which might result from fluctuations in the levy, provision should be made for the lodging of a deposit guaranteeing that importation is effected within the period specified;
The levy applicable to the products listed in Article 1 (2) (c) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the day on which an application for an import licence is lodged adjusted on the basis of the threshold price in force on the day of importation shall, if the applicant so requests when applying for the licence, be applied to imports effected not later than the thirtieth day following the issue of the licence.
Without prejudice to the application of Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and Article 6 of Regulation No 162/66/EEC, the application for the advance fixing of the levy shall be approved when three working days have elapsed since the application was lodged. (1) OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 314, 31.12.1968, p. 1. (3) OJ No 197, 29.11.1966, p. 3393/66.
The application for the advance fixing of the levy shall be accompanied by a deposit which, except in cases of force majeure, shall be forfeited in whole or in part if importation is not effected within the period specified in Article 1.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply until the end of the 1968/69 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012D0121(01) | Commission Decision of 19 January 2012 on setting up of the European Union Offshore Oil and Gas Authorities Group
| 21.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 18/8
COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 January 2012
on setting up of the European Union Offshore Oil and Gas Authorities Group
2012/C 18/07
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
(1) Article 191 of the Treaty establishes the objectives of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment and creates an obligation for all Union action to be supported by a high level of protection based on the precautionary principle and preventive action and to prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources.
(2) The Union policy aims at reducing the occurrence of major accidents related to offshore oil and gas activities and to limit their consequences, thus increasing the protection of the marine environment and coastal economies against pollution as well as limiting possible disruptions to indigenous energy production in the Union, and at improving the response mechanisms in case of an accident.
(3) The accidents related to offshore oil and gas activities in 2010, notably the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, have sparked a review of policies aimed at ensuring the safety of offshore activities. The Commission expressed its initial views on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations in its Communication ‘Facing the challenge of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities’ (1) on 12 October 2010.
(4) The risks of a major offshore oil or gas accident occurring in Union waters are not insignificant. Offshore oil and gas industries are established in a number of regions of the Union, and there are prospects for new regional developments in Union waters. Production of offshore oil and gas is a significant element in EU security of energy supply.
(5) While the Union already has examples of excellence in national regulatory practices related to offshore oil and gas activities, levelling up of the implementation of the regulatory framework for offshore oil and gas operations, can further improve the safety of offshore activities.
(6) The continuous exchange of experience, identification of best practices among regulatory authorities and the industry and improvement of implementation measures are being recognised as key aspects of a well functioning regulatory regime.
(7) The value of collaboration between offshore authorities has been clearly established by the activities of the North Sea Offshore Authorities Forum and the International Regulators Forum. Building on those experiences, it is important to maximise the effectiveness of transfer of experience and knowledge across the Union through a formal Union-wide structure.
(8) Based primarily on the activities of national regulators, the European Union Offshore Oil and Gas Authorities Group should involve in its activities experience from relevant stakeholders including relevant third countries. The Authorities Group should facilitate the transfer of knowledge among stakeholders and assist in the production of formal guidelines relating to best practices.
(9) The objectives of offshore authorities collaborating on matters relating to preventing the occurrence of, and responding to offshore major accidents are also complementary to the objectives of the Standing Working Party of Mining and Other Extractive Industries established under Article 6 of Council Decision 2003/C 218/01 setting up an Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work, and complementary to the objectives of the said Committee.
(10) Rules on disclosure of information by members of the Authorities Group and their representatives should be provided for, without prejudice to the Commission's rules on security as set out in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom.
(11) Personal data relating to the members of the Authorities Group should be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (2),
Subject matter
The European Union Offshore Oil and Gas Authorities Group (hereinafter the ‘Authorities Group’) is hereby set up.
Task
1. The Authorities Group shall serve primarily as a forum for the exchange of experiences and expertise between national authorities and the Commission.
2. The activities of the Authorities Group may encompass, in coordination with activities of other relevant expert groups, all issues relating to major accident prevention and response in offshore oil and gas operations within the Union, as well as beyond its borders, where appropriate.
3. The Authorities Group shall discuss, assist and give its opinions to the Commission, either at the Commission's request or on its own initiative, in particular on the following issues:
(a) identifying priorities for preparation of guidance documents, standards and best practices in the oil and gas sector;
(b) preparing, or initiating and overseeing the preparation of, guidelines on the industry best practices;
(c) in the interest of sharing experience, facilitating rapid information exchange between the Commission and national authorities, regarding e.g. the occurrence and causes of and responses to major incidents, and events which could have led to major accidents as well as, operational intelligence concerning drilling installations that intend to move between Member States;
(d) promoting and facilitating consensus between the Commission and national authorities regarding the best regulatory practice;
(e) promoting exchanges and secondment of staff between national authorities to increase their knowledge and experience;
(f) exchanging information regarding the application of national and Union legislation and policies relevant to offshore oil and gas activities, including measures to prevent intentional unlawful acts against those activities, and assisting the Commission in monitoring the implementation of relevant Union acquis.
Consultation
1. Without prejudice to Article 2 the Commission may consult the Authorities Group on any matter relating to major hazards in offshore oil and gas prospecting, exploration and production.
2. The Authorities Group shall consult with other Commission Expert Groups where there are complementary interests to ensure that relevant matters are brought to the attention of the other groups, and to receive information of interest to the Authorities Group.
Membership — Appointment
1. The Authorities Group shall be composed of Member States' authorities responsible for the regulatory oversight of offshore oil and gas activities and related policy issues.
2. Member States' authorities shall nominate their representatives.
3. The names of Member States' authorities shall be published in the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities (‘the Register’).
4. Personal data shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
Operation
1. The Authorities Group shall be chaired by a representative of the Commission who may appoint a co-chair.
2. In agreement with the Commission services, the Authorities Group may set up sub-groups to examine specific questions, such as the exchange of best practices, on the basis of appropriate terms of reference. Such sub-groups shall be dissolved as soon as their mandates are fulfilled.
3. Representatives from the sectors concerned, including industry, trade unions, academia, research organisations, NGOs, relevant Union Agencies, third countries and other stakeholders may take part in the work of the Authorities Group at the Chairman's invitation. In addition, observer status may be given to individuals or organisations whose participation may contribute to the work of the Authorities Group.
4. The Authorities Group and its sub-groups shall normally meet on Commission premises in accordance with the procedures and schedule established by it. If not otherwise provided, the Commission shall provide secretarial services.
5. A Member State may seek the opinion of the Authorities Group on documents and published information regarding major hazards in offshore oil and gas activities pursuant to the provisions of applicable Union legislation.
6. The Authorities Group shall regularly report on its activity, notably on the identification and implementation of best practices and the performance of the offshore industry.
7. The Authorities Group shall meet at least once a year.
8. Nominated members of the Authorities Group and the Chair shall meet at least once a year with counterparts from the Standing Working Party for the Mining and Other Extractive Industries to discuss the work of both organisations for the preceding period and to share future work plans.
9. Information obtained by participating in the deliberations of the Authorities Group or its sub-groups shall not be divulged if, in the opinion of the Commission, that information relates to confidential matters.
10. The Authorities Group shall adopt its rules of procedure on the basis of the standard rules of procedure for expert groups.
Meeting expenses
1. Participants in the activities of the Authorities Group or its sub-groups shall not be remunerated for the services they render.
2. Travel and subsistence expenses incurred by participants in the activities of the Authorities Group or its sub-groups shall be reimbursed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions in force within the Commission.
3. Those expenses shall be reimbursed within the limits of the available appropriations allocated under the annual procedure for the allocation of resource. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985R3562 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3562/85 of 17 December 1985 correcting Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 with respect to the statements appearing on packs of concentrated butter
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3562/85
of 17 December 1985
correcting Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 with respect to the statements appearing on packs of concentrated butter
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1298/85 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 of 11 November 1985 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3338/85 (4), provides that packs of concentrated butter must bear, in clear and legible print, certain statements; whereas, as a result of an error, the statement in the Italian language does not correspond to the statement adopted in the text submitted for voting to the Management Committee for Milk and Milk products; whereas the Regulation should therefore be corrected,
The penultimate indent of the first subparagraph of Article 5 (4) is replaced by the following:
' - burro concentrato'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990R1152 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 of 27 April 1990 instituting a system of aid in favour of small cotton producers
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1152/90
of 27 April 1990
instituting a system of aid in favour of small cotton producers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87 of 2 July 1987 adjusting the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the system of aid for cotton introduced in Protocol 4, as adapted by Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87, provides that the aid for cotton is to be reduced where production exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity fixed for the marketing year concerned; whereas these arrangements for reducing the aid have resulted in past marketing years, in falls in the income of agricultural producers and in particular of those growing cotton on a small area; whereas, in order to alleviate the effects of these falls on the latter category of producers, their income should be supported through the grant of flat-rate aid per hectare;
Whereas the aid for small cotton producers should be fixed at a level enabling the additional cost of manual harvesting to be offset;
Whereas expenditure on the system of aid for small producers must not exceed a given ceiling; whereas, to that end, a maximum guaranteed area any overrun in which results in a reduction in the aid should be determined; whereas that maximum guaranteed area is to be equal to the average areas sown by small producers in 1987 and 1988;
Whereas, with a view to sound administration, a definition of small producers should be laid down;
Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the provisions contemplated, provision should be made for a procedure establishing close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within a management committee;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/87, the Council is to decide on any adjustments to the system of aid instituted by Protocol 4 before the 1992/93 marketing year; whereas, pending that decision, the duration of the system of aid introduced by this Regulation should apply to the end of the 1991/92 marketing year only,
A system of aid in favour of small cotton producers is hereby instituted.
The system of aid provided for in Article 1 shall be applicable in the 1989/90, 1990/91 and 1991/92 marketing years.
1. The aid provided for under this Regulation shall be ECU 250 per hectare of area sown and harvested in each of the three marketing years. However, where areas given over to cotton by small producers as referred to in Article 4 exceed a Community maximum guaranteed area, the aid shall be reduced for the marketing year in question depending on the overrun recorded.
2. The Community maximum guaranteed area referred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined for the three marketing years concerned in accordance with the proce
dure laid down in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3995/87 (2). This area shall be equal to the average of the areas given over to cotton by small producers in 1987 and 1988.
For the purposes of this Regulation, 'small producer' means a cotton producer who gives over an area not exceeding 2,5 hectares to this crop in 1989, 1990 and 1991 and who has submitted a declaration of areas sown in accordance with Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2733/89 (4), and an aid application before a date to be determined.
1. Member States may refrain from granting the aid in the case of amounts less than a minimum which they shall determine.
2. The aid shall be converted into national currency at the agricultural conversion rate in force on the first day of the marketing year in respect of which that aid is due.
The aid provided for under this Regulation shall be considered as an intervention measure inteded to stabilize the agricultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (6).
1. The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be laid down by the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70.
2. In accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall record any overrun in the maximum guaranteed area and shall determine the resulting reduction in the aid.
The Member States and the Commission shall forward each other the data required for the application of this Regulation. Such data shall be compiled in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70. The detailed rules for forwarding and disseminating such data shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.
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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0678 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 678/2008 of 16 July 2008 amending for the 97th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban
| 17.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 189/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 678/2008
of 16 July 2008
amending for the 97th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 1 and on 3 July 2008, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32006R1175 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1175/2006 of 31 July 2006 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (lemons)
| 1.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 211/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1175/2006
of 31 July 2006
on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (lemons)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 858/2006 (3) fixes the indicative quantities for which system B export licences may be issued.
(2) In the light of the information available to the Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities laid down for the current export period for lemons will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.
(3) To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences for lemons after 31 July 2006 should be rejected until the end of the current export period,
Applications for system B export licences for lemons submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 858/2006, export declarations for which are accepted after 31 July 2006 and before 1 November 2006, are hereby rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32014R0801 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 801/2014 of 24 July 2014 setting out the timetable and other implementing conditions related to the mechanism for the allocation of resources for the Union Resettlement Programme under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
| 25.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 219/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 801/2014
of 24 July 2014
setting out the timetable and other implementing conditions related to the mechanism for the allocation of resources for the Union Resettlement Programme under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (1), in particular Article 17(8) thereof,
After consulting the Asylum, Migration and Integration and Internal Security Funds Committee established by Article 59(1) of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down general provisions on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and on the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management (2),
Whereas:
(1) In addition to the amounts allocated pursuant to Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014, Member States receive an additional amount, every two years, for each resettled person.
(2) The periods to be taken into account for the calculation of the additional amount should be specified. It is appropriate to establish three resettlement periods, in respect of each of which an additional amount may be allocated to a Member State.
(3) If, in 2017, it appears necessary to provide for a revision in 2019 of the common Union resettlement priorities referred to in Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014, the third resettlement period, covering the years 2018 to 2020, may be limited to the years 2018 and 2019. If so, this Regulation will be amended to provide for an additional resettlement period for the year 2020.
(4) In order for the Commission to establish the additional amount to be allocated in respect of resettlement in any given resettlement period, each Member State should submit to the Commission an estimate of the number of persons it plans to resettle during that period. The estimate should be submitted via the electronic data exchange system established by Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 802/2014 (3).
(5) Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 provides that the additional amounts for resettlement are to be allocated to the Member States for the first time in the individual financing decisions approving the national programmes referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014. For the resettlement period covering the years 2014 and 2015, the national programmes to be submitted to the Commission should therefore contain an estimate of the number of persons the Member State plans to resettle during that period. For the other resettlement periods, each Member State should submit an estimate by 15 September of the year preceding the resettlement period concerned.
(6) The additional amount for resettlement allocated to each Member State is based on an estimate of the number of persons it plans to resettle. To qualify for payment of the additional amount, the persons concerned should have been effectively resettled from the beginning of the period concerned and up to six months following the end of that period.
(7) In order to be paid the additional amount, which is based on a lump sum for each resettled person, Member States should report to the Commission the number of persons qualifying for payment. They should keep the evidence of these persons qualifying for payment.
(8) The United Kingdom and Ireland are bound by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 and are as a consequence bound by this Regulation.
(9) Denmark is not bound by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 nor by this Regulation.
(10) In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Regulation and not delay the approval of the national programmes, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
Allocation of an additional amount for resettled persons
1. In order to be allocated an additional amount for resettled persons as provided for in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014, each Member State shall provide the Commission with an estimate of the number of persons that it plans to resettle in any of the following periods:
(a) the years 2014 and 2015;
(b) the years 2016 and 2017;
(c) the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.
2. The estimates shall include the number of persons falling within any of the priority categories and groups of persons defined in Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014. They shall be submitted through the electronic data exchange system established by Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 802/2014, as follows:
(a) the estimate for the years 2014 and 2015 shall be included in the Member State's national programme submitted in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014;
(b) the estimate for the years 2016 and 2017 shall be submitted by 15 September 2015;
(c) the estimate for the years 2018 to 2020 shall be submitted by 15 September 2017.
3. The Commission shall examine the estimates and, as soon as possible, decide on the additional amounts to be allocated to each Member State, as provided for in Article 17(9) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014.
Qualification for the additional amount for resettled persons and reporting
1. In order to qualify for the additional amount, the persons concerned shall be effectively resettled from the beginning of the period concerned and up to six months following the end of that period.
The Member States shall keep the information necessary to allow proper identification of the resettled persons and of the date of their resettlement.
For persons falling within any of the priority categories and groups of persons referred to in Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014, Member States shall also keep the evidence that they belong to the relevant priority category or group of persons.
2. Each Member State which has been allocated an additional amount for resettlement shall include in the annual accounts provided for in Article 39 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014, the number of resettled persons qualifying for the additional amount, of which the number of persons falling within any of the priority categories and groups of persons defined in Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014. Each resettled person may be counted only once.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R1392 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1392/87 of 18 May 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 500/87 fixing catch possibilities for 1987 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Regulatory Area as defined in the NAFO Convention
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1392/87
of 18 May 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 500/87 fixing catch possibilities for 1987 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Regulatory Area as defined in the NAFO Convention
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 170/83, it is incumbent upon the Council to establish the total allowable catches (TACs) by stock or group of stocks, the share available for the Community and also the specific conditions under which the catches must be made; whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of the said Regulation, the share available for the Community is to be allocated between the Member States;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 500/87 of 16 February 1987 (2) fixed catch possibilities for 1987 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Regulatory Area as defined in the NAFO Convention;
Whereas, in order to ensure rational management, catch quotas should be allocated between the Member States so as to guarantee the relative stability of fishing; whereas, in the case in question, this allocation should be made so as to reflect a fair relationship between the rights which each of the Member States may claim and the structural situation which has developed in these circumstances,
The data relating to cod in the Regulatory Area defined by the NAFO Convention which are set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 500/87 shall be replaced by those in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31988R2390 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2390/88 of 29 July 1988 fixing, for the 1988/89 marketing year, the threshold prices for cereals and for certain classes of flour, groats and meal
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2390/88
of 29 July 1988
fixing, for the 1988/89 marketing year, the threshold prices for cereals and for certain classes of flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2221/88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (5) and (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that the threshold price for the principal cereals must be fixed in such a way that the selling price for imported products on the Duisburg market is the same as the target price; whereas this is achieved by deducting from the target price the most advantageous transport costs between Rotterdam and Duisburg, transhipment charges at Rotterdam and a trading margin; whereas the target prices have been fixed for the 1988/89 marketing year by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2222/88 (3);
Whereas the threshold prices for other cereals for which no target price is fixed must, in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, be so determined that the target price for the principal cereals in competition with these products may be reached on the Duisburg market;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (5) of the abovementioned Regulation, the threshold prices for wheat flour, meslin flour and rye flour and for wheat groats and meal must be fixed according to the rules and for the standard qualities laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2226/88 (4); whereas the calculations made in accordance with those rules give the prices shown below;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Without prejudice to the last subparagraph of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, the threshold prices for the 1988/89 marketing year for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of the said Regulation shall be fixed as follows:
1.2 // // (ECU/tonne) // Common wheat and meslin: // 245,68 // Rye: // 223,38 // Barley: // 223,38 // Maize: // 223,38 // Durum wheat: // 330,29 // Oats: // 214,44 // Buckwheat: // 223,38 // Sorghum: // 223,38 // Millet: // 223,38 // Canary seed: // 223,38 // Wheat and meslin flour: // 370,70 // Rye flour: // 341,73 // Common wheat groats and meal: // 400,36 // Durum wheat groats and meal: // 513,63.
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 July 1988.
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31992R0927 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 927/92 of 9 April 1992 on the supply of various consignments of cereals as food aid
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 927/92 of 9 April 1992 on the supply of various consignments of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3) lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated to certain countries and beneficiary organizations 125 390 tonnes of cereals;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (5); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs;
Whereas, notably for logistical reasons, certain supplies are not awarded within the first and second deadlines for submission of tenders; whereas, in order to avoid republication of the notice of invitation to tender, a third deadline for submission of tenders should be opened,
Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in the Annexes, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annexes. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
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31998D0617 | 98/617/EC: Commission Decision of 21 October 1998 denying authority to Italy to refuse the grant of exemption to certain products exempt from excise duty under Council Directive 92/83/EEC on the harmonisation of the structures of the excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (notified under document number C(1998) 3154) (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 October 1998 denying authority to Italy to refuse the grant of exemption to certain products exempt from excise duty under Council Directive 92/83/EEC on the harmonisation of the structures of the excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (notified under document number C(1998) 3154) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (98/617/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of the excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (1), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Having regard to the notification sent by Italy to the Commission and transmitted by the Commission to the other Member States,
Whereas:
(1) By letter of 4 July 1997, Italy notified the Commission that it had imposed the following national conditions for exemption on certain products, whether Italian or from other Member States, falling within Article 27(1)(b) of Directive 92/83/EEC:
- perfumes and cosmetics: that they contain no waste alcohol,
- certain household products (liquid detergents and washing preparations (for laundry, dishes and hard surfaces) of CN code 3402, self-shine liquid shoe polish of CN code 3405, room deodorisers in liquid form, aerosol and spray of CN code 3307, insecticides in liquid form aerosol and spray of CN code 3808): that their alcoholic strength should not exceed 40 % vol.
(2) The notification explained that the conditions it imposed on the grant of exemption were designed to ensure that goods 'deliberately prepared in an irregular manner cannot benefit unlawfully from the denaturing arrangements or the movement and warehousing procedures laid down for certain categories of goods`. The example of a lightly denatured cosmetic marketed as perfume was given. This had been exempted under Article 27(1)(b) but did not have the requisite properties to be considered a perfume and was in fact used for the purpose of completely denatured alcohol, exempt under Article 27(1)(a).
(3) The notification requested the Commission to advise the other Member States in accordance with Article 27(5) of Directive 92/83/EEC, so that a decision on Italy's action might be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 of Council Directive 92/12/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the holding, movement and monitoring of such products subject to excise duty (2), as last amended by Directive 96/99/EC (3).
(4) In the view of the Commission, the notification contained insufficient information to permit a decision to be drafted authorising Italy's action. The Italian authorities were therefore invited to explain in more detail the reasons for their request in the presence of the Excise Committee.
(5) At a meeting of that Committee which took place on 8 October 1997, the Italian delegation explained the position broadly as set out in its original notification. After considerable discussion the Commission's representative concluded that he still lacked sufficient information to draft a proposal and the Committee was in no position to take a decision. The Italian delegation was requested to produce further information regarding the excise duty risk involved, in particular as to whether the goods concerned were used for taxable purposes.
(6) By letter of 10 November 1997, the Italian authorities further explained:
- that their action was based on the increased risks to the revenue of products which do not meet nationally imposed conditions,
- that the Directive provides a control system for the products of Article 27(1)(a) which is much stricter than for the products of Article 27(1)(b),
- that in a case which had occurred, a lightly denatured product containing waste alcohol, and declared as a cosmetic (for which waste alcohol is not normally used) exempt under Article 27(1)(b), was marketed and subsequently used for cleaning purposes; hence, the product concerned was being substituted for a completely denatured alcohol under Article 27(1)(a), and thus benefiting unlawfully from a more favourable system,
- that such a result entails both a revenue risk and distortion of competition,
- that the condition that household products which are exempt under Article 27(1)(b) should have an alcoholic strength not exceeding 40 % vol. was imposed for similar reasons, such products not normally exceeding that strength, and no complaints having arisen.
(7) After a further meeting of the Excise Committee held on 1 December 1997 at which the Italian delegation received no support for its position, the Commission's representative concluded that if a decision was to be drafted, the Italian authorities still needed to supply sufficient information on the products and to take a decision as to whether or not they wished the procedure laid down in Article 27(5) to be terminated.
(8) By letter of 20 February 1998, the Italian authorities further explained that in the case which had actually occurred, referred to in its previous letter, perfume delivered from another Member State was found to have been produced with denatured alcohol which complied with the Italian denaturing rules, but not with the requirement that it be pure. Italy requested confirmation that in such a case a Member State might refuse exemption without the need to activate the Article 27(5) procedure.
(9) In the case of an affirmative reply, Italy pointed out that the Article 27(5) procedure remained necessary for products denatured according to the rules of the Member State of origin but which did not satisfy the Italian condition regarding waste alcohol. No such case had however been discovered to date.
(10) The purpose of Directive 92/83/EEC is to create, in the field of alcohol taxation, conditions ensuring the establishment and functioning of the internal market. Article 27(1) of the Directive specifies the alcoholic products which shall be exempt from duty throughout the Community. With the exception of 'completely denatured` alcohol exempt under Article 27(1)(a), for which special provisions apply, the system laid down is that of mutual acceptance - once a product falling under Article 27(1)(b) has been exempted in any Member State it may move freely throughout the Community. The purpose of Article 27(5) of that Directive is to permit Member States to take prompt action to safeguard their revenue should the operation of the general rules lead to genuine cases of evasion, avoidance or abuse.
(11) As regards the reasons given by Italy for the refusal of exemption to cosmetics (perfumes) containing impure alcohol, the use of cheap impure alcohol to produce goods falling within Article 27(1)(b) cannot be regarded as a cause of evasion, avoidance or abuse in particular since, on the one hand, an impure alcohol presents less danger of improper use and, on the other hand, whether or not cosmetics produced from impure alcohol are cheaper, Article 27(1)(b) is in no way restricted to expensive goods, the disparate goods falling within it varying extremely widely in price. Nor does anything in the Directive require products exempt under Article 27(1)(b) (which are not for human consumption) to be derived from pure alcohol.
(12) Moreover, since Article 27(1)(b) covers not only, or even mainly, cosmetics, but also products used inter alia for cleaning purposes, the use of goods described as cosmetics for cleaning purposes cannot affect their classification under Article 27(1)(b) and cannot be regarded as evasion, avoidance or abuse. This seems particularly clear in view of the fact that in some Member States it is not unusual for colognes and the like to be used for non-cosmetic purposes such as cleaning. The fact that the 'completely denatured` alcohols of Article 27(1)(a) may also be used for such purposes is not relevant.
(13) The above considerations apply equally to the particular case raised by Italy of goods which arrived at their destination declared to be denatured in accordance with Italian rules but not meeting the requirement that they be pure. In addition:
(i) movements under Article 27(1)(b) should be entirely free of formalities, and require no declarations;
(ii) compliance with the requirements of any Member State is sufficient, and
(iii) since the methods of denaturing for the products of Article 27(1)(b) are not laid down at Community level, the fact that the goods have been released - for free movement throughout the Community - in the Member State of origin is evidence that they have fulfilled that Member State's requirements.
(14) The above considerations apply equally to the case of perfumes exempt under 27(1)(b) and denatured according to the rules of other Member States but not meeting Italy's condition that they be derived from pure alcohol. In addition, however, Italy has stated that no such cases have been found.
(15) Similar considerations apply to Italy's refusal of exemption to certain household products, where Italy has simply pointed out that its reasons for refusing exemption are similar to those concerning cosmetics, that no complaints have been received and that the normal trade is not affected by its condition for exemption.
(16) In addition, Italy has not shown that any of the products subject to its refusal of exemption have in fact given rise to any actual evasion, avoidance or abuse. Nor has any other Member State - most of which have much higher duty rates than Italy - reported any problems of evasion avoidance or abuse arising from the exemption of these products.
(17) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Excise Duties,
Italy is not authorised to refuse the grant of exemption from excise duty on the products notified in its letter of 4 July 1997.
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32004R1612 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1612/2004 of 15 September 2004 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2004
| 16.9.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 293/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1612/2004
of 15 September 2004
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 September 2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in Annex I to this Regulation,
The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September 2004.
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32011L0049 | Commission Implementing Directive 2011/49/EU of 18 April 2011 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include pencycuron as active substance and amending Commission Decision 2008/934/EC Text with EEA relevance
| 19.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 103/109
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE 2011/49/EU
of 18 April 2011
amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include pencycuron as active substance and amending Commission Decision 2008/934/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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 included pencycuron.
(2) In accordance with Article 11e of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 the notifier withdrew its support of the inclusion of that active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC within 2 months from receipt of the draft assessment report. Consequently, Commission Decision 2008/934/EC of 5 December 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of certain active substances in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these substances (4) was adopted on the non-inclusion of pencycuron.
(3) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC the original notifier (hereinafter ‘the applicant’) submitted a new application requesting the accelerated procedure to be applied, as provided for in Articles 14 to 19 of 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 (5).
(4) The application was submitted to the Netherlands, which had been designated rapporteur Member State by Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002. The time period for the accelerated procedure was respected. The specification of the active substance and the supported uses are the same as were the subject of Decision 2008/934/EC. That application also complies with the remaining substantive and procedural requirements of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008.
(5) The Netherlands evaluated the additional data submitted by the applicant and prepared an additional report. It communicated that report to the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’) and to the Commission on 4 December 2009. The Authority communicated the additional report to the other Member States and the applicant for comments and forwarded the comments it had received to the Commission. In accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 and at the request of the Commission, the Authority presented its conclusion on pencycuron to the Commission on 24 September 2010 (6). The draft assessment report, the additional report and the conclusion of the Authority were reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 11 March 2011 in the format of the Commission review report for pencycuron.
(6) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing pencycuron may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular with regard to the uses which have been examined and detailed in the Commission review report. It is therefore appropriate to include pencycuron in Annex I, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authorisations of plant protection products containing this active substance can be granted in accordance with the provisions of that Directive.
(7) Without prejudice to that conclusion, it is appropriate to obtain further information on certain specific points. Article 6(1) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that inclusion of a substance in Annex I may be subject to conditions. Therefore, it is appropriate to require that the applicant submit confirmatory information as regards the fate and behaviour in soil of the chlorophenyl and cyclopentyl portions of pencycuron, the fate and behaviour in natural surface water and sediment systems of the chlorophenyl and phenyl portions of pencycuron, the long-term risk to large omnivorous mammals.
(8) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is included in Annex I in order to permit Member States and the interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements which will result from the inclusion.
(9) Without prejudice to the obligations defined by Directive 91/414/EEC as a consequence of including an active substance in Annex I, Member States should be allowed a period of 6 months after inclusion to review existing authorisations of plant protection products containing pencycuron to ensure that the requirements laid down by Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular in its Article 13 and the relevant conditions set out in Annex I, are satisfied. Member States should vary, replace or withdraw, as appropriate, existing authorisations, in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC. By derogation from the above deadline, a longer period should be provided for the submission and assessment of the complete Annex III dossier of each plant protection product for each intended use in accordance with the uniform principles laid down in Directive 91/414/EEC.
(10) The experience gained from previous inclusions in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC of active substances assessed in the framework of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (7) has shown that difficulties can arise in interpreting the duties of holders of existing authorisations in relation to access to data. In order to avoid further difficulties it therefore appears necessary to clarify the duties of the Member States, especially the duty to verify that the holder of an authorisation demonstrates access to a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive. However, this clarification does not impose any new obligations on Member States or holders of authorisations compared to the directives which have been adopted until now amending Annex I.
(11) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 91/414/EEC accordingly.
(12) Decision 2008/934/EC provides for the non-inclusion of pencycuron and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance by 31 December 2011. It is necessary to delete the line concerning pencycuron in the Annex to that Decision.
(13) It is therefore appropriate to amend Decision 2008/934/EC accordingly.
(14) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
The line concerning pencycuron in the Annex to Decision 2008/934/EC is deleted.
Member States shall adopt and publish by 30 November 2011 at the latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 December 2011.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
1. Member States shall in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing pencycuron as an active substance by 30 November 2011.
By that date they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to pencycuron are met, with the exception of those identified in part B of the entry concerning that active substance, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive in accordance with the conditions of Article 13 of that Directive.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing pencycuron as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances all of which were listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by 31 May 2011 at the latest, Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to that Directive and taking into account part B of the entry in Annex I to that Directive concerning pencycuron. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
Following that determination Member States shall:
(a) in the case of a product containing pencycuron as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 May 2015 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing pencycuron as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 May 2015 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective Directive or Directives which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, whichever is the latest.
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 June 2011.
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31997R1293 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1293/97 of 3 July 1997 amending for the seventh time Regulation (EC) No 413/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1293/97 of 3 July 1997 amending for the seventh time Regulation (EC) No 413/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas exceptional measures to support the market in pigmeat were adopted for the Netherlands in Commission Regulation (EC) No 413/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1067/97 (4), in response to the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in that country;
Whereas, as a result of capacity problems in the rendering plants, the average weight of eligible piglets was temporarily increased; whereas these problems have persisted and the extension of this provision is therefore justified; whereas, as a result of the same problem, it was not possible to process the blood and offal of the pigs slaughtered immediately after slaughter; whereas it is therefore justifiable to allow the storage of those products before their final processing from 5 June 1997;
Whereas, since the veterinary and trade restrictions adopted by the Dutch authorities continue to apply, cull sows should be included in the aid arrangements provided for by Regulation (EC) No 413/97 and the number of fattening pigs, piglets, young piglets and very young piglets that may be delivered to the competent authorities should be increased, so that the exceptional measures can continue in the coming weeks;
Whereas the aid granted for the delivery of the different categories of piglets should be adjusted to the current market situation, taking account of the fall in market prices;
Whereas the rapid and efficient application of exceptional measures to support the market is one of the best instruments for combating the spread of classical swine fever; whereas the application of most of the provisions provided for in this Regulation from 18 June 1997 is therefore justified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EC) No 413/97 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is amended as follows:
(a) the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
'By way of derogation from the provisions of the combined nomenclature, the weight of the piglets may, during the period 23 May to 3 August 1997, exceed 50 kg.`;
(b) the following paragraph 5 is inserted after paragraph 4:
'5. From 18 June 1997, producers may benefit, on request, from an aid granted by the competent Dutch authorities for the delivery to them of cull sows falling within CN code 0103 92 11 weighing 160 kg or more on average per batch.`;
(c) the present paragraph 5 becomes paragraph 6;
2. Article 4 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 4, 'ECU 55`, 'ECU 47`, 'ECU 40` and 'ECU 38` are replaced by 'ECU 45`, 'ECU 37`, 'ECU 30` and 'ECU 28` respectively;
(b) the following paragraph 5 is added:
'5. The aid referred to in Article 1 (5), at farm gate, shall be equal to the aid provided for in paragraph 1 reduced by 30 %.
The aid shall be calculated on the basis of the established slaughter weight. However, if the animals are only weighed live, a coefficient of 0,78 % shall be applied to the aid.`;
3. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto;
4. in Annex III, the following point 8 is added:
'8. By way of derogation from the provisions referred to in point 2, the blood and offal may be stored in a refrigerated warehouse or other storage place before its transport to the rendering plant subject to compliance with the transport rules referred to in point 2 and recording of entries into and exits from those places.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
However, Article 1 (1), (2) (b) and (3) shall apply with effect from 18 June 1997 and (4) shall apply with effect from 5 June 1997.
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31989D0024 | 89/24/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1988 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in the United Kingdom pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 December 1988
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in the United Kingdom pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the English text is authentic)
(89/24/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1137/88 (2), an in particular Article 25 thereof,
Whereas the United Kingdom Government has forwarded the following Regulations and administrative provisions pursuant to Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85:
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cambrian Mountains - Extension)
Designation Order 1987 (Statutory Instrument 1987 No 2026),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Lleyn Peninsula)
Designation Order 1987 (Statutory Instrument 1987 No 2027),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breckland)
Designation Order 1987 (Statutory Instrument 1987 No 2029),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Peak)
Designation Order 1987 (Statutory Instrument 1987 No 2030),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Borders)
Designation Order 1987 (Statutory Instrument 1987 No 2031),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs Western Extension)
Designation Order 1987 (Statutory Instrument 1987 No 2032),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys)
Designation Order 1987 (Statutory Instrument 1987 No 2033),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley)
Designation Order 1987 (Statutory Instrument 1987 No 2034),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stewartry)
Designation Order 1988 (Statutory Instrument 1988 No 493) (S. 55),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Whitlaw and Eildon)
Designation Order 1988 (Statutory Instrument 1988 No 494) (S. 56),
- The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Machair of the Uists and Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay)
Designation Order 1988 (Statutory Instrument 1988 No 495) (S. 57);
Whereas the United Kingdom Government has also forwarded standard contracts to be concluded with farmers;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community are satisfied in the light of the compatibility of the provisions forwarded with the aforementioned Regulation and bearing in mind the objectives of the latter and the need to ensure that the various measures are properly related;
Whereas the measures provided for relate to the demarcation of 11 environmentally sensitive areas; whereas they specify sufficiently the conditions of production practices compatible with environmental protection requirements; whereas the aid is fixed on the basis of the undertakings entered into by the farmers and of the resulting loss of income; whereas those measures therefore satisfy the conditions and the objectives of Title V of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The 1987 Statutory Instruments Nos 2026, 2027, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033 and 2034 and the 1988 Statutory Instruments Nos 493 (S. 55), 494 (S. 56) and 495 (S. 57), forwarded by the United Kingdom Government pursuant to the first indent of Article 24 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, satisfy the conditions for a Community financial contribution to the measure provided for in Title V of that Regulation.
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32007R0955 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 955/2007 of 9 August 2007 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 10.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 210/32
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 955/2007
of 9 August 2007
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 provide that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each of those Regulations and the prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 as appropriate.
(3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month.
(4) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(5) Taking into account the settlement between the European Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States, approved by Council Decision 87/482/EEC (4), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 according to their destination.
(6) Pursuant to Article 15(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, a reduced rate of export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (5), for the basic product in question, used during the assumed period of manufacture of the goods.
(7) Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However, Protocol 19 of the Act of Accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark provides that the necessary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is necessary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals exported in the form of spirituous beverages.
(8) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 respectively, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 August 2007.
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31969R0449 | Regulation (EEC) No 449/69 of the Council of 11 March 1969 on the reimbursement of aid granted by Member States to organisations of fruit and vegetable producers
| REGULATION (EEC) No 449/69 OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 1969 on the reimbursement of aid granted by Member States to organisations of fruit and vegetable producers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 159/66/EEC (1) of 25 October 1966 laying down additional provisions for the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 12 (3) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 12 (3) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC, the conditions and procedure should be laid down for reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund of aid granted by Member States to producers' organisations in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (1) of that Regulation;
Whereas in order to ensure the reimbursement of this aid under identical conditions, detailed rules should be laid down for calculating the value of the output which has been marketed and is covered by the action of the producers' organisations referred to in Article 2 (1) of that Regulation ; whereas such calculation should be based on accounting documents admissible as evidence ; whereas, however, the difficulty in certain cases of obtaining such documents should be met by adopting as an alternative a standard method;
The 50 % reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund of the amount of aid granted by Member States in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC shall be subject to the conditions laid down in this Regulation.
1. The date of the establishment of a producers' organisation shall be that either: - of its instrument of constitution in the case of a new organisation which has as its aims the objectives referred to in Article 1 of Regulation No 159/66/EEC, and which lays down the measures required to attain those objectives and makes member producers subject to the obligations listed in that Article ; or
- of the implementation of its modified rules of procedure in the case of an existing organisation which did not pursue the objectives referred to in Article 1 of Regulation No 159/66/EEC or which did not make member producers subject to the obligations listed in that Article, the purpose of the modification being to place the organisation in a position to attain those objectives or to make the member producers subject to those obligations.
2. The Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission with the first application for reimbursement a declaration certifying the date on which the producers' organisation was established.
3. The submission of an application for reimbursement shall be considered to be equivalent to a declaration by the Member State concerned that the conditions to be fulfilled by the producers' organisation in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 (1) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC were satisfied during the year for which aid was granted.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the producers considered as members of a producers' organisation shall be those: (1) OJ No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3286/66.
- who were members on the date on which it was established within the meaning of Article 2 of this Regulation and who have been members of the organisation throughout the year for which aid is requested;
- who joined the producers' organisation after the date on which it was established and who have been members of the organisation during the last nine months of the year for which aid is requested.
The value of the output marketed by a producers' organisation shall be calculated for each product by multiplying: - the average output referred to in the first indent of Article 2 (1) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC, expressed per 100 kilogrammes net and determined according to the provisions of Article 5, by
- the average price referred to in the second indent of Article 2 (1) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC, calculated per 100 kilogrammes net according to the provisions of Article 6.
For calculating the average output referred to in the first indent of Article 4 of this Regulation, the output marketed by member producers shall be determined for each of the three calendar years preceding that in which they joined the organisation: - on the basis of available commercial and accounting documents admissible as evidence, or, where no such proof is available,
- by multiplying the area reserved for production of the product in question during each of the three years by the average yield for each of the corresponding years as recorded in the production area by the competent services of Member States, the result obtained being reduced by 10 % in order to take account of personal consumption and the non-commercial transactions of the producer.
For calculating the average price referred to in the second indent of Article 4 of this Regulation, the average price obtained by member producers for each of the three calendar years preceding that in which they joined the organisation shall be determined: - on the basis of available commercial and accounting documents admissible as evidence, or, where no such proof is available,
- by calculating the average price ruling for each product on the most representative producer market for the area in which the head office of the producers' organisation in question is situated, this average price being the average of the representative prices recorded in that market by the competent authorities of the Member State during the year under consideration, account being taken, where necessary, of seasonal variations in production.
1. Applications for reimbursement must relate to expenditure effected by Member States in the course of one calendar year and must be submitted to the Commission once a year before 31 December of the following year.
However, applications for reimbursement of expenditure effected in 1967 may be submitted up to 30 December 1969.
2. The Commission shall take a decision on those requests after consulting with the Fund Committee.
3. The measures relating to the information which should be included in applications by Member States for reimbursement and the measures relating to their form of presentation and the supporting documents which the Member State concerned must submit to the Commission shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC (2) of 5 February 1964 on the conditions for granting aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund.
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31981D0932 | 81/932/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 November 1981 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in France pursuant to Council Directives 72/159/EEC and 75/268/EEC (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 9 November 1981 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in France pursuant to Council Directives 72/159/EEC and 75/268/EEC (Only the French text is authentic) (81/932/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms (1), as last amended by Directive 81/528/EEC (2), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (3), as last amended by Directive 80/666/EEC (4), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas the French Government forwarded, pursuant to Article 17 (4) of Directive 72/159/EEC, the following provisions: - Ministerial Order of 2 February 1981 concerning the application conditions of Decree No 74-129 of 20 February 1974 and a modification of the ceilings for the modernization of farms,
- Ministerial Order of 11 February 1981 concerning the application conditions of Decree No 74-129 of 20 February 1974 and a modification of the amounts of aid granted to certain types of farming groups,
- Decree No 81-168 of 20 February 1981 relating to medium-term loans and special stock-farming loans granted by the agricultural credit banks,
- Ministerial Order of 20 February 1981 concerning medium-term loans and special stock-farming loans granted by the agricultural credit banks,
- Ministerial Order of 5 March 1981 concerning compensatory allowance agreed for sheep farming for certain categories of farmers in the other lessfavoured areas.
Whereas Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC and Article 13 of Directive 75/268/EEC requires the Commission to determine whether, having regard to the abovementioned submission, the existing provisions in France for the implementation of Directives 72/159/EEC and 75/268/EEC continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community;
Whereas the abovementioned Decree No 81-168 of 20 February 1981 and the Ministerial Orders of 2, 11 and 20 February and 5 March 1981 meet the requirements of Directives 72/159/EEC and 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
Having regard to the provisions set out in the recitals, the existing provisions for the implementation of Directives 72/159/EEC and 75/268/EEC in France continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC and Article 13 of Directive 75/268/EEC.
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32002R0809 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2002 of 16 May 2002 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 38th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2002
of 16 May 2002
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 38th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 of 13 July 2001 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 693/2002(4), for the 2001/2002 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the 38th partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 38th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at 46,042 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 May 2002.
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32008D0739 | 2008/739/EC: Commission Decision of 11 September 2008 concerning a financial contribution by the Community towards the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) for actions in the area of animal disease information
| 18.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 249/19
COMMISSION DECISION
of 11 September 2008
concerning a financial contribution by the Community towards the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) for actions in the area of animal disease information
(2008/739/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Decision 90/424/EEC, the Community may undertake, or assist the Member States or international organisations in undertaking, the technical and scientific measures necessary for the development of Community veterinary legislation and for the development of veterinary education or training.
(2) Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (2) lays down a system for the notification of outbreaks of any of the diseases listed in Annex I thereto (the Community system for the notification of animal diseases).
(3) The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is a representative intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide. In the field of disease information, OIE has the unique experience of developing the World Animal Health Information Database (WAHID), an interface that provides for a comprehensive range of information on animal diseases. WAHID is used by all OIE member countries, including all Member States of the European Union.
(4) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a new Animal Health Strategy for the European Union (2007 to 2013) where ‘Prevention is better than cure’ (3) identifies animal-related threat prevention, surveillance and crisis preparedness as one of the pillars of the new animal health strategy. In particular, that Communication underlines the fact that the information generated by the veterinary monitoring, surveillance and control activities and programmes provides crucial scientific evidence for the Community institutions and governments to support decision on disease prevention and control measures.
(5) That Communication sets out the adaptation of the Community system for the notification of animal diseases as an expected outcome of the new animal health strategy. Another expected outcome set out in that Communication is to simplify the existing Community veterinary legislation, seeking convergence to international standards, including OIE standards.
(6) For the development of Community veterinary legislation, it is therefore appropriate to establish actions in partnership with the OIE, with a view to aligning the Community system for the notification of animal diseases with the WAHID, gathering epidemiological information and in particular designing the data sets, databases and protocols for exchange of data. It is therefore appropriate to make a Community financial contribution for the financing of the development of the animal disease information system for the period from 2008 to 2012 by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The maximum amount of that contribution should be specified.
(7) Gathering analysing and summarising information on animal health in the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean areas, especially as regards diseases which are spread across borders, is of paramount importance for the Community, in order to prevent threats to animal health within its territory. That information is, however, not readily available in all cases.
(8) The OIE has developed a Tool for the Evaluation of Performance of Veterinary Services (OIE PVS Tool). That tool is designed to assist veterinary services of countries which are members of OIE to establish their current level of performance and to identify gaps and weaknesses regarding their ability to comply with OIE international standards. The OIE PVS Tool also generates information on animal health in OIE member countries. The Community should therefore analyse the activities and information generated by that tool with regard to the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean areas.
(9) It is therefore appropriate to make a Community financial contribution for the development and analysis of the animal health activities in the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean areas by OIE. The maximum amount of that contribution should be specified.
(10) Article 168(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the financial regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4) provides that grants may be awarded without a call for proposals to bodies with a de jure or de facto monopoly duly substantiated in the award decision.
(11) The OIE has a de facto monopoly in its sector, since its creation through the international Agreement signed on 25 January 1924. The OIE is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide and it is recognized as a reference organisation by the World Trade Organization (WTO). A call for proposals is therefore not necessary for the financial contributions awarded to that organisation, pursuant to this Decision.
(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,
A Community financial contribution, as provided for in Article 19 of Decision 90/424/EEC, is hereby awarded for the financing of the development of the animal disease information system for the period from 2008 to 2012 by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), up to a maximum amount of EUR 750 000.
A Community financial contribution, as provided for in Article 19 of Decision 90/424/EEC, is hereby awarded for the financing of the analysis of the animal health activities in the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean areas by OIE, for the period from 2008 to 2012, up to a maximum amount of EUR 250 000.
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32006R1525 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1525/2006 of 12 October 2006 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
| 13.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1525/2006
of 12 October 2006
fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products in the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2).
(3) As far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of cereals required for their manufacture. These quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying the detailed rules set out above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, excluding malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 October 2006.
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31990R1502 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1502/90 of 1 June 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 as regards the adaptation of the free-at-frontier values and the adjustment of the specific import levies on certain cheeses for the 1990/91 milk year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1502/90
of 1 June 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 as regards the adaptation of the free-at-frontier values and the adjustment of the specific import levies on certain cheeses for the 1990/91 milk year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof,
Whereas, following the fall in the target price and the threshold prices for the 1990/91 milk year, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 of 1 July 1982 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1225/90 (4), should be amended accordingly; whereas the amendments must take account of the application of the coefficient for reducing agricultural prices which affects the threshold prices and the free-at-frontier prices applicable from the beginning of the 1990/91 milk year as a result of the monetary realignment of 5 January 1990;
Whereas the concessions which the Community has granted to Turkey and Cyprus for imports into the Community of Haloumi and Tulum Peyniri cheeses provide for a minimum import price to be met; whereas, as a consequence, such cheeses should be made exempt from the payment of the monetary compensatory amount;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 8 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1. No monetary compensatory amount shall apply when the products specified in points (b), (c), (d), (g), (h), (i), (j), (m), (n), (o), (p), (s), (u) and (v) of Annex I are placed in free circulation.'
2. Points (m), (n), (o), (p), (u) and (v) of Annex I are replaced by the following:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // CN code // Description // Country of origin // Import levy in ecus per 100 kg net weight // // // // // // // // 1.2.3.4 // '(m) ex 0406 90 25 // Tilsit, of a fat content not exceeding 48 % by weight, in the dry matter // Romania Switzerland // 67,71 // // // // // (n) ex 0406 90 25 // Tilsit, of a fat content exceeding 48 % by weight, in the dry matter // Romania Switzerland // 91,89 // // // // // (o) ex 0406 90 29 // Kashkaval // Bulgaria Cyprus Hungary Israel Romania Turkey Yugoslavia // 55,64 11. 5. 1990, p. 56.
// // // // // CN code // Description // Country of origin // Import levy in ecus per 100 kg net weight // // // // // // (p) 0406 90 31 0406 90 50 // Cheese of sheep's milk or buffalo milk, in containers containing brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles // Bulgaria Cyprus Hungary Israel Romania Turkey Yugoslavia // 55,64 // // // // // (u) ex 0406 90 86 // Tulum Peyniri, of sheep's milk or buffalo milk, in individual plastic packs of a content not exceeding 10 kilograms // Turkey // 55,64 // // // // // (v) ex 0406 90 50 ex 0406 90 89 // Halloumi // Cyprus // 22,88' // // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 14 May 1990.
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32008R0228 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 228/2008 of 13 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 with regard to intensity of controls on deliveries and direct sales of milk
| 14.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 70/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 228/2008
of 13 March 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 with regard to intensity of controls on deliveries and direct sales of milk
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector (1), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 22(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 (2), which lays down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003, sets down the minimum intensity of the controls to be carried out for deliveries and direct sales. These controls are to be included in the general control plan drawn up on the basis of risk analysis.
(2) Bulgaria and Romania are applying the levy system for the first time in the 12-month period 2007/2008. In order to facilitate the application of the new system, these Member States should be allowed to reduce the intensity of control for deliveries during a transitional period of one year.
(3) Experience shows that in Member States the number of producers with one or two cows is still significant, especially in direct sales. To keep the same control intensity for these producers imposes a disproportionate administrative burden and could divert the focus of control measures from higher risk activities. Therefore it would be appropriate to reduce the control intensity for small direct sellers producing quantities of less than 5 000 kg milk equivalent.
(4) In order to allow the Member States to benefit from a less burdensome situation resulting from the adjusted intensity of controls, and taking into account that according to Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 controls are carried out partly during the 12-month period in question, partly after the 12-month period, it is appropriate to apply the adjusted intensity of controls for the 12-month period 2007/2008, i.e. the period starting on 1 April 2007 and finishing on 30 March 2008.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the management committee for milk and milk products,
Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 is amended as follows:
1. In paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) 2 % of producers for the 12-month period 2007/2008 and for the following 12-month periods, except in the case of Bulgaria and Romania, where at least 1 % of producers shall be controlled for the 12-month period 2007/2008;’
2. Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
(a) 5 % of producers; or
(b) the following two groups:
(i) 1 % of producers whose individual reference quantity for direct sales is less than 5 000 kg and whose declared direct sales for the 12-month period concerned is less than 5 000 kg of milk or milk equivalent;
(ii) 5 % of producers who do not satisfy the conditions set out in point (i).’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2007.
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31994R2813 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/94 of 18 November 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 with regard to the maintenance of olive groves in traditional olive-growing areas
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2813/94 of 18 November 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 with regard to the maintenance of olive groves in traditional olive-growing areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 822/94 (2), and in particular
Article 11
(2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93 of 18 October 1993 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3499/93 (4), provides for a minimum density of olive trees on areas qualifying for the aid;
Whereas experience in the application of the aid scheme shows that this provision has not achieved the objective of excluding from aid areas which should not be considered true olive groves on account of their low tree density; whereas, as a consequence, provision should be made for a higher minimum density of trees and for the way it is to be calculated;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93 is hereby replaced by the following:
'(a) with a minimum density of 80 trees per hectare. The density shall be calculated in respect of each parcel of the holding under olive trees;'.
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 1 January 1995.
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32014R1343 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1343/2014 of 17 December 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 951/2007 laying down implementing rules for cross-border cooperation programmes financed under Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
| 18.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 363/75
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1343/2014
of 17 December 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 951/2007 laying down implementing rules for cross-border cooperation programmes financed under Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of Council of 24 October 2006 laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (1), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has adopted Regulation (EC) No 951/2007 laying down implementing rules for cross-border cooperation programmes financed under Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (2).
(2) Given the delayed start of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument cross-border cooperation programmes, the implementation phase for projects was extended from 31 December 2014 to 31 December 2015 with the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 435/2011 (3). Hence, the closure phase and relevant provisions should be adapted accordingly.
(3) Provision should be made for a clause enabling the Commission to agree on the extension of the execution period of a joint operational programme after a reasoned request from the Joint Monitoring Committee in the event of unforeseen and duly justified needs or circumstances.
(4) The effective handling of irregularities is essential in order to protect Union's financial interests and ensure the principle of sound financial management of the programmes. In this vein and given that financial corrections are the main tool used to restore irregularities concerning expenditure financed by the Union under shared management, relevant provisions on financial corrections should be introduced in the Regulation (EC) No 951/2007.
(5) In order to provide legal certainty for participating countries, it is appropriate to lay down the specific arrangements and procedures for financial corrections by the Joint Managing Authorities, respecting the principles of equal treatment, transparency and proportionality.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 951/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of Council (4).
Regulation (EC) No 951/2007 is amended as follows:
1. The following Article 26a is inserted:
2. Article 32 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 43 is amended as following:
(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(b) paragraph 2, subparagraph (c) is replaced by the following:
‘(c) a financial closure phase for the joint operational programme including the financial closure of all contracts concluded as part of the programme, the ex post evaluation of the programme, the submission of the final report, and the final payment or final recovery by the Commission. This phase shall end on 31 December 2017 at the latest.’
(c) a new paragraph 3 is added:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31993R1557 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1557/93 of 14 June 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3698/88 laying down special measures for hemp seed
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1557/93 of 14 June 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3698/88 laying down special measures for hemp seed
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 (4), lays down the factors to be taken into account when the amount per hectare for fibre flax and hemp is fixed; whereas in particular the guide price for linseed is taken into account;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1552/93 of 14 June 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (5) replaces, with effect from the 1993/94 marketing year for flax other than fibre flax, the support system currently in force for linseed introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed (6); whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 should therefore be adapted accordingly;
Whereas, given the link between fibre flax and hemp, provision should be made for a similar aid scheme for these two products; whereas, accordingly, Regulation (EEC) No 3698/88 (7), which provides for the grant of aid for hemp seed produced on areas for which the aid for hemp referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 is granted, should be repealed;
Whereas, in order to prevent the abolition of the aid for fibre flax seed and hemp seed affecting producers' incomes, provision should be made for the amount of standard aid for these products to be fixed, taking account in particular of their income obtained from the sale of seeds;
Whereas at present there are different rates of aid for fibre flax seed depending on the method of deseeding the flax and the areas of production; whereas the grant of a single standard aid for fibre flax could provoke serious disturbance in this sector as a result of the movement of cultivation and the processing industry to regions with a low seed yield; whereas, in order to avoid this risk, the rate of standard aid for fibre flax should be varied depending on the seed yield,
Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 shall be replaced by the following:
'2. The amount of aid shall be so fixed per hectare of area sown and harvested as to ensure an even balance between the volume of production required in the Community and the amount that can be marketed.
When the amount of aid is being fixed, account shall also be taken of the price of flax and hemp fibres and seeds on the world market. The amount of aid for flax shall be varied by applying coefficients established on the basis of the average seed yield recorded during the 1987/88 to 1991/92 marketing years in the homogeneous production areas. These coefficients shall be fixed on the one hand for retted, non-deseeded flax and, on the other hand, for flax other than retted, non-deseeded flax. These coefficients shall be fixed before the beginning of the marketing year in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12.`
Regulation (EEC) No 3698/88 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from the 1993/94 marketing year.
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31999R0064 | Council Regulation (EC) No 64/1999 of 18 December 1998 laying down, for 1999, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of the Russian Federation
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 64/1999 of 18 December 1998 laying down, for 1999, certain measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of the Russian Federation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 124 of the 1994 Act of Accession, fisheries agreements concluded by the Kingdom of Sweden with third countries are managed by the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 3 of the agreement on fisheries of 11 December 1992 concluded between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of the Russian Federation, the Community, on behalf of the Kingdom of Sweden, held consultations with the Russian Federation concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1999;
Whereas, in the course of these consultations, the delegations agreed to recommend to their respective authorities that certain catch quotas for 1999 should be fixed for the vessels of the other Party;
Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to implement, for 1999, the results of the consultations held with the Russian Federation;
Whereas it is for the Council to lay down the specific conditions under which catches by vessels flying the flag of the Russian Federation must be taken;
Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (2);
Whereas Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (3) provides that all vessels with chilled or refrigerated sea-water tanks are to keep on board a document certified by a competent authority and indicating the calibration of the tanks in cubic metres at 10-centimetre intervals;
Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 1999,
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1999, vessels flying the flag of the Russian Federation are hereby authorised to fish for the species listed in Annex I, within the geographical and quantitative limits laid down therein and in accordance with this Regulation, in the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone of the Member States in the Baltic Sea.
2. Fishing authorized under paragraph 1 shall be limited to those parts of the 200-nautical-mile fishing zone lying seawards of 12-nautical-miles from the baselines from which the fishing zones of Member States are measured.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, unavoidable by-catches of a species for which no quota is established in a zone shall be permitted within the limits fixed in the conservation measures in force in the zone concerned.
4. By-catches in a given zone of a species for which a quota is established in that zone shall be counted against the quota concerned.
1. Vessels fishing within the quotas fixed in Article 1 shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all other provisions governing fishing in the zones referred to in that Article.
2. Vessels shall keep a log-book in which the information set out in Annex II shall be entered.
3. Vessels shall transmit to the Commission, in accordance with the rules laid down in Annex III, the information set out in that Annex.
4. Those vessels which have chilled or refrigerated sea-water tanks shall keep on board a document certified by a competent authority and indicating the calibration of the tanks in cubic metres at 10-centimetre intervals.
5. The registration letters and numbers of the vessels must be clearly marked on the bow of each vessel on both sides.
1. Vessels fishing for the species listed in Annex I must hold a licence and special fishing permit issued by the Commission on behalf of the Community and must observe the conditions as established by that licence and special fishing permit.
The Russian authorities shall notify the Commission of the name and characteristics of the vessels for which licences and special fishing permits may be issued.
2. The Commission shall issue the licences and special fishing permits referred to in paragraph 1 to all vessels for which a licence and special fishing permit is required by the Russian authorities.
Requests for amendments to the list of vessels issued with a licence and a special fishing permit may be made at any time and shall be processed expeditiously.
3. When an application for a licence and a special fishing permit is submitted to the Commission, the following information must be supplied:
(a) name of vessel;
(b) registration number;
(c) external identification letters and numbers;
(d) port of registration;
(e) name and address of the owner or charterer;
(f) gross tonnage and overall length;
(g) engine power;
(h) call sign and radio frequency;
(i) intended method of fishing;
(j) intended area of fishing;
(k) species for which it is intended to fish;
(l) period for which a licence and a special fishing permit are requested.
4. Licences and special fishing permits shall be issued provided that the number of licences and special fishing permits valid at any time during a given month or year does not exceed the amounts mentioned in Annex I.
5. Each licence and special fishing permit shall be valid for one vessel only. Where two or more vessels are taking part in the same fishing operation, each vessel must be in possession of a licence and special fishing permit.
6. Licences and special fishing permits may be cancelled with a view to the issue of new licences and special fishing permits. Such cancellations shall take effect on the day before the date of issue of the new licences and special fishing permits by the Commission. New licences and special fishing permits shall take effect from their date of issue.
7. Licences and special fishing permits shall be wholly or partially withdrawn before the date of expiry if the respective quotas fixed in Article 1 have been exhausted.
8. Licences and special fishing permits shall be withdrawn in the event of any failure to meet the obligations laid down in this Regulation.
9. For a period not exceeding 12 months, no licence and special fishing permit shall be issued for any vessel in respect of which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have not been met.
10. The Commission shall submit, on behalf of the Community, to the Russian authorities the names and characteristics of Russian vessels which will not be authorised to fish in the Community's fishing zone for the ensuing month(s) as a consequence of an infringement of Community rules.
Vessels authorised to fish on 31 December may continue fishing as from the beginning of the following year until the lists of vessels permitted to fish during the year in question are submitted to, and approved by, the Commission on behalf of the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1999.
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31988D0346 | 88/346/EEC: Council Decision of 16 June 1988 amending Decision 86/85/EEC establishing a Community information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by the spillage of hydrocarbons and other harmful substances at sea
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 June 1988
amending Decision 86/85/EEC establishing a Community information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by the spillage of hydrocarbons and other harmful substances at sea
(88/346/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130S 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, on 6 March 1986, the Council adopted Decision 86/85/EEC (4) establishing a Community information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by the spillage of hydrocarbons and other harmful substances at sea;
Whereas the Council, as was emphasized in its conclusions of 24 November 1986, has expressed its concern at the pollution caused by accidents occurring in inland waters;
Whereas improved information on the resources for intervention in the event of a major spillage is a key element towards ensuring greater protection against such pollution of inland waterways;
Whereas the scope of Decision 86/85/EEC should therefore be extended, in particular with a view to compiling an inventory of the principal resources for intervention in the event of a spillage in major inland waterways of hydrocarbons and other harmful substances,
Decision 86/85/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. The title is replaced by the following:
'Council Decision of 6 March 1986 establishing a Community information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by the spillage of hydrocarbons and other harmful substances at sea or in major inland waters.'
2. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1. An information system is hereby established to make available to the competent authorities in the Member States the data required for the control and reduction of pollution caused by the spillage of hydrocarbons and other harmful substances in large quantities at sea or in major inland waters.'
3. The following is added to Article 1 (2):
'(e) an inventory of the principal resources for intervention available to the competent authorities of the Member States in the event of a spillage of hydrocarbons and other harmful substances in major inland waters, and among these in international waterways in particular (Annex IV).'
4. The Annex to this Decision shall be added as Annex IV.
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31982D0967 | 82/967/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Dionex - Ion Chromatograph, model 10' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as "Dionex - Ion Chromatograph, model 10" may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/967/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 19 May 1982, the Federal Republic of 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 "Dionex - Ion Chromatograph, model 10", ordered on 31 July 1981 and to be used for the study of the effect of acidic precipitation on the vegetation and soil and in particular for quantitative analysis of rain water for a number of components, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met, on 15 November 1982, 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 chromatograph ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the sensibility of the analysis and the use to which it is put, make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community ; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as "Dionex - Ion Chromatograph, model 10", which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 19 May 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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31999D0575 | 1999/575/EC: Council Decision of 23 March 1998 concerning the conclusion by the Community of the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 March 1998
concerning the conclusion by the Community of the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
(1999/575/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 100a, in conjunction with Article 228(2) and (3), first subparagraph, 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),
(1) Whereas on 24 November 1986 the Council adopted Directive 86/609/EEC(4) on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes, setting out common rules incorporating the principles, objectives and main provisions of the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes;
(2) Whereas the provisions of the said Directive and Convention affect the conditions of production and placing on the market of products and substances the development of which involves the experiments referred to therein; whereas those provisions therefore contribute to the establishment and functioning of the internal market, the completion of which constitutes one of the chief objectives of the Community;
(3) Whereas the use of primates for experimental and other scientific purposes carries the risk of suffering for those animals and therefore has to be reduced;
(4) Whereas the use of primates for experimental and other scientific purposes has led to the catching of primates in the wild, and whereas, this should be avoided whenever possible in view of the suffering and losses which can arise during catching and transport;
(5) Whereas the Fifth Environmental Action Programme aims at taking some positive steps towards a reduction of 50 % in the use of animals for experimentation by the year 2000; whereas this target must not, however, stand in the way of the formulation and achievement of more ambitious objectives;
(6) Whereas the Community is stepping up its efforts to develop substitute methods and computer-aided simulation models, paying particular attention to the work carried out by the European Centre for the validation of alternative methods (ECVAM), so that the goal of reducing experiments on animals may be achieved in the near future;
(7) Whereas the Community also endorses all projects that encourage a full and uncomplicated exchange of data on the use of animals in experiments and prescribe that unnecessary duplicate experiments must be avoided inter alia by rules for second applicants;
(8) Whereas the Community signed the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes on 10 February 1987;
(9) Whereas it is necessary for the Community to approve the said Convention,
The Community shall approve the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes, subject to a reservation in respect of Article 28(1) thereof.
The text of the Convention is set out in Annex A.
The text of the reservation is set out in Annex B.
1. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person or persons empowered to deposit the instrument of approval of the Convention with the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, as provided for in Article 31 of the Convention.
2. When depositing the instrument of approval, the designated person or persons shall, in accordance with Article 34(1) of the Convention, make the reservation set out in Annex B to this Decision.
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32005R1570 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1570/2005 of 27 September 2005 correcting Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 laying down detailed implementing rules for Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions
| 28.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 252/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1570/2005
of 27 September 2005
correcting Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 laying down detailed implementing rules for Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 11(5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 of 30 March 2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (2), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 (3) lays down detailed implementing rules for the management of fishing fleets in the outermost regions until 31 December 2006 and establishes in particular the specific reference levels per fleet segment for each of the outermost regions of France, Portugal and Spain.
(2) In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 the names of the two fleet segments for the French region of La Réunion are erroneous and should be corrected. This correction should apply retroactively and will not cause any detrimental effects on operators.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2104/2004 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31978R0850 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 850/78 of 24 April 1978 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending Annex A to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
| 28.4.1978 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 116/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 850/78
of 24 April 1978
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending Annex A to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending Annex A to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (1) should be concluded,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending Annex A to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement so that it shall be binding on the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003R0141 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2003 of 27 January 2003 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in January 2003 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2003
of 27 January 2003
determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in January 2003 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 of 2 August 2002 laying down rules for the application of the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1151/2002, (EC) No 1361/2002 and (EC) No 1362/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/2002(2), and in particular Article 2(2) and Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 fix the quantities of certain beef and veal products originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which may be imported on special terms in respect of the period 1 January to 30 June 2003. The quantities of certain beef and veal products originating in Lithuania covered by import licence applications submitted are such that applications may be accepted in full. No applications were submitted for import licences for beef and veal products originating in Estonia and Latvia,
The quantities covered by import licence applications submitted in respect of the period 1 January to 30 June 2003 under the quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 may be allowed in full.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32012D0263 | 2012/263/EU: Council Decision of 14 May 2012 appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| 22.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 131/5
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 May 2012
appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/263/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Uta-Maria KUDER.
(3) An alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Detlef MÜLLER as member of the Committee of the Regions,
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
(a) as member:
— Mr Detlef MÜLLER, Mitglied des Landtages Mecklenburg-Vorpommern;
(b) as alternate member:
— Mr Andreas TEXTER, Mitglied des Landtages Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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32003D0450 | 2003/450/EC: Commission Decision of 18 June 2003 recognising the provisions in the Czech Republic on combating Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al. as equivalent to the Community provisions (notified under document number C(2003) 1870)
| Commission Decision
of 18 June 2003
recognising the provisions in the Czech Republic on combating Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al. as equivalent to the Community provisions
(notified under document number C(2003) 1870)
(2003/450/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Annex III, Part A, point 12 thereof,
Having regard to the request made by the Czech Republic,
Whereas:
(1) Under the provisions of Annex III, Part A, point 12 of Directive 2000/29/EC, tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., other than seed potatoes and certain other potatoes specified in Annex III, Part A, points 10 and 11, originating in certain European third countries other than those recognised as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al. (hereinafter "the organism"), or in which provisions are recognised as equivalent to the Community provisions on combating the organism, may not be introduced into the Member States.
(2) It appears from official information supplied by the Czech Republic and from information collected during missions carried out in this country in January 2001 and November 2002 by the Food and Veterinary Office, that the Czech Republic has applied control, inspection and testing systems for the organism on imports of potatoes and domestic seed and ware potato production, through its "Methodical instruction B/KAR/1/2002 to protection against the spread of the pathogenic agents of the potato ringrot disease and potato brownrot disease".
(3) Given the above, it can be recognised that the provisions in the Czech Republic on combating the organism are equivalent to the Community provisions and that the risk of the organism spreading is obviated.
(4) The Commission will ensure that the Czech Republic makes all technical information available that is necessary to continue to assess the aforementioned situation.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
It is hereby recognised that the provisions in the Czech Republic on combating Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al. are equivalent to the Community provisions.
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31991D0649 | 91/649/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 December 1991 on the establishment of an addendum to the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in Spain (Andalucía, Asturias, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Canarias, Murcia, Ceuta y Melilla) on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural products are processed and marketed (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 10 December 1991 on the establishment of an addendum to the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in Spain (Andalucía, Asturias, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Canarias, Murcia, Ceuta y Melilla) on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural products are processed and marketed (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (91/649/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 89/641/EEC (2) the Community support framework for structural assistance in Spain (Andalucia, Asturias, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Canarias, Murcia, Ceuta y Melilla);
Whereas the Spanish Government submitted to the Commission on 27 March 1991 eight sectoral plans 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 improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products (3);
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 plan;
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 (4) may be taken into consideration by the Commission when establishing the Community support frameworks 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 (5);
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 operation of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (6), 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 products are processed and marketed in Spain (Andalucia, Asturias, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Canarias, Murcia, Ceuta y Melilla) covering the period 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 Stuctural 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
2. Meat
3. Milk and milk products
4. Eggs and poultry
5. Diverse animal products
6. Cereals
7. Oil-producing crops
8. Wines and alcohols
9. Fruits and vegetables
10. Flowers and plants
11. Seeds
12. 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 286 252 000 for the whole period, and the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:
(in ecus)
1. Forestry 4 070 000
2. Meat 11 555 000
3. Milk and milk products 9 800 000
4. Eggs and poultry 1 372 000
5. Diverse animal products 4 567 000
6. Cereals 6 979 000
7. Oil-producing crops 5 774 000
8. Wines and alcohols 9 115 000
9. Fruits and vegetables 29 656 000
10. Flowers and plants 810 000
11. Seeds 1 560 000
12. Potatoes 998 000
Total 86 256 000
The resultant national financing requirement, approximately ECU 14 409 000 for the public sector and ECU 185 587 000 for the private sector, may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other loan instruments.
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32012R0772 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 772/2012 of 23 August 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 24.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 229/23
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 772/2012
of 23 August 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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32000D0405 | 2000/405/EC: Commission Decision of 7 June 2000 amending Decision 95/196/EC on the long-term national aid scheme for agriculture in the northern regions of Finland (notified under document number C(2000) 1539) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
| Commission Decision
of 7 June 2000
amending Decision 95/196/EC on the long-term national aid scheme for agriculture in the northern regions of Finland
(notified under document number C(2000) 1539)
(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2000/405/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 142 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Finland, acting in accordance with Article 143 of the Act of Accession, notified the Commission on 26 October 1994 of the aid scheme proposed under Article 142.
(2) The aid scheme was approved by Commission Decision 95/196/EC(1), as amended by Decision 97/279/EC(2).
(3) Finland requested the Commission on 15 May 1998, 28 July 1999, 11 January 2000 and 31 January 2000 to amend certain aspects of Decision 95/196/EC and subsequently presented additional information in support of its requests.
(4) In the abovementioned letters Finland asked that it be allowed to base the calculation of overshoots in the meat sector on the sector as a whole when considering the production amounts of different meats before defining possible proportional reductions in the aid amounts for those sectors that have overshot their share. This is in conformity with the consumption and production trends of the different meats concerned and would not lead to any increase in total meat production.
(5) Finland has requested the amendment of the provision introduced by Decision 97/279/EC regarding the separation of amounts in Annex III and IV for the poultry sector, in order to allow some flexibility in the number of livestock units and the aid payable inside the sector without amending either the level of the unit aid or the total aid admissible for the sector. This is in conformity with the principles of the aid scheme.
(6) Finland has requested that the livestock unit coefficient for nanny goats in Annex V be increased to allow the total amount of aid admissible to be paid per livestock unit instead of partially paying it on the basis of the amount of milk produced. The possibility of paying aid partially on the basis of the amount of milk produced should be ended, by amending Annex III to refer to cow's milk only. This is in conformity with Decision 95/196/EC, as the total amount of aid for the sector remains unchanged.
(7) Since in accordance with Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(3) Finland has decided not to apply this upper limit under the common organisation of the market, it appears appropriate to remove this limit in respect of national aids as well.
(8) Finland has requested that the livestock density applied in the case of suckler cows and male bovine animals should apply to those animals only. Since Commission Decision 2000/167/EC of 22 December 1999 approving a Finnish national aid programme implementing in particular Article 141 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden(4) already provides for this possibility, the Commission considers this request to be justified in particular in order to avoid any discrimination between producers in different parts of Finland.
(9) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92(5) has been replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops(6).
(10) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89(7), has been replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 of 3 November 1998 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat(8).
(11) Inclusion of the SLOM quantities allocated in 1997 and 1998 justify certain amendments to Annexes II, III and IV to Decision 95/196/EC.
(12) Some technical corrections should be made to Annex III as regards the total aid admissible for horses and aid admissible for sheep and nanny goats, Annex IV as regards "Other UAA" and "Total UAA" and Annex VI as regards the grand total for potatoes for starch.
(13) The national authorities should have the necessary time to prepare the annual information to be provided for the Commission.
(14) Decision 95/196/EC should be amended accordingly.
(15) In view of the nature and scope of the amendments, and at the request of Finland, this Decision should apply from 1 January 2000 with the exception of the amendments with regard to overshoots in the meat sector, which should apply from 1 January 1998, and with the exception of the amendments with regard to the entry for milk in Annex II and the entry for dairy cows in Annex IV, which should apply from 1 January 1999,
Decision 95/196/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3(2) is amended as follows:
(a) Point (a) is replaced by the following:
"(a) arable land: to the average number of hectares in the region which were sown in the period 1989 to 1991 to arable crops or, as the case may be, left fallow in accordance with a publicly funded compensatory scheme as referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999(9);";
(b) Point (d) is replaced by the following:
"(d) suckler cows: to the individual ceilings allocated to each producer pursuant to Article 7(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999(10);";
(c) Point (e) is deleted;
(d) Point (f) is replaced by the following:
"(f) sheep and goats: to the individual limits allocated to producers pursuant to Article 10(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98(11).";
(e) The second paragraph is replaced by the following:"Suckler cows and male bovine animals: The total number of animals qualifying for the aid shall be limited by the application of a stocking density on the holding of two livestock units (LU) per hectare of forage area."
2. Article 4(1)(a) is amended as follows:
(a) Point (a) is replaced by the following:
"(a) as part of the information provided pursuant to Article 143(2) of the Act of Accession, forward to the Commission each year before 1 June information on the effects of the aid granted and in particular on the trend in production and in the means of production qualifying for the aid, the trend in the economy of the regions concerned and the effects on the protection of the environment and the preservation of the countryside referred to in the fourth indent of the third subparagraph of Article 142(3) of the Act of Accession;"
(b) The following sentences are added to point (c):
"As regards meat products, the aid granted shall be reduced only in the event of an overrun of the total quantity of production of those products as defined in Annex II, in which case the subsequent net reduction in aid shall be in proportion to the overrun of products for which the overrun has occurred. In this context 'meat products' shall mean beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pigmeat, poultrymeat and reindeer meat."
3. Annexes II, III.6, IV, V and VI are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2000 with the exception of Article 1(2)(b) which shall apply from 1 January 1998, and of Article 1(3) in respect of the entry for milk in Annex II and the entry for dairy cows in Annex IV, which shall apply from 1 January 1999.
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32011R0727 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 727/2011 of 25 July 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 26.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 194/27
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 727/2011
of 25 July 2011
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:
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,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 July 2011.
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32014D0690 | 2014/690/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 30 September 2014 repealing Decision 2006/464/EC on provisional emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (notified under document C(2014) 6566)
| 2.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 288/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 30 September 2014
repealing Decision 2006/464/EC on provisional emergency measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu
(notified under document C(2014) 6566)
(2014/690/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), and in particular the fourth sentence of Article 16(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The measures set out by Commission Decision 2006/464/EC (2) did not prevent the spread of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (oriental chestnut gall wasp) as appears from the yearly surveys carried out by the Member States pursuant to that Decision. Those surveys further show that Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu is widely spread in a large part of its potential area of establishment within the Union territory. In addition, the conditions for movement of susceptible plants set out in Decision 2006/464/EC are not feasible and appropriate for that large part of the Union territory.
(2) Decision 2006/464/EC should therefore be repealed.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Decision 2006/464/EC is repealed.
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31974D0393 | 74/393/EEC: Council Decision of 22 July 1974 establishing a consultation procedure for cooperation agreements between Member States and third countries
| COUNCIL DECISION of 22 July 1974 establishing a consultation procedure for cooperation agreements between Member States and third countries (74/393/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 235 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1);
Whereas it should be ensured that "cooperation" agreements between Member States and third countries and any commitments and measures planned in the framework of such agreements are in accordance with the common policies, and with the common commercial policy in particular;
Whereas it is desirable to facilitate the exchange of information and views in the field of cooperation in order to identify problems of common interest and, in view of these, where appropriate to encourage coordination of the activities of Member States with regard to the third countries concerned;
Whereas the negotiation and implementation of such agreements should therefore be subject to a prior consultation procedure,
1. Member States shall inform the Commission and the other Member States: - of agreements relating to economic and industrial cooperation - hereinafter referred to as cooperation agreements - which they propose to negotiate or renew with third countries;
- of commitments and measures which are proposed by the authorities of the Member States concerned as part of cooperation agreements and which may affect the common policies, and in particular of those which may affect trade ; this exchange of information shall be carried out where appropriate before examination of these commitments and measures within the inter-governmental or joint committees set up by these agreements.
2. Member States shall forward to the Commission and to the other Member States the texts of cooperation agreements initialled with third countries.
They Shall inform the Commission and the other Member States if their authorities assume or adopt under cooperation agreements any such commitments or measures as are referred to in paragraph 1.
1. If so requested by a Member State or proposed by the Commission within eight working days of the receipt of the information referred to in Article 1 (1), this information shall be the subject of prior consultation with the other Member States and the Commission within three weeks of its receipt. (1)OJ No C 23, 8.3.1974, p. 9.
Where the matter is urgent, consultation shall take place without delay.
2. If so requested by a Member State or proposed by the Commission, consultation on the agreements, commitments and measures referred to in Article 1 may be instituted at any time, except in the case of matters on which consultation has already taken place and on which no new facts are available.
The main purpose of the consultations provided for in Article 2 shall be: (a) to ensure that the agreements, commitments and measures referred to in Article 1 are consistent with common policies and in particular the common commercial policy;
(b) to facilitate the exchange of information and views in order to identify problems of common interest and, in view of these, to encourage coordination, where appropriate, of the activities of the Member States with regard to the third countries concerned;
(c) to examine the advisability of unilateral measures which could be taken by the Community in the fields covered by Article 113 of the Treaty in order to promote cooperation projects.
1. The consultations provided for in Article 2 shall take place within a select committee composed of representatives of each Member State and of the Commission. It will be chaired by a representative from the Commission and the necessary secretarial services shall be provided by the General Secretariat of the Council.
When, however, these consultations relate to arrangements, commitments and measures in the field of credit insurance, credit guarantees and financial credits, they shall take place within the Policy Coordination Group for Credit Insurance, Credit Guarantees and Financial Credits set up by the Council Decision of 27 September 1960 (1).
The exchange of information and coordination of the activities of the Committee and the Group mentioned above shall be suitably arranged to give an overall picture of the content and functioning of cooperation agreements.
2. The Member States and the Commission shall take all measures necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the consultation procedure, and in particular to safeguard the confidential nature of the information they receive in this connection.
Articles 1, 2 and 3 shall apply without prejudice to any special Community rules or procedures already in existence.
Member States shall ensure in an appropriate manner that cooperation agreements which they propose to conclude or renew with third countries are on no account invoked or interpreted as affecting the obligations devolving on them by virtue of the Treaties establishing the European Communities.
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31987R1812 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1812/87 of 29 June 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2814/86 introducing a temporary derogation to Regulations (EEC) No 685/69 and (EEC) No 625/78 as regards the date of taking over the butter and skimmed-milk powder bought in by intervention agencies
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1812/87
of 29 June 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2814/86 introducing a temporary derogation to Regulations (EEC) No 685/69 and (EEC) No 625/78 as rgards the date of taking over the butter and skimmed-milk powder bought in by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 773/87 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (7) and 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2814/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 929/87 (4), introduced a derogation to Commission Regulations (EEC) No 685/69 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3669/86 (6), and (EEC) No 625/78 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3711/86 (8), for the period 12 September 1986 to 30 June 1987 as regards the date of taking over of products bought in by intervention agencies; whereas the grounds for the aforesaid temporary derogation are still valid in respect of skimmed-milk powders; whereas the period of application of Regulation (EEC) No 2814/86 should therefore be extended by two months in respect of that product;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2814/86 is replaced by the following:
'It shall apply:
- to the quantities of butter in respect of which the tender for sale was recorded as received by the intervention agency during the period 12 September 1986 to 30 June 1987,
- to the quantities of skimmed-milk powder in respect of which the tender for sale was recorded as received by the intervention agency during the period 12 September 1986 to 31 August 1987.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996D0422 | 96/422/EC: Commission Decision of 25 June 1996 accepting undertakings offered in connection with anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of unwrought pure magnesium originating in Russia and Ukraine and terminating the proceeding against Kazakhstan
| COMMISSION DECISION of 25 June 1996 accepting undertakings offered in connection with anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of unwrought pure magnesium originating in Russia and Ukraine and terminating the proceeding against Kazakhstan (96/422/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988, on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 522/94 (3), and in particular Articles 9 and 10 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission, by Regulation No 2997/95 (4) (hereinafter referred to as 'the provisional duty Regulation`) imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports into the Community of unwrought magnesium originating in Russia and Ukraine and falling within CN codes 8104 11 00 and 8104 19 00.
No provisional anti-dumping duty was imposed on imports of the products concerned originating in Kazakhstan.
By Regulation (EC) No 720/96 (5), the Council extended the validity of the duty for a period not exceeding two months.
(2) In the subsequent procedure, it was established that definitive anti-dumping measures should be taken in order to eliminate injurious dumping. The findings and conclusions on all aspects of the investigation, in particular also the decision to consider the two categories of unwrought magnesium covered by the complaint, i.e. pure and alloyed magnesium as two distinct products at the definitive stage of the proceeding and not to include unwrought alloyed magnesium in the investigation, are set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 1347/96 (6).
(3) Having been informed of these conclusions, the two Russian producers and the Ukrainian authorities, in conjunction with one Ukrainian producer, offered undertakings to the Commission pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88.
(4) The terms of these undertakings, in particular the minimum prices for sales for exports to the Community set out there, ensure that the injurious effects of dumping as established in the framework of the present anti-dumping proceeding are eliminated.
(5) In addition, since the two Russian exporting companies, the Ukrainian authorities and the Ukrainian exporting company have undertaken to submit detailed and regular sales information to the Commission and not to enter into direct or indirect compensatory arrangements with their customers in the Community, it has been concluded that the correct observance of the undertakings can effectively be monitored by the Commission.
(6) As far as the export licensing systems set up by the Ukrainian government is concerned, this will operate for the duration of the undertakings of the Ukrainian producer and will ensure that all imports into the EU covered by the undertaking will be in line with the provisions contained therein.
(7) In view of the provisions of Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, the undertaking should enter into force on the same date as the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1347/96 in the present proceeding.
(8) Under these circumstances, the undertakings offered by the two Russian producers, the Ukrainian authorities, in conjunction with the Ukrainian producer are considered acceptable and the investigation can, therefore, be terminated with respect to the Russian and Ukrainian producers concerned.
(9) The producers concerned were informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the definitive anti-dumping measures were proposed and have had the opportunity to comment on all aspects of the investigation. Accordingly should an undertaking be withdrawn or should the Commission have reasons to believe that an undertaking is being violated, a provisional duty may be imposed pursuant to Article 7 and Article 8 (10) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 and, should the conditions of Article 8 (9) of the Regulation be met, a definitive anti-dumping duty will be imposed.
(10) As far as imports of unwrought alloyed magnesium originating in Russia and Ukraine are concerned, which were excluded from the present investigation, the proceeding should be terminated with respect to such imports.
(11) As far as imports of unwrought magnesium originating in Kazakhstan are concerned, the investigation confirmed the findings reported in the provisional duty Regulation, i.e. that imports of unwrought magnesium from Kazakhstan were de-minimis and, therefore, did not cause injury to the Community industry. Such a finding has not been contested by either the Community industry or the other exporters. Consequently, the proceeding should be terminated with respect to imports of unwrought magnesium originating in Kazakhstan.
(12) When the Advisory Committee was consulted on the acceptance of the undertakings offered some objections were raised. Therefore, in accordance with Article 9 (1) and Article 10 (1) of the Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, the Commission sent a report to the Council on the result of the consultations and a proposal for the acceptance of the undertakings. As the Council has not decided otherwise within one month, the present Decision should stand adopted. No objections were raised concerning the termination of the proceeding with relation to Kazakhstan,
The undertakings offered by Avisma Titanium-Magnesium Works, Berezniki, Perm region and Solikamsk Magnesium Works, Solikamsk, Perm region and the undertaking offered by Ukrainian authorities together with Concern Oriana, Kalush, Ivano-Frankovsk region in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of unwrought pure magnesium originating in Russia and Ukraine and falling within CN Code 8104 11 00 or ex 8104 19 00 are hereby accepted. This acceptance shall take effect on the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1347/96.
The investigation in respect of these producers is hereby terminated.
The proceeding concerning imports of unwrought alloyed magnesium originating in Russia and Ukraine is hereby terminated.
For the purpose of the present Decision unwrought alloyed magnesium is defined as unwrought magnesium containing more than 3 % by weight of intentionally added alloying elements such as aluminium and zinc.
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