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32000D0350 | 2000/350/EC: Commission Decision of 2 May 2000 on epidemiological surveillance of bluetongue in Greece and certain measures to prevent the spread of the disease (notified under document number C(2000) 1143) (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| Commission Decision
of 2 May 2000
on epidemiological surveillance of bluetongue in Greece and certain measures to prevent the spread of the disease
(notified under document number C(2000) 1143)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(2000/350/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC(3) of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC(4), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following outbreaks of bluetongue in 1999 on a certain part of the Greek territory.
(2) Bluetongue is included in List A of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) and its spread constitutes a serious hazard for the Community and could have international consequences for trade.
(3) It is necessary to set up an alert system to monitor, after a cold season, the possible start of a new cycle of the disease in year 2000 in regions where the virus circulation was established in 1999.
(4) It is necessary to maintain restriction of movements of animals in order to prevent movements of viraemic animals.
(5) The infected zone may be divided, on the basis of the epidemiological data available on the evolution of the disease during the year 1999, into a low-risk area and a high-risk area.
(6) Anti-vector measures have to be implemented during winter time in places where virus-transmission might have been maintained.
(7) Greece has adopted since 19 November 1999 (Ministerial Decision No 398171 as amended by Ministerial Decision No 331765) national measures prohibiting the dispatch to Member States and export to third countries of animals, their sperm, ova and embryos, of species susceptible to bluetongue (all ruminants) from its entire territory. Greek authorities have undertaken not to amend those measures without prior consultation with and agreement of the Commission and the Member States in the framework of the Standing Veterinary Committee.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. For the purpose of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:
- "zone at low risk" means prefectures where during the year 1999:
- data available concludes that bluetongue virus was in circulation,
- C. imicola has not been captured,
- the disease was sporadic,
- "zone at high risk" means prefectures where during the year 1999:
- C. imicola has been captured,
- the disease was epidemic.
2. Prefectures may be added to one of the zones considering the geographical or ecological elements, even when they do not meet all the criteria, in order to respect an epidemiological consistency.
3. The prefectures included in the zone at low risk are listed in Annex I.
4. The prefectures included in the zone at high risk are listed in Annex II.
1. Greece shall set up before 1 June 2000 an epidemiological surveillance of bluetongue in each of the prefectures listed in Annexes I and II not covered by Decision 2000/71/EC(5) by establishing the follow-up of 50 sentinel bovine animals in localities most exposed to the risk of new incursions of the disease and setting at least one light trap in one of those localities, close to what could be considered as a suitable breeding site for vectors.
2. Greece shall communicate to the Commission before 1 June 2000 a map of the selected locations of the sentinel animals and traps.
3. Sentinel animals shall be tested every 15 days and any seroconversion shall be immediately notified to the Commission and the Member States.
4. In case cattle are not available in suitable locations, sheep or goats shall be taken as sentinel animals.
1. Greece shall prohibit the dispatch of animals, their sperm, ova and embryos, of species susceptible to bluetongue from prefectures listed in Annexes I and II to the rest of the Greek territory.
2. Greece shall prohibit the dispatch of animals, their sperm, ova and embryos, of species susceptible to bluetongue from the prefectures listed in Annex II to the prefectures listed in Annex I.
3. By derogation, in the case of slaughter animals, the competent Greek authority may authorise movements prohibited in paragraphs 1 and 2 under the following conditions:
- animals must be transported in vehicles sealed by the competent authority directly to the slaughterhouse for the purpose of slaughter without delay, under official supervision,
- the competent authority responsible for the slaughterhouse shall be informed of the intention to send animals to it and must notify the dispatching competent authority of their arrival,
- animals must have undergone, before transport, an external insecticide treatment to prevent any attack of vectors before slaughtering,
- animals shall be protected from attacks by vectors after their arrival in the slaughterhouse until they are slaughtered,
- animals must show no sign of bluetongue on the day of transport.
4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 do not apply when the surveillance and monitoring has demonstrated, for at least 90 days, no evidence of bluetongue transmission or vector activity in the prefecture of origin.
Greece shall request authorisation for the entry of sheep into the prefectures listed in Annexes I and II delivered by the local competent authority under conditions that ensure the traceability of the animals.
No compensation in the framework of Decision 90/424/EEC will be due to the owners of those animals in case of slaughter because of bluetongue.
During the course of the year 2000 Greece shall apply restrictions to movements provided in Articles 3 and 4 to new prefectures if they meet the requirements provided in Article 1 to be listed in Annex I or II.
Annexes will be reviewed every two months.
Greek authorities may introduce further measures other than those referred to in this Decision if they are deemed necessary for the control of the disease. Greece shall inform the Commission and the Member States of these measures immediately. They shall be discussed in the framework of the Standing Veterinary Committee.
Before the end of the vector's low activity period, Greece shall set up an anti-vector programme by insecticide spray of suitable breeding sites in places where vector activity might have been maintained during winter.
For the epidemiological surveillance and the control of Bluetongue in Greece, the Community financial contribution towards the cost of the measures implemented in 2000, shall be, up to a maximum of EUR 110000:
- 50 % of the cost incurred by Greece for serological analysis of the sentinel animals set up in accordance with Article 2,
- 50 % of the costs incurred by Greece, up to a maximum amount of EUR 10000 for the set up of the entomological survey in accordance with Article 2,
- 50 % of the costs incurred by Greece for the purchase of insecticide and spraying equipment for the implementation of the anti-vector campaign provided for in Article 7.
The Community financial contribution shall be granted after supporting documents have been submitted.
The supporting documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall include a list of the expenses (excluding VAT), including a description of the measures and the date of payment.
0
Applications for payment, together with the supporting documents referred to in Article 9 shall be submitted to the Commission before 1 April 2001.
1
1. The Commission may carry out on-the-spot checks in collaboration with the competent national authorities to ensure that the assisted measures have been implemented and the relevant expenditure incurred.
The Commission shall inform the Member States of the outcome of these checks.
2. Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.
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This Decision shall apply until 1 February 2001.
3
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989R1758 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1758/89 of 20 June 1989 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on hexachlorocyclohexane, falling within CN code 2903 51 00, and cysteine, falling within CN code 2930 90 10, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1758/89
of 20 June 1989
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on hexachlorocyclohexane, falling within CN code 2903 51 00, and cysteine, falling within CN code 2930 90 10, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 7 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of hexachlorocyclohexane, falling within CN code 2903 51 00, and cysteine, falling within CN code 2930 90 10, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 340 000 and ECU 1 000 000 respectively; whereas, on 2 June 1989, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,
As from 24 June 1989, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:
1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // // // // 10.0117 // 2903 51 00 // 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane // 10.0290 // 2930 90 10 // Cysteine, cystine and their derivatives // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31992D0149 | 92/149/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 February 1992 approving an amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the Kingdom of Belgium pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 (Only the French and Dutch versions are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 February 1992 approving an amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops submitted by the Kingdom of Belgium pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 (Only the French and Dutch versions are authentic) (92/149/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 of 22 September 1987 laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1986 harvest and providing for special measures for certain regions of production (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3837/90 (2), and in particular Article 2 (5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87 of 22 December 1987 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for certain regions of hops production (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 345/91 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87, on 10 March 1988 the Kingdom of Belgium forwarded to the Commission a varietal conversion programme for hops; whereas that programme as amended on 26 July 1988 was approved by Commission Decision 88/606/EEC (5);
Whereas on 9 March 1989 the Kingdom of Belgium forwarded to the Commission amendments to that programme which were approved by Commission Decision 89/480/EEC (6);
Whereas on 24 July 1990 the Kingdom of Belgium forwarded to the Commission amendments to that programme which were approved by Commission Decision 91/94/EEC (7);
Whereas on 30 December 1991 the Kingdom of Belgium forwarded further amendments to that programme to the Commission;
Whereas the proposed amendments relate on the one hand to the updating of the plans which were the subject of the programme approved by the Commission and on the other hand to the introduction of new areas involved in the conversion programme;
Whereas the programme as amended satisfies the objectives of the Regulation in question and contains the data required under Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3889/87;
Whereas the special aid for varietal conversion may also be granted for areas under other varieties where the latter are present on areas under mainly bitter varieties covered by a conversion plan;
Whereas the financial contribution from the national budget complies with the ceiling in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87; whereas the actual costs referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may include factors for assessing the net value of income as a result of the implementation of the conversion plan; whereas, however, only factors relating to the net loss of income suffered from the date of adoption of Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 may be included in the calculation of the actual costs; whereas the financial contribution of the Member State to the varietal conversion programme must be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,
The amendment to the varietal conversion programme for hops, submitted pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2997/87 by the Kingdom of Belgium on 30 December 1991 is hereby approved. The main aspects of the programme as amended are given in the Annex hereto.
The Kingdom of Belgium shall inform the Commission every six months of progress in the programme.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011R0072 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 72/2011 of 28 January 2011 establishing a prohibition of fishing for anchovy in VIII by vessels flying the flag of France
| 1.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 72/2011
of 28 January 2011
establishing a prohibition of fishing for anchovy in VIII by vessels flying the flag of France
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (2), lays down quotas for 2010.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2010.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2010 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R0666 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 666/96 of 12 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 447/96 laying down special measures for the import of olive oil from Tunisia and amending Regulation (EC) No 1477/95 laying down certain transitional measures for the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture as regards olive oil
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 666/96 of 12 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 447/96 laying down special measures for the import of olive oil from Tunisia and amending Regulation (EC) No 1477/95 laying down certain transitional measures for the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture as regards olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 447/96 of 11 March 1996 laying down special measures for the import of olive oil from Tunisia (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 February 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 447/96, the quantities of olive to be imported from Tunisia should be determined; whereas the current and foreseeable situation regarding the supply of olive oil to the Community market permits the planned quantity to be disposed of without any risk of disturbing the market provided imports are not concentrated in a short period of each marketing year; whereas provision should be made for import licences to be issued according to a monthly schedule;
Whereas oil imported from Tunisia may not exceed a given quantity; whereas, therefore, the tolerance provided for in Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 (4), should be disallowed;
Whereas a reference to Regulation (EC) No 447/96 should be inserted in Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1477/95 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2572/95 (6), with a view to ensuring that the release of the oil for free circulation is made subject to the lodging of a security;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oil and Fats,
Import licence applications as provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 447/96 may be submitted from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Import licences shall be issued in accordance with Article 2 of this Regulation subject to a maximum of 46 000 tonnes.
1. The issuing of licences shall be authorized for up to a maximum of 10 000 tonnes per month under the terms provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 447/96. Where the quantity authorized for a month is not used in full during the month in question, the remainder shall be added to the quantity for the following month but may not be carried over a further time.
For the purposes of accounting for the quantity authorized each month, weeks starting in one month and finishing in the next shall be deemed to form part of the month in which the Thursday falls.
2. The Commission shall inform Member States once the maximum quantity provided for in Regulation (EC) No 447/96 is reached.
Import licences issued in accordance with Article 2 shall be valid for 60 days from the date on which they are issued within the meaning of Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 but their validity shall not extend beyond 31 October 1996.
Licences shall be issued no later than the first working day following that on which authorization to that end is given by the Commission.
The security for import licences shall be ECU 5 per 100 kilograms net.
Section 20 of import licences as provided for in Article 2 shall bear one of the following entries:
- Derecho de aduana fijado por el Reglamento (CE) n° 666/96
- Told fastsat ved forordning (EF) nr. 666/96
- Zoll gemäß Verordnung (EG) Nr. 666/96
- Äáóìüò ðïõ êáèïñßóôçêå áðü ôïí êáíïíéóìü (ÅÊ) áñéè. 666/96
- Customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 666/96
- Droit de douane fixé par le règlement (CE) n° 666/96
- Dazio doganale fissato dal regolamento (CE) n. 666/96
- Bij Verordening (EG) nr. 666/96 vastgesteld douanerecht
- Direito aduaneiro fixado pelo Regulamento (CE) nº 666/96
- Asetuksessa (EY) N:o 666/96 vahvistettu tulli
- Tull fastställd genom förordning (EG) nr 666/96.
Notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the quantity released for free circulation shall not exceed that indicated in sections 17 and 18 of import licences. To that effect, the figure '0` shall be entered in section 19 of licences.
In Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1477/95, the reference 'Regulation (EC) No 287/94` is hereby replaced by 'Regulation (EC) No 447/96`.
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 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987D0544 | 87/544/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 November 1987 authorizing Belgium to specify a minimum number of animals in the case of applications for the special premium for beef producers (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 November 1987
authorizing Belgium to specify a minimum number of animals in the case of applications for the special premium for beef producers
(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(87/544/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 468/87 of 10 February 1987 laying down general rules applying to the special premium for beef producers (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 468/87, Member States may be authorized, for administrative reasons, to stipulate that the applications for the premium concern a minimum number of animals; whereas, under Article 1 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 859/87 of 25 March 1987 laying down detailed rules applying to the special premium for beef producers (2), the said authorization may be granted only if certain requirements are met;
Whereas Belgium has applied for an authorization, as referred to above, to stipulate that each application should concern three animals or more; whereas this is in compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 859/87;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Belgium is hereby authorized to stipulate that the applications for the special premium which are submitted between 6 April 1987 and 31 December 1988 should each concern three animals or more.
This Decision is addressed to Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R0301 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 301/2003 of 17 February 2003 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 301/2003
of 17 February 2003
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the Community of fresh cut flowers.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2002(4), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, respectively.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 300/2003(5) fixes the Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for the application of the import arrangements.
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(7), lays down the detailed rules for the application of the arrangements.
(5) On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must be concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza strip; the Customs duty should be re-established.
(6) The quota for the products in question covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2003. As a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up to the end of that period at the latest.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN code ex 0603 10 20 ) originating in the West Bank and the Gaza strip, the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32009R0920 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 920/2009 of 2 October 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 3.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 260/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 920/2009
of 2 October 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 October 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31977D0186 | 77/186/EEC: Council Decision of 14 February 1977 on the exporting of crude oil and petroleum products from one Member State to another in the event of supply difficulties
| COUNCIL DECISION of 14 February 1977 on the exporting of crude oil and petroleum products from one Member State to another in the event of supply difficulties (77/186/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 103 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the establishment of a Community energy policy is one of the objectives which the Community has set itself and it is for the Commission to propose the measures to be taken to this end;
Whereas the establishment of genuine solidarity between the Member States in the event of supply difficulties is one of the basic elements of a Community energy policy;
Whereas the Council has adopted Directive 73/238/EEC of 24 July 1973 on measures to mitigate the effects of difficulties in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products (1);
Whereas it is necessary to prevent such supply difficulties from causing disturbances in trade within the Community which would seriously jeopardize supplies to one or more Member States;
Whereas in periods of supply difficulties monitoring of intra-Community trade is necessary in order to keep a check on developments;
Whereas an appropriate system, with the least effect on intra-Community trade, would be a system of licences granted automatically;
Whereas protective measures may prove necessary;
Whereas, since protective measures are unnecessary for supplies of goods from third countries which are in transit through one Member State and are destined for another Member State, they should be excluded from the scope of this Decision;
Whereas, in conformity with the principles of solidarity and non-discrimination, the burden of deficits in supplies of oil and petroleum products must be fairly distributed among the Member States; (1)OJ No L 228, 16.8.1973, p. 1.
Whereas it must be ensured that no one Member State is more affected than the other Member States as a result of respecting the principles of the Treaty;
Whereas all Community decisions to be taken concerning the reduction of energy consumption should be taken into consideration;
Whereas other complementary measures may be necessary to ensure optimum supplies of crude oil and petroleum products to the whole Community,
1. Where difficulties arise in the supply of crude oil and/or petroleum products in one or more Member States, the Commission, acting at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative and after holding consultations within the group provided for in Directive 73/238/EEC, may decide to make intra-Community trade in products falling within heading No 27.09 and subheadings 27.10 A, B, C I and C II of the Common Customs Tariff subject to a system of licences to be granted automatically by the exporting Member State.
Licences shall be granted without delay and free of administrative charges in respect of any quantity requested and for a minimum period of 15 working days and a maximum of one month.
2. Where intervention by the Commission has been requested by a Member State, the Commission shall take a decision within a maximum of five working days of the date of receipt of that request.
3. This decision shall not affect supplies of goods from third countries to a Member State which are in transit through other Member States.
4. Any decision taken by the Commission to introduce a system of licences, pursuant to paragraph 1, shall be communicated to the Council and to the Member States. Any Member State may, within 10 working days of the date of communication, refer that decision to the Council. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may repeal the decision of the Commission or alter the conditions and procedures laid down therein.
5. Decisions taken by the Commission shall apply as soon as they have been communicated to Member States. They shall not apply to products which have already been dispatched.
Whenever a shortfall in supply of crude oil and/or petroleum products, either actual or imminent, creates an abnormal increase in trade in petroleum products between Member States, the Commission may, on the request of a Member State, after consulting the group provided for in Directive 73/238/EEC, authorize that Member State to suspend the issue of export licences to the extent necessary to prevent such abnormal trade. The Commission's authorization shall be valid for 10 working days.
The Council shall meet, at the request of a Member State, within 48 hours to confirm, amend or repeal, by a qualified majority, the authorization granted by the Commission.
If a shortfall is likely to seriously endanger the supply of crude oil and/or petroleum products in a Member State, or if such a situation may reasonably be expected, the Commission may, on the request of a Member State, after consulting the group provided for in Directive 73/238/EEC, authorize that Member State to suspend the issue of export licences, provided that traditional trade patterns are maintained as far as possible.
The Council shall meet, at the request of a Member State, within 48 hours to amend or revoke, by a qualified majority, the authorization granted by the Commission. If the Council does not revoke or amend this authorization it shall remain in force.
In the event of a sudden crisis in a Member State, when any delay would be gravely prejudicial to its economy, the Member State concerned may, after consulting the Commission and after informing the other Member States, temporarily suspend the issue of export licences. This decision shall be valid for 10 days.
At the request of a Member State or the Commission, the Council shall meet within 48 hours. It may adopt the appropriate measures by a qualified majority acting on a proposal from the Commission. The measures decided on by the Council shall enter into force on the day following the expiration of the period of validity of the national measures. However, the Council, acting unanimously, may decide that the measures which it has adopted shall apply before that period of validity expires.
1. If, after consulting the group provided for in Directive 73/238/EEC or on the basis of information communicated by a Member State, the Commission finds that the situation regarding supplies of crude oil and/or petroleum products in one or more Member States no longer justifies the continued application of the measures laid down in Articles 1 to 4: (a) it shall decide to amend or repeal them if the measures were introduced by means of a decision by the Commission;
(b) it shall propose that the Council should amend or repeal them if the measures were introduced by means of a decision by the Council.
2. Decisions by the Commission taken pursuant to paragraph 1 (a) shall become applicable as soon as Member States have been notified of them. Any Member State may refer to the Council any decision by the Commission amending or repealing the measures laid down in Articles 1 to 4.
3. The Council shall take a decision by a qualified majority within 10 days of the matter being referred to it.
The Council shall take a unanimous decision within 10 days on any complementary measure proposed by the Commission with a view to ensuring optimum supplies of crude oil and/or petroleum products for the whole Community.
After consulting the Member States the Commission shall determine the detailed rules for the application of this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
32012R0532 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 532/2012 of 21 June 2012 amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards entries for Israel in the lists of third countries or parts thereof with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza Text with EEA relevance
| 22.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 163/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 532/2012
of 21 June 2012
amending Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards entries for Israel in the lists of third countries or parts thereof with respect to highly pathogenic avian influenza
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (1) and in particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first paragraph of point 1 of Article 8 and point 4 of Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (2), and in particular Articles 23(1) and 24(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2007/777/EC of 29 November 2007 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC (3) lays down rules on imports into the Union and the transit and storage in the Union of consignments of meat products, treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (4).
(2) Part 2 of Annex II to that Decision sets out a list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction into the Union of those commodities, which are subject to different treatments listed in Part 4 of that Annex, are authorised.
(3) Israel is listed in Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as authorised for the introduction into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption obtained from meat of poultry, farmed ratites and wild game birds, which have undergone a non-specific treatment, for which no minimum temperature is specified (‘treatment A’).
(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (5) provides that the commodities covered by it are only to be imported into and transited through the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 also lays down the conditions for a third country, territory, zone or compartment to be considered as free from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and the requirements for the veterinary certification in that respect for commodities destined for importation into the Union.
(6) Israel is listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as a third country from which all poultry commodities covered by that Regulation may be imported into the Union.
(7) On 8 and 9 March 2012 Israel notified the Commission of two outbreaks of HPAI of the H5N1 subtype on its territory. Due to those confirmed outbreaks of HPAI, the territory of Israel should no longer be considered as free from that disease. As a consequence, the veterinary authorities of Israel have suspended issuing veterinary certificates for consignments of certain poultry commodities from its whole territory destined for imports into the Union.
(8) As a consequence of those HPAI outbreaks, Israel no longer complies with the animal health conditions for applying ‘treatment A’ to meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption obtained from meat of poultry, farmed ratites and wild game birds as listed in Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC. The current ‘treatment A’ is insufficient to eliminate animal health risks linked to those commodities and upon confirmation of HPAI, the veterinary authorities of Israel therefore immediately suspended certification for products having undergone such treatment.
(9) Israel informed the Commission of the control measures taken in relation to the recent outbreaks of HPAI. That information and the epidemiological situation in Israel have been evaluated by the Commission.
(10) Israel has implemented a stamping out policy in order to control that disease and limit its spread. Israel is also carrying out avian influenza surveillance activities which appear to meet the requirements set out in Part II of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.
(11) The positive outcome of the Commission’s evaluation of the control measures taken by Israel and the epidemiological situation in that third country allow limiting the restrictions on imports into the Union for certain poultry commodities to the zone affected by the disease, which the veterinary authorities of Israel have placed under veterinary restrictions. The restrictions on those imports should apply during a three-month period until 22 June 2012, following adequate cleansing and disinfection of the previously infected holdings provided avian influenza surveillance has been carried out during that period by Israel.
(12) The table in Part 1 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC lists the territories or parts of territories of third countries to which regionalisation for animal health reasons applies. An entry for Israel should therefore be inserted in that table indicating the area in Israel that is affected by the outbreaks of HPAI of 8 and 9 March 2012.
(13) Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC should also be amended in order to provide for adequate treatment of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption obtained from meat of poultry, farmed ratites and wild game birds that originate from the area in Israel affected by those outbreaks.
(14) In addition, the entry for Israel in the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should be amended to add an area with the code IL-4 describing that part of Israel under restrictions for imports into the Union of certain poultry commodities in relation to the recent HPAI outbreaks of 8 and 9 March 2012. The ‘closing’ and ‘opening dates’ of 8 March 2012 and 22 June 2012 respectively should be indicated in columns 6A and 6B for the area covered by that code.
(15) Furthermore, following a previous HPAI outbreak in 2011, imports of certain poultry commodities from Israel to the Union were prohibited by Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 427/2011 (6). The ‘closing date’ of 8 March 2011 indicated in column 6A for the area in Israel covered by code IL-3 in the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, relating to that outbreak should be deleted as the period of 90 days during which commodities produced before that date may be imported, has elapsed.
(16) Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(17) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
32003D0610 | 2003/610/EC: Commission Decision of 19 August 2003 amending Decision 1999/815/EC concerning measures prohibiting the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age made of soft PVC containing certain phthalates (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2944)
| Commission Decision
of 19 August 2003
amending Decision 1999/815/EC concerning measures prohibiting the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age made of soft PVC containing certain phthalates
(notified under document number C(2003) 2944)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/610/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/59/EEC of 29 June 1992 on general product safety(1), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission adopted, on 7 December 1999, Decision 1999/815/EC(2), as last amended by Decision 2003/368/EC(3), based on Article 9 of Directive 92/59/EEC, requiring the Member States to prohibit the placing on the market of toys and childcare articles intended to be placed in the mouth by children under three years of age, made of soft PVC containing one or more of the substances di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP).
(2) The validity of Decision 1999/815/EC was limited to three months, in accordance with the provision of Article 11(2) of Directive 92/59/EEC. Therefore, the validity of the Decision was to expire on 8 March 2000.
(3) When adopting Decision 1999/815/EC it was foreseen to prolong its validity if necessary. The validity of the measures adopted under Decision 1999/815/EC was prolonged under several Decisions for an additional period of three months each time, and is now to expire on 20 August 2003.
(4) Some relevant developments have taken place concerning the validation of phthalates migration test methods and the comprehensive risk assessment of these phthalates under Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances(4). However, further work in this area is still necessary to try to solve some crucial outstanding difficulties.
(5) Pending resolution of the outstanding issues, and in order to guarantee the objectives of Decision 1999/815/EC and its prolongations, it is necessary to maintain the prohibition of the placing on the market of the products considered.
(6) Certain Member States have implemented Decision 1999/815/EC by measures applicable until 20 August 2003. Therefore it is necessary to ensure that the validity of these measures is prolonged.
(7) It is therefore necessary to prolong the validity of Decision 1999/815/EC in order to ensure that all the Member States maintain the prohibition provided for by that Decision.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Emergencies Committee,
In Article 5 of Decision 1999/815/EC the words "20 August 2003" are replaced by the words "20 November 2003".
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Decision within less than 10 days of its notification. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31990D0291 | 90/291/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1989 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under objective 2 in the province of Limburg (Belgium) (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 1989
on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under objective 2 in the province of Limburg (Belgium)
(Only the French and the Dutch text is authentic)
(90/291/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 9 (9) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Commission, on the basis of the regional and social conversion plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, the Community support frameworks for Community structural operations;
Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of that provision, Community support frameworks shall cover in particular the priorities, the forms of assistance, the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount of assistance and its source, and the duration of the assistance;
Whereas Title III, Articles 8 et seq. of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (2) sets out the conditions for the preparation and implementation of Community support frameworks;
Whereas the Belgian Government submitted to the Commission on 4 April 1989, pursuant to Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the regional and social conversion plan for the areas in Limburg which, as decided by the Commission on 21 March 1989 (3) in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 9 (3) of the said Regulation, are eligible under objective 2;
Whereas the plan submitted by the Member State includes a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the use to be made of assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments in implementing the plan;
Whereas this 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 the European Investment Bank (EIB) has also been involved in the preparation of the Community support framework in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas it has declared its readiness to help implement the framework on the basis of the estimated loan arrangements indicated in this Decision and in accordance with the provisions of its Statute;
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this framework in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas this Decision is consistent with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and of the European Social Fund Committee;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, this Decision is to be sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the budgetary comitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned,
The Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under objective 2 in the province of Limburg (Belgium), covering the period from 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1991, is hereby approved.
The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of this Community support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the rules and guidelines of the Structural Funds and the other financial instruments.
The Community support framework shall include the following essential information:
(a) a statement of the priorities for joint action:
- industrial expansion, diversification and renewal,
- further expansion of applied scientific research,
- promotion and improvement of tourist potential,
- redevelopment of industrial areas and improvement of the socio-economic structure;
(b) an outline of the forms of assistance to be provided, in the form of operational programmes;
(c) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1989 prices, the total cost of the priorities adopted for joint action by the Community and the Member State concerned and, in addition, of existing multiannual initiatives, that is ECU 126 910 000 for the whole period, and the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:
(in million ecus)
1.2 // // // ERDF // 33 // ESF // 23 // // // Total for Structural Funds: // 56 // Other grant instruments: // - // Total grants: // 56 // //
The resultant national financing requirement, that is approximately ECU 68 210 000 for the public sector and ECU 2 700 000 for the private sector, may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other lending instruments.
This declaration of intent is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32011R0567 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 567/2011 of 14 June 2011 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Porchetta di Ariccia (PGI))
| 16.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 158/25
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 567/2011
of 14 June 2011
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Porchetta di Ariccia (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Porchetta di Ariccia’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, this name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name appearing in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000D0645 | 2000/645/EC: Council Decision of 17 October 2000 correcting the Schengen acquis as contained in Schengen Executive Committee SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev.
| Council Decision
of 17 October 2000
correcting the Schengen acquis as contained in Schengen Executive Committee SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev.
(2000/645/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the first sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as "the Schengen Protocol"),
Whereas:
(1) Schengen Executive Committee decision SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev.(1) was defined as forming part of the Schengen acquis in Annex A to Council Decision 1999/435/EC of 20 May 1999 concerning the definition of the Schengen acquis for the purpose of determining, in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty on European Union, the legal basis for each of the provisions or decisions which constitute the acquis(2).
(2) Decision SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev. introduced a computerised procedure for consultation, for the purposes of issuing visas, of the central authorities referred to in Article 17(2) of the Convention, signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders.
(3) Decision SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev. also provided that the aforementioned computerised procedure should be applied pursuant to the principles laid down in the data dictionary attached thereto (contained in document SCH-II-Vision (93)20 rev. 3, entitled "Schengen consultation network (technical specifications)").
(4) Document SCH/II-Vision (93)20 rev. 3 was replaced by document SCH/II-Vision (99)5 (also entitled "Schengen consultation network (technical specifications)"). This document was approved by the Vision subgroup of Working Group II on Movement of Persons on 31 March 1999 but, through an oversight, Decision SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev. was not updated by the Executive Committe to take account of such approval before the integration of the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union.
(5) This oversight must now be corrected by replacing the reference in Decision SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev. to document SCH/II-Vision (93)20 rev. 3 by a reference to document SCH/II-Vision (99)5, so that the version of the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) currently in use is formally approved by the Council, which has substituted itself for the Executive Committee pursuant to the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 2(1) of the Schengen Protocol.
(6) Since the aim of this Decision is to rectify the omission of the Executive Committee to acknowledge the version of the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) contained in SCH/II-Vision (99)5 as part of the Schengen acquis before that acquis was integrated into the framework of the European Union and to confirm its integration, but not to make any amendments to the document itself, Article 2(1) of the Schengen Protocol constitutes the appropriate legal basis for doing so, it being understood that any subsequent amendments to SCH/II-Vision (99)5 will have to be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Treaties.
(7) The Mixed Committee, established pursuant to Article 3 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, has addressed this matter in accordance with Article 4 of that Agreement.
(8) Document SCH/II-Vision (99)5 contains detailed practical and technical information on the principles to be followed by the relevant consular authorities when communicating with each other by means of the computerised consultation procedure introduced by decision SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev. and should accordingly be treated as a confidential document,
The reference in decision SCH/Com-ex (94)15 rev. to document SCH/II-Vision (93)20 rev. 3 shall be replaced by a reference to document SCH/II-Vision (99)5.
Document SCH/II-Vision (99)5 shall be classified as confidential.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987D0051 | 87/51/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 December 1986 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Luxembourg, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 11 December 1986
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Luxembourg, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the French text is authentic)
(87/51/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), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Luxembourg Government has forwarded the following regulations and administrative provisions:
- Grand-Ducal regulation of 4 July 1985 on certain measures for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures,
- Grand-Ducal regulation of 10 April 1986 laying down rules governing the extension of the aids provided for in the law of 30 November 1978 encouraging the modernization of agriculture by means of investments forming part of a plan for material improvement,
- Grand-Ducal regulation of 30 June 1986 fixing, for 1986, the reference income,
- Grand-Ducal regulation of 16 April 1979 introducing a setting-up premium for new farmers and winegrowers, as amended by the Grand-Ducal regulation of 7 January 1981,
- Grand-Ducal regulation of 11 November 1983 introducing a setting-up premium for new farmers,
- Grand-Ducal regulation of 13 May 1986 laying down rules governing the allocation of the annual compensatory allowance to be granted to farms;
Whereas, under Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether the conditions for a financial contribution by the Community are satisfied, in the light of the compatibility of the stated provisions with the abovementioned Regulation and bearing in mind the objectives of the latter and the need to ensure that the various measures are properly related;
Whereas the stated provisions are in accordance with the objectives and conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 and in particular in Titles I and III thereof;
Whereas the Community financial contribution towards the aid schemes or the setting-up premiums referred to in the Grand-Ducal regulations of 16 April 1979 and 11 November 1983 is to be granted only in those cases which meet the criteria laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (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,
The regulations and administrative provisions set out in the recitals to this Decision and which concern the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg satisfy the conditions for a Community financial contribution towards the common measure referred to in Article 1 of the said Regulation.
This Decision is addressed to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R2170 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2170/92 of 30 July 1992 fixing the minimum price applicable to dried grapes during the 1992/93 marketing year as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that price is not observed
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2170/92 of 30 July 1992 fixing the minimum price applicable to dried grapes during the 1992/93 marketing year as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that price is not observed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1569/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, the minimum import price for dried grapes shall be determined having regard to:
- the free-at-frontier price on import into the Community,
- the prices obtaining in international trade,
- the situation on the internal Community market,
- the trend of trade with third countries;
Whereas Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2089/85 of 23 July 1985 laying down general rules relating to the system of minimum import prices for dried grapes (3) provides that countervailing charges shall be fixed by reference to a scale of import prices; whereas the maximum countervailing charge shall be determined on the basis of the most favourable prices applied on the world market for significant quantities by the most representative non-member countries;
Whereas a minimum import price must be fixed for currants and other dried grapes;
Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
1. The minimum import price applicable to dried grapes during the 1992/93 marketing year shall be as set out in Annex I.
2. The countervailing charge to be imposed where the minimum import price referred to in paragraph 1 is not observed shall be as set out in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1992. 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 |
31996D0662 | 96/662/EC: Commission Decision of 25 November 1996 concerning certain protective measures with regard to canned tuna originating in Côte d'Ivoire (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 25 November 1996 concerning certain protective measures with regard to canned tuna originating in Côte d'Ivoire (Text with EEA relevance) (96/662/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC (2), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas there have been cases in the Community of humans being poisoned by botulinum;
Whereas the investigation traced this poisoning to tins of tuna imported from a factory in Côte d'Ivoire;
Whereas the presence of botulinum toxin constitutes a serious danger for human health; whereas the necessary protective measures should be adopted swiftly at Community level;
Whereas imports of canned tuna from this plant should be suspended until the Côte d'Ivoire authorities provide the requisite health guarantees;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Member States shall ban imports of canned tuna originating in the 'Conserves Internationales de Côte d'Ivoire` plant, No 120PP.
Member States shall amend the measures that they apply to imports to comply with this Decision. They shall inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011D0076 | 2011/76/EU: Commission Decision of 2 February 2011 authorising the placing on the market of a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 480)
| 3.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 29/34
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 February 2011
authorising the placing on the market of a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2011) 480)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2011/76/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 15 January 2008 the company Kitozyme SA made a request to the competent authorities of Belgium to place a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger on the market as a novel food ingredient.
(2) On 5 November 2008 the competent food assessment body of Belgium issued its initial assessment report. In that report it came to the conclusion that an additional assessment was required.
(3) The Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to all Member States on 12 March 2009. Several Member States submitted additional comments.
(4) Therefore the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was consulted on 27 August 2009.
(5) On 9 July 2010, EFSA (Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies) in the ‘Scientific opinion on the safety of “chitin-glucan” as a novel food ingredient’ (2) came to the conclusion that chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger was safe under the proposed conditions of use and the proposed levels of intake.
(6) On the basis of the scientific assessment, it is established that chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger complies with the criteria laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.
(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,
Chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient to be used in food supplements with a maximum dose of 5 g per day.
The designation of chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger’.
This Decision is addressed to Kitozyme SA, Rue Haute Claire, 4, Parc Industriel des Hauts-Sarts, Zone 2, 4040 Herstal, Belgium. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R2212 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2212/93 of 4 August 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 3923 21 00, originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2212/93 of 4 August 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 3923 21 00, originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded for 1993 to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN code 3923 21 00, originating in Thailand, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 4 829 000; whereas on 3 May 1993, imports of these products into the Community originating in Thailand reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Thailand,
As from 9 August 1993, the levying of customs duties, suspended for 1993 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in Thailand:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32004D0181 | 2004/181/EC: Council Decision of 13 January 2004 on the signature and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Slovenia concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria from 1 January 2004 to 30 April 2004
| Council Decision
of 13 January 2004
on the signature and provisional application of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Slovenia concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria from 1 January 2004 to 30 April 2004
(2004/181/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71(1), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission negotiated an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Slovenia concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria.
(2) Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the Agreement should be signed.
(3) Arrangements should be made for the provisional application of the Agreement from 1 January 2004,
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person(s) entitled to sign, on behalf of the European Community, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Slovenia concerning the transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria from 1 January 2004 to 30 April 2004, subject to its conclusion at a later date.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 2004.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997D0500 | 97/500/EC: Commission Decision of 3 July 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Belgium pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 3 July 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Belgium pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (97/496/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas the request submitted by Belgium on 9 December 1996, which reached the Commission on 10 December 1996, contains the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the fitting of one type of vehicle with three types of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No 7 carried out in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48;
Whereas the reasons given in the request, according to which the fitting of the stop lamps and the stop lamps themselves do not meet the requirements of Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/516/EEC (4), and of Council Directive 76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 91/663/EEC (6), are well founded; whereas the descriptions of the tests, the results thereof and their compliance with ECE Regulations No 7 and No 48 ensure a satisfactory level of safety;
Whereas the Community Directives concerned will be amended in order to permit the production and fitting of such stop lamps;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The request submitted by Belgium for an exemption concerning the production of three types of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE Regulation No 7 and the fitting thereof in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48 on the type of vehicle for which they are intended is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005D0719 | Council Decision 2005/719/JHA of 12 October 2005 fixing the date of application of certain provisions of Decision 2005/211/JHA concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism
| 15.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/54
COUNCIL DECISION 2005/719/JHA
of 12 October 2005
fixing the date of application of certain provisions of Decision 2005/211/JHA concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 2005/211/JHA of 24 February 2005 concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism (1), and in particular to Article 2(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2005/211/JHA specifies that the provisions of Article 1 of that Decision shall apply from a date fixed by the Council, as soon as the necessary preconditions have been fulfilled, and that the Council may decide to fix different dates for the application of different provisions. Those preconditions have been fulfilled in respect of Article 1(12) of Decision 2005/211/JHA.
(2) As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the association of the Swiss Confederation with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(2), which falls in the area referred to in Article 1, point G of Decision 1999/437/EC (3) read in conjunction with Article 4(1) of the Council Decisions 2004/849/EC (4) and 2004/860/EC (5) on the signing on behalf of the European Union, and on the signing on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of that Agreement,
Article 1(12) of Decision 2005/211/JHA shall apply from 15 October 2005.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32010D0314 | 2010/314/: Council Decision of 10 May 2010 on the signing and provisional application of the Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela and of the Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and the United States of America
| 9.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 141/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 May 2010
on the signing and provisional application of the Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela and of the Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and the United States of America
(2010/314/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission reached Understandings with Ecuador and the United States of America, on 11 April 2001 and on 30 April 2001 respectively (the ‘Understandings’), which identified means to resolve the disputes brought by those countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with respect to the tariff treatment of bananas imported into the Union. Those Understandings envisaged the introduction of a tariff-only regime for the imports of bananas. To that effect, on 12 July 2004 the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate the modification of the bound tariff with a view to introducing a tariff-only regime for bananas in the EU schedule for bananas pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (‘GATT 1994’).
(2) On 22 March 2004 and on 29 January 2007 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994 in the course of the accession to the European Union of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia and of Bulgaria and Romania, respectively.
(3) The negotiations were successfully concluded on 15 December 2009 by the initialling of a Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas with Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela (the ‘Geneva Agreement’) and of an Agreement on Trade in Bananas with the United States of America (the ‘EU/US Agreement’).
(4) The Agreements negotiated by the Commission meet the claims of the countries concerned pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994. In addition, they implement the Understandings by providing for the binding of a tariff-only regime, and provide an adequate solution to all the pending disputes concerning the tariff treatment of bananas, which should therefore be formally settled.
(5) Those two Agreements should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to their conclusion at a later date.
(6) In view of the need to implement expeditiously the initial tariff cuts, to prevent the continuation of the pending disputes and to ensure that the Union’s final market access commitments for bananas in the next WTO multilateral market access negotiations for agricultural products successfully concluded do not exceed those provided for in paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 of the Geneva Agreement and paragraph 2 and paragraph 3(a) and 3(b) of the EU/US Agreement, both Agreements should be applied provisionally, in accordance with paragraph 8(b) of the Geneva Agreement and paragraph 6 of the EU/US Agreement, respectively, from the date of signature of each Agreement, pending their entry into force,
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the Union, the following Agreements:
(a) the Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela (the ‘Geneva Agreement’);
(b) the Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and the United States of America (the ‘EU/US Agreement’).
The texts of those Agreements are attached to this Decision.
1. Paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 of the Geneva Agreement shall be applied provisionally, in accordance with paragraph 8(b) thereof, from the date of signature of that Agreement, pending its entry into force.
2. Paragraph 2 and paragraph 3(a) and 3(b) of the EU/US Agreement shall be applied provisionally, in accordance with its paragraph 6, from the date of signature of that Agreement, pending its entry into force.
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32001D0527 | 2001/527/EC: Commission Decision of 6 June 2001 establishing the Committee of European Securities Regulators (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1501)
| Commission Decision
of 6 June 2001
establishing the Committee of European Securities Regulators
(notified under document number C(2001) 1501)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/527/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
(1) The freedom to provide services and the free movement of capital constitute priority objectives of the Community, as referred to in Articles 49 and 56 of the EC Treaty.
(2) Building a genuine internal market for financial services is crucial for increasing economic growth and job creation in the Community.
(3) The Commission action plan for financial services(1) identifies a series of actions that are required in order to complete the single market for financial services.
(4) At its meeting in Lisbon in March 2000, the European Council called for the implementation of this action plan by 2005.
(5) On 17 July 2000 the Council set up the Committee of Wise Men on the regulation of European securities markets.
(6) In its final report, the Committee of Wise Men called for the establishment of two committees, the European Securities Committee, comprising high-level representatives of Member States, and the Committee of European Securities Regulators, comprising senior representatives from the national public authorities competent in the field of securities in order, inter alia, to advise the Commission.
(7) In its resolution on more effective securities-market regulation in the European Union, the Stockholm European Council welcomed the Commission's intention formally to establish an independent regulators committee, as proposed in the report of the Committee of Wise Men.
(8) The Committee of European Securities Regulators should serve as an independent body for reflection, debate and advice for the Commission in the securities field.
(9) The Committee of European Securities Regulators should also contribute to the consistent and timely implementation of Community legislation in the Member States by securing more effective cooperation between national supervisory authorities, carrying out peer reviews and promoting best practice(2).
(10) The Committee of European Securities Regulators should organise its own operational arrangements and maintain close operational links with the Commission and the European Securities Committee. It should elect its chairperson from among its members.
(11) The Committee of European Securities Regulators should consult extensively and at an early stage with market participants, consumers and end-users in an open and transparent manner.
(12) The Committee of European Securities Regulators should draw up its own rules of procedure and fully respect the prerogatives of the institutions and the institutional balance established by the Treaty(3),
An independent advisory group on securities in the Community, called the "Committee of European Securities Regulators" (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee"), is hereby established.
The role of the Committee shall be to advise the Commission, either at the Commission's request, within a time limit which the Commission may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, or on the Committee's own initiative, in particular for the preparation of draft implementing measures in the field of securities.
The Committee shall be composed of high-level representatives from the national public authorities competent in the field of securities. Each Member State shall designate a high-level representative from its competent authority to participate in the meetings of the Committee.
The Commission shall be present at meetings of the Committee and shall designate a high-level representative to participate in all its debates.
The Committee shall elect a chairperson from among its members.
The Committee may invite experts and observers to attend its meetings.
The Committee shall maintain close operational links with the Commission and the European Securities Committee.
It may set up working groups.
Before transmitting its opinion to the Commission, the Committee shall consult extensively and at the early stage with market participants, consumers and end-users in an open and transparent manner.
The Committee shall present an annual report to the Commission.
The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure and organise its own operational arrangements.
The Committee shall take up its duties on 7 June 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986D0333 | 86/333/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 June 1986 approving an addendum to the programme relating to fresh fruit and vegetables, except potatoes, in France pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 June 1986
approving an addendum to the programme relating to fresh fruit and vegetables, except potatoes, in France pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the French text is authentic)
(86/333/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed and marketed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3827/85 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 6 November 1985 the French Government forwarded an addendum to the programme approved by Commission Decision 80/189/EEC (3) relating to a programme for fresh fruit and vegetables, except potatoes, and on 8 April 1986 submitted supplementary information;
Whereas the purpose of this addendum is to permit the rationalization and development of packing, storage and marketing facilities for fruit and vegetables, including the installation of computers and terminals and the improvement of 'Dutch' auction markets, so as to make the sector more competitive and upgrade the products; whereas it therefore constitutes a programme within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77;
Whereas the information relating to harvesting equipment contained in the programme is insufficient to justify a favourable decision pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 and whereas Article 6 (1) (f) of the Regulation limits the eligibility of harvesting equipment, in particular where such equipment forms part of a project relating to the processing of the products concerned;
Whereas the addendum contains sufficient information, as required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, to show that the objectives of Article 1 of the Regulation can be achieved in respect of fresh fruit and vegetables; whereas the estimated time required for execution of the addendum does not exceed the limits laid down in Article 3 (1) (g) of the Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The addendum to the programme relating to fresh fruit and vegetables, except potatoes, forwarded by the French Government pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 on 6 November 1985 concerning which supplementary information was submitted on 8 April 1986 is hereby approved, with the exception of the part relating to investment in harvesting equipment.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0208 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2005 of 4 February 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsText with EEA relevance
| 8.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 34/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 208/2005
of 4 February 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(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 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Food,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 (2) sets maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs, including foods intended for infants and young children, as described by Commission Directive 91/321/EEC of 14 May 1991 on infant formula and follow-on formula (3) and Commission Directive 96/5/EC of 16 February 1996 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (4).
(2) Some Member States have adopted maximum levels for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in certain foods. In view of the disparities between Member States and the consequent risk of distortion of competition, Community measures are necessary in order to ensure market unity whilst abiding by the principle of proportionality.
(3) The Scientific Committee on Food concluded in its opinion of 4 December 2002 that a number of PAH are genotoxic carcinogens. In laboratory studies the levels found to induce experimental tumours were several fold higher than those expected to be found in food and consumed. However, in view of the non-threshold effects of genotoxic substances the levels of PAH in foods should be reduced to as low as reasonably achievable.
(4) According to the Scientific Committee on Food, benzo(a)pyrene can be used as a marker for the occurrence and effect of carcinogenic PAH in food, including also benz(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(j)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, chrysene, cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene, dibenz(a,h)anthracene, dibenzo(a,e)pyrene, dibenzo(a,h)pyrene, dibenzo(a,i)pyrene, dibenzo(a,l)pyrene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene and 5-methylchrysene. Further analyses of the relative proportions of these PAH in foods would be necessary to inform a future review of the suitability of maintaining benzo(a)pyrene as a marker.
(5) PAH can contaminate foods during heating and drying processes that allow combustion products to come into direct contact. Direct fire-drying and heating processes used during the production of food oils, for example olive pomace oil, can result in high levels of PAH. Active carbon can be used to remove benzo(a)pyrene during the refining of oils. Whether refining processes effectively remove all PAH of concern is unclear. Production and processing methods should be used which prevent the initial contamination of oils with PAH.
(6) In order to protect public health, maximum levels are necessary for benzo(a)pyrene in certain foods containing fats and oils and in foods where smoking or drying processes might cause high levels of contamination. Separate lower maximum levels are necessary in foods for infants, which are achievable through the strictly controlled manufacturing and packaging of infant formulae, follow-on formulae, baby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children. Maximum levels are also necessary in foods where environmental pollution may cause high levels of contamination, in particular in fish and fishery products, for example resulting from oil spills caused by shipping.
(7) In some foods, such as dried fruits and food supplements, benzo(a)pyrene has been found, but available data are inconclusive on what levels are reasonably achievable. Further investigation is needed to clarify the levels that are reasonably achievable in these foods. In the meantime, maximum levels for benzo(a)pyrene in relevant ingredients should apply, such as in oils and fats used in food supplements.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2005.
This regulation shall not apply to products placed on the market before 1 April 2005 in conformity with the provisions applicable. The burden of proving when the products were placed on the market shall be borne by the food business operator.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0490 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 490/2004 of 16 March 2004 concerning the provisional authorization of a new use of an additive already authorized in feedingstuffs (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 490/2004
of 16 March 2004
concerning the provisional authorization of a new use of an additive already authorized in feedingstuffs (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1756/2002(2), and in particular Articles 3 and 9e(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 70/524/EEC provides that no additive may be put into circulation unless a Community authorisation has been granted.
(2) In the case of additives referred to in Part II of Annex C to Directive 70/524, which includes micro-organisms, provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised may be given if the conditions laid down in that Directive are satisfied, and if it is reasonable to assume, in view of the available results, that when used in animal nutrition it has one of the effects referred to in Article 2(a) of that Directive. Such provisional authorisation may be given for a period not exceeding four years in the case of additives referred to in Part II of Annex C to that Directive.
(3) The use of the micro-organism preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (CBS 493.94) has been provisionally authorised, for the first time, for calves by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/1998(3), for cattle for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 866/1999(4) and for dairy cows by Commission Regulation (EC) No 937/2001(5). These authorisations have been last modified by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2200/2001(6).
(4) New data were submitted in support of an application to extend the authorisation of this additive to horses.
(5) The assessment of the application for authorisation submitted in respect of the new use of this additive, shows that the conditions provided for in Directive 70/524/EEC for provisional authorisation are satisfied.
(6) The European Food Safety Authority (Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances Used in Animal Feed) delivered a favourable opinion on 13 November 2003 on the safety of the additive when used in the animal category horses, under the conditions of use set out in the annex to this Regulation.
(7) The use of this additive for horses should therefore be provisionally authorised for a period of four years.
(8) The assessment of the application shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additive set out in the Annex. Such protection should be assured by the application of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work(7), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council(8).
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Article 1
The preparation belonging to the group "Micro-organisms" as set out in the Annex is provisionally authorised for use as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31994R2079 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2079/94 of 18 August 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2079/94 of 18 August 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1880/94 (2), and in particular Article 17 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1622/94 (4), establishes, on the basis of the combined nomenclature, an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds; whereas in footnote (10) to section 10 (Milk and milk products) it excludes casein and/or caseinates added to processed cheese from entitlement to a refund; whereas other matter is added for which refunds should not be granted; whereas such matter should therefore be excluded from entitlement to a refund and footnote (10) amended accordingly; whereas, for the same reasons, footnote (10) should be applied to grated or powdered cheese;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The reference (10) is inserted after code 'ex 0406 20 - Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds';
2. Footnote (10) to section 10 is replaced by the following:
'(10) Where the product contains non-lactic matter and/or casein and/or caseinates and/or whey and/or products derived from whey and/or lactose and/or permeate, the part corresponding to the added non-lactic matter and/or casein and/or caseinates and/or whey and/or products derived from whey and/or lactose and/or permeate will not be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the refund.
When completing customs formalities, the party concerned is to state, on the declaration provided for the purpose, whether or not non-lactic matter and/or casein and/or caseinates and/or whey and/or products derived from whey and/or lactose and/or permeate have been added and, if so, the actual content by weight of added non-lactic matter and/or casein and/or caseinates and/or whey and/or products derived from whey and/or lactose and/or permeate in 100 kilograms of finished product.'
This Regulation shall not apply to products falling within CN codes 0406 20 and 0406 30 for which the refund has been fixed in advance and which are exported under cover of a licence issued before 29 July 1994 and used from 12 September 1994.
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 12 September 1994.
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32007D0616(01) | Council Decision of 7 June 2007 appointing 27 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency
| 16.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 134/6
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 June 2007
appointing 27 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency
(2007/C 134/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency (1),
Whereas:
(1) Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council should appoint as Members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency one representative from each Member State.
(2) The Members of the Management Board should be appointed on the basis of their relevant experience and expertise in the field of chemical safety or the regulation of chemicals whilst also ensuring that relevant expertise is available amongst the board members in the fields of general, financial and legal matters.
(3) Continuity in the functioning of the Management Board should be ensured. To this end, the Members appointed on the first occasion should not terminate their term of office simultaneously. Therefore, twelve of the members should be appointed for a period lasting until 31 May 2013, and the other members should be appointed for a period lasting until 31 May 2011.
(4) The Council has received nominations from all the Member States,
The following persons shall be appointed members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency for the period from 1 June 2007 to 31 May 2013 (name, nationality, date of birth):
— Mr Karel BLÁHA, Czech, 20 December 1953
— Ms Ana FRESNO RUIZ, Spanish, 31 January 1952
— Ms Odile GAUTHIER, French, 24 July 1962
— Mr Martin LYNCH, Irish, 13 August 1946
— Mr Antonello LAPALORCIA, Italian, 13 June 1952
— Mr Claude GEIMER, Luxembourgish, 26 July 1951
— Dr Zoltán ADAMIS, Hungarian, 19 October 1937
— Dr Arnoldus Wilhelmus VAN DER WIELEN, Dutch, 26 June 1945
— Dr Thomas JAKL, Austrian, 13 June 1965
— Dr Marta CIRAJ, Slovenian, 12 February 1956
— Mr Jukka MALM, Finnish, 26 April 1960
— Ms Ethel FORSBERG, Swedish, 5 April 1956
The following persons shall be appointed members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency for the period from 1 June 2007 to 31 May 2011 (name, nationality, date of birth):
— Mr Maarten ROGGEMAN, Belgian, 18 December 1979
— Ms Ekaterina Spasova GECHEVA-ZAHARIEVA, Bulgarian, 8 August 1975
— Mr Helge ANDREASEN, Danish, 1 October 1948
— Mr Alexander NIES, German, 27 January 1956
— Ms Maria ALAJÕE, Estonian, 3 November 1969
— Ms Maria-Miranda XEPAPADAKI-TOMARA, Greek, 12 November 1947
— Mr Leandros NICOLAIDES, Cypriot, 11 February 1950
— Ms Ilze KIRSTUKA, Latvian, 30 July 1950
— Ms Aurelija BAJORAITIENĖ, Lithuanian, 23 December 1964
— Mr Francis E FARRUGIA, Maltese, 18 December 1945
— Ms Katarzyna KITAJEWSKA, Polish, 13 February 1952
— Mr António Nuno FERNANDES GONÇALVES HENRIQUES, Portuguese, 30 July 1951
— Ms Rodica MOROHOI, Romanian, 9 July 1971
— Ms Edita NOVÁKOVÁ, Slovak, 8 July 1956
— Dr John ROBERTS, British, 29 June 1951
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32002D0572 | 2002/572/EC: Council Decision of 17 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part
| Council Decision
of 17 December 2001
on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part
(2002/572/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) It is desirable to complete by means of an Additional Protocol the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part(1), so as to provide for preferential conditions for the importation into the Community of certain fish and fishery products originating in the Republic of Poland, and into the Republic of Poland of certain fish and fishery products originating in the Community.
(2) To that end a new Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products should be added to the said Europe Agreement.
(3) The Protocol should be approved,
The Additional Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0650 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 650/2013 of 8 July 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 9.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 650/2013
of 8 July 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31985D0366 | 85/366/EEC: Council Decision of 16 July 1985 concerning the conclusion of a Community-COST concertation agreement on a concerted action project on the use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding (COST Project 84 bis)
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 July 1985
concerning the conclusion of a Community-COST concertation agreement on a concerted action project on the use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding (COST Project 84 bis)
(85/366/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the draft Decision submitted by the Commission,
Whereas by its Decision 84/197/EEC (1), the Council adopted a concerted action project of the European Economic Community on the use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding;
Whereas Article 6 of Decision 84/197/EEC lays down that the Community may conclude an agreement with third States participating in European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) with a view to coordinating the Community project with the corresponding programmes of those States;
Whereas by its Decision of 20 February 1984, the Council authorized the Commission to negotiate an agreement to this end;
Whereas the Commission has completed these negotiations;
Whereas this Agreement should be approved,
The Community-COST concertation agreement on a concerted action project on the use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding (COST Project 84 bis) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 6 (2) of the Agreement. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990R2247 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2247/90 of 31 July 1990 determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice are to be carried out during the 1989/90 wine year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2247/90
of 31 July 1990
determining the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice are to be carried out during the 1989/90 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1325/90 (2), and in particular Article 46 (5) and 81 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 of 11 June 1985 fixing the conversion rates to be applied in agriculture (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1179/90 (6),
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 of 9 December 1985 on the organization of campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2106/89 (8), provides that the Member States in which the campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice are to be carried out and the total amounts allocated for the financing of the campaigns in each of the said Member States must be determined for each wine year;
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2641/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of the aid scheme for the use of grapes, grape must and concentrated grape must to produce grape juice (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2255/89 (10), fixes that part of the aid intended to finance 35 % of the promotion campaign;
Whereas Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2484/89 of 14 August 1989 fixing the buying-in prices, aids and certain other amounts applicable for the 1989/90 wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector (11), fixes the amount of aid for the 1989/90 wine year;
Whereas the amount available for such financing depends on the quantities of the products in respect of which the aid is to be granted; whereas the budget estimate adopted for the financing of the 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88 and 1988/89 campaigns has turned out to be some ECU 409 000 too low; whereas the amount available for financing the measure for 1989/90 is estimated at ECU 5 million; whereas the total funds available for 1989/90 are accordingly ECU 5 409 000;
Whereas the amount adopted is not sufficient to enable effective campaigns to be mounted throughout the Community; whereas it therefore appears advisable to continue to operate promotional schemes in those Member States where campaigns have been mounted in previous years; whereas schemes financed from the budget adopted for Spain should, moreover, be restricted to that Member State in view of its limited possibilities for disposing of the product in question other than on the domestic market;
Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 provides that studies permitting verification of the effectiveness of the measures during or after their implementation are to be carried out;
Whereas, in order to ensure better management of the budget funds, a final date must be fixed for the signing and payment of contracts;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
1. For the 1989/90 wine year, campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice as provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 shall be carried out in the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.
The total amount for the financing of those campaigns shall be:
- ECU 1 594 000 for the Federal Republic of Germany,
- ECU 1 384 000 for France,
- ECU 805 000 for Italy,
- ECU 1 070 000 for Spain,
- ECU 178 000 for Belgium,
- ECU 178 000 for the Netherlands.
In addition, ECU 200 000 shall be earmarked for a study on the effectiveness of the campaigns conducted under Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85, following an invitation to tender organized by the Commission.
2. Contracts for that campaign shall be signed within nine months at the latest following the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The payment of contracts shall be made three months at the latest after the contracts.
3. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be converted into national currency using the agricultural conversion rate in force in the wine sector on 1 September 1989.
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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R1843 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1843/2003 of 17 October 2003 fixing depreciation percentages to be applied when agricultural products are bought in for the 2004 financial year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1843/2003
of 17 October 2003
fixing depreciation percentages to be applied when agricultural products are bought in for the 2004 financial year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96(2), and in particular the second sentence of Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, depreciation of agricultural products stored in public intervention warehouses must take place when they are bought in. The depreciation percentage must not exceed the difference between the buying-in price and the foreseeable disposal price for each of these products.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, the Commission may restrict depreciation at the time of buying-in to a proportion of this depreciation percentage, but such proportion may not be less than 70 % of total depreciation. Coefficients should be fixed for certain products for the 2004 financial year, to be applied by the intervention agencies to the monthly buying-in values of these products, so that the agencies can establish the depreciation amounts.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
1. In respect of the products listed in the Annex, which, having been bought in by public intervention, have entered storage or been taken over by the intervention agencies between 1 October 2003 and 30 September 2004, the authorities shall depreciate their value to account for the difference between the buying-in prices and the foreseeable selling prices of the relevant products.
2. To establish the amounts of the depreciation, the intervention agencies shall apply to the values of the products bought in every month the coefficients set out in the Annex.
3. The expenditure amounts determined in this way shall be notified to the Commission under the declarations established pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96(3).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31984D0454 | 84/454/ECSC: Commission Decision of 6 September 1984 approving aids from the French Republic to the coal-mining industry during 1983 and approving additional aids from the French Republic to the coal-mining industry during 1982 (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 September 1984
approving aids from the French Republic to the coal-mining industry during 1983 and approving additional aids from the French Republic to the coal-mining industry during 1982
(Only the French text is authentic)
(84/454/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 528/76/ECSC of 25 February 1976 regarding the Community system of measures taken by the Member States to assist the coal-mining industry (1),
Having consulted the Council,
I
Whereas the Government of the French Republic has informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 2 of the above Decision, of the financial measures which it intends to implement directly or indirectly for the benefit of the coal industry during 1983; whereas of these measures the following may be approved pursuant to that Decision;
Whereas the Government of the French Republic intends to grant to Charbonnages de France for 1983 aid amounting to FF 3 216 000 000 to permit the economic restructuring of the coalfields to proceed in an appropriate manner;
Whereas the Government of the French Republic also proposes to grant to the central administration of Charbonnages de France in 1983 aid amounting to FF 495 000 000 to cover the charges incurred in borrowing and transferred from the pits to the central administration of Charbonnages de France under the French Government's financial improvement scheme. Whereas this aid is paid not to the coalfields but only to the central administration of Charbonnages de France;
Whereas the abovementioned aids meet the criteria laid down in the Decision for the admissibility of such State assistance;
Whereas the aid of FF 3 711 000 000 proposed by the Government of the French Republic for 1983 to cover losses (of which FF 3 216 000 000, is to cover the coalfields' losses on mining and FF 495 000 000 to cover the losses sustained by the central administration of Charbonnages de France) will not be higher than the likely operating losses of Charbonnages de France;
Whereas the following points are relevant in connection with aid to the individual coalfields:
1. In 1983, aid to the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Centre-Midi coalfields will be calculated in such a way that, as a result of the closure of further pits, there will be a reduction in production, which will mean that some 700 fewer persons will be employed in the coal industry. The aids will prevent severe economic and social disruption in areas where there are not yet adequate opportunities for re-employment. The aids to these coalfields therefore comply with the provisions of the first subparagraph of Article 12 (1) and Article 12 (2) of the Decision;
2. The output planning of the Charbonnages de France in the Lorraine coalfields aims at long-term stabilization, since the coking coal produced in this coalfield is important for supplying the steel industry. The aid granted for this purpose complies with the second subparagraph of Article 12 (1) and Article 12 (3) of the Decision;
II
Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of the Decision, an examination of the compatibility of the proposed aids with the proper functioning of the common market must also extend to all other financial measures to support current production in 1983;
Whereas the sum of all these aids to support current production by the French coal industry is 565 700 000 ECU, or 33,26 ECU per tonne, for 1983; whereas this is higher than corresponding German, Belgian and United Kingdom aids;
Whereas the following points must be made about the compatibility of the proposed aid with the proper functioning of the common market:
- there were no supply difficulties on the French coal market in 1983,
- French coal exports to the other Community countries fell in 1983 compared with 1982,
- hardly any price alignment agreements were entered into for French coal in 1983,
- industrial consumers of coal did not directly receive aid in 1983 through the prices of French coking coal and steam coal,
- the closure of five marginal pits in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Centre-Midi coalfield resulted in rationalization and concentration of production on pits where productivity is highest;
Whereas it may accordingly be concluded that the aids proposed in 1983 for current production by the French coal industry are compatible with the proper functioning of the common market;
Whereas this applies even when account is taken of aids to coal-mines under Decision 73/287/ECSC;
III
Whereas on 7 April 1983 the Commission of the European Communities adopted Decision 83/160/ECSC (1); whereas that Decision authorized the aids which the Government of the French Republic proposed to grant to the coal industry for 1982 provided they had been dealt with and examined by the Commission in the 'Memorandum on the financial aids granted by the Member States to the coal industry in 1982' (2);
Whereas, as was stated in that memorandum, the Government of the French Republic proposed to grant FF 3 377 200 000 of aid under Decision No 528/76/ECSC to Charbonnages de France;
Whereas, in addition the Government of the French Republic in a written application dated 8 September 1983 requested permission to alter or to increase the aids originally proposed as follows:
(million FF)
1.2.3.4 // // // // // // Original amount // Additional amount // Total // // // // // Cover for the losses by the central administration of Charbonnages de France // 441,0 // + 56,0 // 497,0 // Cover for coalfields' operating losses // 2 936,2 // + 197,5 // 3 133,7 // // // // // Total // 3 377,2 // + 233,5 // 3 630,7 // // // // // Coling coal aid // + 10,0 // - // + 10,0 // // // // // TOTAL // 3 387,2 // + 253,5 // 3 final, 10. 12. 1982, p. A/12.
Whereas Charbonnages de France must be viewed as a single undertaking for the purpose of assessing aid to its central administration, i.e. aids to the central administration and to the coalfields are classed together. According to the final balance sheet for 1982, total aid FF 3 630 700 000 is FF 85 200 000 less than Charbonnages de France's total losses;
Whereas aid to cover coalfields' losses can be broken as follows by coalfield:
(FF million)
1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // // Nord-Pas-de-Calais // Lorraine // Centre-Midi // Total // // // // // // Original amounts // 1 156,9 // 1 076,2 // 703,1 // 2 936,2 // Additional amounts // + 200,3 // - 1,1 // - 1,7 // + 197,5 // // // // // // Total // 1 357,2 // 1 075,1 // 701,4 // 3 133,7 1,4.5 // // // Aid to cover interest paid by the central administration of Charbonnages de France // 497,0 // // // TOTAL AID TO COVER OPERATING LOSSES // 3 630,7 // //
Per tonne of production in FF: 214,90
Whereas the overall amount of aid to current production in the French coal industry in 1982 is thus increased by FF 253 500 000;
Whereas the increase in French aid to cover coalfields' operating losses concerns the Nord-Pas-de-Calais coalfield only; whereas, it was necessary because the losses in this coalfield rose more steeply during 1982 than had originally been assumed. According to the information available to the Commission in the 1982 report of the Charbonnages de France on the actual costs and earnings positions, the loss per tonne in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais coalfield rose considerably more than had been estimated. The increase in the aids almost completely covers the pit operating losses increased in 1982; this measure is compatible with the provisions of Article 12 (1) (1) of the Decision;
IV
Whereas the following remarks must be made in respect of the compatibility of the total amount of French aids to support current production with the proper functioning of the common market:
- there has been no decline in trade in coal between France and the other Community countries,
- industrial users of coking coal and steam coal did not receive indirect aids as a result of artificially low prices of French coal;
Whereas it may therefore be concluded that the additional aids proposed in 1982 for current production in the French coal industry are compatible with the proper functioning of the common market;
V
Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (1) of the Decision, the Commission must satisfy itself that the approved aids are used exclusively for the purposes set out in Articles 7 to 12 of that Decision; whereas, consequently, the Commission is to be notified in particular of the amount of the aid and the manner in which it is apportioned,
The French Republic is hereby authorized to grant to the coal industry the following aids for 1983:
(a) an amount not exceeding FF 3 216 000 000 to cover losses on mining;
(b) an amount not exceeding FF 495 000 000 to cover the financial losses sustained by the central administration of Charbonnages de France.
The French Republic is authorized to grant to the coal industry the following additional aids for 1982:
(a) an amount not exceeding FF 56 000 000 to cover the financial losses sustained by the central administration of Charbonnages de France;
(b) an amount not exceeding FF 197 500 000 to cover losses on mining. The aids referred to in (a) and (b) above shall not exceed actual losses.
The Government of the French Republic shall notify the Commission by 30 June 1984 of details of the aids granted pursuant to this Decision and in particular of the amounts paid and the manner in which they are apportioned.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
32012R0162 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 162/2012 of 23 February 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 24.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 52/8
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 162/2012
of 23 February 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
31991D0059 | 91/59/EEC: Commission Decision of 4 February 1991 terminating the review and confirming expiry of the anti-dumping measures applying to imports into the Community of self-propelled hydraulic excavators, track- laying or wheeled, of a total operating weight exceeding six tonnes but not exceeding 35 tonnes, equipped with a single bucket mounted on a boom capable of pivoting through 360 , or intended to be so equipped, originating in Japan
| COMMISSION DECISION of 4 February 1991 terminating the review and confirming expiry of the anti-dumping measures applying to imports into the Community of self-propelled hydraulic excavators, track-laying or wheeled, of a total operating weight exceeding six tonnes but not exceeding 35 tonnes, equipped with a single bucket mounted on a boom capable of pivoting through 360°, or intended to be so equipped, originating in Japan (91/59/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 4 (5) thereof,
After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88,
Whereas:
A. PRODUCT
(1) The products concerned are self-propelled hydraulic excavators, track-laying or wheeled, of a total operating weight exceeding six tonnes but not exceeding 35 tonnes, equipped with a single bucket mounted on a boom capable of pivoting through 360°, or intended to be so equipped, originating in Japan, falling within CN code ex 8429 52 00.
B. PROCEDURE
(2) In March 1990 the Commission received a complaint lodged under Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 by the Federation of Manufacturers of Construction Equipment and Cranes on behalf of hydraulic excavator producers whose collective output was alleged to constitute the majority of Community production of the products in question. The complaint contained evidence of continued dumping by Japanese producers despite the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1877/85 (2). The complaint also alleged threat of injury if the measures were allowed to lapse. This was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a review proceeding and the Commission announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (3), the initiation of an anti-dumping review concerning imports into the Community of the products in question. In conformity with Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, the measures remained in force pending the outcome of the review.
(3) The Commission officially notified the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the Community producers. The parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and/or request a hearing.
(4) The Commission commenced the investigation including transmission of questionnaires to the parties involved seeking the information necessary for the assessment of dumping and injury. A very high proportion of the Community producers failed to reply to the questionnaires despite the fact that the original deadline for reply was extended by the Commission.
(5) In calculating the proportion of the Community industry which replied to the questionnaires, the Commission found that their combined production did not constitute a major proportion of the total Community production as set out in the complaint. As a result, the Commission is unable to establish whether expiry of the measure would lead again to injury or threat of injury.
C. TERMINATION OF REVIEW PROCEEDING
(6) In view of the circumstances set out above, the Commission considers that the review proceeding should be terminated forthwith.
(7) No objections to this course of action were raised in the Advisory Committee.
(8) The Federation of Manufacturers of Construction Equipment and Cranes was informed of the Commission's reasons for terminating the proceeding
Article 1
The review proceeding concerning imports of hydraulic excavators, track-laying or wheeled, of a total operating weight exceeding six tonnes but not exceeding 35 tonnes, equipped with a single bucket mounted on a boom capable of pivoting through 360°, or intended to be so equipped, originating in Japan and falling within CN code ex 8429 52 00, is hereby terminated. Article 2
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32003D0240 | 2003/240/EC: Commission Decision of 24 March 2003 amending Decision 2000/45/EC as regards the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to washing machines (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 218)
| Commission Decision
of 24 March 2003
amending Decision 2000/45/EC as regards the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to washing machines
(notified under document number C(2003) 218)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/240/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) thereof,
After consulting the European Union Eco-labelling Board,
Whereas:
(1) Under Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 the Community eco-label may be awarded to a product possessing characteristics which enable it to contribute significantly to improvements in relation to key environmental aspects.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides that specific eco-label criteria are to be established according to product groups.
(3) It also provides that a review of the eco-label criteria, as well as of the assessment and verification requirements related to the criteria, is to take place in due time before the end of the period of validity of the criteria specified for each product group.
(4) Following the review of Commission Decision 2000/45/EC(2), it is appropriate to prolong the period of validity of those ecological criteria for a period of three years.
(5) Decision 2000/45/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up under Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000,
Article 3 of Decision 2000/45/EC is replaced by the following:
"Article 3
The product group definition and the criteria for the product group shall be valid from the day of notification of this Decision until 30 November 2005. If, however, by that date a new decision establishing the product group definition and the criteria for this product group has not yet been adopted, that period of validity shall instead end either on 30 November 2006 or on the date of adoption of the new decision, whichever is sooner."
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32009D0861 | 2009/861/EC: Commission Decision of 30 November 2009 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regard the processing of non-compliant raw milk in certain milk processing establishments in Bulgaria (notified under document C(2009) 9282) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 1.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/83
COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 November 2009
on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regard the processing of non-compliant raw milk in certain milk processing establishments in Bulgaria
(notified under document C(2009) 9282)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/861/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (1) and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (2) lays down general rules for food business operators on the hygiene of foodstuffs based amongst others on the principles of hazard analysis and critical control points. It provides that food business operators are to comply with certain procedures based on those principles.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down specific rules on the hygiene of food of animal origin for food business operators and supplements the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. The rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 include hygiene requirements for raw milk and dairy products.
(3) Pursuant to point (c) of Section B of Chapter 4 of Annex VI to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (the Act of Accession), Bulgaria has been granted a transitional period, expiring on 31 December 2009, for compliance by certain milk processing establishments with those hygiene requirements.
(4) Certain establishments which are authorised to process raw milk which does not comply with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (non-compliant milk) are listed in Chapter I of the Appendix to Annex VI to the Act of Accession. Certain establishments which are authorised to process both compliant and non-compliant milk, provided that such processing is carried out on separate production lines, are listed in Chapter II of that Appendix.
(5) Milk production holdings that do not comply with the hygiene requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are spread over the whole territory of Bulgaria. The proportion of raw milk that complies with those requirements, delivered to milk processing establishments in Bulgaria, has only increased slightly during the last years.
(6) Taking into account the current situation, it is appropriate to provide for a time-limited derogation from the hygiene requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 with a view to permitting Bulgaria to bring its milk sector in compliance with those requirements.
(7) In light of this situation, certain milk processing establishments listed in Annex I to this Decision should be allowed, by way of derogation from Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, to continue to process also after 31 December 2009 compliant and non-compliant milk provided that the processing is carried out on separate production lines. In addition, certain milk processing establishments listed in Annex II to this Decision should be allowed to continue to process non-compliant milk without separate production lines.
(8) The marketing of dairy products derived from non-compliant milk should, however, be restricted to Bulgaria or used for further processing in the milk processing establishments covered by the derogation provided for in this Decision.
(9) The transitional period granted by this Decision should be limited to 24 months from 1 January 2010. The situation in the milk sector in Bulgaria should be reviewed before the end of that period. Bulgaria should therefore submit annual reports to the Commission regarding progress in the upgrading of milk production holdings supplying raw milk to milk processing establishments in that Member State and the system for collecting and transporting non-compliant milk.
(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
For the purposes of this Decision ‘non-compliant milk’ means raw milk which does not comply with the requirements set out in Annex III, Section IX, Chapter I, Subchapters II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
By way of derogation from the requirements set out in Annex III, Section IX, Chapter I, Subchapters II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, the milk processing establishments listed in Annex I to this Decision may continue to process, until 31 December 2011, compliant and non-compliant milk provided that the processing of the compliant and the non-compliant milk is carried out on separate production lines.
By way of derogation from the requirements set out in Annex III, Section IX, Chapter I, Subchapters II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, the milk processing establishments listed in Annex II to this Decision may continue to process, until 31 December 2011, non-compliant milk without separate production lines.
Dairy products derived from non-compliant milk shall only:
(a) be placed on the domestic market in Bulgaria; or
(b) be used for further processing in the milk processing establishments in Bulgaria referred to in Articles 2 and 3.
Such dairy products shall bear a health or identification mark which is different from the health or identification mark provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
Bulgaria shall submit annual reports to the Commission on progress made in bringing the following in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:
(a) production holdings producing non-compliant milk;
(b) the system for collecting and transporting non-compliant milk;
The first annual report shall be submitted to the Commission by 31 December 2010, at the latest, and the second annual report by 31 October 2011, at the latest.
The form set out in Annex III shall be used for those reports.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011.
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31995R1864 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1864/95 of 26 July 1995 fixing for the four previous marketing years 1990/91 to 1993/94 the average yields of olives and olive oil
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1864/95 of 26 July 1995 fixing for the four previous marketing years 1990/91 to 1993/94 the average yields of olives and olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil producer organizations (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 636/95 (4), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas, for the purpose of granting production aid to olive growers who produce less than 500 kilograms of oil, Article 17a of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 provides that the Commission shall determine the average olive yields and oil yields over the four previous marketing years, in respect of the current marketing year;
Whereas these yields should be fixed by homogeneous production zone as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1934/93 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 38/94 (6), together with the adjustments made by Regulation (EC) No 1840/94 (7) except as regards municipalities which have yields different from those of the zones to which they belong;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The average yields of olives and olive oil for the four previous marketing years 1990/91 to 1993/94 shall be as specified in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32009R1262 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1262/2009 of 18 December 2009 on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2009 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
| 19.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 338/77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1262/2009
of 18 December 2009
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2009 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
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,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 of 15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin (3), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of egg products and egg albumin.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2009 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2010 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,
The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2010 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2009.
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31995D0267 | 95/267/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1995 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in France of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 June 1995 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in France of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (Text with EEA relevance) (95/267/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC on 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas by virtue of Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11 December 1991 establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines (3), establishment of antigen banks is part of the Community's action to create Community reserves of foot-and-mouth vaccine;
Whereas Article 3 of that Decision designates the Laboratoire de pathologie bovine du Centre national d'études vétérinaires et alimentaires at Lyons in France as an antigen bank holding Community reserves;
Whereas the functions and duties of these antigen banks are specified in Article 4 of that Decision; whereas Community assistance must be conditional on accomplishment of these;
Whereas Community financial assistance should be granted to these banks to enable them to carry out the said functions and duties;
Whereas for budgetary reasons the Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year;
Whereas for supervisory purposes Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on financing of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (5), should apply;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Community shall grant France financial assistance for the stocking of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine.
The Laboratoire de pathologie bovine at Lyons in France shall hold the stock of antigen to which Article 1 relates. The provisions of Article 4 of Council Decision 91/666/EEC shall apply.
The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of ECU 70 000 for the period 1 January to 31 December 1995.
The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:
- 70 % by way of an advance at France's request,
- the balance following presentation of supporting documents.
These documents must be presented before 1 February 1996.
Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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31996R1831 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 of 23 September 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996
| 24.9.1996 EN XM XM Official Journal of the European Communities L 243/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1831/96
of 23 September 1996
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in list CXL drawn up at the conclusion of negotiations under GATT Article XXIV:6 (1), and in particular Article 1 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (2), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (3), and in particular Article 25 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2314/95 (5), and in particular Article 12 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/95 of 22 December 1995 laying down the rates of duty to be applied by the Community resulting from negotiations under GATT Article XXIV:6 consequent upon the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union (6), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas the Community has undertaken in the context of the World Trade Organization to open on certain terms reduced-duty Community tariff quotas for some fruits and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products;
Whereas under its international obligations it falls to the Community to open Community tariff quotas for the products listed in the Annexes to this Regulation; whereas continuous equal access to these quotas should be afforded to all Community importers and the quota rates specified should apply uninterruptedly to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; whereas this need not prevent authorization being granted to the Member States, in the interests of efficient common management of the quotas, to draw from them quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas this way of working requires close cooperation between Member States and the Commission, which must be able to monitor the state of exhaustion of the quotas and inform the Member States accordingly,
Whereas the tariff quotas provided for in the above-mentioned agreements are to be opened from 1996; whereas it is also necessary to lay down certain specific qualifying requirements for the tariff quota benefits specified in the Annexes to this Regulation;
Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 858/96 (7), the Commission opened part of the Community tariff quotas bound under GATT; whereas, for the sake of clarity and simplification, all the tariff quotas for fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products should be grouped together in this Regulation; whereas Regulation (EC) No 858/96 should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the Management Committees for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables and for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables have not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by their chairmen,
1. Tariff reductions on the products listed in the Annexes to this Regulation shall be granted annually by means of Community tariff quotas open for the periods specified in the Annexes.
2. The following customs duties shall apply to the tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1:
— for the products listed in Annexes I and II: the customs duties indicated in those Annexes,
— for the products listed in Annex III: the ad valorem duties indicated in that Annex, as well as, where applicable, the specific duties provided for in the Common Customs Tariff of the European Communities.
3. Entry under the tariff quotas specified in Annex II shall require presentation in support of the declaration of entry for free circulation of a certificate of authenticity in accordance with one of the specimens in Annex IIa, issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin as indicated in Annex IIb, stating that the products possess the specific characteristics indicated in Annex II.
However, in the case of concentrated orange juice, presentation of a certificate of authenticity may be replaced by presentation to the Commission before importation of a general attestation from the competent authority of the country of origin stating that concentrated orange juice produced therein contains no blood orange juice. The Commission shall then inform Member States so that they can advise their customs services. This information shall also be published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.
1. The Commission shall take all administrative action it deems advisable for efficient management of the quotas referred to in Article 1.
2. When an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry for free circulation including an application for the benefit of the tariff quota for a product covered by this Regulation the Member State shall, if the declaration has been accepted by the customs authorities, notify the Commission of its wish to draw the amount it needs from the quota volume.
Applications to draw showing the date of acceptance of declarations shall be sent to the Commission without delay.
Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in order of date of acceptance of declarations of entry for free circulation by the Member States' customs authorities provided that the available balance permits.
3. If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn it shall return them to the quota balance as soon as possible.
4. If the quantities applied for are greater than the quota balance, allocation shall be made pro rata to applications. Member States shall be informed of the drawings made.
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is respected.
Member States shall ensure that importers have continuous and equal access to the tariff quotas as long as balances permit.
Regulation (EC) No 858/96 is hereby repealed.
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 1996.
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31986R0788 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 of 17 March 1986 fixing the free-at-Spanish-frontier values applicable on imports of certain cheeses originating in and coming from Switzerland
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 788/86
of 17 March 1986
fixing the free-at-Spanish-frontier values applicable on imports of certain cheeses originating in and coming from Switzerland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 774/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down the arrangements applicable to trade in certain agricultural products with Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland as result of the accession of Spain and Portugal (1), and in particular Article 1 and Annex V (1) (d) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 774/86 lays down the arrangements applying from 1 March 1986, to trade in certain agricultural products with Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland; whereas Annex V to that Regulation specifies that Switzerland has undertaken to comply, where applicable, with a free-at-Spanish-frontier value; whereas that value should therefore be calculated, in the light of the prices of the cheeses on the Spanish market, less the total import charges;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The free-at-Spanish-frontier values applicables on imports of certain cheeses originating in and coming from Switzerland which are accompanied by an approved licence shall be as follows:
1.2 // // // Description // Free-at-frontier value in ECU per 100 kg net weight // // // // // Emmentaler, Gruyère, Sbrinz, Appenzell, Vacherin fribourgeois and tête de moine, not grated or powdered of a minimum fat content of 45 % by weight in the dry matter, matured for at least two months in the case of Vacherin fribourgeois and at least three months in the other cases, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.04 A: // // - whole cheeses with rind, of a free-at-frontier value of not less than // 331,82 // - pieces packed in vacuum or inert gas, with rind on at least one side, of a net weight of not less than 1 kg but less than 5 kg and of a free-at-frontier value of not less than // 356,00 // Emmentaler, Gruyère, Sbrinz, Appenzell, Vacherin fribourgeois and tête de moine, not grated or powdered of a minimum fat content of 45 % by weight in the dry matter, matured for at least two months in the case of Vacherin fribourgoeis and at least three months in the other cases, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.04 A: // // - whole cheeses with rind, of a free-at-frontier value of
(1) OJ No L 56, 1. 3. 1986.
// // // Description // Free-at-frontier value in ECU per 100 kg net weight // // // // - pieces packed in vacuum or inert gas, with rind on at least one side, of a net weight of not less than 1 kg and a free-at-frontier value of not less than // 380,18 // - pieces packed in vacuum or inert gas of a net weight of not more than 450 grams and of a free-at-frontier value of not less than // 414,03 // Glarus herb cheese (known as Sacabziger), made from skimmed milk and mixed with finely-ground herbs, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.04 B // - // Tilsit, of a fat content, by weight, in the dry matter, not exceeding 48 %, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.04 E 1 b) 2 // - // Tilsit, of a fat content, by weight, in the dry matter, exceeding 48 %, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.04 E 1 b) 2 // - // Processed cheese, not grated or powdered, in the blending of which only Ementaler, Gruyère and Appenzell have been used and which may contain, as an addition, Glarus herb cheese (known as Schabziger), put up for retail sale, of a fat content, by weight, in the dry matter, not exceeding 56 %, falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.04 D and of a free-at-frontier value of not less than // 239,79 // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1986.
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32014R0591 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 591/2014 of 3 June 2014 on the extension of the transitional periods related to own funds requirements for exposures to central counterparties in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance
| 4.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/31
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 591/2014
of 3 June 2014
on the extension of the transitional periods related to own funds requirements for exposures to central counterparties in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (1), and in particular Article 497(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to avoid disruption to international financial markets and to prevent penalising institutions by subjecting them to higher own funds requirements during the processes of authorisation and recognition of an existing central counterparty (CCP) as a qualifying central counterparty (QCCP), Article 497(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 575/2013 established a transitional period during which all CCPs with which institutions established in the Union clear transactions will be considered QCCPs.
(2) Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 also amended Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) in respect of certain inputs to the calculation of institutions' own funds requirements for exposures to CCPs. Accordingly, Article 89(5a) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 requires certain CCPs to report, for a limited period of time, the total amount of initial margin they have received from their clearing members. That transitional period mirrors the one laid down in Article 497 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.
(3) The transitional periods in Article 497(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and in the first and second subparagraphs of Article 89(5a) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 will expire on 15 June 2014.
(4) Article 497(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 empowers the Commission to adopt an implementing act in order to extend the transitional period by six months in exceptional circumstances. That extension should also apply in respect of the time limits laid down in Article 89(5a) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.
(5) Since the authorisation and recognition processes of CCPs are still ongoing, the transitional periods in Article 497(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and in the first and second subparagraphs of Article 89(5a) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 should be extended by six months, i.e. until 15 December 2014.
(6) If an extension of the transitional periods is not granted, institutions established in the Union (or their subsidiaries established outside the Union) would see a significant increase in the own funds requirements for their exposures to those CCPs that have not yet been authorised or recognised, as applicable. While such an increase may only be temporary, it could potentially lead to their withdrawal as direct participants in those CCPs and hence cause disruption in the markets in which those CCPs operate.
(7) This Regulation should enter into force before 16 June 2014 to ensure that the extension of the existing transitional periods occurs prior to their expiry. A later entry into force could lead to disruption for CCPs, for markets in which they operate and for institutions which have exposures to those CCPs.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Banking Committee,
The 15-month periods referred to in Article 497(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and in the first and second subparagraph of Article 89(5a) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, respectively, are extended by 6 months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32011D0426 | Council Decision 2011/426/CFSP of 18 July 2011 appointing the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 19.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/30
COUNCIL DECISION 2011/426/CFSP
of 18 July 2011
appointing the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28, 31(2) and 33 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 11 March 2009 the Council adopted Joint Action 2009/181/CFSP (1) appointing Mr Valentin INZKO European Union Special Representative (EUSR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(2) On 11 August 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/442/CFSP (2) extending the mandate of the EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina until 31 August 2011.
(3) Mr Peter SØRENSEN should be appointed EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1 September 2011 to 30 June 2015.
(4) On 21 March 2011 the Council adopted conclusions setting out the Union’s overall approach to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(5) The Union is further strengthening its policy and its presence on the ground through a single, reinforced Union representative who will take a lead in supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina on Union-related matters to support the country’s progress towards integration with the Union including through a broad and balanced set of instruments.
(6) The EUSR’s mandate should be implemented in coordination with the European Commission in order to ensure consistency with other relevant activities falling within the competence of the Union.
(7) The Council foresees that the powers and authorities of the EUSR and the powers and authorities of the Head of the European Union Delegation Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be vested in the same person.
(8) The EUSR will implement his mandate in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the achievement of the objectives of the Union’s external action set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,
European Union Special Representative
Mr Peter SØRENSEN is hereby appointed as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) from 1 September 2011 until 30 June 2015. The mandate of the EUSR may be terminated earlier, if the Council so decides, on a proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR).
Policy objectives
The mandate of the EUSR shall be based on the following policy objectives of the Union in BiH: continued progress in the Stabilisation and Association Process, with the aim of a stable, viable, peaceful and multiethnic and united BiH, cooperating peacefully with its neighbours and irreversibly on track towards membership of the Union. The Union will also continue to support the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP) in BiH.
Mandate
In order to achieve the policy objectives, the mandate of the EUSR shall be to:
(a) offer the Union’s advice and facilitate the political process;
(b) ensure consistency and coherence of Union action;
(c) facilitate progress on political, economic and European priorities;
(d) monitor and advise the executive and legislative authorities at all levels of government in BiH, and liaise with the authorities and political parties in BiH;
(e) ensure the implementation of the Union’s efforts in the whole range of activities in the field of the rule of law and the security sector reform, promote overall Union coordination of, and give local political direction to Union efforts in tackling organised crime and corruption and, in this context, provide the HR and the Commission with assessments and advice as necessary;
(f) provide the Head of Mission of the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) with local political guidance; the EUSR and the Civilian Operation Commander shall consult each other as required; consult with the Head of the EUPM before taking political action that may have an impact on the police and security situation; provide support for a reinforced and more effective interface between criminal justice and the police in BiH, in close liaison with the EUPM;
(g) without prejudice to the military chain of command, offer the EU Force Commander political guidance on military issues with a local political dimension, in particular concerning sensitive operations, relations with local authorities and with the local media. Consult with the EU Force Commander before taking political action that may have an impact on the security situation;
(h) coordinate and implement the Union’s communication efforts on Union issues towards the public in BiH;
(i) promote the process of integration with the Union through targeted public diplomacy and Union outreach activities designed to ensure a broader understanding and support from the BiH public on matters relating to the Union, including by means of engagement of local civil-society actors;
(j) contribute to the development and consolidation of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in BiH, in accordance with the Union’s human rights policy and the Union Guidelines on Human Rights;
(k) engage with relevant BiH authorities on their full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY);
(l) in line with the Union integration process, advise, assist, facilitate and monitor political dialogue on the necessary constitutional changes;
(m) maintain close contacts and consultations with the High Representative in BiH and other relevant international organisations working in the country;
(n) provide advice to the HR as necessary concerning natural or legal persons on whom restrictive measures could be imposed in view of the situation in BiH;
(o) without prejudice to the applicable chains of command, help to ensure that all Union instruments in the field are applied coherently to attain the Union’s policy objectives.
Implementation of the mandate
1. The EUSR shall be responsible for the implementation of the mandate, acting under the authority of the HR.
2. The Political and Security Committee (the PSC) shall maintain a privileged link with the EUSR and shall be the EUSR’s primary point of contact with the Council. The PSC shall provide the EUSR with strategic guidance and political direction within the framework of the mandate, without prejudice to the powers of the HR.
3. The EUSR shall work in close coordination with the European External Action Service (EEAS).
Financing
1. The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR in the period from 1 September 2011 to 30 June 2012 shall be EUR 3 740 000.
2. The financial reference amount for the subsequent periods for the EUSR in BiH shall be decided by the Council.
3. The expenditure shall be managed in accordance with the procedures and rules applicable to the general budget of the European Union. Nationals of the countries of the Western Balkans region shall be allowed to tender for contracts.
4. The management of the expenditure shall be subject to a contract between the EUSR and the Commission. The EUSR shall be accountable to the Commission for all expenditure.
Constitution and composition of the team
1. A dedicated staff shall be assigned to assist the EUSR to implement his mandate and to contribute to the coherence, visibility and effectiveness of Union action in BiH overall. Within the limits of his mandate and the corresponding financial means made available, the EUSR shall be responsible for constituting a team. The team shall include members having expertise on the specific policy issues required by the mandate. The EUSR shall keep the Council and the Commission promptly informed of the composition of the team.
2. Member States, institutions of the Union and the EEAS may propose the secondment of staff to work with the EUSR. The salary of such seconded personnel shall be covered by the Member State, the institution of the Union concerned or the EEAS, respectively. Experts seconded by Member States to the institutions of the Union or the EEAS may also be posted to the EUSR. International contracted staff shall have the nationality of a Member State.
3. All seconded personnel shall remain under the administrative authority of the sending Member State, institution of the Union or the EEAS and shall carry out their duties and act in the interest of the mandate of the EUSR.
Privileges and immunities of the EUSR and his staff
The privileges, immunities and further guarantees necessary for the completion and smooth functioning of the mission of the EUSR and the members of his staff shall be agreed with the host party or parties, as appropriate. Member States and the Commission shall grant all necessary support to such effect.
Security of EU classified information
The EUSR and the members of his team shall respect the security principles and minimum standards established by Council Decision 2011/292/EU of 31 March 2011 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (3).
Access to information and logistical support
1. Member States, the Commission and the General Secretariat of the Council shall ensure that the EUSR is given access to any relevant information.
2. The Union delegations and/or Member States, as appropriate, shall provide logistical support in the region.
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Security
In accordance with the Union’s policy on the security of personnel deployed outside the Union in an operational capacity under Title V of the Treaty, the EUSR shall take all reasonably practicable measures, in conformity with his mandate and the security situation in his geographical area of responsibility, for the security of all personnel under his direct authority, in particular by:
(a) establishing a mission-specific security plan, including mission-specific physical, organisational and procedural security measures, governing the management of the secure movement of personnel to, and within, the mission area, as well as the management of security incidents and including a mission contingency and evacuation plan;
(b) ensuring that all personnel deployed outside the Union are covered by high risk insurance as required by the conditions in the mission area;
(c) ensuring that all members of his team to be deployed outside the Union, including locally contracted personnel, have received appropriate security training before or upon arriving in the mission area, based on the risk ratings assigned to the mission area;
(d) ensuring that all agreed recommendations made following regular security assessments are implemented, and providing the Council, the HR and the Commission with written reports on their implementation and on other security issues within the framework of the mid-term report and the report on the implementation of the mandate.
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Reporting
The EUSR shall regularly provide the PSC and the HR with oral and written reports. The EUSR shall also report to Council working parties as necessary. Regular written reports shall be circulated through the COREU network. Upon recommendation of the PSC or the HR, the EUSR may provide the Foreign Affairs Council with reports.
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Coordination
1. The activities of the EUSR shall be coordinated with those of the Commission, as well as those of other EUSRs active in the region as appropriate. The EUSR shall provide Member States’ missions with regular briefings.
In the field, close liaison shall be maintained with Member States’ Heads of Mission. They shall make their best efforts to assist the EUSR in the implementation of the mandate. The EUSR shall also liaise with international and regional actors in the field, and in particular maintain close coordination with the High Representative in BiH.
2. In support of Union crisis management operations, the EUSR, with other Union actors present in the field, shall improve the dissemination and sharing of information by those Union actors with a view to achieving a high degree of common situation awareness and assessment.
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Review
The implementation of this Decision and its consistency with other contributions from the Union to the region shall be kept under regular review. Every year the EUSR shall present the Council, the HR, and the Commission with a progress report at the end of December and a comprehensive mandate implementation report at the end of June.
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Entry into force
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31974D0583 | 74/583/EEC: Council Decision of 20 November 1974 on the monitoring of sugar movements
| COUNCIL DECISION of 20 November 1974 on the monitoring of sugar movements (74/583/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas the situation currently existing on the sugar market necessitates the setting up of machinery for the close and regular supervision of all sugar movements,
Member States shall each week furnish the Commission with all relevant information on contractually committed quantities of sugar, on the volume of sales and purchases and on the presumed origin and destination of sugar involved in all such transactions. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987D0401 | 87/401/EEC: Council Decision of 8 December 1986 concerning the conclusion of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 1986
| COUNCIL DECISION of 8 December 1986 concerning the conclusion of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 1986 (87/401/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 1986 is concerned in general with the promotion of international cooperation and contributes to the attainment of the Community commercial and common agricultural policy,
The International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 1986 is hereby approved on behalf of the European
Economic Community. The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 1986 for the purpose of binding the Community.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R0723 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 723/96 of 3 April 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 laying down detailed rules for the free supply of agricultural products held in intervention stocks to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1975/95
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 723/96 of 3 April 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 laying down detailed rules for the free supply of agricultural products held in intervention stocks to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1975/95
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1975/95 of 4 August 1995 on actions for the free supply of agricultural products to the people of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 686/96 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 686/96 includes Turkmenistan amongst the countries to receive free supplies; whereas the same detailed rules of application must be extended to that country;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee,
Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/95 (3) is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 1
This Regulation shall apply to the free supply of agricultural products from intervention stocks or of foodstuffs belonging to the same group of products to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1975/95, without prejudice to any additional provisions adopted for particular supplies.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011R0137 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 137/2011 of 16 February 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I and IV thereto to technical progress Text with EEA relevance
| 17.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 43/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 137/2011
of 16 February 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to fertilisers for the purposes of adapting Annexes I and IV thereto to technical progress
(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 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers (1), and in particular Article 31(1) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 provides that a fertiliser belonging to a type of fertiliser listed in Annex I thereto and complying with the conditions laid down in that Regulation may be designated ‘EC fertiliser’.
(2) Calcium formate (CAS 544-17-2) is a secondary nutrient fertiliser that is used as foliar fertiliser for fruit cultivation in one Member State. The substance is harmless for the environment and human health. Therefore to make it more easily available to farmers throughout the Union, calcium formate should be recognised as an ‘EC fertiliser’ type.
(3) Provisions on micro-nutrient chelates and micro-nutrient solutions should be adapted to allow the use of more than one chelating agent, to introduce common values for the minimum content of water-soluble micro-nutrient and to ensure that each chelating agent that chelates at least 1 % of the water-soluble micro-nutrient and that is identified and quantified by EN standards is labelled. A sufficient transitional period is necessary in order to allow economic operators to sell off their stocks of fertilisers.
(4) Zinc oxide powder (CAS 1314-13-2) is a zinc fertiliser listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003. Zinc oxide in powder form presents a potential dust hazard in use. The use of zinc oxide in the form of a stable suspension in water avoids this hazard. Zinc fertiliser suspension should therefore be recognised as an ‘EC fertiliser’ type to allow a safer use of zinc oxide. To allow flexibility within formulations, the use of zinc salts and one or more types of zinc chelate(s) should also be permitted in any such water-based suspensions.
(5) Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 contains rules for the composition and labelling of mixed micro-nutrient fertilisers but such mixtures are not yet listed among the fertiliser types of Annex I. Mixed micro-nutrient fertilisers therefore cannot be sold as ‘EC fertilisers’. Micro-nutrient fertiliser type designations should therefore be introduced in Annex I for solid and fluid fertilisers.
(6) Iminodisuccinic acid (hereinafter ‘IDHA’) is a chelating agent which is authorised for use in two Member States as foliar sprays, for soil application, in hydroponics and in fertigation. IDHA should be added to the list of authorised chelating agents in Annex I to make it more easily available to farmers throughout the Union.
(7) Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 requires the control of ‘EC fertilisers’ in accordance with the methods of analysis that are described therein. However, some methods have not been internationally recognised. EN standards have now been developed by the European Committee for Standardisation and should replace those methods.
(8) Validated methods published as EN standards usually include a ring test (inter-laboratory test) to check the reproducibility and repeatability of the analytical methods between different laboratories. A distinction between validated EN standards and non-validated methods should therefore be made to help to identify the EN standards which have undergone an inter-laboratory test to correctly inform controllers about the statistical reliability of EN standards.
(9) To simplify legislation and facilitate future revision, it is appropriate to replace the full text of the standards in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 with references to the EN standards to be published by the European Committee for Standardisation.
(10) Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003,
Amendments
1. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
2. Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Transitional provisions
Points (a) to (e) of point (2) of Annex I shall apply from 9 October 2012 to fertilisers that are placed on the market before 9 March 2011.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
31993D0694 | 93/694/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1993 amending for the third time Decision 93/144/EEC on certain protective measures in respect of salmon from Norway
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1993 amending for the third time Decision 93/144/EEC on certain protective measures in respect of salmon from Norway (93/694/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), as amended by Decision 92/438/EEC (2), and in particular Article 18 (7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (4), and in particular Article 19 (7) thereof,
Whereas following the appearance of infectious salmon anaemia in Norway, the Commission by Decision 93/144/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 93/523/EEC (6), has prohibited the importation of salmon of the species Salmo salar, live or dead non-eviscerated, originating in Norway;
Whereas the period of validity of this measure should be extended so that the situation for this disease in Norway can be evaluated in the light of the information available;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Article 3 of Decision 93/144/EEC the date of 31 December 1993 is hereby replaced by 30 June 1994.
Member States shall alter the measures they apply to trade in order to bring them into line with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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 |
32005R0658 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/2005 of 28 April 2005 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 24th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004
| 29.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 108/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 658/2005
of 28 April 2005
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 24th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1) and in particular the second indent of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 of 19 July 2004 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2004/2005 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 24th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 40,487 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001D0177 | 2001/177/EC: Commission Decision of 15 February 2001 amending Decision 97/252/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of milk and milk products for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance.) (notified under document number C(2001) 378)
| Commission Decision
of 15 February 2001
amending Decision 97/252/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of milk and milk products for human consumption
(notified under document number C(2001) 378)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/177/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs(1), as last amended by Council Decision 98/603/EC(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 95/340/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 96/584/EC(4), draws up a list of non-member countries from which the Member States authorise imports of milk and milk products.
(2) The health and veterinary importation conditions and certification requirements for imports of milk and milk products intended for human consumption from the countries appearing on that list have been laid down respectively in Commission Decisions 95/342/EC(5) and 95/343/EC(6), as last amended by Decision 97/115/EC(7).
(3) The Commission has received from certain non-member countries lists of establishments, with guarantees that they fully meet the appropriate Community health requirements and that should an establishment fail to do so its export activities to the European Community will be suspended.
(4) The Commission has received from certain non-member countries the relevant residue monitoring plan and programme for milk and milk products intended for human consumption, as required by Directive 96/23/EC(8).
(5) Commission Decision 97/252/EC(9), as last amended by Decision 1999/52/EC(10) has drawn up provisional lists of non-member country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of milk and milk-based products for human consumption.
(6) Certain non-member countries have notified modifications to the lists of establishments appearing in Decision 97/252/EC, and have provided the Commission with satisfactory guarantees that they meet the relevant Community health requirements for exportation to the Community.
(7) The Member States were informed of these modifications through the procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision 95/408/EC.
(8) The Food and Veterinary Office carried out inspections in most of the countries appearing on those lists and visited a representative sample of establishments to ascertain their conformity with the Community requirements, and the validity of the guarantees provided by the competent authorities.
(9) Following Article 2(4) of Decision 95/408/EC, those non-member countries' establishments where on-the-spot checks have not yet been carried out by the Commission but which met all the other conditions of Article 2(1) may appear on the lists. However, imports from such establishments will not be eligible for reduced physical checks.
(10) Following Article 5(4) of Decision 95/408/EC, the Commission shall regularly adopt the decisions necessary to update the lists of establishments, and shall publish them in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 97/252/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R2642 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2642/93 of 27 September 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 on transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in 1993
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2642/93 of 27 September 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 on transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in 1993
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, of 13 February 1993, on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), and in particular Articles 20 and 30 thereof,
Whereas according to Article 3 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2569/93 (3), the competent authorities of the Member States have provided to the Commission data on operators' reference quantities;
Whereas in order to verify these data additional time is necessary;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 5 (1) '28 September 1993' is replaced by '26 October 1993';
2. paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
'3. Operators shall submit their application for licences to import under the tariff quota in the period 1 November to 31 December 1993 by 1 November 1993.
By 2 November the competent authorities of the Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of bananas covered by import licence applications in respect of each category defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93.
Licences to import under the tariff quota in the period 1 November to 31 December 1993 shall be issued no later than 5 November 1993.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32001R0466 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 of 8 March 2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance.)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001
of 8 March 2001
setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food(1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee for Food (SCF),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 provides that maximum levels must be set for certain contaminants in foodstuffs in order to protect public health. These maximum levels must be adopted in the form of a non-exhaustive Community list which may contain levels for the same contaminant in different foodstuffs. The sampling and analysis methods to be applied may be specified.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 194/97 of 31 January 1997, setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1566/1999(3), has been amended substantially several times. Since further amendments are to be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity.
(3) It is essential, in order to protect public health, to keep contaminants at levels which are toxicologically acceptable. The presence of contaminants must be reduced more thoroughly wherever possible by means of good manufacturing or agricultural practices, in order to achieve a higher level of health protection, especially for sensitive groups of the population.
(4) In view of disparities between the laws of Member States in regard to the maximum levels for contaminants in certain foodstuffs and the consequent risk of distortion of competition, Community measures are necessary in order to ensure market unity while abiding by the principle of proportionality.
(5) Member States must adopt appropriate surveillance measures regarding the presence of contaminants in foodstuffs.
(6) So far, Community legislation does not set maximum levels for contaminants in food intended for infants and young children covered by Commission Directive 91/321/EEC(4), as last amended by Directive 1999/50/EC(5), and Commission Directive 96/5/EC(6), as last amended by Directive 1999/39/EC(7). After having consulted the SCF, specific maximum levels for those foodstuffs should be established as soon as possible. Until then the levels set in this Regulation should also apply to those foodstuffs in so far as no stricter level has been set by national legislation.
(7) Food ingredients used for the production of compound foodstuffs should comply with the maximum levels set in this Regulation prior to addition to the said compound foodstuff in order to avoid dilution.
(8) Vegetables are the major source of nitrates for human intake. The SCF in its opinion of 22 September 1995 stated that the total intake of nitrates is normally well below the acceptable daily intake. It recommended, however, continuation of efforts to reduce exposure to nitrates via food and water since nitrates can be converted into nitrites and nitrosamines, and urged that good agricultural practices are adopted to ensure nitrate levels are as low as reasonably achievable. The SCF emphasised that concern about the presence of nitrates should not discourage increase in the consumption of vegetables since vegetables have an essential nutritional function and play an important role in health protection.
(9) Specific measures designed to provide better control of the sources of nitrates together with codes of good agricultural practice may help to reduce the nitrate levels in vegetables. However, climatic conditions also influence the levels of nitrates in certain vegetables. Different maximum nitrate levels should therefore be fixed for vegetables depending on the season. The climatic conditions vary widely in different parts of the Community. Therefore, Member States should be allowed, for a transitional period, to authorise the marketing of lettuces and spinach grown and intended for consumption in their territory with nitrate levels higher than those fixed in points 1.1 and 1.3 of Annex I, provided, that the quantities present remain acceptable from the point of view of public health.
(10) Lettuce and spinach producers established in the Member States which have given the abovementioned authorisations should progressively modify their farming methods by applying the good agricultural practices recommended at national level, so as to comply with the maximum levels laid down at Community level at the end of the transitional period. It is desirable to achieve common values as soon as possible.
(11) The levels set for lettuce and spinach should be reviewed and, if possible, reduced before 1 January 2002. This review will be based on monitoring carried out by the Member States and the application of codes of good agricultural practice in order to fix the maximum levels as low as reasonably achievable.
(12) The monitoring of nitrate levels in lettuce and spinach and the application of good agricultural practices shall be carried out using means proportionate to the desired objective, the monitoring results obtained and, particularly, in the light of the risks and of experience gained. The application of codes of good agricultural practice in some Member States will be closely observed. It is therefore appropriate that each year Member States communicate the results of their monitoring and report on the measures taken and the progress with regard to the application of codes of good agricultural practice to reduce nitrate levels and that an exchange of views with the Member States on these reports will take place annually.
(13) Lower limits are fixed for open-grown lettuce than for lettuce grown under glass, and in order to allow effective control the limits set for open-grown lettuce should apply also to lettuce grown under glass in the absence of precise labelling.
(14) Aflatoxins are mycotoxins produced by certain species of Aspergillus, which develop at high temperatures and humidity levels. Aflatoxins are genotoxic carcinogenic substances and may be present in a large number of foods. For substances of this type there is no threshold below which no harmful effect is observed. No tolerable daily intake can therefore be set. Current scientific and technical knowledge and improvements in production and storage techniques do not prevent the development of these moulds and consequently do not enable the presence of the aflatoxins in food to be eliminated entirely. It is, therefore, advisable to set limits as low as reasonably achievable.
(15) Efforts to improve production, harvesting and storage methods in order to reduce the development of moulds should be encouraged. The aflatoxins group includes a number of compounds of varying toxicity and frequency in food. Aflatoxin B1 is by far the most toxic compound. It is advisable, for safety reasons, to limit both the total aflatoxin content of food (compounds B1, B2, G1 and G2) and the aflatoxin B1 content. Aflatoxin M1 is a metabolic product of aflatoxin B1, and is present in milk and milk products from animals which have consumed contaminated feed. Even if aflatoxin M1 is regarded as a less dangerous genotoxic carcinogenic substance than aflatoxin B1, it is necessary to prevent the presence thereof in milk and milk products intended for human consumption and for young children in particular.
(16) It is recognised that sorting or other physical treatment methods make it possible to reduce the aflatoxin content of groundnuts, nuts and dried fruit. In order to minimise the effects on trade, it is consequently advisable to admit higher aflatoxin content for those products which are not intended for direct human consumption or as an ingredient in foodstuffs. In these cases, the maximum limits for aflatoxins were fixed by taking into consideration at the same time the known possible effects of the above-mentioned treatments for groundnuts, nuts and dried fruit respectively and the need to comply after treatment with the maximum limits fixed for these products intended for direct human consumption or to be used as an ingredient in foodstuffs. In the case of cereals, it cannot be excluded that sorting methods or other physical treatments can reduce the level of contamination of aflatoxins. In order to be able to check the real effectiveness of these methods and, if necessary, to fix specific maximum limits for the unprocessed cereals, it is foreseen for a limited period to apply the maximum limits as laid down in Annex I only for cereals and processed products thereof intended for direct human consumption or as an ingredient in foodstuffs. In the absence of data justifying the fixing of a specific maximum limit for unprocessed cereals, after a well-defined period of time, the maximum limit laid down for cereals and the processed products thereof intended for direct human consumption or as an ingredient of food, will also apply to unprocessed cereals.
(17) To allow effective control of the respect of the various limits fixed for the products in question, it is necessary to know the exact destination by means of suitable labelling. Products with levels of aflatoxin exceeding the maximum limit may not be brought into circulation, either as such, after mixture with other foodstuffs or as an ingredient in other foodstuffs. Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 315/93, Member States may maintain their national provisions concerning the maximum limits for aflatoxins in certain foodstuffs for which no Community provisions have been adopted.
(18) Lead absorption may constitute a serious risk to public health. Lead may induce reduced cognitive development and intellectual performance in children and increased blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases in adults. Over the past decade the levels in food have decreased significantly owing to the awareness of lead as a health problem and source-related efforts to reduce the emission of lead and improvements in quality assurance of chemical analysis. The SCF concluded in its opinion of 19 June 1992 that the mean level of lead in foodstuffs does not seem to be a cause for alarm, however, longer-term action should follow with the objective of further lowering the mean levels of lead in foodstuffs. Therefore, the maximum levels should be as low as reasonably achievable.
(19) Cadmium may accumulate in the human body and may induce kidney dysfunction, skeletal damage and reproductive deficiencies. It cannot be excluded that it acts as a human carcinogen. The SCF, in its opinion of 2 June 1995, recommended greater efforts to reduce dietary exposure to cadmium since foodstuffs are the main source of human intake of cadmium. Therefore, maximum levels should be set as low as reasonably achievable.
(20) Methylmercury may induce alterations in the normal development of the brain of infants and at higher levels may induce neurological changes in adults. Mercury contaminates mostly fish and fishery products. To protect public health, maximum levels of mercury in fishery products are laid down by Commission Decision 93/351/EEC(8). For reasons of transparency, the relevant measures laid down by that Decision should be transferred to the present Regulation and updated. The levels should be as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account that for physiological reasons certain species concentrate mercury more easily in their tissues than others.
(21) 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) is created during food processing under certain conditions. In particular, it may be produced during the manufacture of the savoury food ingredient "hydrolysed vegetable protein" that is produced through the acid hydrolysis method (acid-HVP). By adjusting production processes, a significant decrease of 3-MCPD in the abovementioned product has been achieved over the past years. Recently, several Member States have also reported high levels of 3-MCPD in certain samples of soy sauce. In order to enforce good manufacturing practice and to protect the health of consumers, maximum levels of 3-MCPD should be set. The SCF advised, in its opinion of 16 December 1994, which was confirmed on 12 June 1997, that 3-MCPD should be regarded as a genotoxic carcinogen and that residues of 3-MCPD in food products should be undetectable. Recently performed toxicological studies indicate that the substance acts as a non-genotoxic carcinogen in vivo.
(22) The maximum levels set in Annex I for 3-MCPD are based on the SCF opinion. The SCF will reevaluate the toxicity of 3-MCPD in the light of new studies. The adequacy of the maximum levels should be reconsidered as soon as the new SCF opinion is available. Member States are requested to examine other foodstuffs for the occurrence of 3-MCPD in order to consider the need to set maximum levels for additional foodstuffs.
(23) Any maximum level adopted at Community level will have to be reviewed regularly to take account of the advance of scientific and technical knowledge and improvements in manufacturing or agricultural practices with the objective of achieving steadily decreasing levels.
(24) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs,
1. The foodstuffs indicated in Annex I must not, when placed on the market, contain higher contaminant levels than those specified in that Annex.
2. The maximum levels specified in Annex I shall apply to the edible part of the foodstuffs mentioned.
3. The sampling and analysis methods applied shall be those specified in Annex I.
1. In the case of products, other than those mentioned under Article 4(1), which are dried, diluted, processed or composed of more than one ingredient, the maximum level applicable shall be that laid down in Annex I, taking into account respectively:
(a) changes of the concentration of the contaminant caused by drying or dilution processes,
(b) changes of the concentration of the contaminant caused by processing,
(c) the relative proportions of the ingredients in the product and
(d) the analytical limit of quantification.
The first subparagraph shall apply in so far as no specific maximum levels are fixed for these dried, diluted, processed or compound products.
2. The maximum levels specified in Annex I shall apply also to food intended for infants and young children covered by Directive 91/321/EEC and Directive 96/5/EC in so far as no stricter level has been set by national legislation for the specified food products, taking into account respectively, the changes of the concentration of the contaminant caused by drying, dilution or processing and the relative concentrations of the ingredients in the product. Specific maximum levels of contaminants for those foodstuffs shall be established by 5 April 2004 at the latest.
3. Without prejudice to Articles 3(1) and 4(3), it is prohibited to use products as food ingredients for the production of compound foodstuffs which do not comply with the maximum levels set in Annex I.
1. Member States may, where justified, authorise for a transitional period the placing on the market of fresh lettuces and fresh spinach, grown and intended for consumption in their territory, with nitrate levels higher than those set as maximum levels in points 1.1 and 1.3 of Annex I provided that codes of good agricultural practice are applied to achieve gradual progress towards the levels laid down in this Regulation.
Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Commission each year of steps taken to implement the first subparagraph.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission by 30 June of each year, the results of their monitoring and report on the measures taken and the progress made with regard to the application and improvement of codes of good agricultural practice to reduce nitrate levels in lettuce and spinach. This information shall also contain the data on which their codes of good agricultural practice are based.
3. The Member States, who do not apply paragraph 1, shall carry out the monitoring of nitrate levels in lettuce and spinach and apply good agricultural practices using means proportionate to the desired objective, the monitoring results obtained, particularly in the light of the risks and of experience gained.
1. The maximum limits of aflatoxins applicable to the products, as laid down in points 2.1.1.1 and 2.1.2.1 of Annex I shall also be applicable to processed products thereof in so far as no specific maximum limits are fixed for such processed products.
2. With regard to aflatoxins in products mentioned in point 2.1 of Annex I, it is prohibited:
(a) to mix products complying with the maximum levels laid down in Annex I with products exceeding these maximum levels or to mix products to be subjected to a sorting technique or physical treatment with products intended for direct human consumption or as an ingredient in foodstuffs,
(b) to use products which do not comply with the maximum levels laid down in points 2.1.1.1, 2.1.2.1 and 2.1.3 of Annex I as an ingredient for the manufacture of other foodstuffs,
(c) to detoxify products by chemical treatments.
3. Groundnuts, nuts and dried fruit not complying with the maximum levels of aflatoxins laid down in point 2.1.1.1 of Annex I and cereals not complying with the maximum levels laid down in point 2.1.2.1 can be placed on the market provided that these products:
(a) are not intended for direct human consumption or used as an ingredient in foodstuffs,
(b) comply with the maximum levels laid down in point 2.1.1.2 of Annex I for groundnuts and point 2.1.1.3 of Annex I for nuts and dried fruit,
(c) are subjected to a secondary treatment involving sorting or other physical treatments and that after this treatment the maximum limits laid down in points 2.1.1.1 and 2.1.2.1 of Annex I are not exceeded, and this treatment does not result in other harmful residues,
(d) are labelled clearly showing their destination, and bearing the indication "product must be subjected to sorting or other physical treatment to reduce aflatoxin contamination before human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs".
1. On the basis of the results of controls carried out by the Member States to check compliance with the maximum levels of nitrates laid down in section 1 of Annex I, the reports with regard to the application and improvement of codes of good agricultural practice to reduce nitrate levels and the evaluation of the data on which the Member States have based their good agricultural practice, the Commission shall proceed, every five years, and before 1 January 2002 for the first time, to a review of the maximum levels with the overall objective of reducing the said levels.
2. On the basis of new scientific data and the results of controls carried out by the Member States to check compliance with the maximum levels of heavy metals and 3-MCPD in sections 3 and 4 of Annex I, the Commission shall proceed, every five years, and before 5 April 2003 for the first time, to a review of the maximum levels with the overall objective of ensuring a high level of consumer health protection.
Regulation (EC) No 194/97 shall be repealed with effect from 5 April 2002.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 5 April 2002. Sections 3 (heavy metals) and 4 (3-MCPD) of Annex I shall not apply to products which have been lawfully placed on the Community market before this date.
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32010D0744 | 2010/744/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2009/026 NL/Noord Holland and Utrecht Division 18 from the Netherlands)
| 4.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 318/41
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 24 November 2010
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2009/026 NL/Noord Holland and Utrecht Division 18 from the Netherlands)
(2010/744/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(4) The Netherlands submitted an application on 30 December 2009 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in 79 enterprises operating in NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the two contiguous NUTS II regions Noord Holland (NL32) and Utrecht (NL31) and supplemented it with additional information up to 6 May 2010. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 2 266 625.
(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by the Netherlands,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 2 266 625 in commitment and payment appropriations.
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31997D0150 | 97/150/EC: Commission Decision of 24 February 1997 on the setting- up of a European consultative forum on the environment and sustainable development (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 24 February 1997 on the setting-up of a European consultative forum on the environment and sustainable development (Text with EEA relevance) (97/150/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas in the Resolution of 1 February 1993 on a Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development (1), the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council approved the approach and general strategy of the programme 'Towards Sustainability` presented by the Commission;
Whereas the programme provided for in the setting-up of a general consultative forum bringing together representatives from the sectors of production, the business world, regional and local authorities, professional associations, unions and environmental and consumer organizations;
Whereas Commission Decision 93/701/EC (2) set up a General Consultative Forum on the environment;
Whereas the Forum contained a balanced number of representatives from the various sectors concerned; whereas its members were appointed by the Commission in the light of recommendations from organizations representing each sector concerned at Community level;
Whereas the Forum has proved to be a successful body in advising the Commission on aspects of both sustainable development and environment policies;
Whereas the Forum has been a place of consultation and dialogue between the representatives of the said sectors and the Commission;
Whereas in the light of the success of the Forum in developing dialogue, there is a need to reinforce its public profile and to give it a more independent role;
Whereas it is appropriate to appoint an independent chairman and to change its title;
Whereas the problems of the environment require a higher degree of involvement of closely associated countries in Europe and there is therefore a need to make provision for the involvement of participants from EEA countries and the associated countries;
Whereas for reasons of clarity, Decision 93/701/EC should be replaced,
1. A European Consultative Forum on the Environment and Sustainable Development (hereinafter referred to as the 'Forum`) is set up.
2. The Forum shall consist of figures from the sectors of products, the business world, regional and local authorities, professional associations, unions and environmental protection and consumer organizations.
3. The Commission may appoint members of the Forum from EEA countries and associated countries.
1. The Forum may be consulted by the Commission on any problem relating to the environment and sustainable development in the Community or in Europe as a whole.
2. A member of the bureau of the Forum referred to in Article 7 (3) may draw the Commission's attention to the expediency of consulting the Forum on a matter within the latter's field of competence on which no opinion has been requested.
The Forum shall consist of 32 members with particular competence in the field of the environment and sustainable development. Seats shall be allocated as follows:
(a) seven to twelve seats for business figures;
(b) three to five seats for representatives from regional and local authorities;
(c) four to seven seats for representatives from environmental protection and consumer organizations;
(d) one to three seats for union representatives;
(e) seven to ten seats for eminent personalities.
Members of the Forum shall be appointed by the Commission, which shall take account of the recommendations made to it by the sectors referred to in Article 1 (2).
1. The term of office of a member of the Forum shall be four years. It may be renewed.
2. On expiry of the four-year period, members shall continue to perform their tasks until such time as they are replaced or re-appointed.
3. A member's term of office shall be terminated before the end of the four-year period in the event of resignation or death. He or she shall be replaced for the remainder of his or her term of office in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 4.
4. No remuneration shall be given in respect of the tasks performed by a member.
The Commission shall publish the list of members in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
1. The Commission shall designate the chairmen of the Forum from among the members of the Forum for a term of two years. That term may be renewed once.
2. The Forum shall elect two vice-chairmen from among its members for a term of two years. That term may be renewed once. Election shall be by a two thirds majority of members present.
3. The chairman and the vice-chairmen shall constitute the bureau. The bureau shall prepare and organize the work of the Forum.
1. The Forum may, on a proposal from one of its members or the Commission, invite any person having a particular competence in a matter included on the agenda to participate in its work as an expert.
2. Experts shall take part only in the deliberations on those items for which their presence is required.
The Forum may set up working parties.
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1. The Forum and the bureau shall meet at the seat of the Commission when convened by the chairman in agreement with the Commission.
2. Representatives from the relevant Commission departments shall take part in the meetings of the Forum, the bureau and the working parties, when requested by the chairman in agreement with the Commission.
3. The Commission shall provide the secretariat for the Forum, the bureau and the working parties.
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1. The Forum's deliberations shall deal with requests for opinions lodged by the Commission. They shall not be followed by a vote.
2. When requesting an opinion from the Forum, the Commission may set a deadline for delivery of the opinion.
3. The record of each meeting and positions adopted shall be sent to the Commission.
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Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 214 of the Treaty, members of the Forum shall be required not to divulge information of which they become aware through the work of the Forum or the working parties where the Commission indicates that an opinion requested or a question raised concerns a matter which is confidential.
In this event, only members of the Forum and the representatives of Commission departments shall attend the meetings.
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Decision 93/701/EC is hereby repealed.
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31990R2617 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2617/90 of 11 September 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2617/90
of 11 September 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community
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 7a (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1265/90 (4), provides for the granting of aid for concentrated butter obtained from butter or cream originating from the market and intended for direct consumption in the Community; whereas concentrated butter must be put up in sealed packs bearing one or more of the indications in Article 10 (3) of that Regulation; whereas, in view of national provisions on the description of foodstuffs, those indications do not cover all marketing possibilities and so should be supplemented;
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 provides for certain entries to be made on the T 5 control copy when packed concentrated butter is dispatched to be taken over by the retail trade in another Member State; whereas, to avoid any confusion, it should be specified that that document is to be issued and used in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2823/87 (5);
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 429/90 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the sixth indent of Article 10 (3) is replaced by the following:
'- "Beurre concentré - Règlement (CEE) no 429/90" or "beurre concentré pour la cuisine - Règlement (CEE) no 429/90" or "beurre concentré pour la cuisine et la pâtisserie - Règlement (CEE) no 429/90" or "beurre cuisinier - Règlement (CEE) no 429/90" or "beurre de cuisine - Règlement (CEE) no 429/90",';
2. the introductory sentence of Article 14 is replaced by the following:
'Where packed concentrated butter is dispatched to be taken over by the retail trade in another Member State, the necessary proof shall be furnished by production of the T 5 control copy issued and used in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2823/87 (*). Box 104 of the T 5 control copy shall carry one of the following entries:
(*) OJ No L 270, 23. 9. 1987, p. 1.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003R2296 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2296/2003 of 23 December 2003 derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2296/2003
of 23 December 2003
derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV(6) negotiations(1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of the consultations with Thailand pursuant to GATT Article XXIII(2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May 2004 should enable those countries to qualify for the tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98(3) under fair conditions compared with those applicable to the existing Member States. Economic operators in those countries must be given the possibility therefore of participating fully in those quotas upon accession.
(2) In order not to create disturbance on the market before and after 1 May 2004, the timetable for the tranches provided for in 2004 must be altered and the allocation of quantities adjusted without, however, altering the overall quantities provided for in the international agreements concluded in accordance with GATT Articles XXIII and XXIV(6), i.e. annual tariff quotas for imports of 63000 tonnes of semi-milled and wholly milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 at zero duty, 20000 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20 at a fixed duty of EUR 88 per tonne and 80000 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 with a reduction of EUR 28 per tonne in the import duty.
(3) The alterations and adjustments provided for in this Regulation must replace for 2004 the measures laid down in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
In derogation from Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 the annual tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation shall be opened, for 2004, for imports into the Community subject to the following conditions:
(a) 63000 tonnes of semi-milled and wholly milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 (quota serial No 09.4076) shall be allocated according to country of origin and tranches as follows:
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(b) 20000 tonnes of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20 (quota serial No 09.4077) shall be allocated according to country of origin and tranches as follows:
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(c) 80000 tonnes of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 (quota serial No 09.4078) shall be allocated according to country of origin and tranches as follows:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January to 31 December 2004.
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31973D0212 | 73/212/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 May 1973 relating to a procedure under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/791 - Société Commerciale des Potasses et de l'Azote (SCPA) - Kali und Salz (formerly VDK) and ex-1373-1374- 1498-1499-1500) (Only the German and French texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 11 May 1973 relating to a procedure under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/791 - Société Commerciale des Potasses et de l'Azote (SCPA) - Kali und Salz (formerly VDK) and ex - 1373 - 1374 - 1498 - 1499 - 1500) (Only the French and German texts are authentic) (73/212/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 85 thereof;
Having regard to Regulation No 17 (1) of 6 February 1962, and in particular Articles 1, 3 and 5 thereof;
Having regard to the notification (IV/791) pursuant to Article 5 (1) of Regulation No 17, submitted on 22 October 1962 by GmbH Verkaufsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kaliwerke (VDK), Hannover (Federal Republic of Germany), and by the S.à.r.l. Société Commerciale des Potasses d'Alsace (SCPA), Paris (France), in respect of the cooperation agreement concluded verbally between these companies for the purpose inter alia of coordinating the commercial and industrial activities of the French and German potassium salts producers;
Having regard to the notifications (IV/ex- 1373 and 1499) submitted on 25 January 1963 by SCPA and VDK in respect of the exclusive sales agreements concluded verbally by each of these two companies with the Nederlandsche Kali-Import Maatschappij (NKIM), Amsterdam (Netherlands), and the notifications (IV/ex- 1374 and 1500) submitted on the same date in respect of similar agreements, the one concluded between SCPA and the Comptoir général des sels et engrais potassiques S.A. (Cogépotasse), Brussels, and the other between VDK and the Compagnie belge des engrais potassiques S.A. (Belcopotasse), likewise Brussels;
Having regard to the notification (IV/ex- 1498) submitted on 25 January 1963 by VDK in respect of the agreement whereby that company appointed SCPA its distributor in France;
Having, in accordance with Article 19 (1) of Regulation No 17 and with the provisions of Regulation No 99/63/EEC (2), on 13 July 1971 heard the authorized representatives of SCPA and of Kali und Salz, the latter being, as explained below, the legal successor to VDK;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Monopolies, obtained pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation No 17, on 22 March 1972;
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WHEREAS:
The aforesaid Verkaufsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kaliwerke GmbH (VDK) was at the time of the notification the joint sales agency for the eight German producers of potassium salts, who were grouped together as the Gemeinschaft Deutscher Kalierzeuger, and consisted of the following: 1. Vereinigte Kaliwerke Salzdetfurth AG, Bad Salzdetfurth/Hanover,
2. Bergwerksgesellschaft Mariaglück GmbH, Höfer,
3. Wintershall AG, Celle/Kassel,
4. Gewerkschaft Wintershall, Celle,
5. Burbach-Kaliwerke AG, Kassel,
6. Kali-Chemie AG, Hanover,
7. Gewerkschaft Baden, Buggingen,
8. Gewerkschaft Markgräfler, Buggingen.
As a result of various reorganizations and mergers between 1967 and 1970 all the undertakings above listed, with the exception of Kali-Chemie AG, which belongs to the Belgian Solvay Group, were merged in a single company, Kali und Salz AG (Kassel), which is the successor to VDK and which was wound up on 31 December 1970.
Kali-Chemie has appointed Kali and Salz as agent for sales of the bulk of its production of potassium (1)OJ No 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62. (2)OJ No 127, 20.8.1963, p. 2268/63.
salts, both domestic and export ; in view of the low-volume imports of potassium salts into the Federal Republic of Germany, Kali und Salz may be regarded as holding a de facto monopoly in that country of sales of that product.
By letter of 15 January 1971 Kali und Salz informed the Commission that it had also succeeded VDK as party to the agreement with SCPA notified on 22 October 1962 on 1 January 1971.
The Société commerciale des potasses et de l'azote, which, following a regrouping in 1967, became the legal successor to the Société commerciale des potasses d'Alsace, has a monopoly by law of sales of potassium salts in France, including export and import sales of these products.
The agreement in question establishes close cooperation between SCPA and Kali und Salz, both at the commercial and at the industrial level, and involves, in particular, joint decisions on the quantities and qualities of salts to be exported by each company and coordination of deliveries and distribution of the products of both the companies on the world market and in particular within the common market.
Thus, SCPA and Kali und Salz, working on the basis of tonnages available, the state of the order books and information from their distributors as to the quantities and qualities of salts likely to be sold, coordinate their delivery programmes in the light of production capacity and stocks for the various qualities of salts and decide, yearly, by joint agreement what tonnage each shall export after satisfying the requirements of its own domestic market.
Moreover, the undertakings concerned have appointed joint selling agencies to distribute their products in the Netherlands and in Italy, namely : Nederlandsche Kali-Import Maatschappij (Amsterdam) and Sali Potassici (Milan) (a company). Since there were certain difficulties in appointing a single distributor for Belgium, each undertaking appointed its own distributor for the Belgo-Luxembourg market, with Cogépotasse (Brussels) acting for SCPA and Belcopotasse for VDK, now succeeded by Kali und Salz. Nevertheless, Cogépotasse and Belcopotasse maintain extremely close trading links, exchange information and coordinate their sales activities on the Belgo-Luxembourg market.
VDK (now Kali und Salz) appointed SCPA, which has the monopoly on imports, the distributor of its products in France, while the latter has for its part appointed the German company Henri Vallette (Hanover) its agent for the distribution of French products in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The capital of the distributing companies, sole dealers or agents of SCPA and Kali und Salz is held either wholly or in part by the same financial groups, whose interests are closely linked to those of the French and German potassium industries. Moreover, the entire capital of Henri Vallette, the agent for SCPA, is held by Kali-Union Verwaltungsgesellschaft, a subsidiary of Kali und Salz.
The distributors in Benelux and Italy apply the same prices and the same conditions of sale to the same kinds of potassium salts whatever their origin, including in particular those from SCPA and from Kali und Salz.
II
The cooperation agreement in respect of distribution described above, in so far as it involves or causes joint fixing of the quantities and qualities of potassium products to be exported by each undertaking and the coordination of deliveries and distribution within the common market of products from the two undertakings, constitutes a restriction on competition, in that it limits, to a material degree, the freedom of action of the two undertakings concerned as suppliers of the products in question, has the effect of unifying prices and conditions of sale of these products, and prevents each undertaking from taking normal steps, should the occasion arise, to manufacture products already supplied by the other.
In particular, the undertakings in question have appointed the same sole dealer in the Netherlands and the same sole agent in Italy to distribute their products in those countries. The appointment in these two cases of the same distributor by two normally competing undertakings of the size of VDK (now Kali und Salz) and SCPA necessarily implies agreement on their part not to compete on the markets in question. This joint appointment must therefore be regarded as the effect of a concerted practice between the two undertakings with a view to preventing or restricting competition between themselves in the Netherlands and in Italy.
A similar argument applies to the appointment by SCPA of Henri Vallette as its agent for the distribution of French products in the Federal Republic of Germany since, as explained above, the capital of that company is held by the Kali-Union Verwaltungsgesellschaft, which at the time of the appointment was itself a dependent company of the members of the VDK group, its capital being held by those member companies. It is thus virtually inconceivable that Henri Vallette could conduct a sales policy on the German market running counter to the interests of the group to which it belonged. This appointment, therefore, also implied a concerted intention on the part of SCPA and the association of German potassium producers, represented by VDK, not to compete and was thus also based from the start on a concerted practice between those undertakings. The member companies of VDK subsequently merged to form Kali und Salz, which holds the entire capital of Kali-Union Verwaltungsgesellschaft. This new situation could only be to place Henri Vallette, as a subsidiary of Kali-Union Verwaltungsgesellschaft, under still closer and more direct control. The concerted practice as found above must, therefore, be regarded as having been continued between SCPA and Kali und Salz.
It is, furthermore, inconceivable that the parties could coordinate deliveries without passing information to each other concerning, in particular, the state of stocks, current production, production forecasts, orders received, and forecasts of trends in demand. Such exchange of information constitutes the means for carrying out the cooperation in question and thus likewise comes within the prohibition laid down in Article 85 (1). Further, such exchange leads in practice to joint planning of production and to market sharing, both of which are likewise contrary to Article 85 (1).
The cooperation agreement described above and the concerted practices supplementing it may affect trade between Member States, in that they directly influence trade flows between those states in such a way as might prejudice the realization of the objectives of a single market.
The agreement and concerted practices in question between SCPA and Kali und Salz thus fall within the terms of the prohibition laid down in Article 85 (1) of the EEC Treaty.
The undertakings concerned have argued, in support of their application under Article 85 (3), that as a result of their cooperation agreement, demand is being satisfied under optimum conditions, since the agreement: (i) enables a wider range of products to be made available to consumers than SCPA and Kali und Salz would be able to offer acting separately,
(ii) increases security of supply for consumers where one undertaking alone might find it impossible to provide the goods required, and
(iii) allows deliveries to be more closely adjusted to the particular requirements of demand.
In reply to the argument that the agreement makes a wider range of products available to consumers and increases security of supply, it should be pointed out that an increasing proportion of the tonnage produced is being delivered to large-scale manufacturers of compound fertilizers, who are well able to go direct to SCPA, Kali und Salz, or other suppliers for the varieties and quantities they require. As regards deliveries to other consumers, there are a sufficient number of middlemen on the market capable of supplying the whole range of SCPA and Kali und Salz products and of procuring, where required, from one of the two companies any quantity which the other might be unable to supply.
The undertakings concerned have failed to show, nor is it established from the evidence obtained, that the effect of the agreement, in so far as it involves coordination of deliveries, is to adjust such deliveries more closely to the particular requirements of demand. In any event, the size of the undertakings is such as to enable them to make such adjustments individually, while the many middlemen on this market are also capable of making such adjustments.
The undertakings have further argued in support of their application that their cooperation agreement, by making it unnecessary for each of them to manufacture the full range of products in demand, thus allows them to concentrate production and thereby to sell their own products at lower prices. However, in view of the favourable supply situation as outlined above, there is no reason to suppose that, were each undertaking acting on its own, it would be obliged, under pressure of its customers' requirements, to manufacture products whose cost of production would either in itself be excessive or would have an unfavourable effect on the undertaking's prices.
In these circumstances it is clear that the cooperation agreement and the concerted practices supplementing it contribute no improvement either to distribution or to production, nor has the agreement resulted in any technical or economic progress;
There are accordingly no grounds for declaring Article 85 (1) inapplicable pursuant to Article 85 (3) to the cooperation agreement and concerted practices between SCPA and Kali und Salz, successor to VDK.
The said agreement and concerted practices therefore constitute a breach of Article 85 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and an order for their termination must be made.
The exclusive sales agreements concluded by SCPA and VDK with Nederlandsche Kali-Import Maatschappij, Cogépotasse and Belcopotasse and that concluded by SCPA and VDK between themselves are closely connected with the said cooperation agreement and concerted practices, as a result of which they possess a scope and effects which, taken in isolation, they would lack. It would therefore be premature to rule on these agreements as long as the cooperation agreement between SCPA and Kali und Salz and the concerted practices arising therefrom are still in being.
The verbal agreement for commercial and industrial cooperation concluded between SCPA and VDK, of which the latter, Kali und Salz, is the successor, to the extent that its objects or effects are the joint determination of the quantities and qualities of potash products to be exported by each of the undertakings concerned, and the coordination of their delivery programmes and of the distribution of the products from these two sources within the common market, together with the concerted practices by which these same undertakings have appointed joint distributors in the Netherlands and Italy, and the concerted practice by which SCPA has appointed to represent it in the Federal Republic of Germany an undertaking wholly controlled by its main competitor, Kali und Salz, constitute infringements of Article 85 of the Treaty establishing the EEC.
The application by SCPA and VDK (now Kali und Salz) for exemption under Article 85 (3) in respect of the agreement and the concerted practices referred to in Article 1 is refused.
SCPA and Kali und Salz shall: 1. terminate the cooperation agreement referred to in Article 1, and in particular all exchange of information in respect of distribution and production;
2. cease selling in the Netherlands and in Italy through a joint distributor.
SCPA shall cease distributing its products in the Federal Republic of Germany through the agency of the Henri Vallette company or through any other undertaking directly or indirectly controlled by Kali und Salz.
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31980R1993 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1993/80 of 22 July 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of replanting
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1993/80 of 22 July 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of replanting
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the object of Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 (4) is to encourage producers to reduce Community wine-growing potential, in particular by granting temporary or permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas ; whereas, except in the case of certain areas, application of the system of the aforementioned premiums is on 1 September 1980;
Whereas, in the Community, the two production areas for wines suitable for producing certain spirits obtained by distilling wine and with a registered designation of origin are facing special problems ; whereas the production of such wines usually exceeds the quantities necessary for the production of the spirits in question ; whereas disposal of the wines in question on the table wine market is often very difficult and threatens, moreover, seriously to disturb that market;
Whereas Council Directive 79/359/EEC of 26 March 1979 on the programme to speed up the conversion of certain areas under vines in the Charentes departments (5), already applies ; whereas a solution to the aforementioned special problems is therefore foreseeable in those departments;
Whereas, however, in the delimited production area of spirits obtained by distilling wine and with the designation "Armagnac", the same difficulties exist ; whereas it is therefore essential to provide, in that production area and solely in the case of those wine-grape vine varieties permitted for the production of those spirits, for the prior application of the system of temporary abandonment premiums as from the current wine-growing year;
Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 is replaced by the following text:
"Article 18
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1980.
2. This Regulation shall apply with effect from 1 September 1980.
However, it shall apply with effect from 1 March 1980 as regards: - the renunciation premium referred to in Title II,
- the temporary abandonment premium referred to in Title I in the case of applications for the granting of premiums submitted during the 1979/80 wine-growing year for areas eligible for a special conversion premium under the programme referred to in Directive 78/627/EEC,
- the temporary abandonment premium referred to in Title I in the case of application for the granting of premiums submitted during the 1979/80 wine-growing year for areas of the departments of Gers, Landes and Lot-et-Garonne situated in the delimited production area for spirits attained by distilling wine and with the registered designation of origin "Armagnac" and planted with the wine-grape vine varieties permitted for the production of such spirits.
3. By way of derogation from Article 3 and as regards the temporary abandonment premium referred to in the second indent of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article, for the period from 1 March to 31 August 1980: - the date referred to in the first indent of Article 3 (1) is replaced by "1 May 1980",
- the date referred to in the first indent of Article 3 (2) is replaced by "1 June 1980".
By way of derogation from Article 3 and as regards the temporary abandonment premium referred to (1)OJ No C 135, 6.6.1980, p. 4. (2)Opinion delivered on 11 July 1980 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3)Opinion delivered on 3 July 1980 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (4)OJ No L 57, 29.2.1980, p. 16. (5)OJ No L 85, 5.4.1979, p. 34. in the third indent of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article, for the period from 1 March to 31 August 1980: - the date referred to in the first indent of Article 3 (1) is replaced by "11 August 1980",
- the date referred to in the first indent of Article 3 (2) is replaced by "31 August 1980"."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1980.
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32012D0189 | 2012/189/EU: Council Decision of 26 March 2012 on the conclusion of the International Cocoa Agreement 2010
| 12.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 March 2012
on the conclusion of the International Cocoa Agreement 2010
(2012/189/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(3) and (4), in conjunction with Article 218(6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) On 25 June 2010 the negotiating conference, established under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, approved the text of the International Cocoa Agreement 2010 (‘the Agreement’).
(2) The Agreement was negotiated to replace the International Cocoa Agreement 2001 (‘the 2001 Agreement’), which has been extended until 30 September 2012.
(3) The Agreement is open for signature from 1 October 2010 until 30 September 2012 and the instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval may be deposited during the same period.
(4) The aims of the Agreement fall under the common commercial policy.
(5) The European Union is a party to the 2001 Agreement, and the signature of the Agreement and the deposit of its instrument of provisional application have already been authorised by Council Decision 2011/634/EU (1). It is therefore in the interest of the Union to conclude the Agreement,
The International Cocoa Agreement 2010 (‘the Agreement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union (2).
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, deposit the acts provided for in Article 54 of the Agreement (3).
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32007D0584 | 2007/584/EC: Commission Decision of 21 August 2007 amending Decision 2004/558/EC implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Community trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and the approval of the eradication programmes presented by certain Member States (notified under document number C(2007) 3905) (Text with EEA relevance )
| 24.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 219/37
COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 August 2007
amending Decision 2004/558/EC implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Community trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and the approval of the eradication programmes presented by certain Member States
(notified under document number C(2007) 3905)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/584/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State, which has a compulsory national control programme for one of the contagious diseases listed in Annex E(II) to that Directive, may submit its programme to the Commission for approval. That Article also provides for the definition of the additional guarantees which may be required in intra-Community trade.
(2) In addition, Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC provides that where a Member State considers that its territory or part thereof is free from one of the diseases listed in Annex E(II) to that Directive, it is to present appropriate supporting documentation to the Commission. That Article also provides for the definition of the additional guarantees which may be required in intra-Community trade.
(3) Commission Decision 2004/558/EC of 15 July 2004 implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Community trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and the approval of the eradication programmes presented by certain Member States (2) approves the programmes for the control and eradication of the infection with the bovine herpesvirus type 1 (‘BHV1’) presented by the Member States listed in Annex I to that Decision for the regions listed in that Annex, and for which additional guarantees for BHV1 apply in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EEC.
(4) In addition, Annex II to Decision 2004/558/EC lists the regions of the Member States that are considered free of BHV1 infection and for which additional guarantees apply in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC. Annex III to Decision 2004/558/EC defines BHV1-free holdings.
(5) At present, all regions of Germany are listed in Annex I to Decision 2004/558/EC. Germany has now submitted documentation in support of its application to declare a part of its territory free of BHV1 infection and provided rules for the national movement of bovine animals within and into this part of its territory. Accordingly, Germany has requested the application of the additional guaranties, in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC, for the administrative units of Regierungsbezirke Oberpfalz and Oberfranken in the federal state of Bavaria.
(6) Following the evaluation of the application submitted by Germany, it is appropriate that those two BHV1-free administrative units in Germany be listed in Annex II to Decision 2004/558/EC and to extend the application of the additional guaranties established in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC to them. Annexes I and II to Decision 2004/558/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) Italy has submitted the programmes for eradicating BHV1 infection in the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and in the Autonomous Province of Trento. Those programmes comply with the criteria set out in Article 9(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC. Those programmes also provide for rules for the national movement of bovine animals within and into those regions which are equivalent to those previously implemented in the Province of Bolzano in Italy, which were successful in eradicating the disease in that Province.
(8) The programmes presented by Italy for those two Regions, and the additional guarantees presented in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EEC, should be approved. Annex I to Decision 2004/558/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9) The European Food Safety Authority has delivered an opinion on the ‘Definition of a BoHV-1-free animal and a BoHV-1-free holding, and the procedures to verify and maintain this status’ (3). It is appropriate to take into account certain recommendations of that opinion. Annex III to Decision 2004/558/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(10) In the interests of clarity of Community legislation, Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2004/558/EC should be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2004/558/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
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32002R0433 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 433/2002 of 8 March 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 on the purchase of beef under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 433/2002
of 8 March 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 on the purchase of beef under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 of 3 April 2001 on special market support measures in the beef sector(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2595/2001(4), and in particular Article 2(2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 provides in its Article 2(2) in particular for the opening or the suspension of tendering for purchase of beef depending on the average market prices for the reference class during the two most recent weeks with price quotations preceding the tender.
(2) The application of Article 2 referred to above results in the opening of purchase by tender in a number of Member States. Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/2001(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 342/2002(6), on the purchase of beef under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(3) Since this Regulation should be applied immediately it is necessary to provide for its entry into force on the day of its publication,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2002.
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32008R1100 | Regulation (EC) No 1100/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the elimination of controls performed at the frontiers of Member States in the field of road and inland waterway transport (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 14.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 304/63
REGULATION (EC) No 1100/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 22 October 2008
on the elimination of controls performed at the frontiers of Member States in the field of road and inland waterway transport
(Codified version)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 4060/89 of 21 December 1989 on the elimination of controls performed at the frontiers of Member States in the field of road and inland waterway transport (3) has been substantially amended (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.
(2) Achieving freedom to provide services in the field of transport is an important element of the common transport policy under the Treaty. Consequently, it is the aim of that policy to increase the fluidity of movement of the different means of transport within the Community.
(3) Pursuant to existing Community and national legislation in the field of road and inland waterway transport, Member States perform checks, verifications and inspections relating to technical characteristics, authorisations and other documentation that vehicles and inland waterway vessels must comply with. These checks, verifications and inspections continue in general to be justified in order to avoid disturbances to the organisation of the transport market and to ensure road and inland waterway safety.
(4) Under existing Community legislation, Member States are free to organise and perform the aforementioned checks, verifications and inspections where they so wish.
(5) Such checks, verifications and inspections may be performed with equal efficacy throughout the territory of the Member States concerned and crossing the frontier should not therefore be a pretext for carrying out such operations,
This Regulation applies to controls performed by Member States pursuant to Community or national law in the fields of road and inland waterway transport carried out using means of transport registered or put into circulation in a Member State.
For the purpose of this Regulation:
(a) ‘frontier’ means either an internal frontier within the Community or an external frontier, where carriage between Member States involves crossing a third country;
(b) ‘control’ means any check, inspection, verification or formality performed at the frontiers of Member States by the national authorities which signifies a stop or a restriction on the free movement of the vehicles or vessels concerned.
The controls referred to in Annex I, and performed pursuant to Community or national law in the fields of road and inland waterway transport between Member States, shall not be performed as frontier controls but solely as part of the normal control procedures applied in a non-discriminatory fashion throughout the territory of a Member State.
As and when necessary, the Commission shall propose amendments to Annex I to take account of technological developments in the field covered by this Regulation.
Regulation (EEC) No 4060/89, as amended by the Regulation listed in Annex II, is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31985R0227 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 227/85 of 29 January 1985 repealing the definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of upright pianos originating in the Soviet Union
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 227/85
of 29 January 1985
repealing the definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of upright pianos originating in the Soviet Union
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Having regard to the Commission proposal submitted after consultations within the Advisory Committee established by the abovementioned Regulation,
Whereas,
A. Definitive duty
(1) By Regulation (EEC) No 2236/82 (2) the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of upright pianos falling within subheading 92.01 A I of the Common Customs Tariff corresponding to NIMEXE code 92.01-12, originating in the Soviet Union.
B. Review
(2) The Soviet exporter of the products in question, Raznoexport, Moscow, asked the Commission to review the definitive anti-dumping duty.
C. Undertaking
(3) The Soviet exporter offered an undertaking to charge voluntarily a minimum export price.
(4) The Commission considered that this undertaking should eliminate the dumping and the resulting injury caused to the Community industry by the exports in question. After consultations, it accordingly adopted Decision 84/638/EEC (3) accepting the undertaking given by the Soviet exporter, which took effect on 1 January 1985.
D. Repeal of definitive anti-dumping duty
(5) The Council, therefore, considers that the definitive anti-dumping duty is no longer required to protect the Community interest. Consequently, Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2236/82 should be repealed.
(6) Definitive anti-dumping duties collected from 1 January 1985, the date on which the undertaking took effect, should be reimbursed.
Regulation (EEC) No 2236/82 is hereby repealed.
Definitive anti-dumping duties collected as from 1 January 1985 pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2236/82 shall be reimbursed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32013R0200 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 200/2013 of 8 March 2013 approving the active substance ametoctradin, 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
| 9.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 67/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 200/2013
of 8 March 2013
approving the active substance ametoctradin, 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 Article 13(2) and Article 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 ametoctradin the conditions of Article 80(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are fulfilled by Commission Decision 2009/535/EC (3).
(2) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC the Netherlands received on 26 September 2008 an application from BASF SE for the inclusion of the active substance ametoctradin in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Decision 2009/535/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 15 September 2009.
(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 ametoctradin (4) on 18 October 2012. 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 was finalised on 1 February 2013 in the format of the Commission review report for ametoctradin.
(5) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing ametoctradin 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 ametoctradin.
(6) 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.
(7) 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 ametoctradin. 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.
(8) 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.
(9) 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.
(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,
Approval of active substance
The active substance ametoctradin, 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 ametoctradin as an active substance by 31 January 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 ametoctradin 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 31 July 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 ametoctradin as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 January 2015 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing ametoctradin as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 31 January 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 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 August 2013.
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32007R0095 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 95/2007 of 31 January 2007 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 February 2007
| 1.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 25/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 95/2007
of 31 January 2007
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 February 2007
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 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, 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) Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3) Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 February 2007, and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,
From 1 February 2007, 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 contained in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2007.
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31979D0833 | 79/833/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 September 1979 laying down, for the purposes of the survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1979/80, the Community outline of the schedule of tables, the standard code and the detailed rules for the transcription on to magnetic tape of the data contained in such tables
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 September 1979 laying down, for the purposes of the survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1979/80, the Community outline of the schedule of tables, the standard code and the detailed rules for the transcription on to magnetic tape of the data contained in such tables (79/833/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 218/78 of 19 December 1977 on the organization of a survey on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1979/80 (1), and in particular Articles 7 and 9 (a) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 218/78, Member States are to set out the results of the survey in the form of a schedule of tables drawn up in accordance with a Community outline ; whereas such outline is to be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of the said Regulation;
Whereas the Community schedule of tables must now be laid down in order to enable the Member States to complete the programme within the time limits specified ; whereas there is to be added to such schedule later, after analysis of the results of the 1975 structure survey, a number of tables forming an integral part of the Community schedule of tables provided for in Article 7 of the said Regulation and to be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of the said Regulation;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 218/78, Member States are to transcribe the results referred to in Article 8 of the said Regulation on to magnetic tape in accordance with a program which is standard for all Member States ; whereas the method and program of transcription are also to be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of the said Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics,
The Community outline of the schedule of tables for the 1979/80 structure survey is set out in Annex 1.
The standard code and the method of transcription on to magnetic tape of the results referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 218/78 are set out in Annexes 2, 3 and 4.
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32002R1388 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1388/2002 of 30 July 2002 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1388/2002
of 30 July 2002
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1307/2002(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1349/2002(4).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1307/2002 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1307/2002 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2002.
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31990R1191 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1191/90 of 7 May 1990 fixing, for the 1990/91 marketing year, the monthly increases in the activating threshold price, the guide price and the minimum price for peas and field beans
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1191/90
of 7 May 1990
fixing, for the 1990/91 marketing year, the monthly increases in the activating threshold price, the guide price and the minimum price for peas and field beans
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 1431/82 of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1104/88 (2), and in particular Article 2a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Whereas, under Article 2a of Regulation (EEC) N° 1431/82, the amounts by which the activating threshold price, the guide price and the minimum price for peas and field beans respectively are increased each month as from the beginning of the third month of the marketing year should be fixed and the number of months during which these increases are applied should be determined for the 1990/91 marketing year;
Whereas these increases, equal for each of the months, must be fixed bearing in mind the average storage costs and the level of interest rates recorded in the Community; whereas the average storage costs should be established on the basis of the cost of warehousing in appropriate premises and the handling costs necessary for proper preservation; whereas interest may be calculated on the basis of the rate considered as normal for the regions of production,
1. For the 1990/91 marketing year, the amount of the monthly increases in the guide price and the minimum price for peas and field beans shall be fixed at ECU 0,158 per 100 kilograms.
2. The increases referred to in paragraph 1 shall be applied in accordance with the table in the Annex hereto.
1. For the 1990/91 marketing year, the amount of the monthly increases in the activating threshold price for
peas and field beans shall be fixed at ECU 0,35 per 100 kilograms.
2. The increases referred to in paragraph 1 shall be applied in accordance with the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1990.
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32003R1510 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1510/2003 of 27 August 2003 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 730000 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1510/2003
of 27 August 2003
opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 730000 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular Article 5(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 of 28 July 1993 laying down the procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2003(4), provides in particular that cereals held by intervention agencies are to be sold by tendering procedure at prices preventing market disturbance.
(2) Germany still has intervention stocks of rye.
(3) Because of the difficult weather conditions in much of the Community, cereals production has been significantly reduced in the 2003/2004 marketing year. This situation has resulted in high prices locally, causing particular difficulties for livestock holdings and the feedingstuffs industry, which are finding it hard to obtain supplies at competitive prices.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to make stocks of rye held by the German intervention agency available on the internal market, which had earlier been destined for export under Commission Regulation (EC) No 864/2003(5), with a view to its use on the internal market in animal feed, and to repeal that Regulation.
(5) In order to ensure that the rye really is processed, the procedure should be specially monitored and the successful tenderer should provide a security, to be released on conditions to be laid down.
(6) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96(7), lays down common detailed rules for verifying the use of products from intervention.
(7) In order to ensure sound management of the quantities awarded, provision should be made for an award coefficient for tenders offering the minimum sale price.
(8) When the German intervention agency notifies the Commission, the tenderers should remain anonymous.
(9) With a view to modernising management, the information required by the Commission should be sent by electronic mail.
(10) The Management Committee for Cereals has not issued an opinion by the time limit laid down by its Chairman,
1. The German intervention agency shall open a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 730000 tonnes of rye held by it, with a view to processing into animal feed.
2. The regions in which the rye is stored are listed in Annex I hereto.
The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.
However, notwithstanding the above Regulation:
(a) tenders shall be drawn up on the basis of the actual quality of the lot to which they apply;
(b) the minimum selling price shall be set at a level which does not disturb the cereals market.
Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by:
(a) proof that the tenderer has lodged a tender security which, notwithstanding Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, shall be set at EUR 10 per tonne;
(b) a written undertaking from the tenderer to use the cereals to feed animals or to incorporate it into animal feed before 30 April 2004 and to lodge a security of EUR 30 per tonne no later than two working days after the day on which the declaration of award of the tender is received;
(c) a commitment to keep stock accounts enabling verification that the rye has indeed been incorporated into animal feed.
1. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first partial tendering procedure shall be 18 September 2003 at 09.00 (Brussels time).
2. The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial tendering procedures shall be each Thursday at 09.00 (Brussels time).
3. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last partial tendering procedure shall be 18 December 2003 at 09.00 (Brussels time).
Tenders must be lodged with the German intervention agency: Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
(BLE)
Adickesallee 40 D - 60322 Frankfurt am Main ( Telex: 4-11475, 4-16044 ).
The German intervention agency shall send the Commission the proposals received, no later than two hours after the expiry of the time limit for submitting tenders. They must be sent in accordance with the model and to the electronic address contained in Annex II hereto.
The Commission shall set the minimum selling price or decide not to award any quantities. In the event that tenders are submitted for the same lot and for a quantity larger than that available, the Commission may fix this price separately for each lot.
Where tenders are made at the minimum selling price, the Commission may fix an award coefficient for the quantities offered at the same time as it fixes the minimum selling price.
The Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1766/92.
1. The security referred to in Article 3(1)(a) shall be released:
(a) if no award is made;
(b) if the selling price is paid within the period set and the security referred to in Article 3(1)(b) has been lodged.
2. The security referred to in Article 3(b) shall be released in proportion to the quantities used in animal feed in the Community by 30 April 2004.
3. Proof that the rye has been incorporated into animal feed as referred to in this Regulation shall be provided in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.
In addition to the particulars provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of the control copy T5 shall refer, where appropriate, to the undertaking provided for in Article 3(b) and bear one or more of the following entries:
- Destinados a la transformación prevista en el Reglamento (CE) n° 1510/2003
- Til forarbejdning som fastsat i forordning (EF) nr. 1510/2003
- Zur Verarbeitung gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1510/2003 bestimmt
- Προορίζονται για μεταποίηση του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1510/2003
- For processing provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1510/2003
- Destinés à la transformation prévue au règlement (CE) n° 1510/2003
- Destinati alla trasformazione prevista dal regolamento (CE) n. 1510/2003
- Bestemd om te worden verwerkt overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 1510/2003
- Para a transformação prevista no Regulamento (CE) n.o 1510/2003
- Tarkoitettu asetuksen (EY) N:o 1510/2003 liitteessä ... säädettyyn jalostukseen
- För bearbetning enligt förordning (EG) nr 1510/2003.
Regulation (EC) No 864/2003 is hereby repealed.
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31991R1709 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1709/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the aid for small producers of certain arable crops sown in the 1991/92 marketing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1709/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the aid for small producers of certain arable crops sown in the 1991/92 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1346/90 of 14 May 1990 instituting aid for small producers of certain arable crops (1), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the aim of the aid for small producers of certain arable crops is to alleviate the effects of the stabilizers on the income of the small producers in question; whereas the natural conditions prevailing in mountain and hill areas and in the less-favoured areas of the Community contribute towards a lower average income for the producers in the areas concerned than that for producers in the rest of the Community; whereas account should be taken of this when
the aid is fixed; whereas, to that end, the aid should be maintained at the same level,
For areas sown in the 1991/92 marketing year, the aid provided for in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1346/90 shall be:
- ECU 50 per hectare in mountain and hill areas and in the less-favoured areas referred to in Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain- and hill-farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (6),
- ECU 30 per hectare in the rest of the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1991.
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31984R3339 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3339/84 of 27 November 1984 on the application of Decision No 1/84 of the EEC- Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit - Decision No 1/84 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit- of 25 October 1984 amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3339/84
of 27 November 1984
on the application of Decision No 1/84 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit
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 16 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit (1) empowers the Joint Committee set up under that Agreement to adopt decisions making certain amendments to the Agreement;
Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to extend the validity of Decisions No 2/78 (2) and No 2/79 (3) until 31 December 1986;
Whereas that extension is the subject of Decision No 1/84 of the Joint Committee; whereas it is necessary to take the measures required to implement the abovementioned Decision,
Decision No 1/84 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of rules on Community transit shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32011R1376 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1376/2011 of 20 December 2011 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Mongeta del Ganxet (PDO))
| 23.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 343/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1376/2011
of 20 December 2011
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Mongeta del Ganxet (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Spain’s application to register the name ‘Mongeta del Ganxet’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31987R1351 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1351/87 of 15 May 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1351/87
of 15 May 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 of 29 October 1975 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3494/86 (2), and in particular Articles 2, 3 and 17 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3759/85 (4), contains the provisions required for the implementation of certain rules for the production and marketing of hatching eggs and chicks;
Whereas these provisions should be adapted in accordance with the recent amendments of Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 as regards the marking of eggs for hatching, used for chick production; whereas these rules should take due account of the different situations in the various Member States, in seeking the most economic methods to be used for marking eggs, while ensuring that controls will be adequate and effective and avoiding distortion of competition;
Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
Regulation (EEC) No 1868/77 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'Article 2
(1) The individual marking of eggs for hatching, used for chick production, shall be carried out at the producer establishment which shall print its distinguishing number on the eggs. The letters and figures shall be indicated in indelible black ink at least 2 mm high and 1 mm wide.
(2) Member States may exceptionally authorize the marking of eggs for hatching in a different manner from that presented in paragraph 1, provided that it be in black, indelible, clearly visible, and at least 10 mm2 in area. Such marking shall be carried out prior to insertion into the incubator, either at a producer establishment, or at a hatchery.
Packs or containers of any type in which these eggs are transported shall bear the distinguishing number of the producer establishment.
Member States exercising this power shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof and shall communicate to them the provisions made to that end.
(3) Only eggs for hatching marked according either to paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 may be transported or traded between Member States.'
2. In Article 3, the words 'and tapes' are deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1987.
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31998R0795 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/98 of 15 April 1998 laying down detailed rules governing the grant of private storage aid for Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 795/98 of 15 April 1998 laying down detailed rules governing the grant of private storage aid for Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 9(3) and 28 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 508/71 of 8 March 1971 laying down general rules on private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses (3) permits the granting of private storage aid for sheep's milk cheeses requiring at least six months for maturing where a serious market imbalance could be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage;
Whereas the seasonal nature of Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheese production results in the building up of stocks which are difficult to sell and which risk causing a lowering of prices; whereas seasonal storage should therefore be introduced for the quantities to improve the situation and allow producers time to find outlets for their cheese;
Whereas the detailed rules of this measure should determine the maximum quantity to benefit from it as well as the duration of the contracts in relation to the real requirements of the market and the keeping qualities of the cheeses in question; whereas it is necessary to specify the terms of the storage contract so as to enable the identification of the cheese and to maintain checks on the stock in respect of which aid is granted; whereas the aid should be fixed taking into account storage costs and the foreseeable trend of market prices;
Whereas experience shows that provisions on checks should be laid down, particularly as regards the documents to be submitted and checks to be made on the spot; whereas, therefore, it should be provided that Member States require the costs of checks be fully or partly borne by the contractor;
Whereas Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing the operative events for the agricultural conversion rate applicable to milk and milk products (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 420/98 (5), fixes the conversion rate to be applied in the framework of private storage aid schemes in the milk products sector;
Whereas it is appropriate to guarantee the continuation of the storage operations in question;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Aid shall be granted in respect of the private storage of 3 200 tonnes of Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses made from Community-produced ewes' or goats' milk or a mixture of the two and satisfying the requirements of Articles 2 and 3.
1. The intervention agency shall conclude storage contracts only when the following conditions are met:
(a) the quantity of cheese to which the contract relates is not less than 2 tonnes;
(b) the cheese was manufactured at least 90 days before the date specified in the contract as being the date of commencement of storage, and after 30 November 1997;
(c) the cheese has undergone tests which show that it meets the condition laid down in (b) and that it is of first quality;
(d) the storer undertakes:
- not, during the term of the contract, to alter the composition of the batch which is the subject of the contract without authorisation from the intervention agency. If the condition concerning the minimum quantity fixed for each batch continues to be met, the intervention agency may authorise an alteration which is limited to the removal or replacement of cheeses which are found to have deteriorated to such an extent that they can no longer be stored.
In the event of release from store of certain quantities:
(i) if the aforesaid quantities are replaced with the authorisation of the intervention agency, the contract is deemed not to have undergone any alteration;
(ii) if the aforesaid quantities are not replaced, the contract is deemed to have been concluded ab initio for the quantity permanently retained.
Any supervisory costs arising from an alteration shall be met by the storer,
- to keep stock accounts and to inform the intervention agency each week of the quantity of cheese put into storage during the previous week, and of any planned withdrawals.
2. The storage contract shall be concluded:
(a) in writing, stating the date when storage covered by the contract begins; this may not be earlier than the day following that on which the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage were completed;
(b) after completion by the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage and at the latest 40 days after the date on which the storage covered by the contract begins.
1. Aid shall be granted only for cheese put into storage during the period 15 May to 30 November 1998.
2. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage under contract for less than 60 days.
3. The aid payable may not exceed an amount corresponding to 150 days' storage under contract terminating before 31 March 1999. By way of derogation from the first indent of Article 2(1)(d), when the period of 60 days specified in paragraph 2 has elapsed, the storer may remove all or part of the batch under contract. The minimum quantity that may be removed shall be 500 kilograms. The Member States may, however, increase this quantity to 2 tonnes.
The date of the start of operations to remove cheese covered by the contract shall not be included in the period of storage under contract.
1. The aid shall be as follows:
(a) ECU 100 per tonne for the fixed costs;
(b) ECU 0,35 per tonne per day of storage under contract for the warehousing costs;
(c) ECU 0,72 per tonne per day of storage under contract for the financial costs.
2. Aid shall be paid not later than 90 days from the last day of storage under contract.
1. The Member States shall ensure that the conditions granting entitlement to payment of the aid are fulfilled.
2. The contractor shall make available to the national authorities responsible for verifying execution of the measure any documentation permitting in particular the following particulars of products placed in private storage to be verified:
(a) ownership at the time of entry into storage;
(b) the origin and date of manufacture of the cheeses;
(c) the date of entry into storage;
(d) presence in the store;
(e) the date of removal from storage.
3. The contractor or, where applicable, the operator of the store, shall keep stock accounts available at the store, covering:
(a) identification, by contract number, of the products placed in private storage;
(b) the dates of entry into and removal from storage;
(c) the number of cheeses and their weight shown for each lot;
(d) the location of the products in the store.
4. Products stored must be easily identifiable and must be identified individually by contract. A special mark shall be affixed to cheeses covered by contract.
5. Without prejudice to Article 2(1)(d), on entry into storage, the competent bodies shall conduct checks in particular to ensure that products stored are eligible for the aid and to prevent any possibility of substitution of products during storage under contract.
6. The national authorities responsible for controls shall undertake:
(a) an unannounced check to see that the products are present in the store. The sample concerned must be representative and must correspond to at least 10 % of the overall quantity under contract for a private storage aid measure. Such checks must include, in addition to an examination of the accounts referred to in paragraph 3, a physical check of the weight and type of product and their identification. Such physical checks must relate to at least 5 % of the quantity subject to the unannounced check;
(b) a check to see that the products are present at the end of the storage period under contract.
7. Checks conducted pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 must be the subject of a report stating:
- the date of the check,
- its duration,
- the operations conducted.
The report on checks must be signed by the official responsible and countersigned by the contractor or, where applicable, by the store operator.
8. In the case of irregularities affecting at least 5 % of the quantities of products subject to the checks the latter shall be extended to a larger sample to be determined by the competent body.
The Member States shall notify such cases to the Commission within four weeks.
9. The Member States may provide that the costs of checks will be borne partly or fully by the contractor.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission before 15 January 1999:
(a) the quantity of cheese for which storage contracts have been concluded;
(b) any quantities in respect of which the authorisation referred to in Article 2(1)(d) has been given.
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 15 May 1998.
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32001R1627 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1627/2001 of 9 August 2001 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1627/2001
of 9 August 2001
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on the Community and world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 28 of that Regulation. The same Article provides that the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into account.
(3) The refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of the standard quality. The latter is defined in Annex I, point II, to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 28(4) of 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(2). The refund thus calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for sugar according to destination.
(5) In special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixed by other legal instruments.
(6) The refund must be fixed every two weeks. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(7) It follows from applying the rules set out above to the present situation on the market in sugar and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the Community and on the world market that the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 does not make provision to continue the compensation system for storage costs from 1 July 2001. This should accordingly be taken into account when fixing the refunds granted when the export occurs after 30 September 2001.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
Where an export licence for which the refund amount was fixed in accordance with the first paragraph is used after 30 September 2001, the refund in question shall be reduced by EUR 2/100 kg net white sugar equivalent.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 August 2001.
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32014D0829 | Council Decision 2014/829/CFSP of 25 November 2014 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
| 25.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 338/1
COUNCIL DECISION 2014/829/CFSP
of 25 November 2014
amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 26 July 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/413/CFSP (1) concerning restrictive measures against Iran.
(2) On 24 November 2013, China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, supported by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, reached an agreement with Iran on a Joint Plan of Action which sets out an approach towards reaching a long-term comprehensive solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. It was agreed that the process leading to this comprehensive solution would include, as a first step, initial mutually-agreed measures to be taken by both sides for a duration of six months and renewable by mutual consent.
(3) As part of this first step, Iran would undertake a number of voluntary measures as specified in the Joint Plan of Action. In return, a number of voluntary measures would be undertaken which would include, for the Union, the suspension of restrictive measures concerning the prohibition on the provision of insurance and reinsurance and transport for Iranian crude oil, the prohibition on the import, purchase or transport of Iranian petrochemical products and on the provision of related services, and the prohibition on trade in gold and precious metals with the Government of Iran, its public bodies and the Central Bank of Iran, or persons and entities acting on their behalf. The suspension of those restrictive measures would last for a duration of six months during which the relevant contracts would have to be executed.
(4) Furthermore, the Joint Plan of Action also foresees a tenfold increase of the authorisation thresholds in relation to the transfers of funds to and from Iran.
(5) On 20 January 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/21/CFSP (2) amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP in order to implement the provisions concerning the Union restrictive measures contained in the Joint Plan of Action.
(6) On 19 July 2014, China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, supported by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, agreed with Iran to extend the implementation of the measures of the Joint Plan of Action until 24 November 2014.
(7) On 21 July 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/480/CFSP (3) amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP in order to extend the provisions concerning the Union restrictive measures contained in the Joint Plan of Action.
(8) On 24 November 2014, China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, supported by the EU coordinator and negotiator for the E3/EU+3 group in the Iran nuclear negotiations, agreed with Iran to extend the implementation of the measures of the Joint Plan of Action until 30 June 2015.
(9) The suspension of the Union restrictive measures specified in the Joint Plan of Action should therefore be extended until 30 June 2015. Relevant contracts would have to be executed within that date.
(10) Decision 2010/413/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
Article 26a of Decision 2010/413/CFSP is replaced by the following:
‘Article 26a
1. The prohibition set out in Article 3a(1) shall be suspended until 30 June 2015 insofar as it concerns the transport of Iranian crude oil.
2. The prohibition set out in Article 3a(2) shall be suspended until 30 June 2015 insofar as it concerns the provision of insurance and reinsurance, related to the import, purchase, or transport of Iranian crude oil.
3. The prohibition set out in Article 3b shall be suspended until 30 June 2015.
4. The prohibition set out in Article 4c shall be suspended until 30 June 2015 insofar as it concerns gold and precious metals.
5. Article 10(3)(a), (b) and (c) are replaced by the following points until 30 June 2015:
“(a) transfers due on transactions regarding foodstuffs, healthcare, medical equipment, or for agricultural or humanitarian purposes below EUR 1 000 000, as well as transfers regarding personal remittances, below EUR 400 000, shall be carried out without any prior authorisation. The transfer shall be notified to the competent authority of the Member State concerned if above EUR 10 000;
(b) transfers due on transactions regarding foodstuffs, healthcare, medical equipment, or for agricultural or humanitarian purposes above EUR 1 000 000, as well as transfers regarding personal remittances, above EUR 400 000, shall require the prior authorisation from the competent authority of the Member State concerned. The relevant Member State shall inform the other Member States of any authorisation granted;
(c) any other transfer above EUR 100 000 shall require the prior authorisation from the competent authority of the Member State concerned. The relevant Member State shall inform the other Member States of any authorisation granted.”
6. Article 10(4)(b) and (c) are replaced by the following points until 30 June 2015:
“(b) any other transfer below EUR 400 000 shall be carried out without any prior authorisation. The transfer shall be notified to the competent authority of the Member State concerned if above EUR 10 000;
(c) any other transfer above EUR 400 000 shall require the prior authorisation from the competent authority of the Member State concerned. The authorisation shall be deemed granted within four weeks unless the competent authority of the Member State concerned has objected within that time-limit. The relevant Member State shall inform the other Member States of any authorisation rejected.”
7. The prohibitions set out in Article 18b shall be suspended until 30 June 2015.
8. The prohibitions set out in Article 20(1)(b) and (c) and in Article 20(2) to the Ministry of Petroleum, listed in Annex II, shall be suspended until 30 June 2015, insofar as necessary for the execution, until 30 June 2015, of contracts for the import or purchase of Iranian petrochemical products.’
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32005R1419 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1419/2005 of 29 August 2005 fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Jordan
| 30.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1419/2005
of 29 August 2005
fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Jordan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), and in particular Article 5(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Articles 2(2) and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87, Community import and producer prices are fixed each fortnight for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses and apply for two-week periods. Under Article 1(b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 of 17 March 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (2), those prices are determined for two-week periods on the basis of weighted prices provided by the Member States.
(2) Those prices should be fixed immediately so the customs duties applicable can be determined.
(3) Following the accession of Cyprus to the European Union on 1 May 2004, it is no longer necessary to fix import prices for Cyprus.
(4) Likewise, it is no longer necessary to fix import prices for Israel, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in order to take account of the agreements approved by Council Decisions 2003/917/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the State of Israel concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Association Agreement (3), 2003/914/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 3 to the EC-Morocco Association Agreement (4) and 2005/4/EC of 22 December 2004 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Palestinian Authority Interim Association Agreement (5).
(5) In between the meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
The Community producer and import prices for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto for the period from 31 August to 13 September 2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31997R1600 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1600/97 of 7 August 1997 amending for the 10th time Regulation (EC) No 413/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1600/97 of 7 August 1997 amending for the 10th 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 support measures for the market in pigmeat have been adopted for the Netherlands by Commission Regulation (EC) No 413/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1564/97 (4), in response to the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production areas of that country;
Whereas the appearance of new cases of classical swine fever in the Netherlands has led the authorities to impose new protection and surveillance zones; whereas a favourable veterinary and health situation has allowed those around Berkel-Enschot and Ammerzoden to be abolished; whereas Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 413/97 should therefore be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 413/97 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004R1281 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1281/2004 of 12 July 2004 amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 13.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 241/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1281/2004
of 12 July 2004
amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 25 June 2004 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1167/2004 (2).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 1167/2004 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1167/2004 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July 2004.
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31983R1495 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1495/83 of 7 June 1983 on the classification of goods falling within subheading 38.19 X of the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1495/83
of 7 June 1983
on the classification of goods falling within subheading 38.19 X of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, to ensure the uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, it is necessary to adopt provisions concerning the classification of a product obtained by the hydrogenation of a partially hydrolyzed starch syrup and having, in the dry product, the following composition:
1.2 // D-glucitol (sorbitol) // 5 to 8 % // Hydrogenated disaccharides // 25 to 55 % // Hydrogenated tri-, tetra-, penta- and hexasaccharides // 25 to 40 % // Hydrogenated polysaccharides (higher than hexasaccharides) // 15 to 30 %
Whereas heading No 21.07 of the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 604/83 (3), covers food preparations not elsewhere specified or included;
Whereas heading No 38.19 of the Common Customs Tariff covers inter alia chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included;
Whereas although this product can be used in the manufacture of foodstuffs, it is not, because of its characteristics, to be considered as a food preparation not elsewhere specified or included within heading No 21.07; whereas, in the absence of a more specific heading, the product in question must be classified in heading No 38.19;
Whereas, within this heading subheading 38.19 X must be chosen for the product in question;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
A product obtained by the hydrogenation of a partially hydrolyzed starch syrup and having, in the dry product, the following composition:
1.2 // D-glucitol (sorbitol) // 5 to 8 % // Hydrogenated disaccharides // 25 to 55 % // Hydrogenated tri-, tetra-, penta- and hexasaccharides // 25 to 40 % // Hydrogenated polysaccharides (higher than hexasaccharides) // 15 to 30 %
shall be classified in the Common Customs Tariff as:
38.19 Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products, not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included:
X. Other
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31987R2984 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2984/87 of 5 October 1987 opening intervention buying of cereals
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2984/87
of 5 October 1987
opening intervention buying of cereals
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 1900/87 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 lays down the conditions in which intervention buying is opened; whereas general rules on intervention are laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1581/86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (3); whereas detailed implementing rules are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2232/87 of 23 July 1987 laying down detailed rules applying to intervention purchasing of cereals (4); whereas in the light of the abovementioned provisions intervention should be opened in all Member States from 1 October 1987;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The intervention agencies shall buy in common wheat, durum wheat, barley and rye offered to them from 1 October 1987.
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 October 1987.
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32001R0935 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 935/2001 of 11 May 2001 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 247th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 935/2001
of 11 May 2001
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 247th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999(4), the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter; Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of the tenders received in response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; whereas the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.
(2) In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-use security determined accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 247th special invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90, the maximum aid and the amount of the end-use security shall be as follows:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 May 2001.
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31994R1655 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1655/94 of 7 July 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91 laying down detailed rules for the sale of butter from intervention stocks for export
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1655/94 of 7 July 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91 laying down detailed rules for the sale of butter from intervention stocks for export
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 230/94 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1296/94 (4), provides for quantities of butter in public storage to be made available to operators and invitations to tender to be organized in order, inter alia, to determine the minimum selling prices for butter intended for export either in the unaltered state or after processing; whereas Article 1 of the said Regulation stipulates that butter placed on sale must have entered into storage before 1 July 1991;
Whereas, in view of the development of butter stocks and of the quantities available, sales should be extended to butter entering into storage before 1 January 1992;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91, the date '1 July 1991' is hereby replaced by '1 January 1992'.
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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32008D0650 | 2008/650/EC: Commission Decision of 30 July 2008 amending Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community to include certain diseases in the list of notifiable diseases and to delete porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis from that list (notified under document number C(2008) 3943) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 8.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/42
COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 July 2008
amending Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community to include certain diseases in the list of notifiable diseases and to delete porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis from that list
(notified under document number C(2008) 3943)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/650/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community lays down the criteria for the notification of those animal diseases, the occurrence of which must be notified by the affected Member State to the Commission and to the other Member States.
(2) Prompt notification and information on the occurrence of these diseases within the Community is vital for controlling these diseases, as well as for the movement of and trade in live animals and animal products.
(3) In accordance with Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (2), Member States shall, in certain cases, notify the confirmation of the aquaculture animal diseases listed in Annex IV to that Directive.
(4) Annex I to Directive 82/894/EEC, listing the diseases the occurrence of which must be notified to the Commission and other Member States, includes in relation to diseases affecting fish only infectious haematopoietic necrosis, infectious salmon anaemia and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia.
(5) According to Annex IV of Directive 2006/88/EC, Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis, epizootic ulcerative syndrome, infection with Bonamia exitiosa, infection with Bonamia ostreae, infection with Marteilia refringens, infection with Microcytos mackini, infection with Perkinsus marinus, Koi herpes virus disease, Taura syndrome, White spot disease and Yellowhead disease are also defined as notifiable diseases.
(6) It is therefore necessary to add these diseases to Annex I of Directive 82/894/EEC and to adapt Annex II of that Council Directive to take into account certain particulars relating to aquaculture animals.
(7) Council Directive 2002/60/EC (3) deleted Teschen disease (porcine enterovirus encephalomyelitis) from the list of diseases laid down in Annex I to Council Directive 92/119/EEC (4) and thereby this disease is no longer compulsorily notifiable to the Member States’ competent authorities.
(8) It is therefore appropriate to delete this disease from the list of diseases in Annex I of Directive 82/894/EEC.
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annexes I and II to Directive 82/894/EEC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 August 2008.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0960 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/2002 of 5 June 2002 fixing the import duties in the rice sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/2002
of 5 June 2002
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(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 6 June 2002.
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 |
32002R1672 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1672/2002 of 19 September 2002 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1672/2002
of 19 September 2002
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye to all third countries excluding Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2002(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1632/2002(7).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund 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 13 to 19 September 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0341 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2008 of 16 April 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged in April 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultry meat
| 17.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 107/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 341/2008
of 16 April 2008
on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged in April 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultry meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 of 4 June 2007 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries (3), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of products in the poultrymeat sector.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged in April 2008 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2008 and, for group 3, for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for.
(3) The applications for import licences lodged in April 2008 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2008 do not, for some quotas, cover the total quantity available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod,
1. The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2008 and, for group 3, for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The quantities for which import licence applications have not been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007, to be added to the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2008, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 April 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32011D0225(01) | Council Decision of 20 December 2010 appointing and replacing members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
| 25.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 60/10
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 December 2010
appointing and replacing members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
2011/C 60/06
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975 establishing the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and in particular Article 4 thereof (1),
Having regard to the nomination submitted to the Council by the Commission in the category of Employees’ representatives,
Having regard to the nominations submitted to the Council by the Commission in the category of Employers’ representatives,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decision of 14 September 2009 (2), the Council appointed the members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 18 September 2009 to 17 September 2012.
(2) A members’ seat on the Governing Board of the Centre in the category of Employees’ representatives has become vacant as a result of the resignation of Mr Zygmunt CYBULSKI.
(3) Two members’ seats on the Governing Board of the Centre in the category of Employers’ representatives have become vacant as a result of the resignation of Mrs Galia BOZHANOVA (BG) and of Mr Jan Willem van den BRAAK (NL),
The following persons are hereby appointed members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the remainder of the term of office, which runs until 17 September 2012:
REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYEES’ ORGANISATIONS:
POLAND : Dr Gertruda WIECZOREK
REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS’ ORGANISATIONS:
BULGARIA : Mrs Daniela SIMIDCHIEVA
THE NETHERLANDS : Mr G.A.M. van der GRIND | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009D0162 | 2009/162/EC: Commission Decision of 26 February 2009 amending Decision 2005/51/EC as regards the period during which soil contaminated by pesticides or persistent organic pollutants may be introduced into the Community for decontamination purposes (notified under document number C(2009) 1174)
| 27.2.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 55/40
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 February 2009
amending Decision 2005/51/EC as regards the period during which soil contaminated by pesticides or persistent organic pollutants may be introduced into the Community for decontamination purposes
(notified under document number C(2009) 1174)
(2009/162/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), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By way of derogation from Directive 2000/29/EC, Commission Decision 2005/51/EC of 21 January 2005 authorising Member States temporarily to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of the importation of soil contaminated by pesticides or persistent organic pollutants for decontamination purposes (2) authorises, for a limited period, Member States participating in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) programme on prevention and disposal of obsolete and unwanted pesticides to permit the introduction of soil contaminated by such pesticides into the Community for treatment in dedicated hazardous waste incinerators.
(2) Since the implementation of that programme has been delayed, the period during which contaminated soil may be introduced under the authorisation granted by Decision 2005/51/EC should further be extended.
(3) Decision 2005/51/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
In the second paragraph of Article 1 of Decision 2005/51/EC the words ‘28 February 2009’ are replaced by the words ‘29 February 2012’.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31984R1754 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1754/84 of 19 June 1984 temporarily and totally suspending the Common Customs Tariff duty on a product falling within subheading ex 85.21 D II
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1754/84
of 19 June 1984
temporarily and totally suspending the Common Customs Tariff duty on a product falling within subheading ex 85.21 D II
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas current Community production of the product referred to in this Regulation is inadequate and producers cannot therefore satisfy the needs of the Community's user industries;
Whereas it is in the Community's interest that it should totally suspend the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on this product;
Whereas, in view of the difficulties involved in making a rigorous assessment in the near future of developments in the economic situation of the sector in question, this suspension measure should be taken only temporarily by fixing its terms of validity on the basis of the interests of Community production,
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on the following product shall be totally suspended from 1 July to 31 December 1984:
ex 85.21 D II: Input-output circuit N-MOS technology for data control equipped with a timing control with a static random-access memory (S-RAM) with a capacity of 128 Ă 8 bits, in the form of a monolithic integrated circuit, contained in a housing whose exterior dimensions do not exceed 16 Ă 54 mm, with not more than 40 connecting pins and bearing:
- an identification marking either consisting of one of the following combinations of figures or letters and figures or including one of those combinations:
6532
CO 10750
or
- other identification markings relating to input-output control circuits complying with the abovementioned description.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1984.
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 |
32012R0861 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 861/2012 of 20 September 2012 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 21.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 255/27
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 861/2012
of 20 September 2012
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
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) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 162(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products referred to in Article 1(1)(s) and listed in Part XIX of Annex I to that Regulation and prices within the Union may be covered by an export refund where these goods are exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 578/2010 of 29 June 2010 on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(3) In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 578/2010, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed for a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.
(4) Article 162(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in a good may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(5) The currently applicable refunds have been fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 536/2012 (3). Since new refunds should be fixed, that Regulation should therefore be repealed.
(6) In order to prevent divergence with the current market situation, to prevent market speculation and to ensure efficient management, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(7) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 578/2010 and in Part XIX of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, and exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 536/2012 is hereby repealed.
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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
32014R1380 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1380/2014 of 17 December 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector
| 23.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 367/82
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1380/2014
of 17 December 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Articles 81(1) and 83(4) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) has repealed and replaced Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as from 1 January 2014. However, Article 230(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 provides that, as regards the system of milk production limitation, Section III of Chapter III of Title I of Part II of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as well as Article 55, Article 85 thereof and Annexes IX and X thereto continue to apply until 31 March 2015.
(2) In order to avoid any doubts as regards the obligations of purchasers and producers in relation to the last milk quota year 2014/2015, as well as the obligation to collect the surplus levy after 31 March 2015, it is appropriate to clarify Article 15(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 (3) by making reference to the applicable provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
In Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Before 1 October each year, purchasers and, in the case of direct sales, producers liable for the levy shall pay the competent authority the amount due in accordance with rules laid down by the Member State, purchasers being responsible for collecting the surplus levy on deliveries due by producers pursuant to Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, in accordance with Article 81(1) of that Regulation.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011R0834 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 834/2011 of 19 August 2011 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals
| 20.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 215/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 834/2011
of 19 August 2011
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (1), and in particular Article 22(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 implements the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, signed on 11 September 1998 and approved, on behalf of the Community, by Council Decision 2003/106/EC (2).
(2) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 should be amended to take into account regulatory action in respect of certain chemicals taken pursuant to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (3), Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (4) and Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (5).
(3) The substances ethalfluralin, indolylacetic acid and thiobencarb have not been included as active substances in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, with the effect that those active substances are banned for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(4) The substance guazatine has not been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC and guazatine, as referred to as guazatine triacetate, has not been included as an active substance in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC, with the effect that guazatine is banned for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008. The addition of guazatine to Annex I was suspended due to a new application for inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC submitted pursuant to Article 13 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 (6). This new application has been withdrawn by the applicant with the effect that the reason for suspending the addition to Annex I disappeared. Therefore, the substance guazatine should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(5) The substance 1,3-dichloropropene has not been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, with the effect that 1,3-dichloropropene is banned for pesticide use and thus should be added to the lists of chemicals contained in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008. The addition of 1,3-dichloropropene to Part 2 of Annex I was suspended due to a new application for inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC submitted pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008. This new application resulted again in the decision not to include the substance 1,3-dichloropropene as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC with the effect that 1,3-dichloropropene remains banned for pesticide use and that the reason for suspending the addition to Part 2 of Annex I disappeared. Therefore, the substance 1,3-dichloropropene should be added to the list of chemicals contained in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(6) The substance haloxyfop-P has been included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, with the effect that haloxyfop-P is no longer banned for pesticide use. Consequently the active substance, as referred to as haloxyfop-R, should be deleted from Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008.
(7) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) In order to allow enough time for Member States and industry to take the measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation, its application should be deferred.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 133 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 October 2011.
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 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R2602 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2602/98 of 2 December 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for plaice by vessels flying the flag of Ireland
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2602/98 of 2 December 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for plaice by vessels flying the flag of Ireland
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 2635/97 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 45/98 of 19 December 1997 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1998 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2386/98 (4), provides for plaice quotas for 1998;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of plaice in the waters of ICES division VII f, g by vessels flying the flag of Ireland or registered in Ireland have reached the quota allocated for 1998; whereas Ireland has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 1 November 1998; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of plaice in the waters of ICES division VII f, g by vessels flying the flag of Ireland or registered in Ireland are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Ireland for 1998.
Fishing for plaice in the waters of ICES division VII f, g by vessels flying the flag of Ireland or registered in Ireland is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned 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 with effect from 1 November 1998.
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 |
32004D0928 | 2004/928/EC:Council Decision of 22 December 2004 on the appointment of the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe
| 31.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 396/47
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 December 2004
on the appointment of the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe
(2004/928/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000 of 22 May 2000 on support for the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR) and the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe (SP) (1), and in particular Article 1a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 10 June 1999 the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the European Union and the Commission of the European Communities, together with the other participants in the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, agreed to establish a Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, hereinafter called the ‘Stability Pact’.
(2) Article 1a of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000 provides for the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact to be appointed on an annual basis.
(3) It is necessary to establish, together with the appointment, a mandate for the Special Coordinator. Experience has shown that the mandate laid down in Council Decision 2003/910 of 22 December 2003 on the appointment of the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe (2) for 2004 is appropriate.
(4) It is appropriate to lay down clear lines of responsibility as well as guidance on coordination and reporting,
Dr Erhard BUSEK is hereby appointed Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe.
The Special Coordinator shall carry out the functions provided for in point 13 of the Stability Pact document of 10 June 1999.
In order to achieve the objective referred to in Article 2, the mandate of the Special Coordinator shall be to:
(a) promote achievement of the Stability Pact's objectives within, and between, the individual countries, where the Stability Pact proves to have an added value;
(b) chair the South-Eastern Europe Regional Table;
(c) maintain close contact with all participants and facilitating States, organisations and institutions of the Stability Pact, as well as relevant regional initiatives and organisations, with a view to fostering regional cooperation and enhancing regional ownership;
(d) cooperate closely with all institutions of the European Union and its Member States in order to promote the role of the European Union in the Stability Pact in accordance with points 18, 19, and 20 of the Stability Pact document and to ensure complementarity between the work of the Stability Pact and the Stabilisation and Association Process;
(e) meet periodically and collectively as appropriate with the Chairs of the Working Tables to ensure strategic overall coordination and act as the secretariat of the South-Eastern Europe Regional Table and its instruments;
(f) work on the basis of a list, agreed in advance and in consultation with the participants in the Stability Pact, of priority actions for the Stability Pact to implement during 2005, and keep the working methods and structures of the Stability Pact under review, ensuring consistency and efficient use of resources.
The Special Coordinator shall conclude a financing agreement with the Commission.
The activities of the Special Coordinator shall be coordinated with those of the Secretary-General of the Council/High Representative for the CFSP, the Presidency of the Council and the Commission, notably in the framework of the Informal Consultative Committee. In the field, close liaison shall be maintained with the Presidency of the Council, the Commission, the Member States' Heads of Mission, the Special Representatives of the European Union, as well as with the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations Civil Administration in Kosovo.
The Special Coordinator shall report, as appropriate, to the Council and the Commission. He will continue to inform the European Parliament regularly about his activities.
This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31987R0813 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 813/87 of 20 March 1987 introducing retrospective surveillance of certain agricultural products originating in third countries and released for consumption in Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 813/87
of 20 March 1987
introducing retrospective surveillance of certain agricultural products originating in third countries and released for consumption in Spain
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 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas the agreement concluded between the European Economic Community and the United States of America following Spanish accession provides in particular that the Community must, from 1 January 1987 until 31 December 1990, admit into Spain a certain quantity of maize and sorghum originating in third countries and that the said quantity should be adjusted in the light of Spanish imports of certain cereal substitutes; whereas, in order to ensure proper implementation of the terms of the agreement, it is advisable to provide in particular for the introduction of a surveillance system for the Spanish market;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. For the period from 1 January 1987 to 31 December 1990 Spain shall, not later than the 10th day of each month, notify the Commission of the quantities of maize and sorghum originating in third countries and the quantities of imported maize gluten, brewing dregs and waste and citrus pulp falling within subheadings 23.03 A II, 23.03 B II and 23.06 A II respectively of the Common Customs Tariff, released for domestic consumption during the preceding month. However, the quantities relating to the period prior to the entry into force of this Regulation shall be notified within 10 days of the said date of entry into force.
2. The quantities of maize and sorghum imported pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3140/86 (3) from 1 January 1987 shall be entered separately.
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 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31983R3502 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3502/83 of 12 December 1983 correcting the Danish, German and Italian versions of Regulation (EEC) No 1108/82 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3502/83
of 12 December 1983
correcting the Danish, German and Italian versions of Regulation (EEC) No 1108/82 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1595/83 (2), and in particular Article 63 (2) (a) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1108/82 (3) lays down the Community methods for the analysis of wines; whereas, in order to ensure that that Regulation is applied in a uniform manner throughout the Community, provision should be made for correcting an error of substance which appears in the text in certain languages;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The Danish, German and Italian versions respectively of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1108/82 are hereby replaced by the following:
'2. Paa de omraader, hvor der fastsaettes referencemetoder og saedvanligt anvendte metoder, har de resultater, der opnaas ved anvendelsen af referencemetoderne, forrang.'
'2. Auf den Gebieten, fuer welche Referenzmethoden und gebraeuchliche Methoden festgesetzt werden, haben die mit den Referenzmethoden gewonnenen Ergebnisse Vorrang.'
'2. Per le materie per le quali sono fissati metodi di riferimento e metodi usuali, prevalgono i risultati ottenuti applicando i metodi di riferimento.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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