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32003R0878 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 878/2003 of 20 May 2003 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 878/2003
of 20 May 2003
establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002(4), and in particular Article 173(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation.
(2) The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R1554 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1554/2007 of 20 December 2007 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007
| 21.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1554/2007
of 20 December 2007
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 of 14 September 2007 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 19 December 2007, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 19 December 2007, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 shall be 409,99 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 2007.
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 |
32009D0748 | 2009/748/EC: Council Decision of 9 October 2009 regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the International Jute Study Group Council on extension of the Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group, 2001
| 13.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 268/9
COUNCIL DECISION
of 9 October 2009
regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the International Jute Study Group Council on extension of the Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group, 2001
(2009/748/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 second paragraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group, 2001 was signed and concluded on behalf of the European Community on 15 April 2002 by Council Decision 2002/312/EC (1).
(2) Under Rule 25(a) and (b), the Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group, 2001 is due to expire on 26 April 2010 unless it is extended beyond that date by decision of the International Jute Study Group Council for one or two periods not exceeding a combined total of four years.
(3) Extension of the abovementioned Agreement is in the interest of the Community.
(4) The Community’s position in the International Jute Study Group Council should be determined,
The European Community’s position within the International Jute Study Group Council shall be to vote in favour of extending the Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group, 2001 for one or two periods not exceeding a combined total of four years and to notify this extension to the United Nations Secretary-General. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R1159 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1159/2012 of 7 December 2012 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
| 8.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 336/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1159/2012
of 7 December 2012
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1) (the Code), and in particular Article 247 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2) lays down the conditions under which the Community status of goods which have been brought into a Member State from another Member State may be established. However, currently that Regulation does not provide for the possibility to establish the Community status of goods which have been moved from one point in a Member State through the territory of a third country on to another point in the same Member State. Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore be amended to provide for that possibility.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 756/2012 (3) amended Annex 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 containing a list of packaging codes based on Recommendation No 21 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The packaging codes format as indicated in Box 31 of Annex 38 has changed from alphabetic2 (a2) to alphanumeric2 (an2). The code of the Type/Length of the kind of packages of Annex 37a should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) The Republic of Croatia acceded to the Convention of 20 May 1987 between the European Economic Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation, on a common transit procedure (4) (the Convention) as a contracting party on 1 July 2012. By Decision No 3/2012 of the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on common transit of 26 June 2012 (5) the Convention was amended in order to adapt the guarantee documents for common transit in view of Croatia’s accession to the Convention. The corresponding guarantee documents for Community transit provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should be adapted accordingly.
(4) Since it has been a requirement under Decision No 3/2012 to use the guarantee documents adapted to the accession of Croatia since 1 July 2012, the corresponding guarantee documents required by Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should also be adapted with effect from that date. However, rules should be laid down in order to allow the use of guarantee documents in compliance with the specimen applicable prior to 1 July 2012 for a transitional period, subject to the necessary adaptations.
(5) Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is amended as follows:
1. Article 314 is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(a) the goods have been moved from one point to another within the customs territory of the Community and temporarily leave that territory without crossing the territory of a third country;
(b) the goods have been moved from one point within the customs territory of the Community, through the territory of a third country, to another point within the customs territory of the Community, and carried under cover of a single transport document issued in a Member State;
(c) the goods have been moved from one point within the customs territory of the Community through the territory of a third country, where they were transhipped into a means of transport other than that onto which they were initially loaded, to another point within the customs territory of the Community, and a new transport document covering carriage from the third country has been issued and is presented accompanied by a copy of the original document covering carriage from the one point to the other within the customs territory of the Community.’
(b) The following paragraph 2a is inserted:
2. In Annex 37a, Title II.B, under the heading ‘Kind of packages (Box 31)’ the text ‘Type/Length a2’ is replaced by the text ‘Type/Length an2’.
3. Annex 48 is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
4. Annex 49 is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
5. Annex 50 is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
6. In Annex 51, in box 7, the text ‘Croatia’, is inserted between the text ‘European Community’, and ‘Iceland’.
7. In Annex 51a, in box 6, the text ‘Croatia’, is inserted between the text ‘European Community’, and ‘Iceland’.
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 July 2012.
However, economic operators may, until 30 June 2013, use the specimen form laid down in Annex 48, 49, 50, 51 or 51a of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 756/2012, subject to the necessary geographical adaptations and adaptations concerning the address for service or the authorised agent.
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 |
31995R2862 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2862/95 of 11 December 1995 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2862/95 of 11 December 1995 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3362/94 of 20 December 1994 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1995 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2780/95 (3), provides for cod quotas for 1995;
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 cod in the waters of ICES divisions VII b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j and k, VIII, IX, X; CECAF 34.1.1 (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have reached the quota allocated for 1995; whereas Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 22 November 1995; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions VII b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j and k, VIII, IX, X; CECAF 34.1.1 (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 1995.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions VII b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j and k, VIII, IX, X; CECAF 34.1.1 (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium 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 application in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 22 November 1995.
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 |
32009R0259 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/2009 of 27 March 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 28.3.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 82/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 259/2009
of 27 March 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 28 March 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 |
32010R0886 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 886/2010 of 7 October 2010 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Prleška tünka (PGI)]
| 8.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 265/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 886/2010
of 7 October 2010
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Prleška tünka (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) and in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Slovenia’s application to register the name ‘Prleška tünka’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989D0337 | 89/337/EEC: Council Decision of 27 April 1989 on high- definition television
| COUNCIL DECISION of 27 April 1989 on high-definition television (89/337/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 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 high-definition television (HDTV) is of strategic importance for the European consumer electronics industry and for the European television and film industries;
Whereas a single world standard for the origination and exchange of HDTV programmes and films is urgently required;
Whereas European industry has developed, within the Eureka framework, a suitable proposal for such a single world production standard;
Whereas prototype equipment built to this standard was successfully demonstrated at the International Broadcasting Convention in September 1988 at Brighton;
Whereas 1992 may be set as a target date for the launch of commercial equipment on the market and the beginning of operational HDTV services;
Whereas the success of the launch of commercial HDTV will depend not only on the availability of appropriate hardware but also on the European film and television production industry achieving the necessary capability and experience;
Whereas a substantial promotion campaign needs to be launched immediately to prepare professional users and the general television viewing public for such a launch;
Whereas relevant decision-makers and other concerned parties should also be kept fully aware of developments relating to European HDTV;
Whereas there is an urgent requirement to prepare a strategy and action plan for the launch of Europe-wide HDTV services;
Whereas it is of great importance that all Member States participate in these activities;
Whereas these initiatives should lead to closer cooperation at Community level between industry (the consumer and professional electronics industry and the film and television production industry) and service providers (terrestrial broadcasters, satellite television stations, cable operators and cinema distributors);
Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the action concerned, powers other then those of Article 235,
The following objectives are hereby adopted as the basis of a comprehensive strategy for the introduction of high-definition television (HDTV) services in Europe:
Objective 1
To make every effort to ensure that the European industry develops in time all the technology, components and equipment required for the launching of HDTV services.
Objective 2
To promote the adoption of the European proposal based on the 1 250 lines, 50 complete frames per second progressive scanning parameters, as the single world standard for the origination and exchange of HDTV programme material.
Objective 3
To promote the widest use of the European HDTV system throughout the world.
Objective 4
To promote the introduction, as soon as possible - and in accordance with a suitable timetable from 1992 - of HDTV services in Europe.
Objective 5
To make every effort to ensure that the European film and television production industry achieves the capability, experience and dimension required to occupy a competitive position on the HDTV world market and to allow the Member States to make their own cultural contribution.
In order to attain the objectives referred to in Article 1, an action plan for the introduction of HDTV shall be prepared in close coordination at Community level between the Commission and the Member States, where appropriate
through national mechanisms, in consultation, in particular, with:
- terrestrial broadcasters,
- satellite television broadcasters and distributors,
- cable operators,
- professional and consumer electronics equipment manufacturers,
- the television and film production industry,
- audiovisual and higher education technological institutes,
- consumer organizations,
throughout the Community, and throughout Europe as a whole, in close coordination on a complementary basis with the Eureka HDTV project participants and coordinators.
On the basis of the results of the consultations referred to in Article 2 and on a proposal from the Commission, the Council shall examine an action plan for the introduction of HDTV services. This action plan should also include mechanisms allowing European third countries to participate. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000R2810 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2810/2000 of 21 December 2000 establishing the forecast supply balances for cereal products and dried fodder for the smaller Aegean islands for 2001 and amending Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the specific supply arrangements
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2810/2000
of 21 December 2000
establishing the forecast supply balances for cereal products and dried fodder for the smaller Aegean islands for 2001 and amending Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the specific supply arrangements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95(4), lays down the common detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 as regards the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to smaller Aegean islands, and pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the amount of aid for this supply.
(2) For the purposes of applying Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, Commission Regulation (EC) No 3175/94(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2363/2000(6), establishes for 2000 the forecast supply balances for cereals and dried fodder. The forecast supply balances should be established for 2001. Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 should therefore be amended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Committee of the relevant management committees,
Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the forecast supply balance for cereal products and dried fodder for the smaller Aegean islands originating in the rest of the Community in 2001 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2001.
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 |
31996R1718 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1718/96 of 29 August 1996 initiating an investigation concerning the circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulations (EEC) No 993/93 and (EEC) No 2887/93 on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating respectively in Japan and Singapore, by imports of parts thereof assembled in the European Community and making the latter imports subject to registration
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1718/96 of 29 August 1996 initiating an investigation concerning the circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulations (EEC) No 993/93 and (EEC) No 2887/93 on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating respectively in Japan and Singapore, by imports of parts thereof assembled in the European Community and making the latter imports subject to registration
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), and in particular Articles 13 and 14 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. REQUEST
(1) The Commission has received a request pursuant to Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Basic Regulation`) to investigate the alleged circumvention of the anti-dumping duties, imposed with respect to Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd (Japan) and Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd (Singapore), by Council Regulation (EEC) No 993/93 (2) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2887/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2937/95 (4), on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating respectively in Japan and Singapore, by imports of parts thereof which are subsequently used for the assembly of these weighing scales in the Community, to make the imports of these parts subject to registration by the customs authorities pursuant to Article 14 (5) of the Basic Regulation and to propose to the Council the extension, where justified, of the above anti-dumping duties to the latter imports.
B. APPLICANTS
(2) The request has been lodged on 19 July 1996 by the following companies:
Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG, Campesa SA, Dataprocess SpA, Dataprocess Industria SpA, Testut SA, Lutrana SA, GEC Avery Ltd, Maatschappij Van Berkel's Patent BV and Brevetti Van Berkel SpA.
According to the request, these companies are all manufacturers of retail electronic weighing scales whose collective output represents approximately 65 % of the total Community production of such products.
C. PRODUCT
(3) The products through which the alleged circumvention is taking place are parts which are used for the assembly in the Community of electronic weighing scales for use in the retail trade which incorporate a digital display of the weight, unit price and price to be paid (whether or not including a means of printing this data), falling within CN code 8423 81 50 ('REWS`). These products ('REWS parts`) are currently classifiable under CN code ex 8423 90 00. These codes are given for information only and have no binding effect on the classification of the products.
D. REGISTRATION
(4) In view of the fact that the request only concerns the alleged circumvention of anti-dumping measures with respect to Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd (Japan) and Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd (Singapore), registration of imports should be limited to REWS parts falling within CN code 8423 90 00, originating in Japan or Singapore, manufactured by or for and/or imported from these companies into the Community.
E. EVIDENCE
(5) The request contains sufficient evidence in accordance with Article 13 of the Basic Regulation that the anti-dumping duties on imports of REWS originating in Japan and Singapore, imposed with regard to Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd and Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd, are being circumvented by imports of REWS parts originating in these countries manufactured and/or exported by the two companies concerned and/or by any of their related companies and which are used in assembly operations in the Community.
(6) The evidence is as follows:
(a) Since the initiation of the last anti-dumping investigations with regard to Japan on 26 February 1991 and with regard to Singapore on 11 May 1994, a clear change has taken place in the pattern of trade between the two countries concerned and the Community. In this respect, the request points out that imports into the Community of REWS from the two countries concerned taken together decreased in terms of units between 1994 and the first half of 1995, extrapolated on an annual basis, by 27 %, whereas in the same period imports of parts from these countries showed an increase in terms of weight of over 30 %. This increase allegedly took place at around the same time as the commencement of the assembly in the Community.
This change in the pattern of trade is alleged to stem from the assembly of REWS in the Community for which there is insufficient due cause or economic justification, apart from the existence of the anti-dumping duties. The most obvious cause of the abovementioned change in the pattern of trade is that imports of parts are not required to pay the 15,4 % anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of REWS manufactured by Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd (Singapore) or the 22,6 % anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of REWS manufactured by Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd (Japan).
(b) Furthermore, the request contains evidence which shows that the prices at which the REWS assembled from REWS parts imported from Japan and Singapore are being sold in the Community are lower than the non-dumped level of the export price established in the anti-dumping investigations for the REWS assembled in Japan and Singapore.
(c) Finally, the request contains evidence which shows that the alleged circumvention is undermining the remedial effects of the existing anti-dumping duties in terms of the quantities and prices of the assembled like product. This is preventing the Community industry from achieving a reasonable profit which would allow it to keep up with the rapid pace of technological change in the electronic manufacturing industry.
F. PROCEDURE
(7) In the light of the evidence contained in the request, the Commission has concluded that sufficient evidence exists to justify the initiation of an investigation pursuant to Article 13 (3) of the Basic Regulation, and to make imports of REWS parts mentioned in recital 3 subject to registration in accordance with Article 14 (5) of the said Regulation.
(i) Questionnaires
(8) In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will send a questionnaire to the assembler of REWS in the Community named in the request as well as to Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd (Japan) and Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd (Singapore). Information, as appropriate, may also be sought from Community producers.
(9) Other interested parties which can show that they are likely to be affected by the outcome of the investigation, should request a questionnaire from the Commission within 15 days of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Any request for questionnaires must be made in writing to the address mentioned below, and should indicate the name, address, telephone and fax numbers of the requesting party.
The authorities of Japan and Singapore will be notified of the initiation of the investigation and provided with a copy of the request.
(ii) Certificates of non-circumvention
(10) In accordance with Article 13 (4) of the Basic Regulation, certificates exempting the imports of the product concerned from registration or measures may be issued by the customs authorities to importers when the importation does not constitute circumvention.
Since the issue of this certificate requires the prior authorization of the Community institutions, requests for such authorizations should be addressed to the Commission as early as possible in the course of the investigation so that they may be considered on the basis of a thorough appraisal of their merits.
G. TIME LIMIT
(11) In the interest of sound administration, a period should be fixed within which interested parties, provided they can show that they are likely to be affected by the results of the investigation, may make their views known in writing. A period should also be fixed within which interested parties may make a written request for a hearing and show that there are particular reasons why they should be heard.
Furthermore, it should be stated that, in cases in which any interested party refuses access to, or otherwise does not provide necessary information within the time limit, or significantly impedes the investigation, findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance with Article 18 of the Basic Regulation, on the basis of the facts available,
An investigation, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, concerning imports into the Community of retail electronic weighing scales parts falling within CN code ex 8423 90 00, originating in Japan or Singapore, manufactured by or for and sold for export to the Community by Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd (Japan), Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd (Singapore) and/or any of their related companies, which are used in the assembly of such scales in the Community, is hereby initiated.
The customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Articles 13 (3) and 14 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Community of retail electronic weighing scales parts, falling within CN code ex 8423 90 00 (Taric code 8423 90 00*10) and originating in Japan or Singapore, manufactured by or for and/or exported by Teraoka Seiko Co. Ltd (Japan) (Taric additional code: 8904) or Teraoka Weigh System PTE Ltd (Singapore) (Taric additional code: 8905), in order to ensure that, should the anti-dumping duties applicable to imports of retail electronic weighing scales originating in Japan or Singapore and manufactured by the companies mentioned be extended to the imports of these parts, they may be collected from the date of such registration.
Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Imports shall not be subject to registration where they are accompanied by a customs certificate issued in accordance with Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96.
1. All interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must make themselves known, present their views in writing, submit information and apply to be heard by the Commission within 40 days from the date of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This time limit applies to all interested parties, including the parties not named in the request, and it is consequently in the interest of these parties to contact the Commission without delay.
2. Questionnaires should be requested from the Commission within 15 days of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
3. Any information relating to the matter, any request for a hearing or for a questionnaire as well as any request for authorization of certificates of non-circumvention should be sent to the following address:
European Commission,
Directorate-General for External Relations: Commercial Policy and Relations with North America, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand,
Directorate I-C,
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
B-1049 Brussels (5).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31989R0626 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 626/89 of 10 March 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oilseeds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 626/89
of 10 March 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oilseeds
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 1920/87 of 2 July 1987 providing for the granting of special aid for sunflower seeds produced and processed in Portugal (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1920/87, providing for the granting of compensatory aid for sunflower seed produced and processed in Portugal was deleted by Regulation (EEC) No 1920/87; whereas the latter Regulation provides for the granting of special aid for such seed;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1920/87 stipulates that, should the need arise implementing rules in addition to those determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3780/88 (4), may be adopted; whereas, for the sake of clarity, Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 should be amended to take account of the case of the abovementioned special aid;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The words 'and in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86' are deleted from paragraph 6.
2. The following paragraph is added:
'7. In the case of the special aid provided for in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1920/87 (*):
(a) the applicant shall add the word "special aid" on the application form for the certificate, either under the heading "B. Application for the AP certificate" if the application is for the AP part of the certificate or in section 13 if the application is for the ID part of the certificate;
(b) the issuing authority shall add the words "special aid" in either section 8 of the AP part of the certificate or section 9 of the ID part of the certificate as appropriate.
(*) OJ No L 183, 3. 7. 1987, p. 18.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32005R1399 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1399/2005 of 25 August 2005 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
| 26.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 221/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1399/2005
of 25 August 2005
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005 (2).
(2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(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 19 to 25 August 2005 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 August 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1663 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/2005 of 11 October 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables
| 12.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 267/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1663/2005
of 11 October 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from 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 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 establishes the Community and national processing thresholds and the provisions applicable for calculating the aid amount when a threshold overrun is recorded in a Member State, provided that the Member State in question has a processing threshold for the product concerned as specified in Annex III to that Regulation.
(2) The first subparagraph of Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 (2) states that the processed raw material is to count against the processing threshold of the Member State where the producer organisation’s head office is situated.
(3) Implementation of this provision in recent marketing years has thrown up anomalies in the aid scheme’s application, notably in the case of tomatoes. Because of this provision, the production of certain producers who are members of a producer organisation which has its head office in another Member State, or the production of producer organisations belonging to an association of producer organisations which has its head office in another Member State counts against the processing threshold of the Member State in which the producer organisation or association of producer organisations has its head office. Experience indicates that this offset should be made against the threshold of the Member State where the raw material is produced.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,
Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the first subparagraph of Article 23(1) is replaced by the following:
2. in the first subparagraph of Article 24, point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) the quantity covered by the aid application whereby that quantity, broken down by contract and, if appropriate, by the aid level applicable in the Member State where the raw material is produced, may not exceed the quantity accepted for processing, after deduction of any reduction rates applied;’
3. the following subparagraph is added after the first subparagraph of Article 27(1):
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 2006/07 marketing year.
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32005R0971 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 971/2005 of 24 June 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 25.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 971/2005
of 24 June 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 June 2005.
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31999R0377 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/1999 of 19 February 1999 determining the loss of income and the premiums applicable per ewe and per female goat in the Member States and the payment of the specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community for the 1998 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 377/1999 of 19 February 1999 determining the loss of income and the premiums applicable per ewe and per female goat in the Member States and the payment of the specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community for the 1998 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 of 3 November 1998 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (3), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Article 5(1) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 provides for a premium to be granted to compensate for any loss of income sustained by producers of sheepmeat and, in certain areas, of goatmeat; whereas those areas are defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 and in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1065/86 of 11 April 1986 determining the mountain areas in which the premium for goatmeat producers is granted (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3519/86 (5);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98, the Member States were authorised by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/98 (6) to pay an initial advance and by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2233/98 (7) to pay a second advance to sheepmeat and goatmeat producers; whereas the definitive premiums to be paid in respect of the 1998 marketing year must thus be fixed;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98, the premium payable to producers of heavy lambs in respect of the 1998 marketing year is obtained by multiplying the loss of income by a coefficient expressing the annual average production of heavy lamb meat per ewe producing such lambs, expressed in terms of 100 kg carcase weight; whereas, in accordance with the abovementioned Regulation, the premium per ewe for producers of light lambs and per female goat for the 1998 marketing year should be 80 % of the premium for producers of heavy lambs;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98, the premium must be reduced by the impact on the basic price of the coefficient provided for in Article 13(2) of that Regulation; whereas that coefficient is fixed at 7 % by Article 13(4) of the said Regulation;
Whereas it is opportune to foresee that the aid provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 of 14 May 1990 instituting specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 193/98 (9), or the balance of this aid, resulting from the application of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1213/98, should be granted before a certain date and under what conditions;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 provides for the application from 1 July 1992 of specific measures with regard to agricultural production in the Canary Islands; whereas those measures involve the granting of a supplement to the premium payable to producers of light lambs and female goats on the same terms as those laid down for the granting of the premium provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2467/97; whereas those terms provided for Spain to be authorised to pay the supplement to the premium;
Whereas the Management Committee for sheep and goats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
It is hereby noted that the difference between the basic price less the impact of the coefficient provided for in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 and the Community market price during the 1998 marketing year was EUR 143,456 per 100 kilograms.
The coefficient provided for in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 is hereby fixed at 15,68 kilograms.
1. The premium payable per ewe is respect of the 1998 marketing year shall be as follows:
>TABLE>
2. The premium payable per female of the caprine species and per region in areas listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1065/86 in respect of the 1998 marketing year shall be as follows:
(EUR)
Premium payable per female of the caprine species
17,995
The specific aid which Member States are authorised to pay to producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat in less-favoured areas pursuant to Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90, within the limits and at the rates provided for in Article 5(7) and the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 5(8) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 or, should it be the case, the balance of this aid, in the event of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1027/97 being applied, shall be paid before 15 October 1999. The conversion rate applicable to the amount of this specific aid is that of the last day of the 1998 marketing year.
Pursuant to Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the supplement to the premium for the 1998 marketing year to be granted to producers of light lambs and female goats located in the Canary Islands, within the limits and at the rates laid down in Article 5(7) and the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 5(8) of Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 shall be as follows:
- EUR 5,163 per ewe in the case of producers as referred to in Article 5(3) of that Regulation,
- EUR 5,163 per female goat in the case of producers as referred to in Article 5(5) of that Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31988D0055 | 88/55/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 October 1987 approving the intervention programme for Greece implementing the Community programme for the development of certain less-favoured regions of the Community by improving access to advanced telecommunications services (STAR programme) (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 October 1987
approving the intervention programme for Greece implementing the Community programme for the development of certain less-favoured regions of the Community by improving access to advanced telecommunications services (STAR programme)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(88/55/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84 of 19 June 1984 on the European Regional Development Fund (1), and in particular Article 13 (1) thereof,
Whereas the Government of the Hellenic Republic submitted on 30 April 1987 the intervention programme provided for in Article 8 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3300/86 of 27 October 1986 instituting a Community programme for the development of certain less-favoured regions of the Community by improving access to advanced telecommunications services (STAR programme) (2);
Whereas the Member State has requested a financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund in favour of the intervention programme;
Whereas all the conditions set out in Regulations (EEC) No 1787/84 and (EEC) No 3300/86 enabling the Commission to approve the intervention programme and to grant the assistance requested from the Fund are met;
Whereas the programme is the subject of an agreement between Greece and the Commission and may therefore be approved by the latter under the terms of Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84 so as to constitute the programme agreement within the meaning of the aforesaid Article 13 (1);
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Fund Committee,
The intervention programme to implement in Greece the Community programme for the development of certain less-favoured areas of the Community by improving access to advanced telecommunications services (STAR programme), as agreed between Greece and the Commission of the European Communities, is approved and constitutes the programme agreement within the meaning of Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84.
The intervention programme will remain valid until 31 October 1991.
The amount of ERDF aid in favour of the aforesaid intervention programme shall not exceed 100 million ECU. The contribution by the Fund shall not exceed 55 % of all public expenditure taken into account in the programme.
The amounts of ERDF aid granted towards the various operations included in the programme are set out in the financial plan.
Budgetary commitments to this programme shall be effected, within the budgetary limits, in annual instalments in line with the financial plan and with progress made in implementing the programme.
Failure to observe any of the conditions stated in this Decision or in the Community programme will entitle the Commission to reduce or to cancel aid granted under this Decision. In that event, the Commission may require full or partial repayment of aid already paid to the beneficiary. Reductions or cancellations of aid may not be made without giving an opportunity to the beneficiary to submit its observations, within a time limit fixed by the Commission for this purpose.
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32014R1050 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1050/2014 of 6 October 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 7.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 291/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1050/2014
of 6 October 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
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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32006R0924 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 924/2006 of 22 June 2006 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state fixed by Regulation (EC) No 874/2006
| 23.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 170/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 924/2006
of 22 June 2006
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state fixed by Regulation (EC) No 874/2006
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2006 (2).
(2) Since the data currently available to the Commission are different to the data at the time Regulation (EC) No 874/2006 was adopted, those refunds should be adjusted,
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 874/2006 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 June 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32003D0893 | 2003/893/EC: Council Decision of 15 December 2003 on trade in certain steel products between the European Community and Ukraine
| Council Decision
of 15 December 2003
on trade in certain steel products between the European Community and Ukraine
(2003/893/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part(1), provides in Article 22(1) thereof, that trade in some steel products is to be the subject of a specific agreement.
(2) The previous bilateral agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the Government of Ukraine on trade for certain steel products expired on 31 December 2001.
(3) The European Community has taken over the international obligations of the ECSC since the expiry of the ECSC Treaty, and measures relating to trade in steel products with third countries now fall under the competence of the Community in the field of trade policy.
(4) The Parties agreed to conclude a new agreement and the negotiations of this new agreement have not yet been completed.
(5) Pending the signature and the entry into force of the new agreement, quantitative limits for the year 2004 should be established; these limits should be reviewed in the light of accession of new Member States to the Community on 1 May 2004.
(6) Given that the tax of EUR 30/tonne on exports of ferrous scrap applied as of 1 January 2003 has not been lifted nor diminished, it is appropriate to set the quantitative limits for the year 2004 at the same level as for the year 2003,
During the period 1 January to 31 December 2004, imports into the Community of steel products referred to in Annex I originating in Ukraine shall be subject to licensing.
Imports shall be authorised, for each product group and for the whole of the Community, up to the quantitative limits indicated in Annex II.
Licences shall be issued only within these limits.
The rules for issuing licences and other relevant provisions shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Member States shall issue licences according to those rules and inform the Commission thereof immediately. The Commission shall keep the Member States regularly informed of the extent to which the quantities have been used up.
The Member States and the Commission shall confer in order to ensure that these quantities are not exceeded.
The provisions of the agreement on trade in certain steel products together with any measures to give effect to it, shall as from the date of entry into force of the said agreement replace the provisions of this Decision.
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32003R1290 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 of 18 July 2003 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2003/04 marketing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
of 18 July 2003
on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2003/04 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Article 22(2), Article 27(5) and (15) and Article 33(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In view of the situation on the Community and world sugar markets, a standing invitation to tender should be issued as soon as possible for the export of white sugar in respect of the 2003/04 marketing year which, having regard to possible fluctuations in world prices for sugar, must provide for the determination of export levies and/or export refunds.
(2) The general rules governing invitations to tender for the purpose of determining export refunds for sugar established by Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 should be applied.
(3) In view of the specific nature of the operation, appropriate provisions should be laid down with regard to export licences issued in connection with the standing invitation to tender and there should be a derogation from Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 of 27 June 1995 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the sugar sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003(4). However, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 325/2003(6), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 120/89 of 19 January 1989 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the export levies and charges on agricultural products(7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2194/96(8), must continue to apply.
(4) The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
1. A standing invitation to tender shall be issued in order to determine export levies and/or export refunds on white sugar covered by CN code 1701 99 10 for all destinations excluding Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro(9) and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. During the period of validity of this standing invitation, partial invitations to tender shall be issued.
2. The standing invitation to tender shall be open until 29 July 2004.
The standing invitation to tender and the partial invitations shall be conducted in accordance with Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and with this Regulation.
1. The Member States shall establish a notice of invitation to tender. The notice of invitation to tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Member States may also publish the notice, or have it published, elsewhere.
2. The notice shall indicate, in particular, the terms of the invitation to tender.
3. The notice may be amended during the period of validity of the standing invitation to tender. It shall be so amended if the terms of the invitation to tender are modified during that period.
1. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender:
(a) shall begin on 25 July 2003;
(b) shall end on Thursday 31 July 2003 at 10.00, Brussels local time.
2. The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response to the second and subsequent partial invitations:
(a) shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period;
(b) shall end at 10.00, Brussels local time:
- on 14 and 28 August 2003,
- on 4, 11, 18 and 25 September 2003,
- on 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 October 2003,
- on 6, 13 and 27 November 2003,
- on 11 and 23 December 2003,
- on 8 and 22 January 2004,
- on 5 and 19 February 2004,
- on 4 and 18 March 2004,
- on 1, 15 and 29 April 2004,
- on 13 and 27 May 2004,
- on 3, 10, 17 and 24 June 2004,
- on 1, 15 and 29 July 2004.
1. Offers in connection with this tender:
(a) must be in writing and must be delivered by hand to the competent authority in a Member State, against a receipt; or
(b) must be addressed to that authority either by registered letter or telegram; or
(c) must be addressed to that authority by telex, fax or electronic mail, where the authority accepts such forms of communication.
2. An offer shall be valid only if the following conditions are met:
(a) the offer indicates:
(i) the reference of the invitation to tender;
(ii) the name and address of the tenderer;
(iii) the quantity of white sugar to be exported;
(iv) the amount of the export levy or, where applicable, of the export refund, per 100 kilograms of white sugar, expressed in euro to three decimal places;
(v) the amount of the security to be lodged covering the quantity of sugar indicated in (iii), expressed in the currency of the Member State in which the tender is submitted;
(b) the quantity to be exported is not less than 250 tonnes of white sugar;
(c) proof is furnished before expiry of the time limit for the submission of tenders that the tenderer has lodged the security indicated in the tender;
(d) the offer includes a declaration by the tenderer that if his tender is successful he will, within the period laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 12(2), apply for an export licence or licences in respect of the quantities of white sugar to be exported;
(e) the offer includes a declaration by the tenderer that if his tender is successful he will:
(i) where the obligation to export resulting from the export licence referred to in Article 12(2) is not fulfilled, supplement the security by payment of the amount referred to in Article 13(4);
(ii) within 30 days following the expiry of the export licence in question, notify the authority which issued the licence of the quantity or quantities in respect of which the licence was not used.
3. A tender may stipulate that it is to be regarded as having been submitted only if one or both of the following conditions is/are met:
(a) the minimum export levy or, where applicable, the maximum export refund is fixed on the day of the expiry of the period for the submission of the tenders in question;
(b) the tender, if successful, relates to all or a specified part of the tendered quantity.
4. A tender which is not submitted in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, or which contains conditions other than those indicated in the present invitation to tender, shall not be considered.
5. Once submitted, a tender may not be withdrawn.
1. A security of EUR 11 per 100 kilograms of white sugar to be exported under this invitation to tender must be lodged by each tenderer.
Without prejudice to Article 13(4), where a tender is successful this security shall become the security for the export licence at the time of the application referred to in Article 12(2).
2. The security referred to in paragraph 1 may be lodged at the tenderer's choice, either in cash or in the form of a guarantee given by an establishment complying with criteria laid down by the Member State in which the tender is submitted.
3. Except in cases of force majeure, the security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released:
(a) to unsuccessful tenderers in respect of the quantity for which no award has been made;
(b) to successful tenderers who have not applied for the relevant export licence within the period referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 12(2), to the extent of EUR 10 per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
(c) to successful tenderers for the quantity for which they have fulfilled, within the meaning of Articles 31(b) and 32(1)(b)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 the export obligation resulting from the licence referred to under Article 12(2) in accordance with the terms of Article 35 of that Regulation.
In the case referred to under (b) of the first subparagraph, the releasable part of the security shall be reduced, as applicable, by:
(a) the difference between the maximum amount of the export refund fixed for the partial invitation concerned and the maximum amount of the export refund fixed for the following partial invitation, when the latter amount is higher than the former;
(b) the difference between the minimum amount of the export levy fixed for the partial invitation concerned and the minimum amount of the export levy fixed for the following partial invitation, when the latter amount is lower than the former.
The part of the security or the security which is not released shall be forfeit in respect of the quantity of sugar for which the corresponding obligations have not been fulfilled.
4. In case of force majeure, the competent authority of the Member State concerned shall take such action for the release of the security as it considers necessary having regard to the circumstances invoked by the party concerned.
1. Tenders shall be examined in private by the competent authority concerned. The persons present at the examination shall be under an obligation not to disclose any particulars relating thereto.
2. Tenders submitted shall be communicated to the Commission by the Member States without the tenderers being mentioned by name and must be received by the Commission within one hour and 30 minutes of the expiry of the deadline for the weekly submission of tenders stipulated in the notice of invitation to tender.
Where no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall notify the Commission of this within the same time limit.
1. After the tenders received have been examined, a maximum quantity may be fixed for the partial invitation concerned.
2. A decision may be taken to make no award under a specific partial invitation to tender.
1. In the light of the current state and foreseeable development of the Community and world sugar markets, there shall be fixed either:
(a) a minimum export levy, or
(b) a maximum export refund.
2. Without prejudice to Article 10, where a minimum export levy is fixed, a contract shall be awarded to every tenderer whose tender quotes a rate of levy equal to or greater than such minimum levy.
3. Without prejudice to Article 10, where a maximum export refund is fixed, a contract shall be awarded to every tenderer whose tender quotes a rate of refund equal to or less than such maximum refund and to every tenderer who has tendered for an export levy.
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1. Where a maximum quantity has been fixed for a partial invitation to tender and if a minimum export levy is fixed, a contract shall be awarded to the tenderer whose tender quotes the highest export levy; if the maximum quantity is not fully covered by that award, awards shall be made to other tenderers in descending order of export levies quoted until the entire maximum quantity has been accounted for.
Where a maximum quantity has been fixed for a partial invitation to tender and if a maximum export refund is fixed, contracts shall be awarded in accordance with the first subparagraph; if after such awards a quantity is still outstanding, or if there are no tenders quoting an export levy, awards shall be made to tenderers quoting an export refund in ascending order of export refunds quoted until the entire maximum quantity has been accounted for.
2. Where an award to a particular tenderer in accordance with paragraph 1 would result in the maximum quantity being exceeded, that award shall be limited to such quantity as is still available. Where two or more tenderers quote the same levy or the same refund and awards to all of them would result in the maximum quantity being exceeded, then the quantity available shall be awarded as follows:
(a) by division among the tenderers concerned in proportion to the total quantities in each of their tenders; or
(b) by apportionment among the tenderers concerned by reference to a maximum tonnage to be fixed for each of them; or
(c) by the drawing of lots.
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1. The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall immediately notify applicants of the result of their participation in the invitation to tender. In addition, that authority shall send successful tenderers a statement of award.
2. The statement of award shall indicate at least:
(a) the reference of the invitation to tender;
(b) the quantity of white sugar to be exported;
(c) the amount, expressed in euro, of the export levy to be charged, or where applicable of the export refund to be granted per 100 kilograms of white sugar of the quantity referred to in (b).
2
1. Every successful tenderer shall have the right to receive, in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 2, an export licence covering the quantity awarded, indicating the export levy or refund quoted in the tender, as the case may be.
2. Every successful tenderer shall be obliged to lodge, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, an application for an export licence in respect of the quantity that has been awarded to him, the application not being revocable in derogation from Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 120/89.
The application shall be lodged not later than:
(a) the last working day preceding the date of the partial invitation to tender to be held the following week;
(b) if no partial invitation to tender is due to be held that week, the last working day of the following week.
3. Every successful tenderer shall be obliged to export the tendered quantity and, if this obligation is not fulfilled, to pay, where necessary, the amount referred to in Article 13(4).
4. The rights and obligations referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall not be transferable.
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1. The period for the issue of export licences referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 shall not apply to the white sugar to be exported under this Regulation.
2. Export licences issued in connection with a partial invitation to tender shall be valid from the day of issue until the end of the fifth calendar month following that in which the partial invitation was issued.
However, export licences issued in respect of the partial invitations held from 1 May 2004 shall be valid only until 30 September 2004.
Should technical difficulties arise which prevent export being carried out by the expiry date referred to in the second subparagraph above, the competent authorities in the Member State which issued the export licence may, at the written request of the holder of that licence, extend its validity to 15 October 2004 at the latest, provided that export is not subject to the rules laid down in Articles 4 or 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80(10).
3. Export licences issued in respect of the partial invitations held between 31 July and 30 September 2003 shall be valid only from 1 October 2003.
4. Except in cases of force majeure, the holder of the licence shall pay the competent authority a specific amount in respect of the quantity for which the obligation to export resulting from the export licence referred to in Article 12(2) has not been fulfilled, if the security referred to in Article 6 is less than:
(a) the export levy indicated on the licence, less the levy referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 33(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 in force on the last day of validity of the said licence;
(b) the sum of the export levy indicated on the licence and the refund referred to in Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 in force on the last day of validity of the said licence;
(c) the export refund referred to in Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 in force on the last day of validity of the licence, less the refund indicated on the said licence,
The amount to be paid referred to in the first paragraph shall be equal to the difference between the result of the valuation made under (a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, and the security referred to in Article 6(1).
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31984R1484 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1484/84 of 25 May 1984 fixing for the 1984 marketing year the Community offer prices for cherries applicable with regard to Greece
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1484/84
of 25 May 1984
fixing for the 1984 marketing year the Community offer prices for cherries applicable with regard to Greece
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 10/81 of 1 January 1981 fixing, in respect of fruit and vegetables, the general rules for implementing the 1979 Act of Accession (1), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 75 of the Act of Accession introduces a compensatory mechanism on import into the Member States other than Greece for fruit and vegetables coming from Greece for which an institutional price is fixed;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 75 (2) (a) of the Act of Accession, a Community offer price is to be calculated annually, on the one hand, on the basis of the arithmetical average of producer prices of each Member State other than Greece, increased by the transport and packaging costs borne by the products from the areas of production up to the representative centres of Community consumption and, on the other hand, taking into account the trend of production costs in the fruit and vegetables sector; whereas the said producer prices are to correspond to an average of the price quotations recorded over three years prior to fixing the Community offer price; whereas, however, the annual Community offer price may not exceed the level of the reference price applied vis-Ă -vis third countries, this Community offer price being reduced by 12 % at the time of the fourth move toward price alignment referred to in Article 59 of the Act;
Whereas, in order to take account of seasonal price variations, the marketing year should be split into several periods and a Community offer price fixed for each such period;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 10/81, the rates used to calculate production prices are those recorded for an indigenous product whose trade characteristics are defined, on the representative market or markets within the production zones where the rates are lowest, for the products or varieties which represent a substantial proportion of marketable production throughout the year or during a part of the year and which correspond to quality category I and to set conditions in respect of packaging; whereas the average rate for each representative market is to be drawn up disregarding rates which may be considered excessively high or low compared with the normal fluctuations recorded on the said market;
Whereas application of the abovementioned criteria results in fixing the Community offer prices for cherries for the period 21 May to 10 August 1984 at the levels set out hereinafter;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 1984 marketing year, the Community offer price for cherries falling within subheading 08.07 C of the Common Customs Tariff, expressed in ECU per 100 kilograms net, are hereby fixed as follows, for packed products of quality category I, of all sizes:
May (21 to 31): 111,31
June: 99,47
July: 91,38
August (1 to 10): 70,20
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R1408 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29 July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary
| Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002
of 29 July 2002
establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part(1), provides for certain concessions for certain agricultural products originating in Hungary.
(2) The first improvements to the preferential arrangements of the Europe Agreement with Hungary were provided for in the Protocol adapting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture, including the improvements to the existing preferential regime, approved by Decision 1999/67/EC(2).
(3) Improvements to the preferential arrangements of the Europe Agreement with Hungary were also provided for as a result of a first round of negotiations to liberalise the agricultural trade. The improvements entered into force as from 1 July 2000 in the form of Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 of 31 July 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary(3). The second adjustment of the relevant provisions in the Europe Agreement, which will take the form of another Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement, has not yet entered into force.
(4) A new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on trade liberalisation for agricultural products has been negotiated.
(5) A swift implementation of the adjustments forms an essential part of the results of the negotiations for the conclusion of a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement with Hungary. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of the agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 should therefore be repealed.
(7) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(4) has codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations. Tariff quotas under this Regulation should therefore be administered in accordance with those rules.
(8) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(5),
1. The conditions for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Hungary as set out in Annex A(a) and Annex A(b) to this Regulation shall replace those set out in Annex VIII to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, hereinafter the "Europe Agreement".
2. On the entry into force of the Additional Protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement to take into account the outcome of the negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions, the concessions provided for in that Protocol shall replace those referred to in Annex A(a) and Annex A(b) to this Regulation.
3. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 3(2).
1. Tariff quotas with an order number above 09.5100 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
2. Quantities of goods subject to tariff quotas and released for free circulation as from 1 July 2002 under the concessions provided for in Annex A(b) to Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 shall be fully counted against the quantities provided for in Annex A(b) to this Regulation, except for quantities for which import licences have been issued before 1 July 2002.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92(6) or, where appropriate, by the committee instituted by the relevant provisions of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be one month.
3. The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 is repealed from the entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 2002 except for new concessions, which involve the opening of new tariff quotas. For these new concessions covered by order numbers 09.4774, 09.4776, 09.4777, 09.4778, 09.4780, 09.5862 and 09.5864 it is applicable from the date of entry into force of the detailed rules provided for in Article 1(3) of this Regulation.
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31990R0903 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 903/90 of 9 April 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements applicable to imports of certain poultrymeat products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 903/90
of 9 April 1990
laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements applicable to imports of certain poultrymeat products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 712/90 of 5 March 1990 concerning the arrangements applied to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural goods originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1), and in particular Article 27 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1235/89 (3), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 in particular introduces arrangements for reducing import levies on certain products in the poultrymeat sector within the limit of quotas; whereas detailed rules for the application of this Regulation should be adopted as regards the poultrymeat products concerned with a view to administering the quota concerned; whereas those detailed rules are either supplementary to or derogate from 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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1903/89 (5);
Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the quotas, a security should be required for applications for import licences and certain conditions be laid down as regards applicants themselves; whereas the quotas should be staggered over the year and the term of validity of licences should be specified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
All imports into the Community under Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of products covered by CN codes 0207, 1602 31 and 1602 39 shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence.
Licences shall be issued under the conditions laid down in this Regulation and within the limit of the quota fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
1. The quotas for the products covered by CN codes 0207, 1602 31 and 1602 39 shall be staggered over the year as follows:
- 25 % in the period 1 January to 31 March,
- 25 % in the period 1 April to 30 June,
- 25 % in the period 1 July to 30 September,
- 25 % in the period 1 October to 31 December.
2. However, the following shall apply for 1990:
- 50 % in the period 1 April to 30 June 1990,
- 25 % in the period 1 July to 30 September 1990,
- 25 % in the period 1 October to 31 December 1990.
1. In order to qualify under the import arrangements provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90:
(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who at the time applications are submitted must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities in the Member States that they have been engaged in commercial activity in the poultrymeat sector for at least the preceding 12 months;
(b) licence applications may only relate to the quota provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90. The application may comprise several products covered by CN codes 0207 or 1602 31 and 1602 39 exported from one of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or the overseas countries and
territories (OCT). In such cases, all the CN codes shall be indicated in section 16 and their description in section 15;
(c) licence applications must relate to at least to one tonne and not more than 25 % of the quantity available under the quota and the quarter in respect of which licence applications are lodged;
(d) section 7 of licence applications and licences shall show the exporting country; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from the country indicated;
(e) the heading 'notes' and section 24 of licence applications and licences shall show respectively one of the following:
- Exacción reguladora reducida en un 50 %, Producto ACP/PTUM - Reglamento (CEE) no 903/90;
- Nedsaettelse af importafgiften med 50 %, AVS/OLT-Varer - forordning (EOEF) nr. 903/90;
- Verminderung der Abschoepfung um 50 %, AKP/UELG-Erzeugnis - Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 903/90;
- Meioméni eisforá katá 50 %, proïón AKE/YCHE - kanonismós (EOK) arith. 903/90;
- Levy reduced by 50 %, ACP/OCT-Product - Regulation (EEC) No 903/90;
- Prélèvement réduit de 50 %, Produit ACP/PTOM - règlement (CEE) no 903/90;
- Prelievo ridotto del 50 %, Prodotto ACP/PTOM - regolamento (CEE) n. 903/90;
- Heffing verminderd met 50 %, ACS/LGO-Produkt - Verordening (EEG) nr. 903/90;
- Direito nivelador reduzido de 50 %, Produto ACP/PTU - Regulamento (CEE) nº 903/90.
1. Licence applications may only be lodged during the first 10 days of each quarter.
2. Licence applications shall only be admissible where the applicant declares in writing that he has not submitted and undertakes not to submit any other applications, in respect of the current quarter, concerning products in the same quota in the Member State in which his application is lodged nor in other Member States; where the same party submits applications relating to products covered by the same quota, all applications from that person shall be inadmissible.
3. The Member States shall notify the Commission on the third working day following the end of the application submission period, of applications lodged for each of the products covered by the quotas in question. Such notification shall comprise a list of applicants, the product code and quantities applied for by quota and the exporting countries. All notifications, including notifications of nil applications, shall be made by telex or telecopy on the working day stipulated.
4. Subject to a decision on acceptance of applications by the Commission, licences shall be issued on the 21st day of each quarter.
5. The Commission shall decide to what extent quantities may be awarded in respect of applications as referred to in Article 3.
If quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed the quantities available, the Commission shall fix a single percentage reducing the quantities applied for.
If the overall quantity covered by applications is less than the quantity available, the Commission shall calculate the quantity remaining, which shall be added to the quantity available in respect of the following quarter.
Pursuant to Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, import licences shall be valid for 90 days from the date of actual issue.
However, licences may not be valid after 31 December of the year of issue.
Import licences, issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transferable.
A security of ECU 30 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged for import licence applications for all products referred to in Article 1.
Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply.
However, by way of derogation from Article 8 (4) of that Regulation, the quantity imported under Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 may not exceed that indicated in sections 17 and 18 of import licences. The figure 0 shall be entered to that effect in section 19 of licences.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006R1636 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2006 of 6 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
| 7.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 306/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1636/2006
of 6 November 2006
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for amending the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme in Annex II.
(2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair’s Notice of 20 October 2006, has decided to add Bangladesh to the list of Participants as of 20 October 2006.
(3) Bulgaria has notified the EC that the Ministry of Finance has been designated as the competent authority with responsibility for implementation of the Kimberley Process certification scheme.
(4) Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall be applicable from 20 October 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31980R0802 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 802/80 of 27 March 1980 on the classification of goods falling within subheading 04.03 A of the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 802/80 of 27 March 1980 on the classification of goods falling within subheading 04.03 A 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 Regulation (EEC) No 280/77 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas provisions are necessary to ensure the uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature in regard to certain products having the physical structure, the typical taste and qualitative chemical composition of butter but containing only from 75 to 80 % of milkfats;
Whereas the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (3), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3000/79 (4), lists butter under heading No 04.03;
Whereas the presence of an above-average quantity of water does not cause the products in question to cease to have the character of goods of heading No 04.03 of the Common Customs Tariff;
Whereas, within heading No 04.03, subheading 04.03 A must be chosen for the products in question;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
Products having the physical structure, the typical taste and the qualitative chemical composition of butter but containing only from 75 to 80 % of milkfats, shall be classified in the Common Customs Tariff under subheading:
04.03 Butter:
A. Of a fat content, by weight not exceeding 85 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32009R0609 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2009 of 8 July 2009 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 11.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 180/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 609/2009
of 8 July 2009
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31973R1692 | Regulation (EEC) No 1692/73 of the Council of 25 June 1973 on the safeguard measures provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway
| REGULATION (EEC) No 1692/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 25 June 1973 on the safeguard measures provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway
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 an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway was signed in Brussels on 14 May 1973;
Whereas, for the purposes of implementing the safeguard clauses provided for in the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, the procedures to be followed are laid down by the Treaty itself;
Whereas, on the other hand, the detailed rules for implementing the safeguard clauses and precautionary measures provided for in Articles 22 to 27 of the Agreement remain to be laid down;
The Council may, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 113 of the Treaty, decide to refer to the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement" - for the purpose of taking the measures provided for in Articles 22, 24 and 26 of the Agreement. Where necessary, the Council shall adopt these measures in accordance with the same procedure.
The Commission may submit the necessary proposals to this end on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State.
1. In the case of a practice that may justify application by the Community of the measures provided for in Article 23 of the Agreement, the Commission, after examining the case on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, shall decide whether such practice is compatible with the Agreement. Where necessary it shall propose the adoption of safeguard measures to the Council, which shall act in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 113 of the Treaty.
2. In the case of a practice that may cause safeguard measures to be applied to the Community on the basis of Article 23 of the Agreement, the Commission, after examining the case, shall decide whether the practice is compatible with the principles set out in the Agreement. Where necessary, it shall formulate appropriate recommendations.
In the case of a practice that may justify application by the Community of the measures provided for in Article 25 of the Agreement, the procedures established by Regulation (EEC) No 459/68 (1) shall be applicable.
1. Where exceptional circumstances require immediate action in the situations referred to in Articles 24 and 26 of the Agreement or in the case of export aids that have a direct and immediate effect on trade, the precautionary measures provided for in Articles 27 (3) (d) of the Agreement may be adopted as follows.
2. The Commission may, on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, submit the necessary proposals, upon which the Council shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 113 of the Treaty.
3. The Member State concerned may, except in the case of export aids having a direct and immediate effect on trade, introduce quantitative restrictions on imports. It shall immediately notify the other Member States and the Commission of these measures. (1)OJ No L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 1.
The Commission shall decide, by an emergency procedure and within a maximum period of three working days in the case of Article 24, and five working days in the case of Article 26, of the notification referred to in the first subparagraph, whether the measures are to be retained, modified or abolished.
All the Member States shall be notified of the Commission's Decision, which shall be immediately enforceable.
Any Member State may refer the Commission's Decision to the Council within a maximum period of five working days in the case of Article 24, and ten working days in the case of Article 26, of notification of the Decision. The Council shall meet forthwith. It may by a qualified majority amend or rescind the Decision taken by the Commission.
If the Member State which took measures in pursuance of this paragraph refers the matter to the Council, the Decision of the Commission shall be suspended. The suspension shall end, in the case of Article 24, fifteen days and, in the case of Article 26, thirty days after the matter has been referred to the Council if the latter has not yet amended or rescinded the Decision of the Commission.
For the purpose of implementing this paragraph, priority must be given in the selection of measures to those which least disturb the functioning of the common market.
Before taking its Decision concerning the measures taken in implementation of this paragraph by the Member State concerned, the Commission shall hold consultations.
These consultations shall take place within an advisory committee composed of representatives of each Member State and presided over by a representative of the Commission.
The Committee shall meet when convened by its Chairman. The latter shall forward to the Member States, within the shortest possible time, any appropriate information.
The provisions of this Regulation shall not affect implementation of the safeguard clauses provided for in the Treaty, in particular in Articles 108 and 109 thereof, in accordance with the procedures therein provided for.
Notification to the Joint Committee by the Community as required by Article 27 (2) of the Agreement shall be the responsibility of the Commission.
Before 31 December 1974, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide upon such amendments to be made to this Regulation, in particular to Article 4 (3) thereof which may in the light of experience prove necessary in order to avoid the wish of compromising the unity of the common market.
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32007R1104 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2007 of 25 September 2007 amending for the 86th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001
| 26.9.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 250/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1104/2007
of 25 September 2007
amending for the 86th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 7, 13 and 17 September 2007, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32008D0580 | 2008/580/EC: Council Decision of 23 June 2008 granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects outside the Community (South-eastern neighbours, Mediterranean countries, Latin America and Asia and the Republic of South Africa) (Codified version)
| 15.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 186/30
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 June 2008
granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects outside the Community (South-eastern neighbours, Mediterranean countries, Latin America and Asia and the Republic of South Africa)
(Codified version)
(2008/580/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 181a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 2000/24/EC of 22 December 1999 granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects outside the Community (Central and Eastern Europe, Mediterranean countries, Latin America and Asia and the Republic of South Africa) (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codified.
(2) The European Council meeting in Madrid on 15 and 16 December 1995 confirmed the importance of the European Investment Bank, hereinafter referred to as ‘the EIB’, as an instrument of cooperation between the Community and Latin America and called on the EIB to intensify its activities in the region. These projects should be of interest to both the Community and the countries concerned.
(3) The European Council meeting in Florence on 21 and 22 June 1996 welcomed the results of the Asia-Europe summit, which marked a turning-point in relations between the two continents.
(4) The European Council meeting in Amsterdam on 16 and 17 June 1997 welcomed the conclusions adopted at the Second Euro-Mediterranean Conference, which was held at Valletta, Malta, on 15 and 16 April 1997 and reaffirmed the principles and objectives agreed at Barcelona in 1995.
(5) The European Council meeting in Luxembourg on 12 and 13 December 1997 launched the enlargement process with the Central and Eastern European countries and Cyprus.
(6) The European Council meeting in Cardiff on 15 and 16 June 1998 welcomed the efforts which the Republic of South Africa was making to modernise its economy and integrate it into the world trading system.
(7) The EIB is completing the current loan programmes for Central and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean region, Asia and Latin America and the Republic of South Africa pursuant to Decision 97/256/EC (4), as well as the lending that is governed by the Protocol on Financial Cooperation with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, according to Decision 98/348/EC (5).
(8) The Council has invited the EIB to start operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These operations have continued, following the positive report (6) drawn up as stipulated in Council Decision 98/729/EC (7).
(9) Although Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have been included in the Central and Eastern Europe region since the adoption of Decision 97/256/EC, the EIB’s total lending effort to applicant countries within this region should increase given the importance of the pre-accession facility the EIB plans to create for EIB lending for projects in these countries without a guarantee from the Community budget or Member States.
(10) In these circumstances, the EIB should ensure that its guaranteed lending within the Central and Eastern Europe mandate will finance particularly projects in those countries which have fewer projects suitable for financing from the pre-accession facility or projects in non-applicant countries.
(11) The Cooperation Agreements between the European Community and Nepal, between the European Community and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and between the European Community and Yemen entered into force on 1 June 1996, 1 December 1997 and on 1 July 1998 respectively. The Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and South Korea was signed on 28 October 1996. Nepal, Yemen, Laos and South Korea should become beneficiaries of EIB funding under the EIB’s mandate for Asia and Latin America.
(12) It is appropriate to make certain improvements in the programmes of operations in respect of duration and country coverage. It is appropriate to adjust the blanket guarantee rate and the portion of lending for which the EIB is invited to cover the commercial risk from non-sovereign guarantees.
(13) The Council is calling on the EIB to continue its operations in support of investment projects carried out in those countries by offering it the guarantee provided for in this Decision.
(14) In June 1996, the Commission, in agreement with the EIB, presented to the Council a proposal for a new guarantee system for EIB lending to third countries.
(15) On 2 December 1996 the Council approved conclusions on new guarantee arrangements for EIB lending to third countries, according to which the approach of a global guarantee, without distinguishing between the regions and projects, is approved and a risk-sharing scheme accepted. Under the current risk-sharing scheme the budgetary guarantee should cover political risks arising from currency non transfer, expropriation, war or civil disturbance and denial of justice upon breach of certain contracts by the third-country government or other authorities.
(16) Under the risk-sharing scheme, the EIB should secure commercial risks by means of non-sovereign third-party guarantees or by means of any other security or collateral as well as relying on the financial strength of the debtor, in accordance with its usual criteria.
(17) The guarantee arrangements should not affect the excellent credit standing of the EIB.
(18) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1149/1999 (8) revised the target amount and the provisioning rate for the Loan Guarantee Fund established by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 (9).
(19) The financial perspective for the period 2000 to 2006 according to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (10) envisages a ceiling for the loan guarantee reserve in the Community budget of EUR 200 million (at 1999 prices) per annum.
(20) EIB financing in eligible third countries should be managed, in accordance with the EIB’s usual criteria and procedures, including appropriate control measures, as well as with the relevant rules and procedures concerning the Court of Auditors and OLAF, in such a way as to support Community policies and to enhance coordination with the Community’s other financial instruments. There is regular consultation between the EIB and the Commission to ensure coordination of priorities and activities in these countries and to measure progress towards the fulfilment of the Community’s relevant policy objectives. The setting and periodic review of the operation objectives and the measurement of their fulfilment are the responsibility of the EIB’s Board of Directors. In particular, EIB financing in the candidate countries should reflect the priorities established in the accession partnerships between the Community and those countries. Thus the transparency of the EIB lending under this Decision should be substantially enhanced. Hence, the Commission has reported on the application of Decision 2000/24/EC (11).
(21) Close cooperation between the EIB and the Commission should ensure consistency and synergy with the European Union’s geographical cooperation programmes and ensure that the EIB loan operations complement and strengthen the European Union’s policies for those regions.
(22) The Community guarantee covering the special earthquake facility for Turkey under Council Decision 1999/786/EC (12) continues to take the form of an extension of the global guarantee under this Decision.
(23) The EIB and the Commission should adopt the procedures for granting the guarantee,
1. The Community shall grant the European Investment Bank (EIB) a global guarantee in respect of all payments not received by it but due in respect of credits opened, in accordance with its usual criteria, and in support of the Community’s relevant external policy objectives, for investment projects carried out in the South-eastern neighbours, the Mediterranean countries, Latin America and Asia and the Republic of South Africa.
This guarantee shall be restricted to 65 % of the aggregate amount of the credits opened, plus all related sums. The overall ceiling of the credits opened shall be equivalent to EUR 19 460 million, broken down as follows:
— south-eastern neighbours:
— Mediterranean countries:
— Latin America and Asia:
— Republic of South Africa:
— special action supporting the consolidation and intensification of the EC-Turkey Customs Union:
and may be used by 31 January 2007 at the latest. The credits already signed shall be taken into account as a deduction from the regional ceilings.
The Commission shall report on the application of this Decision at the latest six months before any new accession treaties enter into force, and make proposals for amendments of this Decision if appropriate. The Council will discuss and act on any proposal with effect from the date of entry into force of any new accession treaty.
If, on expiry of the guaranteed lending period on 31 January 2007, the loans granted by the EIB have not attained the overall amounts referred to in the second subparagraph, this period shall be automatically extended by six months.
2. The countries covered by paragraph 1 are:
— South-eastern neighbours: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Turkey,
— Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Gaza-West Bank,
— Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela,
— Asia: Bangladesh, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Yemen,
— Republic of South Africa.
3. The EIB is invited to aim to cover the commercial risk on 30 % of its lending under this Decision from non-sovereign guarantees as far as possible on an individual regional mandate basis. This percentage shall be expanded upon whenever possible in so far as the market permits.
The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council each year of the loan operations and progress made on risk-sharing under Article 1(3) and shall, at the same time, submit an assessment of the operation of the scheme and of coordination between the financial institutions operating in that area. The Commission information submitted to the European Parliament and the Council shall include an assessment of the contribution of the lending under this Decision to the fulfilment of the Community’s relevant external policy objectives, taking into account the operational objectives and appropriate measurements of their fulfilment to be established by the EIB for lending under this Decision.
For the purposes referred to in the first paragraph, the EIB shall transmit to the Commission the appropriate information.
The EIB and the Commission shall fix the terms on which the guarantee is to be given.
Decision 2000/24/EC, as amended by the Decisions listed in Annex I, is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.
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31983L0513 | Council Directive 83/513/EEC of 26 September 1983 on limit values and quality objectives for cadmium discharges
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 26 September 1983 on limit values and quality objectives for cadmium discharges (83/513/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and 235 thereof,
Having regard to Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (1), and in particular Articles 6 and 12 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, in order to protect the aquatic environment of the Community against pollution by certain dangerous substances, Article 3 of Directive 76/464/EEC introduces a system of prior authorization laying down emission standards for discharges of the substances in List I in the Annex thereto ; whereas Article 6 of the said Directive provides that limit values shall be laid down for such emission standards and also quality objectives for the aquatic environment affected by discharges of these substances;
Whereas cadmium and its compounds are included in List I;
Whereas the Member States are required to apply the limit values except in the cases where they may employ quality objectives;
Whereas, since pollution due to the discharge of cadmium into water is caused by a large number of industries, it is necessary to lay down specific limit values according to the type of industry concerned and to lay down quality objectives for the aquatic environment into which cadmium is discharged by such industries;
Whereas at the present time it is not, however, possible to establish limit values for discharges arising from the manufacture of phosphoric acid and phosphatic fertilizer from phosphatic rock;
Whereas the purpose of the quality objectives must be to eliminate cadmium pollution of the various parts of the aquatic environment which might be affected by cadmium discharges;
Whereas such quality objectives must be laid down expressly for this purpose and not with the intention of establishing rules pertaining to consumer protection or to the marketing of products from the aquatic environment; (1) OJ No L 129, 18.5.1976, p. 23. (2) OJ No C 118, 21.5.1981, p. 3. (3) OJ No C 334, 20.12.1982, p. 138. (4) OJ No C 230, 10.9.1981, p. 22.
Whereas a specific monitoring procedure should be laid down to enable Member States to demonstrate that the quality objectives are being complied with;
Whereas provision should be made for the monitoring by Member States of the aquatic environment affected by the aforesaid cadmium discharges with a view to effective implementation of this Directive ; whereas Article 6 of Directive 76/464/EEC does not provide for the powers to introduce such monitoring ; whereas, since the specific powers have not been provided for in the Treaty, Article 235 thereof should be invoked;
Whereas it is important that the Commission forward to the Council, every five years, a comparative assessment of the implementation of this Directive by Member States;
Whereas, since groundwater is the subject of Directive 80/68/EEC (1), it is excluded from the scope of this Directive;
Whereas the level of industrialization is very low in Greenland because of the overall situation of the island, and in particular the fact that it is sparsely populated, its considerable size and its special geographical position ; whereas, therefore, this Directive should not apply to Greenland,
1. This Directive: - in pursuance of Article 6 (1) of Directive 76/464/EEC, lays down limit values for emission standards for cadmium in discharges from industrial plants as defined in Article 2 (e) hereof,
- in pursuance of Article 6 (2) of Directive 76/464/EEC, lays down quality objectives for cadmium in the aquatic environment,
- in pursuance of Article 6 (4) of Directive 76/464/EEC, lays down the time limits for compliance with the conditions specified in the authorizations granted by the competent authorities of Member States in respect of existing discharges,
- in pursuance of Article 12 (1) of Directive 76/464/EEC, lays down the reference methods of measurement enabling the cadmium content in discharges and in the aquatic environment to be determined,
- in pursuance of Article 6 (3) of Directive 76/464/EEC, establishes a monitoring procedure,
- requires Member States to cooperate with one another in the case of discharges affecting the waters of more than one Member State.
2. This Directive applies to the waters referred to in Article 1 of Directive 76/464/EEC with the exception of groundwater.
For the purposes of this Directive: (a) "cadmium" means: - the chemical element cadmium,
- the cadmium contained in any of its compounds;
(b) "limit values" means the values specified in Annex I;
(c) "quality objectives" means the requirements specified in Annex II;
(d) "handling of cadmium" means any industrial process involving the use or production of cadmium, or any other process in which the presence of cadmium is inherent;
(e) "industrial plant" means any plant at which cadmium or any substance containing cadmium is handled;
(f) "existing plant" means an industrial plant which is operational on the date of notification of this Directive;
(g) "new plant" means: - an industrial plant which has become operational after the date of notification of this Directive,
- an existing industrial plant whose cadmium-processing capacity has been substantially increased after the date of notification of this Directive.
1. The limit values, the time limits by which they must be complied with and the (1) OJ No L 20, 26.1.1980, p. 43. monitoring procedure for discharges are laid down in Annex I.
2. The limit values shall normally apply at the point where waste waters containing cadmium leave the industrial plant.
When waste waters containing cadmium are treated outside the industrial plant at a treatment plant intended for the removal of cadmium, the Member State may permit the limit values to be applied at the point where the waste waters leave the treatment plant.
3. The authorizations referred to in Article 3 of Directive 76/464/EEC must contain provisions at least as stringent as those in Annex I to this Directive, except where a Member State is complying with Article 6 (3) of Directive 76/464/EEC on the basis of Annexes II and IV to this Directive.
Authorizations shall be reviewed at least every four years.
4. Without prejudice to their obligations arising from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and to the provisions of Directive 76/464/EEC, Member States may grant authorizations for new plants only if those plants apply the standards corresponding to the best technical means available when that is necessary for the elimination of pollution in accordance with Article 2 of the said Directive or for the prevention of distortion of competition.
Whatever method it adopts, the Member State shall, where for technical reasons the intended measures do not correspond to the best technical means available, provide the Commission, before any authorization, with evidence in support of these reasons.
The Commission shall forward this evidence to the other Member States immediately and shall send all Member States a report as soon as possible giving its opinion on the derogation referred to in the second subparagraph. If necessary, it shall at the same time submit appropriate proposals to the Council.
5. The reference method of analysis to be used in determining the presence of cadmium is given in Annex III (1). Other methods may be used provided that the limits of detection, precision and accuracy of such methods are at least as good as those laid down in Annex III (1). The accuracy required in the measurement of effluent flow is given in Annex III (2).
The Member States concerned shall be responsible for monitoring the aquatic environment affected by industrial discharges.
In the case of discharges affecting the waters of more than one Member State, the Member States concerned shall cooperate with a view to harmonizing monitoring procedures.
1. The Commission shall make a comparative assessment of the implementation of this Directive by Member States on the basis of information supplied to it by them pursuant to Article 13 of Directive 76/464/EEC at its request, which it must submit case by case. The information concerned shall, in particular, comprise: - details of authorizations laying down emission standards for discharges of cadmium,
- the results of the inventory of cadmium discharged into the waters referred to in Article 1 (2),
- the results of measurements made by the national network set up to determine concentrations of cadmium.
2. The Commission shall forward the comparative assessment referred to in paragraph 1 to the Council every five years, and for the first time four years after notification of this Directive.
3. In the event of a change in scientific knowledge relating principally to the toxicity, persistence and accumulation of cadmium in living organisms and sediments, or in the event of an improvement in the best technical means available, the Commission shall submit appropriate proposals to the Council with the aim of reinforcing, if necessary, the limit values and the quality objectives or of establishing new limit values and new quality objectives.
1. Member States shall bring into force the measures necessary to comply with this Directive within two years following its notification. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
This Directive shall not apply to Greenland.
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31998R0445 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 445/98 of 25 February 1998 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to their processing in the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 445/98 of 25 February 1998 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to their processing in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas the introduction of intervention in beef has resulted in a build-up of stocks in several Member states; whereas, in order to prevent storage being prolonged excessively, part of these stocks should be sold by tendering procedure for processing in the Community;
Whereas this sale should be subject to the rules laid down in Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (4), (EEC) No 3002/92 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96 (6), and (EEC) No 2182/77 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95, subject to certain special exceptions on account of the particular use to which the products in question are to be put;
Whereas, in order to ensure consistent and permanent sales, Title I of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular, should be applied;
Whereas, to ensure economic management of stocks, the intervention agencies should give priority to selling the meat which has been stored the longest;
Whereas provision should be made for derogations from the second subparagraph of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the administrative difficulties which the application of this rule is creating in certain Member States;
Whereas, to ensure optimum monitoring of the destination of beef from intervention stocks, control measures should be taken, in addition to the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, which are based on physical inspection of quantities and qualities;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The sale shall take place of approximately:
- 400 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Portuguese intervention agency,
- 3 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the German intervention agency,
- 1 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency,
- 450 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Danish intervention agency,
- 2 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the French intervention agency,
- 3 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Italian intervention agency,
- 2 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Spanish intervention agency,
- 400 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Irish intervention agency,
- 3 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency,
- 850 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Danish intervention agency,
- 3 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency,
- 3 000 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency.
Detailed information concerning the products and their selling prices is given in Annex I.
2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular Titles I and III, (EEC) No 2182/77 and (EEC) No 3002/92.
3. Particulars of the quantities and the place where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II.
4. For each product mentioned in Annex I, the intervention agencies shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.
5. Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, purchase applications shall not indicate in which store or stores the meat is held.
1. Purchase applications shall be valid only if presented by or on behalf of a person or legal entity who, for the 12 months prior to the entry into force of this Regulation, has been engaged in the processing of products containing beef and who is entered in a national VAT register. In addition, applications must be presented by or on behalf of a processing establishment approved in accordance with Article 8 of Council Directive 77/99/EEC (8).
For the purposes of the preceding subparagraph, a retail or catering establishment or an establishment attached to a retail sales outlet where meat is processed and put up for sale to the final consumer shall not be taken into consideration.
2. Notwithstanding Article 3(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, applications shall be accompanied by:
- a written undertaking by the purchaser to process the meat into the products specified in Article 3 within the period referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77,
- precise details of the establishment or establishments where the meat purchased is to be processed.
3. The purchasers referred to in paragraph 1 may instruct an agent in writing to take delivery, on their behalf, of the products which they purchase. In this case agents shall submit the purchase applications of the purchaser whom they represent together with the written instruction referred to above.
4. The purchasers and agents referred to in the preceding paragraphs shall maintain and keep up-to-date an accounting system which permits the destination and use of the products to be ascertained with a view in particular to ensuring that the quantities of products purchased and processed tally.
1. Meat purchased in accordance with this Regulation shall be processed into products which comply with the definitions for A products and B products set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 below.
2. An 'A` product means a processed product falling within CN code 1602 10 00, 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 or 1602 50 80, not containing meat other than that of animals of the bovine species, with a collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,45 % (9) and containing by weight at least 20 % (10) of lean meat excluding offal (11) and fat with meat and jelly accounting for at least 85 % of the total net weight.
The product must be subjected to a heat treatment sufficient to ensure the coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the product which may not show any traces of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.
3. A 'B` product means a processed product containing beef, other than:
- one specified in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, or
- one referred to in paragraph 2.
However, a processed product falling within CN code 0210 20 90 which has been dried or smoked so that the colour and consistency of the fresh meat has totally disappeared and with a water/protein ratio not exceeding 3,2 shall be considered to be a B product.
1. Member States shall set up a system of physical and documentary supervision to ensure that all meat is processed in accordance with Article 3.
The system must include physical checks of quantity and quality at the start of the processing, during the processing and after the processing operation is completed. To this end, processors shall at any time be able to demonstrate the identity and use of the meat through appropriate production records.
Technical verification of the production method by the competent authority may, to the extent necessary, make allowance for drip losses and trimmings.
In order to verify the quality of the finished product and establish its conformity with the processor's recipe Member States shall undertake representative sampling and analysis of the product. The costs of such operations shall be borne by the processor concerned.
2. Member States may, at the request of the processor, authorise the deboning of bone-in forequarters in an establishment other than that provided for in respect of processing provided the relevant operations take place in the same Member State under appropriate supervision.
3. Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 shall not apply.
1. The security provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 shall be ECU 12 per 100 kilograms.
2. The security provided for in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77 shall be:
- ECU 1 000 for bone-in forequarters,
- ECU 1 500 for boneless beef.
3. Notwithstanding Article 5(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, the processing of all beef purchased into finished products as referred to in Article 3 shall constitute a principal requirement.
Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2182/77, in addition to the entries provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92:
- Section 104 of T5 control copies must be completed with one or more of the following:
- Para transformación [Reglamentos (CEE) n° 2182/77 y (CE) n° 445/98]
- Til forarbejdning (forordning (EØF) nr. 2182/77 og (EF) nr. 445/98)
- Zur Verarbeitung bestimmt (Verordnungen (EWG) Nr. 2182/77 und (EG) Nr. 445/98)
- Ãéá ìåôáðïßçóç [êáíïíéóìïß (ÅÏÊ) áñéè. 2182/77 êáé (ÅÊ) áñéè. 445/98]
- For processing (Regulations (EEC) No 2182/77 and (EC) No 445/98)
- Destinés à la transformation [règlements (CEE) n° 2182/77 et (CE) n° 445/98]
- Destinate alla trasformazione [regolamenti (CEE) n. 2182/77 e (CE) n. 445/98]
- Bestemd om te worden verwerkt (Verordeningen (EEG) nr. 2182/77 en (EG) nr. 445/98)
- Para transformação [Regulamentos (CEE) nº 2182/77 e (CE) nº 445/98]
- Jalostettavaksi (Asetukset (ETY) N:o 2182/77 ja (EY) N:o 445/98)
- För bearbetning (Förordningarna (EEG) nr 2182/77 och (EG) nr 445/98),
- Section 106 of T 5 control copies must be completed with the date of conclusion of the contract of sale.
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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31998R2182 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2182/98 of 9 October 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1848/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2182/98 of 9 October 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1848/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 of 14 July 1992 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1848/93 of 9 July 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2515/94 (3), allows for action to be taken to inform the public of the meaning of the 'traditional speciality guaranteed` indication and the logo in the Community languages; whereas the action taken, notably a Community campaign directed at producers, distributors and consumers, has been demonstrably useful and effective;
Whereas given the useful positive impact of the action taken to make Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 and the logo and indication it provides for known, a four-year extension to the time limit set in Regulation (EEC) No 2037/93 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1726/98 (5), should be made so that it can be continued and its impact increased;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Certificates of Specific Character,
Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1848/93 is amended as follows:
1. The word 'five` is replaced by 'nine`.
2. The following subparagraph is added:
'An assessment of the action taken shall be made`.
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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31999R1835 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1835/1999 of 24 August 1999 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1835/1999
of 24 August 1999
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1506/1999(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
(1) Whereas the wording to heading 2202 encompasses "Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured";
(2) Whereas, in order to ensure the uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature, it should be made clear that this heading cover only waters for direct consumption as beverages, as is the case of other non-alcoholic beverages of heading 2202;
(3) Whereas an additional note should therefore be inserted in Chapter 22 to clarify the content of subheading 2202 10 00, which covers "Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured";
(4) Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Chapter 22 of the Combined Nomenclature in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following Additional Note 1 is inserted: "Subheading 2202 10 00 covers waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, providing they are for direct consumption as a beverage."
2. The present Additional Notes 1 to 10 are renumbered 2 to 11.
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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32005D0830 | 2005/830/EC: Commission Decision of 25 November 2005 amending Decision 2003/322/EC as regards the feeding of certain necrophagous birds with certain category 1 material (notified under document number C(2005) 4521)
| 26.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 311/40
COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 November 2005
amending Decision 2003/322/EC as regards the feeding of certain necrophagous birds with certain category 1 material
(notified under document number C(2005) 4521)
(Only the Spanish, Greek, French, Italian and Portuguese texts are authentic)
(2005/830/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 23(2)(d) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2003/322/EC of 12 May 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the feeding of certain necrophagous birds with certain category 1 materials (2) lays down conditions for the authorisation of the feeding of certain endangered or protected species of necrophagous birds by certain Member States.
(2) In accordance with that Decision and in order to contain the risk of spread of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalitis (TSE), carcasses of bovine, ovine and caprine animals intended to be used for feeding have to be tested for TSE with a negative result prior to their use.
(3) In order to improve the availability of feed to endangered or protected species, it is appropriate to align the testing requirements for carcasses used for feeding with specifications laid down in Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (3), while limiting the proportion of ovine and caprine carcasses to be sampled.
(4) The prohibition on using carcasses tested for TSE with a positive result for feed should remain.
(5) Decision 2003/322/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In the Annex to Decision 2003/322/EC, Part B (3)(b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) ensure that carcasses of bovine animals and at least 4 % of carcasses of ovine and caprine animals intended to be used for feeding are tested prior to that use with a negative result, in the TSE monitoring programme carried out in accordance with Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; and’
This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2005.
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31986R2936 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2936/86 of 24 September 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 laying down implementing rules in respect of the system of consumption aid for olive oil
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2936/86
of 24 September 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 laying down implementing rules in respect of the system of consumption aid for olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/86 (2), and in aparticular Article 11 (8) thereof,
Whereas Article 17 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/85 (4) provides that the release into free circulation in the Community of olive oil falling within subheading 15.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff is to be subject to production of proof of the lodging of a security to prevent oils originating in third countries from receiving consumption aid; whereas Article 18 of the said Regulation lays down, as one of the conditions for the release of the said security; that the oil should be exported either in bulk or in immediate containers with a net content of more than five litres;
Whereas, under Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, a refund may be granted on olive oils exported to third countries; whereas the amount of the refund may be varied to take account of whether consumption aid has been granted;
Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85, consumption aid cannot be granted in respect of olive oil in bulk or put up in immediate containers of a net content exceeding five litres; whereas, therefore, to prevent unjustified enrichment, provision should be made so that, where olive oil is exported in the abovementioned containers, the certificate for the release of the security concerned, the amount of which is equal to that of the consumption aid, cannot be issued if the transaction in question qualifies for the refund;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The following sentence is added to the end of the first subparagraph of Article 18 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85:
'However, in the case referred to in paragraph 1 (b), this certificate shall not be issued if the export in question qualifies for an export refund'.
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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31999D0236 | 1999/236/EC: Commission Decision of 17 March 1999 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC and Decisions 92/160/EEC and 93/197/EEC with regard to the animal health conditions for imports into the Community of registered horses from certain parts of Kyrgyzstan (notified under document number C(1999) 609) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 17 March 1999 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC and Decisions 92/160/EEC and 93/197/EEC with regard to the animal health conditions for imports into the Community of registered horses from certain parts of Kyrgyzstan (notified under document number C(1999) 609) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/236/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and imports from third countries of equidae (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 12, 13, 15, 16 and 19(ii) thereof,
(1) Whereas by Council Decision 79/542/EEC (2), as last amended by Decision 1999/227/EC (3), a list of third countries has been established from which Member States authorise imports of bovine animals, swine, equidae, sheep and goats, fresh meat and meat products;
(2) Whereas by Decision 92/160/EEC (4), as last amended by Decision 1999/228/EC, the Commission has established the regionalisation of certain third countries for imports of equidae;
(3) Whereas the health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of registered horses are laid down in Commission Decision 93/197/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 1999/227/EC;
(4) Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Kyrgyzstan the animal health situation with regard to equidae appears to be under the satisfactory control of the veterinary services;
(5) Whereas the veterinary authorities of Kyrgyzstan have provided a written undertaking to notify within 24 hours by telefax, telegram or telex to the Commission and the Member States the confirmation of any infectious or contagious disease in equidae mentioned in Annex A of Directive 90/426/EEC, which are compulsorily notifiable in the country, and within due time any change in the vaccination or import policy in respect of equidae;
(6) Whereas annual testing of horses for glanders is carried out in Kyrgyzstan and no positive findings have been reported for at least six months; whereas African horse sickness, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis and vesicular stomatitis have never occurred in Kyrgyzstan;
(7) Whereas monitoring for equine viral arteritis has only commenced and the country's status with regard to this disease cannot be established definitely; whereas therefore uncastrated male horses older than 180 days intended for imports into the Community should be subject to laboratory testing for this disease;
(8) Whereas dourine has been reported in certain parts of Kyrgyzstan, whereas, however, the Issyk-Kul region has been free of dourine for at least six months and official guarantees have been received that the movement of equidae into this region from the rest of the country is under official veterinary control;
(9) Whereas for reason of the equine health situation in certain parts of Kyrgyzstan it appears appropriate to regionalise the country concerned, so as to allow imports into the Community of registered horses only from the disease free part of the territory of Kyrgyzstan;
(10) Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification must be adopted according to the animal health situation of the third country concerned; whereas the present case relates only to registered horses;
(11) Whereas Decision 79/542/EEC and Decisions 92/160/EEC and 93/197/EEC must be amended accordingly;
(12) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Part 2 of the Annex to Decision 79/542/EEC, special column for registered horses, the following line is inserted in accordance with the alphabetical order of the ISO country code:
>TABLE>
The Annex of Decision 92/160/EEC is amended as follows:
1. the following words are added:
'Kyrgyzstan (4)
Region of Issyk-Kul`;2. the following footnote is added:
'(4) Only permanent imports into the Community of registered horses are authorised.`
Commission Decision 93/197/EEC is amended as follows:
1. 'Kyrgyzstan (1) (2) (KG)` is added in alphabetical order of the ISO country code to the list of third countries in Group B of Annex I.
2. The title of the health certificate of Group B in Annex II is replaced by the following:
'B - HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for imports into Community territory of registered horses from Kyrgyzstan (1) and of registered equidae and equidae for breeding and production from Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia (1), Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.`
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32006D0865 | Council Decision 2006/865/CFSP of 28 November 2006 implementing Joint Action 2005/824/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
| 1.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/46
COUNCIL DECISION 2006/865/CFSP
of 28 November 2006
implementing Joint Action 2005/824/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 2005/824/CFSP of 24 November 2005 on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) (1), and in particular, Article 11(2) thereof in conjunction with the second indent of Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 November 2005 the Council adopted Joint Action 2005/824/CFSP establishing that the EUPM is to be continued until 31 December 2007. The financial reference amount for 2007 is to be decided on an annual basis.
(2) The mandate of the EUPM will be implemented in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could harm the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as set out in Article 11 of the Treaty,
1. The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the implementation of Joint Action 2005/824/CFSP shall be EUR 12 150 000 for 2007.
2. The expenditure financed by the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be managed in accordance with the procedures and rules applicable to the general budget of the European Union, with the exception that any pre-financing shall not remain the property of the Community.
3. Expenditure shall be eligible from 21 November 2006.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
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32006R1266 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2006 of 24 August 2006 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products
| 25.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 232/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1266/2006
of 24 August 2006
fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the market in milk and milk products, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(3) The second subparagraph of Article 31(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund according to destination.
(4) In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Dominican Republic on import protection for milk powder in the Dominican Republic (2) approved by Council Decision 98/486/EC (3), a certain amount of Community milk products exported to the Dominican Republic can benefit from reduced customs duties. For this reason, export refunds granted to products exported under this scheme should be reduced by a certain percentage.
(5) The uptake of export refunds for certain products proves to be insignificant. For such products, export refunds should no longer be fixed.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Export refunds as provided for in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the conditions provided for in Article 1(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 (4).
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 August 2006.
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32006L0030 | Commission Directive 2006/30/EC of 13 March 2006 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for the benomyl group (Text with EEA relevance)
| 14.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 75/7
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/30/EC
of 13 March 2006
amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for the benomyl group
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/363/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal origin (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27 November 1990 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In the case of cereals and products of plant origin including fruit and vegetables, residue levels reflect the use of minimum quantities of pesticides necessary to achieve effective protection of plants, applied in such a manner that the amount of residue is as low as is practicable and toxicologically acceptable, having regard, in particular to the protection of the environment and the estimated dietary intake of consumers. In the case of foodstuffs of animal origin, residue levels reflect the consumption by animals of cereals and products of plant origin treated with pesticides, and where relevant, the direct consequences of the use of veterinary medicines. Community maximum residue levels (MRLs) represent the upper limit of the amount of such residues that might be expected to be found in commodities when good agricultural practices have been respected.
(2) MRLs for pesticides are kept under review and changed to take account of new information and data. MRLs are fixed at the lower limit of analytical determination where authorised uses of plant protection products do not result in detectable levels of pesticide residue in or on the food product, or where there are no authorised uses, or where uses which have been authorised by Member States have not been supported by the necessary data, or where uses in third countries resulting in residues in or on food products which may enter into circulation in the Community market have not been supported by the necessary data.
(3) Several Member States informed the Commission of their desire to revise national MRLs in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 90/642/EEC, in the light of concerns about consumer intake. Proposals for the review of Community MRLs were submitted to the Commission.
(4) The lifetime and short-term exposure of consumers to the pesticides referred to in this Directive via food products has been reassessed and evaluated in accordance with Community procedures and practices, taking account of guidelines published by the World Health Organisation (4). On that basis, it is appropriate to fix new MRLs, which will ensure that there is no unacceptable consumer exposure.
(5) The acute exposure of consumers to those pesticides via each of the food products that may contain residues has been assessed and evaluated in accordance with Community procedures and practices, taking account of guidelines published by the World Health Organisation. It is concluded that the presence of pesticide residues at or below the new MRLs will not cause acute toxic effects.
(6) Through the World Trade Organisation, the Community’s trading partners have been consulted about the new MRLs and their comments on these levels have been taken into account.
(7) The Annexes to Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Annex I to Directive 90/642/EEC in category ‘2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry, (iii) Fruiting vegetables, (a) Solanacea’, the entry ‘okra’ is added between the entries ‘aubergine’ and ‘others’.
Part A of Annex II to Directive 86/362/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.
Part B of Annex II to Directive 86/363/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.
Part A of Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Directive.
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 14 September 2006 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 15 September 2006.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32013R0979 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 979/2013 of 11 October 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on mandarins and satsumas, clementines, artichokes, oranges, pears, lemons, apples and courgettes
| 12.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 272/35
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 979/2013
of 11 October 2013
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on mandarins and satsumas, clementines, artichokes, oranges, pears, lemons, apples and courgettes
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 143(b) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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) provides for the surveillance of the imports of the products listed in Annex XVIII thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).
(2) For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2010, 2011 and 2012, the trigger levels for additional duties should be adjusted from 1 November 2013 for mandarins and satsumas, clementines and artichokes, from 1 December 2013 for oranges and from 1 January 2014 for pears, lemons, apples and courgettes.
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31977R1156 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1156/77 of 17 May 1977 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 fixing standard qualities for common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat
| COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1156/77
OF 17 MAY 1977
SUPPLEMENTING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2731/75 FIXING STANDARD QUALITIES FOR COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY , MAIZE AND DURUM WHEAT
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 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 1151/77 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 ( 6 ) THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 3 ) ,
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2731/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 FIXING STANDARD QUALITIES FOR COMMON WHEAT , RYE , BARLEY , MAIZE AND DURUM WHEAT ( 4 ) DEFINES , IN RESPECT OF EACH OF THE PRINCIPAL CEREALS , THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE TARGET PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE ARE FIXED ;
WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 PROVIDES , AS FROM THE 1977/78 MARKETING YEAR , FOR A REFERENCE PRICE TO BE FIXED FOR COMMON WHEAT OF BREAD-MAKING QUALITY ; WHEREAS THIS PRICE SHOULD ALSO BE FIXED FOR A SPECIFIC STANDARD QUALITY ;
WHEREAS THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE TARGET PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR COMMON WHEAT ARE FIXED CAN ALSO BE APPLIED TO THE REFERENCE PRICE FOR COMMON WHEAT OF BREAD-MAKING QUALITY ; WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2731/75 SHOULD THEREFORE BE SUPPLEMENTED ACCORDINGLY ,
ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2731/75 IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS :
" ARTICLE 1
THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR WHICH THE INTERVENTION PRICE , THE REFERENCE PRICE AND THE TARGET PRICE FOR COMMON WHEAT ARE FIXED IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS :
( A ) COMMON WHEAT OF A SOUND AND FAIR MARKETABLE QUALITY , FREE FROM ABNORMAL SMELL AND LIVE PESTS , OF A COLOUR PROPER TO THIS CEREAL AND OF A QUALITY CORRESPONDING TO THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF COMMON WHEAT HARVESTED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ;
( B ) MOISTURE CONTENT : 16 % ;
( C ) TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF MATTER OTHER THAN BASIC CEREALS OF UNIMPAIRED QUALITY : 5 % , OF WHICH :
- PERCENTAGE OF BROKEN GRAINS : 2 % ,
- PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN IMPURITIES : 1,5 % ( GRAIN IMPURITIES " MEANS SHRIVELLED GRAINS , GRAINS OF OTHER CEREALS , GRAINS DAMAGED BY PESTS AND GRAINS SHOWING DISCOLORATION OF THE GERM ) ,
- PERCENTAGE OF SPROUTED GRAINS : 1 % ,
- PERCENTAGE OF MISCELLANEOUS IMPURITIES : 0,5 % ( " MISCELLANEOUS IMPURITIES " CONSIST OF WEED SEEDS , DAMAGED GRAINS , EXTRANEOUS MATTER , HUSKS , ERGOT , DECAYED GRAINS , DEAD INSECTS AND FRAGMENTS OF INSECTS ) ;
( D ) SPECIFIC WEIGHT : 75 KILOGRAMS PER HECTOLITRE . "
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 AUGUST 1977 .
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32002R1058 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2002 of 18 June 2002 authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the People's Republic of China
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2002
of 18 June 2002
authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 797/2002(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5 of the agreement between the Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textiles products(3), initialled on 9 December 1988 and approved by Council Decision 90/647/EEC, as last amended and extended by an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, initialled on 19 May 2000 and approved by Council Decision 2000/787/EC(4), provides that transfers may be made between quota years.
(2) The People's Republic of China submitted a request for transfers between quota years on 5 November 2001 for additional flexibilities, and most specifically for a carry-over of quantities from the quantitative limits of year 2001 to year 2002.
(3) The transfers requested by the People's Republic of China fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 5 of the agreement between the Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textiles products, initialled on 9 December 1988 and as set out in Annex VIII of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.
(4) It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the request to the extent that quantities are available.
(5) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in the People's Republic of China fixed by the Agreement between the EC and the People's Republic of China are authorised for the quota year 2002 in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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32002R1776 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1776/2002 of 4 October 2002 prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of France
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1776/2002
of 4 October 2002
prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December 2001 fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3) lays down quotas for cod for 2002.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of ICES division VIIa by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have exhausted the quota allocated for 2002. France has prohibited fishing for this stock from 10 September 2002. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES division VIIa by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 2002.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES division VIIa by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 10 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0245 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2008 of 17 March 2008 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
| 18.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 75/62
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 245/2008
of 17 March 2008
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5(1), first subparagraph, point (b) of 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), lays down the principle of a specific security for imports of high-quality common wheat, in addition to that required under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (3). This additional security of EUR 95 per tonne is justified by the different customs duties on imports in force for different categories of common wheat depending on whether the wheat is of high quality or low and medium quality.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2008 (4) temporarily suspended customs duties on imports of certain cereals for the 2007/08 marketing year, which ends on 30 June 2008, while allowing them to be reintroduced before that date should the market situation so warrant.
(3) The temporary suspension of customs duties in respect of imports carried out on the basis of import licences issued from 4 January 2008, in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2008, has meant the temporary removal of the specific circumstances justifying the establishment of a system of specific securities additional to those inherent in import licences. In view of those new conditions applicable to imports of common wheat since the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1/2008, the additional security of EUR 95 per tonne as provided for in Article 5(1), first subparagraph, point (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 can no longer be justified until such time as customs duties on imports are reinstated.
(4) Since the publication of Regulation (EC) No 1/2008, this additional security has however been lodged by some operators. In order to limit the financial constraints that such operators face as a result, provision should be made for the said security to be released immediately.
(5) A derogation should therefore be granted from Regulation (EC) No 1249/96.
(6) In order to avoid the continued lodging of the additional security by operators and in view of the need to release as soon as possible the securities lodged since 4 January 2008, this Regulation should enter into force immediately.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. By way of derogation from Article 5(1), first subparagraph, point (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the additional security referred to in the said provision shall not be required during the suspension of customs duties on imports of certain cereals as established by Regulation (EC) No 1/2008.
2. The additional securities referred to in paragraph 1, which have been lodged since 4 January 2008 shall be released immediately.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32006R1548 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1548/2006 of 16 October 2006 amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 17 October 2006
| 17.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 286/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1548/2006
of 16 October 2006
amending the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 17 October 2006
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1538/2006 (3).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) 1538/2006,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1538/2006 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 October 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32013R1145 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1145/2013 of 13 November 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 14.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/24
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1145/2013
of 13 November 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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32008D0754 | 2008/754/EC: Commission Decision of 18 September 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of dichlobenil in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance (notified under document number C(2008) 5077) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 26.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 258/70
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 September 2008
concerning the non-inclusion of dichlobenil in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance
(notified under document number C(2008) 5077)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/754/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC provides that a Member State may, during a period of 12 years following the notification of that Directive, authorise the placing on the market of plant protection products containing active substances not listed in Annex I to that Directive that are already on the market two years after the date of notification, while those substances are gradually being examined within the framework of a programme of work.
(2) Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (2) and (EC) No 1490/2002 (3) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the third stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and establish a list of active substances to be assessed with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. That list includes dichlobenil.
(3) For dichlobenil the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 and (EC) No 1490/2002 for a range of uses proposed by the notifier. Moreover, those Regulations designate the rapporteur Member States which have to submit the relevant assessment reports and recommendations to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 451/2000. For dichlobenil the rapporteur Member State was the Netherlands and all relevant information was submitted on 7 May 2007.
(4) The Commission examined dichlobenil in accordance with Article 11a of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002. A draft review report for that substance was reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 20 May 2008 in the format of the Commission review report.
(5) During the examination of this active substance by the Committee, taking into account comments from Member States, it was concluded that there are clear indications that it may be expected that it has harmful effects on human health and in particular consumer exposure from drinking water, because the exposure is greater than 100 % of the ADI of a relevant metabolite and the leaching to groundwater is above 0,1 μg/l in all modeled scenarios for this relevant metabolite. Moreover, other concerns which were identified by the rapporteur Member State in its assessment report are included in the review report for the substance.
(6) The Commission invited the notifier to submit its comments on the results of the examination of dichlobenil and on its intention or not to further support the substance. The notifier submitted its comments which have been carefully examined. However, despite the arguments put forwards by the notifier, the concerns identified could not be eliminated, and assessments made on the basis of the information submitted have not demonstrated that it may be expected that, under the proposed conditions of use, plant protection products containing dichlobenil satisfy in general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(7) Dichlobenil should therefore not be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(8) Measures should be taken to ensure that authorisations granted for plant protection products containing dichlobenil are withdrawn within a fixed period of time and are not renewed and that no new authorisations for such products are granted.
(9) Any period of grace granted by a Member State for the disposal, storage, placing on the market and use of existing stocks of plant protection products containing dichlobenil should be limited to 12 months in order to allow existing stocks to be used in one further growing season, which ensures that plant protection products containing dichlobenil remain available for 18 months from the adoption of this Decision.
(10) This Decision does not prejudice the submission of an application for dichlobenil in accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 of 17 January 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards a regular and an accelerated procedure for the assessment of active substances which were part of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of that Directive but have not been included into its Annex I (4), in view of a possible inclusion in its Annex I.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Dichlobenil shall not be included as an active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
Member States shall ensure that:
(a) authorisations for plant protection products containing dichlobenil are withdrawn by 18 March 2009;
(b) no authorisations for plant protection products containing dichlobenil are granted or renewed from the date of publication of this Decision.
Any period of grace granted by Member States in accordance with the provisions of Article 4(6) of Directive 91/414/EEC, shall be as short as possible and shall expire on 18 March 2010 at the latest.
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32002R0864 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 864/2002 of 23 May 2002 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 864/2002
of 23 May 2002
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001
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 602/2001(4),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001 of 12 September 2001 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden(5), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland or Sweden to all third countries was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001.
(2) According to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001 the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide 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 17 to 23 May 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 May 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 |
32010R1110 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1110/2010 of 30 November 2010 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 December 2010
| 1.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 315/24
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1110/2010
of 30 November 2010
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 December 2010
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 (EU) No 642/2010 of 20 July 2010 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 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 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 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 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 (EU) No 642/2010, 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 5 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 December 2010 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,
From 1 December 2010, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 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 December 2010.
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31999D0518 | 99/518/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1999 amending Commission Decision 94/360/EC on the reduced frequency of physical checks of consignments of certain products to be imported from third countries, pursuant to Council Directive 90/675/EEC (notified under document number C(1999) 2517) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 July 1999
amending Commission Decision 94/360/EC on the reduced frequency of physical checks of consignments of certain products to be imported from third countries, pursuant to Council Directive 90/675/EEC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2517)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/518/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisations of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries(1) and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
(1) Whereas the competent authorities of Switzerland, on 16 July 1999, have informed the services of the Commission that diethylstilboestrol (DES) has been detected on two occasions in beef meat imported from an establishment in the United States of America (USA);
(2) Whereas the use of DES, in view of its toxic properties, is banned by virtue of Article 2 (a) and Article 3 (a) of Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action of beta agonists(2);
(3) Whereas for the same reasons, the use of DES is also banned in the USA;
(4) Whereas the Commission services have not received any official explanation from the authorities in the USA on this problem or on the measures taken to control the situation;
(5) Whereas the inspection measures applied at Community border inspection posts should include specific testing for stilbenes;
(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Decision 94/360/EC(3), the second indent of paragraph 1 of Article 1(a) is replaced by the following text: "- two official samples shall be taken from each consignment and examined for residues of each of the xenobiotic hormones melengestrol acetate, trenbolone, zeranol, and stilbenes including diethylstilboestrol, and for abnormally high levels of residues of the natural hormones 17 beta oestradiol, progesterone and testosterone."
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31998R1983 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/98 of 17 September 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2273/93 determining the intervention centres for cereals
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1983/98 of 17 September 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2273/93 determining the intervention centres for cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas the intervention centres are determined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2273/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1877/97 (4); whereas some Member States have asked for that Annex to be amended; whereas those requests should be acceded to;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2273/93 is amended as follows:
1. in the 'France` section, the amendments are as follows:
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2. in the 'Ăsterreich` section:
- the 'Absdorf-Hippersdorf` centre becomes 'Absdorf`,
- the 'Palterndorf-Dobermannsdorf` centre becomes 'Dobermannsdorf`,
- the 'Siebenbrunn-Leopoldsdorf` centre becomes 'Untersiebenbrunn`;
3. in the 'Suomi` section, the 'Mustio` centre becomes 'Mustio-kirkniemi`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988R3915 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3915/88 of 15 December 1988 laying down provisions for the implementation of Article 63c of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty
| 16.12.1988 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 347/55
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3915/88
of 15 December 1988
laying down provisions for the implementation of Article 63c of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March 1983 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1315/88 (2), and in particular Article 143 thereof,
Whereas Article 63c of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 provides for relief from import duties for consignments containing samples of reference substances approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) which are intended for use in the quality control of materials used in the manufacture of medicinal products; whereas such consignments are addressed to consignees authorized by the competent national authorities to benefit from such relief;
Whereas the requisite conditions for the correct implementation of that provision should be laid down; whereas those conditions must be established in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 143 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Duty Free Arrangements,
This Regulation lays down provisions for the implementation of Article 63c of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83.
The relief referred to in Article 63c of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 shall apply only to consignments sent by the ‘WHO Collaborating Centre for Chemical Reference Substances’ in Stockholm (Sweden) to consignees who are authorized by the competent national authorities to receive them duty free.
Relief from import duties for consignments referred to in Article 63c of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 shall be conditional on the display, on packages containing reference substances, of:
— firstly, the stamp of the WHO Collaborating Centre referred to in Article 2 above,
— secndly, a label, a specimen of which is shown in the Annex to this Regulation, on which the box corresponding to chemical reference substances has been clearly marked with a tick.
Relief shall extend to any special packaging which is essential to the transportation of chemical reference substances and to any requisite accessories which the consignments may contain.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
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32001R1723 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1723/2001 of 30 August 2001 amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1723/2001
of 30 August 2001
amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98(3), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The amounts of the representative prices and additional duties applicable to the import of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2001(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1643/2001(5).
(2) It follows from applying the general and detailed fixing rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 to the information known to the Commission that the representative prices and additional duties at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 August 2001.
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32011R1272 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1272/2011 of 5 December 2011 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 8.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 325/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1272/2011
of 5 December 2011
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of 3 months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of 3 months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
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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32012R1227 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1227/2012 of 18 December 2012 on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2012 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
| 19.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 349/51
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1227/2012
of 18 December 2012
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2012 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 2012 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2013 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested,
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 2013 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2012.
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32007R0938 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 938/2007 of 7 August 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 8.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 207/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 938/2007
of 7 August 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 August 2007.
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32006R1118 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1118/2006 of 20 July 2006 on the suspension of the issuing of import licences for New Zealand butter imported under a tariff quota
| 21.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1118/2006
of 20 July 2006
on the suspension of the issuing of import licences for New Zealand butter imported under a tariff quota
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 29(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas (2) set out such rules in particular as regards ‘New-Zealand butter’ as defined in Article 25(1) of that Regulation.
(2) The Court of Justice of the European Communities in its judgment of 11 July 2006 in Case C-313/04 Franz Egenberger GmbH Molkerei und Trockenwerk v. Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung stated that: ‘Article 35(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas is invalid in as much as it provides that applications for import licences for New Zealand butter at reduced duty may be lodged solely with the competent authorities of the United Kingdom’; and ‘Articles 25 and 32 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, read in conjunction with Annexes III, IV and XII to that Regulation, are invalid since they permit discrimination in the issue of import licences for New Zealand butter at reduced duty.’
(3) The effect of this judgment of the Court of Justice is that it is impossible to effectively operate the arrangements for the import of New-Zealand butter under the tariff quota concerned, in particular as those provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 which are unaffected by the judgment are insufficient to ensure that the origin and quality of products purported to be imported under the quota indeed meet the requirements of the quota and are also insufficient to ensure proper management of the quota notably by control of the utilisation of the quota.
(4) It will therefore be necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 in order to provide for such requirements whilst ensuring that such amendments meet the requirements as set out in the judgment of the Court of Justice. Such amendments cannot be made immediately, in particular since consultations with interested parties need to take place.
(5) In order to avoid speculation, to prevent the continuance of the discrimination referred to in the judgment of the Court of Justice and to avoid the risks of uncontrolled utilisation of the quota, and the import of products under the quota which do not meet the quality and origin requirements of products eligible under the quota it is therefore necessary to suspend the issuing of licences for New-Zealand butter until such amendments to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 may be adopted. For the same reasons it is necessary to do so with effect from the day following the judgment of the Court of Justice, namely 12 July 2006.
(6) However in respect of New-Zealand butter for which an IMA 1 certificate had been issued before 12 July 2006 and had physically left New Zealand before that date, it is necessary to continue to provide for the issuing of import licences in order to protect the legitimate expectations of the operators concerned and to provide for smoother trade flows whilst respecting the judgment of the Court of Justice.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
By way of derogation from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, Member States shall suspend the issuing of import licences for New-Zealand butter as defined in Article 25(1) of that Regulation. This derogation shall not apply to New-Zealand butter for which an IMA 1 certificate was issued before 12 July 2006, and which physically left New Zealand before that date.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 12 July 2006.
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31995R1599 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1599/95 of 30 June 1995 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/79 laying down the conditions under which certain cheeses benefiting from preferential import treatment are to be processed
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1599/95 of 30 June 1995 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/79 laying down the conditions under which certain cheeses benefiting from preferential import treatment are to be processed
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 1538/95 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (3) and 16 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/79 of 18 December 1979 laying down the conditions under which certain cheeses benefiting from preferential import treatment are to be processed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3337/94 (4), lays down the conditions under which certain cheeses benefiting from preferential import treatment are to be processed; whereas, in order to take account of the existing import arrangements in the milk and milk products sector and those resulting from the Agricultural Agreement concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, it is necessary to adjust this Regulation with effect from 1 July 1995; whereas account must also be taken of the replacement of certain regulations to which reference is made is following the codification of the customs rules by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (5), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austrian, Finland and Sweden, and Regulation (EC) No 3254/94 (6);
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 2967/79 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Article 207 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (*) and Articles 291 to 304 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (**) shall apply to cheeses covered by the subheading 0406 90 01 of the combined nomenclature and imported as part of the tariff quotas provided for in Annex I point 33 and Annex II point 32 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 (***).
` 2. Article 2 (2) is deleted.
3. Article 2 (3) is replaced by the following:
'The control copy T5 referred to in Article 298 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall include in box 104 one or more of the following entries:
- Destino especial: mercancías que deben ponerse a disposición del cesionario: artículo 298 del Reglamento (CEE) n° 2454/93 y Reglamento (CEE) n° 2967/79,
- Saerligt anvendelsesformaal: skal stilles til raadighed for erhververen (forordning (EOEF) nr. 2454/93, artikel 298, og forordning (EOEF) nr. 2967/79),
- Besondere Verwendung - dem Zessionar zu uebergebende Ware: Artikel 298 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2454/93 und Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2967/79,
- AAéaeéêueò ðñïïñéóìueò: aaìðïñaaýìáôá ðïõ ðñÝðaaé íá ôaaèïýí óôç aeéUEèaaóç ôïõ áðïaeaaêôïý: êáíïíéóìueò (AAÏÊ) áñéè. 2454/93 UEñèñï 298 êáé êáíïíéóìueò (AAÏÊ) áñéè. 2967/79,
- End use: Goods to be placed at the disposal of the transferee: Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, Article 298 and Regulation (EEC) No 2967/79,
- Destination particulière: marchandises à mettre à la disposition du cessionnaire: règlement (CEE) n° 2454/93, article 298 et règlement (CEE) n° 2967/79,
- Destinazione particolare: merci da mettere a disposizione del cessionario: regolamento (CEE) n. 2454/93, articolo 298 e regolamento (CEE) n. 2967/79,
- Bijzondere bestemming: goederen ter beschikking te stellen van de cessionaris: Verordening (EEG) nr. 2454/93, artikel 298, en Verordening (EEG) nr. 2967/79,
- Destino especial: mercadorias a colocar à disposição do cessionário: Regulamento (CEE) nº 2454/93, artigo 298º, e Regulamento (CEE) nº 2967/79,
- Tietty kaeyttoetarkoitus : tavarat on annettava luovutuksen hyvaekseen saajan kaeyttoeoen : asetuksen (ETY) N :o 2454/93 298 artikla ja asetus (ETY) N :o 2967/79,
- Saerskild destination : skall staellas till mottagarens foerfogande, foerordning (EEG) nr 2454/93, artikel 298 och foerordning (EEG) nr 2967/79`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1995.
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31973L0240 | Council Directive 73/240/EEC of 24 July 1973 abolishing restrictions on freedom of establishment in the business of direct insurance other than life assurance
| Council Directive
of 24 July 1973
abolishing restrictions on freedom of establishment in the business of direct insurance other than life assurance
(73/240/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 54 (2) and (3) thereof;
Having regard to the General Programme [1] for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment, and in particular Title IV C thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament [2];
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee [3];
Whereas the General Programme referred to above provides for the abolition of all discriminatory treatment of the nationals of the other Member States as regards establishment in the business of direct insurance other than life assurance;
Whereas, in accordance with this General Programme, the lifting of restrictions on the setting-up of agencies and branches is, as regards direct insurance undertakings, dependent upon the coordination of conditions of taking up and pursuit of the business; whereas this coordination has been achieved for direct insurance other than life assurance, by the first Council Directive of 24 July 1973;
Whereas the scope of this Directive is in all respects the same as that defined in item A of the Annex to the first Directive on coordination; whereas it appeared reasonable in the circumstances to exclude, for purposes of coordination, credit-insurance for exports;
Whereas, in accordance with the General Programme referred to above, the restrictions on the right to join professional organizations must be abolished where the professional activities of the persons concerned involve the exercise of this right;
Member States shall abolish, in respect of the natural persons and undertakings covered by Title I of the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment, hereinafter called "beneficiaries", the restrictions referred to in Title III of this programme affecting the right to take up and pursue self-employed activities in the classes of insurance specified in Article 1 of the first Coordination Directive.
By "First Coordination Directive" is meant the first Council Directive of 24 July 1973 on coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of direct insurance other than life assurance.
However, as regards credit-insurance for exports, these restrictions shall be maintained until the coordination programme laid down in Article 2 (2) (d), of the first Coordination Directive has been carried out.
1. Member States shall in particular abolish the following restrictions:
(a) those which prevent beneficiaries from establishing themselves in the host country under the same conditions and with the same rights as nationals of that country;
(b) those existing by reason of administrative practices which result in treatment being applied to beneficiaries that is discriminatory by comparison with that applied to nationals.
2. The restrictions to be abolished shall include in particular those arising out of measures which prevent or limit the establishment of beneficiaries by the following means:
(a) In Germany:
the provisions granting the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs the discretionary right to impose its own conditions of access to this business on foreign nationals and to prevent them from pursuing this business within the Federal Republic (Law of 6 June 1931 (VAG), Article 106 (2), No 1, in conjunction with Article 8 (1), No 3, Article 106 (2), last sentence, and Article 111 (2));
(b) In Belgium:
the obligation to hold a "carte professionelle" (Article 1 of the Law of 19 February 1965);
(c) In France:
- the need to obtain special consent (Law of 15 February 1917, as amended and supplemented by the "décret-loi" of 30 October 1935, Article 2 (2) — "décret" of 19 August 1941, as amended, Articles 1 and 2 — "décret" of 13 August 1947, as amended, Articles 2 and 10);
- the obligation to provide a surety-bond or special guarantees as a reciprocal requirement (Law of 15 February 1917, amended and supplemented by the "décret-loi" of 30 October 1935, Article 2 (2) — "décret-loi" of 14 June 1938, Article 42 — "décret" of 30 December 1938, as amended, Article 143 — "décret" of 14 December 1966, Articles 9, 10 and 11);
- the obligation to deposit technical reserves ("décret" of 30 December 1938, amended Article 179 — "décret" of 13 August 1947, as amended, Articles 8 and 13 — "décret" of 14 December 1966, Title I).
(d) In Ireland:
the provision that, to be eligible for an insurance licence, a company must be registered under the Irish Companies Acts, two-thirds of its shares must be owned by Irish citizens and the majority of the directors (other than a full-time managing director) must be Irish citizens (Insurance Act, 1936, Section 12; Insurance Act, 1964, Section 7).
3. The laws, regulations or administrative provisions that involve beneficiaries in the obligation to provide a deposit or special surety-bond shall not be abolished, as long as the undertakings do not fulfil the financial conditions under Articles 16 and 17 of the first Coordination Directive in accordance with the provisions of Article 30 (1) and (2) of the same Directive.
1. Where a host Member State requires of its own nationals wishing to take up any activity referred to in Article 1 proof of good repute and proof of no previous bankruptcy, or proof of either of these, that State shall accept as sufficient evidence, in respect of nationals of other Member States, the production of an extract from the "judicial record" or, failing this, of an equivalent document issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority in the country of origin or the country whence the foreign national comes, showing that these requirements have been met.
2. Where the country of origin or the country whence the foreign national comes does not issue such documentary proof of good repute or documentary proof of no previous bankruptcy, such proof may be replaced by a declaration on oath — or in States where there is no provision for declaration on oath, by a solemn declaration — made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative authority, or where appropriate a notary, in the country of origin or in the country whence that person comes; such authority or notary will issue a certificate attesting the authenticity of the declaration on oath or solemn declaration. A declaration in respect of no previous bankruptcy may also be made before a competent professional or trade body in the said country.
3. Documents issued in accordance with paragraph 1 or with paragraph 2 may not be produced more than three months after their date of issue.
4. Member States shall, within the time limit laid down in Article 6, designate the authorities and bodies competent to issue these documents and shall forthwith inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof.
1. Member States shall ensure that beneficiaries have the right to join professional or trade organizations under the same conditions and with the same rights and obligations as their own nationals.
2. The right to join professional or trade organizations shall, in the case of establishment, entail eligibility for election or appointment to high office in such organizations. However, such posts may be reserved for nationals where, in pursuance of any provision laid down by law or regulation, the organization concerned is involved in the exercise of official authority.
3. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, membership of the "Chambre de commerce" shall not give beneficiaries the right to take part in the election of the administrative organs of that Chamber.
No Member State shall grant to any of its nationals who go to another Member State for the purpose of pursuing any activity referred to in Article 1 any aid liable to distort the conditions of establishment.
Member States shall amend their national regulations in accordance with this Directive and within 18 months of the notification of the first Coordination Directive and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. The regulations thus amended shall be implemented at the same time as the laws, regulations and administrative provisions set up in pursuance of the first Directive.
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31994D0902 | 94/902/EC: Council Decision of 14 November 1994 on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and, on the one hand, Barbadors, Belize, The People's Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d' Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zimbabwe and, on the other hand, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1993/94 delivery period
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 November 1994
on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and, on the one hand, Barbadors, Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of CĂ´te d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zimbabwe and, on the other hand, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1993/94 delivery period
(94/902/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas implementation of Protocol 8 on ACP sugar annexed to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention (1) and of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on cane sugar (2) is carried out, in accordance with Article 1 (2) of each, within the framework of the management of the common organization of the sugar market:
Whereas it is appropriate to approve the Agreements in the form of an exchange of letters between the Community and, on the one hand, the States referred to in the Protocol and, on the other hand, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1993/94 delivery period,
The Agreements in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and, on the one hand, Barbados, Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of CĂ´te d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zimbabwe and, on the other hand, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1993/94 delivery period are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreements is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreements referred to in Article 1 in order to bind the Community.
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32002R1326 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1326/2002 of 22 July 2002 determining to what extent applications for import rights for calves not exceeding 80 kilograms lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 can be met
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1326/2002
of 22 July 2002
determining to what extent applications for import rights for calves not exceeding 80 kilograms lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 can be met
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 of 28 May 1999 laying down detailed rules of application for a tariff quota for calves weighing not more than 80 kilograms originating in certain third countries(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1096/2001(2), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 provides for the quantities reserved for traditional importers to be allocated in proportion to their imports during the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2002.
(2) Allocation of the quantities available to operators covered by Article 2(3)(b) of that Regulation is to be made in proportion to the quantities applied for. Since the quantities applied for exceed the quantities available, a fixed percentage reduction should be set,
Every application for an import right for live animals of the bovine species not exceeding 80 kilograms shall be granted to the following extent:
(a) 24,569 % of the quantities imported within the meaning of Article 2(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999;
(b) 0,9766 % of the quantities applied for within the meaning of Article 2(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 July 2002.
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32008R0615 | Council Regulation (EC) No 615/2008 of 23 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers
| 28.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 168/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 615/2008
of 23 June 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (2) lays down the scope of application of the Regulation and gives the definition of the smaller islands. Experience from the application of that Regulation shows that the scope of the Regulation should be adapted.
(2) Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 introduces specific supply arrangements aiming at easing the problems deriving from the particular geographical situation of some of the Aegean islands imposing additional transport costs in supplying products which are essential for human consumption, for processing or as agricultural inputs. These essential products are included in Annex I to the Treaty. Therefore, Article 3 should be amended in order to include reference to the Annex I in question, thus limiting the scope of the Article to these products only.
(3) Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 provides for the procedure for adoption of detailed rules for the application of Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006. As a similar provision is laid down in Article 14 of the said Regulation concerning the implementation of the Regulation in its entirety, Article 6 should therefore be deleted.
(4) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 introduces measures to assist local agricultural products in general, thus having a wider scope than Article 3. Therefore, Article 7 should be amended to include a reference to Title II of Part Three of the Treaty, thus covering products of the soil, of stock farming and of fisheries and products of first-stage processing directly related to these products.
(5) Article 9(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 refers, among other issues to be included in the support programme, to provisions for checks and administrative penalties. However, national provisions on checks and administrative penalties cannot be the subject of approval in the framework of the Community support programme for the smaller Aegean islands. These national measures may only be communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 16 of that Regulation. Therefore, Article 9(e) should be amended in order to exclude any provisions for checks and administrative penalties to be included in the programme submitted by the competent authorities of Greece.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) Most of the measures referred to in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 constitute direct payments and should as such be referenced in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (3). Due to an error, the entry for the Aegean Islands was incorrectly deleted from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 by Article 20(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006. Annex I should therefore be corrected with effect from the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006,
Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 is amended as follows:
1. Article 1(1) shall be replaced by the following:
2. Article 3(1) shall be replaced by the following:
3. Article 6 shall be deleted;
4. Article 7(1) shall be replaced by the following:
5. Article 9(e) shall be replaced by the following:
‘(e) the steps taken to ensure the support programme is implemented effectively and appropriately, including the arrangements for publicity, monitoring and evaluation;’.
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 the following entry shall be inserted after POSEI:
‘Aegean Islands Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (4) Direct payments within the meaning of Article 2 of this Regulation, under measures established in the programmes
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
However, Article 2 shall apply with effect from 1 January 2007.
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31990R3102 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3102/90 of 26 October 1990 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 laying down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to milk products imported into Spain from the Community of Ten as regards the period of validity of the licences
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3102/90 of 26 October 1990 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 laying down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to milk products imported into Spain from the Community of Ten as regards the period of validity of the licences
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 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1637/90 (4), provides that the period of validity of STM licences is 21 days from the date of their issue; whereas exceptional circumstances have disturbed trade between Spain and the other Member States and the above period of validity for the licences concerned should therefore be extended by 30 days;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
By way of derogation from Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 606/86, the period of validity of STM licences issued from 24 September to 31 October 1990 is hereby extended by 30 days.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32007R0892 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 892/2007 of 26 July 2007 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 2007 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
| 27.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 892/2007
of 26 July 2007
on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the July 2007 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the markets in rice (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (3), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opened and provided for the administration of certain import tariff quotas for rice and broken rice, broken down by country of origin and split into several subperiods in accordance with Annex IX of the Regulation.
(2) July is the third subperiod for the quota laid down in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98, and the second subperiod for the quotas laid down in Article 1(1)(b), (c) and (d).
(3) The notifications presented under Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 show that, for the quotas with serial numbers 09.4154, 09.4116 and 09.4166, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of July 2007 under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity greater than that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested under the quotas in question.
(4) It is also clear from the notifications that, for the quotas with serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4129, 09.4149, 09.4150, 09.4152 and 09.4153, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of July 2007 under Article 4(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity less than that available.
(5) The total quantities available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quotas with serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4129, 09.4130, 09.4148, 09.4112, 09.4116, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and 09.4166, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98,
1. For import licence applications for rice under the quotas with serial numbers 09.4154, 09.4116 and 09.4166 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 lodged in the first 10 working days of July 2007, licences shall be issued for the quantities requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The total quantities available under the quotas with serial numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4129, 09.4130, 09.4148, 09.4112, 09.4116, 09.4117, 09.4118, 09.4119 and 09.4166 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 327/98 for the following subperiod are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31968R0316 | Regulation (EEC) No 316/68 of the Council of 12 March 1968 fixing quality standards for fresh cut flowers and fresh ornamental foliage
| Regulation (EEC) No 316/68 of the Council
of 12 March 1968
fixing quality standards for fresh cut flowers and fresh ornamental foliage
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68 [1] on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage, and in particular Article 3 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas there is substantial trade in fresh cut flowers and fresh ornamental foliage both within the Community and between Member States and third countries; whereas the improvement and standardisation of the qualities of marketed produce are desirable; whereas, therefore, common quality standards should be adopted;
1. Quality standards shall be fixed for:
- fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, falling within subheading No 06.03 A of the Common Customs Tariff,
- fresh ornamental foliage, leaves, branches and other parts of plants falling within subheading No 06.04 A II of the Common Customs Tariff.
2. These quality standards are defined in the Annexes.
1. From 1 July 1968, produce specified in Article 1 which does not comply with the quality standards may not:
- within the Community, be put on sale or sold at the wholesale stage either by traders or directly by the producers,
- be imported from a third country,
- be exported to a third country.
2. Member States may be authorised to take measures derogating from the provision of the third indent of paragraph 1 in respect of certain requirements of the quality standards in order to allow exporters to meet the trade requirements of certain third countries.
Such authorisation shall be granted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 234/68 and the conditions to which the authorisation may be subject shall be fixed in accordance with the same procedure.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31982R2876 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2876/82 of 25 October 1982 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2099/82 as regards the date of transfer of skimmed-milk powder to the Italian intervention agencyn
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2876/82
of 25 October 1982
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2099/82 as regards the date of transfer of skimmed-milk powder to the Italian intervention agency
THE COUNCIL 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 1183/82 (2), and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2099/82 (3) provides for the transfer of 10 000 tonnes of skimmed-milk powder to the Italian intervention agency before 1 October 1982; whereas, because of difficulties which have arisen during the implementation of the transfer, the Italian intervention agency cannot take over the powder within the period specified; whereas the date for transferring the powder should therefore be postponed,
In Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2099/82, '1 October 1982' shall be replaced by '31 December 1982'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 October 1982.
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31999R2464 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2464/1999 of 22 November 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1729/1999 laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87 and (EEC) No 3719/88 as regards milk and milk products, beef and veal, pigmeat, eggs, poultrymeat, agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty and certain cereal products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2464/1999
of 22 November 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 1729/1999 laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87 and (EEC) No 3719/88 as regards milk and milk products, beef and veal, pigmeat, eggs, poultrymeat, agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty and certain cereal products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96(2), and in particular Articles 13(3), 17(14) and 28 thereof, and the corresponding provisions of other regulations on the common organisation of the market in agricultural products,
Whereas:
(1) special measures have been taken by Regulation (EC) No 1729/1999(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/1999(4), to regularise export operations which could not be completed due to the appearance of contamination of certain products with dioxin;
(2) health measures taken by the authorities of certain third countries in respect of exports from the Community are still in place and continue to affect export possibilities for certain agricultural products;
(3) the damaging consequences for Community exporters should be limited by extending certain time limits for certain products;
(4) in the light of developments, this Regulation should enter into force immediately;
(5) the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the management committees concerned,
Regulation (EC) No 1729/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2(2) is replaced by the following: "2. On application by the titular holder, the validity period of export licences issued pursuant to Commission Regulations (EC) No 1162/95(5), (EC) No 1466/95(6) and (EC) No 174/1999(7) which were applied for by 7 June 1999 at the latest and whose validity did not expire before 31 May 1999 shall be extended to 30 November 1999."
2. In Article 2(3) "180 days" is replaced by "210 days".
3. In the first indent of Article 4(3) "150 days" is replaced by "210 days" and the following sentence is added: "However, the extension shall not exceed 31 May 2000,".
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31999D0148 | 1999/148/EC, ECSC: Commission Decision of 13 May 1998 on State aid granted by Italy by way of tax relief under Law No 549/95 to firms in the motor vehicle, shipbuilding and synthetic fibres industries and to steel firms covered by the ECSC Treaty (notified under document number C(1998) 1434) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 13 May 1998 on State aid granted by Italy by way of tax relief under Law No 549/95 to firms in the motor vehicle, shipbuilding and synthetic fibres industries and to steel firms covered by the ECSC Treaty (notified under document number C(1998) 1434) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/148/EC, ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 92 and 93 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 2496/96/ECSC of 18 December 1996 establishing Community rules for State aid to the steel industry (1), and in particular Article 6(5) thereof,
Having given interested parties notice to submit their comments (2), and having regard to those comments,
Whereas:
I
By letter dated 5 March 1996 from the Office of the Italian Permanent Representative to the European Union, the Italian authorities notified the Commission of Law No 549 of 28 December 1995 (hereinafter 'the Law`), which, inter alia, grants tax relief to certain firms.
The Law provides for investment aid in the form of tax exemptions on reinvested profits. The scheme applies to all firms in Objective 1, 2 or 5(b) areas and to microenterprises outside such areas. Microenterprises are defined as firms which, in the tax period following that in progress on 12 June 1994, generated a turnover of less than ITL 5 billion and which have a workforce of not more than 20.
Under the Law, 50 % of reinvested profits are exempt from tax. Eligibility for this relief is restricted to profits intended for the financing of investment carried out in 1996 that exceeds the average amount of investment carried out in the previous five years. Eligible investment is investment in new plant, investment for the extension and modernisation of an existing establishment and investment in the purchase of new capital goods, including capital goods acquired through leasing contracts.
A ministerial circular dated 14 February 1997 spelled out the provisions of the Law with regard to the definition of eligible firms, the aid intensities allowed, the methods for calculating the aid, and eligible expenditure.
Those provisions stipulate that:
- firms covered by the Community definition of small or medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter 'SMEs`) given in the Community guidelines on State aid for SMEs (3) and other firms in the Objective 1, 2 or 5(b) areas which are eligible for the derogations provided for in Article 92(3)(a) and (c) qualify for the aid,
- of the firms in the Objective 1, 2 or 5(b) areas that are not eligible for the derogations provided for in Article 92(3)(a) and (c), only those that are covered by the Community definition of SMEs qualify for the aid,
- in the other areas to which the Law applies, both microenterprises as defined in the Law and SMEs qualify for aid.
Since the only sectors excluded from the scope of the Law were banking and insurance, the Commission had to conclude that it did not contain any provisions on aid to sensitive sectors.
In their letter of 13 February 1997 the Italian authorities stated among other things that, in implementing the Law, they did not intend to comply with the Community rules governing the motor vehicle and synthetic fibres industries and steel firms covered by the ECSC Treaty. No details were given in this respect regarding the shipbuilding industry. The Italian authorities appeared to take the view that the Community provisions relating to sensitive sectors were not applicable, since the scheme was horizontal in nature. They considered that those provisions applied only where a scheme had sectoral objectives.
In view of the foregoing and while generally approving the Law in the light of the Community rules on regional aid, the Commission informed the Italian Government, by letter of 21 May 1997, of its decision to initiate proceedings pursuant to Article 6(5) of Decision No 2496/96/ECSC and Article 93(3) of the EC Treaty in respect of application of the aid scheme in question in sensitive sectors such as the steel, motor vehicle, shipbuilding and synthetic fibres industries.
II
As part of the proceedings the Commission invited the Italian Government to submit its comments, and informed the other Member States and interested parties by publishing a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities (4).
In response to that notice, four interested parties and one Member State submitted comments to the Commission: the International Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Committee (letter of 12 September 1997), British Steel (letter of 15 September 1997), the UK Steel Association (letter of 16 September 1997), Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (letter of 25 September 1997) and Denmark (letter of 2 October 1997).
In their comments, the interested parties and Denmark expressed support for the Commission's decision to initiate proceedings.
By letter of 24 October 1997 the Commission passed on the above comments to the Italian authorities. As of 20 April 1998, the Italian authorities had not made any formal reply to that letter or to the letter of 21 May 1997 by which the Commission had informed them of its decision to initiate proceedings.
III
The measures in question constitute aid to firms since they have the effect of selectively reducing, for the recipients, the costs normally borne by competing firms. Furthermore, only certain firms qualify for these reductions, more specifically firms located in Objective 1, 2 or 5(b) areas, microenterprises as defined in the Law, and SMEs.
The aid, granted in the form of tax relief, consequently distorts competition between firms and is liable to affect intra-Community trade.
As regards the application of the Law to steel firms covered by the ECSC Treaty, Article 4(c) of that Treaty stipulates that subsidies or aids granted by States in any form whatsoever are recognised as incompatible with the common market for coal and steel and must accordingly be abolished and prohibited within the Community. The only derogations that might possibly be granted from that general ban are listed exhaustively in Decision No 2496/96/ECSC. These are aid for research and development (Article 2), aid for environmental protection (Article 3) and aid for closures (Article 4).
The Italian authorities have not relied on any of these derogations to justify the application of the State aid measures concerned to the steel industry. It is furthermore clear from the file that none of the above derogations can apply to the aid in question.
Neither does the Law lay down any limit in respect of the nature and purpose of the investments qualifying for tax relief.
The application of the tax exemptions concerned to steel firms covered by the ECSC Treaty must consequently be regarded as illegal since it was not previously authorised by the Commission. It is also incompatible with the common market for coal and steel since it does not qualify for any of the possible derogations allowed by Decision No 2496/96/ECSC.
IV
As regards the application of the aid scheme in question to shipbuilding and ship repair firms, the latter are subject to the special State aid rules laid down in Council Directive 90/684/EEC of 21 December 1990 on aid to shipbuilding (5), the validity of which was extended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2600/97 (6). Article 11(2)(b) of the Directive stipulates that Member States must notify the Commission in advance of any decision to apply a general or regional aid scheme to the firms covered by the Directive, and must not put such a decision into effect before it is authorised.
Each case in which the Law is applied to shipbuilding or ship repair firms must therefore be notified to the Commission, which alone has the powers to assess whether the aid is in conformity with the rules laid down in Article 6 of the Directive.
As far as the application of the Law to the synthetic fibres industry is concerned, in 1997, in view of the low average rate of productive capacity utilisation in the synthetic fibres industry, the resulting job losses and the risk that any new aid could aggravate the situation and distort competition, the Commission adopted a code on aid to the synthetic fibres industry in order to impose tighter control on the granting of aid by Member States to synthetic fibre producers.
The code has been periodically revised. The current version (7) entered into force on 1 April 1996 and expires on 31 March 1999. It replaced the previous version (8), which expired on 31 March 1996. A Community code on aid to the industry was therefore in force throughout 1996 and Italy was therefore required by the code to notify any aid which it planned to grant to firms in the industry.
Lastly, as regards application of the Law to the motor vehicle industry, in 1989 the Commission decided to adopt a framework for State aid to the motor vehicle industry (9). Because of the increasingly tough competition in the sector, the framework makes the granting of aid subject to stricter rules, so as to ensure that the competitiveness of the Community industry is not distorted by unfair competition. In particular, it requires Member States to notify in advance major aid measures for the motor vehicle industry in accordance with strict rules.
Since 1989 the framework has been renewed four times, in 1991 (10), 1992 (11), 1995 (12) and 1997 (13). With reference to the provisions of the Law, therefore, a Community framework was in force throughout 1996 and Italy was required by the framework to notify any aid for an investment project in the motor vehicle industry costing more than ECU 17 million.
Even if the tax exemptions in question could be regarded as compatible with the common market, on the grounds that they fulfil some of the conditions laid down in the relevant sectoral rules, the aid granted in the above sensitive sectors should be declared illegal since it was granted without the prior approval of the Commission, which is exclusively empowered to assess its compatibility.
The Italian authorities must therefore inform the Commission in good time of the individual cases in which they intend to apply the Law to firms in the above sensitive sectors and provide it with all the necessary information and explanations enabling it to assess the compatibility of the aid in the sectors in question. If the Commission were not to receive from the Italian authorities the information required for the purpose of assessing the compatibility of the aid with the common market, it would have to base its assessment on the information in its possession at the time it took its final decision; in view of the misgivings about aid in the sectors concerned which the Commission expressed when it initiated the proceedings, a negative final decision cannot be ruled out at this stage in the procedure.
V
In the light of the foregoing, and in particular Parts III and IV, it must be concluded that the aid granted under the Law by Italy in 1996 by way of tax relief to steel firms and firms in the other sensitive sectors mentioned in this Decision is illegal since it was not notified and, a fortiori, was not approved by the Commission before it was granted. The aid to steel firms covered by the ECSC Treaty is furthermore incompatible with the common market since it does not qualify for any of the possible derogations provided for by Decision No 2496/96/ECSC. On the question of the compatibility of the aid in the other sensitive sectors, the Commission will determine its position when it has received the information that Italy is required to communicate,
The State aid granted by Italy under Law No 549/95 by way of tax relief to steel firms covered by the ECSC Treaty is illegal, since it was granted in breach of Article 6(1) of Decision No 2496/96/ECSC.
It is also incompatible with the common market for coal and steel by virtue of Article 4(c) of the ECSC Treaty.
Italy shall recover the aid referred to in Article 1 in accordance with the provisions of Italian law relating to the recovery of amounts owed to the public authorities. In order to counteract the effects of the aid, interest shall be charged on the amount of the aid from the date on which it was granted until the date it is reimbursed. The interest rate applicable shall be that used by the Commission to calculate the net grant equivalent of regional aid schemes in the period in question.
Italy is required to provide the Commission, within one month of the notification of this Decision, with all the necessary information and explanations enabling it to assess the compatibility with the common market of the State aid granted under Law No 549/95 to firms in the shipbuilding, motor vehicle and synthetic fibres industries.
That aid is illegal, since it was granted in breach of the prior notification requirement laid down in Article 93(3) of the EC Treaty.
Italy shall inform the Commission, within two months of the notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply herewith.
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31997R1354 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1354/97 of 15 July 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 on arrangements for issuing export licences for wine sector products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1354/97 of 15 July 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 on arrangements for issuing export licences for wine sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 536/97 (2), and in particular Articles 52 (3) and 55 (8) thereof,
Whereas experience over the last two wine years of the application in practice of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 of 11 July 1995 on arrangements for issuing export licences for wine sector products (3), last amended by Regulation (EC) No 561/97 (4), has shown the need to adjust certain provisions to the reality of the quantitative and budgetary outlay ceilings on exports of these products; whereas a better spread over the year of the available quantities is required in order to avoid their premature exhaustion; whereas the total quantity for the year should be split up and allocated to two-month periods and suitable administrative arrangements introduced, including carryover of unused quantities from one period to the next;
Whereas a period is needed at the beginning of the wine year to allow the market situation to be assessed so that refund rates can be set at an appropriate level; whereas lodging of licence applications should therefore not be permitted until 16 September of each wine year;
Whereas experience over the last two wine years has also shown the advisability of detailing in a better way the action to be taken by the Commission, referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1685/95, in the event of overrun or premature exhaustion of the quantity or budget authorized under the Agreement referred to in Article 1 thereof;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the following Article 1a is inserted:
'Article 1a
1. The total quantity available for each wine year shall be divided into six parts. Licence applications may be lodged for:
- 25 % of the total quantity, in the period to 15 November each year,
- 25 % in the following period to 15 January,
- 15 % in the following period to 15 March,
- 15 % in the following period to 30 April,
- 10 % in the following period to 30 June,
- 10 % in the following period to 31 August.
2. Unused quantities from one period shall be automatically transferred to the following period within that wine year.
3. Licence applications for the first period may be lodged from 16 September each year.`;
2. Article 3 (3) and (4) are replaced by:
'3. If the quantities for which licence applications have been made, as notified to the Commission on the set day pursuant to Article 7 (1), exceed those still available for a period indicated in Article 1a (1), the Commission shall set an acceptance percentage applying to all the applications in question and suspend lodging of licence applications until the beginning of the following period.
4. If issuing of the licences applied for carries a risk of:
- premature exhaustion of the budget for the wine sector set under the Agreement referred to in Article 1 the Commission may:
- accept the applications pending, or
- reject the applications for which licences have not yet been granted, and
- suspend lodging of applications for at most 10 working days; a decision to extend suspension may be taken by the procedure laid down in Article 83 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87,
- overrun of the budget for the wine sector set under the Agreement referred to in Article 1 the Commission may:
- set an acceptance percentage applying to all the applications in hand, and
- suspend lodging of applications up to the end of the wine year.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1997.
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31988R2257 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2257/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing the guide price for dried fodder for the 1988/89 marketing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2257/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing the guide price for dried fodder for the 1988/89 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the market in dried fodder (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3996/87 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 5 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas, under Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 a guide price must be set for certain dried fodder products at a level which is fair to producers; whereas this price must be set for a standard quality representative of the average quality of dried fodder produced in the Community;
Whereas, under Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78, the aid provided for in paragraph 1 of that Article must be equal to a percentage of the difference between the guide price and the average world market price for the products in question; whereas, in view of the characteristics of the market in question, the percentage should be set at 100 %;
Whereas, under Article 68 of the Act of Accession, prices in Spain have been set at levels differing from that of the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act of Accession, the Spanish prices should be aligned with the common prices at the beginning of each marketing year; whereas the criteria laid down for alignment lead to the Spanish prices being fixed at the levels mentioned hereinafter,
For the 1988/89 marketing year, the guide price for the products referred to in the first and third indents of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be fixed:
(a) at 161,27 ECU per tonne for Spain,
(b) at 178,92 ECU per tonne for the other Member States.
This price refers to a product with:
- a moisture content of 11 %,
- a total gross protein content of 18 % of the dry weight.
For the 1988/89 marketing year, the percentage to be used to calculate the aid referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 shall be 100 % for the products referred to in Article 1 (b), first and third indents, and (c) of that Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 May 1988.
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32004L0079 | Commission Directive 2004/79/EC of 4 March 2004 adapting Directive 2002/94/EC, in the field of taxation, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
| 1.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 168/68
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2004/79/EC
of 4 March 2004
adapting Directive 2002/94/EC, in the field of taxation, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (2), and in particular Article 57(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For certain acts which remain valid beyond 1 May 2004, and require adaptation by reason of accession, the necessary adaptations were not provided for in the 2003 Act of Accession, or were provided for but need further adaptations. All these adaptations need to be adopted before accession so as to be applicable as from accession.
(2) Pursuant to Article 57(2) of the Act of Accession, such adaptations are to be adopted by the Commission in all cases where the Commission adopted the original act.
(3) Commission Directive 2002/94/EC (3) should therefore be amended accordingly,
Directive 2002/94/EC is amended as set out in the Annex.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the date of accession at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
This Directive shall enter into force subject to, and as from the date of, the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
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32014R1284 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1284/2014 of 2 December 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 3.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 347/38
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1284/2014
of 2 December 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
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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32001R1689 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1689/2001 of 23 August 2001 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1689/2001
of 23 August 2001
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender
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 1512/2001(2), and in particular Article 47(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 of 8 June 2001 opening intervention in accordance with Article 47(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999(3) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1489/2001(5), opened buying-in by invitation to tender in certain Member States or regions of a Member State for certain quality groups.
(2) The application of Article 47(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 and the need to limit intervention to buying in the quantities necessary to ensure reasonable support for the market result, on the basis of the prices of which the Commission is aware, in the repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 and an amendment, in accordance with the Annex hereto, to the list of Member States or regions of a Member State where buying-in is open by invitation to tender, and the list of the quality groups which may be bought in.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EC) No 1136/2001 is hereby repealed.
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 August 2001.
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31989D0419 | 89/419/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1989 allocating import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons for the period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 June 1989
allocating import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons for the period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990
(89/419/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3322/88 of 14 October 1988 on certain chlorofluorocarbons and halons which deplete the ozone layer (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3322/88 states that import into the Community of chlorofluorocarbons and halons originating in third countries are to be subject to quantitative limits;
Whereas Article 4 of the same Regulation states that with effect from 1 January 1990, import into the Community of chlorofluorocarbons originating in third countries not Parties to the Montreal Protocol is prohibited;
Whereas the Commission has published a notice to importers of chlorofluorocarbons and halons in the European Community (2) regarding the same Regulation and has thereby received applications for import quotas;
Whereas Article 10 of the same Regulation sets out the procedure according to which decisions can be taken concerning the implementation of the Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 10 of the same Regulation,
The allocation of import quotas for chlorofluorocarbons controlled by Regulation (EEC) No 3322/88 and indicated in Group I of Annex I thereto during the period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 shall be as indicated in the Annex hereto.
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32011R0930 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 930/2011 of 16 September 2011 on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of September 2011 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
| 17.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 241/28
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 930/2011
of 16 September 2011
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of September 2011 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 September 2011 for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2011 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 October to 31 December 2011 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September 2011.
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32014D0887 | 2014/887/EU: Council Decision of 4 December 2014 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements
| 10.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 353/5
COUNCIL DECISION
of 4 December 2014
on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements
(2014/887/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 81(2), in conjunction with point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 218(6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) The European Union is working towards the establishment of a common judicial area based on the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions.
(2) The Convention on Choice of Court Agreements concluded on 30 June 2005 under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (‘the Convention’) makes a valuable contribution to promoting party autonomy in international commercial transactions and to increasing the predictability of judicial solutions in such transactions. In particular, the Convention ensures the necessary legal certainty for the parties that their choice of court agreement will be respected and that a judgment given by the chosen court will be capable of recognition and enforcement in international cases.
(3) Article 29 of the Convention allows Regional Economic Integration Organisations such as the European Union to sign, accept, approve or accede to the Convention. The Union signed the Convention on 1 April 2009, subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2009/397/EC (1).
(4) The Convention affects Union secondary legislation relating to jurisdiction based on the choice of the parties and to the recognition and enforcement of the resulting judgments, in particular Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 (2), which is to be replaced as of 10 January 2015 by Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).
(5) With the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 the Union paved the way for the approval of the Convention, on behalf of the Union, by ensuring coherence between the rules of the Union on the choice of court in civil and commercial matters and the rules of the Convention.
(6) When signing the Convention, the Union declared under Article 30 of the Convention that it exercises competence over all the matters governed by the Convention. Consequently, the Member States shall be bound by the Convention by virtue of its approval by the Union.
(7) The Union should, when approving the Convention, in addition make the declaration allowed under Article 21 excluding from the scope of the Convention insurance contracts in general, subject to certain well-defined exceptions. The objective of the declaration is to preserve the protective jurisdiction rules available to the policyholder, the insured party or a beneficiary in matters relating to insurance under Regulation (EC) No 44/2001. The exclusion should be limited to what is necessary to protect the interests of the weaker parties in insurance contracts. It should therefore not cover reinsurance contracts nor contracts relating to large risks. The Union should at the same time make a unilateral declaration stating that it may, at a later stage in light of the experience acquired in the application of the Convention, reassess the need to maintain its declaration under Article 21.
(8) The United Kingdom and Ireland are bound by Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 and are therefore taking part in the adoption and application of this Decision.
(9) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,
The Hague Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements (‘the Convention’) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union (4).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union, the instrument of approval provided for in Article 27(4) of the Convention.
The deposit of the instrument of approval referred to in the first subparagraph shall take place within one month of 5 June 2015 (5).
1. When depositing the instrument of approval provided for in Article 27(4) of the Convention, the Union shall, in accordance with Article 21 of the Convention, make a declaration relating to insurance contracts.
The text of that declaration is attached as Annex I to this Decision.
2. When depositing the instrument of approval provided for in Article 27(4) of the Convention, the Union shall make a unilateral declaration.
The text of that declaration is attached as Annex II to this Decision.
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31969R2049 | Regulation (EEC) No 2049/69 of the Council of 17 October 1969 laying down general rules on the denaturing of sugar for animal feed
| REGULATION (EEC) No 2049/69 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 October 1969 laying down general rules on the denaturing of sugar for animal feed
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/EEC (1) of 18 December 1967 on the common organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1398/69, (2) and in particular Article 9 (7) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas Article 9 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC allows intervention agencies to grant denaturing premiums for sugar rendered unfit for human consumption;
Whereas, to prevent a premium being paid in respect of sugar not used for feed, there should be provisions to ensure that it is used for the purpose intended and that denatured sugar which has benefited from a premium can be used for animal feed only ; whereas it might be desirable to specify that the denatured sugar should be used as feed for certain types of animal;
Whereas denaturing could offer an outlet for the Community's sugar surpluses ; whereas, if increased account is to be taken of the market situation, provision should be made for premiums to be fixed not only in a uniform manner for the whole Community but also by means of a tendering procedure which could be decided upon in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 40 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC ; whereas it is necessary to specify that denaturing premiums may only be fixed under certain conditions;
Whereas, if denaturing premiums are to be fixed in a uniform manner, objective criteria must be laid down which would take the most rational use, given the situation on the sugar market and the competitive position of sugar vis-Ă -vis other feeding-stuffs for which it can be substituted, and the economic aspects of the proposed denaturing into account;
Whereas the tendering system must be simultaneously and uniformly applied by all Member States;
Whereas it would be in line with the purpose of an invitation to tender to fix a maximum amount for the premium and, where appropriate, a maximum quantity per tenderer ; whereas provision should be made for the possibility of not proceeding with the invitation to tender;
Whereas, to ensure that the tendering procedure operates smoothly, submission of a tender must be made subject to the lodging of a deposit;
Whereas denaturing is an adequate means of disposing of certain qualities of sugar only, and in particular sugar of a sound and fair marketable quality ; whereas it is therefore essential in principle to confine the granting of a premium to sugar possessing at least these characteristics ; whereas, in the case of raw sugar, there should be provision for adapting the premium in view of the differences in yield;
Whereas, in view of the particular situation in certain Member States, provision should be made for the possibility of a Member State granting a denaturing premium for sugar denatured on the territory of another Member State;
Whereas it is necessary to oblige interested parties to lodge a deposit to ensure that denaturing will take place during the period of validity of the denaturing premium certificate;
Whereas there should be provision to cover the possibility of Italy having recourse to the special provisions of Article 23 (2) of Council Regulation No (1)OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 179, 21.7.1969, p. 13.
120/67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1398/69 (2) ; whereas, to maintain the balance of intra-Community trade, it is necessary to offset the incidence of these special measures by a system of delivery subsidies and taxes on export;
1. A denaturing premium shall only be granted in respect of white or raw sugar which is intended for animal feed and fulfils certain minimum requirements as regards quality and quantity. The premium shall not be paid until denaturing has taken place.
2. Sugar in respect of which a denaturing premium has been granted shall be used only for animal feed. The denaturing method used shall be determined with this end in view.
1. Denaturing premiums shall be fixed: (a) uniformly for the whole Community, or
(b) by invitation to tender.
Parallel use may be made of these two procedures.
2. Denaturing premiums shall be fixed only if total sugar surpluses available for denaturing in the Community and the economic aspects of the proposed denaturing justify it.
Where denaturing premiums are fixed uniformly for the whole Community, the following criteria shall be taken into account: 1. For white sugar: (a) the intervention price for white sugar in the Community area with the largest surplus;
(b) standard amounts for: - technical costs of denaturing,
- transport charges;
(c) foreseeable market price in the main consumer areas of the Community for animal feeding-stuffs with which the white sugar for denaturing will have to compete;
(d) the relative nutritional value of white sugar and competing animal feeding-stuffs;
(e) total sugar surpluses available for denaturing in the Community taking into account: - the application of the provisions of Article 4,
- the nature and quality of this sugar;
(f) the economic aspects of the proposed denaturing.
2. For raw sugar: (a) the intervention price for raw sugar in that area of the Community which is regarded as being representative for the production of raw sugar intended for denaturing;
(b) standard amounts for: - technical costs of denaturing,
- transport costs;
(c) foreseeable market prices in the main consumer areas of the Community for animal feeding-stuffs with which the raw sugar for denaturing will have to compete;
(d) the relative nutritional value of raw sugar and competing animal feeding-stuffs;
(e) total sugar surpluses and, in particular, raw sugar surpluses available in the Community, taking the application of the provisions of Article 4 into account;
(f) the economic aspects of the proposed denaturing.
1. Where denaturing premiums are fixed by invitation to tender, the purpose of the invitation shall be to determine the amount of such premiums.
Where the denaturing premium is determined by invitation to tender, it can be specified that the sugar in question must be used for a specified purpose.
2. All Member States shall proceed to organise invitations to tender at the same time in accordance with a legally binding Community instrument which shall fix the terms of the invitation to tender. These terms must guarantee access to all persons established within the Community and may specify a minimum quantity per tender, a maximum quantity per tenderer, or a maximum amount for the denaturing premium. (1)OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67. (2)OJ No L 179, 21.7.1969, p. 13.
3. Where the terms of the invitation to tender do not specify a maximum amount for the denaturing premium, this shall be fixed, following examination of the tenders submitted and in the light of the criteria referred to in Article 3, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 40 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC. However, a decision may be taken not to proceed with the invitation to tender.
1. Tenders submitted in response to an invitation to tender shall not be considered unless the deposit required in connection with the invitation has been lodged.
2. The deposit shall be forfeited in whole or in part if the obligations arising from participation in the invitation to tender are not fulfilled or are only partially fulfilled.
1. The denaturing premium shall be granted by the Member State on whose territory denaturing takes place.
During the 1969/70 marketing year, however, the denaturing premium in respect of sugar coming from one Member State intended for denaturing on the territory of another Member State may be granted by the first Member State.
2. A denaturing premium shall not be granted unless an application is lodged before denaturing takes place. On receipt of such application Member States shall issue a denaturing premium certificate provided that: (a) when the application was lodged, a denaturing premium fixed uniformly for the whole Community was applicable, or
(b) the applicant's tender has been successful.
Without prejudice to the instance referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, a denaturing premium certificate shall be valid only for denaturing in the Member State which issues that certificate.
3. The issue of a denaturing premium certificate shall be subject to the lodging of a denaturing deposit guaranteeing that denaturing will take place during the period of validity of that certificate. The deposit shall be forfeited in whole or in part if denaturing is not effected or is only partially effected during that period.
1. The denaturing premium shall only be granted in respect of white sugar which is of a sound and fair marketable quality fit for human consumption.
Where however a denaturing premium is fixed following an invitation to tender, it may be granted in respect of white sugar held by intervention agencies which does not meet these requirements.
2. The denaturing premium for raw sugar shall be fixed for the standard quality. If the quality of the raw sugar to be denatured differs from the standard quality, the denaturing premium shall be adjusted in accordance with its yield.
If Italy has recourse to the provisions of Article 23 (2) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and if the price of feed grain was taken into account when the premium was fixed, that Member State shall: (a) grant, in respect of the denaturing of sugar, a subsidy equal to 0.225 units of account per 100 kg of sugar used,
(b) grant, in respect of deliveries of denatured sugar from other Member States, a subsidy equal to 0.225 units of account per 100 kg of sugar used,
(c) levy, where denatured sugar is exported to other Member States, a charge equal to the subsidy referred to under (b).
Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/68 (1) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules on the denaturing of sugar for animal feed is hereby repealed.
It shall however remain in force in respect of transactions for which a denaturing premium certificate was issued under that Regulation.
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32003R1044 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1044/2003 of 18 June 2003 amending Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 and (EC) No 1490/2002Text with EEA relevance
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1044/2003
of 18 June 2003
amending Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 and (EC) No 1490/2002
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/31/EC(2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2266/2000(4), Commission Regulation (EC) No 451/2000(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002(6), and Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first, second and third stages of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC. That programme is ongoing.
(2) Experience from the first stage has shown that enhanced cooperation between Member States is required to ensure fast and consistent decision-making. The provisions concerning the third stage provide for fees to be paid to the Member States, not only for their work as rapporteur Member State but also for other activities under that stage, in order to ensure proper resourcing of their work. For the sake of consistency, provision should also be made for such fees for the second stage, in Regulation (EC) No 451/2000.
(3) When the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carries out evaluations, it may also consult experts. It is necessary to ensure proper resourcing for Member States when such consultations are organised.
(4) Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 and (EC) No 1490/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 451/2000
2 of Regulation (EC) No 451/2000 is amended as follows:
1. Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
"1. Member States shall establish a regime obliging notifiers to pay a fee or charge for the administrative treatment and evaluation of notifications and dossiers."
2. Paragraph 2 is amended as follows:
(a) point (a) is replaced by the following:
"(a) require the payment of a fee or charge for each notification and for each submission of a dossier;"
(b) point (c) is replaced by the following:
"(c) ensure that the fee or charge is received in accordance with the instructions given by the organisation in each Member State listed in Annex VI and that the income from the fee or charge is used to finance exclusively the costs actually incurred by the Member State for the evaluation and administrative treatment of the notifications and the dossiers for which that Member State is rapporteur or to finance general activities of the Member States resulting from Articles 7 and 8;".
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002
7(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 is replaced by the following:
"(c) ensure that the fee or charge is received in accordance with the instructions given by the organisation in each Member State listed in Annex IV and that the income from the fee or charge is used to finance exclusively the costs actually incurred by the Member State for the evaluation and administrative treatment of the dossiers for which that Member State is rapporteur or to finance general activities of the Member States resulting from Articles 9, 10 or 11;".
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32009R0577 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 577/2009 of 1 July 2009 setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 22 to 26 June 2009 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements
| 2.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 172/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 577/2009
of 1 July 2009
setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 22 to 26 June 2009 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements
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 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 22 to 26 June 2009 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Council Regulation (EC) No 508/2007 of 7 May 2007 opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 (3), for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order numbers 09.4331 and 09.4337 (2008-2009) and 09.4341 (July-September 2009).
(2) In these circumstances, the Commission should establish an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available and/or inform the Member States that the limit established has been reached,
Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of import licence applications submitted from 22 to 26 June 2009, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31980R3453 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3453/80 of 22 December 1980 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 154/75 on the establishment of a register of olive cultivation in the Member States producing olive oil
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3453/80 of 22 December 1980 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 154/75 on the establishment of a register of olive cultivation in the Member States producing olive oil
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the 1979 Act of Accession, and in particular Articles 22 and 146 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 154/75 (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1794/79 (2), lays down the time limits for establishing the register of olive cultivation in the producer Member States in the Community of Nine ; whereas the same time limits should be fixed for establishing the register of olive cultivation in Greece and provision should be made for these time limits to run from 1 November 1982;
Whereas, in order to ensure that there are funds to cover the cost of establishing the register of olive cultivation in Greece, the amount of production aid paid to Greek olive growers to be withheld, and the period over which this should be done, should be laid down,
Regulation (EEC) No 154/75 is hereby amended as follows: 1. the following subparagraph is added to Article 1 (2):
"With regard to the establishment of the register of olive cultivation in Greece, the time limits referred to at (a) and (b) shall run from 1 November 1982."
2. the following paragraph 2a is inserted in Article 3:
"2a. The competent authorities of Greece responsible for payment of the production aid referred to in Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall, at the time of payment, effect a deduction of 0 796 ECU per 100 kilograms. This deduction shall apply to aid in respect of the 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83 and 1983/84 marketing years."
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981.
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 |
31994D0451 | 94/451/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1994 authorizing the United Kingdom to exempt certain transport operations from the application of the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 27 June 1994 authorizing the United Kingdom to exempt certain transport operations from the application of the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport (Only the English text is authentic) (94/451/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 of 20 December 1985 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport (1), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipement in road transport (2), and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 25 October 1993 the United Kingdom Government sent the Commission a letter requesting it to authorize it to exempt vehicles used within the boundaries of airports from the application of the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85;
Whereas the vehicles concerned are, in view of their type of construction and fittings, intended specifically for airport operations; whereas they are driven exclusively within the perimeters of airports and are not allowed under any circumstances to travel on public highways outside airports; whereas they may travel on roads situated within the boundaries of airports which, under certain conditions, are accessible to the public;
Whereas the Commission is of the opinion that such transport operations are carried out in exceptional circumstances within the meaning of Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 and Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85; whereas this exemption will not seriously jeopardize the objectives of the two Regulations,
1. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 (2), the United Kingdom is hereby authorized to exempt from the application of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 vehicles which travel exclusively within the boundaries of airports, which must be used in connection with the operation of airports and which are not authorized or technically approved for travel on the public highway outside of airports.
2. The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to grant exemptions from the application of Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 to the transport vehicles referred to in paragraph 1, provided that the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 are not called into question.
3. These exemptions apply solely within the United Kingdom.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006D0648 | 2006/648/EC: Commission Decision of 22 September 2006 laying down the technical specifications on the standards for biometric features related to the development of the Visa Information System (notified under document number C(2006) 3699)
| 27.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 267/41
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 September 2006
laying down the technical specifications on the standards for biometric features related to the development of the Visa Information System
(notified under document number C(2006) 3699)
(Only the Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, and Hungarian versions are authentic)
(2006/648/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2004/512/EC of 8 June 2004 establishing the Visa Information System (VIS) (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2004/512/EC established the VIS as a system for the exchange of visa data between Member States and gives the mandate to the Commission to develop the VIS, consisting of the Central Visa Information System, a National Interface in each Member State and the communication infrastructure between the Central Visa Information System and the National Interfaces.
(2) It is appropriate that the development of the VIS includes preparatory measures necessary for biometric features to be incorporated at a later stage.
(3) The Council conclusions of 19-20 February 2004 on the development of the Visa Information System (VIS) set forth the requirement for biometric identifiers to be coherent with the Central Visa Information System.
(4) The Council conclusions of 17 February 2005 on the inclusion of biometric data in visas and residence permits invite the Commission to make the necessary efforts to bring forward to 2006 the activation of biometric identifiers in the development of the central part of the VIS.
(5) It is necessary to set forth technical specifications on the standards for biometric features used for the development of the VIS so that Member States can take preparatory actions for connecting their national systems to the Central Visa Information System.
(6) The quality and reliability of biometric identifiers is of the highest importance. It is therefore necessary to define the technical standards that will allow meeting these requirements of quality and reliability. This will have serious financial and technical implications for the Member States.
(7) This decision does not create any new standards; it is coherent with ICAO standards.
(8) In accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(2), the United Kingdom has not taken part in the adoption of Decision 2004/512/EC and is not bound by it or subject to its application as it constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis. The United Kingdom is therefore not an addressee of this Commission decision.
(9) In accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland's request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(3), Ireland has not taken part in the adoption of Decision 2004/512/EC and is not bound by it or subject to its application as it constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis. Ireland is therefore not an addressee of this Commission decision.
(10) Pursuant to Article 5 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, on 13 August 2004 Denmark decided to implement Decision 2004/512/EC in Danish law. Decision 2004/512/EC is thus binding upon Denmark in international law.
(11) As regards Iceland and Norway, Decision 2004/512/EC constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(4), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point B of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application 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
(5).
(12) As regards Switzerland, Decision 2004/512/EC constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed by the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the latter’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis which fall within the area referred to in Article 4(1) of the Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of this Agreement.
(13) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 5(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 of 6 December 2001 on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (6),
The technical specifications on the standards for biometric features related to the development of the Visa Information System are set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0167 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 167/2002 of 30 January 2002 fixing a percentage for acceptance of contracts concluded for the optional distillation of table wine and suspending the notification of new contracts for the optional distillation of table wine
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 167/2002
of 30 January 2002
fixing a percentage for acceptance of contracts concluded for the optional distillation of table wine and suspending the notification of new contracts for the optional distillation of table wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2464/2001(2), and in particular Article 63(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lays down the conditions for the application of the distillation arrangements for wines referred to in Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(4). Those arrangements provide for subsidised, voluntary distillation in order to support the wine market and help ensure continued supplies to the potable alcohol sector, which traditionally uses this type of alcohol. To that end, wine producers and distillers conclude contracts, which the Member States notify to the Commission twice a month.
(2) Article 63(6) lays down the conditions under which the Commission must intervene in the contract-approval procedure, setting a single percentage for acceptance of the contracts concluded for distillation and/or suspending the notification of new contracts, where the available budgetary resources or the absorption capacity of the potable alcohol sector are exceeded or may be exceeded.
(3) For the 2001/02 wine year the Commission has, for budgetary reasons and bearing in mind the absorption capacity of the potable alcohol sector, managed this distillation in quantitatively limited tranches. The second tranche was opened from 1 January 2002 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2512/2001 of 20 December 2001 opening a second tranche of distillation as provided for in Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2001/02 wine year(5). Contracts can be concluded under this tranche for a maximum of 3 million hl of table wine. On the basis of the quantities of wine for which the Member States notified new distillation contracts to the Commission on 21 January 2002, the Commission notes that that limit has been exceeded. The Commission should therefore set a single percentage for acceptance of the quantities notified for distillation and suspend the notification of new contracts,
1. Contracts concluded and notified to the Commission under Article 63(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 on 21 January 2002 shall be accepted for 41,09 % of the wine covered.
2. Notification to the Commission of new contracts under Article 63(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 is hereby suspended.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006R0359 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 359/2006 of 28 February 2006 amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 for the 2005/2006 marketing year
| 1.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 59/40
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 359/2006
of 28 February 2006
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 for the 2005/2006 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses (2), and in particular the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2005/2006 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 (3). These prices and duties were last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 344/2006 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 for the 2005/2006 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985D0262 | 85/262/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 April 1985 authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 April 1985
authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC
(85/262/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of forest reproductive material (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 15 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the requests submitted by certain Member States,
Whereas production of reproductive material of the species set out in the Annex hereto is at present insufficient in all Member States, with the result that their requirements for reproductive material conforming to the provisions of Directive 66/404/EEC cannot be met;
Whereas non-member countries are not in a position to supply sufficient reproductive material of the relevant species which can afford the same guarantees as Community reproductive material and which conforms to the provisions of the abovementioned Directive;
Whereas the Member States should therefore be authorized to permit, for a limited period, the marketing of reproductive material of the relevant species which satisfies less-stringent requirements;
Whereas, for genetic reasons, the reproductive material must be collected at places of origin within the natural range of the relevant species and the strictest possible guarantees should be given to ensure the identity of the material;
Whereas each of the Member States should furthermore be authorized to permit the marketing in its own territory of seed which satisfied less-stringent requirements, together with plants produced therefrom, the marketing of which has been permitted under this Decision in another Member State; whereas, such a measure is likely to permit intra-Community trade in the relevant reproductive material and to satisfy better the needs of the Member States involved;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
1. Member States are hereby authorized, on the terms set out in the Annex hereto and on condition that the proof specified in Article 2 is furnished with regard to the place of provenance of the seed and the altitude at which it was collected, to permit the marketing within their territory of seed satisfying less-stringent requirements.
2. Member States are further authorized to permit the marketing in their own territory of seed approved for marketing under this Decision in another Member State.
3. Member States are further authorized to permit the marketing in their own territory of plants produced from the abovementioned seed.
1. The proof referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be deemed to be furnished where the seed is of the category 'source-identified reproductive material' as defined in the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) scheme for the control of forest reproductive material moving in international trade.
2. Where the OECD scheme referred to in paragraph 1 is not used at the place of origin of the seed, other official evidence shall be admissible.
3. Where official evidence cannot be provided in the case of the species Pinus Strobus, Member States may accept other non-official evidence.
Authorization provided for under Article 1 (1) and (2) in so far as they concern the first marketing in the territory of the Member States, shall expire on 28 February 1986. Authorizations granted under Article 1 (1), in so far as they do not concern the first marketing, and authorizations granted under Article 1 (2) shall expire on 31 December 1988.
Member States shall, before 1 April 1986, notify the Commission of the quantities of seed or, where appropriate, of plants satisfying less-stringent requirements, which are approved for first marketing in their territory under this Decision. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0701 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 701/2010 of 4 August 2010 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (PESCA e Nettarina di Romagna (PGI))
| 5.8.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 203/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 701/2010
of 4 August 2010
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (PESCA e Nettarina di Romagna (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 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 and in accordance with Article 17(2) thereof, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘PESCA e Nettarina di Romagna’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 134/98 (3).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
(4), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011R0199 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 199/2011 of 28 February 2011 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
| 1.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 56/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 199/2011
of 28 February 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 180/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2011.
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 |
32004R0594 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 594/2004 of 30 March 2004 determining the operative events applicable to products in the fruit and vegetables sector and to processed fruit and vegetable products
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 594/2004
of 30 March 2004
determining the operative events applicable to products in the fruit and vegetables sector and to processed fruit and vegetable products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 introduced new agrimonetary arrangements from 1 January 1999. The detailed rules for applying those arrangements are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98(2). That Regulation determines the operative events for the applicable conversion rates on the basis of the criteria set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98, without prejudice to further details to be specified or derogations to be provided for, where necessary, by regulations covering the product groups concerned. The operative events for the conversion rates applicable to products in the fruit and vegetables sector and to processed fruit and vegetable products should therefore be laid down and grouped in a single regulation.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(3) and Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(4) have been frequently amended. In the interests of clarity, Commission Regulation (EC) No 293/98 of 4 February 1998 determining the operative events applicable to products in the fruit and vegetables sector, to processed fruit and vegetable products and partly to live plants and floricultural products and to certain products listed in Annex II to the EC Treaty, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1445/93(5) should be repealed and replaced by a new regulation.
(3) The second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003 of 11 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 regarding the conditions for recognition of producer organisations and preliminary recognition of producer groups(6) fixes the minimum volume of marketable production required of recognised producer organisations pursuant to Article 11(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96. Since the volumes concerned are annual, the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate for these volumes should be defined under Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 as falling on 1 January of the relevant year.
(4) Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 lays down the conditions in which Member States may set a limit on the supplement to the Community withdrawal compensation paid by the operational funds. These maximum national supplements are set out in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 103/2004 of 21 January 2004 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards intervention arrangements and market withdrawals in the fruit and vegetable sector(7). The operative event applicable to the corresponding withdrawal compensation should apply to the conversion rate of this limit and maximum supplement.
(5) Point 3 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 of 11 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial assistance(8) determines the maximum amount of overheads eligible for inclusion in an operational programme. Since the amount concerned is annual, the conversion rate applicable to the other elements of the operational fund concerned pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98, and, as an exception, to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98, should apply to that amount.
(6) The fourth indent of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 provides that in the case of withdrawals of products in the fruit and vegetables sector the operative event for the conversion rate falls on the first day of the month in which the withdrawal takes place. That rule should apply not only to withdrawal operations carried out in accordance with Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, but also because related or similar operations are involved, to the aid towards the cost of transport of fruit and vegetables distributed free as provided for by Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 103/2004 in accordance with Article 30(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, and to the maximum costs of sorting and packaging of products distributed free borne by the Community as provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 103/2004 in accordance with Article 30(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.
(7) Article 2(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(9) provides for a flat-rate amount to be deducted from prices recorded in accordance with Article 2(2) where those prices are established at the wholesaler/retailer stage. Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2808/98 should apply in this case by analogy.
(8) Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 should apply to the calculation of the standard import value referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94.
(9) For the purpose of applying Article 5(1)(a) and Article 5(1a)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 (invoice method), the entry price of the lot concerned must be expressed in euro. By analogy with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98, the conversion rates applicable must be those in force on the date of acceptance of the customs declaration.
(10) Export refunds as provided for in Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 are included in the arrangements for trade with third countries introduced by Title V of that Regulation. Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 should therefore apply.
(11) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 introduces a production aid scheme for certain products processed from tomatoes, peaches and pears. That scheme provides for aid to be granted to producer organisations. Similarly, Article 6a of that Regulation introduces a production aid scheme for dried figs and prunes. That scheme provides for aid to be granted to processors provided they pay a minimum price to producers. Owing to the very large number of operators, processors and producers involved, the operative event for the conversion rate pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98, and as an exception to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98, should fall on the first day of the month in which the processor takes over the products. This taking-over should be defined.
(12) Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 should apply to the buying-in price for dried grapes and dried figs as referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.
(13) Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides for storage aid for dried grapes and figs. That aid is granted for the actual duration of storage. For reasons of administrative practicability, a monthly operative event should be determined in accordance with Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 for granting the aid.
(14) Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2808/98 should apply to the selling prices fixed in advance in euro pursuant to Article 9(7) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for dried grapes and figs held by the storage agencies.
(15) The second indent of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2808/98 should apply to the securities referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9(3) and the second subparagraph of Article 9(7) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.
(16) Export refunds as provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and export levies on certain products containing added sugar as provided for in Article 20 of that regulation are part of the arrangements for trade with third countries introduced by Title II of that regulation. Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 should therefore apply.
(17) The scheme introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits(10) provides for aid to producer organisations for lemons, grapefruit, oranges, mandarins, clementines and satsumas supplied to processors under contracts. Owing to the very large number of operators, processors and producers involved, the operative event for the conversion rate pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98, and as an exception to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98, should fall on the first day of the month in which the processor takes over the products. Taking over occurs when a delivery certificate as provided for in Article 17(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003 of 1 December 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits(11) is drawn up.
(18) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the joint opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables and the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
CHAPTER I DEFINITIONS
Definitions
1. The definitions contained in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2799/98 shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, "taking-over of a lot" means the commencement of its physical delivery.
CHAPTER II FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Producer organisations
The operative event for the rate for converting the minimum volume of marketable production fixed in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003 into euro shall fall on 1 January of the relevant year.
Operational funds
1. For the purpose of applying the second subparagraph of Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the conversion rate for the maximum supplements fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 103/2004 shall be the rate applicable to the Community withdrawal compensation concerned, as fixed pursuant to Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
2. The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to the lump sum fixed in point 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 shall fall on 1 January in the year to which that amount applies.
Intervention, withdrawals, transport, sorting and packing costs
1. The operative event for the conversion rate for Community withdrawal compensation fixed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 shall fall on the first day of the month in which the withdrawal takes place.
2. The conversion rate applicable to the flat-rate transport costs referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 103/2004 and fixed in Annex V to that Regulation shall be the rate determined in accordance with paragraph 1 above.
3. The conversion rate applicable to the flat-rate sorting and packing costs fixed in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 103/2004 shall be the rate determined in accordance with paragraph 1 above.
Entry prices
1. The operative event for the rate applicable to the conversion into the national currency of a non-participating Member State of the flat-rate amount referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall fall on the day on which the relevant price was recorded.
2. For the purpose of calculating the standard import value referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94, the operative event for the conversion rate of the representative prices shall fall on the day to which those prices apply.
3. For the purpose of applying Article 5(1)(a) and Article 5(1a)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94, the operative event for the conversion rate shall be the acceptance of the customs declaration.
of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 shall apply to the export refunds provided for in Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.
CHAPTER III PROCESSED FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
Processing aid for tomatoes, peaches, pears, figs and prunes
1. The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to the aid to producer organisations referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for tomatoes, peaches and pears and the production aid for dried figs and prunes as referred to in Article 6a(1) of that Regulation shall fall on the first day of the month in which the processor takes over the products.
2. The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to minimum prices as referred to in Article 6a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall fall on the first day of the month in which the processor takes over the products.
Aid for dried grapes and dried figs
1. The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to the buying-in price referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall fall on the day on which the products are taken over by the storage agency within the meaning of paragraph 1 of that Article.
2. The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to the storage aid referred to in Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall fall on the first day of the month for which the aid is granted.
3. The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to the selling prices fixed in advance according to Article 9(7) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for dried grapes and dried figs held by the storage agencies shall fall on the day on which the purchaser takes over the products, or on the day of payment if this takes place first.
4. The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to the amount in euro of the securities referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9(3) and the second subparagraph of Article 9(7) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall fall on the day on which the tender or purchase application is submitted.
Refunds
The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to export refunds as provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and export levies as provided for in Article 20 of that Regulation shall be the acceptance of the customs declaration.
CHAPTER IV CITRUS FRUIT FOR PROCESSING
0
Aid to producer organisations for citrus fruit
The operative event for the conversion rate applicable to the aid to producer organisations provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 shall fall on the first day of the month in which the products are delivered to the processing plant within the meaning of Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003.
CHAPTER V REPEAL AND FINAL PROVISION
1
Entry into force
Regulation (EC) No 293/98 is hereby repealed.
References to the repealed regulation shall be construed as reference to this Regulation and should be read in accordance with the correlation table in the Annex.
2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31987R2183 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2183/87 of 22 July 1987 on the sale at a price fixed in advance of unprocessed currants from the 1986 harvest held by Greek storage agencies
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2183/87
of 22 July 1987
on the sale at a price fixed in advance of unprocessed currants from the 1986 harvest held by Greek storage agencies
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 1928/87 (2), and in particular Article 8 (8) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1277/84 of 8 May 1984 laying down general rules for the system of production aid for processed fruit and vegetables (3), and in particular Article 6 (1) thereof,
Whereas the Greek storage agencies have, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 626/85 of 12 March 1985 on the purchasing, selling and storage of unprocessed dried grapes and figs by storage agencies (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 344/86 (5), purchased unprocessed currants from the 1986 harvest; whereas in the light of the situation on the market in dried grapes the currants should be offered for sale at prices fixed in advance for processing within the Community for consumption; whereas the selling shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 626/85;
Whereas when fixing the sale price it must be taken into consideration that the products are no longer eligible for production aid;
Whereas the processing security provided for in Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 626/85 shall be fixed at such a level that any abuse can be avoided;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
1. The Greek storage agencies listed in Annex I shall undertake the sale of unprocessed currants from the 1986 harvest, the qualities and prices of which are stated in Annex II.
2. Applications to purchase shall be submitted in writing to each storage agency in question at the headquarters of Idagep, 241 Acharnon Street, GR-Athens.
3. Informations on the quantities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by those concerned from the addresses given in Annex I.
The processing security provided for in Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 626/85 shall be 20 ECU per 100 kilograms net.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1987.
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31997D0404 | 97/404/EC: Commission Decision of 10 June 1997 setting up a Scientific Steering Committee
| COMMISSION DECISION of 10 June 1997 setting up a Scientific Steering Committee (97/404/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas sound scientific advice is an essential basis for Community rules on consumer health, including matters on consumer health in its strictest sense, but also on animal health and welfare, plant health and environmental health;
Whereas scientific advice on consumer health matters is currently provided by six scientific committees set up by the Commission and addressing the topics of food, animal nutrition, cosmetology, pesticides, toxicity and ecotoxicity, and veterinary matters;
Whereas several issues relating to consumer health are of a multidisciplinary nature and require input from various scientific committees which would benefit from an effective coordination;
Whereas the Commission must be able to obtain sound and timely scientific advice;
Whereas scientific advice on matters relating to consumer health must, in the interests of consumers and industry, be based on the principles of excellence, independence and transparency,
A Scientific Steering Committee (hereinafter called 'SSC`) in the field of consumer health and food safety is hereby established.
1. The SSC shall assist the Commission to obtain the best scientific advice available on matters relating to consumer health.
2. The SSC shall coordinate the work of the scientific committees set up by the Commission to address matters of consumer health, in particular:
(a) the SSC shall evaluate and monitor the working procedures used by the scientific committees and will harmonize them when necessary;
(b) for matters which require consultation of two or more scientific committees, the SSC shall identify those scientific committees which should be involved, taking account of compulsory consultation requirements, shall consider opinions issued by the different committees and may, in case of substantial differences of opinions, provide an overall view;
(c) when Community measures are based on the evaluation carried out by scientists from organizations in the Member States, the SSC shall assist the Commission, on the latter's request, in assessing if scientific advice at Community level is needed, and if so, in determining which scientific committee is to provide it.
3. The SSC shall, in the area of consumer health:
(a) deliver scientific advice only on matters which are not covered by the mandates of the other scientific committees. It shall prepare this advice following a request from the Commission and relying on the most appropriate scientific expertise;
(b) specifically deliver scientific advice on multidisciplinary aspects of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy. To this end it shall create an ad hoc group which shall be chaired by a member of the SSC and may include external experts;
(c) assist the Commission with the identification of those areas where compulsory consultation of the scientific committees could be appropriate;
(d) arrange for the review of existing and newly developed risk assessment procedures and, where appropriate, propose the development of new risk assessment procedures relating to areas such as, for example, food-borne diseases and the transmissibility of animal diseases to man;
(e) draw the attention of the Commission to any specific or emerging consumer health problem.
4. Those members of the SSC who are not chairpersons of scientific committees shall contribute to the selection of the members of the scientific committees by advising the Commission as to the excellence and independence of the candidates.
5. The Commission may, when requesting an output from the SSC, ask for a deadline for its delivery to be adhered to.
1. The SSC shall be composed of eight scientific experts not being members of any other scientific committee, and the chairpersons of the scientific committees. The latter may, should they not be able to participate in a meeting of the SSC, be replaced by one of the vice-chairpersons of their scientific committee.
2. The full SSC will elect by simple majority one chairperson and two vice-chairpersons from amongst its members who are not chairpersons of scientific committees.
3. The members of the SSC shall be scientific experts in one or more fields of consumer health, collectively covering the widest possible range of scientific disciplines relating to this subject.
4. The members of the SSC who are not chairpersons of scientific committees, shall be nominated by the Commission following publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities of a call for expressions of interest, together with the selection criteria and a description of the selection procedure. The selection procedure shall identify in a transparent manner the most suitable candidates for working in the SSC. From these the Commission shall nominate the members of the SSC not being chairpersons of scientific committees. The names of the members of the SSC shall be published in the Official Journal.
5. The term of office of members of the SSC not being chairpersons of scientific committees shall be three years. Those members of the SSC may not serve more than two consecutive terms of office. After the period of three years they shall remain office until their replacement or the renewal of their mandate.
6. In the event that a member of the SSC not being a chairperson of a scientific committee is no longer able to contribute effectively to the work of the SSC, or in the case of his/her voluntary resignation, the Commission shall nominate an appropriate replacement for the remaining term of office, drawn from the most suitable candidates identified in accordance with paragraph 4.
7. Members of the SSC, and external experts invited to contribute to its work, shall receive an indemnity for the service they provide to the Commission in addition to the reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses, in accordance with the rules laid down by the Commission.
1. Members of the SSC shall act independently of external influences in their capacity as members of the SSC.
2. Members of the SSC shall inform the Commission annually of any interests which might be perceived as prejudicial to their independence.
3. Members of the SSC and external experts shall declare specific interests which might be perceived as prejudicial to their independence with regard to the work of the SSC, its working groups or its ad hoc group.
The SSC may create specific working groups with clearly defined mandates. Each working group shall be chaired by a member of the committee and may include external experts. The working groups shall report to the SSC.
1. The SSC shall adopt its rules of procedure which shall be made publicly available.
2. The rules shall ensure that:
(a) the tasks of the SSC are completed in a manner which satisfies the principles of excellence, independence and transparency, while respecting legitimate requests for commercial confidentiality;
(b) the coordination of the work of the scientific committees is carried out in an efficient and flexible manner, in particular by a timely reporting of the chairpersons on the workplans of the scientific committees;
(c) the SSC provides opinions and other scientific advice in good time;
(d) the SSC may appoint rapporteurs for the preparation of background information and documentation and the drafting of its opinions;
(e) the SSC verifies that appointed rapporteurs can carry out their specific tasks as independently as possible from all external influences.
The agenda, minutes and opinions of the SSC shall be made publicly available without undue delay and with regard being had to the need to respect commercial confidentiality. Minority views shall always be included and shall be attributed to Members only at their request.
Without prejudice to Article 214 of the Treaty, members shall be obliged not to divulge information which they acquire as a result of the work of the SSC or one of its working groups when they are informed that this information is subject to a request for confidentiality.
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32010D0210 | 2010/210/: Commission Decision of 6 April 2010 amending Decision 2009/296/EC establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the recovery of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (notified under document C(2010) 2060)
| 9.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 89/20
COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 April 2010
amending Decision 2009/296/EC establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the recovery of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
(notified under document C(2010) 2060)
(2010/210/EU)
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 95 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has adopted in 2006 a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCAT Recommendation 06-05), which entered into force on 13 June 2007. That Recovery Plan was transposed into Community legislation by Council Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007 (2).
(2) On 24 November 2008 ICCAT adopted Recommendation 08-05, amending Recommendation 06-05. That recommendation was transposed into Community legislation by Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 of 6 April 2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, amending Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007 (3).
(3) In order to ensure the successful implementation of ICCAT Recommendation 08-05, a specific control and inspection programme was necessary. Commission Decision 2009/296/EC (4) established therefore a specific control and inspection programme covering a period of 2 years (15 March 2009 to 15 March 2011).
(4) In Annex I to Decision 2009/296/EC, the Section entitled ‘Inspection tasks’ should be updated in order to reflect the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009.
(5) During its annual meeting in November 2009, the ICCAT Commission decided to improve the efficiency of inspections carried out under the ICCAT International Scheme of Inspections and to this view adopted a new format for inspection reports.
(6) Decision 2009/296/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision have been established in concert with Member States concerned.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Decision 2009/296/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 8 is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(a) the relevant flag Member State and the Commission, and where appropriate;
(b) the Member State where the farming installation or the enterprise engaged in the processing and/or trade of bluefin tuna products is established.’
(b) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
(c) In paragraph 4, the first sentence is replaced by the following:
(d) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
2. Annex I is amended as follows:
(a) The Section entitled ‘Inspection tasks’ is amended as follows:
(i) Point 1.6(e) is replaced by the following:
‘(e) that the master of the catching and the tug vessels has ensured a monitoring of all the transfer activities by video camera in the water.’
(ii) Point 1.10(a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) that the relevant documentation is present and duly completed and reported (bluefin tuna catch document and re-export certificate, transfer declaration, caging declaration, transhipment declaration);’
(b) The Section entitled ‘Report of inspections’ is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
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31999R1618 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1618/1999 of 23 July 1999 concerning the criteria for the evaluation of quality of structural business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1618/1999
of 23 July 1999
concerning the criteria for the evaluation of quality of structural business statistics
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning structural business statistics(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 410/98(2), and in particular Article 12(vi) thereof,
(1) Whereas Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 established a common framework for the production of Community statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of business in the Community;
(2) Whereas the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on these statistics and in particular on their quality and the burden on business;
(3) Whereas it is necessary that the Commission determines the criteria for the evaluation of quality of structural business statistics;
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
The criteria for the evaluation of quality referred to in Article 7 of the Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 are specified 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 Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R2074 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2074/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing an additional levy on the milk and milk- products sector
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2074/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing an additional levy on the milk and milk-products sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 856/84 amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (3) an additional levy was introduced from 2 April 1984 in the said sector; whereas the purpose of this scheme, introduced for nine years and due to expire on 31 March 1993, was to reduce the imbalance between supply and demand on the milk and milk-products market and the resulting structural surpluses; whereas it remains necessary in the future in order to achieve a better market balance; whereas the additional levy should therefore continue to be applied for seven further consecutive 12-month periods starting on 1 April 1993;
Whereas, in order to make full use of the experience gained in this area and in the interests of simplification and clarification with a view to ensuring the legal certainty of producers and other parties concerned, the Commission has proposed that the Council lay down by a separate regulation the basic rules of the extended scheme and at the same time reduce their scope and diversity;
Whereas, although the extension of the scheme for another seven years can be formally decided without delay, it has been deemed opportune to decide later, but by 31 December 1992, on the simplification and codification of the scheme,
During seven further consecutive 12-month periods beginning on 1 April 1993, an additional levy shall be payable by producers of cows' milk on the quantities of milk or milk equivalent delivered to a purchaser or sold for direct consumption during a 12-month period in excess of a quantity to be determined.
In order to codify and simplify the current rules, the Council shall adopt the necessary provisions, including those relating to the transfer of the reference quantities in certain specific situations, by 31 December 1992, on the basis of the Commission's proposals.
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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32000R0250 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2000 of 1 February 2000 on imports of bananas under the tariff quotas and of traditional ACP bananas, and fixing the indicative quantities for the second quarter of 2000
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 250/2000
of 1 February 2000
on imports of bananas under the tariff quotas and of traditional ACP bananas, and fixing the indicative quantities for the second quarter of 2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 19 November 1999 the Commission sent the Council a proposal for a Regulation amending the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community. Pending the Council's decision on this proposal, and without prejudice to that decision, uninterrupted supplies to the market and continued trade must be ensured pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 of 28 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 regarding imports of bananas into the Community(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 756/1999(4).
(2) To achieve that objective, traditional operators must have the right to apply for import licences on the basis of the reference quantity for 1999 determined and notified by the competent national authority. In the case of newcomer operators, deadlines must be laid down for the submission of applications for the renewal of registrations in respect of 1999, or for registering as newcomers where applicable, and of applications for quota allocations.
(3) Under Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 an indicative quantity, expressed as the same percentage of available quantities from each of the countries of origin listed in Annex I thereto, may be fixed for the purposes of issuing import licences for the first three quarters of the year. An analysis of the data relating, on the one hand, to the quantities of bananas marketed in the Community in 1999 and to actual imports during the second quarter in particular and, on the other hand, to the outlook for supplies to and consumption on the Community market during that second quarter of 2000 shows that, to ensure satisfactory supplies to the Community as a whole, an indicative quantity should be fixed for each country of origin listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 at 29 % of the quantity allocated to it.
(4) The ceiling provided for in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 on quantities covered by individual licence applications must be set to avoid prejudging any amendment to the import arrangements in question during 2000.
(5) This Regulation is adopted with a view to ensuring uninterrupted supplies to the market and continued trade with the supplier countries but does not prejudge any measures that may subsequently be adopted by the Council or the Commission, in particular with a view to complying with the international commitments entered into by the Community within the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and cannot be invoked by operators as grounds for legitimate expectations regarding the extension of the import arrangements.
(6) This Regulation must enter into force immediately.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Traditional operators registered in respect of 1999 pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 may submit applications for import licences for a given quarter for the quantity produced by applying the percentage fixed in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation to the reference quantity determined for 1999 by the competent national authority and notified to them in accordance with Article 6(4) of that Regulation.
Where the reference quantity notified in respect of 1999 has been amended as a result of additional verifications, this amended reference quantity shall be used for the purpose of applying the previous subparagraph.
1. Newcomer operators who meet the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 or 3, as applicable, may submit applications for import licences for a given quarter for the quantity produced by applying the percentage fixed in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 to the quota allocation referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article notified to them by the competent national authority under Article 9(4) of that Regulation.
2. Newcomer operators registered in respect of 1999 pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 must submit applications for the renewal of their registrations in accordance with paragraph 4 of that Article - without, however, enclosing a copy of the licences issued for the curent quarter - and applications for quota allocations under Article 9 of that Regulation by 8 February 2000 at the latest.
3. Newcomer operators not registered in respect of 1999 must send the competent national authority the supporting documents listed in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 in order to register, together with their request for quota allocations under Article 9(1) of that Regulation, by 8 February 2000 at the latest.
4. The amount of the security to be lodged under Article 9(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 shall be reduced, where applicable, by the amount of the security for licence(s) issued in respect of the first quarter of 2000 to the newcomer operator in question.
5. In accordance with Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98, Member States shall send the Commission by 21 February 2000 at the latest:
(a) the list of newcomer operators referred to in paragraph 2 whose registration has been renewed;
(b) the list of newcomer operators referred to in paragraph 3;
(c) the requests for quota allocations submitted pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98.
6. In accordance with Article 9(3) of the above Regulation the Commission shall determine without delay the quantities for which quota allocations are granted.
7. The competent national authorities shall determine and notify to each newcomer operator the quantity allocated to him by 29 February 2000 at the latest.
Notwithstanding the second paragraph of Article 6, Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 shall apply to licences issued for 2000.
For the second quarter of 2000, the indicative quantity referred to in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 shall be 29 % of the quantities fixed for each of the origins listed in Annex I to that Regulation.
For the second quarter of 2000, the quantity authorised for each traditional and newcomer operator under Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 shall be 30 % of the quantity determined and notified pursuant to Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 for traditional operators and Article 2(7) of this Regulation for newcomer operators.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply without prejudice to any decisions adopted subsequently by the Council or the Commission.
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32011R0463 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 463/2011 of 12 May 2011 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
| 13.5.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 124/45
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 463/2011
of 12 May 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 456/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 2011.
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 |
31992D0558 | 92/558/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 November 1992 on transitional measures in relation to plants processing high risk material in the Länder of West Mecklenburg- Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia in the Federal Republic of Germany (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 23 November 1992 on transitional measures in relation to plants processing high risk material in the Laender of West Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia in the Federal Republic of Germany (Only the German text is authentic) (92/558/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/667/EEC of 27 November 1990, laying down the veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedingstuff of animal or fish origin and amending Directive 90/425/EEC (1) in particular Article 21 (2) thereof,
Whereas a Report has been received and concludes that the construction of new processing plants and the reconstruction of a few existing plants will be necessary to meet the rules applicable in Directive 90/667/EEC;
Whereas it will take three years to complete this work;
Whereas in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19 the Commission shall decide on any subsequent measures for certain establishments located in those Laender; whereas reconstruction is necessary for all those existing processing plants which are to be retained and some new plants will have to be constructed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
For processing plants in the territory of the Laender of West Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia, the Federal Republic of Germany shall have until 31 December 1995 to comply with Directive 90/667/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0824 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2009 of 9 September 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 (Text with EEA relevance)
| 10.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 239/48
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 824/2009
of 9 September 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the application of international accounting standards (1), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 (2) certain international standards and interpretations that were in existence at 15 October 2008 were adopted.
(2) On 27 November 2008, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published amendments to International Accounting Standard 39 and International Financial Reporting Standard 7 (Reclassification of Financial Assets — Effective Date and Transition) hereinafter ‘amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS 7’. The amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS 7 clarify the effective date and transition measures of the amendments to those standards issued by the IASB on 13 October 2008.
(3) The consultation with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) confirms that the amendments to IAS 39 and IFRS 7 meet the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002. In accordance with Commission Decision 2006/505/EC of 14 July 2006 setting up a Standards Advice Review Group to advise the Commission on the objectivity and neutrality of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group's (EFRAG’s) opinions (3), the Standards Advice Review Group considered EFRAG's opinion on endorsement and advised the Commission that it is well balanced and objective.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) Since this Regulation needs not to be applied retroactively, financial statements already prepared and presented on the basis of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1004/2008 (4) do not need to be retroactively amended.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Accounting Regulatory Committee,
In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures are amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Where a company has already presented its financial statements in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1004/2008, it needs not to resubmit its financial statements.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0714 | 2003/714/EC: Council Decision of 2 October 2003 appointing a member of the Committee of the Regions
| Council Decision
of 2 October 2003
appointing a member of the Committee of the Regions
(2003/714/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Spanish Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted a Decision appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions(1).
(2) The seat of a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the expiry of the term of office of Mr Francesc ANTICH I OLIVER, of which the Council was notified on 19 September 2003,
Mr Jaume MATAS I PALOU, Presidente - Gobierno Balear, is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Francesc ANTICH I OLIVER for the remainder of his term of office, which ends on 25 January 2006. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R2238 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2238/2003 of 15 December 2003 protecting against the effects of the application of the United States Anti-Dumping Act of 1916, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom
| Council Regulation (EC) No 2238/2003
of 15 December 2003
protecting against the effects of the application of the United States Anti-Dumping Act of 1916, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The objectives of the Community include contributing to the harmonious development of world trade and to the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade.
(2) In the United States of America ("USA"), the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916(1) provides for civil and criminal proceedings and penalties against dumping of any articles when conducted with an intent to destroy or injure an industry in the USA, or to prevent the establishment of an industry in the USA, or to restrain or monopolise any part of trade and commerce in such articles in the USA.
(3) On 26 September 2000, the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), adopting the Appellate Body report(2) and the Panel report(3), as upheld by the Appellate Body report, found the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 to be incompatible with the US obligations under the WTO agreements, notably by providing remedies against dumping, such as the imposition of treble damages, fines and imprisonment, none of which is permitted by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") or by the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ("AD Agreement").
(4) The USA failed to comply with the Panel and Appellate Body recommendations and rulings within the time limit of 20 December 2001. As a result, the Community requested authorisation to suspend the application to the USA of its obligations under GATT 1994 and the AD Agreement.
(5) In February 2002, the Community agreed to suspend the arbitration on its request, on the express understanding that a bill was pending in the US Congress to repeal the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 and to terminate the on-going cases before US Courts.
(6) The Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 has yet to be repealed, and claims brought under this Act are pending before US Courts against persons under the jurisdiction of the Member States.
(7) These judicial proceedings are causing substantial litigation costs and may ultimately result in a judgment awarding treble damages.
(8) By its maintenance and application, the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 impedes the attainment of the aforementioned objectives, affects the established legal order and has adverse effects on the interests of the Community and the interests of natural and legal persons exercising rights under the Treaty.
(9) Under these exceptional circumstances, it is necessary to take action at Community level to protect the interests of the natural and legal persons under the jurisdiction of the Member States, in particular by removing, neutralising, blocking or otherwise counteracting the effects of the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916,
No judgment of a court or tribunal and no decision of an administrative authority located in the United States of America giving effect, directly or indirectly, to the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 or to actions based thereon or resulting therefrom, shall be recognised or be enforceable in any manner.
1. Any person referred to in Article 3 shall be entitled to recover any outlays, costs, damages and miscellaneous expenses incurred by him or her as a result of the application of the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 or by actions based thereon or resulting therefrom.
2. Recovery may be obtained as soon as an action under the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 is commenced.
3. Recovery may be obtained from the natural or legal person or any other entity that brought a claim under the Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 or from any person or entity related to that person or entity. Persons or entities shall be deemed to be related if:
(a) they are officers or directors of one another's businesses;
(b) they are legally recognised partners in business;
(c) one of them controls directly or indirectly the other;
(d) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person
4. Without prejudice to other means available and in accordance with applicable law, the recovery may take the form of seizure and sale of assets held by the defendant, including shares held in a legal person incorporated within the Community.
The persons referred to in Article 2(1) shall be:
(a) any natural person being a resident in the Community;
(b) any legal person incorporated within the Community;
(c) any natural or legal person referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86(4);
(d) any other natural person acting in a professional capacity within the Community, including in territorial waters and air space and in any aircraft or on any vessel under the jurisdiction or control of a Member State.
For the purposes of point (a), "being a resident in the Community" shall mean being legally established in the Community for a period of at least six months within the 12-month period immediately prior to the date on which, under this Regulation, an obligation arises or a right is exercised.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31984R0411 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 411/84 of 17 February 1984 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 laying down rules for the application of the special import arrangements in respect of certain young male bovine animals for fattening
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 411/84
of 17 February 1984
amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 laying down rules for the application of the special import arrangements in respect of certain young male bovine animals for fattening
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 13 (4) (b) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1384/77 (3), lays down the detailed rules for the application of the special import arrangements for certain young male bovine animals for fattening; whereas, under Article 1 (1) (c) of that Regulation, importers are required to pay, in addition to the security, an additional sum in respect of imported animals for which the proof referred to in Article 1 (3) is not furnished;
Whereas, in cases where the import levy is partially suspended pursuant to Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, that additional sum reaches a level which does not appear to be justified on economic grounds; whereas the method for calculating that additional sum should therefore be altered;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Article 1 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 is hereby replaced by the following:
'5. The additional sum shall be equal to the highest levy applicable to imports of bovine animals during the period between the day of importation and the last day on which the proof referred to in paragraph 3 may be furnished, less
- the amount of the security which has not been released, in the case of suspension of the import levy,
- the amount of the security which has not been released and the amount of the import levy actually collected in the case of partial suspension of the import levy.
This sum shall be paid as levy.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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