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31994D0151 | Commission Decision of 15 February 1994 deferring, as regards the importation of ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants from third countries, the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of Council Directive 91/682/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 15 February 1994 deferring, as regards the importation of ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants from third countries, the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of Council Directive 91/682/EEC (94/151/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/682/EEC of 19 December 1991 on the marketing of ornamental plant propagating and ornamental plants (1), as amended by Commission Decision 93/399/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,
Whereas, in the absence of a schedule of conditions as required pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 91/682/EEC, Commission Decision 93/399/EEC deferred the date in Article 16 (2) of the said Directive to 31 December 1993;
Whereas, by virtue of Commission Directive 93/49/EEC (3), those conditions were established and came into force on 1 January 1994;
Whereas the Commission is required pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Directive 91/682/EEC to decide whether propagating material and ornamental plants produced in a third country and affording the same guarantees as regards obligations on the supplier, identity, characteristics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspection arrangements, marking and sealing, are equivalent in all these respects to propagatingh material and ornamental plants produced in the Community and complying with the requirements and conditions of the Directive;
Whereas, however, the information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is not sufficient to enable the Commission to make any such decision in respect of any third country at this stage;
Whereas it is known that, hitherto, Member States have imported propagating material and ornamental plants produced in certain third countries; whereas, in order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted Member States should be allowed to apply to the importation of propagating material and ornamental plants from third countries conditions equivalent to those applicable to the production and marketing of products obtained in the Community, in accordance with Article 16 (2) of the said Directive;
Whereas propagating material and ornamental plants imported by a Member State in accordance with a decision taken by that Member State pursuant to Article 16 (2) first subparagraph of the said Directive should be subject to no marketing restrictions as regards the matters referred to in Article 16 (1) of the said Directive in other Member States;
Whereas accordingly the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of the said Directive should be further deferred;
Whereas the Standing Committee for Propagating Materials and Ornamental Plants failed to deliver an opinion within the time allowed by its Chairman,
The date referred to in Article 16 (2), first subparagraph of Directive 91/682/EEC is hereby deferred until 31 December 1994.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0467 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 467/2002 of 15 March 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 467/2002
of 15 March 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March 2002.
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 |
32008R1154 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2008 of 20 November 2008 fixing the export refunds on eggs
| 21.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 310/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1154/2008
of 20 November 2008
fixing the export refunds on eggs
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 (1), and in particular Article 164(2), last subparagraph, and Article 170 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 162(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products referred to in Part XIX of Annex I to that Regulation and prices in the Community for those products may be covered by an export refund.
(2) In view of the current situation on the market in eggs, export refunds should be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Articles 162 to 164, 167, 169 and 170 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(3) Article 164(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that refunds may vary according to destination, especially where the world market situation, the specific requirements of certain markets, or obligations resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty make this necessary.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products which are authorised to move freely within the Community and comply with requirements under Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (2) and of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (3), as well as marking requirements under point A of Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(5) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
1. The products on which the export refunds provided for in Article 164 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 may be paid, subject to the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article, and the amounts of those refunds are specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The products on which a refund may be paid under paragraph 1 shall meet the requirements under Regulations (EC) Nos 852/2004 and 853/2004 and, in particular, shall be prepared in an approved establishment and comply with the marking conditions laid down in Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and those defined in point A of Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
31995D0233 | 95/233/EC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1995 drawing up lists of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of live poultry and hatching eggs
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 June 1995 drawing up lists of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of live poultry and hatching eggs (Text with EEA relevance) (95/233/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of poultry and hatching eggs (1), as last amended by the Act of accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 21 and 26 thereof,
Whereas certain countries which traditionally supply the Member States, have been requested to show, through the provision of written assurances supported by appropriate documentation or as a result of on-the-spot inspections, that they satisfy the requirements of the Community;
Whereas this Decision applies without prejudice to Commission Decision 93/342/EEC (2), as amended by Decision 94/438/EC (3), which laid down the criteria for classifying third countries with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease;
Whereas it may also be necessary in certain cases to specify the parts of countries from which imports will be authorized; whereas authorization to import may be restricted to certain species or categories of birds;
Whereas this list of third countries can, however, be amended at any time to take into account new information or new situations; whereas the listing of any country should be reviewed at any time when further information, in particular resulting from on-the-spot inspections, indicates that conditions in the third country concerned may have changed or that previously received information was incomplete, inexact or inaccurate;
Whereas, although the list of third countries forms the basis of the Community provisions applicable to imports from third countries laid down in Directive 90/539/EEC, other measures, particularly concerning specific animal health conditions, residue plans and certification will have to be taken into account in order to achieve complete harmonization of the conditions for importation of live poultry and hatching eggs;
Whereas it is justified to establish a separate list of third countries for imports of ratites, because of the biological differences between these birds and the other poultry species; whereas such birds need to undergo quarantine after importation;
Whereas it is also necessary to take account of the provisions of Article 11 of Directive 90/539/EEC and, therefore, to establish the list of countries which, although providing less strict animal health guarantees, can be authorized for importation of small consignments under conditions similar to those adopted for other birds in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas, pending the adoption by the Commission of the animal health certification for importation of live poultry and hatching eggs from the countries specified in this list, Member States may continue to apply, on importation, their animal health requirements in force on 1 January 1995;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Member States shall authorize imports of live poultry and hatching eggs in accordance with the list in Annex I.
The list in Annex I does not apply to imports of ratites and hatching eggs thereof.
2. Member States shall authorize imports of ratites and hatching eggs thereof in accordance with the list in Annex II. The conditions of importation of such birds or eggs shall include a requirement for post-import quarantine.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 and pending the adoption of Community rules on animal health requirements and veterinary certification for such imports, Member States shall authorize imports of single consignments of less than 20 units of live poultry and hatching eggs in accordance with the list referred to in Annex III. The conditions of importation of such consignments shall include a requirement for post-import isolation or quarantine.
The provisions of the first subparagraph do not apply to consignments of ratites or hatching eggs thereof.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1995.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31984R0111 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 111/84 of 13 January 1984 on the classification of goods under subheading 37.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 111/84
of 13 January 1984
on the classification of goods under subheading 37.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, provisions must be laid down concerning the tariff classification of a product which comprises a soft, transparent, unperforated film in rolls about 1,3 metres wide of photosensitive artificial plastic material mounted on a sheet of polyester and covered with a layer of polyethylene, used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards;
Whereas the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3333/83 (3), refers under heading No 37.02 to 'film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, perforated or not';
Whereas the product in question, which is a product for use in photography, must be classified under heading No 37.02, as sensitized film; whereas in that heading, subheading 37.02 B must apply;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
The product, which comprises a soft, transparent, unperforated film in rolls about 1,3 metres wide of photosensitive artificial plastic material mounted on a sheet of polyester and covered with a layer of polyethylene, used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards, shall be classified under heading number:
37.02 Film in rolls, sensitized unexposed, perforated or not:
B. Of a width of more than 35 mm.
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 |
32003R0705 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 705/2003 of 22 April 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 705/2003
of 22 April 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 April 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 |
32009R1236 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1236/2009 of 10 December 2009 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011
| 17.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1236/2009
of 10 December 2009
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007 (1), and in particular Article 25 thereof,
After consulting the Generalised Preferences Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2008/938/EC of 9 December 2008 (2) as amended by Decision 2009/454/EC (3), has established the list of the beneficiary countries which qualify for the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance provided for in Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011.
(2) Column E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 should include information on the beneficiary countries of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European 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 |
32012D0427 | 2012/427/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 24 July 2012 on recognition of the ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
| 25.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 198/17
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 24 July 2012
on recognition of the ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(2012/427/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (1), and in particular Article 18(6) thereof,
Having regard to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (2) as amended by the Directive 2009/30/EC (3), and in particular Article 7c(6) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee established by Article 25, paragraph 2 of Directive 2009/28/EC,
Whereas:
(1) Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC both lay down sustainability criteria for biofuels. Provisions of Articles 7b and 7c and Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC are similar to provisions of Articles 17 and 18 and Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC.
(2) Where biofuels and bioliquids are to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in Article 17(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Directive 2009/28/EC, Member States should require economic operators to show the compliance of biofuels and bioliquids with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(2) to (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
(3) Recital 76 of Directive 2009/28/EC states that the imposition of an unreasonable burden on industry should be avoided and voluntary schemes can help create efficient solutions for proving compliance with these sustainability criteria.
(4) The Commission may decide that a voluntary national or international scheme demonstrates that consignments of biofuel comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(3) to (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC or that a voluntary national or international scheme to measure greenhouse gas emission savings contains accurate data for the purposes of Article 17(2) of this Directive.
(5) The Commission may recognise such a voluntary scheme for a period of five years.
(6) When an economic operator provides proof or data obtained in accordance with a voluntary scheme that has been recognised by the Commission, to the extent covered by the recognition decision, a Member State should not require the supplier to provide further evidence of compliance with the sustainability criteria.
(7) The ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ scheme was submitted on 27 March 2012 to the Commission with the request for recognition. This scheme covers winter wheat, maize and oil seed rape produced in the North of Great Britain up to the first point of delivery of these crops. The recognised scheme should be made available at the transparency platform established under Directive 2009/28/EC. The Commission should take into account considerations of commercial sensitivity and may decide to only partially publish the scheme.
(8) Assessment of the ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ scheme found it to adequately cover the sustainability criteria in Article 7b(3), (4) and (5) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 17(3), (4) and (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC, as well as applying up to the first point of delivery of these crops a mass balance methodology in line with the requirements of Article 7c(1) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC. The scheme gives accurate data on two elements necessary for the purposes of Article 7b(2) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC, in particular, the geographic area the crops come from and the annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change. A small percentage of members of the scheme do not cover the sustainability criteria for part of their land. The scheme indicates the status of full or partial compliance of the land of its members in its online member checker database and shows compliance of consignments with the sustainability criteria on the Scottish Quality Crops passport.
(9) The evaluation of the ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ scheme found that it meets adequate standards of reliability, transparency and independent auditing.
(10) Any additional sustainability elements covered by the ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ scheme are not part of the consideration of this Decision. These additional sustainability elements are not mandatory to show compliance with sustainability requirements provided for by Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC,
The voluntary scheme ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ for which the request for recognition was submitted to the Commission on 27 March 2012 demonstrates by means of its Scottish Quality Crops passport that consignments of winter wheat, maize and oil seed rape comply with the sustainability criteria as laid down in Article 17(3), (4) and (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Article 7b(3), (4) and (5) of Directive 98/70/EC. The scheme also contains accurate data for purposes of Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Article 7b(2) of Directive 98/70/EC in as far as it concerns annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change (e
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) referred to in point 1 of Part C of Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC and point 1 of Part C of Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC, which it demonstrates to be equal to zero, and the geographic area referred to in point 6 of Part C of Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC and point 6 of Part C of Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC.
The voluntary scheme ‘Scottish Quality Farm Assured Combinable Crops Limited’ may be used up to the first point of delivery for the consignments concerned for demonstrating compliance with Article 7c(1) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
The Decision is valid for a period of five years after it enters into force. If the scheme, after adoption of this Decision, undergoes changes to its contents in a way that might affect the basis of this Decision, such changes shall be notified to the Commission without delay. The Commission shall assess the notified changes with a view to establish whether the scheme is still adequately covering the sustainability criteria for which it is recognised.
If it has been clearly demonstrated that the scheme has not implemented elements considered to be decisive for this Decision and if severe and structural breach of those elements has taken place, the Commission may repeal this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985R0789 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 789/85 of 27 March 1985 fixing for the 1985 marketing year the Community offer prices for cherries applicable with regard to Greece
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 789/85
of 27 March 1985
fixing for the 1985 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 15 % at the time of the fifth 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 1985 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 1985 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): 113,63
June: 101,53
July: 93,26
August (1 to 10): 71,59
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21 May 1985.
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32009L0060 | Directive 2009/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the maximum design speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance )
| 30.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 198/15
DIRECTIVE 2009/60/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 13 July 2009
on the maximum design speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors
(Codified version)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Council Directive 74/152/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the maximum design speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3) has been substantially amended several times (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified.
(2) Directive 74/152/EEC is one of the separate Directives of the EC type-approval system provided for in Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors, as replaced by Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units (5) and lays down technical prescriptions concerning the design and construction of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors as regards their maximum design speed and load platforms. Those technical prescriptions concern the approximation of the laws of the Member States to enable the EC type-approval procedure provided for in Directive 2003/37/EC to be applied in respect of each type of tractor. Consequently, the provisions laid down in Directive 2003/37/EC relating to agricultural or forestry tractors, their trailers and interchangeable towed machinery, together with their systems, components and separate technical units apply to this Directive.
(3) This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B,
1. ‘Tractor’ (agricultural or forestry) means any motor vehicle, fitted with wheels or endless tracks and having at least two axles, the main function of which lies in its tractive power and which is specially designed to tow, push, carry or power certain tools, machinery or trailers intended for agricultural or forestry use. It may be equipped to carry a load and passengers.
2. This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1 which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and have a maximum design speed of between 6 and 40 km/h.
1. No Member State may refuse to grant EC type-approval, to issue the document provided for in Article 2(u) of Directive 2003/37/EC, or to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor on grounds relating to its maximum design speed or load platform, if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annex I.
2. Member States may not issue the document provided for in Article 2(u) of Directive 2003/37/EC in respect of a type of tractor which does not meet the requirements of this Directive.
Member States may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor which does not meet the requirements of this Directive.
No Member State may refuse registration or prohibit the sale, initial entry into service or use of tractors on grounds relating to the maximum design speed or the load platforms if these satisfy the requirements set out in Annex I.
1. No Member State may prohibit the fitting of load platforms or require that tractors be fitted with one or more such platforms.
2. No Member State may prohibit the carriage on load platforms of products which they permit to be carried on trailers used for agriculture or forestry purposes. Within the limits laid down by the manufacturer, a maximum load of at least 80 % of the weight of the tractor in running order is authorised.
Any amendments necessary to adapt to technical progress the requirements of Annex I shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 20(3) of Directive 2003/37/EC.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Directive 74/152/EEC, as amended by the Directives listed in Annex II, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into national law and application of the Directives set out in Annex II, Part B.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2010.
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32009D0835 | 2009/835/EC: Commission Decision of 12 November 2009 on emergency measures imposing special conditions on official controls governing the import of pears originating in or consigned from Turkey due to high residue levels of amitraz (notified under document C(2009) 8977) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 14.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 299/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 November 2009
on emergency measures imposing special conditions on official controls governing the import of pears originating in or consigned from Turkey due to high residue levels of amitraz
(notified under document C(2009) 8977)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/835/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular Article 53(1)(b)(ii) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (2) defines amongst others maximum residue levels (MRLs )for amitraz and its metabolites.
(2) The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASSF) has been notified on repeated occasions in 2007, 2008 and 2009 that pears originating from Turkey were found with levels of amitraz exceeding the Acute Reference Dose (ARfD) for this pesticide. The latest information received from the German authorities on 21 October 2009, indicated that in the most recent analysis amitraz was found at levels that largely exceeded the ARfD.
(3) Given the high level of risk to which European consumers may be exposed, Member States should control at least 10 percent of consignments of pears originating from Turkey for the presence of amitraz at import. Consignments already on the market should also be subject to official controls.
(4) Member States should inform the Commission of all testing results. Unfavourable results should be reported through RASFF.
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 of 24 July 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin and amending Decision 2006/504/EC (3) requires Member States to carry out an increased level of controls at import on pears originating from Turkey, for the purposes of verifying the presence of amitraz on 10 % of all consignments of that commodity. As the control measure in question will be applicable as from 25 January 2010, it is appropriate to establish a duration of the measures laid down in this decision so as to avoid overlaps with the control measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 669/2009.
(6) Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 provides for the possibility to adopt appropriate Community emergency measures for food and feed imported from a third country in order to protect human health, animal health or the environment, where the risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by means of measures taken by the Member States individually.
(7) Given the urgency it is appropriate to adopt these emergency measures in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. Member States shall carry out documentary, identity and physical checks, including laboratory analysis, on at least 10 percent of consignments of fresh pears falling within CN codes 0808 20 10 and 0808 20 50 originating in or consigned from Turkey. Consignments shall be detained pending the availability of the results of the laboratory analysis.
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that products referred to in paragraph 1, which are already placed on the market, are also subject to an appropriate level of control.
3. The checks and controls referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall in particular aim at ascertaining that the level of amitraz does not exceed the Community maximum residue level established under Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.
4. Member States shall report any unfavourable result of the laboratory analysis referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed.
5. Member States shall report to the Commission on all results on a two week basis. The report shall be in a format that will be provided by the Commission and shall include the following information:
(a) details of each consignment, including the size in terms of net weight of the consignment;
(b) the number of consignments subjected to sampling for analysis;
(c) the results of the documentary, identity and physical checks, including laboratory analysis.
6. If the checks and controls referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 establish non-compliance, action shall be taken pursuant to Articles 19, 20 and 21 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4).
7. Member States shall ensure that the costs incurred in result of the implementation of paragraph 1 are borne by the operators responsible for the import.
This Decision may be reviewed in light of the results referred to in Article 1(5).
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31980L1179 | Council Directive 80/1179/EEC of 4 December 1980 amending, consequent on the accession of Greece, Directive 74/562/EEC on admission to the occupation of road passenger transport operator in national and international transport operations
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 4 December 1980 amending, consequent on the accession of Greece, Directive 74/562/EEC on admission to the occupation of road passenger transport operator in national and international transport operations (80/1179/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the 1979 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 146 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Directive 74/562/EEC of 12 November 1974 on admission to the occupation of road passenger transport operator in national and international transport operations (1) must be amended so as to ensure that in Greece the acquired rights of operators already engaged in their occupation in that country are safeguarded under conditions comparable to those which have been enjoyed by operators in the present Member States;
Whereas, under the terms of Article 22 of the 1979 Act of Accession, Directive 74/562/EEC must be adapted in conformity with the guidelines as set out in Annex II to that Act ; whereas, moreover, such adaptation should take account of the time limit provided for in Annex XII to the Act for the introduction by Greece of the measures required for the application of Directive 74/562/EEC,
The following paragraph shall be added to Article 4 of Directive 74/562/EEC:
"3. With regard to Greece, the dates in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be replaced as follows: - in paragraph 1, "1 January 1978" shall be replaced by "1 January 1984";
- in paragraph 2, "31 December 1974", "1 January 1978" and "1 January 1980" shall be replaced by "31 December 1980", "1 January 1984" and "1 January 1986" respectively."
This Directive shall apply as from 1 January 1981.
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32003D0214 | 2003/214/EC: Commission Decision of 27 March 2003 concerning protective measures in relation to avian influenza in the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1102)
| Commission Decision
of 27 March 2003
concerning protective measures in relation to avian influenza in the Netherlands
(notified under document number C(2003) 1102)
(Only the Dutch text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/214/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption(3), and in particular Article 4(1) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Since 28 February 2003 the Netherlands have declared several outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
(2) The infection with avian influenza subtype H7N7 has affected several poultry flocks in an area called "Gelderse Vallei".
(3) Avian influenza is a highly contagious poultry disease that can pose a serious threat for the poultry industry.
(4) In view of the high mortality and the rapid spread of the infection the Netherlands took immediate action as provided for by Council Directive 92/40/EEC(4) of 19 May 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza, as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, before the disease was officially confirmed.
(5) Council Directive 92/40/EEC sets out the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza. The Member State may take more stringent action in the field covered by this Directive if deemed necessary and proportionate to contain the disease, taking into account the particular epidemiological, animal husbandry, commercial and social conditions prevailing.
(6) Furthermore, all movements of live poultry and hatching eggs within the Netherlands and their dispatch to other Member States was prohibited.
(7) The same prohibitions should apply to exports to third countries in order to protect their health status and to prevent the risk of re-entry of such consignments in another Member State.
(8) For the sake of clarity and transparency the Commission has taken Decision 2003/153/EC(5) of 3 March 2003 concerning protection measures in relation to strong suspicion of avian influenza in the Netherlands, as amended by Decision 2003/156/EC(6), after consultation with the Dutch authorities, thereby reinforcing the measures taken by the Netherlands and granting certain specific derogations for movements of slaughter poultry and day-old chicks within the Netherlands.
(9) By Commission Decisions 2003/156/EC, 2003/172/EC(7), 2003/186/EC(8) and 2003/191/EC(9) the measures provided for in Decision 2003/153/EC were prolonged in view of the evolution of the disease and amended as necessary.
(10) The currently available epidemiological information and the first results of the surveillance programme, carried out nation-wide in the Netherlands, suggest that the occurrence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus appears to be restricted in the "Gelderse Vallei".
(11) In the light of the evolution of the disease, it is appropriate to further prolong the measures adopted under Decision 2003/191/EC. However, a derogation should also be provided for the dispatch of day-old chicks from the Netherlands to other Member States under certain conditions, unless they are originating from hatcheries or holdings within the established surveillance zones. For this purpose, additional certification requirements should be provided for.
(12) Furthermore, movements of rearing turkeys within the Netherlands but outside the restricted zones, and movements of hatching eggs within the restricted zones, should be authorised under official control.
(13) Fresh poultrymeat destined for intra-Community trade has to be marked with a health mark in accordance with the health mark foreseen in Chapter XII of Annex I of Directive 71/118/EEC(10), as last amended by Council Directive 97/79/EC(11). In order to allow the marketing on the Dutch market of fresh poultrymeat obtained from poultry originating from the established surveillance zones special provisions for its health marking shall be laid down.
(14) Having evaluated the situation in close cooperation with the Dutch authorities in order to protect the Community poultry population and to avoid the spread of the infection outside the protection zone it is appropriate to preventively empty the poultry holdings situated in two areas particularly at risk.
(15) The other Member States have already adjusted the measures they apply to trade, and they are sufficiently informed by the Commission, and in particular in the context of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on the appropriate period for their implementation.
(16) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. Without prejudice to the measures taken by the Netherlands within the framework of Council Directive 92/40/EEC applied to the surveillance zones, the Dutch veterinary authorities shall ensure that no live poultry and hatching eggs are dispatched from the Netherlands to other Member States and to third countries.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1 the Netherlands may dispatch day old chicks, which have been hatched in a hatchery situated outside the surveillance zones and at least 25 km away from any suspected or infected hatchery or holding. The hatching eggs must originate from a holding which at the day of collection of the eggs and on the day of the hatch is situated outside the established surveillance zones and at least 25 km away from any suspected or infected hatchery or holding. The flocks from which the day-old chicks derive of must have been subjected to a serological survey with negative results. The hatching eggs must be hatched in incubators or hatchers separately from hatching eggs not complying with this paragraph.
The animal health certificates accompanying consignments of day-old chicks from the Netherlands as specified above to other Member States shall include the words:
"The animal heath conditions of this consignment are in accordance with Decision 2003/214/EC."
The competent authority shall only allow the dispatch of day-old chicks as provided for under this paragraph following 48 hours advance notification to the central and local veterinary authorities of destination and shall dispatch the notification.
3. Without prejudice to the measures taken by the Netherlands within the framework of Council Directive 92/40/EEC within the surveillance zones, the Dutch veterinary authorities shall ensure that no live poultry and hatching eggs are transported within the Netherlands.
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3 the competent veterinary authority, taking all appropriate bio-security measures to avoid the spread of avian influenza, may authorise the transport from areas situated outside the surveillance zones of:
(a) poultry for immediate slaughter, including spent laying hens, to a slaughterhouse that has been designated by the competent veterinary authority;
(b) day-old chicks and ready-to-lay pullets to a holding under official control;
(c) hatching eggs to a hatchery under official control;
(d) turkeys from a rearing facility to a fattening holding under official control;
(e) day-old chicks for dispatch to other Member States and third countries in accordance with paragraph 2.
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 3 the competent veterinary authority, taking all appropriate bio-security measures to avoid the spread of avian influenza, may authorise transport of live poultry and hatching eggs not prohibited by Council Directive 92/40/EEC and in particular in respect to movements of day-old chicks in accordance with the provisions of Article 9(4)(a), (b) and (c), which shall be transported to holdings within the Netherlands under official control.
Fresh poultrymeat obtained from slaughter poultry originating from the established surveillance zones:
(a) shall be marked with a round format mark in accordance with the further requirements of the competent authorities;
(b) shall not be dispatched to other Member States or third countries;
(c) must be obtained, cut, stored and transported separately from other fresh poultrymeat destined for intra-Community trade and for exports to third countries and must be used in such a way as to avoid it being introduced into meat products or meat preparations intended for intra-Community trade or for export to third countries, unless it has undergone the treatment specified in table 1(a), (b) or (c) of Annex III to Directive 2002/99/EC.
Without prejudice to the measures already taken in the framework of Directive 92/40/EEC, the Netherlands shall as soon as possible preventively empty the poultry holdings situated in the zones described in the Annex.
The precautionary measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall be taken without prejudice to Council Decision 90/424/EEC(12) on expenditure in the veterinary field as last amended by Decision 2001/572/EC(13).
This Decision shall apply from 28 March 2003 until 24.00 on 10 April 2003.
The Netherlands shall amend the measures which they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision and they shall give immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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32012R0136 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 136/2012 of 16 February 2012 concerning the authorisation of sodium bisulphate as feed additive for pets and other non-food producing animals Text with EEA relevance
| 17.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 46/33
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 136/2012
of 16 February 2012
concerning the authorisation of sodium bisulphate as feed additive for pets and other non-food producing animals
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of sodium bisulphate. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) The application concerns the authorisation of sodium bisulphate as a feed additive for pets and other non-food producing animals, to be classified in the additive categories ‘technological additives’ and ‘sensory additives’.
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 13 October 2011 (2) that, under the proposed conditions of use, sodium bisulphate does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment, and that its use is considered efficacious as acidity regulator in feed for pets and other non food-producing animals, and as flavouring substance in feed for pets. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) The assessment of sodium bisulphate shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of this preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annexes to this Regulation.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparation specified in Annex I, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘acidity regulator’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
The preparation specified in Annex II, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘flavouring compounds’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32000R1842 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1842/2000 of 30 August 2000 on determining estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2000/01 marketing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1842/2000
of 30 August 2000
on determining estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2000/01 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/98(3), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 requires estimated production of cotton to be determined from crop estimates before 1 October of each marketing year. On the basis of the data available the production estimate for the 2000/01 marketing year should be as indicated below.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
For the 2000/01 marketing year estimated production of unginned cotton is
- 1250000 tonnes for Greece,
- 320252 tonnes for Spain,
- 0 tonnes for other Member States.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996D0266 | 96/266/EC: Commission Decision of 1 April 1996 recognizing in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of kresoxim methyl in Annex I of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 1 April 1996 recognizing in principle the completeness of the dossier submitted for detailed examination in view of the possible inclusion of kresoxim methyl in Annex I of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (Text with EEA relevance) (96/266/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 96/12/EC (2), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 91/414/EEC has provided for the development of a Community list of authorized pesticide active substances;
Whereas BASF Aktiengesellschaft introduced on 28 March 1995 a dossier to the Belgian authorities in view to obtaining the inclusion of the active substance kresoxim methyl in Annex I of the Directive; whereas the Belgian authorities indicated to the Commission the results of a first examination of the completeness of the dossier with regard to the data and information requirements provided for in Annex II and, for at least one plant protection product containing the active substance concerned, in Annex III of the Directive; whereas subsequently, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 (2), the dossier was submitted by the Company to the Commission and the other Member States;
Whereas the Commission referred the dossier to the Standing Committee on plant health in the meeting of the working group 'legislation` thereof on 25 to 26 September 1995, during which the Member States confirmed the receipt of the dossier;
Whereas Article 6 (3) of the Directive requires it being confirmed at the level of the Community that the dossier is to be considered as satisfying in principle the data and information requirements provided for in Annex II and, for at least one plant protection product containing the active substance concerned, in Annex III of the Directive;
Whereas such confirmation is necessary in order to pursue the detailed examination of the dossier as well as in order to open to the Member States the possibility of granting provisional authorization for plant protection products containing this active substance in due respect of the conditions laid down in Article 8 (1) of the Directive, and in particular the condition to make a detailed assessment of the active substance and the plant protection product with regard to the requirements of the Directive;
Whereas such decision does not prejudice that further data or information may be requested from the company where it would appear during the detailed examination that such information or data are required for a decision to be taken;
Whereas it is understood between the Member States and the Commission that Belgium will pursue the detailed examination of the dossier and report the conclusions of its examination accompanied by any recommendations on the inclusion or non inclusion and any conditions related thereto to the Commission as soon as possible and at the latest within a period of one year; whereas on receipt of this report the detailed examination will be continued with the expertise from all Member States within the framework of the Standing Committee on Plant Health;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
The dossier submitted by BASF Aktiengesellschaft to the Commission and the Member States with a view to the inclusion of kresoxim methyl as active substance in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC is considered as satisfying in principle the data and information requirements provided for in Annex II and, for a plant protection product containing the active substance concerned, in Annex III of the Directive.
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31986D0367 | 86/367/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 June 1986 authorizing the Italian Republic to apply intra- Community surveillance to imports of synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, of polyamides, originating in Romania, which have been put into free circulation in the Community (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 June 1986
authorizing the Italian Republic to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, of polyamides, originating in Romania, which have been put into free circulation in the Community
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(86/367/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 80/47/EEC of 20 December 1979 on surveillance and protective measures which Member States may be authorized to take in respect of imports of certain products originating in third countries and put into free circulation in another Member State (1), and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof,
Whereas Decision 80/47/EEC requires Member States to have prior authorization from the Commission before introducing intra-Community surveillance of the imports concerned;
Whereas, in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 (2), Italy has subjected imports of textile products of category 124, originating in Romania, to severe restrictions;
Whereas, by virtue of the trade measures thus introduced, there are disparities between the various Member States in the conditions for importing the products in question; whereas these disparities are likely to lead to deflection of trade;
Whereas, with a view to the rapid detection of deflection of trade likely to lead to, or aggravate, any economic difficulties in the sector concerned, on 11 June 1986, the Italian Government asked the Commission, under Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC, for authorization to apply prior intra-Community surveillance to imports of synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, of polyamides, falling within subheading ex 56.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, NIMEXE code 56.01-11, category ex 124, originating in Romania, and put into free circulation in the other Member States;
Whereas the Commission examined, in particular, whether the imports could be made subject to intra-Community surveillance measures under Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC and whether information was given as regards the economic difficulties alleged;
Whereas this examination showed that the imports in question could cause economic difficulties for the industry concerned;
Whereas Italy should therefore be authorized to make imports of the textile fibres in question of category ex 124, originating in Romania, subject to intra-Community surveillance until 31 December 1986,
The Italian Republic is hereby authorized to apply intra-Community surveillance to the products set out hereunder, originating in Romania and put into free circulation in the other Member States, in accordance with Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC, until 31 December 1986:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code // Category // Description // // // // // ex 56.01 A // 56.01-11 // ex 124 // Synthetic textile fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for 1983, p. 6.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32010R0651 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2010 of 22 July 2010 granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
| 23.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 191/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 651/2010
of 22 July 2010
granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 20 July 2010.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 20 July 2010, no export refund shall be granted for the products and destinations referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1 and in Article 2 of that Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 July 2010.
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32001D0573 | 2001/573/EC: Council Decision of 23 July 2001 amending Commission Decision 2000/532/EC as regards the list of wastes
| Council Decision
of 23 July 2001
amending Commission Decision 2000/532/EC as regards the list of wastes
(2001/573/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste [1], and in particular Article 1(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) A Community list of waste was established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste [2].
(2) Article 1(4) of Directive 91/689/EEC requires Member States to notify the Commission of waste not included on the list of hazardous waste which they consider to display one or more of the properties listed in Annex III to that Directive. Several Member States have notified waste containing chlorosilanes, waste containing silicones and construction materials containing asbestos and requested that the list of hazardous waste be adapted accordingly.
(3) For the sake of clarity, it should be expressly provided that exclusively grease and oil mixture from oil/water separation containing only edible oil and fats can be considered non-hazardous.
(4) Decision 2000/532/EC should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are not in accordance with the opinion delivered by the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste [3]. They must therefore, by virtue of the fourth paragraph of Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC, be adopted by the Council,
The Annex to Decision 2000/532/EC shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2002.
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32013D0315 | 2013/315/EU: Council Decision of 21 June 2013 abrogating Decision 2004/918/EC on the existence of an excessive deficit in Hungary
| 26.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 173/43
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 June 2013
abrogating Decision 2004/918/EC on the existence of an excessive deficit in Hungary
(2013/315/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 126(12) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 5 July 2004, in accordance with Article 104(6) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC), the Council decided, in Decision 2004/918/EC (1), that an excessive deficit existed in Hungary and adopted a Recommendation under Article 104(7) TEC with a view to bringing the excessive deficit situation to an end by 2008.
(2) On 18 January 2005, in accordance with Article 104(8) TEC, the Council considered that Hungary had not taken effective action in response to its Recommendation and adopted another Recommendation under Article 104(7) TEC on 8 March 2005, confirming the 2008 deadline for the correction of the excessive deficit. On 8 November 2005, the Council decided that Hungary had for the second time failed to comply with its Recommendation under Article 104(7) TEC. Accordingly, it addressed a third Recommendation under Article 104(7) TEC to Hungary on 10 October 2006, postponing the deadline for the correction of the excessive deficit to 2009. On 7 July 2009 the Council concluded that the Hungarian authorities could be considered to have taken effective action in response to the Council Recommendation of 10 October 2006 and, against the background of the severe economic downturn, issued a revised Recommendation under Article 104(7) TEC ("the Council Recommendation of 7 July 2009"), setting once more a new deadline for correction, namely, 2011. On 27 January 2010 the Commission concluded that Hungary had taken effective action in response to the Council Recommendation of 7 July 2009, with which the Council concurred in its conclusions on 16 February 2010, but alerted about considerable risks.
(3) According to the provisions of Article 126(8) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Council decided on 24 January 2012 that Hungary had not taken effective action in response to the Council Recommendation of 7 July 2009 within the period laid down in that Recommendation. While the 3 % GDP Treaty reference value was not breached in 2011, this was not based on a structural and sustainable correction and hinged upon substantial one-off revenues. This was accompanied by an estimated cumulative structural deterioration of over 2 % of GDP in both 2010 and 2011 compared to a recommended cumulative fiscal improvement of 0,5 % of GDP. Moreover, while the authorities were implementing structural measures in 2012, which were expected to largely offset the previous deterioration, the 3 % GDP Treaty reference value would again be respected in 2012 only thanks to one-off measures of close to 1 % of GDP and would be breached in 2013.
(4) On 13 March 2012, the Council adopted a new Recommendation in accordance with Article 126(7) TFEU ("the Council Recommendation of 13 March 2012") for Hungary to bring the excessive deficit to an end by 2012. The Hungarian authorities were asked to undertake the following steps in particular: (i) to put an end to the excessive deficit situation by 2012 in a credible and sustainable manner; (ii) to undertake an additional fiscal effort of at least ½ % of GDP to ensure the attainment of the 2012 deficit target of 2,5 % of GDP; and (iii) to take the necessary additional measures of a structural nature to ensure that the deficit in 2013 remains well below the 3 % of GDP threshold. At the same time, the government debt ratio was recommended to be brought back on a declining path as soon as possible so that it represents sufficient progress towards compliance with the debt reduction benchmark. The budgetary adjustment also needed to be supported by the proposed improvements in the fiscal governance framework. The Council established the deadline of 13 September 2012 for the Hungarian government to take effective action. Also on 13 March 2012, the Council decided (2) to suspend a part of the Cohesion Fund commitment appropriations for the year 2013 for Hungary.
(5) On 30 May 2012, based on the Convergence Programme for 2011 to 2015 and further specification of the savings measures, the Commission concluded that Hungary had taken effective action regarding the correction of the excessive deficit. In particular, the general government deficit was expected to reach 2,5 % of GDP in 2012 and remained well below the 3 % GDP Treaty reference value in 2013 as recommended in the Council Recommendation of 13 March 2012. Moreover, it was acknowledged that some progress had been made on enhancing the fiscal governance framework even though in this area overall progress could have been considered slow. Against this background, on 22 June 2012, the Council, following a proposal from the Commission of 30 May 2012, adopted Implementing Decision 2012/323/EU (3) lifting the suspension of the Cohesion Fund commitment appropriations.
(6) In accordance with Article 4 of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaties, the Commission provides the data for the implementation of the procedure. As part of the application of this Protocol, Member States have to notify data on government deficits and debt, and other associated variables, twice a year, namely before 1 April and before 1 October, in accordance with Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 of 25 May 2009 on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community (4).
(7) When considering whether a decision on the existence of an excessive deficit ought to be abrogated, the Council has to take a decision on the basis of notified data. Moreover, a decision on the existence of an excessive deficit should be abrogated only if the Commission forecasts indicate that the deficit will not exceed the 3 % GDP Treaty reference value over the forecast horizon.
(8) Based on data provided by the Commission (Eurostat), in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2009, following the notification by Hungary before 1 April 2013, the Commission services 2013 spring forecast and the assessment of additional corrective measures adopted on 13 May 2013 in a Government decree, the following conclusions are justified:
— In 2012, on the basis of a considerable fiscal effort, the general government deficit reached 1,9 % of GDP. This was also due to one-off revenues amounting to ¾ % of GDP, including the higher than budgeted one-off revenues of 0,2 % of GDP related to further transfer of assets from the private to the public pension pillar. The adopted 2012 budget targeted a deficit of 2,5 % of GDP on the basis of a 0,5 % growth. The budget contained an extraordinary reserve of 1,1 % of GDP and numerous consolidation measures, in particular: (i) revenue-increasing measures of around 1¾ % of GDP, including hikes in indirect taxes and social security contributions; (ii) structural measures on the expenditure side of ¾ % of GDP, such as a review of social benefits; and (iii) expenditure constraints of ¼ % of GDP in the public sector, including a nominal wage freeze in most sectors. In order to counterbalance the constantly deteriorating growth outlook, the Government adopted two main additional corrective packages in April and October 2012 (totalling 0,7 % of GDP), comprising mainly further cuts in the appropriations of the budgetary institutions, of which around half was implemented. In addition, the balance of the local government sector improved by around 0,7 % of GDP compared to the budgeted plans, mainly due to their low investment activity.
— The Convergence Programme for 2012 to 2016 projects the general government deficit to stay at 2,7 % of GDP in both 2013 and 2014. However, the Commission services 2013 spring forecast foresees a deficit of 3,0 % of GDP in 2013 and 3,3 % of GDP in 2014, which suggests that the excessive deficit has not been brought to an end in a durable way. On 13 May 2013, following the release of the Commission services 2013 spring forecast, the Government adopted further corrective measures amounting in gross terms to about 0,3 % and 0,7 % of GDP for 2013 and 2014, respectively. The Commission services updated fiscal assessment, which takes into account the net deficit improving effect of these additional corrective measures, projects a deficit of 2,7 % of GDP and 2,9 % of GDP in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Thus, the deficit is expected to remain below the 3 % GDP Treaty reference value over the Commission services 2013 spring forecast horizon. In addition, according to the Commission services estimation, the cyclically-adjusted budget balance, net of one-off and other temporary measures, will stand at – ¾ % and – 1½ % of GDP in 2013 and 2014, respectively, and hence will be consistent with the Hungarian medium-term budgetary objective of – 1,7 % of GDP.
— The debt-to-GDP ratio was reduced from a peak of close to 82 % in 2010 to 79,2 % in 2012, thanks to substantial one-off capital transfers linked to the abolition of the mandatory private pension pillar and a number of consolidation measures. According to the Convergence Programme, the debt-to-GDP ratio will continue to decline, falling to 78,1 % and 77,2 % in 2013 and 2014, respectively, and remaining on a downward path thereafter. Even after incorporating the impact of the new corrective measurres adopted on 13 May 2013, the Commission forecasts a higher trajectory for the debt-to-GDP ratio by around 1 percentage point for both 2013 and 2014.
(9) As to fiscal governance, the Council asked the Hungarian authorities to establish a truly binding medium-term framework and broaden the analytical remit of the Fiscal Council in view of its veto right over the annual budget. The Convergence Programme for 2012 to 2016 announces the intention to move forward in this area in autumn 2013. Progress will continue to be closely monitored in the context of the European Semester.
(10) Starting from 2013, which is the year following the correction of the excessive deficit, Hungary should maintain a fiscal stance in line with its medium-term budgetary objective, including respecting the expenditure benchmark, and make sufficient progress towards compliance with the debt criterion in accordance with Article 2(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 of 7 July 1997 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure (5).
(11) In accordance with Article 126(12) TFEU, a Council Decision on the existence of an excessive deficit is to be abrogated when the excessive deficit in the Member State concerned has, in the view of the Council, been corrected.
(12) In the view of the Council, the excessive deficit in Hungary has been corrected and Decision 2004/918/EC should therefore be abrogated,
From an overall assessment it follows that the excessive deficit situation in Hungary has been corrected.
Decision 2004/918/EC is hereby abrogated.
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32006D0718 | Council Decision 2006/718/CFSP of 23 October 2006 implementing Common Position 2006/276/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus
| 25.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 294/72
COUNCIL DECISION 2006/718/CFSP
of 23 October 2006
implementing Common Position 2006/276/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Common Position 2006/276/CFSP of 10 April 2006 concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof, in conjunction with the second indent of Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) On 10 April 2006, the Council adopted Common Position 2006/276/CFSP, which confirmed the existing restrictive measures against the persons responsible for the violations of international electoral standards in the Presidential elections in Belarus on 19 March 2006 and the crackdown on civil society and democratic opposition and those natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them.
(2) On 18 May 2006, the Council adopted Common Position 2006/362/CFSP amending Common Position 2006/276/CFSP, in order to impose a freezing of funds and economic resources on the persons, as well as the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, referred to above.
(3) In accordance with Common Position 2006/276/CFSP, the Council has reviewed the restrictive measures and decided, in the light of recent developments, that further individuals responsible for the crackdown on civil society and democratic opposition should be targeted. The lists contained in Annexes III and IV to Common Position 2006/276/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annexes III and IV to Common Position 2006/276/CFSP shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
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31994D0501 | 94/501/EC: Council Decision of 27 July 1994 authorizing the Kingdom of Spain to apply a measure derogating from Articles 2 (1) and 17 of the sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
| COUNCIL DECISION of 27 July 1994 authorizing the Kingdom of Spain to apply a measure derogating from Articles 2 (1) and 17 of the sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes (94/501/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax (VAT): uniform basis of assessment (1), and in particular Article 27 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 27 (1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorize any Member State to introduce special measures for derogation from that Directive, in order to simplify the procedure for charging the tax or to prevent certain types of tax evasion or avoidance;
Whereas, by letter dated 3 March 1994 and received by the Commission on 11 April 1994, the Kingdom of Spain requested authorization to introduce a measure for derogation from Article 17 of Directive 77/388/EEC;
Whereas the other Member States were informed on 26 April 1994 of the request made by the Kingdom of Spain;
Whereas implementation of the transitional VAT arrangements leads to VAT being charged on certain works on movable tangible property and certain services relating to the transport of goods and ancillary transport activities at the place where these services are supplied, irrespective of the place where the taxable person to whom these services are supplied is able to exercise his rights of deduction; whereas this results in growing use of the refund procedures provided for by Directives 79/1072/EEC (2) and 86/560/EEC (3);
Whereas the increasing use of the refund procedures provided for by Directives 79/1072/EEC and 86/560/EEC may impede the development of intra-Community trade in certain services;
Whereas the measure for derogation in question aims to introduce a simplification consisting in the exemption of certain services supplied to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but identified in the Community, for which these taxable persons would in any event be entitled to a refund;
Whereas certain requirements should be imposed on taxable persons with a view to preventing tax evasion or avoidance;
Whereas it is desirable for this derogation to be limited to the time necessary to enable the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, to adopt a definitive solution;
Whereas the measure for derogation in question has no effect on the European Communities' own resources accruing from VAT,
By way of derogation from Article 2 (1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Kingdom of Spain is hereby authorized to exempt the supply of services referred to in Article 2 rendered to taxable persons identified in accordance with Article 22 (1) (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 77/388/EEC and in a Member State other than Spain who would have qualified in accordance with Directives 79/1072/EEC and 86/560/EEC for a refund of the tax which would have been due had these services been taxed.
In the circumstances provided for in Article 1, the Kingdom of Spain is authorized to exempt:
1. the supply of services referred to in the third and fourth indents of Article 9 (2) (c) of Directive 77/388/EEC but excluding the supply of services exempted in accordance with Articles 14, 15 and 16 of Directive 77/388/EEC;
2. the transport services located in the territory of the country in accordance with Article 9 (2) (b) of Directive 77/388/EEC, directly linked to the intra-Community transport of goods as defined in Article 28b (C) (1) of Directive 77/388/EEC;
3. ancillary transport activities within the meaning of the second indent of Article 9 (2) (c) of Directive 77/388/EEC effected within the territory of the country related to the transport services covered by paragraph 2.
By way of derogation from Article 17 of Directive 77/388/EEC, the services referred to in Article 2 and supplied with exemption from tax in the circumstances laid down in Article 1 shall be eligible for deduction of input tax.
To apply the exemption provided for in Article 1, the supplier of the services shall in particular:
1. in the case of the supplies of services referred to in Article 2 (1):
- be in possession of a certificate establishing that the person to whom the services have been supplied is a taxable person and issued, as appropriate, in the form laid down by Directive 79/1072/EEC or 86/560/EEC,
- mention, on his invoice, the grounds for exemption and the identification number by which the customer is identified in accordance with Article 22 (1) (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 77/388/EEC, and under which the service has been rendered to him;
2. in the case of supplies of services referred to in Article 2 (2):
- satisfy the requirements referred to in the second indent of point 1 and be in possession of a declaration in which the person to whom the services have been supplied acknowledges that he fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 1,
- provide proof that the transport services are directly linked to an intra-Community transport within the meaning of Article 28b (C) (1) of Directive 77/388/EEC;
3. in the case of supplies of services referred to in Article 2 (3):
- satisfy the requirements referred to in the second indent of point 1 and be in possession of a declaration in which the person to whom the services have been supplied acknowledges that he fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 1,
- provide proof that the ancillary transport activities are directly linked to the transport services which are referred to in Article 2 (2).
The Council, acting unanimously on a proposal that the Commission will make as soon as feasible, shall adopt, after consultation of the European Parliament, before 31 December 1994, a modification to Directive 77/388/EEC which covers the services mentioned in this Decision.
The derogations provided for in this Decision shall cease to have effect on the date which the Council determines when it adopts the modification to Directive 77/388/EEC but not later than 31 December 1994.
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32007D0180 | 2007/180/EC: Council Decision of 19 March 2007 appointing one Italian member and two Italian alternate members to the Committee of the Regions
| 24.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 84/35
COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 March 2007
appointing one Italian member and two Italian alternate members to the Committee of the Regions
(2007/180/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 Italian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).
(2) One member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the mandate of Mr Guido MILANA and two alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the resignation of Mr Salvatore CUFFARO and Mr Giovanni MASTROCINQUE,
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010:
(a) as a member:
— Mr Guido MILANA, Consigliere comunale di Olevano Romano, to replace Mr Guido MILANA, Consiglio provinciale di Roma;
(b) as alternate members:
— Mr Francesco SCOMA, Consigliere dell’Assemblea regionale siciliana, to replace Mr Salvatore CUFFARO,
— Mr Graziano MILIA, Presidente della Provincia di Cagliari, to replace Mr Giovanni MASTROCINQUE.
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31995D0399 | 95/399/EC: Council Decision of 18 September 1995 on the accession of the Community to the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
| 5.10.1995 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 236/24
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 September 1995
on the accession of the Community to the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
(95/399/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 in conjunction with Article 228 (2), first sentence and (3), first subparagraph, thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas the Community signed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea which requires all members of the international community to cooperate in conserving and managing the sea's biological resources;
Whereas, in the case of sea fishing, the Community has responsibility for adopting measures to conserve and manage fishery resources and to enter into contractual arrangements in this regard with third countries and international organizations;
Whereas the Community participated to this end in the international negotiations which culminated in the approval of an Agreement by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to set up the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission;
Whereas this Agreement constitutes a useful framework for strengthening international cooperation for the purpose of conserving and making rational use of Indian Ocean tuna and related species;
Whereas Community fishermen are engaged in fishing for these species in the Indian Ocean; whereas it is in the Community's interest to accede to the said Agreement,
The Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
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32007R0491 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 491/2007 of 3 May 2007 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 as regards the communication of data concerning seeds
| 4.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 116/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 491/2007
of 3 May 2007
laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 as regards the communication of data concerning seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 of 23 November 2005 on the common organisation of the market in seeds and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EEC) No 1674/72 (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2004 of 6 December 2004 laying down rules for the communication of the information necessary for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organisation of the market in seeds (2) refers to species and group of varieties set out in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 (3). These are now included in Annex XI to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers.
(2) In the light of the reform of the seed sector it is appropriate to review and simplify the communication of the information necessary for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005. For the sake of clarity, Regulation (EC) No 2081/2004 should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,
Member States shall communicate to the Commission by electronic transmission, for each species and group of varieties set out in Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, the information listed in the Annex to this Regulation by the dates specified therein.
Regulation (EC) No 2081/2004 is repealed.
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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32006R0209 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 209/2006 of 7 February 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003 as regards the extension of the validity of the transitional measures for composting and biogas plants under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
| 8.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 36/32
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 209/2006
of 7 February 2006
amending Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003 as regards the extension of the validity of the transitional measures for composting and biogas plants under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(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 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 lays down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption. In view of the strict nature of those rules, transitional measures have been granted.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2003 of 12 May 2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the processing standards for Category 3 material and manure used in composting plants (2) provides for certain transitional measures in order to give industry time to adjust and develop alternative processing standards for Category 3 material and manure used in composting plants until 31 December 2005.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 810/2003 of 12 May 2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards processing standards for Category 3 material and manure used in biogas plants (3) provides for certain transitional measures in order to give industry time to adjust and develop alternative processing standards for Category 3 material and manure used in biogas plants until 31 December 2005.
(4) The parameters to be imposed following the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of 7 September 2005 differ from the processing standards which Member States may authorise until 31 December 2005 pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003. Also, it will take some time for the Member States to implement the new validation procedure provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2006 of 7 February 2006 amending Annexes VI and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards processing standards for biogas and composting plants and requirements for manure (4).
(5) The transitional measures provided for in Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003 should therefore be extended for a further period of time to enable the Member States to authorise operators to continue to apply national rules for the processing standards for Category 3 materials and manure used in composting and biogas plants.
(6) Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 1(1), Article 3(2) and Article 4, of Regulation (EC) No 809/2003, ‘31 December 2005’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.
In Article 1(1), Article 3(2) and Article 4, of Regulation (EC) No 810/2003, ‘31 December 2005’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.
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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31994R0010 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 10/94 of 5 January 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on maize imported into Spain from third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 10/94 of 5 January 1994 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the levy on maize imported into Spain from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3640/93 of 17 December 1993 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1993 (1) and in particular Articles 3 (2) and 8 thereof,
Whereas, as part of an agreement with the United States of America, the Community has undertaken to import a certain quantity of maize and sorghum into Spain in the years 1987 to 1992; whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 991/93 (2) extending the measures taken under the abovementioned agreement, the Council approved the extension of that agreement to 1993, that extension being without prejudice to the rights and obligations arising from the original agreement;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 3640/93, the levy reduction is to be applied to maize imported into Spain under cover of a licence valid in that Member State alone;
Whereas the specific additional rules required for administrating the invitation to tender should be laid down, including in particular rules on the lodging by operators and the release of securities against fulfilment of their obligations, and in particular the obligation to process or use the imported product in Spain;
Whereas it is impossible for all the quantities of maize and grain sorghum concerned to be imported into Spain by 28 February 1994 as provided for in the Agreement; whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3640/93 should therefore be applied and the quantities for 1993 should be imported during the period 1 January to 30 April 1994;
Whereas, with a view to avoiding any disturbances on the Spanish market, the staggering of imports until the month of April should be facilitated; whereas the reduction in the levy should, for that purpose, be increased by the amount of the monthly increases;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduction in the import levy referred to in Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (3) on maize to be imported into Spain.
2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 7 April 1994. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of invitation to tender.
1. Tenders shall be lodged in writing with the competent Spanish authority against a receipt or forwarded to that authority by telex, telegram or telefax.
2. Tenders shall indicate:
- the weekly invitation in response to which they are made,
- the name and exact address of the tenderer, with telex or telefax number,
- the type and quantity of the product to be imported,
- the reduction in the import levy proposed, in ecus per tonne,
- the origin of the maize to be imported.
3. Tenders shall be valid only if:
(a) they do not exceed the maximum quantity available for each closing date for the submission of applications;
(b) evidence is provided before expiry of the time limit for submission that the tenderer has lodged a security for an amount per tonne equal to that of the reduction proposed in the tender;
(c) they are accompanied by a written undertaking to lodge with the competent Spanish authority within two days of receipt of notification of award as mentioned in Article 4 (3) an application for an import licence for the quantities awarded together with an application for advance fixing of the levy at the reduced rate proposed in the tender;
(d) they are for at least 1 000 tonnes.
4. Tenders not meeting the requirements set out in paragraph 1, 2 and 3 or incorporating terms other than those provided for in the invitation to tender shall not be valid.
5. Once submitted, tenders may not be withdrawn.
1. Notwithstanding Article 21 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (1) import licences shall, for the purposes of determining their term of validity, be deemed to have been issued on the closing date for the submission of tenders.
2. Import licences issued in connection with awards made under this invitation to tender shall be valid from the date on which they are issued within the meaning of paragraph 1, until 30 April 1994.
3. Import licences issued in connection with awards made under these invitations to tender shall be subject to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 3640/93.
4. Notwithstanding Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 (2), the quantity released for free circulation may not be greater than that shown in sections 10 and 11 of the import licence. The figure 0 shall, to this end, be entered in section 22 of the licence.
5. Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, rights conferred by import licences shall not be transferable.
1. On the basis of tenders submitted and forwarded, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/93;
- either to set a maximum reduction in the import levy, or
- to make no awards.
Where a maximum reduction in the import levy is set, awards shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers offering the maximum or a smaller reduction.
2. The amount of the reduction in the levy awarded in accordance with paragraph 1 is increased by the difference between the threshold price applicable during the month of import and the threshold price applicable during the month of delivery of the licence.
3. As soon as the Commission has reached a decision as referred to in paragraph 1, the competent Spanish authority shall notify all tenderers in writing of the outcome of their tenders.
1. Where the successful tenderer lodges an application for an import licence as referred to in Article 2 (3) (c) within the time limit laid down, a licence shall be issued for the quantities for which he has been awarded a contract.
2. Where the undertaking referred to in Article 2 (3) (c) is not fulfilled, the tendering security shall be forfeit.
1. The tendering security shall be released:
(a) where the tender is not accepted;
(b) where the tenderer provides evidence by means of a sales invoice to a processor or consumer in Spain that the products imported have been processed or used in Spain;
(c) where the successful tenderer provides evidence that the product imported has become unfit for any use or where import cannot be effected to reasons of force majeure.
2. Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply to securities.
Tenders lodged must be forwarded by the competent Spanish authority to the Commission to arrive not more than two hours after the time limit laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be forwarded in the form shown in the Annex.
Should no tenders be received, Spain shall inform the Commission within the same period as that referred to in the first paragraph.
The times for the purposes of this Regulation shall be Brussels time.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002D0526 | 2002/526/EC: Commission Decision of 28 June 2002 repealing Decision 94/141/EC approving the plan presented by France for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the northern Vosges (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2380)
| Commission Decision
of 28 June 2002
repealing Decision 94/141/EC approving the plan presented by France for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the northern Vosges
(notified under document number C(2002) 2380)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/526/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(1), and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Classical swine fever was confirmed in the feral pig population in northern Vosges, France.
(2) By means of Decision 94/141/EC(2), the Commission approved the plan presented by France for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in northern Vosges.
(3) France has provided information suggesting that classical swine fever has been successfully eradicated from the feral pigs in northern Vosges.
(4) For the sake of clarity Decision 94/141/EC should therefore be repealed.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 94/141/EC is hereby repealed.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R0372 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 372/95 of 22 February 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76 on the sale of butter from public storage
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 372/95 of 22 February 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76 on the sale of butter from public storage
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 the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 287/95 (3), lays down that the product put up for sale must have been put into storage by the intervention agency before 1 April 1993;
Whereas, in view of the development of stocks and of the request for butter coming from the market, these sales should be extended to butter taken into storage before 1 November 1993;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2315/76, '1 April 1993' is hereby replaced by '1 November 1993'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0566 | Council Regulation (EU) No 566/2012 of 18 June 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 975/98 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation
| 29.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 169/8
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 566/2012
of 18 June 2012
amending Regulation (EC) No 975/98 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (2),
Whereas:
(1) Commission Recommendation 2009/23/EC of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (3), endorsed by the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009, defines common principles for the designs used for the national sides of euro circulation coins and establishes procedures whereby Member States inform each other of draft designs, and for the approval of these designs.
(2) As the euro coins circulate in the whole euro area, their national design features are a matter of common interest. To permit their smooth circulation and in the interests of legal certainty and transparency it is appropriate that the rules defined in Recommendation 2009/23/EC concerning denominations and technical specifications of euro circulation coins, be made legally binding by integrating them into Council Regulation (EC) No 975/98 (4).
(3) Euro coins have a common European side and a distinctive national side. The common European sides of euro coins bear both the name of the single currency and the denomination of the coin. The national side should neither repeat the name of the single currency nor the denomination of the coin.
(4) A clear indication of the name of the issuing Member State should be put on the national side of the coin in order to allow interested coin users to easily identify the issuing Member State.
(5) The edge lettering of euro coins should be considered part of the national side and should therefore not repeat any indication of the denomination, except for the 2-euro coin, and provided that only the figure ‘2’ or the term ‘euro’ in the relevant alphabet, or both, are used.
(6) The designs on the national side of euro coins are decided upon by each Member State whose currency is the euro and should take into account the fact that euro coins circulate in the whole euro area and not only in the issuing Member State. In order to ensure that coins are immediately recognisable as euro coins also from their national side, the design should be fully surrounded by the 12 stars of the Union flag.
(7) In order to facilitate the recognition of circulation coins and to ensure appropriate continuity in the minting, Member States should only be allowed to modify the designs used for the national sides of regular circulation coins once every 15 years, except if the Head of State referred to on a coin changes. This should, however, be without prejudice to changes necessary to prevent counterfeiting of the currency. Changes to the design of the common European side of circulation coins should be decided by the Council and voting rights should be restricted to Member States whose currency is the euro.
(8) Individual Member States should be allowed to issue commemorative coins to celebrate subjects of major national or European relevance, whereas commemorative coins issued collectively by all Member States whose currency is the euro should be reserved for subjects of the highest European relevance. The 2-euro coin constitutes the most suitable denomination for this purpose, principally on account of the large diameter of the coin and its technical characteristics, which offer adequate protection against counterfeiting.
(9) Taking into account that euro coins circulate in the whole euro area, to avoid the use of inappropriate designs, issuing Member States should inform each other and the Commission about draft designs for the national side of euro coins in advance of the planned issue date. The Commission should verify the compliance of the designs with the technical requirements of this Regulation. Submission of draft designs to the Commission should be made sufficiently in advance of the planned issue date for issuing Member States to modify the design if necessary.
(10) Furthermore, uniform conditions for the approval of the designs of the national sides of euro coins should be laid down to avoid the choice of designs which could be considered as inappropriate in some Member States. In view of the fact that the competence for an issue as sensitive as the design of the national sides of the euro coins belongs to the issuing Member States, implementing powers should therefore be conferred on the Council. Any implementing decisions taken on this basis by the Council would be closely connected to the acts adopted by the Council on the basis of Article 128(2) of the Treaty; therefore, the suspension of the voting rights of the members of the Council representing Member States whose currency is not the euro for the adoption by the Council of those decisions should apply as set out in Article 139(4) of the Treaty. The procedure should allow the issuing Member States to modify the design in due time if so required.
(11) Regulation (EC) No 975/98 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 975/98
In Regulation (EC) No 975/98 the following Articles are inserted:
‘Article 1a
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1. “circulation coins” means euro coins intended for circulation, the denominations and technical specifications of which are laid down in Article 1;
2. “regular coins” means circulation coins excluding commemorative coins;
3. “commemorative coins” means circulation coins, which are intended to commemorate a specific subject as specified in Article 1h.
b
Circulation coins shall have a common European side and a distinctive national side.
c
1. The national side of circulation coins shall not repeat any indication of the denomination, or any parts thereof, of the coin. It shall not repeat the name of the single currency or of its subdivision, unless such indication stems from the use of a different alphabet.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, the edge lettering of the 2-euro coin may include an indication of the denomination, provided that only the figure “2” or the term “euro” in the relevant alphabet, or both, are used.
d
The national side of all denominations of circulation coins shall bear an indication of the issuing Member State by means of the Member State’s name or an abbreviation of it.
e
1. The national side of circulation coins shall bear a circle of 12 stars that shall fully surround the national design, including the year mark and the indication of the issuing Member State’s name. This shall not prevent some design elements from extending into the circle of stars, provided that the stars are all clearly and fully visible. The 12 stars shall be depicted as on the Union flag.
2. The designs for the national side of circulation coins shall be chosen taking into account that euro coins circulate in all Member States whose currency is the euro.
f
1. Changes to the designs used for the national sides of regular coins may only be made once every 15 years, without prejudice to changes necessary to prevent counterfeiting of the currency.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, changes to the designs used for the national sides of regular coins may be made where the Head of State referred to on a coin changes. However, a temporary vacancy or the provisional occupation of the function of Head of State shall not give any additional right to such change.
g
Issuing Member States shall update their national sides of regular coins in order to fully comply with this Regulation by 20 June 2062.
h
1. Commemorative coins shall bear a different national design from that of the regular coins and shall only commemorate subjects of major national or European relevance. Commemorative coins issued collectively by all Member States whose currency is the euro shall only commemorate subjects of the highest European relevance and their design shall be without prejudice to the possible constitutional requirements of these Member States.
2. The edge lettering on commemorative coins shall be the same as on regular coins.
3. Commemorative coins may only have a face value of 2 euro.
i
1. Member States shall inform each other of the draft designs of new national sides of circulation coins, including the edge letterings, and, for commemorative coins, on the estimated volume of issuance, before the formal approval of those designs.
2. The power to approve designs for new or modified national sides of circulation coins shall be conferred on the Council acting by qualified majority in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraphs 3 to 7.
When taking the decisions referred to in this Article, the voting rights of the Member States whose currency is not the euro shall be suspended.
3. For the purpose of paragraph 1, draft designs of circulation coins shall be submitted by the issuing Member State to the Council, to the Commission and to the other Member States whose currency is the euro, in principle at least three months before the planned issue date.
4. Within seven days following the submission referred to in paragraph 3, any Member State whose currency is the euro may, in a reasoned opinion addressed to the Council and to the Commission, raise an objection to the draft design proposed by the issuing Member State if that draft design is likely to create adverse reactions among its citizens.
5. Where the Commission considers that the draft design does not respect the technical requirements set out by this Regulation, it shall, within seven days following the submission referred to in paragraph 3, submit a negative assessment to the Council.
6. If no reasoned opinion or negative assessment has been submitted to the Council within the time limit referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 respectively, the decision approving the design is deemed to be adopted by the Council on the day following the expiry of the time limit referred to in paragraph 5.
7. In all other cases, the Council shall decide without delay on the approval of the draft design, unless, within seven days following the submission of a reasoned opinion or of a negative assessment, the issuing Member State withdraws its submission and informs the Council of its intention to submit a new draft design.
8. All relevant information on new national circulation coin designs shall be published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Union.
j
Articles 1c, 1d, 1e and 1h(2):
(a) shall not apply to circulation coins which have been issued or produced prior to 19 June 2012;
(b) shall, during a transitional period ending on 20 June 2062, not apply to the designs that are already legally in use on circulation coins on 19 June 2012. Circulation coins that have been issued or produced during the transitional period may remain legal tender without limit in time.’.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31978R1556 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1556/78 of 5 July 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco as regards the conditions of presentation
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1556/78 of 5 July 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco as regards the conditions of presentation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession, and in particular Articles 5 (6) and 6 (10) thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 of 25 August 1970 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 408/76 (3), provides that tobacco shall be taken over only if delivered for intervention made up in accordance with the presentations specified for each variety and each quality;
Whereas in order to facilitate transport and storage, new packaging techniques are appearing and being used in international trade ; whereas the taking into intervention of limited quantities of tobacco packaged by means of the new techniques should be permitted as an experiment in order that the Community may study them;
Whereas certain varieties of tobacco from the 1976 harvest are packaged in cardboard ; whereas tobacco from this harvest should therefore be the first to which this Regulation is applied;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70:
"However, for quantities not exceeding 100 tonnes per variety and per harvest in each Member State, the tobacco may be made up other than as specified in the previous paragraph, subject to conditions laid down by the intervention agency concerned."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply for the first time to tobacco from the 1976 harvest.
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 |
32012D0077 | 2012/77/EU: Commission Decision of 9 February 2012 concerning the non-inclusion of flufenoxuron for product type 18 in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (notified under document C(2012) 621) Text with EEA relevance
| 11.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/47
COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 February 2012
concerning the non-inclusion of flufenoxuron for product type 18 in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market
(notified under document C(2012) 621)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/77/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 16(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 of 4 December 2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (2) establishes a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC. That list includes flufenoxuron.
(2) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, flufenoxuron (CAS No 101463-69-8; EC No 417-680-3) has been evaluated in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 98/8/EC for use in product type 18, insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods, as defined in Annex V to that Directive.
(3) France was designated as rapporteur Member State and submitted the competent authority report, together with a recommendation, to the Commission on 17 March 2009 in accordance with Article 14(4) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007.
(4) The competent authority report was reviewed by the Member States and the Commission. In accordance with Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the findings of the review were incorporated, within the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products on 22 September 2011, in an assessment report.
(5) The assessment of risks to the environmental compartments of concern, carried out using a realistic approach, has demonstrated unacceptable effects for the aquatic compartment. Furthermore, the characteristics of flufenoxuron render it persistent, liable to bioaccumulate and toxic, as well as very persistent and very liable to bioaccumulate, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). It is therefore not appropriate to include flufenoxuron for use in product type 18 in Annexes I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC.
(6) The date as of which date biocidal products of product type 18 containing flufenoxuron should no longer be placed on the market should be reasonable with regard to the outcome of the risk assessment as well as the date of entry into force of this Decision..
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
Flufenoxuron (CAS No 101463-69-8; EC No 417-680-3) shall not be included in Annexes I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC for product type 18.
For the purposes of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, biocidal products of product type 18 containing flufenoxuron shall no longer be placed on the market with effect from 1 August 2012.
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32014R0195 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 195/2014 of 28 February 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 1.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 61/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 195/2014
of 28 February 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R2124 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2124/92 of 24 July 1992 re- establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN codes ex 9101 and ex 9102, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2124/92 of 24 July 1992 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN codes ex 9101 and ex 9102, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), extended into 1992 by Regulation (EEC) No 3587/90 (2) and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN codes ex 9101 and ex 9102, originating in China, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 11 576 000; whereas 22 April 1992, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,
As from 1 August 1992, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:
Order No CN code Description 10.1160 ex 9101 11 00
ex 9101 12 00
ex 9101 19 00
ex 9101 19 00 Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop-watches, with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal:
Wrist-watches, battery or accumulator powered, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility Quartz watches Other Battery or accumulator powered Quartz watches ex 9102 11 00
ex 9102 12 00
ex 9102 19 00
ex 9102 91 00 Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop-watches, other than those of heading No 9101
Wrist-watches, battery or accumulator powered, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility
Quartz watches Other - Battery or accumulator powered Quartz watches
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31993D0290 | 93/290/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under Objective 2 in the region of Liguria (Italy) (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| <{COM}>COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under Objective 2 in the region of Liguria (Italy) (Only the Italian text is authentic)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular Article 9 (9) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Commission, on the basis of the regional and social conversion plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, the Community support frameworks for Community structural operations;
Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of that provision, the Community support framework shall cover in particular the priorities adopted, the forms of assistance and the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount of assistance and its source, and the duration of the assistance;
Whereas Title III of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (2) sets out the conditions for the preparation and implementation of Community support frameworks;
Whereas by Decision 89/288/EEC (3) the Commission adopted an initial list of areas eligible under Objective 2;
Whereas on 30 April 1991 the Commission decided to retain that list for 1992 and 1993;
Whereas on 13 November 1991 the Italian Government submitted to the Commission the regional and social conversion plan referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 in respect of the areas eligible under Objective 2 in the region of Liguria for the period 1992 to 1993;
Whereas the plan submitted by the Member State includes a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the use to be made of assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments in implementing it;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, on 20 December 1989 the Commission adopted the Community support framework for the region of Liguria; whereas this Community support framework constitutes the second phase (1992 to 1993) of Community assistance to that region under Objective 2;
Whereas this Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas the EIB has also been involved in the preparation of the Community support framework in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas it has declared its readiness to help implement this framework on the basis of the estimated loan arrangements indicated in this Decision and in accordance with its Statute;
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this framework in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas this Decision is consistent with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and of the European Social Fund Committee;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, this Decision is to be sent as a Declaration of Intent to the Member State;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by this Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned,
The Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under Objective 2 in the Liguria region of Italy, covering the period 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1993, is hereby approved.
The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of this Community support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the rules and guidelines governing the Structural Funds and the other existing financial instruments.
The Community support framework contains the following essential information:
(a) the priorities for joint action:
- technological innovation and vocational training,
- tourism,
- development and strengthening of the fabric of small and medium-sized firms,
- the environment and restoration of sites,
- structures to support economic activities;
(b) an outline of the forms of assistance to be provided;
(c) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1992 prices, the total cost of and the Community contribution to all the assistance selected for joint action by the Community and the Member State. The Community contribution is broken down as follows:
ERDF ECU 22,859 million
ESF ECU 10,150 million
Total for Structural Funds ECU 33,009 million.
The resultant national financing required may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other lending instruments. ECSC loans are expected to amount to ECU 60 million.
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31987D0005 | 87/5/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 December 1984 approving an addendum to the programme relating to the manufacture of processed fruit and vegetable products in Denmark pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 December 1984
approving an addendum to the programme relating to the manufacture of processed fruit and vegetables products in Denmark pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the Danish text is authentic)
(87/5/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed and marketed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2224/86 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 6 May 1986 the Danish Government forwarded an addendum to the programme approved by Commission Decision 84/146/EEC (3) relating to the manufacture of processed fruit and vegetable products;
Whereas the purpose of this addendum is to permit the further pursuit of the objectives defined in the original programme, including:
- to increase processing capacity for the outdoor crop of vegetables,
- to increase storage and processing capacity for semi-manufactured products,
- to aid marketing facilities and the restructuring of the sector,
in order to adapt supply to market requirements and thus enhance the market value of the products and improve producers' incomes;
Whereas it therefore constitutes a programme within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77;
Whereas the addendum contains sufficient information, as required by Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, other than for non-Annex II products on which no decision can be taken at this stage, to show that the objectives of Article 1 of the Regulation can be achieved in respect of the processed fruit and vegetable sector in Denmark; whereas the estimated time required for execution of the addendum does not exceed the limits laid down in Article 3 (1) (g) of the Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Commitee on Agricultural Structure,
The addendum to the programme relating to the manufacture of processed fruit and vegetable products, forwarded by the Danish Government on 6 May 1986, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, is hereby approved.
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31989R1219 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1219/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1219/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas there is a risk, for medium type rice in particular, that the imbalance between supply and demand will deteriorate; whereas stricter intervention provisions should therefore be introduced and in particular the period during which paddy rice may be offered for intervention should be shortened; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 (4), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2229/88 (5), should therefore be amended accordingly,
Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 is hereby replaced by:
´1. From 1 January to 31 July, the intervention agencies shall buy in paddy rice which is offered to them, provided the offers comply with conditions, in particular in respect of quantity and quality, to be determined in accordance with paragraph 5.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1989.
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32000D0611 | 2000/611/EC: Commission Decision of 11 October 2000 amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC (notified under document number C(2000) 2978) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 11 October 2000
amending Decision 94/278/EC drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC
(notified under document number C(2000) 2978)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/611/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC(1), as last amended by Decision 1999/724/EC(2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 94/278/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 98/597/EC(4), establishes a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products referred to by Directive 92/118/EEC.
(2) Ecuadorian authorities requested to add Ecuador to the list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of snails intended for human consumption. A Community on-the-spot inspection has not yet been carried out. However, the health guarantees provided by Ecuadorian authorities are considered adequate to justify the inclusion of Ecuador on that list. This Decision may be reviewed in the light of the outcome of any future Community inspection.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Part XI of the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC, the following line is added in accordance with the alphabetical order of the ISO code:
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32004R2103 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2103/2004 of 9 December 2004 concerning the transmission of data on certain fisheries in the western waters and the Baltic Sea
| 10.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 365/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2103/2004
of 9 December 2004
concerning the transmission of data on certain fisheries in the western waters and the Baltic Sea
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 22(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The maximum levels of annual fishing effort for certain fishing areas and fisheries are fixed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1415/2004 of 19 July 2004 (2), as provided for by Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 (3) on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2092/98 of 30 September 1998 (4) concerning the declaration of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources is no longer in line with Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and 1415/2004 as regards the western waters. It is therefore necessary to redefine the obligations relating to the fishing effort declarations for the western waters.
(3) The existing obligations for the fishing effort declarations for the Baltic Sea, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2092/98, should remain in force.
(4) By reason of the number and the importance of the amendments to be made and with regard to coherence between the new obligations for the western waters and the existing obligations for the Baltic Sea, Regulation (EC) No 2092/98 should be repealed.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
CHAPTER I
WESTERN WATERS
Lists of vessels with special fishing permit
1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission, within 30 days from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, an updated version of the list of vessels referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 using the reporting format set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. In accordance with Article 10(2) of Council Regulation (EC) 1954/2003 and Article 19(f) of Regulation (EC) 2847/1993 (5), amendments to the information contained in Annex I will be reported to the Commission on a daily basis by sending the complete updated Annex I at the time a special fishing permit as referred to in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) 1954/2003 is issued or withdrawn.
Fishing effort
1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission the aggregated data on fishing effort, exerted by the vessels referred to in Article 1 in the previous month, before the 15th of each month using the reporting format set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
2. For the first fishing effort declaration, the reference period for the aggregated data shall start on 1 January 2004.
CHAPTER II
THE BALTIC SEA
Lists of vessels with special fishing permit
1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission the list of vessels, referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 779/97, using the reporting format set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
2. Amendments to the lists of vessels shall be reported to the Commission, using the same reporting format, at the latest four working days before the date of entry of vessels into the fishing area.
Fishing effort
Member States shall transmit to the Commission the aggregated data on fishing effort, referred to in the second and third indent of Article 19(i) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation.
CHAPTER III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Transfer of data and access to data
1. Member States shall communicate the data referred in Articles 1 to 4 to the Commission through the Fisheries Data Exchange System (or any future data system decided by the Commission).
2. The Commission shall make the data regarding the updated lists of vessels available through the Fisheries Data Exchange System (or any future data system decided by the Commission).
3. For the list of vessels referred to in Article 1 and the fishing effort declarations referred to in Article 2, the Fisheries Data Exchange System shall be adapted by the Commission by 1 July 2005, at the latest.
Until that date, the data referred to in Articles 1 and 2 shall be communicated by the Member States to the Commission in spreadsheet format by sending it to the appropriate mailbox address which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.
Repeal
1. Regulation (EC) No 2092/98 is repealed.
2. References made to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32004R0997 | Council Regulation (EC) No 997/2004 of 17 May 2004 amending Commission Decision No 2730/2000/ECSC on imports of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm originating in the People's Republic of China and terminating the interim review of the anti-dumping measures imposed thereby
| 20.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 183/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 997/2004
of 17 May 2004
amending Commission Decision No 2730/2000/ECSC on imports of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm originating in the People's Republic of China and terminating the interim review of the anti-dumping measures imposed thereby
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
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), (‘basic Regulation’) and in particular Articles 9 and 11(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
1. Previous procedure
(1) By Decision No 2730/2000/ECSC (2), the Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm, falling within CN code ex 2704 00 19 (TARIC code 2704001910), originating in the People's Republic of China (‘country concerned’ or ‘PRC’). The amount of the anti-dumping duty is equal to the fixed amount of EUR 32,6 per tonne of dry net weight.
(2) In view of the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community on 23 July 2002, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 963/2002 (3), decided that anti-dumping measures which had been adopted pursuant to Decision No 2277/96/ECSC and which were still in force on 23 July 2002 were to be continued and governed by the provisions of the basic Regulation with effect from 24 July 2002.
2. Current procedure
(3) On 11 December 2002, the Commission announced, by notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities
(4), the initiation of an interim review of the definitive anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm (hereafter ‘coke 80+’ or ‘the product concerned’) originating in the PRC in accordance with Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation and commenced an investigation.
(4) The proceeding was initiated following a request lodged by Eucoke-EEIG (the ‘applicant’) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion of the total Community production of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm. The applicant alleged that dumping in respect of the PRC had continued and even increased and that the existing measures would no longer be sufficient to counteract the injurious effects of dumping. The evidence contained in the request for a review was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of the investigation.
(5) The Commission officially advised the producers/exporters, the importers and the users known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country concerned, the applicant Community industry and the other known Community producers about the initiation of the interim review. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set out in the notice of initiation.
3. Suspension of measures
(6) It is recalled that during the investigation of the present proceeding a number of interested parties provided information on a change in market conditions after the end of the investigation period (1 October 2001 to 30 September 2002), thus fulfilling the conditions required under Article 14(4) of the basic Regulation to justify the suspension of the measures currently in force.
(7) The investigation showed that all requirements for suspending the anti-dumping measures were met. Therefore, by Commission Decision No 264/2004EC (5), the anti-dumping duty applicable to imports of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm originating in the PRC was suspended for a period of nine months.
4. Withdrawal of the application
(8) By letter of 15 December 2003 to the Commission, Eucoke-EEIG formally withdrew its application.
(9) With regard to the fact that the investigation has not brought to light any consideration showing that such termination would not be in the Community interest, it is considered that the present proceeding should be terminated in accordance with Article 9(1) of the basic Regulation.
5. Form of the measures
(10) However, during the investigation, it was found that there was a need to clarify the scope of application of the existing measures in view of the difficulties faced by an economic operator with respect to the application of the measures in force. Indeed, it was found that anti-dumping duties were being collected by the customs authorities of one Member State on shipments of coke destined for use in blast furnaces, which are not concerned by the anti-dumping measures, and comprise only a small part of the product concerned. In order to ensure a more efficient and uniform enforcement of the measures, the exemption provided for in Decision No 2730/2000/ECSC for exports which are a mixture of coke of coal in pieces of smaller size than the product concerned and coke of coal in pieces not exceeding 100 mm is replaced by an exemption covering a mixture in which the proportion of coke exceeding 80 mm does not constitute more than 20 % of the mixed shipment. In addition, the ISO standard should be used as the method of measurement.
6. Conclusion
(11) The interim review should be terminated. The scope of application of the existing measures should be clarified,
The interim review of the anti-dumping measures imposed by Decision No 2730/2000/ECSC on imports of coke of coal in pieces larger than 80 mm in maximum diameter, falling within CN code ex 2704 00 19 (TARIC code 2704001910) and originating in the People's Republic of China is hereby terminated.
Article 1 of Decision No 2730/2000/ECSC shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of coke of coal in pieces of a diameter of more than 80 mm, falling within CN code ex 2704 00 19 (Taric code 2704001910) and originating in the People's Republic of China. The diameter of the pieces shall be determined in accordance with the norm ISO 728: 1995.
2. The amount of the anti-dumping duty shall be equal to the fixed amount of EUR 32,6 per tonne of dry net weight.
3. The anti-dumping duty shall also apply to coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm, when shipped in mixtures containing both coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm and coke of coal in pieces with smaller diameters unless it is determined that the quantity of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm does not constitute more than 20 % of dry net weight of the mixed shipment. The quantity of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm contained in mixtures may be determined on the basis of samples in accordance with Articles 68 to 70 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (6). In cases where the quantity of coke of coal in pieces with a diameter of more than 80 mm is determined on the basis of samples, the sample shall be selected in accordance with the norm ISO 2309: 1980.
4. Member States' customs authorities may, upon receipt of a duly substantiated request from importers, reassess in the light of the above clarification, the situation of imports of the product concerned which took place between 16 December 2000 and 21 May 2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001R1223 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1223/2001 of 21 June 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 on the purchase of beef under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1223/2001
of 21 June 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 on the purchase of beef under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 of 3 April 2001 on special market support measures in the beef sector(2), and in particular Article 2(2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 provides in its Article 2(2) in particular for the opening or the suspension of tendering for purchase of beef depending on the average market prices for the reference class during the two most recent weeks with price quotations preceding the tender.
(2) The second subparagraph of Article 12 of the abovementioned Regulation provides for a voluntary application of the tendering rules until 30 June 2001 in certain Member States while the application is obligatory in others.
(3) The application of Articles 2 and 12 referred to above results in the opening of purchase by tender in a number of Member States. Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/2001(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1009/2001(4), on the purchase of beef under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(4) Since this Regulation should be applied immediately it is necessary to provide for its entry into force on the day of its publication,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 June 2001.
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31999R0509 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/1999 of 8 March 1999 concerning an extension of the maximum period laid down for the application of ear-tags to bison (Bison bison spp.)
| 9.3.1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 60/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 509/1999
of 8 March 1999
concerning an extension of the maximum period laid down for the application of ear-tags to bison (Bison bison spp.)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of 21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,
Having regard to the request submitted by the United Kingdom and France,
Whereas the United Kingdom and France have requested for an extension to nine months of the maximum period laid down for the application of ear-tags to bison, due to practical difficulties;
Whereas as bison might be reared in other Member States too, this extension should apply for all Member States;
Whereas those bovine animals are kept in such farming conditions where calves stay always close to their mother until they are separated at the age of nine months at the latest;
Whereas it is justified to take into account this request, provided that the extension of the maximum period does not affect the quality of information provided by the national database and that there is no movement of such animals to which ear-tags have not been applied;
Whereas Member States' authorities undertake the commitment not to extend this derogation to other elements of the identification and registration system of bison;
Whereas this Regulation should be without prejudice to the decisions to be adopted regarding the fully operational character of the national databases;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
Member States may extend up to nine months the maximum period laid down by Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97 regarding the application of ear-tags to bison (Bison bison spp.).
This extension shall not effect the quality of information provided by the national database.
1. The extension provided for in Article 1 shall be granted subject to all the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. The animals shall belong to the Bison bison spp.
3. The ear-tags shall be applied when the calves are separated from their mothers and, in any case, before they are nine months old. If an animal leaves the holding on which it was born before that age, it shall be ear-tagged before leaving the holding.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31988R2307 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2307/88 of 26 July 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3922/87 as regards the allocation of the quantity of preserved cultivated mushrooms which may be imported without payment of the additional amount during the period 1 January to 31 December 1988
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2307/88
of 26 July 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3922/87 as regards the allocation of the quantity of preserved cultivated mushrooms which may be imported without payment of the additional amount during the period 1 January to 31 December 1988
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 2247/88 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 of 30 June 1981 on measures applicable to imports of preserved cultivated mushrooms (3), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 lays down that the quantity which may be imported without payment of the additional amount must be allocated between the supplier countries with due regard for traditional trade flows and new suppliers;
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3922/87 (4) allocated the quantity in question for the period 1 January to 31 December 1988; whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3433/81 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1887/86 (6), provided for the possibility of reviewing the tonnages on the basis of the licences granted during the first six months of the year in question; whereas the balance of licences issued up to 30 June 1988 is such as to justify a new allocation of these quantities,
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,
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3922/87 is hereby replaced by the following Article:
'Article 1
The quantity fixed by Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 is hereby allocated for the period 1 January to 31 December 1988:
(net weight in tonnes)
1.2.3.4.5.6 // // // // // // // Country of origin // // // // // // // China // South Korea // Taiwan // Hong Kong // Other // Importing country // // // // // // // // // // // // Belgium // // // // // // Luxembourg // 268 // - // 48 // - // - // Denmark // 600 // 20 // - // 255 // - // Germany // 29 681 // 360 // 2 139 // 178 // 483 // Greece // 15 // 5 // 137 // - // 20 // France // 10 // - // 18 // - // 2 // Ireland // - // - // - // - // - // Italy // - // - // 25 // - // 20 // Netherlands // 86 // - // 68 // - // 10 // United Kingdom // 127 // - // 161 // - // - // Spain // 3 // - // 10 // - // - // Portugal // - // - // - // 1 // - // // // // // L 163, 19. 6. 1986, p. 17.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004R1685 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/2004 of 29 September 2004 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2004/2005 marketing year
| 30.9.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1685/2004
of 29 September 2004
amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2004/2005 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), and in particular Articles 22(2), 27(5) and (15) and 33(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4(2)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 (2) lays down the time limits for partial invitations to tender. Since 1 and 2 November 2004 are public holidays in the majority of Member States, the invitation to tender scheduled for Thursday 4 November 2004 will not take place for reasons relating to administration and sound management. Article 4(2) should be amended accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The fourth indent of Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘— 11 and 25 November 2004,’.
Member States shall amend their notices of invitation to tender to bring them into line with the amendment in Article 1.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32011R1288 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2011 of 9 December 2011 on the notification of wholesale prices for bananas within the common organisation of agricultural markets
| 10.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/42
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1288/2011
of 9 December 2011
on the notification of wholesale prices for bananas within the common organisation of agricultural markets
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 192 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) 2014/2005 of 9 December 2005 on licences under the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in respect of bananas released into free circulation at the common customs tariff rate of duty (2), is repealed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1287/2011 (3) as from 1 January 2012. Regulation (EC) 2014/2005 contained in its Article 2(1) point (a) provisions on notifications of wholesale prices for yellow bananas.
(2) In order to continue to monitor the banana market, it is appropriate to provide for Member States’ notifications to the Commission as regards wholesale prices for yellow bananas falling within the CN code 0803 90 10, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 of 31 August 2009 laying down detailed rules for the Member States’ notification to the Commission of information and documents in implementation of the common organisation of the markets, the direct payments’ regime, the promotion of agricultural products and the regimes applicable to the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean islands (4).
(3) So as to ensure consistency with the fruit and vegetables sector, is appropriate to record wholesale prices for yellow bananas on the representative markets listed in Annex XVII to Commission 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 (5).
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Member States shall notify the Commission by Wednesday each week of the wholesale prices for yellow bananas falling within the CN code 0803 90 10, broken down by country of origin or group of countries of origin, as recorded the previous week on the representative markets listed in Annex XVII to Regulation (EU) No 543/2011.
The notifications referred to in the first paragraph shall be made in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 792/2009.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
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31997R1204 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1204/97 of 27 June 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3472/85 on the buying in and storage of olive oil by intervention agencies
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1204/97 of 27 June 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3472/85 on the buying in and storage of olive oil by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1581/96 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3472/85 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1509/94 (4), specifies, inter alia, the analysis methods to be used to determine the quality of olive oil offered for intervention;
Whereas, with a view to promoting quality policy and to guaranteeing better control of the quality of olive oil offered for intervention, the analysis methods to be used for that purpose should be supplemented;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3472/85 is hereby amended as follows:
1. points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:
'(a) has checked by means of the methods set out in Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 that the relevant physical and chemical characteristics of the virgin olive oil offered are in conformity to those indicated, for one of the categories of virgin olive oil, in Annex I to that Regulation.`;
2. point (c) becomes point (b).
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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31994D0852 | 94/852/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1994 approving the programme for the eradication and surveillance of bovine brucellosis for 1995 presented by Ireland and fixing the level of the Community' s financial contribution (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1994 approving the programme for the eradication and surveillance of bovine brucellosis for 1995 presented by Ireland and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the English text is authentic) (94/852/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of bovine brucellosis;
Whereas by letter dated 20 July 1994, Ireland has submitted a programme for the eradication of bovine brucellosis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 on laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as last amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community and which was established by Commission Decision 94/769/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health, it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs incurred by Ireland up to a maximum of ECU 4 900 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the eradication of bovine brucellosis presented by Ireland is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1995.
Ireland shall bring into force by 1 January 1995 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred in Ireland by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 4 900 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1996 at the latest.
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31994L0007 | Commission Directive 94/7/EC of 15 March 1994 adapting Council Directive 89/647/EEC on a solvency ratio for credit institutions as regards the technical definition of 'multilateral development banks' (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 94/7/EC of 15 March 1994 adapting Council Directive 89/647/EEC on a solvency ratio for credit institutions as regards the technical definition of 'multilateral development banks' (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/647/EEC of 18 December 1989 on a solvency ratio for credit institutions (1), as amended by Directive 92/30/EEC (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas the Commission has submitted to the Council a proposal for amending the Protocol on the Statute of the European Investment Bank (EIB) empowering the Board of Governors of the EIB to establish a European Investment Fund (EIF);
Whereas the seventh indent of Article 2 (1) of Directive 89/647/EEC defines 'multilateral development banks' in an enumerate manner;
Whereas the European Investment Fund embodies the same main characteristics as the said multilateral development banks; whereas this new multilateral financial institution is European in its basic character and in its membership; whereas it constitutes a new and unique structure of cooperation in Europe in order to contribute to the strengthening of the internal market, the promotion of economic recovery in Europe, and the furthering of economic and social cohesion; whereas for these reasons, the European Investment Fund should be included in the definition of multilateral development banks in Directive 89/647/EEC;
Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Banking Advisory Committee acting as the committee which is to assist the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 9 (2) of Directive 89/647/EEC;
Whereas this Directive is relevant for the European Economic Area (EEA) and the procedure laid down in Article 99 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area has been followed,
The definition of 'multilateral development banks' in the seventh indent of Article 2 (1) of Directive 89/647/EEC shall include the European Investment Fund.
1. Member States shall adopt the measures necessary for them to comply with the provisions of this Directive within six months of the date of the decision of the Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank establishing the European Investment Fund.
When Member States adopt these measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main laws, regulations and administrative provisions which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
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32006R1048 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1048/2006 of 10 July 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2185/2005 opening Community tariff quotas for 2006 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat
| 11.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1048/2006
of 10 July 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 2185/2005 opening Community tariff quotas for 2006 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19 December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2185/2005 (2) provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2006.
(2) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV.6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 (3), approved by Council Decision 2006/106/EC (4), provides for the granting of an additional tariff quota quantity of 136 tonnes (carcass weight) for Australia as from 1 January 2006, which should be added to the quantity available for 2006.
(3) As a result of the negotiations which led to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 (5), approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC (6), the Community undertook to incorporate in its schedule an erga omnes annual import tariff quota of live sheep, other than pure-bred breeding animals of 91 tonnes natural weight (43 tonnes carcass weight). The import tariff quota of live animals of 49 tonnes carcass weight previously attributed to the ‘others’ shall be open to all. The two import tariff quotas of live animals should be summed up to give a total of 92 tonnes carcass weight. The order number of the quota will remain the same.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 2185/2005 should be amended accordingly.
(5) Since the tariff quotas are opened from 1 January 2006, this Regulation should apply retroactively as from the same date.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for sheepmeat and goatmeat,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2185/2005 is replaced by the text 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.
It shall apply from 1 January 2006.
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31968R0246 | Regulation (EEC) No 246/68 of the Commission of 29 February 1968 laying down detailed rules for differentiating between delivery contracts for beet
| REGULATION (EEC) No 246/68 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 February 1968 laying down detailed rules for differentiating between delivery contracts for beet
THE COMMISSION 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, and in particular Article 30 (4) thereof;
Whereas Article 30 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC provides for the adoption of detailed rules for the application of that Article ; whereas to the extent that these rules relate to paragraph 2 of that Article they must take the carry-forward effected pursuant to Article 32 of that Regulation into account;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 206/68 2 of 20 February 1968 laying down outline provisions for contracts and inter-trade agreements on the purchase of beet defines the contracting parties as beet sellers on the one hand and sugar manufacturers on the other ; whereas a seller may sell either beet he has grown himself or beet he has bought from a grower ; whereas, however, in view of the importance of contracts within the quota system, only a contract concluded between a manufacturer and a grower may be regarded as a delivery contract for the purpose of Article 30 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC;
Whereas Article 32 (1) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC provides that a manufacturer may carry forward part of his production to the following marketing year to be treated as part of that year's production ; whereas, consequently, for that marketing year delivery contracts at the minimum price for beet need only be concluded by the manufacturer in respect of the quantity of sugar within his basic quota which has not yet been produced ; whereas, therefore, the requirement referred to in Article 30 (2) of that Regulation should be adjusted in the event of sugar being carried forward;
Whereas to ensure the proper working of the quota system the terms "pre-sowing" and "minimum price" as used in Article 30 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC must be defined;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar;
For the purposes of Article 30 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, a contract concluded between a sugar manufacturer and a beet seller growing his own beet shall be regarded as a delivery contract.
For the purposes of Article 30 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, the basic quota of a manufacturer who carries forward part of his production to the following marketing year pursuant to Article 32 of that Regulation shall be reduced in respect of that year by the quantity carried forward.
Only contracts concluded prior to sowing and - before 1 April in Italy or
- before 1 May in the other Member States
shall be regarded as pre-sowing contracts.
1. The minimum price referred to in Article 30 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be adjusted for each delivery of beet by applying the price increases and reductions fixed pursuant to Article 5 (2) of that Regulation. 1OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1. 2OJ No L 47, 23.2.1968, p. 1.
2. However, where the Italian Republic makes use of the authorisation contained in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 188/68 1 of 15 February 1968 on price increases and reductions for beet, the minimum price shall be that resulting from the application of that Article.
The Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R1276 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2002 of 12 July 2002 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 101st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2002
of 12 July 2002
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 101st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 101st individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July 2002.
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31990L0239 | Council Directive 90/239/EEC of 17 May 1990 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the maximum tar yield of cigarettes
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 17 May 1990
on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the maximum tar yield of cigarettes
(90/239/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas there are differences between the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States on the limitation of the maximum tar yield of cigarettes; whereas such differences are liable to constitute barriers to trade and to impede the establishment and operation of the internal market;
Whereas those obstacles should accordingly be eliminated and whereas to that end the marketing and free movement of cigarettes must be made subject to common rules concerning maximum tar yields;
Whereas such common rules must take due account of public health protection;
Whereas the higher the tar content of smoked tobacco, the greater the risk of lung cancer and whereas the European Council held in Milan on 28 and 29 June 1985 stressed the importance of launching a European action programme against cancer;
Whereas, in their resolution of 7 July 1986 (4), the Council and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council considered that measures to combat smoking were a priority;
Whereas in applying this Directive provision should be made for establishing deadlines which allow, on the one hand, completion to a minimum degree of efficiency of the process of conversion to other varieties which has already begun, and, on the other, consumers and manufacturers to adapt to products with a lower tar yield;
Whereas this Directive contains provisions, which will be reviewed on the basis of experience gained, the development of techniques and medical knowledge in this area, the objective being to achieve greater protection of individuals;
Whereas smokers must always be aware that all cigarettes are harmful to health; whereas it is much more desirable for them to stop smoking rather than to switch to low-tar cigarettes;
Whereas the initiative set out in this Directive will have an even more beneficial effect on public health if it is coupled with health education programmes during the years of compulsory education and with information and public awareness campaigns;
Whereas the introduction of maximum tar yields would result in particular socioeconomic difficulties for the Hellenic Republic; whereas that Member State should be granted, exceptionally, a derogation with regard to the implementation dates laid down for the other Member States,
The objective of this Directive is the harmonization of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the maximum tar yield of cigarettes, taking as a basis a high level of public health protection by the reduction of the health damage caused by tar.
1. For the purposes of this Directive, 'tar' means the raw anhydrous nicotine-free condensate of smoke.
2. The tar yield of cigarettes marketed in the Member States shall not be greater than:
- 15 mg per cigarette as from 31 December 1992, and
- 12 mg per cigarette as from 31 December 1997.
3. For the Hellenic Republic, as a temporary derogation, the limit values and dates of implementation shall be as follows:
- 20 mg until 31 December 1992,
- 18 mg until 31 December 1998,
- 15 mg until 31 December 2000,
- 12 mg until 31 December 2006.
However, this derogation may not be used to justify controls at the Community's internal frontiers.
The tar yield of cigarettes shall be measured according to ISO standards 4387 and 3400. Verification must be carried out according to ISO standard 8243.
Adaptation of this Directive to technical progress shall be limited to the method of measuring tar yields and the method of verification referred to in Article 3.
With a view to the adaptation to technical progress referred to in Article 4, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an advisory nature composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by the Commission representative.
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote.
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State may ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account.
1. The Member States may not, for considerations of limitation of the tar yield of cigarettes, prohibit or restrict the sale of products which comply with this Directive.
2. This Directive shall not otherwise affect the right of the Member States to adopt, in accordance with the Treaty, rules concerning the import, sale and consumption of tobacco products which they deem necessary in order to protect public health, provided such rules do not imply any changes to limits on the tar yield of cigarettes as laid down in this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive within 18 months of its notification (1). They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Products existing at the dates referred to in Article 2 (2) which do not comply with this Directive may continue to be marketed for two years thereafter.
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
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32012R0835 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 835/2012 of 18 September 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Cadmium) Text with EEA relevance
| 19.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 252/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 835/2012
of 18 September 2012
amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Cadmium)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (1), and in particular Article 131 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 494/2011 of 20 May 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Cadmium) (2) modified the scope of the restriction on cadmium and cadmium compounds, introducing provisions applicable to brazing sticks and jewellery in accordance with the risk evaluation and the risk reduction strategies for cadmium and cadmium oxide (3).
(2) Regulation (EU) No 494/2011 furthermore extended the existing restriction on the use of cadmium and cadmium compounds in synthetic organic polymers (plastic material) to all plastic materials, while providing an exception for the use of recovered PVC containing cadmium in the manufacture of certain construction products. This derogation was granted taking into account the discussions in an ad hoc expert meeting on risk management activities under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and the results of the study on Socio-Economic Impact of a Potential Update of the Restrictions on the Marketing and Use of Cadmium in jewelleries, brazing alloys and PVC, published in January 2010 (4). All elements of the restriction were also subject to consultation with the Member States’ competent authorities responsible for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and with stakeholders.
(3) Following the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 494/2011, the Commission was informed of uses of cadmium pigments in certain types of plastics materials, restricted for the first time by Regulation (EU) No 494/2011, where suitable alternatives to the use of cadmium compounds appear not to be available and for which, due to the exceptional circumstances of a limited consultation, further assessment is now appropriate.
(4) The Council Resolution of 25 January 1988 calls for an overall strategy to combat environmental pollution by cadmium, including specific measures to restrict the use of cadmium and stimulate the development of further alternatives to the use of cadmium in pigments, stabilisers and plating, asking for limitation of the uses of cadmium to cases where suitable alternatives do not exist.
(5) The Commission will ask the European Chemicals Agency, in accordance with Article 69 of REACH, to prepare a dossier conforming to the requirements of Annex XV relating to the use of cadmium and cadmium compounds in those types of plastic material that were restricted for the first time by Regulation (EU) No 494/2011, taking full account of the Council Resolution of 25 January 1988.
(6) Until the restriction procedure is finalised, the restriction on the use of cadmium and its compounds should be limited to the types of plastic material listed in entry 23 of Annex XVII before the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 494/2011.
(7) For reasons of legal certainty, this Regulation should apply from 10 December 2011.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 133 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006,
Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 10 December 2011.
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32003R1114 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1114/2003 of 26 June 2003 establishing the quantities to be allocated to importers from the Community quantitative quotas on certain products originating in the People's Republic of China redistributed by Regulation (EC) No 538/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1114/2003
of 26 June 2003
establishing the quantities to be allocated to importers from the Community quantitative quotas on certain products originating in the People's Republic of China redistributed by Regulation (EC) No 538/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) Nos 1765/82, 1766/82 and 3420/83(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 428/2003(2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 138/96(4), and in particular Articles 9 and 13 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 538/2003 of 26 March 2003 redistributing the unused portions of the 2002 quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China(5), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 538/2003 established the portion of each of the quotas concerned reserved for traditional and non-traditional importers and the conditions and methods for participating in the allocation of the quantities available. Importers lodged applications for import licences with the competent national authorities between 28 March 2003 and 3 p.m. Brussels time on 9 May 2003, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 538/2003.
(2) The Commission has received from the Member States, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 538/2003, particulars of the numbers and aggregate volume of import licence applications submitted and the total volume imported by traditional importers in 1998 or 1999, the reference years.
(3) The Commission is now able, on the basis of that information, to establish uniform quantitative criteria by which the competent national authorities may satisfy licence applications submitted by importers in the Member States for the quantitative quotas redistributed by Regulation (EC) No 538/2003.
(4) Examination of the figures supplied by Member States shows that the aggregate volume of applications submitted by traditional importers for the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation exceeds the portion of the quota set aside for them. The applications must therefore be met by applying the uniform rate of reduction shown in Annex I to the imports, expressed in volume terms, of each importer over the reference period.
(5) Examination of the figures supplied by Member States shows that the aggregate volume of applications submitted by non-traditional importers for the products listed in Annex II to this Regulation exceeds the portion of the quota set aside for them. The applications must therefore be met by applying the uniform rate of reduction shown in Annex II to the amounts requested by each importer, as limited by Regulation (EC) No 538/2003.
(6) Quantities not taken up by non-traditional importers were transferred to traditional importers,
In response to licence applications in respect of the products originating in the People's Republic of China listed in Annex I, duly submitted by traditional importers, the competent national authorities shall allocate each importer a quantity equal to his imports for 1998 or 1999, adjusted by the rate of reduction specified in the said Annex for each quota.
Where the use of this quantitative criterion would entail allocating an amount greater than that applied for, the quantity allocated shall be limited to that specified in the application.
In response to licence applications in respect of the products originating in the People's Republic of China listed in Annex II, duly submitted by non-traditional importers, the competent national authorities shall allocate each importer a quantity equal to the amount requested within the limits set by Regulation (EC) No 538/2003, adjusted by the rate of reduction specified in the said Annex for each quota.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32009R0427 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 427/2009 of 20 May 2009 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 21.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 125/73
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 427/2009
of 20 May 2009
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE 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 market and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 164(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 162(1) b of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products referred to in Article 1(1) (s) and listed in Part XIX of Annex 1 to of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these goods are exported in the form of goods listed Part V of the Annex XX to that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(3) In accordance with paragraph 2 (b) of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed for a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.
(4) Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay Round lays down that the export refund for a product contained in a good may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1(1)(s) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, and exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 2009.
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31984R1700 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1700/84 of 18 June 1984 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of certificates of advance fixing of refunds in the pigmeat sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1700/84
of 18 June 1984
laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of certificates of advance fixing of refunds in the pigmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in the pigmeat sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular Articles 15 (6) and 22 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2768/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on pigmeat and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3) provides that the refund may, at the request of the party concerned, be fixed in advance;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 232/83 (4) laid down the list of pigmeat products eligible for the advance fixing of export refunds;
Whereas the special detailed rules for the application of the system of certificates of advance fixing of refunds in the pigmeat sector were laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 858/78 (5); whereas for the sake of clarity and administrative efficiency the said provisions should be adapted in harmony with those applicable in other sectors and form the subject matter of a new Regulation; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 858/78 should therefore be repealed;
Whereas, in particular, in the light of experience gained, advance fixing certificates should be issued only after a period of reflection; whereas the said period should make it possible to assess the state of the market and, if necessary, take special measures particularly with respect to applications pending; whereas for the sake of administrative efficiency the application of this rule should be limited to products of major importance to trade;
Whereas the measures provided for are complementary to those of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 of 3 December 1980 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2666/82 (7);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Certificates of advance fixing of refunds shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of Article 21 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80, until the end of the third month following the month of issue.
The amount of the security in respect of certificates of advance fixing of refunds shall be:
- 6 ECU per 100 kilograms, net weight, for products falling within subheadings 01.03 A II b) and 02.01 A III a) of the Common Customs Tariff,
- 10 ECU per 100 kilograms, net weight, for all other products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 232/83.
1. Where for a product:
- the refund may be fixed in advance only for certain destinations, or
- the refund is fixed at different rates according to destination,
the application for a certificate of advance fixing of the refund and the certificate itself shall indicate the destination in question in section 13.
The certificate shall carry with it:
- in cases covered by the first indent of the first subparagraph, an obligation to export the goods to one of the destinations for which the refund may be fixed in advance, subject to the provisions of the following indent,
- in cases covered by the second indent of the first subparagraph, an obligation to export the goods to one of the destinations for which a rate of refund has been fixed equal to that fixed for the destination indicated in the certificate.
2. Furthermore, when advance fixing of the refund for certain or all destinations is possible only in respect of products covered by part of a subheading of the Common Customs Tariff, section 12 of the application for a certificate and of the certificate itself shall contain the description of that part of the subheading of the Common Customs Tariff, and the tariff number entered in section 8 shall be preceded by the expression 'ex'.
The certificate shall apply only to the product thus described.
Advance fixing certificate for the products listed in the Annex shall be issued on the fifth working day following the day on which the application is lodged, provided that special measures are not taken during the intervening period.
The Member States shall communicate to the Commission:
- for the products listed in the Annex, on Wednesday and Friday of every week, a list of certificates of advance fixing of refunds applied for since the last communication. The first communication shall be made on 4 July 1984 and shall relate to certificates applied for as from 1 July 1984,
- for the products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 232/83, before the 10th day of each month, the quantities, by product, in respect of which certificates of advance fixing of refunds were issued during the preceding calendar month.
The communications covered by the foregoing indents shall specify, where Article 3 (1) is applied, the destination of the products concerned.
1. Regulation (EEC) No 858/78 is hereby repealed.
2. All references to Regulation (EEC) No 858/78 or to any of its Articles in all Community legislation shall be considered as references to this Regulation or the corresponding Articles thereof.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1984.
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31978R1805 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1805/78 of 28 July 1978 on the withdrawal by fruit and vegetable producers' organizations of products not complying with their marketing rules
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1805/78 of 28 July 1978 on the withdrawal by fruit and vegetable producers' organizations of products not complying with their marketing rules
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1154/78 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 15 (1) thereof,
Whereas, with regard to the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the producers' organizations may decide not to offer for sale products conforming to the quality standards but which do not comply with the marketing rules which these organizations have adopted in order to limit the volume of supplies;
Whereas it serves no useful purpose to require that the products in question conform to all the relevant standards relating to packaging and marking;
Whereas this should be taken into account when determining the withdrawal price to be used for calculating the indemnity to be paid to members for the quantities not offered for sale;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Where the second subparagraph of Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 applies, the products which the producers' organizations decide not to offer for sale shall meet at least: - in the case of apples, pears, citrus fruit and cauliflowers, the quality and grading requirements laid down by the quality standards in respect of the classes in operation,
- in the case of tomatoes, table grapes and peaches, the quality, grading and packaging requirements laid down by the quality standards in respect of the classes in operation ; peaches, however, may be presented unlayered in the packaging.
The withdrawal price to be used for calculating the indemnity for products not offered for sale shall be determined by applying to the purchase price the conversion factors fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1203/73 of 4 May 1973 (3).
In addition, in the case of peaches which are presented unlayered in the packaging, a weighting of 0 795 shall be applied.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R0847 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 847/87 of 23 March 1987 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried, dehydrated or evaporated onions falling within subheading 07.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 847/87
of 23 March 1987
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried, dehydrated or evaporated onions falling within subheading 07.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff
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, under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America for the conclusion of negotiations under GATT Article XXIV. 6, as approved by the Council Decision of 30 January 1987, the Community undertook for the period 1987 to 1990, to open an annual Community tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at a duty rate of 10 % for dried, dehydrated or evaporated onions, falling within subheading 07.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas, therefore, this tariff quota should be opened for 1987;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure to all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quota and the application, without interruption, of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up; whereas, in order to safeguard the Community character of this quota, it seems advisable not to allocate the latter among the Member States but to allow them to draw against the quota volume such quantities as they may need under the conditions and according to a procedure to be specified; whereas this method of management requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and inform the Member States thereof;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning the administration of shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. Until 31 December 1987, the Common Customs Tariff duty on the following products shall be suspended at the level and within the limit of a Community tariff quota as shown herewith:
1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Order No // CCT heading No // Description // Amounts of tariff quotas (in tonnes) // Rate of duty (in %) // // // // // // 09.0035 // 07.04 // Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared: // // // // // A. Onions // 12 000 // 10 // // // // //
Within the limit of this tariff quota the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions laid down by the Act of Accession.
2. If an importer notices an imminent importation of the product in question in a Member State and requests the benefit of the quota, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding to its requirements to the extent that the available balance of the reserve so permits.
3. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be valid until the end of the quota period. Article 2
1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 (2) are carried out in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the said goods have access to the quota for such time as the residual balance of the quota volume so permits.
3. Member States shall charge imports of the said goods against their drawings as and when the goods are entered for free circulation.
4. The extent to which the quotas have been used up shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.
Member States and the Commission shall collaborate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 18 March 1987.
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 |
32011R0860 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 860/2011 of 25 August 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 26.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 220/16
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 860/2011
of 25 August 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 August 2011.
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 |
31998R2656 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2656/98 of 9 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 28/97 and assessing requirements for the supply of certain vegetable oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry in the French overseas departments
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2656/98 of 9 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 28/97 and assessing requirements for the supply of certain vegetable oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry in the French overseas departments
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16 December 1991 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas departments (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2598/95 (2), and in particular Article 2(6) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 28/97 of 9 January 1997 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific measures for the supply of certain vegetable oils for the processing industry in the French overseas departments and assessing supply requirements (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2296/98 (4), establishes the supply requirements for those products for 1998;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 requires that supply requirements for agricultural products essential for consumption and processing be established each year; whereas, therefore, the supply requirements of vegetable oils intended for the processing industry in the French overseas departments should be established for 1999; whereas the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 28/97 should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 28/97 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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 |
31989D0549 | 89/549/EEC: Council Decision of 5 April 1989 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of Agreed Minutes between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden on apples and pears negotiated under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
| COUNCIL DECISION of 5 April 1989 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of Agreed Minutes between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden on apples and pears negotiated under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (89/549/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Kingdom of Sweden, in accordance with Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), made known its intention to withdraw the tariff concessions for apples and pears, of which the Community is the main supplier;
Whereas the Commission opened negotiations with the Kingdom of Sweden under Article XXVIII of the GATT; whereas it reached a satisfactory agreement with that country,
The Agreement in the form of Agreed Minutes between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Sweden on apples and pears, negotiated under Article XXVIII of the GATT, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall notify the Kingdom of Sweden of the approval laid down by the Agreement. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32001R0961 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 961/2001 of 17 May 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 961/2001
of 17 May 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May 2001.
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 |
32010R1040 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1040/2010 of 16 November 2010 amending Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 as regards the quantitative limits of certain steel products from the Russian Federation
| 17.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 299/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1040/2010
of 16 November 2010
amending Annex V to Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 as regards the quantitative limits of certain steel products from the Russian Federation
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 of 22 October 2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Community and the Russian Federation signed an agreement on trade in certain steel products on 26 October 2007 (2) (the Agreement).
(2) Article 3(3) of the Agreement provides that unused quantities for a given year may be carried over to the following year up to a maximum of 7 % of the relevant quantitative limit set out in Annex II to the Agreement.
(3) Russia has, as in 2009, notified the European Union of its intent to make use of the provisions in Article 3(3) within the time limits set by the Agreement. It is appropriate to make the necessary adjustments to the quantitative limits for the year 2010 resulting from Russia’s request.
(4) Article 10 stipulates that with each yearly renewal, quantities in every product group shall be increased by 2,5 %.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 should be amended accordingly,
The quantitative limits for the year 2010 set out in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 are replaced by those set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
The quantitative limits for the year 2011 resulting from the application of Article 10(1) of the 2007 Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997R1654 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1654/97 of 20 August 1997 concerning the stopping of fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of France
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1654/97 of 20 August 1997 concerning the stopping of fishing for common sole 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 686/97 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 390/97 of 20 December 1996 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 711/97 (4), provides for common sole quotas for 1997;
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 common sole in the waters of ICES division VII f and g by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have reached the quota allocated for 1997; whereas France has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 25 July 1997; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division VII f and g by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 1997.
Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES division VII f and g by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 25 July 1997.
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 |
32001R1673 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1673/2001 of 21 August 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1673/2001
of 21 August 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 August 2001.
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 |
32002R1626 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1626/2002 of 12 September 2002 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1626/2002
of 12 September 2002
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye to all third countries excluding Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2002(6).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 6 to 12 September 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 900/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 September 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0315 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 315/2008 of 4 April 2008 amending Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of rapid tests (Text with EEA relevance)
| 5.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 94/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 315/2008
of 4 April 2008
amending Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of rapid tests
(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 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 23 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in animals. It applies to the production and placing on the market of live animals and products of animal origin and in certain specific cases to exports thereof.
(2) Point 4 of Chapter C of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 sets out a list of rapid tests approved for the monitoring of TSEs in bovine, ovine and caprine animals.
(3) On 30 August 2007, a laboratory informed the Commission that it will cease marketing the approved rapid test for the monitoring of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). It is therefore appropriate to delete that test (Institut Pourquier Speed’it BSE) from the list of rapid tests for the monitoring of BSE in bovine animals in Chapter C of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 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,
In Chapter C of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, point 4 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32007D0883 | 2007/883/EC: Council Decision of 20 December 2007 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta
| 29.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 346/20
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 December 2007
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta
(2007/883/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to Article 27(1) thereof,
Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2007/17 of the European Central Bank of 29 November 2007 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta (1),
Whereas:
(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2) Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2007/504/EC of 10 July 2007 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Malta of the single currency on 1 January 2008 (2), Malta now fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro and the derogation in favour of Malta referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession should be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2008.
(3) Pursuant to Article 20 of the amended Central Bank of Malta Act, which enters into force on 1 January 2008, the annual financial statements of the Central Bank of Malta are audited in accordance with Article 27 of the ESCB Statute.
(4) Following the abrogation of the derogation for Malta, the Governing Council of the ECB recommended that the Council approve PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young as the external auditors of the Bank of Malta for the financial year 2008.
(5) It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (3) accordingly,
The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC:
‘15. PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young are hereby approved as the joint external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta for the financial year 2008.’
This Decision shall be communicated to the European Central Bank.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R1280 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1280/2007 of 30 October 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 31.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 285/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1280/2007
of 30 October 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 31 October 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008D0604 | 2008/604/EC: Commission Decision of 22 July 2008 on the appointment of members of the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings
| 23.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 194/12
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 July 2008
on the appointment of members of the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings
(2008/604/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision 2007/675/EC of 17 October 2007 setting up the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The group of experts should be composed of 21 members.
(2) The members of the group of experts should be appointed from specialists with expertise and experience in the fight against trafficking in human beings, including its labour dimension.
(3) Up to 11 members taken from administrations of the Member States should be appointed by the Commission on the proposal of Member States.
(4) Up to 5 members taken from inter-governmental, international and non-governmental organisations active at European level, up to 4 members taken from social partners and employers' associations operating at European level, and up to 2 members taken from individuals with experience deriving from academic research should be appointed by the Commission from among those who have responded to the call for applications.
(5) The Commission published a call for applications with a view to listing candidates to make up the group of experts on 19 January 2008 (2).
(6) The Commission has conducted a selection procedure on the applications received. When assessing applications, the Commission has taken into account the criteria listed in the call for applications, and in particular under point 2 thereof.
(7) It is advisable that the group of experts should include four additional members taken from inter-governmental, international and non-governmental organisations active at European level, to compensate for the lack of applications received from social partners and employers' associations operating at European level, so as to ensure a balanced topical and geographical representation and to make up the total of 21 members originally envisaged.
(8) One member of the group has been appointed by Europol,
Decision 2007/675/EC is amended as follows:
, paragraph 2 letter (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b) inter-governmental, international and non-governmental organisations active at European level with well documented expertise and experience in the area of trafficking in human beings (up to 9 members)’.
The Commission appoints the following members of the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings:
1. Members appointed pursuant to Article 3 paragraph 2, letter (a) of Commission Decision 2007/675/EC:
Mr Jan AUSTAD
Mr Sandi ČURIN
Ms Rita THEODOROU SUPERMAN
Mr Luís GOUVEIA
Ms Jelena KAMINSKA
Mr Glynn RANKIN
Ms Bärbel Heide UHL
Mr Floris VAN DIJK
Ms Kajsa WAHLBERG
2. Members appointed pursuant to Article 3 paragraph 2, letter (b), of Commission Decision 2007/675/EC, as amended by the present Decision:
Ms Antonia BALKANSKA LAVINE
Ms Stana BUCHOWSKA
Mr Marco BUFO
Ms Muireann O BRIAIN
Mr Martijn PLUIM
Ms Evelyn PROBST
Ms Klara SKRIVANKOVA
Ms Patsy SÖRENSEN
Ms Liliana SORRENTINO
3. Members appointed pursuant to Article 3 paragraph 2, letter (e), of Commission Decision 2007/675/EC:
Mr Ryszard PIOTROWICZ
Ms Georgina VAZ CABRAL
The Commission takes note of the appointment of Mr Steve HARVEY by Europol as member of the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human beings pursuant to Article 3 paragraph 2, letter (d) and paragraph 3 of Commission Decision 2007/675/EC.
Members of the Group of Experts are appointed in a personal capacity for a 3-year renewable period.
Following the selection procedure, applicants deemed suitable candidates for membership in the group, but who are not appointed to be members of the Group of Experts shall be placed on a reserve list with their consent.
The names of members appointed shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32013R1015 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1015/2013 of 22 October 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 23.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 281/4
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1015/2013
of 22 October 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.
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 |
32006R1418 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2006 of 26 September 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 fixing the export refunds in the wine sector
| 27.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 267/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1418/2006
of 26 September 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 fixing the export refunds in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Articles 63(3) and 64(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 63(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, to the extent necessary to enable the products listed in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) of that Regulation to be exported on the basis of the prices for those products on the world market and within the limits of the Agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty, the difference between those prices and the prices in the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Under Article 64(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the amounts and destinations for refunds are to be fixed periodically taking account of the existing situation and likely trends with regard to the prices and availability of the products concerned on the Community market and the world market prices for those products.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 (2) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wines,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 September 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32009D0566 | 2009/566/EC: Commission Decision of 27 July 2009 amending Decision 2008/721/EC as regards indemnities paid to members of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment (notified under document number C(2009) 5767)
| 28.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 196/61
COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 July 2009
amending Decision 2008/721/EC as regards indemnities paid to members of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment
(notified under document number C(2009) 5767)
(2009/566/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 152 and 153 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 19 of Commission Decision 2008/721/EC of 5 September 2008 setting up an advisory structure of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and repealing Decision 2004/210/EC (1) states that members of the Scientific Committees, scientific advisors from the Pool and external experts shall be entitled to an indemnity for their participation in the meetings of the Committees, thematic workshops, working groups and other meetings and events organised by the Commission, and for serving as Rapporteur on a specific question.
(2) Annex III to Decision 2008/721/EC fixes at EUR 300 the indemnity for each full day of participation, at EUR 150 the indemnity for participating in a morning or afternoon meeting, and at EUR 300 the indemnity for acting as Rapporteur. The latter may be increased at EUR 600 where fully justified and subject to availability of budget for questions which are particularly demanding in terms of workload.
(3) That Annex also states that the Commission will regularly assess the need to adapt these indemnities in light of prices indexes, the evaluation of indemnities paid to experts in other European bodies and the experience on the workload for members, associated members, other scientific advisors and external experts. The first assessment should take place in 2009.
(4) The current level of indemnities was fixed in 1997 for the members and experts of the predecessors of the Scientific Committees in question and has not been re-evaluated since then. The daily indemnity adapted taking into account the consumer prices increase in the period 1997-2008 based on the Consumer Price Index Data of Eurostat would be of EUR 381,50 This amount should be rounded up to EUR 385.
(5) The distinction between full day and half day meetings should be eliminated in order to take into account travelling and transport time.
(6) In light of experience, the workload for Rapporteurs depends substantially on the complexity and duration of the activities needed to complete the opinion, taking into account the complexity of the issue, the availability and accessibility of data, the amount of literature to be examined, the need for collaboration with other bodies and the extent and complexity of stakeholder and public consultations required. The current two levels for the Rapporteur indemnity do not reflect the actual range of situations and therefore a wider modulation of the Rapporteur indemnity should be introduced,
Annex III to Decision 2008/721/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0868 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/2007 of 23 July 2007 entering a designation in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ( Miel de Galicia or Mel de Galicia (PGI))
| 24.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 868/2007
of 23 July 2007
entering a designation in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Miel de Galicia or Mel de Galicia (PGI))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 6(2) and pursuant to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Spanish application to register the name Miel de Galicia or Mel de Galicia was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) Germany and Italy submitted an objection to the registration under Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. In their objections, Germany and Italy stated that the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 had not been fulfilled and that in particular the link between the product and the geographical area was not demonstrated to the requisite legal standard and was thus insufficient to satisfy the definition of a geographical indication. In addition, Germany pointed out that certain elements contained in the product specification were likely to be in breach of Council Directive 2001/110/EC on honey of 20 December 2001 (3), in particular the option of adding dried fruit to the honey, which according to Germany was not in compliance with the definition of ‘honey’ given in the Directive.
(3) In a letter of 16 November 2005 the Commission asked the Member States concerned to seek agreement amongst themselves in accordance with their internal procedures.
(4) Given that no agreement was reached between Spain, Germany and Italy within the designated time frame, the Commission must adopt a decision in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006.
(5) Following consultation between Spain, Germany and Italy, details have been added to the product specification of the designations in question. With respect to the product description, honey containing dried fruit was removed from the product specification. Furthermore, the link between the product and the defined geographical area was emphasised, highlighting the reputation the product enjoys and detailing the natural characteristics of the geographical area, which make the product concerned unique and distinguish it from honeys produced in other geographical areas.
(6) In the Commission’s opinion, the amended version of the product specification is fully in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 510/2006.
(7) In light of the above, the designation must be entered into the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Protected Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of Origin,
The designation contained in Annex I to this Regulation shall be entered in the register.
A summary of the main points of the specification is given in Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R1544 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1544/2003 of 29 August 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1544/2003
of 29 August 2003
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002(4). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling EUR 28,402/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 August 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32009R0077 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 77/2009 of 26 January 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe
| 27.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 23/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 77/2009
of 26 January 2009
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 of 19 February 2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 lists the persons covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) Common Position 2008/68/CFSP of 26 January 2009 (2) amends the Annex to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP (3). Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 should, therefore, be amended accordingly.
(3) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately,
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 is hereby 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.
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 |
31992R3735 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3735/92 of 22 December 1992 restricting the application in Greece of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3735/92 of 22 December 1992 restricting the application in Greece of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1869/92 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 12 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 12 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 provides that, where there is an impending risk of grubbing up on a vast scale and the Council has not yet taken a decision, operation of the permanent abandonment scheme may be suspended or limited in order to prevent a manifest imbalance between Member States in its impact;
Whereas over the three wine years 1988/89 to 1990/91 grubbing premiums were granted on 13 792 hectares of vines, of which 8 193 hectares produced grapes for drying; whereas this amounted to 8,4 % of the total area under vines in Greece; whereas the average grubbing rate over the same period in Spain, France and Italy was less than 4 %; whereas for the 1991/92 wine year the estimated area abandoned in Greece is more than 5 000 hectares; whereas this trend continues, since the premium amounts are relatively more attractive in Greece than in the rest of the Community and Greek vineyards are under attack by phylloxera; whereas this very rapid development is destabilizing both socially and economically;
Whereas the present Regulation is taken as an emergency measures pending a decision by the Council;
Whereas account should be taken of the situation of producers who have already submitted an application and made provision for grubbing to be carried out,
Application of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 is suspended in Greece until the end of the 1992/93 wine year for the grape varieties:
- Soyltanina (Soultanina),
- Korinthiaki (Korinthiaki).
Greece shall accept as valid applications lodged before the entry into force of this Regulation if the applicant can show to the satisfaction of the competent authority that he has already made provision for grubbing to take place.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R2206 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2206/98 of 14 October 1998 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2178/95 by deleting the tariff ceilings applicable for textile products originating in Latvia and Lithuania
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2206/98 of 14 October 1998 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2178/95 by deleting the tariff ceilings applicable for textile products originating in Latvia and Lithuania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2178/95 of 8 August 1995 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings for certain industrial and fishery products originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas and ceilings (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 (2), and in particular 6(1) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2178/95 has opened the tariff ceilings for textile products originating in Lithuania and Latvia and listed in its Annex IV, and has established a Community surveillance system for preferential imports in the framework of these ceilings;
Whereas Council Decision 98/137/EC (3) provides for the provisional application, from 1 January 1998, of the Additional Protocol in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Communities and the Republic of Lithuania and the Europe Agreement between the Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Lithuania (4) and the Additional Protocol in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Latvia to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Communities and the Republic of Latvia and the Europe Agreement between the Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Latvia (5), hereinafter referred to as 'the Additional Protocols`; whereas in its Decision of 13 July 1998 (6), the Council has approved these protocols on behalf of the Community;
Whereas the Additional Protocols stipulate in their paragraphs 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 that customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to textile products originating in Lithuania and Latvia listed in Chapters 50 to 63 of the Combined Nomenclature shall be abolished on 1 January 1998 and that Annex VI to the Free Trade Agreement and Europe Agreement with Lithuania shall be abolished and Annex V to the Free Trade Agreement and Europe Agreement with Latvia shall also be abolished;
Whereas it is therefore appropriate to amend Regulation (EC) No 2178/95 accordingly; whereas that Regulation will henceforth only apply to tariff quotas and all references to tariff ceilings should therefore be deleted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Regulation (EC) No 2178/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the title shall be replaced by the following:
'Council Regulation (EC) No 2178/95 of 8 August 1995 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial and fishery products originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and establishing the detailed provisions for adapting these quotas`;
2. in Article 1, 'or ceilings` shall be deleted;
3. Article 3 shall be deleted;
4. in Article 6(2):
- in the second indent, 'or ceiling` shall be deleted,
- in the third indent, 'or ceilings` shall be deleted;
5. Annex IV shall be deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31987R1305 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1305/87 of 11 May 1987 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of outboard motors originating in Japan
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1305/87
of 11 May 1987
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain imports of outboard motors originating in Japan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted after consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation,
Whereas,
A. Procedure
(1) On 26 November 1985, the Commission reopened the anti-dumping investigation concerning outboard motors originating in Japan following a request for review lodged by Community producers representing a major proportion of the Community production of outboard motors (2). The request for review contained evidence of renewed dumping and renewed injury caused thereby which was considered sufficient to warrant the reopening of the investigation. The products referred to in the request for review are outboard motors up to and including 63 kW (85 hp) falling within subheading ex 84.06 B of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE codes 84.06-10 and ex 84.06-12.
(2) The Commission officially so advised the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting countries and the complainant and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing.
All but one of the Community producers, the exporter concerned and some importers, as well as two associations representing boat builders and users, made their views known in writing. In addition, one Community producer and all the exporters concerned requested, and were granted, a hearing.
(3) The Commission sought and verified all information it considered necessary and carried out investigations at the premises of the following:
EEC producers:
- Outboard Marine Belgium SA, Bruges, Belgium
- Outboard Marine Deutschland GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
- Outboard Marine France, Paris, France
- Outboard Marine UK, Northampton, United Kingdom
- Selva SpA, Tirano, Italy
Exporters:
- Honda Motor Co, Tokyo, Japan
- Suzuki Motor Co, Hamamatsu, Japan
- Tohatsu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
- Yamaha Motor Co, Hamamatsu, Japan
Importers:
- Honda Deutschland GmbH, Offenbach, Germany
- Marine Power Europe Inc., Verviers, Belgium
- Suzuki Deutschland GmbH, Heppenheim, Germany
- Yamaha Motor Europe NV, Uithoorn, Netherlands
- Yamaha Motor France, Paris, France
- Yamaha Motor Netherlands, Uithoorn, Netherlands
- Mitsui Machinery Sales (UK) Ltd, Chessington, United Kingdom
The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 January to 31 October 1985.
B. Scope of the investigaiton
(4) The Commission found that, during the investigation period, by far the largest of the Community producers ceased producing outboard motors of above 18,5 kW (25 hp). The only other complainant Community producer produces relatively small quantities of outboard motors of more than 18,5 kW and in 1985 accounted for less than 5 % of total Community production of such motors. The Commission, consequently, did not find it appropriate to cover, in its investigation, outboard motors of up to 63 kW (85 hp) as was requested in the application for review.
(5) It was, however, considered reasonable for the present investigation to cover outboard motors of up to 26 kW (35 hp), since those motors closely resemble 18,5 kW outboard motors with regard to motor capacity, design, weight and technical features.
(6) This limitation of the scope of the investigation may be confirmed (cf. also recital 29).
C. Normal value
(7) For Honda Motor Co and Yamaha Motor Co the Commission established the normal value on the basis of domestic prices actually paid or payable in the ordinary course of trade for the like product, since these prices were shown to be profitable.
(8) For Suzuki Motor Co and Tohatsu Corporation the Commission determined the normal value on the basis of constructed value, since the sales of these two companies on the domestic market did not provide a sufficient basis for the calculation of normal value. The constructed value was determined by adding the cost of production, including a reasonable amount for selling, administrative and other general expenses, and a reasonable margin of profit.
D. Export price
(9) Export prices were determined by the Commission on the basis of the prices actually paid or payable for the products sold for export to the Community.
(10) Where exports were made to subsidiary companies in the Community, the Commission constructed the export prices on the basis of the prices at which the imported product was first resold to an independent buyer, suitably adjusted to take account of all costs incurred between importation and resale, including customs duty, and of a profit margin of 5 % considered reasonable in the light of the profit margins of independent importers of the product concerned.
E. Comparison
(11) In comparing normal value with export prices, the Commission took account, where appropriate, of differences affecting price comparability, in particular discounts and rebates, credit terms, transport, insurance, handling, packing and salesmen's salaries. Due allowance for such differences was made where claims in these areas could be satisfactorily demonstrated. All comparisons were made at ex-works level and for each individual transaction.
F. Margins
(12) The above examination of the facts shows the existence of dumping in respect of all exporters involved, the margin of dumping being equal to the amount by which the normal value as established exceeds the price for export to the Community.
(13) These margins vary according to the exporter, the importing Member State and the type of outboard motor concerned, the weighted average margin for each of the exporters investigated being as follows:
- Honda Motor Co: 16,2 %,
- Suzuki Motor Co: 51,6 %,
- Tohatsu Corporation 43,3 %,
- Yamaha Motor Co: 53,2 %.
(14) The above findings with regard to dumping may be confirmed.
G. Injury
(15) In 1983, after having carried out an anti-dumping investigation, the Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 1500/83 (1), established that dumped imports of outboard motors originating in Japan had caused injury to the Community industry concerned and that protective measures were necessary. The Commission subsequently, by Decision 83/452/EEC (2), accepted undertakings by most of the exporters concerned with a view to eliminating the injury by voluntary price increases for the exported products. For all other exporters a definitive anti-dumping duty was imposed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2809/83 (3).
(16) The Commission found that, while these measures contributed to an improvement of the position of the Community producers of outboard motors in 1984, the situation of this industry deteriorated again in 1985. It is still characterized by low capacity utilization, considerable losses and high import penetration.
(17) With regard to the renewed injury caused by the dumped imports the evidence available to the Commission shows, more specifically, that imports of outboard motors into the Community from Japan fell from 67 204 units in 1983 to 46 654 units in 1984, but increased again to 56 577 units in 1985. This resurgence represents an increase of 21 % in one year.
(18) At the same time, consumption of outboard motors within the Community fell from 161 209 units in 1983 to 127 959 units in 1984, but increased again to 137 465 units in 1985, i.e. by 7,4 %. Consequently, the market share in the Community held by outboard motors imported from Japan, having fallen from 41,7 % in 1983 to 36,5 % in 1984, went up again to 41,2 % in 1985.
(19) The market share held by Community producers of outboard motors during that three year period went up from 50,3 % to 53,4 % but decreased again to 53,2 %.
(20) With regard to the prices at which the dumped imports from Japan were sold within the Community during the investigation period, clear cases of price undercutting were found in some instances only. It was found that, in view of the fact that imports from Japan were regaining market share, the Community industry was unable to raise its prices above the price levels set out in the undertakings accepted in 1983. From 1984, however, these prices proved to be insufficient substantially to remedy the injury suffered by the Community producers.
(21) As a result, the Community outboard motor industry continued to incur losses, which increased, in particular, in 1985. Furthermore, employment in this industry decreased by another 7 % from 1983 to 1985 and declined by another 20 % due to dismissals already notified to personnel during the investigation period.
(22) The Commission considered whether injury has been caused by other factors, in particular the volume of imports of outboard motors from other third countries. It was found, however, that those imports declined from 12 964 units in 1983 to 7 612 units in 1985 with a consequent reduction in market share from 8 % to 5,6 %. The Commission, therefore, determined that the effects of the dumped imports of outboard motors originating in Japan, taken in isolation, have to be considered as constituting material injury to the Community industry concerned.
(23) The above findings with regard to injury may be confirmed.
H. Community interest
(24) During the course of its investigation the Commission received submissions from two associations representing boat builders in two of the Member States. Those submissions warned, in general terms, against the negative effects on the boat building industry of any price increase for outboard motors.
(25) The Commission asked both associations further to substantiate their arguments, in particular with regard to exact figures relating, e.g. to price increases for boats, the development of price ratios between boats and outboard motors as well as financial losses and reduction in employment. The subsequent replies did not provide such figures, but only reiterated the general concern and pointed to the adverse effect of protective measures on importers of, and dealers in, outboard motors.
(26) In weighing these arguments, which remained unsubstantiated for the most part, against the serious difficulties still facing the Community outboard motor industry, the Council has come to the conclusion that it is in the Community's interest that action be taken.
I. Undertakings
(27) The exporters concerned were informed of the main findings of the investigation and commented on them. Unterdakings were subsequently offered by Honda Motor Co, Suzuki Motor Co, Tohatsu Corporation, including undertakings offered by Marine Power Europe Inc and Nissan Motor Nederland BV on behalf of Tohatsu Corporation, and Yamaha Motor Co, including an undertaking by Marine Power Europe Inc on behalf of Yamaha Motor Co.
These undertakings, which provide for price increases sufficient to eliminate injury to the Community industry, have been accepted by Commission Decision 87/210/EEC (1).
J. Definitive duty
(28) In the light of the above determination of the facts and in view of the possibility that exports of the product concerned to the Community might be taken up by exporters not presently covered by undertakings, the Council finds it appropriate to retain the definitive duty introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 2809/83. The investigation has shown
that, in order to allow Community producers a reasonable return on their sales of outboard motors, price increases of up to 22 % are necessary for outboard motors exported in the Community from Japan. Consequently, the Council determines that the rate of the definitive duty should remain at 22 % of the cif price, duty unpaid.
(29) Following a reduction in the model range proceeded by the Community industry, the scope of the present investigation has been limited to outboard motors of up to 26 kW (35 hp) as set out in recitals 4 to 6 above. Therefore, the definitive duty should apply to outboard motors of up to 26 kW (35 hp) only.
(30) In view of the new facts established during the present investigation, Regulation (EEC) No 2809/83 should be replaced by this Regulation.
1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of outboard motors up to and including 26 kW (35 hp) falling within subheading ex 84.06 B of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE codes 84.06-10 and ex 84.06-12, and originating in Japan.
2. The amount of the duty shall be equal to 22 % of the cif price, duty unpaid.
3. Imports of outboard motors manufactured and exported by Honda Motor Company Ltd, Suzuki Motor Co Ltd, Tohasu Corporation, including outboard motors imported under the brand names Mercury and Nissan, and Yamaha Motor Company Ltd, including outboard motors imported under the brand name Mariner, are excluded from the scope of the anti-dumping duty.
4. The provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Regulation (EEC) No 2809/83 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32000R1511 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1511/2000 of 12 July 2000 setting the intervention threshold for apples for the 2000/01 marketing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1511/2000
of 12 July 2000
setting the intervention threshold for apples for the 2000/01 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 27(1) and (2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides that an intervention threshold is to be set if the market in a product listed in Annex II thereto is suffering or at risk of suffering from widespread structural imbalances giving or liable to give rise to too large a volume of withdrawals.
(2) An intervention threshold for apples was set for the 1999/2000 marketing year in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1541/1999(3). Since the conditions laid down in the abovementioned Article 27 continue to be met for that product, an intervention threshold for apples should be set for the 2000/01 marketing year.
(3) The intervention threshold for apples should be set on the basis of a percentage of the average quantity of produce, intended for consumption fresh, of the last five marketing years for which data are available. The period to be taken into account for assessing the overrun of the threshold should also be determined.
(4) Pursuant to the abovementioned Article 27, an overrun of the intervention threshold results in a reduction in the Community withdrawal compensation in the marketing year following the year in which the threshold is exceeded. The consequences of such an overrun should be determined and a reduction in proportion to the size of the overrun set.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
1. The intervention threshold for apples for the 2000/01 marketing year shall be 486900 tonnes.
2. Any overrun of the intervention threshold shall be assessed on the basis of withdrawals effected between 1 June 2000 and 31 May 2001.
If the quantity of apples subject to withdrawals during the period laid down in Article 1(2) exceeds the threshold laid down in Article 1(1), the Community withdrawal compensation set under Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the following marketing year shall be reduced in proportion to the size of the overrun based on the production used to calculate the relevant threshold.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31975R3422 | Regulation (EEC) No 3422/75 of the Council of 18 December 1975 on the application of Decisions 1/75 and 2/75 of the EEC-Iceland Joint Committee concerning the methods of administrative cooperation
| REGULATION (EEC) No 3422/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 18 December 1975 on the application of Decisions 1/75 and 2/75 of the EEC-Iceland Joint Committee concerning the methods of administrative cooperation
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 (1) between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 April 1973;
Whereas pursuant to Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, which is an integral part of that Agreement, the Joint Committee adopted on 2 December 1975 Decisions 1/75 and 2/75 concerning the methods of administrative cooperation;
Whereas it is necessary to give effect within the Community to those Decisions,
For the purpose of applying the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland, Decisions 1/75 and 2/75 of the Joint Committee annexed hereto shall apply within the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1976.
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32001R1389 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1389/2001 of 9 July 2001 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1389/2001
of 9 July 2001
on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security(1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organisations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage.
(2) Following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries.
(3) It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid(2). It is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs.
(4) In order to ensure that the supplies are carried out for a given lot, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to mobilise either rapeseed oil or sunflower oil. The contract for the supply of each such lot is to be awarded to the tenderer submitting the lowest tender,
Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil produced in the Community. Mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward processing arrangements.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32014R0896 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 896/2014 of 18 August 2014 repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2013 establishing measures in respect of the Faroe islands to ensure the conservation of the Atlanto-Scandian herring stock
| 19.8.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 244/10
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 896/2014
of 18 August 2014
repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2013 establishing measures in respect of the Faroe islands to ensure the conservation of the Atlanto-Scandian herring stock
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2013 of 20 August 2013 establishing measures in respect of the Faeroe Islands to ensure the conservation of the Atlanto-Scandian herring stock (2) identifies the Faroe Islands as a country allowing non-sustainable fishing and adopts certain measures regarding the fishery for Atlanto-Scandian herring and its associated species, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012.
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 provides that such measures shall cease to apply when the country allowing non-sustainable fishing adopts, autonomously or within consultations, appropriate corrective measures for the conservation and management of the stock of common interest which do not undermine the effect of measures taken by the Union.
(3) By announcement of the Faroese Minister for Fisheries of 12 June 2014, the Faroe Islands have adopted a catch limit of 40 000 t of herring for 2014, a figure which, in absolute and relative terms, is well below the catch limit of 105 230 t adopted for 2013. This would increase by 4,4 % the overall TAC for 2014 proposed by the other coastal States under the existing long-term management plan.
(4) According to the most recent scientific advice, the estimated effect of this increase in catch in 2014 on the biomass of herring by the beginning of 2015 would only be 0,4 %, a figure that can be considered non-significant in terms of conservation of the stock.
(5) The corrective measure adopted by the Faroe Islands, when taken together with the shares adopted jointly by the other coastal States, i.e. Russian Federation, Norway, Iceland and the Union, will not therefore undermine the conservation efforts agreed between the EU and the other coastal States.
(6) As a consequence, the measures adopted by the Commission under Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2013 should cease to apply in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1026/2012. Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2013 should thus be repealed.
(7) As continuing the application of those measures is not required, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication.
(8) This is without prejudice to the future quotas to be set by the Faroe Islands or to the forthcoming coastal state consultations on the joint management of Atlanto-Scandian herring.
(9) The Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture did not deliver an opinion,
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2013 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31984R1645 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1645/84 of 8 June 1984 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on certain articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather, falling within subheadings 42.03 A, B II and III, and C and originating in Uruguay, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1645/84
of 8 June 1984
re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on certain articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather, falling within subheadings 42.03 A, B II and III, and C and originating in Uruguay, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C, other than those listed in column 4 of Annex A, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex A; whereas, as provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of certain articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather falling within subheadings 42.03 A, B II and III, and C, the individual ceiling was fixed at 3 990 000 ECU; whereas, on 4 June 1984, imports of these products into the Community originating in Uruguay reached that ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst;
Whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Uruguay,
As from 16 June 1984, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Uruguay:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 42.03 (NIMEXE code 42.03-10, 25, 27, 28, 51, 59) // Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather: A. Articles of apparel B. Gloves, including mittens and mitts: II. Special for sports III. Other C. Other clothing accessories // //
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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32012R0970 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 970/2012 of 19 October 2012 fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences for olive oil lodged from 15 to 16 October 2012 under the Tunisian tariff quota and suspending the issue of import licences for the month of October 2012
| 20.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 290/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 970/2012
of 19 October 2012
fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences for olive oil lodged from 15 to 16 October 2012 under the Tunisian tariff quota and suspending the issue of import licences for the month of October 2012
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(1) and (2) of Protocol No 1 (3) to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part (4), opens a tariff quota at a zero rate of duty for imports of untreated olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90, wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported direct from that country to the European Union, up to the limit laid down for each year.
(2) Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 of 20 December 2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quota for olive oil originating in Tunisia (5) lays down monthly quantitative limits for the issue of import licences.
(3) Import licence applications have been submitted to the competent authorities under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 in respect of a total quantity exceeding the limit laid down for the month of October in Article 2(2) of that Regulation.
(4) In these circumstances, the Commission must set an allocation coefficient allowing import licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available.
(5) Since the limit for the month of October has been reached, no more import licences can be issued for that month,
The quantities for which import licence applications were lodged for 15 to 16 October 2012 under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 0,635338 %.
The issue of import licences in respect of amounts applied for as from 22 October 2012 shall be suspended for October 2012.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October 2012.
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32007L0039 | Commission Directive 2007/39/EC of 26 June 2007 amending Annex II to Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for diazinon (Text with EEA relevance)
| 27.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/25
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/39/EC
of 26 June 2007
amending Annex II to Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for diazinon
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rapporteur Member State informed the Commission that it might be necessary to revise the MRLs for diazinon in Directive 90/642/EEC in the light of concerns about consumer intake. Proposals for the review of Community MRLs were submitted to the Commission.
(2) Community MRLs and the levels recommended by the Codex Alimentarius are fixed and evaluated following similar procedures. There are a number Codex MRLs for diazinon. The Community MRLs based on Codex MRLs have also been evaluated by the rapporteur Member State in the light of the new information on the risk for the consumers.
(3) The lifetime and short-term exposure of consumers to diazinon 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 (2). On that basis, it is appropriate to fix new MRLs, which will ensure that there is no unacceptable consumer exposure.
(4) Where relevant, the acute exposure of consumers to diazinon 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.
(5) It is therefore necessary to modify the MRLs set out in Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC, to allow for proper surveillance and control of the prohibition of their uses and to protect the consumer.
(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) Annex II to Directive 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,
Directive 90/642/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 27 December 2007 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 28 December 2007.
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 on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32009D0073 | 2009/73/EC: Commission Decision of 17 December 2008 amending Decision 2007/589/EC as regards the inclusion of monitoring and reporting guidelines for emissions of nitrous oxide (notified under document number C(2008) 8040) Text with EEA relevance
| 28.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 24/18
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 December 2008
amending Decision 2007/589/EC as regards the inclusion of monitoring and reporting guidelines for emissions of nitrous oxide
(notified under document number C(2008) 8040)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/73/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (1), and in particular Articles 14(1) and 24(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The complete, consistent, transparent and accurate monitoring and reporting of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in accordance with the guidelines laid down in this Decision are fundamental for the operation of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme (EU ETS) established by Directive 2003/87/EC in relation to installations included in the EU ETS pursuant to Article 24 of that Directive in respect of their emissions of N2O.
(2) The monitoring and reporting guidelines set out in the Commission Decision 2007/589/EC of 18 July 2007 establishing guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) do not cover emissions of N2O.
(3) The Netherlands have applied to include N2O emissions from nitric acid plants in the EU ETS for the period 2008-2012.
(4) Specific guidelines for the determination of N2O emissions by continuous emission measurement systems should therefore be added.
(5) The global warming potential of 1 tonne of N2O for emissions during the period 2008-2012 should be considered to be equivalent to 310 tonnes of carbon dioxide, which is the value provided in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Second Assessment Report (1995 IPCC GWP value). This value should be used in order for there to be absolute consistency between reports by installations and by Member States reporting their national emissions inventories under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.
(6) Decision 2007/589/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,
Amendments to Decision 2007/589/EC
Decision 2007/589/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Article 1, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
2. in the Table of Annexes, the following entry is added:
‘Annex XIII:
3. Annex I is amended as set out in Part A of the Annex to this Decision;
4. Annex XIII is added as set out in Part B of the Annex to this Decision.
Application
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2008.
Addressees
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31980R3446 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3446/80 of 22 December 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3446/80 of 22 December 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat
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 Article 146 thereof,
Whereas the Hellenic Republic is to become the 10th Member State of the European Communities on 1 January 1981 ; whereas it is accordingly necessary to adapt Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 (1) ; whereas, in particular, it seems necessary in view of the special characteristics of the sheepmeat and goatmeat market in that Member State to consider it as a region and to fix a reference price taking into account the market price forecast for 1980,
Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 3 (1) shall be replaced by the following:
"1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, for the marketing year commencing the year following, a basic price for fresh or chilled sheep carcases and a reference price for each of the following regions shall be fixed annually: - region 1 : Italy,
- region 2 : France,
- region 3 : Denmark, Benelux, Germany,
- region 4 : Ireland,
- region 5 : United Kingdom,
- region 6 : Greece.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for the 1980/81 marketing year, the basic price and the reference prices shall be fixed at the levels indicated in Article 31."
2. Article 31 (4) shall be replaced by the following:
"4. The reference prices are hereby fixed in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 3 (1), at: - 375 ECU per 100 kilograms for region 1,
- 345 ECU per 100 kilograms for region 2,
- 315 ECU per 100 kilograms for region 3,
- 310 ECU per 100 kilograms for region 4,
- 293 ECU per 100 kilograms for region 5,
- 345 ECU per 100 kilograms for region 6."
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981.
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31989R2120 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2120/89 of 14 July 1989 fixing for the 1989/90 marketing year, the threshold prices for rice
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2120/89
of 14 July 1989
fixing for the 1989/90 marketing year, the threshold prices for rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1806/89 (2), and in particular Articles 14 (5) and 15 (4) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, the threshold price for husked rice calculated for Rotterdam must be fixed in such a way that, on the Duisburg market, the selling price for imported husked rice corresponds to the target price; whereas this aim is attained when the components referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of the said Article are deducted from the target price;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 14 (3) of the said Regulation, the threshold prices for milled rice are calculated by adjusting the threshold price for husked rice, account being taken of the monthly increases to which it is subject, on the basis of the conversion rates, processing costs and the value of by-products and by increasing the amounts thus obtaining by an amount for the protection of the industry;
Whereas the amount for the protection of the industry was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1263/78 (3); whereas the components used for adjusting the threshold price for milled rice were fixed by Commission Regulation No 467/67/EEC (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2325/88 (5);
Whereas, under Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 the threshold price for broken rice must be set between a lower limit of 130 % and an upper limit of 140 % of the threshold price for maize applicable during the first month of the marketing year; whereas, in order that imports of broken rice do not act as a brake on the normal disposal of Community production throughout the Community market, the threshold price for broken rice should be fixed at 140 % of the threshold price for maize;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The threshold prices for husked rice, round grain milled rice and long grain milled rice are hereby fixed in ecus per tonne at:
1.2,4 // // // Month // Threshold price // // 1.2.3.4 // // Husked rice // Round grain milled rice // Long grain milled rice // // // // // September 1989 // 541,24 // 720,18 // 791,25 // October 1989 // 543,82 // 723,51 // 794,99 // November 1989 // 546,40 // 726,84 // 798,73 // December 1989 // 548,98 // 730,17 // 802,47 // January 1990 // 551,56 // 733,50 // 806,21 // February 1990 // 554,14 // 736,83 // 809,95 // March 1990 // 556,72 // 740,16 // 813,69 // April 1990 // 559,30 // 743,49 // 817,43 // May 1990 // 561,88 // 746,82 // 821,17 // June 1990 // 564,46 // 750,15 // 824,91 // July 1990 // 567,04 // 753,48 // 828,65 // August 1990 24. 8. 1967, p. 1. (5) OJ No L 202, 27. 7. 1988, p. 41.
The threshold price for broken rice is hereby fixed at ECU 301,17 per tonne.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1989.
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32004D0839 | 2004/839/EC: Commission Decision of 3 December 2004 establishing conditions for non-commercial movements of young dogs and cats from third countries into the Community (notified under document number C(2004) 4546)Text with EEA relevance
| 8.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 361/40
COMMISSION DECISION
of 3 December 2004
establishing conditions for non-commercial movements of young dogs and cats from third countries into the Community
(notified under document number C(2004) 4546)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/839/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (1), and in particular Article 8(3)(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 establishes conditions for non-commercial movements of dogs and cats from third countries into the Community. These conditions differ depending on the status of the third country of origin and of the Member State of destination.
(2) Article 8(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 provides that conditions should be established for entry of unvaccinated dogs and cats under three months of age from third countries listed respectively in parts B and C of Annex II to the Regulation.
(3) Those conditions should be equivalent to the conditions applying to the movement of unvaccinated young cats and dogs between Member States.
(4) Since Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 is already applicable, and in the interest of european pet owners, this Decision should apply without delay.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. Member States may authorise the introduction onto their territory of dogs and cats less than three months of age and not vaccinated against rabies from third countries listed respectively in part B and C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 under conditions at least equivalent to those laid down in in Article 5(2) of that Regulation.
2. Subsequent movement to another Member State of the animals introduced in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be prohibited, except where the animal is to be moved in accordance with the conditions laid down in in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 988/2003 to a Member State other than those listed in part A of Annex II to that Regulation.
Subsequent movement to another Member State listed in part A of Annex II to that Regulation of an animal introduced in accordance with paragraph 1 shall take place in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 once the animal concerned has reached more than three months of age.
This Decision shall apply from 11 December 2004.
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31987R0902 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 902/87 of 30 March 1987 fixing advance payments in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector for the 1986/87 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 902/87
of 30 March 1987
fixing advance payments in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector for the 1986/87 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 28 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 of 8 June 1982 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3819/85 (4), provides for the fixing before 1 April, and the collection before the following 1 June, of the unit amounts to be paid by sugar producers and isoglucose producers as advance payments of the production levies for the current marketing year; whereas the estimate of the basic production levy and of the B levy, referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82, gives an amount which is more than 60 % of the maximum amounts indicated in Article 28 (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82, the unit amounts for sugar should therefore be fixed at 50 % of the maximum amounts concerned and for isoglucose the unit amount of the advance payment should therefore be fixed at 40 % of the unit amount of the basic production levy estimated for sugar;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The unit amounts referred to in Article 5 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 in respect of the 1986/87 marketing year are hereby fixed as follows:
(a) the advance payment of the basic production levy for A sugar and B sugar shall be 0,542 ECU per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
(b) the advance payment of the B levy for B sugar shall be 10,159 ECU per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
(c) the advance payment of the basic production levy for A isoglucose and B isoglucose shall be 0,433 ECU per 100 kilograms of dry matter.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31987R1610 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1610/87 of 9 June 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on men' s and boys' outer garments, products of category 16 (code 40.0160), originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1610/87
of 9 June 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on men's and boys' outer garments, products of category 16 (code 40.0160), originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected to individual ceilings not allocated among the Member States, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of its Annexes I or II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes; whereas Article 3 of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of men's and boy's outer garments, products of category 16, the relevant ceiling amounts to 6 600 pieces; whereas on 27 May 1987 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-introduce the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to India,
As from 14 June 1987 the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in India:
1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Code // Category // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code // Description // // // // // // // (1) // (2) // (3) // (4) // // // // // // 40.0160 // 16 // 61.01 ex B // // Men's and boys' outer garments: // // // // 61.01-51, 54, 57 // Men's and boys' suits and coordinate suits, other than knitted or crocheted, of wool, of cotton of man-made textile fibres, including ski suits // // // // //
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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32014R1291 | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1291/2014 of 16 July 2014 on the conditions for classification, without testing, of wood-based panels under EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding under EN 14915 with regard to their fire protection ability, when used for wall and ceiling covering Text with EEA relevance
| 5.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 349/25
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 1291/2014
of 16 July 2014
on the conditions for classification, without testing, of wood-based panels under EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding under EN 14915 with regard to their fire protection ability, when used for wall and ceiling covering
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (1), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A system for classifying the performance of construction products, construction works and parts thereof with regard to their resistance to fire was adopted in Commission Decision 2000/367/EC (2). Wood-based panels covered by the harmonised standard EN 13986, as well as solid wood panelling and cladding covered by the harmonised standard EN 14915 are among the construction products to which that Decision applies.
(2) Tests have shown those products to have a stable and predictable performance concerning fire protection ability when used for wall and ceiling covering provided that the products meet certain conditions regarding the density of the wood and the thickness of the panels, panelling and cladding.
(3) Wood-based panels covered by the harmonised standard EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding covered by the harmonised standard EN 14915 should therefore be deemed to satisfy the classes of performance for fire protection ability established in Decision 2000/367/EC on those conditions without further testing being required,
Wood-based panels covered by the harmonised standard EN 13986 and solid wood panelling and cladding covered by the harmonised standard EN 14915 which fulfil the conditions set out in the Annex shall be deemed to satisfy the classes of performance indicated in the Annex without testing, when they are used for wall and ceiling covering.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0892 | 2014/892/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 9 December 2014 amending Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of certain regions of France as officially free of brucellosis ( B. melitensis ) (notified under document C(2014) 9218) Text with EEA relevance
| 11.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 354/45
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 9 December 2014
amending Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of certain regions of France as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis)
(notified under document C(2014) 9218)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/892/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals (1), and in particular Section II of Chapter 1 of Annex A thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 91/68/EEC defines the animal health conditions governing trade in the Union in ovine and caprine animals. It lays down the conditions whereby Member States or regions thereof may be recognised as being officially brucellosis-free.
(2) Annex II to Commission Decision 93/52/EEC (2) lists the regions of Member States which are recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance with Directive 91/68/EEC.
(3) France has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions laid down in Directive 91/68/EEC to be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) for 31 new administrative regions (départements) in addition to the 64 administrative regions (départements) already recognised as officially free of that disease and currently listed in Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC.
(4) Following an evaluation of the documentation submitted by France, those 31 administrative regions (départements) should be recognised as being officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).
(5) The entry for France in Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
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32001R1366 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1366/2001 of 5 July 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1366/2001
of 5 July 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 2001.
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 |
31999R2471 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2471/1999 of 23 November 1999 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2471/1999
of 23 November 1999
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 of 14 April 1997 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings, establishing Community surveillance for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands, defining detailed provisions for amending and adapting these measures and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1983/95(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1034/98(2), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof,
(1) Whereas Decision No 1/99 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands Joint Committee(3) replaced Protocol 1 of the Agreement concerning the tariff treatment and arrangements applicable to certain fish and fishery products released for free circulation in the Community or imported into the Faroes;
(2) Whereas the new Protocol 1 abolished the clause on reference prices, Community tariff ceilings, and the statistical surveillance currently applied to certain fish and fishery products exempt from customs duties; whereas, therefore, Regulation (EC) No 669/97 should be amended to delete the Articles which introduced these measures, along with Annexes II and III thereto;
(3) Whereas the duty-free tariff quota for salmon (09.0673) has been replaced by unlimited duty-free imports; whereas most-favoured-nation (MFN) status has been restored for certain products which currently enjoy relief from duty under tariff quotas, notably prepared and preserved herring and mackerel (09.0677), hake fillets (09.0683), crab (09.0685) and mussels (09.0687); whereas tariff quotas remain for four other products; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/97 should be amended to take account of these changes;
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Regulation (EC) No 669/97 is amended as follows:
1. In the title, the words "and ceilings" and the words "and establishing Community surveillance" are deleted.
2. In Article 1 "Annex I" is replaced by "the Annex".
3. Articles 4 and 7 are deleted.
4. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
5. The quantities imported since 1 January 1999 under tariff quotas with order numbers 09.0671, 09.0675, 09.0679 and 09.0681 applicable by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 669/97 shall count towards the relevant tariff quotas listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
6. Annexes II and III are deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1999.
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32014R0879 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 879/2014 of 12 August 2014 fixing an adjustment rate for direct payments provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of calendar year 2014
| 13.8.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/20
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 879/2014
of 12 August 2014
fixing an adjustment rate for direct payments provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of calendar year 2014
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (1), and in particular Article 26(3) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
(1) Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 lays down that a reserve intended to provide additional support for the agricultural sector in the case of major crises affecting the agricultural production or distribution has to be established by applying, at the beginning of each year, a reduction to direct payments with the financial discipline mechanism referred to in Article 26 of that Regulation.
(2) Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 lays down that in order to ensure that the annual ceilings set out in Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 (2) for the financing of the market related expenditure and direct payments are respected, an adjustment rate for direct payments has to be determined when the forecasts for the financing of the measures financed under that sub-ceiling for a given financial year indicate that the applicable annual ceilings will be exceeded.
(3) The amount of the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector, taken into account in the Commission 2015 Draft Budget, amounts to EUR 433 million in current prices. To cover this amount, the financial discipline mechanism has to apply to direct payments listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (3) in respect of calendar year 2014.
(4) The forecasts for the direct payments and market related expenditure determined in the Commission 2015 Draft Budget indicated that there is no need for any further financial discipline.
(5) Acting in accordance with Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fixing an adjustment rate for direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of calendar year 2014 (4) on 21 March 2014.
(6) The European Parliament and the Council have not determined that adjustment rate by 30 June 2014. Therefore, in accordance with Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission is to fix the adjustment rate by means of an implementing act and inform the European Parliament and the Council immediately thereof.
(7) In accordance with Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the adjustment rate may be adapted by the Commission until 1 December 2014, on the basis of new information in its possession. In the event of new information, the Commission will take it into account and will adopt an implementing regulation adapting the adjustment rate by 1 December 2014, in the context of the Amending Letter to the Draft Budget 2015.
(8) As a general rule, farmers submitting an aid application for direct payments for one calendar year (N) are paid within a fixed payment period falling under the financial year (N + 1). However, Member States have the possibility to make late payments, within certain limits, to farmers beyond this payment period without any time limits. Such late payments may fall in a later financial year. When financial discipline is applied for a given calendar year, the adjustment rate should not be applied to payments for which aid applications have been submitted in the calendar years other than that for which the financial discipline applies. Therefore, in order to ensure equal treatment of farmers, it is appropriate to provide that the adjustment rate is only applied to payments for which aid applications have been submitted in the calendar year for which the financial discipline is applied, irrespectively of when the payment to farmers is made.
(9) Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) lays down that the adjustment rate applied to direct payments determined in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 applies only to direct payments in excess of EUR 2 000 to be granted to farmers in the corresponding calendar year. Furthermore Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 provides that as a result of the gradual introduction of direct payments, the adjustment rate applies only to Bulgaria and Romania from 1 January 2016 and to Croatia from 1 January 2022. The adjustment rate to be determined by the present Regulation should therefore not apply to payments to farmers in those Member States,
1. For the purpose of applying the adjustment provided for in Articles 25 and 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the amounts of the payments within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to be granted to a farmer in excess of EUR 2 000 for an aid application submitted in respect of calendar year 2014 shall be reduced by 1,301951 %.
2. The reduction provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply in Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania.
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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32009D0589 | 2009/589/EC: Council Decision of 7 July 2009 on the existence of an excessive deficit in Poland
| 4.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/46
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 July 2009
on the existence of an excessive deficit in Poland
(2009/589/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 104(6) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Having regard to the observations made by Poland,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 104 of the Treaty Member States shall avoid excessive government deficits.
(2) The Stability and Growth Pact is based on the objective of sound government finances as a means of strengthening the conditions for price stability and for strong sustainable growth conducive to employment creation.
(3) The excessive deficit procedure (EDP) under Article 104 of the Treaty, as clarified by Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 of 7 July 1997 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure (1), which is part of the Stability and Growth Pact, provides for a decision on the existence of an excessive deficit. The Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty sets out further provisions relating to the implementation of the EDP. Council Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 (2) lays down detailed rules and definitions for the application of the provisions of that Protocol.
(4) The 2005 reform of the Stability and Growth Pact sought to strengthen its effectiveness and economic underpinnings as well as to safeguard the sustainability of public finances in the long run. It aimed at ensuring that, in particular, the economic and budgetary background was taken into account fully in all steps in the EDP. In this way, the Stability and Growth Pact provides the framework supporting government policies for a prompt return to sound budgetary positions taking account of the economic situation.
(5) Article 104(5) of the Treaty requires the Commission to address an opinion to the Council if the Commission considers that an excessive deficit in a Member State exists or may occur. Having taken into account its report in accordance with Article 104(3) of the Treaty and having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Financial Committee in accordance with Article 104(4) of the Treaty, the Commission concluded that an excessive deficit exists in Poland. The Commission therefore addressed such an opinion to the Council in respect of Poland on 24 June 2009 (3).
(6) Article 104(6) of the Treaty states that the Council should consider any observations which the Member State concerned may wish to make before deciding, after an overall assessment, whether an excessive deficit exists. In the case of Poland, this overall assessment leads to the conclusion set out in this Decision.
(7) According to the April 2009 EDP notification by the Polish authorities, subsequently validated by Eurostat, the general government deficit in Poland reached 3,9 % of GDP in 2008, thus exceeding the 3 % of GDP reference value. The deficit was not close to the 3 % of GDP reference value and the excess over the reference value cannot be qualified as exceptional within the meaning of the Treaty and of the Stability and Growth Pact. In particular, it does not result from an unusual event within the meaning of the Treaty and of the Stability and Growth Pact. Moreover, it does not result from a severe economic downturn in the sense of the Treaty and of the Stability and Growth Pact. Despite growth slowing down to 3,3 % year-on-year in the last quarter of 2008, which affected revenue collection in the last quarter of the year and added to the worse-than-expected deficit outcome, overall GDP growth was still relatively robust at 4,9 % in 2008.
(8) General government gross debt remains below the 60 % of GDP reference value and stood at 47,1 % of GDP in 2008. However, due to high expected deficits, the general government debt is likely to reach almost 60 % on a no-policy-change assumption in 2010 according to the Commission’s spring 2009 forecast.
(9) In accordance with the Stability and Growth Pact, due consideration should be given to systemic pension reforms introducing a multi-pillar system that includes a mandatory, fully-funded pillar. While the implementation of these reforms leads to a temporary deterioration of the budgetary position, the long-term sustainability of public finances clearly improves. Based on the estimates of the Polish authorities, the net cost of this reform amounted to 2,9 % of GDP in 2008, rising to 3,2 % of GDP in 2009, as recalled by the Polish authorities in their letter of 22 June. According to the Stability and Growth Pact, these can be taken into account on a linear degressive basis for a transitory period and only where the deficit remains close to the reference value. Since the deficit does not remain close to the reference value in 2008-2010, the cost of the pension reform cannot be taken into account.
(10) According to Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97, ‘relevant factors’ can only be taken into account in the steps leading to the Council decision on the existence of an excessive deficit in accordance with Article 104(6) of the Treaty if the double condition — that the deficit remains close to the reference value and that its excess over the reference value is temporary — is fully met. In the case of Poland, this double condition is not met. Therefore, relevant factors are not taken into account in the steps leading to this Decision,
From an overall assessment, it follows that an excessive deficit exists in Poland.
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31994R3329 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 3329/94 of 21 December 1994 amending, in respect of products processed from fruit and vegetables, Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3329/94 of 21 December 1994 amending, in respect of products processed from fruit and vegetables, Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1490/94 (2), and in particular Article 12 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3115/94 of 20 December 1994 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (3), provides for amendments in the case of certain cherries preserved by sugar falling within CN code 2006 and certain nuts falling within CN code 2008;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3328/94 (5), establishes, on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature, an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds; whereas this nomenclature should be adjusted in line with the above amendment;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
In section 12 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87, the details relating to CN codes 2006 and 2008 are hereby replaced by those in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32002R1333 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1333/2002 of 23 July 2002 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import of milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1333/2002
of 23 July 2002
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import of milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 26(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Lithuanian authorities have informed the Commission of the introduction of additional veterinary checks to ensure that the skimmed-milk powder for export to the Community under quota No 09.4554 as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 of 14 December 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 Lithuania(3) complies with the conditions laid down in Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products(4), and Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products(5). In view of the difficulties that this causes for importers holding licences whose validity expires on or before 30 June 2002, the validity of those licences should be extended.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Notwithstanding Article 16(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001(6), the term of validity of the import licences issued during the first six months of 2002 for imports of products covered by quota No 09.4554, listed in Annex I(B)(9) to that Regulation, shall expire on 30 September 2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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