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31986D0169 | 86/169/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 April 1986 approving an addendum to the programme relating to seeds and propagating material in the Land of Bavaria pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 April 1986
approving an addendum to the programme relating to seeds and propagating material in the Land of Bavaria pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the German text is authentic)
(86/169/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 1247/85 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 20 June 1985 the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany forwarded an addendum to the programme approved by Commission Decision 80/1049/EEC (3) relating to seeds and propagating material in the Land of Bavaria;
Whereas the purpose of this addendum is to permit the further pursuit of the objectives defined in the original programme including the rationalization and modernization of reception, conditioning, storage and packaging facilities to adapt them to the demand for better qualities of seeds and propagating material and to alleviate the work or producers;
Whereas the addendum contains sufficient information, as required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, to show that the objectives of Article 1 of the Regulation can be achieved in respect of seeds and propagating material in the Land of Bavaria; whereas the estimated time required for execution of the addendum does not exceed the limits laid down in Article 3 (1) (g) of the Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The addendum to the programme relating to seeds and propagating material in the Land of Bavaria forwarded by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 on 20 June 1985 is hereby approved.
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32001R2251 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2251/2001 of 20 November 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2251/2001
of 20 November 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21 June 1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period(1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999(2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2356/2000(3), laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999, fixes the grant to producer groups as a percentage of marketed production. It is appropriate to allow these percentages to constitute a ceiling within which the actual amount may be set, in order to increase the flexibility in determining the assistance granted to producer organisations.
(2) Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 set the date on which the rural development plan was submitted to the Commission as the starting point of eligibility of expenditure. In order to ensure coherence with the agreements concluded with applicant countries, which foresee that only expenditure paid by the Agency from the date of the Commission conferring financial management on that Agency is eligible, this provision should be changed accordingly.
(3) According to external aid rules in the manual of instructions "Contracts for works, supplies and services concluded for the purposes of Community cooperation with third countries"(4), support for investment requires all services, works, machinery and supplies to originate only in the Community or in applicant countries; if so requested, the final beneficiary should be able to establish the origin of inputs into works or service contracts financed under the present instrument, using any admissible means of evidence.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Agricultural Structures and Rural Development Committee,
Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 6(4), the first sentence is replaced by the following: "4. The aid referred to in paragraph 3 shall be determined for each producer organisation on the basis of its annual marketed production and shall not exceed:"
2. In Article 8(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "2. Only expenditure paid by the Agency from the date of the Commission decision conferring financial management on that Agency, or the date(s) specified therein, shall be eligible for Community support. For a project to be eligible for Community support, all services, works, machinery and supplies shall originate in the Community or in the applicant countries; if so requested, the final beneficiary shall be able to establish the origin of the inputs into works or service contracts, using any admissible means of evidence."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R0075 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/93 of 18 January 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 75/93 of 18 January 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2046/92 (2), and in particular Articles 12 (4) and 26 (3) thereof, and to the corresponding provisions of the other Regulations establishing common organization of agricultural product markets,
Whereas Member States must be given enough time to carry out any reorganization of their control agencies required for compliance with the requirement that a single control body be responsible for verification of the use and/or destination of all products, whatever their origin, covered by any specific measure or part thereof;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the relevant management committees,
The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 2 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 (3):
'Member States may, however, for six months from 1 January 1993, retain their existing control bodies for each specific measure or part thereof.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1993.
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 |
32009R1192 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1192/2009 of 4 December 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 5.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 320/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1192/2009
of 4 December 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0239 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 239/2002 of 8 February 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 239/2002
of 8 February 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 1 to 7 February 2002 at 193,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February 2002.
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32006D0516 | 2006/516/EC: Council Decision of 27 June 2006 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol on Soil Protection, the Protocol on Energy and the Protocol on Tourism to the Alpine Convention - Declarations
| 25.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 201/31
COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 June 2006
on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol on Soil Protection, the Protocol on Energy and the Protocol on Tourism to the Alpine Convention
(2006/516/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 175(1), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) The Convention on the protection of the Alps (hereinafter ‘the Alpine Convention’) was concluded on behalf of the European Community by Council Decision 96/191/EC (2).
(2) The Council decided on the signature, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol on Soil Protection, the Protocol on Energy and the Protocol on Tourism to the Alpine Convention (hereinafter ‘the Protocols’) by Council Decision 2005/923/EC (3).
(3) The Protocols are an important step in the implementation of the Alpine Convention, and the European Community is committed to the objectives of this Convention.
(4) Economic, social and ecological cross-border problems of the Alps remain a major challenge to be addressed in this highly sensitive area.
(5) Community Policies, in particular priority areas as defined in Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (4), should be promoted and strengthened within the Alpine region.
(6) One of the main goals of the Protocol on Soil Protection is the safeguarding of the multifunctional role of soil based on the concept of sustainable development. Sustainable productivity of soil must be ensured in its natural function, as an archive of natural and cultural history and in order to guarantee its use for agriculture and forestry, urbanism and tourism, other economic uses, transport and infrastructure, and as a source of raw materials.
(7) Any approach to soil protection should take account of the considerable diversity of regional and local conditions that exist in the Alpine region. The Protocol on Soil Protection could help to implement appropriate measures at national and regional level.
(8) Requirements of the Protocol such as soil monitoring, identification of risk zones for erosion, flooding and landslides, an inventory of contaminated sites and the establishment of harmonised databases could be important elements for a Community policy on soil protection, as evidenced by, inter alia, Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (5), Council Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture (6), Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (7), Council Directive 99/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (8), Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (9) and Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (10).
(9) The Protocol on Energy requires appropriate measures to be taken in the field of energy saving, energy production, including the promotion of renewable energy, energy transport, delivery and use of energy to foster conditions for sustainable development.
(10) The provisions of the Protocol on Energy are in line with the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme to combat climate change as well as to promote sustainable management and use of natural resources. The Protocol's provisions are also in line with the Community's policy on energy, as set out in the White Paper for a ‘Community Strategy and Action Plan’, the Green Paper ‘Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply’, Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market (11), Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of buildings (12) and Decision No 1230/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 adopting a multiannual programme for action in the field of energy: ‘Intelligent Energy — Europe’ (2003-2006) (13).
(11) The ratification of the Protocol on Energy would strengthen trans-border cooperation with Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Monaco. This would help to ensure that goals of the European Community are shared by regional partners and that such initiatives cover the whole Alpine eco-region.
(12) Trans European Energy Networks (TEN-E) should be given priority and coordination and implementation measures foreseen in the TEN-E guidelines in Decision No 1229/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 laying down a series of guidelines for trans European energy networks (14) should be applied when developing new crossborder connections, in particular high-voltage lines.
(13) The European Community, its Member States, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Monaco are Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol require that Parties formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national and regional programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change by addressing anthropogenic emissions by sources and providing removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
(14) The Protocol on Energy contributes to fulfilling UNFCCC requirements to take measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change.
(15) Tourism is an economically highly important sector in most parts of the Alps and is intimately linked to and dependant on environmental and social impacts.
(16) As the mountain region is a unique and ecologically very sensitive area, a balance between economic interests, local population needs and environmental concerns is extremely important for sustainable development of the region.
(17) Tourism is an increasingly global phenomenon, but at the same time it remains a sphere of primarily local and regional responsibility. As regards the Community, Directive 85/337/EEC, Directive 92/43/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme (15), Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (16) and Council Resolution of 21 May 2002 on the future of European tourism (17), inter alia, are relevant in this context. The Alpine Convention and its Protocol on Tourism, together with the other Protocols that can have influence on the tourism sector, should represent a framework instrument to stimulate and coordinate the contribution of stakeholders at regional and local level in order to make sustainability a major driver in the improvement of the quality of the Alpine region tourist offer.
(18) The overall goal of the Protocol on Tourism is to promote sustainable tourism, specifically by ensuring it is developed and managed taking into consideration its impacts on the environment. To this end, it provides specific measures and recommendations that can be used as instruments for reinforcing the environmental side of innovation and research, monitoring and training, management tools and strategies, planning and authorisation procedures linked to tourism and in particular to its qualitative development.
(19) Contracting Parties to the three Protocols should promote relevant education and training and, additionally, promote the dissemination of information to the public regarding the objectives, measures and implementation of each of these three Protocols.
(20) It is appropriate that these Protocols be approved by the European Community,
The Protocol on Soil Protection (18), the Protocol on Energy (19) and the Protocol on Tourism (20) to the Alpine Convention, signed at Salzburg on 7 November 1991, are hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Community, the instrument of approval with the Republic of Austria in accordance with Article 27 of the Protocol on Soil Protection, Article 21 of the Protocol on Energy and Article 28 of the Protocol on Tourism.
At the same time the designated person(s) shall deposit the Declarations related to the Protocols.
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32006R0007 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 7/2006 of 5 January 2006 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (apples)
| 6.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 3/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 7/2006
of 5 January 2006
on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (apples)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1702/2005 (3) fixes the indicative quantities for which system B export licences may be issued.
(2) In the light of the information available to the Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities laid down for the current export period for apples will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.
(3) To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences for apples after 6 January 2006 should be rejected until the end of the current export period,
Applications for system B export licences for apples submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1702/2005, export declarations for which are accepted after 6 January and before 17 January 2006, are hereby rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32002D0728 | 2002/728/EC: Commission Decision of 26 March 2002 amending Decision C(2001)649 approving the single programming document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Picardy in France (notfied under document number C(2002) 272)
| Commission Decision
of 26 March 2002
amending Decision C(2001)649 approving the single programming document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Picardy in France
(notfied under document number C(2002) 272)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2002/728/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular Article 34(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision C(2001)649 the Commission approved the single programming document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Picardy in France.
(2) On 17 September 2001 the French authorities sent the Commission a request arising from the storms which had affected Picardy to allocate to that region part of the appropriations remaining available under Objective 2-France by increasing the assistance from the Structural Funds under the single programming document for Picardy.
(3) The Monitoring Committee for the single programming document examined and approved the amendments to that Document and its financing plan by written procedure. The Commission was informed of the approval of those amendments by letter dated 9 November 2001.
(4) Decision C(2001)649 should therefore be amended,
Decision C(2001)649 is amended as follows:
The annexed addendum shall form part of the SPD.
(2) and Article 3(1) and (2) are replaced by:
The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 967835605 for the whole period, the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 259622281 and that from the EAGGF Guarantee Section at EUR 4573000.
The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 322237433 from the public sector and EUR 381402891 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the EIB and other lending instruments.
The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted under the single programming document amounts to EUR 259622281, to which the EAGGF Guarantee Section will contribute a further EUR 4573000.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds for the various priorities included in the single programming document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision.
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The financial tables annexed to Decision C(2001)649 shall be replaced by those annexed to this Decision.
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32012R0292 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 292/2012 of 2 April 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 3.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 96/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 292/2012
of 2 April 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010D0505(01) | Commission Decision of 4 May 2010 on the appointment of members of the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors for the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012
| 5.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 116/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 May 2010
on the appointment of members of the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors for the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012
2010/C 116/04
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Commission Decision 95/319/EC of 12 July 1995 setting up a Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The previous term of office of the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors ended on 31 December 2009.
(2) It is therefore necessary to appoint the members of this Committee on the basis of the proposals by the Member States for a period of three years,
The persons named in the list in the Annex are appointed as full and alternate members of the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors for the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0224 | 2007/224/EC: Commission Decision of 4 April 2007 concerning the publication of the reference of the standard EN 71-1:2005 Safety of Toys — Part 1: mechanical and physical properties regarding the technical requirements on projectiles with suction cups as an impact area in accordance with Council Directive 88/378/EEC on the safety of toys (notified under document number C(2007) 1460) (Text with EEA relevance )
| 11.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 96/18
COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 April 2007
concerning the publication of the reference of the standard EN 71-1:2005 ‘Safety of Toys — Part 1: mechanical and physical properties’ regarding the technical requirements on projectiles with suction cups as an impact area in accordance with Council Directive 88/378/EEC on the safety of toys
(notified under document number C(2007) 1460)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/224/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety of toys (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Standing Committee established by Article 5 of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and on Information Society Services (2), as amended by Directive 98/48/EC (3) (Committee on standards and technical regulations),
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Directive 88/378/EEC provides that toys must be placed on the market only if they do not jeopardise the safety and/or health of users or third parties when they are used as intended or in a foreseeable way, bearing in mind the normal behaviour of children.
(2) Pursuant to the Article 5(1) second subparagraph of Directive 88/378/EEC, toys are presumed to comply with the essential safety requirements referred to in Article 3 of the Directive if they conform to the national standards applicable to them transposing the harmonised standards the reference numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(3) According to the Article 5(1) second subparagraph of Directive 88/378/EEC, Member States are required to publish the reference numbers of national standards transposing harmonised standards, the reference numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(4) The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), under mandate from the Commission, drew up and adopted the harmonised standard EN 71-1:1998 ‘Safety of toys — Part 1: mechanical and physical properties’ on 15 July 1998, the references of which were published for the first time in the Official Journal of the European Communities of 28 July 1999 (4).
(5) On 19 September 2005, the European Committee for Standardisation adopted the standard EN 71-1:2005 ‘Safety of toys — Part 1: mechanical and physical properties’ which is a consolidated version of the harmonised standard EN 71-1:1998 and its 11 amendments.
(6) Pursuant to Article 6(1) of Directive 88/378/EEC, the Spanish authorities have raised a formal objection in respect to the requirements on projectiles toys with suction cups as an impact area intended for children above the age of three years laid down in the standard EN 71-1:2005. The Spanish authorities claim that the standard does not provide enough protection for projectiles toys intended for children above the age of three years. According to the Spanish authorities, a child older than three years might detach a suction cup from a projectile using a force higher than a force of 60 N laid down in clause 8.4.2.3 ‘test for protective components’.
(7) The standard EN 71-1:2005 lays down different requirements for toys with suction cups depending on the age of the child. Regarding toys with suction cups intended for children under the age of three years, the standard requires that the ‘tension test’ be performed with a tensile force of 50 N (in case the largest accessible dimension is 6 mm or less) or of 90 N (in case the largest accessible dimension is greater than 6 mm). Regarding projectiles toys with suction cups as an impact area that are intended for children above the age of three years, the standard requires in clause 4.17.1(b) that resilient materials used as impact surfaces shall not become detached when tested according to clause 8.4.2.3 (tension test, protective components). The tension test for protective components specified in clause 8.4.2.3 is performed with a force of 60 N.
(8) The Commission has been informed of several accidents with projectiles toys with a suction cup as an impact surface intended for children above the age of three years. In 1997, a Swedish child of nine years old suffocated to death after having sucked on a suction cup tip which he accidentally inhaled. Two other fatalities have occurred in the United Kingdom. In addition, the Commission has been informed of eight fatalities registered in the United States. More recently, in August 2005, the Spanish authorities informed the Commission of a fatal accident with a four years old child caused by a bow and arrow toy with a suction cup.
(9) Suction cups affixed to projectile toys are intended for securing the projectile to a surface. Sticking and unsticking the projectiles imply that the suction cup is submitted to repeated stress. Furthermore, children above three years old often bring suction cups to their mouths to moisture the cups before sticking them on a surface. If the suction cup is not properly secured on the toy it is foreseeable that it can be detached during normal and foreseeable use. If the suction cup becomes detached and enters entirely in the mouth, it can block the airway at the back of the mouth and upper throat and cause asphyxiation.
(10) On the basis of these findings, the Member States consider that children above the age of three years should be given the same protection as children under the age of three years. Thus, suction cups used as impact surfaces on toy projectiles intended for children over three years shall not become detached when submitted at least to the relevant tests laid down in clause 5.13.b of EN 71-1:2005, in particular to ‘torque test’ (clause 8.3) and ‘tension test, general’ (clause 8.4.2.1).
(11) Consequently, on the basis of the information submitted by the Spanish authorities, the other national authorities and the Committee on standards and technical regulations the Commission considers that the standard EN 71-1:2005 presents shortcomings regarding the technical requirements for projectiles toys with suction cups as an impact area intended for children above the age of three years.
(12) Pending the revision of the standard, in the interest of safety and legal certainty, the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the reference of the standard EN 71-1:2005 should therefore be accompanied by an appropriate notice.
(13) In absence of a standard that covers the abovementioned risks and according to Article 5(2) of Directive 88/378/EEC, Member States shall presume that the abovementioned toys satisfy the essential safety requirements only if they have an EC type examination certificate issued by a notified body which conformity with the approved model has been certified by the affixation of the EC marking,
In case of projectile toys with suction cups intended for children above the age of three years, the standard EN 71-1:2005 ‘Safety of toys — Part 1: mechanical and physical properties’ as adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation on 19 September 2005 does not satisfy the essential safety requirements referred to in the Article 3 of the Directive 88/378/EEC, in particular under Annex II.II.1 (e), in so far as concerns clause 4.17.1 (b).
The publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the reference of the standard EN 71-1:2005 ‘Safety of toys — Part 1: mechanical and physical properties’ shall be accompanied by the following additional notice:
‘In case of projectiles toys with suction cups with an impact area, the requirement laid down in clause 4.17.1 (b), according to which the tension test is performed in accordance with clause 8.4.2.3, does not cover the risk of asphyxiation presented by these toys’.
A notice identical to that provided for in Article 2 of this Decision shall accompany the reference to a national standard transposing standard EN 71-1:2005 ‘Safety of toys — Part 1: mechanical and physical properties’, to be published by the Member States pursuant to Article 5(1) second subparagraph of Directive 88/378/EEC.
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32012D0629 | 2012/629/EU: Commission Decision of 10 October 2012 amending Decision 2008/577/EC accepting the undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia
| 11.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 277/8
COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 October 2012
amending Decision 2008/577/EC accepting the undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia
(2012/629/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the ‘basic Regulation’), and in particular Articles 8 and 9 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. EXISTING MEASURES
(1) The Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2022/95 (2), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia. Following a request for an expiry and interim review, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 658/2002 (3), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia. Following a request for another expiry and interim review, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 661/2008 (4), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia. This Regulation was last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 989/2009 (5).
(2) The Commission, by Decision 2008/577/EC (6) (‘the Decision’) accepted a price undertaking (‘the undertaking’), inter alia, from the companies Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) ‘Azot’, Novomoskovsk, Russia, or Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) ‘Nevinnomyssky Azot’, Nevinnomyssk, Russia, concerning imports of ammonium nitrate produced by these companies and either sold directly to the first independent customer in the Union or sold by Eurochem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland or sold via Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Mineral and Chemical Company ‘Eurochem’, Moscow, Russia and EuroChem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland, (‘the Eurochem Group’) to the first independent customer in the Union.
(3) By the same Decision, the Commission also accepted an undertaking from a Ukrainian company. Measures on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Ukraine expired on 17 June 2012 (7), thus the related undertaking also expired on the same day.
(4) The undertaking accepted from the Eurochem Group is based on three elements, namely (1) an indexation of the minimum prices in accordance with public international quotations, (2) a quantitative ceiling and (3) a commitment not to sell the products covered by the undertaking to the same customers in the European Union to which they sell other products, with the exception of certain other products for which the Eurochem Group undertook to respect specific price regimes.
(5) As referred to in recital 14 of the Decision, when accepting the undertaking, the sales structure of the Eurochem Group was such that the Commission considered the risk of circumventing the undertaking as limited.
B. CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES
(6) In April 2012, the Eurochem Group informed the Commission of a change in its corporate and sales structure, namely that it had acquired a fertiliser production and sales facility in the European Union which produces and sells not only the products covered but also a variety of other fertiliser products.
(7) The Commission analysed the implications of this acquisition and considered that there is a high risk of cross-compensation. Indeed, if Eurochem Group’s recently acquired fertiliser production and sales facility in the European Union sells any of its products to the same customers as the other members of the Eurochem Group, the prices for such transactions could be set in a way to compensate for the Minimum Import Prices subject to the undertaking. Such a compensation would however not be identifiable by monitoring activities since the price structure for the majority of products produced by the recently acquired fertiliser production and sales facility is not subject to any publicly available source, thus it cannot be assessed whether the prices paid by the customers respond to the value of the products or take into account a potential rebate in order to compensate transactions subject to the undertaking for which a Minimum Import Price has to be respected. In other words, the monitoring of the undertaking would become impracticable and unworkable. The Commission informed the Eurochem Group accordingly and announced that it would be inclined to consider the withdrawal of the undertaking.
(8) Subsequently, the Eurochem Group offered not to sell to the same customers products covered by the undertaking which are either of Russian origin or of EU origin. The Eurochem Group would also apply the existing price discipline concerning the sales of other products to those products of EU origin. All sales of Russian and EU origin should also be reported.
(9) The Commission considers that these commitments cannot alter its initial assessment for the following reasons: (1) products of EU origin cannot be made subject to a price discipline, (2) not all manufactured products of EU origin would be subject to reporting and (3) the monitoring of such an undertaking would be impracticable as stated in recital 7 above.
(10) Moreover, it cannot be excluded that some of the price quotations (being the basis for the price indexation mechanism) could be influenced by the acquisition of EU-based production and sales facilities.
(11) Finally, in July 2012, the Eurochem Group informed the Commission of another change in its corporate structure, namely that one of its members trading the product concerned acquired the control through shares of a distribution group of fertilisers located both in third countries as well as in the EU. This has added to the increased risk of cross-compensation and to the impracticability of the undertaking as explained in recital 7 above.
(12) Based on the above considerations, the Commission concluded that following the change in corporate and sales structure of the company, there is a high risk of cross-compensation and the undertaking accepted from the Eurochem Group becomes impracticable and therefore should be withdrawn.
(13) The Eurochem Group was informed of the Commission’s conclusions and given an opportunity to comment.
C. WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
(14) The Eurochem Group was granted the opportunity to be heard and written submissions were also received in which the Eurochem Group offered not to sell the product covered by the undertaking to any customer to whom its recently acquired fertiliser production and sales facility in the EU sells any of its products. The Eurochem Group also explained that the referred fertiliser distribution group constitutes the traditional sales channel of its recently acquired fertiliser production and sales facility in the EU hence it does not create additional cross-compensation risk. In addition, the Eurochem Group claimed the influence over price quotations is theoretical since it would be contrary to its own commercial interest to set a lower selling price for its ammonium nitrate of EU origin in order to reduce the indexed Minimum Import Prices for the ammonium nitrate of Russian origin.
(15) The Commission considers that the revised commitment does not alter the outcome of its initial assessment on the impracticability of the undertaking. Firstly, regardless of the fertiliser group being the traditional sales channel of its recently acquired production and sales facility in the EU, it is still a new sales channel to the Eurochem Group. Therefore, the monitoring of the undertaking would still require to verify all sales made by the Eurochem Group’s fertiliser and sales facility in the EU to ascertain the lack of cross-compensation, thus rendering the monitoring very burdensome. Secondly, the likely influence over price quotations cannot be eliminated since de facto the price quotations used to establish the Minimum Import Prices will be affected by the sales of the recently acquired fertiliser production facility in the EU.
D. AMENDMENT OF DECISION 2008/577/EC
(16) Therefore, in accordance with Article 8(9) of the basic Regulation and also in accordance with the relevant clauses of the undertaking authorising the Commission to unilaterally withdraw the undertaking, the Commission has concluded that the acceptance of the undertaking offered by the Eurochem Group should be withdrawn and Decision 2008/577/EC should be amended. Accordingly, the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 661/2008 should apply to imports of the product concerned produced by the Eurochem Group (Taric additional code A522),
Acceptance of the undertaking in relation to the companies Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) ‘Azot’, Novomoskovsk, Russia, or Open Joint Sstock Company (OJSC) ‘Nevinnomyssky Azot’, Nevinnomyssk, Russia, concerning imports of ammonium nitrate produced by these companies and either sold directly to the first independent customer in the Union or sold by Eurochem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland or sold via Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Mineral and Chemical Company ‘Eurochem’, Moscow, Russia and EuroChem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland, (‘the Eurochem Group’) to the first independent customer in the Union (Taric additional code A522) is hereby withdrawn.
The table of Article 1 in Decision 2008/577/EC is replaced by the following table:
‘Country Companies Taric additional code
Russia JSC Acron, Veliky Novgorod, Russia and JSC Dorogobuzh, Dorogobuzh, Russia, members of “Acron” Holding Company A532’
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32009R1038 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1038/2009 of 19 October 2009 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (Single CMO Regulation) as regards the 2009 and 2010 intervention periods for butter and skimmed milk powder
| 4.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 288/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1038/2009
of 19 October 2009
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (Single CMO Regulation) as regards the 2009 and 2010 intervention periods for butter and skimmed milk powder
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) World market prices for dairy products have collapsed notably due to an increased world supply and a drop in demand in connection with the financial and economic crisis. Community market prices for dairy products have fallen significantly. As a result of a combination of market measures taken since the beginning of this year, Community prices have stabilised around support price levels. It is essential that these market support measures, notably public intervention, continue to apply as long as necessary in order to avoid further deterioration of prices and disturbance of the Community market.
(2) Article 11(e) of 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 (2) provides that for butter and skimmed milk powder public intervention is available from 1 March to 31 August.
(3) In view of the foreseeable market situation a continuation of the public intervention for butter and skimmed milk powder should be provided for beyond 31 August 2009, if necessary until 28 February 2010.
(4) Furthermore, where market prices are likely to fall significantly thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the market, the Commission should be authorised to continue public intervention for butter and skimmed milk powder beyond 31 August 2010, if necessary until 28 February 2011,
By way of derogation from Article 11(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the 2009 period during which intervention for butter and skimmed milk powder is available shall expire on 28 February 2010.
By way of derogation from Article 11(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the Commission may decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of that Regulation, to continue public intervention for butter and skimmed milk powder through a tendering procedure beyond 31 August 2010, if necessary until 28 February 2011, if prices in the sector for milk and milk products on the Community market are likely to fall significantly thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the market.
The Commission shall take, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the necessary measures to implement this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 September 2009.
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32012R0338 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 338/2012 of 19 April 2012 on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of April 2012 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
| 20.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 108/15
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 338/2012
of 19 April 2012
on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of April 2012 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 of 13 July 2009 providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for high-quality beef (3) sets out detailed rules for the submission and issue of import licences.
(2) Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 provides that in cases where quantities covered by licence applications exceed the quantities available for the quota period, allocation coefficients should be fixed for the quantities covered by each licence application. The applications for import licences submitted pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 between 1 and 7 April 2012 exceed the quantities available. Therefore, the extent to which import licences may be issued and the allocation coefficient should be determined,
Import licence applications covered by the quota with order number 09.4449 and submitted between 1 and 7 April 2012 in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009, shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 0,408411 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31991D0203 | 91/203/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 March 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed in Italy (with the exception of the following regions: Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily) (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 11 March 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed in Italy (with the exception of the following regions: Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (91/203/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4042/89 of 19 December 1989 on the improvement of the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed (1), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
After consultation of the Standing Committee on the Fishing Industry,
Whereas the Italian Government submitted to the Commission on 29 March 1990 the sectoral plan on the modernization of the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed, referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4042/89;
Whereas the plan submitted by the Member State includes descriptions of the main priorities selected and indication of the use to be made of assistance under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section in implementing the plan;
Whereas this Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of 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 (2);
Whereas the European Investment Bank has also been involved in the preparation of the Community support framework in accordance with Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 (3) laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88; 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 the provisions of its Statute;
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this framework in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas 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 budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission Decisions approving the operations concerned,
Article 1 The Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed in Italy (with the exception of the following regions: Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily), covering the period 1 January 1991 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 of the Structural Funds and the other existing financial instruments. Article 2 The Community support framework contains the following essential information:
(a) a statement of the main priorities for joint action:
1. processing of fishery and aquaculture products;
2. marketing of fishery and aquaculture products;
(b)
an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1991 prices, the total cost of the priorities adopted for joint action by the Community and the Member State concerned together with the existing national initiatives (integrated Mediterranean programmes), ECU 27,000 million for the whole period, and the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:
(million ECU)
(a)
1. Processing of fishery and aquaculture
products
3,780
2. Marketing of fishery and aquaculture
products
2,520
3. Existing national initiatives
1,500
The resultant national financing requirement, approximately ECU 6,750 million for the public sector and ECU 12,450 million for the private sector, may be partially
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32007R0735 | Council Regulation (EC) No 735/2007 of 11 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals
| 29.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 169/6
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 735/2007
of 11 June 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 37(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) The measures concerning the common organisation of the market in cereals, as adopted under Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 (2), comprise in the case of the internal market an intervention system, the main aim of which is to stabilise the markets and ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community in this sector.
(2) The application of this system over the last two marketing years, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 has had the effect of creating very substantial intervention stocks of maize which are proving particularly difficult to dispose of on the Community and international markets notably owing to their location. In addition, maize is a cereal which is not easy to preserve and which, by virtue of the gradual deterioration in its quality, becomes increasingly difficult to market the longer it is stored.
(3) In the course of 2006, it was established that the intervention system as applied during the periods in question had not enabled the objectives which it pursues to be achieved, particularly as regards the position of maize producers in certain regions of the Community. Indeed, this system has become in those regions an alternative to the direct disposal of products on the market, despite the fact that the price actually received by these producers for the harvested maize has often been lower than the intervention price.
(4) Under these circumstances, the safety net role which the intervention system was set up to fulfil has been distorted as far as maize is concerned, thus preventing production from being geared towards the needs of the market.
(5) The maintenance of the intervention system as it stands entails the risk of increasing the intervention stocks of maize still further without bringing any benefits to the producers concerned.
(6) It is therefore necessary to adopt appropriate measures to guarantee the proper functioning of the Community market in cereals. To this end, a ceiling on the quantities of maize eligible for intervention fixed at a maximum overall quantity for the Community of 1 500 000 tonnes and 700 000 tonnes for the 2007/2008 marketing year and the 2008/2009 marketing year, respectively, and a reduction of this quantity to 0 tonnes from the 2009/2010 marketing year, would appear to be the most appropriate measure taking into account the facts set out above and the outlets available to producers on the domestic and international market.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,
The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003:
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the quantities of maize bought in by the intervention agencies shall be subject to the following maximum quantity limits:
— 1 500 000 tonnes for the 2007/2008 marketing year,
— 700 000 tonnes for the 2008/2009 marketing year,
— 0 tonnes as from the 2009/2010 marketing year.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 2007/2008 marketing year.
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31996R0579 | Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EC) No 579/96 of 25 March 1996 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 1995 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EC) No 579/96 of 25 March 1996 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 1995 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2963/95 (2) and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas account should be taken of changes in the cost of living in countries outside the Community and weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment to officials serving in third countries should be determined with effect from 1 July 1995;
Whereas, under Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council sets the weightings every six months; whereas it will accordingly have to set new weightings for the coming half-years;
Whereas the weightings to apply with effect from 1 July 1995 in respect of which payment has been made on the basis of a previous Regulation could lead to retrospective adjustments to remuneration (positive or negative);
Whereas provision should be made for back-payments in the event of an increase in remunerations as a result of these weightings;
Whereas provision should be made for the recovery of sums overpaid in the event of a reduction in remunerations as a result of these weightings for the period between 1 July 1995 and the date of the Council Decision setting the weightings to apply with effect from 1 July 1995;
Whereas, however, in order to mirror the weightings applicable within the European Community to remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities, provision should be made for any such recovery to apply solely to a period of no more than six months preceding the Decision and for its effects to be spread over a period of no more than 12 months following the date of that Decision,
With effect from 1 July 1995, the weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment shall be shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the general budget of the European Communities for the month preceding the date referred to in the first paragraph.
In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X of the Staff Regulations, the Council shall set weightings every six months. It shall accordingly set new weightings with effect from 1 January 1996.
The institutions shall make back payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of these weightings.
For the period between 1 July 1995 and the date of the Council Decision setting the weightings applicable with effect from 1 July 1995, the institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of these weightings.
Retrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall, however, concern only a period of no more than six months preceding the Decision and this recovery shall be spread over no more than 12 months from the date of that Decision.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32000R2563 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000 of 20 November 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 by extending to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's stabilisation and association process and amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98
| Council Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000
of 20 November 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 by extending to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's stabilisation and association process and amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's stabilisation and association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000(1), does not apply to imports into the Community of products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with the exception of wine imports and does not apply to all imports from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
(2) The suspension, by means of an Exchange of Letters, of the trade and trade-related provisions of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(2) signed on 29 April 1997 allows for autonomous trade preferences to be granted to that country.
(3) The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), in the light of recent developments in the country, complies with the basic conditions for the granting of autonomous trade preferences as set out in the Council conclusions of 29 April 1997. The General Affairs Council of 9 October 2000 invited the Commission to submit proposals on extending to the FRY the benefit of the exceptional trade measures as provided by Regulation (EC) 2007/2000.
(4) Kosovo, as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999 is subject to international civil administration by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) which has established a separate customs administration.
(5) It is, therefore, appropriate to extend fully the arrangements provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo as defined by UNSC Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999,
Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1(1) the terms "originating in the Republics of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia as well as in Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999 (hereinafter referred to as 'Kosovo')" shall be replaced by "originating in the Republics of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovo as defined by UNSC Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999";
2. in Article 1(2) the terms "and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" shall be deleted;
3. Article 1(3) shall be repealed;
4. in Article 2(2) the terms "For Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia" shall be replaced by "For Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia";
5. in Article 4(1) the terms "In Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia" shall be replaced by "in the countries and territories referred to in Article 1(1)";
6. in Article 4(2):
(a) the amount of "10900" tonnes shall be replaced by "22525" tonnes;
(b) a point (c) reading "(c) 1650 tonnes (carcase weight) for 'baby-beef' products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and a point (d) reading "(d) 9975 tonnes (carcase weight) for 'baby-beef' products originating in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovo" shall be added;
(c) the third subparagraph shall be replaced by "Imports into the Community of 'baby-beef' products defined in Annex II and originating in Albania shall not benefit from a tariff concession";
7. In Article 4, the following paragraph shall be added:
"3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Regulation, and in particular Article 12, given the particular sensitivity of the agricultural and fishery markets, if imports of agricultural and fishery products cause serious disturbance to the Community markets and their regulatory mechanisms, the Commission may take the appropriate measures in accordance with the rules of the competent Management Committee."
8. Article 5 shall be repealed;
9. in Article 7, the terms "and Article 5" shall be deleted;
10. in Article 13, the terms "XM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1)" shall be inserted after "BA Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)";
11. in Article 16(1), the terms "and goods originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which are put into free circulation in the Community before the first day of the third month following the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000 amending this Regulation" shall be inserted after "1 January 2001";
12. in Article 17, the date "31 December 2002" shall be replaced by "31 December 2005";
13. Annex I shall be replaced by the following Annex.
"ANNEX I
Concerning the tariff quotas referred to in Article 4(1)
>TABLE>"
14. Annex III shall be repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the first day of the first month after its entry into force.
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31998L0022 | Commission Directive 98/22/EC of 15 April 1998 laying down the minimum conditions for carrying out plant health checks in the Community, at inspection posts other than those at the place of destination, of plants, plant products or other objects coming from third countries
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/22/EC of 15 April 1998 laying down the minimum conditions for carrying out plant health checks in the Community, at inspection posts other than those at the place of destination, of plants, plant products or other objects coming from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 98/2/EC (2), and in particular the penultimate subparagraph of Article 12(6) thereof,
Whereas, if arrangements for the plant health checks of plants, plant products or other objects listed in part B of Annex V to Directive 77/93/EEC coming from third countries are to be operated efficiently, harmonised minimum conditions should be laid down for carrying out these checks at inspection posts other than those at the place of destination;
Whereas the minimum conditions laid down for carrying out such plant health checks must take account of technical requirements applicable to the responsible official bodies as referred to in Article 2(1)(g) of Directive 77/93/EEC in charge of the said inspection posts as well as of provisions applicable to facilities, tools and equipment enabling the said responsible official bodies to carry out the required plant health checks;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Member States shall ensure that the plant health checks referred to in Article 12(6), fourth subparagraph of Directive 77/93/EEC, of plants, plant products or other objects listed in Annex V, part B of the said Directive and coming from third countries, and carried out at inspection posts other than those at the place of destination, satisfy at least the minimum conditions laid down in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive on 1 October 1998. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such a reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall immediately communicate to the Commission all provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31996D0068 | 96/68/EC: Commission Decision of 14 December 1995 approving the 1996 programme presented by Greece for the control of echinococcosis/hydatidosis and setting the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 14 December 1995 approving the 1996 programme presented by Greece for the control of echinococcosis/hydatidosis and setting the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Greek text is authentic) (96/68/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 Council Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Articles 24 (6) and 32 thereof,
Whereas Chapter 2 of Title III of Decision 90/424/EEC provides that the Community may make a financial contribution to measures aimed at the prevention of zoonoses;
Whereas Greece has presented a programme for the control of echinococcosis/hydatidosis for 1996;
Whereas the said programme is included in the list of programmes for the prevention of zoonoses which may receive a financial contribution from the Community in 1996, as laid down in Decision 95/469/EC (3);
Whereas in view of the role of the programme in achieving the objectives pursued by the Community as regards the prevention of zoonoses, the Community's financial contribution should be set at 50 % of the costs borne by Greece in respect of its echinococcosis/hydatidosis control programme as amended on 16 November 1995, up to a maximum of ECU 200 000;
Whereas the Community will make a financial contribution provided that the measures planned are carried out and the authorities supply all the information necessary within the time limit laid down;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the control of echinococcosis/hydatidosis presented by Greece is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1996.
Greece shall bring into force on 1 January 1996 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. The Community's financial contribution is hereby set at 50 % of the costs borne by Greece for the implementation of the programme referred to in Article 1, up to a maximum of ECU 200 000, for:
- epidemiological surveys,
- registration and testing of dogs,
- laboratory analysis,
- treatment of infected dogs,
- awareness and information campaigns.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted after:
- a quarterly report has been forwarded to the Commission on the progress of the programme and the expenditure incurred,
- a final report has been forwarded to the Commission by 1 June 1997 at the latest on the technical implementation of the programme, accompanied by supporting documents relating to the expenditure incurred.
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32015R0153 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/153 of 30 January 2015 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 as regards the monthly limits for the issue of import licences under the 2015 tariff quota for olive oil originating in Tunisia
| 31.1.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 26/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/153
of 30 January 2015
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 as regards the monthly limits for the issue of import licences under the 2015 tariff quota for olive oil originating in Tunisia
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular point (a) of Article 187 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 (2) lays down monthly limits for the quantity of olive oil for which import licences may be issued under the overall volume of the quota provided for in paragraph 1 of that Article.
(2) In order to facilitate trade in the olive oil between the Union and Tunisia for the current production year, it is necessary to derogate from Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 and authorise different monthly limits for the period from 1 February 2015 to 31 October 2015 without prejudice to the overall volume of the tariff quota laid down in Article 2(1) of that Regulation.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,
By way of derogation from Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 and without prejudice to the volume of the tariff quota laid down in Article 2(1) of that Regulation, the issue of licences is hereby authorised for the period from 1 February 2015 to 31 October 2015, up to the following monthly limits:
— 9 000 tonnes for each month of February and March, and
— 8 000 tonnes for each month from April to October.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31983D0465 | 83/465/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 July 1983 on requests for reimbursement of aid granted by Member States to producer groups and associations thereof in the cotton sector
| COMMISSION DECISION of 26 July 1983 on requests for reimbursement of aid granted by Member States to producer groups and associations thereof in the cotton sector (83/465/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 389/82 of 15 February 1982 on producer groups and associations thereof in the cotton sector (1), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Whereas requests for reimbursement to be submitted by Member States to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund must include certain information making it possible to verify that the expenditure complies with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 389/82 and is as specified in the appropriate programme for the development and rationalization of cotton production and marketing approved under Article 8 (1) of that Regulation;
Whereas if verification is to be effective, Member States must, for a period of three years from payment of the last reimbursement, retain the supporting documents at the Commission's disposal;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee,
1. Applications for reimbursement as mentioned in Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 389/82 must be submitted in the tabular form indicated in the Annexes.
2. Member States shall transmit to the Commission, along with their first request for reimbursement, the texts of national implementing and control provisions and of administrative directives, forms and any other documents confirming the administrative action to implement the measures concerned.
Member States shall, for a period of three years from payment of the last reimbursement, hold at the Commission's disposal all supporting documents, or certified copies thereof, in its possession on the basis of which aid as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 389/82 was granted, together with complete case files on the beneficiaries.
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31997R1909 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1909/97 of 30 September 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1909/97 of 30 September 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8 (3) thereof,
Whereas Annex B to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1341/97 (3), lists the goods for which a refund may be granted; whereas this list is based upon the Annexes to the Regulations referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94;
Whereas the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (4) was last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2931/95 (5); whereas this latter Regulation was amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1812/97 (6) in order to maintain the right to a refund for goods falling within CN code 1901 90 91; whereas Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 must, therefore, be amended accordingly, as provided for in Article 8a of that Regulation,
In Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, with reference to CN code 1901 90 91, a cross is added to column 7 (milk products).
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 16 July 1997.
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32000R2099 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2099/2000 of 3 October 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2099/2000
of 3 October 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1560/2000(4), lays down that intervention butter placed on sale must have entered into storage before 1 July 1996.
(2) Given the situation on the butter market and the quantities of butter in intervention storage, butter in storage since before 1 September 1999 should be placed on sale.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the date "1 July 1996" is replaced by "1 September 1999".
This Regulation enters 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 |
32011D0386 | 2011/386/EU: European Council Decision of 24 June 2011 appointing the President of the European Central Bank
| 1.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 173/8
EUROPEAN COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 June 2011
appointing the President of the European Central Bank
(2011/386/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 283(2) thereof,
Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 11.2 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation of the Council of the European Union (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (3),
Whereas:
(1) The term of office of the President of the European Central Bank, Mr Jean-Claude TRICHET, appointed by Decision of 16 October 2003 (4), expires on 31 October 2011 and it is therefore necessary to appoint a new President of the European Central Bank.
(2) The European Council wishes to appoint Mr Mario DRAGHI who, in its view, meets all the requirements set out in Article 283(2) of the Treaty,
Mr Mario DRAGHI is hereby appointed President of the European Central Bank for a term of office of 8 years as from 1 November 2011.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31974D0223 | 74/223/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 March 1974 on the special Rice Section of the Advisory Committee on Cereals
| COMMISSION DECISION of 29 March 1974 on the special Rice Section of the Advisory Committee on Cereals (74/223/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Whereas a special Rice Section of the Advisory Committee on Cereals was set up by the Commission Decision of 20 July 1964 (1) ; whereas this Decision was repealed and replaced by the Decision of 15 May 1970 (2) and of 31 October 1973 (3);
Whereas it is necessary to make a further amendment to the text,
In the text of Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 31 October 1973 on the Rice Section of the Advisory Committee on Cereals, Article 5 is replaced by the following:
"Article 5
The Section shall, by a two-thirds majority of the members present, elect a Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen for a period of three years.
The Section may, by the like majority as aforesaid, elect further officers. In that case, the officers other than the Chairman shall consist at most of one representative of each interest represented within the Section.
The officers shall prepare and organize the work of the Section".
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31993D0134 | 93/134/EEC: Commission Decision of 11 November 1992 concerning a draft order of the Brussels region providing for aid to promote economic growth and scientific research (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 11 November 1992 concerning a draft order of the Brussels region providing for aid to promote economic growth and scientific research (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(93/134/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having given the parties concerned notice to submit their comments, in accordance with Article 93,
Whereas:
I By note dated 26 July 1991 from its Permanent Representation, the Belgian Government notified the Commission, in accordance with the provisions of Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, of a draft order of the Brussels region providing for aid to promote economic growth and scientific research.
Additional information was requested from the Belgian authorities by letter dated 8 August 1991. The Belgian authorities' reply was received by the Commission on 27 September 1991.
By letter dated 9 December 1991, the Commission informed the Belgian Government that it had decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty in respect of the aid and requested the Belgian Government to submit its comments.
Interested third parties were informed of the Commission's decision through publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 29 January 1992 (1). No comments were received from interested third parties.
The aid provided for in the draft order in respect of which the abovementioned procedure war initiated may be described as follows:
- aid for industrial and craft-based undertakings in the form of capital grants or interest subsidies, possibly coupled with a guarantee by the region and the State and amounting to:
- 20 % of the investment where the sole object of the investment is the rational use of energy, water or raw materials, environmental protection or the specific adjustment of the undertaking to its particular location or its relocation in an urban environment,
- 8 % of any investment carried out by an undertaking situated in a 'less-favoured urban district';
- aid of the same type, without any maximum rate, for the purposes of sectoral aid or for technological or other facilities which are of particular importance for the Brussels region;
- aid of up to 50 % of the cost of economic, technical and financial studies relating to the abovementioned investments (80 % with a maximum of Bfrs 5 million);
- R & D aid, in the form of grants for basic research, amounting to 50 % of the cost of the project (60 % in the case of small and medium businesses - SMBs - and research involving a considerable business risk or being of particular interest at European level), and in the form of an advance involving conditional or unconditional repayment, amounting to 40 % (50 %) of the project in the case of applied research or accompanying measures;
- progress contracts concluded with undertakings for the carrying-out of multiannual programmes including any technological, industrial and development operation and comprising aid of up to 15 % of the investment, though this ceiling may be exceeded in the case of European industrial programmes that are the subject of national or international agreements.
II The aid provided for under the draft order is caught by the provisions of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty. Both the acceptance (or rejection) of applications and the determination of the amount and the terms of the aid are assessed and decided on in each individual case by the competent Brussels authorities. The aid will thus be granted by the State through State resources. It should be borne in mind that all aid granted by regional or local bodies of Member States, whatever their status and description, is covered by the provisions of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty (Judgment of the Court of Justice of 14 October 1987 in Case 248/84, Germany v. Commission (2). By relieving certain undertakings of some of their costs, such aid gives such undertakings financial advantages and improves their competitive position. Since the production of such undertakings may be in competition with that of undertakings in other Member States, such aid is liable to distort intra-Community trade.
The Article 93 (2) procedure was initiated because some of the aid was ineligible for any of the derogations from the prohibition of aid provided for in Article 92 (2) and (3) of the EEC Treaty. This was the case with the following aid:
- the aid for sectoral purposes or for technological or other facilities having particular importance for the Brussels region, and aid provided for under 'progress contracts'. Such aid, being general and non-specific in nature, did not have any features that would allow it to be exempted under Article 92 (2) and (3), but did, on the contrary, have negative repercussions at Community level, in that it would have thwarted the effects of regional development policies and would have attracted 'footloose investment' at the expense of other Member States,
- the aid provided for in respect of investments carried out by undertakings situated in less-favoured urban districts. Such aid did not qualify for a derogation as regional aid, since the Brussels region is not eligible for regional aid and since, because it related to any investment whatsoever and regardless of the size of the undertaking, the aid was general in nature and therefore incompatible with the EEC Treaty,
- the aid for the specific adjustment of undertakings to the urban environment. By making it easier for them to remain in the Brussels region, such aid would have had the effect of counteracting the attraction of regional aid schemes and could not therefore be in the Community interest,
- as regards the aid provided for in respect of R & D, the aid for applied research and accompanying measures did not comply with the maximum rates laid down by the Community framework for State aid for R & D.
III As part of the procedure, an exploratory meeting took place on 11 February 1992 between the Commission and the relevant Brussels authorities. It was followed by an exchange of notes, dated 9 April 1992 from the Belgian authorities and 1 June 1992 from the Commission. By letter dated 23 June 1992 from its Permanent Representation, the Belgian Government sent the Commission an amended draft order of the Brussels region accompanied by comments on the articles and an explanatory memorandum on the amendments made to the original draft. The amendments take account in particular of the provisions of the new framework on aid to SMBs as regards the definition and intensity of the aid authorized for investment and for economic, technical and financial studies.
Examination of the amended draft has led to the findings set out below regarding the various measures that had led to the initiation of Article 93 (2) proceedings.
The provision allowing aid to be granted for sectoral, technological or other purposes has been amended, and Article 7 of the new draft restricts the scope for such aid to cases 'of sectoral aid decided by the Commission of the European Communities, or else of a technological research or development programme of the European Community'.
The 'progress contracts' have been replaced by the concept of specific contracts and, according to the explanations of the relevant provision, Article 14, their use is intended solely to enable the Brussels region to participate in European programmes such as the Airbus programme.
The aid for investment by undertakings in less-favoured urban districts will in future be confined to SMBs as defined in the framework on aid for SMBs, and its amount will be limited to 7,5 % of the cost of investment.
The aid for the specific adjustment of undertakings to the urban environment or their relocation in an urban environment has been withdrawn.
The chapter relating to R & D aid has been deleted from the draft order.
IV As a result of the substantial amendments to the draft order of the Brussels region, application of the provisions that gave rise to the initiation of proceedings will be restricted to the granting of aid that may be deemed compatible with the common market either because what is involved is the counterpart of Community aid or because the aid fulfils the conditions laid down by the Community frameworks on national aid.
Thus, with regard to the aid relating to less-favoured urban districts, the fact of restricting eligibility for the aid to SMBs as defined in the framework on aid for SMBs and of limiting its amount to 7,5 % of the cost of the investment concerned, as provided for in the framework, makes the aid compatible with the EEC Treaty.
The same is true with regard to the provisions of Article 7 of the draft order, provided that the restriction of the granting of aid to cases involving Community aid or national aid covered by a Community framework is set out clearly in Article 7. The Commission's Decision is consequently coupled with the requirement that Article 7 be thus amended.
The same also applies with regard to the provisions of Article 14 relating to 'specific contracts', provided that the wording of Article 14 stipulates explicitly that the award of such contracts will relate solely to participation in important projects of common European interest within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (b) of the EEC Treaty that are recognized as such by the Commission of the European Communities. This requirement is also a condition of the Commission's Decision to approve the draft order.
It may accordingly be concluded that the aid thus restricted is eligible for the derogation provided for in Article 92 (3) (c) of the EEC Treaty.
Application of the aid provided for in the draft order is of course also subject to the rules and guidelines of Community law relating to State aid, including certain sectors of activity in industry and agriculture and certain industrial agricultural holdings, and those relating to the combining of different types of aid,
The aid provided for in the draft order of the Brussels region, as notified to the Commission by note dated 23 June 1992, may be regarded as compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (c) of the EEC Treaty provided that the conditions stipulated in the following Articles are met.
The granting of aid within the framework of sectoral or technological programmes, as provided for in Article 7 of the draft, shall be restricted solely to cases of national financing that supplements aid from Community funds, or of aid falling within the limits laid down in a Community framework on national aid.
The Belgian Government shall take the measures necessary to amend Article 7 of the draft order in such a way that the abovementioned restrictions are explicitly laid down.
The granting of aid within the framework of specific contracts, as provided for in Article 14 of the draft order, shall concern exclusively the participation of the recipient undertakings in one or more important projects of common European interest previously authorized by the Commission pursuant to Article 92 (3) (b).
The Belgian Government shall take the necessary measures to amend Article 14 of the draft order in such a way that the abovementioned restriction is explicitly laid down.
The Belgian Government shall communicate to the Commission within a period of two months of the date of notification of this Decision the text of the draft order of the Brussels region, amended in line with the requirements of this Decision.
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32014D0720 | 2014/720/EU: Council Decision of 13 October 2014 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Government Procurement on the accession of Montenegro to the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement
| 18.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 300/51
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 October 2014
establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Government Procurement on the accession of Montenegro to the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement
(2014/720/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 4 November 2013, Montenegro applied for accession to the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement (‘the Revised GPA’).
(2) Montenegro's commitments on coverage are laid down in its final offer, as submitted to the Parties to the Revised GPA on 18 July 2014.
(3) Montenegro's final offer mirrors the Union's coverage schedule in Appendix I to the Revised GPA. Therefore, it is satisfactory and acceptable. The terms of Montenegro's accession, as reflected in the Annex to this Decision, will be reflected in the decision adopted by the Committee on Government Procurement (‘the GPA Committee’) on Montenegro's accession.
(4) Montenegro's accession to the Revised GPA is expected to make a positive contribution to further international opening of public procurement markets.
(5) Article XXII(2) of the Revised GPA provides that any Member of the WTO may accede to the Revised GPA on terms to be agreed between that Member and the Parties, with such terms stated in a decision of the GPA Committee.
(6) Accordingly, it is necessary to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the GPA Committee in relation to the accession of Montenegro,
The position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the Committee on Government Procurement shall be to approve the accession of Montenegro to the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement, subject to specific terms of accession set out in the Annex to this Decision.
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32005R0402 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 402/2005 of 10 March 2005 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
| 11.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 65/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 402/2005
of 10 March 2005
fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 8 March 2005.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 8 March 2005, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 March 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986D0539 | 86/539/EEC: Commission Decision of 3 November 1986 concerning the implementation by Portugal of certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 3 November 1986
concerning the implementation by Portugal of certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC
(Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
(86/539/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 83/515/EEC of 4 October 1983 concerning certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector (1), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas the Portuguese Government intends to introduce an aid scheme in connection with measures involving the temporary or permanent reduction of production capacity in the fisheries sector; whereas, on 19 and 26 August 1986, it communicated particulars of the aid scheme in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 83/515/EEC;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of the said Directive, the Commission has considered whether, having regard to their compatibility with the Directive and to the other structural measures existing or planned in the fisheries sector, the measures contemplated fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee of Fisheries Structures,
The measures which Portugal intends to take to implement an aid scheme in connection with measures involving the temporary or permanent reduction of production capacity in the fisheries sector fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011R0697 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 697/2011 of 19 July 2011 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the subperiod from 1 September 2011 to 30 November 2011
| 20.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 189/10
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 697/2011
of 19 July 2011
on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the subperiod from 1 September 2011 to 30 November 2011
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 (3) opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas and introduces a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and other agricultural products imported from third countries.
(2) The quantities for which ‘A’ licence applications have been lodged by traditional importers and by new importers during the first seven working days of July 2011, pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 exceed the quantities available for products originating in China, and all third countries other than China and Argentina.
(3) Therefore, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, it is now necessary to establish the extent to which the ‘A’ licence applications sent to the Commission by 14 July 2011 can be met in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007.
(4) In order to ensure sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, the present Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,
Applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 during the first seven working days of July 2011 and sent to the Commission by 14 July 2011 shall be met at a percentage rate of the quantities applied for as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31996R0083 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 83/96 of 22 January 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 on the rules for granting aid to skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed milk powder intended in particular for feed for calves
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 83/96 of 22 January 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 on the rules for granting aid to skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and skimmed milk powder intended in particular for feed for calves
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2931/95 (2), and in particular Article 10 (1) and (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2879/95 (4), provides for a maximum water content for skimmed milk powder and buttermilk powder and specifies the time at which the water content has to be controlled;
Whereas the official method for controlling the water content specified in Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 is unsuitable for acid buttermilk powder with the consequence that incorrect results may be obtained;
Whereas Commission Directive 71/393/EEC of 18 November 1971, establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 84/4/EEC (6), provides for an alternative method for controlling the water content which is suitable for controlling the water content of acid buttermilk powder;
Whereas it is appropriate to introduce this control method into Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 and to lay down precise parameters for its application;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 10 (3), first subparagraph is replaced by the following text:
'The results of the inspection referred to in Article 2 (2) and in paragraph 2 (a), (b) and (c) of this Article shall be recorded by the agency responsible for inspection in the analysis report and inspection report, specimens of which appear in Annexes I and II. The quantity of skimmed-milk powder shall be determined by testing each sample at least in duplicate in accordance with the method of analysis specified in Annex III. The reference method for:
- the control of the water content of skimmed-milk powder and sweet cream buttermilk powder is International Standard IDF 26A/1993,
- the control of the water content of acid cream buttermilk powder is the method described in Annex VI.
Where such inspections relate to skimmed milk powder to be used, whether as such or in the form of a mixture, the absence of rennet whey powder is proven by the procedure outlined in Annex IV.`
2. In Annex I, footnote 2 is deleted.
3. The Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex VI.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 April 1996.
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31973R0559 | Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 559/73 of the Council of 26 February 1973 amending Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities
| 28.2.1973 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/4
REGULATION (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM) NO 559/73 OF THE COUNCIL
of 26 February 1973
amending Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities;
Having regard to the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and in particular Article 13 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas, in the light of a recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and certain urgent social requirements, it seems desirable to amend a provision of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 (1) of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities, as last amended by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 2531/72 (2);
Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of 29 February 1968 shall be amended as follows:
The words ‘household allowance’ shall be substituted for ‘head of household allowance’ in Article 3 (3) (a) first indent.
This Regulation shall into enter force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable from 1 July 1972.
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 |
32006R0457 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 457/2006 of 20 March 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 21.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 82/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 457/2006
of 20 March 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31981L1015 | Council Directive 81/1015/EEC of 15 December 1981 amending Directive 76/625/EEC concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 15 December 1981 amending Directive 76/625/EEC concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees (81/1015/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Member States submit the results of the survey carried out pursuant to Directive 76/625/EEC (3), as last amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, by production area and not by the list of territories set out in the Annex to that Directive;
Whereas experience has shown that some Member States have encountered difficulties in meeting the final date mentioned in Articles 5 (1) and 6 (1) of the said Directive ; whereas provision should therefore be made for a longer period;
Whereas it is desirable that the annual estimates of areas of fruit trees cleared referred to in the said Article 5 (1) be broken down by variety;
Whereas, owing to special circumstances, it will not be possible for one Member State to collect data by density classes during the 1982 survey, and it is therefore appropriate to grant this Member State a derogation in respect of the 1982 survey;
Whereas the financial responsibility of the Community must be defined with regard to expenditure incurred by Greece for the 1982 survey,
Directive 76/625/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The following shall be added to Article 2 (1)point C:
"However, the United Kingdom is not required todetermine the density of plantation whenconducting the 1982 survey."
2. The second subparagraph of Article 4 (2) shall bedeleted.
3. The first subparagraph of Article 5 (1) shall bereplaced by the following:
"Member States shall make annual estimates of theareas of fruit trees of the species referred to inArticle 1 (1) cleared in their territory and shallnotify the results of their estimates to the Commissionby 31 March of the following year at the latest.In so far as possible, these estimates must distinguishbetween varieties."
4. In the second subparagraph of Article 5 (1) thewords "by 31 December at the latest" shall bereplaced by the words "by 31 March of the followingyear at the latest".
5. Article 6 (1) shall be replaced by the following:
"1. Member States shall make annual estimatesof the areas of fruit trees of the species referred toin Article 1 (1) planted in their territory and shallnotify the results of their estimates to the Commissionby 31 March of the following year at the latest.In so far as possible, these estimates must distinguishbetween varieties."
6. The following subparagraph shall be inserted inArticle 10 (1), immediately after the list of MemberStates:
"Contributions to the expenditure incurred byGreece on the 1982 survey shall be entered in thebudget of the European Communities up to amaximum amount of 85 000 ECU."
7. The Annex shall be repealed.
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31985R2040 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2040/85 of 23 July 1985 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on aldicarb (ISO), dissolved in dichloromethane, falling within subheading ex 29.31 B
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2040/85
of 23 July 1985
temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on aldicarb (ISO), dissolved in dichloromethane, falling within subheading ex 29.31 B
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas Community production of the product in question is not sufficient to meet the needs of user industries in the Community; whereas it is therefore in the Community's interest totally to suspend the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on this product;
Whereas, taking account of the difficulties involved in accurately assessing the development of the economic situation in the sector concerned in the near future, this suspension measure should be taken only temporarily,
As from the date on which this Regulation enters into force until 31 December 1985, the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on aldicarb (ISO), dissolved in dichloromethane, falling within subheading ex 29.31 B shall be totally suspended.
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 |
32006D0146 | 2006/146/EC: Commission Decision of 21 February 2006 on certain protection measures with regard to certain fruit bats, dogs and cats coming from Malaysia (Peninsula) and Australia (notified under document number C(2006) 417) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 25.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 55/44
COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 February 2006
on certain protection measures with regard to certain fruit bats, dogs and cats coming from Malaysia (Peninsula) and Australia
(notified under document number C(2006) 417)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/146/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 1999/507/EC of 26 July 1999 on certain protection measures with regard to certain fruit bats, dogs and cats coming from Malaysia (Peninsula) and Australia (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codified.
(2) The principal animal health conditions to be complied with by Member States when importing from third countries dogs, cats and other animals susceptible to rabies are laid down in Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (4). However the veterinary certification is not yet harmonised.
(3) Fatal cases of Hendra disease and Nipah disease in human beings have been declared respectively in Australia and in Malaysia.
(4) Fruit bats of the genus Pteropus are considered the natural host of Hendra disease virus and incriminated in being the virus reservoir for Nipah disease. However these mammals do not show clinical signs of disease and may harbour the virus in the presence of neutralising antibodies.
(5) Fruit bats are occasionally imported from third countries. Pending Community animal health conditions for imports from third countries of fruit bats, it appears necessary to introduce certain protection measures with regard to Hendra and Nipah diseases.
(6) Hendra disease may be transmitted by cats, and dogs and cats contract Nipah disease. The exposure to the respective viruses stimulates seroconversion in diseased and reconvalescent animals, which can be detected by laboratory testing.
(7) The presence of this zoonotic disease in the above countries is liable to constitute a danger for persons and susceptible animals in the Community.
(8) It is necessary to adopt protection measures at Community level with regard to imports of fruit bats, dogs and cats from Malaysia (Peninsula) and Australia.
(9) However, Hendra disease, being a notifiable disease in accordance with Australian law, has not been reported in Australia since 1999. Therefore, no special laboratory tests should be required for cats imported from Australia.
(10) For the sake of clarity provisions should be made allowing the transit of dogs and cats through international airports in Malaysia.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. Imports of fruit bats of the genus Pteropus from Malaysia (Peninsula) and Australia are prohibited.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 and without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC, fruit bats of the genus Pteropus may be imported under the following conditions:
(a) the animals originate from captive colonies,
(b) the animals have been isolated in quarantine premises for at least 60 days,
(c) the animals have been subjected with negative results to a serum neutralisation or approved ELISA test for antibody against Hendra and Nipah disease viruses, carried out in a laboratory approved for these tests by the competent authorities on samples of blood taken on two occasions with an interval of 21 to 30 days, the second sample to be taken within 10 days of export.
1. Imports of dogs and cats from Malaysia (Peninsula) are prohibited.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 dogs and cats may be imported under the following conditions:
(a) the animals have had no contact with pigs during at least the past 60 days prior to export,
(b) the animals have not been resident on holdings where during the past 60 days cases of Nipah disease have been confirmed,
(c) the animals have been subjected with negative result to an IgG capture ELISA test carried out in a laboratory approved for testing for antibody against the Nipah disease viruses by the competent veterinary authorities on a sample of blood taken within 10 days of export.
3. The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to dogs and cats in transit, provided they remain within the perimeter of an international airport.
1. Imports of cats from Australia are prohibited.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, cats may be imported under the condition that the animals have not been resident on holdings where during the past 60 days cases of Hendra disease have been confirmed.
3. The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to cats in transit, provided they remain within the perimeter of an international airport.
Decision 1999/507/EC is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.
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32002R0669 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2002 of 18 April 2002 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2002
of 18 April 2002
fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
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 organization of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regulations and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on the world market on the other. The same Articles provide that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on the markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports, and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market.
(3) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/95(5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2993/95(6), on the import and export system for products processed from cereals and from rice defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund on these products is being calculated.
(4) The refund to be granted in respect of certain processed products should be graduated on the basis of the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch content of the individual product concerned, this content being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic product actually incorporated in the processed product.
(5) There is no need at present to fix an export refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of potential exports and in particular the nature and origin of these products. For certain products processed from cereals, the insignificance of Community participation in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export refund at the present time.
(6) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(7) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(8) Certain processed maize products may undergo a heat treatment following which a refund might be granted that does not correspond to the quality of the product; whereas it should therefore be specified that on these products, containing pregelatinized starch, no export refund is to be granted.
(9) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32007R1574 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1574/2007 of 21 December 2007 fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2008 fishing year
| 22.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 340/85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1574/2007
of 21 December 2007
fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2008 fishing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/2000 of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of private storage aid for certain fishery products (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The aid should not exceed the sum of technical and financial costs recorded in the Community during the fishing year proceeding the year in question.
(2) To discourage long-term storage, to shorten payment times and to reduce the burden of controls, private storage aid should be paid in one single instalment.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 2008 fishing year the amount of private storage aid, referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation shall be as follows:
— first month: EUR 210 per tonne,
— second month: EUR 0 per tonne.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2008.
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 |
32003R0858 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 858/2003 of 16 May 2003 prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a Member State with the exception of Denmark and the United Kingdom
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 858/2003
of 16 May 2003
prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a Member State with the exception of Denmark and the United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(3) lays down quotas for blue whiting for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES Vb (Faeroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State, with the exception of Denmark and the United Kingdom, have exhausted their quota,
Catches of blue whiting in the waters of the ICES Vb (Faeroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State, with the exception of Denmark and the United Kingdom, are hereby deemed to have exhausted their quota for 2003.
Fishing for blue whiting in the waters of the ICES Vb (Faeroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State, with the exception of Denmark and the United Kingdom, is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R2842 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2842/95 of 8 December 1995 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 on detailed rules for the application of the premium in favour of sheepmeat and goatmeat producers as regards the submission of premium applications in Sweden for the 1995 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2842/95 of 8 December 1995 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 on detailed rules for the application of the premium in favour of sheepmeat and goatmeat producers as regards the submission of premium applications in Sweden for the 1995 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1265/95 (2), and in particular Article 5 (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation No 279/94 (4) lays down that applications for a premium are to be submitted during a period fixed by each Member State within a period commencing on 1 November preceding the start of the marketing year and ending on 30 April following the start of the said marketing year; whereas, because of unfamiliarity with the new rules arising from Sweden's accession to the European Union, a number of producers in that country confused the application for entitlement to the ewe premium with the actual premium application itself; whereas these producers did not, as a result, submit the premium applications by the end of the period for submitting the above applications;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to allow derogations to Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 on a transitional basis for the 1995 marketing year so as to ensure that Swedish producers do not suffer losses that are disproportionate to the omission made, on the condition that certain control measures are taken;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
Notwithstanding Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93, Sweden may authorize those producers who did not submit in 1995 ewe premium applications for the 1995 marketing year to present an application for that year during a new period to be determined by that Member State; however, this period may not be later than that fixed for the submission of applications for the 1996 marketing year.
In the case of the producers referred to in Article 1:
- the retention period referred to in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93 shall be that applying for the 1995 marketing year, compliance with this period being confirmed by supporting documents and the updated flock register kept by the producer,
- Sweden will take administrative measures and additional controls which it shall notify these measures to the Commission.
Notwithstanding Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2700/93, Sweden shall notify the Commission before 30 April 1996 of the data relating to all the premium applications submitted for the 1995 marketing year, using the model in the Annex hereto.
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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32009R0279 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 279/2009 of 6 April 2009 amending Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications (Text with EEA relevance )
| 7.4.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 279/2009
of 6 April 2009
amending Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (1), and in particular its Article 11(c)(ii),
Whereas:
(1) Slovakia has submitted a reasoned request for amendment to Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC. It has requested the addition of the profession of dental technician (zubný technik), which meets the conditions provided for in Article 11(c)(ii) of Directive 2005/36/EC, as is apparent from the Government Regulation No 742/2004 Coll. on professional qualifications of health professionals.
(2) Denmark has submitted a reasoned request for amendments to Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC. It has requested the removal from Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC of the profession of optician (optometrist) which has been upgraded to the level of the diploma, as provided for in Article 11(d) of Directive 2005/36/EC, and therefore no longer meets the requirements of Article 11(c)(ii) of that Directive. Denmark has also requested the removal from Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC of the professions of orthopaedic technician (ortopædimekaniker) and of orthopaedic boot and shoemaker (ortopædiskomager) which are no longer regulated in Denmark.
(3) Directive 2005/36/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the recognition of professional qualifications,
Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31986R1793 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1793/86 of 10 June 1986 concerning the stopping of fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1793/86
of 10 June 1986
concerning the stopping of fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities by vessels of the Member States (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3723/85 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3721/85 of 20 December 1985, fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, provisional total allowable catches for 1986 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 114/86 (4), provides for mackerel quotas for 1986;
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 mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions II (excluding EC zone), V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII (excluding VIII c), XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands have reached the quota allocated for 1986; whereas the Netherlands have prohibited fishing for this stock as from 4 June 1986; whereas it is necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions II (excluding EC zone), V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII (excluding VIII c), XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 1986.
Fishing for mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions II (excluding EC zone), V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII (excluding VIII c), XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the above-mentioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 4 June 1986.
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31999R2690 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2690/1999 of 17 December 1999 concerning the authorisation of new additives in feedingstuffs
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2690/1999
of 17 December 1999
concerning the authorisation of new additives in feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2562/1999(2), and in particular Article 3, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 70/524/EEC provides that new additives shall be authorised, taking account of advances in scientific and technical knowledge.
(2) Council Directive 93/113/EC of 14 December 1993 concerning the use and the marketing of enzymes, micro-organisms and their preparations in animal nutrition(3), as last amended by Directive 97/40/EC(4), by derogation from Directive 70/524/EEC, authorised Member States to permit provisionally the use and marketing of enzymes, micro-organisms and their preparations.
(3) A provisional authorisation of new additives or uses of additives shall be given if, at the level permitted in feedingstuffs, it does not adversely affect human or animal health or the environment, nor harm the consumer by altering the characteristics of livestock product, if its presence in feedingstuffs can be controlled, and it is reasonabe to assume, in view of the available results, that it has a favourable effect on the characteristics of those feedingstuffs or on livestock production when incorporated in such feedingstuffs.
(4) Council Directive 89/391/EEC(5) on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work and its relevant individual directives, in particular Council Directive 90/679/EEC(6) as last amended by Commission Directive 97/65/CE(7) on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work, are fully applicable to the use and manipulation by workers of the additives in feedingstuffs.
(5) The examination of the dossiers, submitted by the Member States in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 93/113/EC, indicates that a certain number of preparations belonging to the groups of enzymes and micro-organisms can be provisonally authorised.
(6) The Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition has delivered a favourable opinion with regard to the harmlessness of these preparations.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs,
The preparations belonging to the group "Enzymes" listed in Annex I to the present Regulation shall be authorised according to Directive 70/524/EEC as additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in the said Annex.
The preparation belonging to the group "Micro-organisms" listed in Annex II to the present Regulation shall be authorised according to Directive 70/524/EEC as additives in animal nutriton under the conditions laid down in the said Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31998D0524 | 98/524/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1998 amending Decision 94/279/EC on the indicative allocation by Member States of the commitment appropriations from the Structural Funds for the agricultural part of Objective 5a except for those fields covered by Objective 1 as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 for the period 1994 to 1999 (notified under document number C(1998) 2330) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1998 amending Decision 94/279/EC on the indicative allocation by Member States of the commitment appropriations from the Structural Funds for the agricultural part of Objective 5a except for those fields covered by Objective 1 as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 for the period 1994 to 1999 (notified under document number C(1998) 2330) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/524/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (2), and in particular Article 12(4) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the indicative allocation of the resources of the Structural Funds which may be committed between 1994 and 1999 for the agricultural part of Objective 5(a) which does not fall under Objective 1 was established by Commission Decision 94/279/EC (3);
Whereas by the abovementioned Decision an amount of ECU 518 million, expressed in 1994 prices, was set aside from the total amount of ECU 5 149 million to ensure in particular that measures implemented before the entry into force of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (4) are funded; whereas the amount set aside was furthermore intended to take into account the special circumstances which could come up in the context of the examination of financial forecasts to be presented by Member States;
Whereas an amount of ECU 401 million has been used for funding measures implemented before the entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93; whereas an amount of ECU 124,619 million, expressed in 1998 prices, from the total amount set aside in 1994, has not yet been allocated;
Whereas by adopting Decision 96/388/EC (5), the Commission accepted the United Kingdom's request to withdraw the application of measures under Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 of 29 March 1990 on improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products (6), recast by Regulation (EC) No 951/97 (7), in England from the 1 March 1996; whereas by this Decision commitment appropriations of ECU 182,318 million, expressed in 1998 prices, were released and surrendered to the Funds; whereas, consequently, the commitment appropriations initially allocated to the United Kingdom in 1994 have to be reduced by this amount;
Whereas as a result of the above matter, a remaining sum amounting to ECU 306,937 million, expressed in 1998 prices, is available to be allocated from the Structural Funds for the agricultural part of Objective 5a, outside of Objective 1 and 6 regions;
Whereas in the context of the update of expenditure forecasts for measures under Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 (8) and during the monitoring of the implementation of measures under Regulation (EC) No 951/57 a number of Member States identified financial needs for the implementation of these measures which exceed the initially estimated amounts;
Whereas the requests of these Member States have been examined taking into account in particular three elements: the progress in implementation of the relevant measures within the current programming period, the availability of national co-financing, and the proof of sufficient absorption capacity for the additional financial resources; whereas this examination allowed the identification of the needs for additional financial resources in the concerned Member States;
Whereas Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 in conjunction with Article 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 (9) requires the evaluation of Community structural operations in order to gauge their effectiveness and whereas the latter Article sets out that evaluations are the joint responsibility of the Member State and the Commission; whereas Article 5(2)(e) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 defines support for technical assistance, including the measures to evaluate operations, as a form of financial assistance which may be provided;
Whereas contrary to the other structural interventions, the programming of measures under Regulation (EC) No 951/97, outside Objective 1 regions, did not foresee support for technical assistance; whereas the requirement to carry out an ex-post evaluation of the previous period 1991 to 1993 as well as a mid-term and ex-post evaluation of the ongoing period 1994 to 1999 will cause additional costs to be borne by Member States; whereas on the occasion of the discussion of the evaluation of measures under Regulation (EC) No 951/97 and Regulation (EEC) No 867/90 in the meeting of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development of 28 January 1997, Member States requested the expenditure for evaluation to be co-financed by the Funds; whereas the use of ECU 4 million for this purpose is considered to be justified;
Whereas, taking into account the justified needs for attribution to Objective 5a, an amount of ECU 117 million is not required for the reinforcement of interventions in the framework of Objective 5a; whereas from this remaining sum an amount of ECU 37 million is transferred to the PEACE initiative to ensure a part of the financing of the PEACE programme for Northern Ireland and with that to contribute to the peace process in this region;
Whereas for the other part of the remaining amount, Portugal, Italy and Germany submitted requests asking for a transfer of unused financial resources under Objective 5a to contribute to the financing of structural interventions in the framework of Objective 5b and Objective 1 programmes which are designed to remedy the damages which were caused by natural disaster; whereas these requests are considered to be justified as they involve the use of the unused financial resources within the scope of application of the Structural Funds for actions designed to restore the concerned rural regions;
Whereas, by letter of 14 May 1998, the Italian authorities requested the transfer of ECU 65,000 million which were initially allocated to the measures under Objective 5a, referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, to the operational programmes under Objective 5b for the regions Umbria and Marche; whereas this request is considered justified as the financial resources requested are intended to contribute to the financing of structural interventions aiming to remedy the damages which were caused by natural disaster; whereas the initial allocation of commitment appropriations from the Structural Funds for the agricultural part of Objective 5a except for those fields covered by Objective 1 to Italy has to be reduced by the aforementioned amount;
Whereas the indicative allocation set out in the Annex hereto satisfies the criteria laid down in Article 12(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and whereas the new distribution between Member States shall not modify the weightings of the past, in particular with regard to the allocation of resources in the future,
Article 1 of Decision 94/279/EC is replaced by the following text:
'Article 1
For the period 1994 to 1999, the initial indicative breakdown as decided in 1994 and the modified indicative breakdown, which is subject to the present Decision, between the Member States, of the commitment appropriations for the agricultural part of Objective 5a, except for those fields covered by Objective 1 as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, are set out in the Annex.
a
An amount of ECU 4 million is set aside to allow the support for technical assistance for the ex-post evaluation of the period 1991 to 1993, the mid-term review and the ex-post evaluation of the period 1994 to 1999 from commitment appropriations available for the agricultural part of Objective 5a except for those fields covered by Objective 1. The modalities of the support for evaluation shall be defined in a separate Commission Decision`.
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31986R0881 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 881/86 of 24 March 1986 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for carrots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1986)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 881/86
of 24 March 1986
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for carrots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1986)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3700/83 of 22 December 1983 laying down the arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond 31 December 1983 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3682/85 (2), jprovides, for the period 1 April to 15 May 1986 for the opening of a Community tariff quota of 2 500 tonnes of carrots, falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus, at a rate of customs duty equal to 40 % of the customs duty in the Common Customs Tariff; whereas the Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for this period;
Whereas, in accordance with Articles 180 and 367 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 449/86 determining the arrangements to be applied by the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to trade with certain third countries (3); whereas this Regulation applies therefore to the Community of Ten;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular to ensure to all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States, until the quota has been used up; whereas, however, since the period of application of the quota is very short, it seems possible to avoid allocating it among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as they may need, in the conditions and according to the procedure specified in Article 1 (2); whereas this method of management requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission; whereas 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, any operation relating to the administration of the shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. From 1 April to 15 May 1986, the Common Customs Tariff duty for carrots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus shall in the Community of Ten be suspended at 6,8 % within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 2 500 tonnes.
The Protocol on the definition of the concept of originating products' and on methods of administrative cooperation (4), annexed to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Cyprus, shall be applicable.
2. If an importer notifies 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 these requirements to the extent that the available balance of the reserve permits this.
3. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be valid until the end of the quota period.
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 quota have free access to the quota so long as the residual balance of the quota volume allows this.
3. Member States shall charge imports of the said goods against their shares as and when the goods are entered for free circulation.
4. The extent to which the quota has been exhausted 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.
The 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 1 April 1986.
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32005R1643 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1643/2005 of 7 October 2005 opening tendering procedure No 55/2005 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
| 8.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1643/2005
of 7 October 2005
opening tendering procedure No 55/2005 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
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 Article 33 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms (2) lays down, inter alia, the detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol arising from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 held by intervention agencies.
(2) In accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, tendering procedures should be organised for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses with a view to reducing the stocks of wine alcohol in the Community and enabling small-scale industrial projects to be carried out and such alcohol to be processed into goods intended for export for industrial uses. The wine alcohol of Community origin in storage in the Member States consists of quantities produced from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
(3) Since 1 January 1999 and in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (3), the prices offered in tenders and securities must be expressed in euro and payments must be made in euro.
(4) Minimum prices should be fixed for the submission of tenders, broken down according to the type of end-use.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Tendering procedure No 55/2005 EC is hereby opened for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses. The alcohol concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French intervention agency.
The volume put up for sale is 120 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volume of alcohol at 100 % vol contained in each vat are detailed in the Annex hereto.
The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.
1. Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned:
Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale
17, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231
F-33505 Libourne Cedex
Tel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00
Telex 57 20 25
Fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59
or sent by registered mail to that address.
2. Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 55/2005 EC for new industrial uses’, the outer envelope bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.
3. Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not later than 12.00 Brussels time on 27 October 2005.
4. All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol has been lodged with the intervention agency concerned.
The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 10,50 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture of baker’s yeast, EUR 28 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type chemical products for export, EUR 34 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture of eau de Cologne for export and EUR 8,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for other industrial uses.
The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The price of samples shall be EUR 10 per litre.
The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary information on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.
The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31996L0094 | Commission Directive 96/94/EC of 18 December 1996 establishing a second list of indicative limit values in implementation of Council Directive 80/1107/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 96/94/EC of 18 December 1996 establishing a second list of indicative limit values in implementation of Council Directive 80/1107/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/1107/EEC of 27 November 1980 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Advisory Committee of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work,
Whereas indicative limit values should be regarded as an important part of the overall approach to the setting of limit values and ensuring the protection of the health of workers at the workplace;
Whereas a first list of indicative limit values was established by Commission Directive 91/322/EEC (2);
Whereas a second list of indicative limit values can be drawn up at Community level following evaluation of the latest available scientific data on occupational health effects and on the availability of the measuring techniques;
Whereas, is preparing its Directive, the Commission was assisted by a scientific committee set up pursuant to Commission Directive 95/320/EC (3); whereas this Committee was responsible for the evaluation of the available scientific data;
Whereas, in addition, it is necessary to establish short-term limit values for certain substances to take account of effects arising from short-term exposure;
Whereas, for some agents, it is necessary to have regard also to the possibility of penetration through the skin, in order to ensure the best possible level of protection;
Whereas indicative limit values need to be kept under review and will need to be revised if new scientific data indicate that they are no longer valid;
Whereas this Directive constitutes a practical step towards the achievement of the social dimension of the internal market;
Whereas Member States must apply this Directive when they adopt provisions for the protection of workers in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Directive 80/1107/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 80/1107/EEC,
A second list of indicative limit values, of which Member States shall take account, inter alia, when establishing the limit values referred to in Article 4 (4) (b) of Directive 80/1107/EEC, is set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive:
- by 1 June 1998 where they have adopted provisions for the protection of workers in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Directive 80/1107/EEC, or
- at the time they adopt such provisions.
They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, 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 provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32014R1070 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1070/2014 of 10 October 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 271/2009 as regards the minimum content of the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS 109.713) and endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 18404) as a feed additive for laying hens (holder of authorisation BASF SE) Text with EEA relevance
| 11.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 295/49
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1070/2014
of 10 October 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 271/2009 as regards the minimum content of the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS 109.713) and endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 18404) as a feed additive for laying hens (holder of authorisation BASF SE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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) The use of the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS 109.713) and endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 18404) was authorised for 10 years for weaned piglets, chickens for fattening, laying hens, turkeys for fattening and ducks for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2009 (2), for chickens reared for laying, turkeys for breeding purposes, turkeys reared for breeding, other minor avian species (other than ducks for fattening) and ornamental birds by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1068/2011 (3) and for pigs for fattening by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1404/2013 (4).
(3) In accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the holder of the authorisation has proposed changing the terms of the authorisation of that preparation by reducing its minimum content from 560 TXU/kg to 280 TXU/kg and from 250 TGU/kg to 125 TGU/kg of the complete feedingstuff as regards the use on laying hens. The application was accompanied by the relevant supporting data. The Commission forwarded that application to the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’).
(4) The Authority concluded in its opinion of 20 May 2014 (5) that, under the new proposed conditions of use, the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS 109.713) and endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 18404) has the potential to be efficacious at the requested minimum doses of 280 TXU/kg and 125 TGU/kg of complete feedingstuff on laying hens. 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 the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS 109.713) and endo-1,4-beta-glucanase produced by Aspergillus niger (DSM 18404) shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 271/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 271/2009, in the column ‘Minimum content’ corresponding to the entry for laying hens, ‘560 TXU’ is replaced by ‘280 TXU’ and ‘250 TGU’ is replaced by ‘125 TGU’.
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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31988D0075 | 88/75/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 January 1988 authorizing the Italian Republic to apply intra- Community surveillance to imports of bananas originating in certain third countries and put into free circulation in the other Member States (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 January 1988
authorizing the Italian Republic to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of bananas originating in certain third countries and put into free circulation in the other Member States
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(88/75/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 87/433/EEC (1), on surveillance and protective measures which Member States may be authorized to take pursuant to Article 115 of the EEC Treaty, and in particular Articles 1, 2 and 5 thereof,
Whereas on 18 January 1988, the Italian Government applied for authorization to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of bananas falling within subheading 0803 00 10 of the combined nomenclature, originating in certain third countries other than the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (2) and put into free circulation in the other member States;
Whereas by its Decision C (88) 215 (3) of 29 January 1988, the Commission authorized the Italian Republic, under Article 115 of the Treaty, to apply until 30 June 1988 certain protective measures in respect of bananas originating in the third countries listed below; whereas under this Decision applications to import such bananas put into free circulation in the other Member States are subject to the lodging of a security;
Whereas the Italian Government has stated that the circumstances which led the Commission to adopt intra-Community surveillance measures in the past still prevail, namely the need to ensure the effectiveness of the commercial policy measures which Italy applies in respect of direct imports of fresh bananas originating in certain third countries other than the ACP States in order to attain the objective laid down in Protocol 4 to the LomĂŠ Convention;
Whereas, without prejudice to a later examination of the situation, it is therefore necessary to authorize the Italian Republic to apply intra-Community surveillance until 30 June 1988 to imports of the products in question; whereas acceptance of import applications submitted under the surveillance system must be made subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 29 January 1988 referred to above,
1. The Italian Republic is hereby authorized to apply intra-Community surveillance in accordance with Decision 87/433/EEC until 30 June 1988 to imports of bananas falling within subheading 0803 00 10 of the combined nomenclature originating in the third countries listed in the Annex and put into free circulation in the other Member States.
2. The acceptance of import applications shall be subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 of the Commission Decision of 29 January 1988.
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31986R3254 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3254/86 of 27 October 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2040/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of the co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3254/86
of 27 October 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2040/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of the co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 4 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides for a co-responsibility levy system for cereals produced in the Community; whereas the detailed rules of application required in order to implement this system were adopted by means of Regulation (EEC) No 2040/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2572/86 (4);
Whereas the production of maize for the purposes of ensilage on agricultural holdings does not give rise to any additional charges to the Community budget or to difficulties in managing the cereals market; whereas such ensilage operations are possible as from the month of September; whereas operations involving the crushing of maize ears with the view to their use as animal feed carried out from 1 September 1986 should be exempt from the co-responsibility levy;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The following paragraph is added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2040/86:
'Operations involving the crushing of maize ears harvested with a view to their ensilage on an agricultural holding shall also be exempt from the co-responsibility levy.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1986.
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31993R3659 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3659/93 of 29 December 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91 laying down detailed rules for the sale of butter from intervention stocks for export
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3659/93 of 29 December 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91 laying down detailed rules for the sale of butter from intervention stocks for export
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1762/93 (4), provides for quantities of butter in public storage to be made available to operators and invitations to tender to be organized in order, inter alia, to determine the minimum selling prices for butter intended for export either in the unaltered state or after processing; whereas Article 1 of the said Regulation stipulates that butter placed on sale must have entered into storage before 1 February 1991;
Whereas, in view of the development of butter stocks and of the quantities available, sales should be extended to butter entering into storage before 1 March 1991;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3378/91, the date '1 February 1991' is hereby replaced by '1 March 1991'.
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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32005R0951 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2005 of 22 June 2005 fixing the A1 and B export refunds for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches)
| 23.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 160/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 951/2005
of 22 June 2005
fixing the A1 and B export refunds for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches)
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), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3),
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 (2) lays down the detailed rules of application for export refunds on fruit and vegetables.
(2) Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides that, to the extent necessary for economically significant exports, the products exported by the Community may be covered by export refunds, within the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(3) Under Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, care must be taken to ensure that the trade flows previously brought about by the refund scheme are not disrupted. For this reason and because exports of fruit and vegetables are seasonal in nature, the quantities scheduled for each product should be fixed, based on the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3). These quantities must be allocated taking account of the perishability of the products concerned.
(4) Article 35(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides that refunds must be fixed in the light of the existing situation or outlook for fruit and vegetable prices on the Community market and supplies available on the one hand, and prices on the international market on the other hand. Account must also be taken of the transport and marketing costs and of the economic aspect of the exports planned.
(5) In accordance with Article 35(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, prices on the Community market are to be established in the light of the most favourable prices from the export standpoint.
(6) The international trade situation or the special requirements of certain markets may call for the refund on a given product to vary according to its destination.
(7) Tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches of classes Extra, I and II of the common quality standards can currently be exported in economically significant quantities.
(8) In order to ensure the best use of available resources and in view of the structure of Community exports, it is appropriate to fix the A1 and B export refunds.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
1. For system A1, the refund rates, the refund application period and the scheduled quantities for the products concerned are fixed in the Annex hereto. For system B, the indicative refund rates, the licence application period and the scheduled quantities for the products concerned are fixed in the Annex hereto.
2. The licences issued in respect of food aid as referred to in Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (4) shall not count against the eligible quantities in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 June 2005.
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31990R1631 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1631/90 of 15 June 1990 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on prepared unrecorded media falling within CN codes 8523 and 8524, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1631/90
of 15 June 1990
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on prepared unrecorded media falling within CN codes 8523 and 8524, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89, 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 prepared unrecorded media falling within CN codes 8523 and 8524 the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 9 000 000; whereas, on 21 May 1990, 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 22 June 1990, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:
1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // // // // 10.1053 // 8523 // Prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena other than products of Chapter 37 // // 8524 // Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded phenomena, including matrices and masters for the production of records but excluding products of Chapter 37 // // //
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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32002R1428 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/2002 of 2 August 2002 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 609/2001 as regards the implementation of certain provisions for 2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1428/2002
of 2 August 2002
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 609/2001 as regards the implementation of certain provisions for 2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2002(2), and in particular Article 48 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 609/2001(3) lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial assistance.
(2) Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 609/2001 sets 31 August as the latest date for paying financial assistance to the producer organisations. Annex II thereto sets 1 June and 1 October as the dates by which the Member States must have sent their information to the Commission.
(3) These provisions impose particular administrative constraints on the Member States again this year, compared to Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/97(4) (previously in force), because of the derogation regarding the operational funds for 2000 provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2001(5). In order to allow the Member States to process the applications for financial assistance from the Member States, a new time limit of 15 October 2002 should be set for paying the financial assistance under Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 609/2001, where the operational funds for 2001 are concerned.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to set a new deadline of 31 October 2002 for the Member States transmission of information on 2001 to the Commission pursuant to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 609/2001.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
Member States may postpone aid payments to producer organisations under Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 609/2001 in respect of the operational funds for 2001, until 15 October 2002 at the latest.
Member States shall send the Commission the information referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 609/2001 for 2001 by 31 October 2002 at the latest.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006R0904 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 904/2006 of 20 June 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 21.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 168/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 904/2006
of 20 June 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2006.
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31980R0988 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 988/80 of 23 April 1980 on the application of the lowest rate of the export refund on certain beef and veal products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 988/80 of 23 April 1980 on the application of the lowest rate of the export refund on certain beef and veal products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2916/79 (2), and in particular Article 18 (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 885/68 of 28 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on beef and veal and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 427/77 (4), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas, in cases where the export refund varies according to destination, Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (5) provides that part of the refund, calculated on the basis of the lowest rate of the refund, shall be paid on proof being furnished that the product has left the geographical territory of the Community;
Whereas Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (6) permit in particular the part of the refund corresponding to the lowest rate to be paid as soon as the product has been placed under one of the special arrangements set up by that Regulation;
Whereas, under special arrangements set up with certain non-member countries, the rate of refund applicable on export to those countries of certain beef and veal products may be lower, sometimes to a considerable degree, than the level of the refund normally applied ; whereas it may also be the case that no refund is fixed;
Whereas the lowest rate of the refund can also apply where no refund is fixed;
Whereas, as regards exports to the United States, there are cases where no refund is fixed ; whereas an exception should also be provided for the purposes of determining the lowest rate of the refund in cases where there are measures in the United States guaranteeing that products in respect of which a refund has been paid for other destinations may not be imported into that country ; whereas past experience shows that the products in question may be eligible for the aforesaid exception not only in relation to Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 but also to Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80;
Whereas the reasons which led to the adoption of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1515/79 (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2978/79 (8), still obtain ; whereas they should therefore be set out in a new Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The fact that no refund has been fixed for products falling within subheading 02.01 A II a) exported to the United States shall not be taken into consideration: - for the purposes of determining the lowest rate of the refund within the meaning of Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79,
- for the purposes of Articles 4 (7) and 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to products in respect of which customs export formalities are completed on or after 1 April 1980. (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. (2)OJ No L 329, 24.12.1979, p. 15. (3)OJ No L 156, 4.7.1968, p. 2. (4)OJ No L 61, 5.3.1977, p. 16. (5)OJ No L 317, 12.12.1979, p. 1. (6)OJ No L 62, 7.3.1980, p. 5. (7)OJ No L 184, 20.7.1979, p. 12. (8)OJ No L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 56.
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32006R1616 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1616/2006 of 23 October 2006 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Albania
| 31.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 300/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1616/2006
of 23 October 2006
on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Albania
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) A Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, (hereinafter referred to as SAA) was signed in Luxembourg on 12 June 2006. The SAA is in the process of ratification.
(2) On 12 June 2006 the Council concluded an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (1), (hereinafter referred to as the Interim Agreement) which provides for the early entry into force of the trade and trade-related provisions of the SAA. The Interim Agreement will enter into force the first day of the second month following the date of deposit of the last instrument of ratification or approval.
(3) It is necessary to lay down the procedures for applying certain provisions of both the SAA and the Interim Agreement. Since the trade and trade-related provisions of these instruments are to a very large extent identical, this Regulation should also apply to the implementation of the SAA after its entry into force.
(4) The SAA and the Interim Agreement stipulate that fishery products originating in Albania may be imported into the Community at a reduced customs duty, within the limits of tariff quotas. It is therefore necessary to lay down provisions regulating the management of these tariff quotas.
(5) Where trade defence measures become necessary, they should be adopted in accordance with the general provisions laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22 December 1994 on the common rules for imports (2), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2603/69 of 20 December 1969 establishing common rules for exports (3), Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (4) or, as the case may be, Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (5).
(6) Where a Member State provides information to the Commission on a possible fraud or failure to provide administrative cooperation, the relevant Community legislation shall apply, in particular Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (6).
(7) For the purposes of implementing the relevant provisions of this Regulation the Commission should be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing Community Customs Code (7).
(8) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (8),
Subject matter
This Regulation lays down certain procedures for the adoption of detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, (hereinafter referred to as SAA), and of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community and the Republic of Albania (hereinafter referred to as the Interim Agreement).
Concessions for fish and fishery products
Detailed rules for the implementation of Article 15(1) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 28(1) of the SAA, concerning the tariff quotas for fish and fishery products, shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 12(2) of this Regulation.
Tariff reductions
1. Subject to paragraph 2, rates of preferential duty shall be rounded down to the first decimal place.
2. Where the result of calculating the rate of the preferential duty in application of paragraph 1 is one of the following, the preferential rate shall be considered a full exemption:
(a) 1 % or less in the case of ad valorem duties, or
(b) EUR 1 or less per individual amount in the specific duties.
Technical adaptations
Amendments and technical adaptations to the provisions adopted pursuant to this Regulation rendered necessary by changes to the Combined Nomenclature codes and to the TARIC subdivisions or arising from the conclusion of new or modified Agreements, Protocols, Exchanges of Letters or other acts between the Community and the Republic of Albania, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 12(2) of this Regulation.
General safeguard clause
Without prejudice to Article 7 of this Regulation, where the Community needs to take a measure as provided for in Article 25 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 38 of the SAA, it shall be adopted in accordance with the conditions and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 3285/94, unless otherwise specified in Article 25 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 38 of the SAA.
Shortage clause
Without prejudice to Article 7 of this Regulation, where the Community needs to take a measure as provided for in Article 26 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 39 of the SAA, it shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2603/69.
Exceptional and critical circumstances
Where exceptional and critical circumstances arise within the meaning of Article 26(4) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 39(4) of the SAA, the Commission may take immediate measures as provided for in Article 26 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 39 of the SAA.
If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within five working days of receipt of the request.
The Commission shall notify the Council of its decision.
Any Member State may refer the Commission's decision to the Council within ten working days of receiving notification of the decision.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within two months.
Safeguard clause for agricultural and fisheries products
1. Notwithstanding the procedures referred to in Articles 5 and 6 of this Regulation, where the Community needs to take a safeguard measure as provided in Article 25 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter Article 38 of the SAA concerning agricultural and fisheries products, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures after, where applicable, having had recourse to the referral procedure provided for in Article 25 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter Article 38 of the SAA.
If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon:
(a) within three working days following the receipt of a request, where the referral procedure provided for in Article 25 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter Article 38 of the SAA does not apply; or
(b) within three days of the end of the 30-day period referred to in Articles 25(5)(a) of the Interim Agreement and thereafter Article 38(5)(a) of the SAA, where the referral procedure provided for in Article 25 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter Article 38 of the SAA applies.
The Commission shall notify Member States of the measures it decided.
2. Measures decided on by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 1 may be referred to the Council by any Member State within three working days of the date on which they were notified. The Council shall meet without delay. It may, acting by qualified majority, amend or repeal the measures in question within one month following the date on which they were referred to the Council.
Dumping and subsidy
In the event of a practice which is liable to warrant application by the Community of the measures provided for in Article 24(2) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 37(2) of the SAA, the introduction of anti-dumping and/or countervailing measures shall be decided upon in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 384/96 or Regulation (EC) No 2026/97, respectively.
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Competition
1. In the event of a practice that may justify application by the Community of the measures provided for in Article 37 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 71 of the SAA, the Commission shall, after examining the case, on its own initiative or on the request of a Member State, decide whether such practice is compatible with the Agreements.
The measures provided for in Article 37(9) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 71(9) of the SAA, shall be adopted in the cases of aid in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 and in the other cases in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 133 of the Treaty.
2. In the event of a practice that may cause measures to be applied to the Community by the Republic of Albania on the basis of Article 37 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 71 of the SAA, the Commission shall, after examining the case, decide whether the practice is compatible with the principles set out in the Interim Agreement, and thereafter the SAA. Where necessary, it shall take appropriate decisions on the basis of criteria which result from the application of Articles 81, 82 and 87 of the Treaty.
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Fraud or failure to provide administrative cooperation
Where the Commission, on the basis of information provided by a Member State or on its own initiative, finds that the conditions laid down in Article 30 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter in Article 43 of the SAA are fulfilled, the Commission shall, without undue delay:
(a) inform the Council; and
(b) notify the Joint Committee, and thereafter the Stabilisation and Association Committee, of its finding together with the objective information, and enter into consultations within the Stabilisation and Association Committee.
Any publication under Article 30(5) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 43(5) of the SAA, shall be done by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The Commission may decide, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 12(3) of this Regulation, to suspend temporarily the relevant preferential treatment of the products as provided for in Article 30(4) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 43(4) of the SAA.
2
Committee
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 248a of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
4. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
3
Notification
Notification to the Joint Committee, and thereafter the Stabilisation and Association Council and the Stabilisation and Association Committee, respectively, as required by the Interim Agreement or the SAA shall be the responsibility of the Commission, acting on behalf of the Community.
4
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32009D0292 | 2009/292/EC: Commission Decision of 24 March 2009 establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (notified under document number C(2009) 1959) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 25.3.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 79/44
COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 March 2009
establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste
(notified under document number C(2009) 1959)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/292/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (1), and in particular Article 11(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 1999/177/EC of 8 February 1999 establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (2) expired on 9 February 2009.
(2) At the expiry of Decision 1999/177/EC, a considerable amount of plastic crates and plastic pallets containing heavy metals whose concentration level exceeds that provided for by Directive 94/62/EC were still on the market. Given the lack of capacity of the industry to replace all such crates and pallets, there is a high risk that those crates and pallets will be disposed of through land filling or incineration. Both solutions would have harmful impacts on health and the environment.
(3) Directive 94/62/EC aims at limiting the presence of heavy metals in packaging as well as at providing a high level of environmental protection, including reuse and recycling.
(4) In order to give time to the industry to replace those plastic crates and plastic pallets using the best available techniques, it is appropriate to adopt conditions for a derogation relating to those crates and pallets which are in product loops in a closed and controlled chain. The scientific reports submitted to the Commission recommend that such derogation should be granted.
(5) Since the Commission intends to review the functioning of the system provided for in this Decision and the progress made in phasing out plastic crates and plastic pallets containing heavy metals after five years, it is necessary that Member States submit the relevant information. In order not to increase the existing administrative burden by imposing a specific reporting obligation on the Member States, it is sufficient that such information is included in the reports to be submitted to the Commission under Article 17 of Directive 94/62/EC.
(6) For reasons of legal certainty, this Decision should apply with effect from the date following that of the expiry of Decision 1999/177/EC in order to avoid any possible negative effects resulting from that expiry.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established pursuant to Article 21 of Directive 94/62/EC,
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
1. ‘heavy metals’ means lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium;
2. ‘intentional introduction of heavy metals’ means the act of deliberately utilising a substance containing heavy metals in the formulation of a packaging or a packaging component where its continued presence is desired in the final packaging or packaging component to provide a specific characteristic, appearance or quality;
3. ‘incidental presence of heavy metals’ means the presence of heavy metals as an unintended ingredient of a packaging or packaging component.
The sum of concentration levels of heavy metals in plastic crates and plastic pallets may exceed the applicable limit laid down in Article 11(1) of Directive 94/62/EC provided that those crates and pallets are introduced and kept in product loops which are in a closed and controlled chain under the conditions set out in Articles 3, 4 and 5.
1. Plastic crates and plastic pallets containing an excessive amount of heavy metals, as referred to in Article 2, shall be manufactured or repaired in a controlled recycling process in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.
2. The material used for recycling shall originate only from other plastic crates or plastic pallets.
The introduction of other material shall be limited to the minimum technically necessary and, in any case, shall not exceed 20 % by weight.
3. The intentional introduction of heavy metals as an element during the recycling, as opposed to the incidental presence of heavy metals, shall not be allowed.
The use of recycled materials as feedstock for the repair of packaging materials, where some portion of the recycled materials can contain heavy metals, shall not be considered to be intentional introduction of heavy metals.
4. The sum of concentration levels of heavy metals in plastic crates and plastic pallets may exceed the applicable limit laid down in Article 11(1) of Directive 94/62/EC only as a result of the use of materials containing heavy metals in the recycling process.
1. Plastic crates and plastic pallets containing an excessive amount of heavy metals, as referred to in Article 2, shall be identified in a permanent and visible way.
2. Member States shall ensure that within the life cycle of the plastic crates and plastic pallets concerned, at least 90 % of the dispatched plastic crates and plastic pallets containing an excessive amount of heavy metals, as referred to in Article 2, are returned to the manufacturer, the packer or the filler or to an authorised representative.
3. Without prejudice to the measures taken pursuant to Article 6, all plastic crates and plastic pallets returned pursuant to this Article that are no longer suitable or intended for reuse shall either be disposed of in accordance with a procedure specifically authorised by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned or be recycled in a controlled recycling process in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Article 3.
1. Member States shall provide for a system of inventory and record keeping and a method of regulatory and financial accountability that enable compliance with the conditions laid down in this Decision to be documented.
The system shall account for all plastic crates and plastic pallets containing an excessive amount of heavy metals, as referred to in Article 2, which are put into, and removed from, service.
2. Unless otherwise specified in a voluntary agreement, Member States shall ensure that the manufacturer or his authorised representative draws up on an annual basis a written declaration of conformity and an annual report demonstrating how the conditions laid down in this Decision have been complied with. The report shall contain possible changes to the system and authorised representatives.
3. Member States shall ensure that the manufacturer or his authorised representative keeps the relevant technical documentation at the disposal of the competent authorities for inspection purposes for at least four years.
Where neither the manufacturer nor his authorised representative is established within the Community, the obligation to keep the relevant technical documentation available shall lie with the person who places the product on the Community market.
Member States shall take measures to encourage manufacturers to investigate methods to progressively achieve the applicable limit of heavy metals contained in plastic crates and plastic pallets laid down in Article 11(1) of Directive 94/62/EC, including the best available techniques on the extraction of heavy metals.
Member States shall include in the reports to be submitted to the Commission under Article 17 of Directive 94/62/EC a detailed report on the functioning of the system provided for in this Decision and on the progress made in phasing out plastic crates and plastic pallets which are not in conformity with Article 11(1) of Directive 94/62/EC.
This Decision shall apply from 10 February 2009.
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32002R1582 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 of 5 September 2002 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002
of 5 September 2002
on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden
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), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Oats are one of the products covered by the common organisation of the market in cereals. It is not, however, included among the basic cereals referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 for which provision is made for intervention buying in.
(2) Oats is a major traditional crop in Finland and Sweden and is well suited to the weather conditions obtaining in those countries. Production far exceeds requirements in those countries with the result that they are required to dispose of surpluses by exporting them to third countries. Membership of the Community has not altered the previously existing situation.
(3) Any reduction in the quantity of oats grown in Finland and Sweden would be beneficial to other cereals qualifying for the intervention arrangements, especially barley. Production of barley is in surplus both in the two Nordic countries and across the whole of the Community. A switch from oats to barley would only worsen the situation and create further surpluses. It is necessary therefore to ensure that exports of oats to third countries can continue.
(4) Refunds may be granted in respect of oats pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92. The geographical situation of Finland and Sweden places them in a less favourable position from the point of view of exporting than other Member States. The fixing of refunds on the basis of Article 13 favours primarily those other Member States. It is anticipated therefore that the production of oats in the two Nordic countries will give way increasingly to that of barley. Consequently, in coming years, substantial quantities of barley must be expected to enter intervention storage in Finland and Sweden pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the only possibility of disposal being export to third countries. Exports from intervention storage are more costly to the Community budget than direct exports.
(5) These additional costs can be avoided under a special intervention measure within the meaning of Article 6 of that Regulation. This intervention measure may be taken in the form of a measure intended to relieve the market in oats in Finland and Sweden. The grant of a refund by a tendering procedure which would apply only to oats produced and exported from those two countries would be the most appropriate measure in the circumstances. This approach was followed in the 2001/2002 marketing year pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001(3).
(6) The nature and objectives of the said measure make it appropriate to apply to it, mutatis mutandis, Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and the Regulations adopted for its implementation, in particular 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(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(5).
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 requires tenderers to apply for an export licence among their other undertakings. Compliance with this obligation may be ensured by requiring tenderers to lodge a security of EUR 12 per tonne when they submit their tenders.
(8) The cereals in question should actually be exported from the Member States for which a special intervention measure was implemented. It is necessary therefore to limit the use of export licences to exports from the Member State in which application for the licence was made and to oats produced in Finland and Sweden.
(9) In order to ensure equal treatment for all concerned, it is necessary to make provision that the licences issued have an identical period of validity.
(10) In order to ensure the smooth operation of the export tendering procedure, it is necessary to prescribe a minimum quantity and a time limit and form for the submission of tenders to the competent agencies.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. A special intervention measure in the form of an export refund shall be implemented in respect of 400000 tonnes of oats produced in Finland and Sweden and intended for export from Finland and Sweden to all third countries, except Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Hungary.
3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and the provisions adopted for the application of that Article shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the said refund.
2. The Finnish and Swedish intervention agencies shall be responsible for implementing the measure referred to in paragraph 1.
1. Tenders shall be invited in order to determine the amount of the refund referred to in Article 1.
2. The invitation to tender shall relate to the quantity of oats referred to in Article 1(1) for export to all third countries, except Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Hungary.
3. The invitation shall remain open until 26 June 2003. During its period of validity weekly awards shall be made, for which the time limits for the submission of tenders shall be specified in the notice of invitation to tender.
Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, the time limit for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 19 September 2002.
4. Tenders must be submitted to the Finnish and Swedish intervention agencies named in the notice of invitation.
5. The tendering procedure shall take place in accordance with this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
A tender shall be valid only if:
(a) it relates to not less than 1000 tonnes;
(b) it is accompanied by a written undertaking from the tenderer specifying that it relates solely to oats grown in Finland and Sweden which are to be exported from those countries.
Where the undertaking referred to in subparagraph (b) is not fulfilled, the security provided for in Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95(6) shall be forfeited, except in cases of force majeure.
Under the tendering procedure referred to in Article 2, one of the following entries shall be made in box 20 of applications and export licences:
-
"Asetus (EY) N:o 1582/2002 - Todistus on voimassa ainoastaan Suomessa ja Ruotsissa"
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"Fรถrordning (EG) nr 1582/2002 - Licensen giltig endast i Finland och Sverige"
The refund shall be valid only for exports from Finland and Sweden.
The security referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 shall be EUR 12 per tonne.
1. Notwithstanding Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1291/2000(7), export licences issued in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 shall, for the purpose of determining their period of validity, be deemed to have been issued on the day on which the tender was submitted.
2. Export licences issued under this tendering procedure shall be valid from their date of issue, as defined in paragraph 1, until the end of the fourth month following that of issue.
3. Notwithstanding Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, export licences issued under this tendering procedure shall be valid in Finland and Sweden only.
1. On the basis of tenders notified, the Commission shall decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, either:
- to fix a maximum export refund, taking into account in particular the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, or
- to make no award.
2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, a contract shall be awarded to any tenderer whose tender specifies a rate of refund not exceeding such maximum export refund.
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission via the Finnish and Swedish intervention agencies not later than one and a half hours following expiry of the deadline for the weekly submission of tenders as specified in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be communicated in the form shown in Annex I to the telex or fax numbers given in Annex II.
If no tenders are received, the Finnish and Swedish intervention agencies shall inform the Commission thereof within the period specified in the first paragraph.
The times fixed for the submission of tenders shall correspond to Belgian time.
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31984R3533 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3533/84 of 13 December 1984 extending the period of validity of retrospective control of imports of footwear into the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3533/84
of 13 December 1984
extending the period of validity of retrospective control of imports of footwear into the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 of 5 February 1982 on common rules for imports (1), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82 and (EEC) No 1766/82 of 30 June 1982 establishing common rules for imports from State-trading countries and from the People's Republic of China (2), and in particular Articles 10 (3) and 10 (4) thereof, respectively,
Consultations having been held within the committees set up under Article 5 of the said Regulations,
Whereas, by Decision 78/560/EEC (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2854/79 (4), the Commission established retrospective control of imports of footwear into the Community; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 3579/83 (5), the period of validity of that Decision was extended to 31 December 1984;
Whereas the reasons which originally led the Commission to take such action, that is to say the considerable pressure exercised by imports into the Community of footwear and the resultant threat of injury to the Community producers of like or directly competing products, continue to apply;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to prolong this retrospective control,
The period of validity of Decision 78/560/EEC is hereby extended to 31 December 1985.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1985.
It shall apply until 31 December 1985.
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31990R0889 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 889/90 of 6 April 1990 reimposing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 889/90
of 6 April 1990
reimposing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1), and in particular Protocol No 1 thereto;
Having regard to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3606/89 of 20 November 1989 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Yugoslavia (2);
Whereas the abovementioned Protocol No 1 and Article 15 of the Cooperation Agreement provide that the products listed in the Annex are imported exempt of Customs duty into the Community, subject to the ceiling shown, above which the Customs duties applicable to Third Countries may be re-established;
Whereas imports into the Community of those products, originating in Yugoslavia, have reached that ceiling; whereas the situation on the Community market requires that customs duties applicable to third countries on the products in question be reimposed,
From 10 April to 31 December 1990, the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries shall be reimposed on imports into the Community of the products listed in the Annex, originating in Yugoslavia.
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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32004R1171 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1171/2004 of 24 June 2004 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
| 25.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1171/2004
of 24 June 2004
fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (2), provides that the export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 is equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, including, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; the sucrose content of the product in question is determined in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(3) Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (3), to the products listed in the Annex to the last mentioned Regulation.
(4) According to the terms of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the basic amount of the refund on the other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation exported in the natural state must be equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the one hand, of the difference between the intervention price for white sugar for the Community areas without deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world market and, on the other, of the need to establish a balance between the use of Community basic products in the manufacture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought in under inward-processing arrangements.
(5) According to the terms of Article 30(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the application of the basic amount may be limited to some of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation.
(6) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 makes provision for setting refunds for export in the natural state of products referred to in Article 1(1)(f) and (g) and (h) of that Regulation; the refund must be fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the export refund for products falling within CN code 1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and of the economic aspects of the intended exports; in the case of the products referred to in the said Article (1)(f) and (g), the refund is to be granted only for products complying with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95; for the products referred to in Article 1(1)(h), the refund shall be granted only for products complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(7) The abovementioned refunds must be fixed every month; they may be altered in the intervening period.
(8) The first subparagraph of Article 27(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that refunds on the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation may vary according to destination, where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary.
(9) The significant and rapid increase in preferential imports of sugar from the western Balkan countries since the start of 2001 and in exports of sugar to those countries from the Community seems to be highly artificial in nature.
(10) In order to prevent any abuses associated with the reimportation into the Community of sugar sector products that have qualified for export refunds, refunds for the products covered by this Regulation should not be fixed for all the countries of the western Balkans.
(11) In view of the above, refunds for the products in question should be fixed at the appropriate amounts.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 June 2004.
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31998D0174 | 98/174/EC: Commission Decision of 17 February 1998 amending Commission Decision 94/650/EEC on the organisation of a temporary experiment on the marketing of seed in bulk to the final consumer (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 17 February 1998 amending Commission Decision 94/650/EEC on the organisation of a temporary experiment on the marketing of seed in bulk to the final consumer (Text with EEA relevance) (98/174/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last amended by Council Directive 96/72/EC (2), and in particular Article 13a thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (3), as last amended by Council Directive 96/72/EC and in particular Article 13a thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 94/650/EC (4) established a temporary experiment at Community level with the aim of assessing whether the marketing of seed in bulk to the final consumer could bring about a substantial saving of costs in relation to the packing, the packaging material and subsequent disposal thereof, without resulting in any adverse effect on the quality of the seed compared with the level of quality achieved under the present system;
Whereas in the light of experience gained in the course of the experiment which lasts until 31 December 1997 these statements cannot yet be confirmed at Community level, on the basis of the information available;
Whereas it is therefore useful to extend the period of the experiment under the same conditions with the aim of assessing whether the above statements can be sustained at Community level;
Whereas it is necessary not to interrupt the continuity of the experiment;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
In Article 4(4) of Decision 94/650/EC the date of 31 December 1997 is replaced by 30 June 2000 in both places in which it appears.
This Decision shall enter into force on 31 December 1997.
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31992R1156 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1156/92 of 28 April 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1156/92 of 28 April 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
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,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (2), provides that the conformity of fruit and vegetables with the quality standards laid down is to be checked by sampling; whereas
Article 9
of that Regulation extends this provision to imported products;
Whereas experience has shown that a number of third countries' own inspection authorities can carry out these product conformity checks under satisfactory conditions; whereas, as a result, and for the sake of sound administration and commercial management, provision should be made for the authorization of such authorities to carry out conformity checks as if they had been carried out in a place of shipment in the Community;
Whereas, to this end, Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 should be supplemented,
The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as a second subparagraph:
'For products intended to be imported into the Community, these measures may consist in the authorization of the official inspection authorities of the exporting third country. The costs resulting from the checks decided upon by the Commission shall be borne by the Community.'
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31998R2458 | Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2458/98 of 12 November 1998 amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 laying down the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities and the other Regulations applicable to them with regard to the establishment of remuneration, pensions and other financial entitlements in euros
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, ECSC, EURATOM) No 2458/98 of 12 November 1998 amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 laying down the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities and the other Regulations applicable to them with regard to the establishment of remuneration, pensions and other financial entitlements in euros
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities, and in particular Article 24(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted following the opinion of the Staff Regulations Committee (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors (4),
Whereas the euro will be the currency of the Member States adopting the euro as from 1 January 1999 (5); whereas the monetary unit is the euro; whereas one euro will be divided into one hundred cents; whereas for a transitional period the euro will also be divided into national currency units (6);
Whereas, in the Member States which have adopted the euro, the remuneration, pensions and other financial entitlements of officials and other servants of the Communities should be established in euros as from 1 January 1999;
Whereas the purchasing power of these financial entitlements must not be affected by this amending Regulation;
Whereas it is accordingly necessary to amend Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (7),
In the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities and the other Regulations applicable to them the term 'Belgian francs` is replaced by the term 'euros` and amounts expressed in Belgian francs are replaced by their equivalent in euro units at the conversion rate laid down by the Council.
The rules relating to the rounding of amounts laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 shall apply.
In Article 16(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, 'Belgian franc` is replaced by 'cent`.
For conversion of the basic monthly salaries set out in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations and Article 63 of the conditions of employment of other servants, the first step and the difference between the first and second steps of each grade shall be calculated by straight application of the conversion rate laid down by the Council. The other steps shall be obtained by adding this difference to the preceding step.
With effect from 1 January 1999, the date referred to in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by '1 January 1999`.
The new weightings shall consequently be fixed on the basis of the ratio between the economic parities in force and the new exchange rates as referred to in Article 63 of the Staff Regulations, both expressed in euros.
At the time of the annual review of remuneration to take effect on 1 July 1999, the date specified in the second paragraph of Article 63 of the Staff Regulations shall be replaced by 1 July 1999.
As from 1 January 1999, the weightings in force in non-Community countries shall also be recalculated on the basis of the ratio between the economic parities in force and the corresponding new exchange rates in force on 1 January 1999 expressed in euros. When weightings taking effect after 1 January 1999 are adjusted, the corresponding exchange rate shall be that for the month preceding the date of application.
In Regulations (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 2530/72 (8), (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1543/73 (9), (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2150/82 (10), (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1679/85 (11), (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3518/85 (12), (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 2274/87 (13), (EEC) No 1857/89 (14), (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2688/95 (15) and (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2689/95 (16) the term 'Belgian francs` shall be replaced by the term 'euros` and amounts expressed in Belgian francs shall be replaced by their equivalent in euro units at the conversion rate laid down by the Council.
The rules relating to the rounding of amounts laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 shall apply.
On 1 January 1999, pursuant to this Regulation, the Commission shall effect the conversion into euros of the amounts of the different financial entitlements referred to in the Staff Regulations and the conditions of employment of other servants and the adjustment of the weightings to correct the effect of the change in exchange rates; these values shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities in January 1999.
Amounts due under the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities and the other Regulations applicable to them in respect of entitlements arising from events or in respect of periods pre-dating the date of application of this Regulation shall continue to be determined in accordance with the rules applicable before that date.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1999.
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31989R3883 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3883/89 of 11 December 1989 fixing the intervention price for butter and skimmed- milk powder as from 1 March 1990
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3883/89 of 11 December 1989 fixing the intervention price for butter and skimmed-milk powder as from 1 March 1990
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), and in particular Article 12 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1112/89 (6) fixed the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses for the 1989/90 milk year;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3881/89 of 11 December 1989 establishing, for the period running from 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990, the Community reserve for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (7),
increas the reserve provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 766/89 (8) for redistribution for the benefit of the producers during the abovementioned period; whereas, for the purposes of avoiding any worsening of the market situation and a rapid reconstitution of stocks, it appears appropriate to decide, at this stage already, on a lowering of the intervention price for butter and skimmed-milk powder, to apply from
1 March 1990,
As from 1 March 1990, the intervention prices for butter and skimmed-milk powder shall be fixed as follows:
(ECU per 100 kg)
Community
of Ten
Spain
Intervention price:
Butter
Skimmed-milk powder
293,28
172,73
314,74
218,81
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 March 1990.
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31993R1234 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1234/93 of 19 May 1993 fixing for the 1993 marketing year the reference prices for cherries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1234/93 of 19 May 1993 fixing for the 1993 marketing year the reference prices for cherries
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 638/93 (2), and in particular Article 27 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus to be amended as a result of the monetary realignments (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 784/93 (5), and in particular
Article 2
thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of the marketing year;
Whereas cherries are produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them;
Whereas cherries harvested during a given crop year are marketed from April to September; whereas the quantities harvested in April, during the first 20 days of May and from 11 August to 30 September are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices for these periods; whereas reference prices should be fixed only for the period 21 May to 10 August inclusive;
Whereas Article 23 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 stipulates that reference prices are to be fixed at the same level as for the preceding marketing year, adjusted, after deducting the standard cost of transporting Community products between production areas and Community consumption centres in the preceding year, by:
- the increase in production costs for fruit and vegetables, less productivity growth, and
- the standard rate of transport costs in the current marketing year;
Whereas the resulting figure may nevertheless not exceed the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus transport costs for the current year, after this amount has been increased by the rise in production costs less productivity growth; whereas the reference price may, however, not be lower than in the preceding marketing year;
Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and a reference price fixed for each of these periods;
Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the average of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial characteristics, being a product or variety representing a substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying specified requirements as regards market preparation; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that market are to be disregarded;
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/92 of 28 December 1992 on transitional measures for the application of the agrimonetary arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6) establishes a correspondence between the provisions of the agrimonetary arrangements applicable from 1 January 1993 and those applicable before that date;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 establishes a list of prices and amounts for the fruit and vegetables sector which are to be divided by a coefficient of 1,012674, fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 (7), as from the beginning of the 1993/94 marketing year; whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 lays down that the resulting reduction in the prices and amounts for each sector concerned shall be specified and the level of such reduced prices fixed; whereas, however, this adjustment may not result in a reference price level below that of the preceding marketing year, in accordance with Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 1993 marketing year, the reference prices for cherries falling within CN code 0809 20, expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms net, of packed products of class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows:
May (21 to 31): 140,71
June: 125,70
July: 115,49
August (1 to 10): 88,58.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 1993.
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31999R0707 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 707/1999 of 31 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 514/1999 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to certain third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 707/1999
of 31 March 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 514/1999 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98(2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 514/1999(3), provides for a sale of intervention stocks held by certain intervention agencies; whereas the quantities and prices stated in that Regulation should be amended to take account of the stocks already sold;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EC) No 514/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1:
(a) the second indent is replaced by the following:
"- 8000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency,."
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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 |
31988D0425 | 88/425/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 June 1988 approving an adjustment to the programme for the acceleration of agricultural development in certain regions of Greece (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 June 1988
approving an adjustment to the programme for the acceleration of agricultural development in certain regions of Greece
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(88/425/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 of 19 July 1982 on the acceleration of agricultural development in certain regions of Greece (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3157/87 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 18 (2) (a) thereof,
Whereas the programme of public works and other projects for the development of mountain and hill and less-favoured areas in 22 Greek prefectures was approved by Commission Decision 83/387/EEC (3);
Whereas the Hellenic Government forwarded on 12 January and 22 February 1988, the basic principles for adjusting the said programme; whereas, in the light of these principles, an amendment of the programme is justified;
Whereas adjustment of the programme requires the amendment of certain limits set in Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82;
Whereas the estimates in the adjusted programme in respect of aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) do not exceed the estimated cost referred to in Article 16 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82;
Whereas the Fund Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
1. The adjustment of the programme of public works and other projects for the development of mountain and hill and less-favoured areas in 22 Greek prefectures, the basic principles of which were forwarded by the Hellenic Government on 12 January and 22 February 1988, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82, is hereby approved.
2. In order to implement the adjustment of the programme the limits referred to in Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 are hereby amended as follows:
- the maximum eligible amount referred to in the first, second and third indents of (a) is fixed at 18 million ECU, 45 million ECU and 35 million ECU respectively,
- the maximum eligible amount referred to in the first indent of (b) is fixed at 5 000 ECU per hectare, up to a maximum total of 35 000 hectares and 77 million ECU,
- the maximum eligible amount referred to in the second indent of (b) is fixed at 500 ECU per hectare, up to a maximum total of 135 000 hectares and 35 million ECU,
- the maximum total referred to in the third indent of (b) is fixed at 900 hectares and 1 million ECU,
- the maximum eligible amount referred to in the fourth indent of (b) is fixed at 5,6 million ECU,
- the maximum eligible amount referred to in the sixth indent of (b) is fixed at 4 million ECU,
- the maximum total referred to in the seventh indent of (b) is fixed at 10 500 hectares and 20 million ECU,
- the maximum total referred to in the eighth indent of (b) is fixed at 8 000 hectares and 13 million ECU,
- the maximum total referred to in the ninth indent of (b) is fixed at 60 000 hectares and 13 million ECU,
- the maximum total referred to in the tenth indent of (b) is fixed at 130 000 hectares and 15 million ECU,
- the maximum total referred to in the eleventh indent of (b) is fixed at 2 550 kilometers and 36 million ECU,
- the maximum eligible amount referred to in the last indent of (b) is fixed at 6 % of the total cost of the project concerned for preparatory work relating to projects on private land within the framework of Article 14, up to a maximum total expenditure of 1 million ECU.
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31992R3491 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3491/92 of 2 December 1992 concerning the grant in the Azores of flat-rate aid for the production of sugar-beet and special aid for the processing of sugar-beet into white sugar
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3491/92 of 2 December 1992 concerning the grant in the Azores of flat-rate aid for the production of sugarbeet and special aid for the processing of sugarbeet into white sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (3), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 25 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 provides for the grant, subject to certain conditions, of aid at a flat rate per hectare for the development of sugarbeet production in the Azores and special aid for the processing into white sugar of sugarbeet harvested in the Azores;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the aid is effective, conditions should be laid down for their application, in particular the minimum conditions for their grant together with the administrative formalities to be completed for that purpose;
Whereas provision should be made in respect of aid paid without due entitlement;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 entered into force on 1 July 1992; whereas since Portugal has already applied the criteria and conditions laid down in this Regulation in respect of the 1992/93 marketing year, the Regulation should be made applicable with effect from that year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
Subject to the conditions in this Regulation, Portugal shall pay to producers of sugarbeet harvested in the Azores and to processors of such sugarbeet into white sugar in the Azores respectively the flat-rate aid per hectare and the special aid for processing referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92.
1. For the grant of the flat-rate aid per hectare, sugarbeet producers shall, prior to the harvesting of the areas sown, make a declaration to the competent authorities designated by Portugal and shall at the same time present their aid application in writing.
2. The areas eligible for aid shall consist for each producer of at least:
(a) 0,1 hectare for the 1992/93 marketing year;
(b) 0,2 hectare for the 1993/94 marketing year;
(c) 0,3 hectare for subsequent marketing years.
3. Aid applications shall be admissible only if the production of sugarbeet per hectare is at least 25 tonnes.
4. The aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall be paid only after the harvesting and the delivery of the sugarbeet in question to the processor, who shall notify the competent authorities of the quantity of sugarbeet delivered by each sugarbeet producer.
1. For the grant of the special processing aid, the processing undertaking shall submit an application in writing to the competent authorities.
The application shall indicate the quantity of white sugar produced from sugarbeet harvested in the Azores and shall be accompanied by:
(a) proof of purchase of the sugarbeet in respect of each producer who delivered the processed sugarbeet and
(b) from the 1993/94 marketing year onwards, a written undertaking not to refine raw sugar during the period of processing of the sugarbeet into white sugar.
2. The aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall be paid only after it has been established that white sugar has been produced from the sugarbeet harvested in the Azores.
1. Portugal shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that the aid is granted only up to a maximum corresponding to the production in the Azores of 10 000 tonnes of white sugar per marketing year.
2. Portugal shall take all the additional measures necessary for the application of this Regulation and in particular those concerning the form of the aid applications, the checking of supporting documents as well as the checking of land areas and the quantities of sugarbeet harvested and white sugar produced.
Portugal shall notify the Commission:
(a) within three months following the entry into force of this Regulation, of the additional measures adopted pursuant to Article 4 (2);
(b) within 45 working days of the end of each marketing year:
- of the areas and the overall amount for which the flat-rate aid per hectare has been requested and paid,
- of the quantities of white sugar produced and the overall amount of the special processing aid paid.
The conversion into Portuguese escudos shall be made:
(a) in the case of the aid referred to in Article 2, by applying the agricultural conversion rate applicable on the date of the last delivery of sugarbeet to the processor;
(b) in the case of the aid referred to in Article 3, by applying the agricultural conversion rate applicable on the date of the establishment by Portugal of the definitive production of the processing undertaking in question.
1. Where aid has been paid without due entitlement, the competent authorities shall recover the amounts paid out, with interest from the date on which the aid was paid to the date on which it is actually recovered. The interest rate applicable shall be that in force for similar recovery operations under Portuguese law.
2. The aid recovered together with the interest shall be paid to the paying departments and agencies and deducted by them from the expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) in proportion to the Community contribution.
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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32005R1213 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2005 of 28 July 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 29.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1213/2005
of 28 July 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 2005.
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32011R1086 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1086/2011 of 27 October 2011 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards salmonella in fresh poultry meat Text with EEA relevance
| 28.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 281/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1086/2011
of 27 October 2011
amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards salmonella in fresh poultry meat
(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 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents (1), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 aims at ensuring that proper and effective measures are taken to detect and control salmonella and other zoonotic agents at all relevant stages of production, processing and distribution in order to reduce their prevalence and the risk they pose to public health. That Regulation covers, amongst other things, the adoption of targets for the reduction of the prevalence of specified zoonoses in animal populations and the adoption of rules concerning trade within the Union and imports from third countries of certain animals and products thereof.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 646/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Community target for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in broilers and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1091/2005 (3) sets a Union target for the reduction of those two serotypes of salmonella in broilers. That Regulation aims for a reduction to be achieved in the number of flocks of broilers remaining positive to Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium to 1 % or less by 31 December 2011.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 584/2008 of 20 June 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a Community target for the reduction of the prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in turkeys (4) sets a Union target for the reduction of those two serotypes of salmonella in turkey flocks. That Regulation aims for a reduction to be achieved in the number of fattening turkey flocks remaining positive to Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium to 1 % or less by 31 December 2012.
(4) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 sets out specific measures to be taken for the control of the zoonoses and zoonotic agents listed in Annex I thereto. More specifically, point 1 of Part E of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 provides that, as from 12 December 2010, certain fresh poultry meat from animals listed in Annex I thereto may not be placed on the market for human consumption unless it meets the criterion: ‘Salmonella: absence in 25 grams’. That Regulation also provides for detailed rules for that criterion to be laid down, in particular, rules specifying sampling schemes and analytical methods.
(5) As regards fresh poultry meat, provision should be made to ensure that the detailed rules for the salmonella criterion in poultry meat result in a reasonable assurance that it is free from the relevant salmonella and that a harmonised application results in fair competition and similar conditions for placing on the market.
(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (5) lays down microbiological criteria for certain micro-organisms and the implementing rules that are to be complied with by food business operators when implementing the general and specific hygiene measures referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004.
(7) In the interests of consistency of Union legislation, it is appropriate to amend the specific requirements concerning fresh poultry meat set out in Part E of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 and to introduce detailed rules of the salmonella criterion in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005.
(8) In accordance with Commission Decision 2005/636/EC of 1 September 2005 concerning a financial contribution of the Community towards a baseline survey on the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in broiler flocks of Gallus gallus to be carried out in the Member States (6), Commission Decision 2006/662/EC of 29 September 2006 concerning a financial contribution from the Community towards a baseline survey on the prevalence of salmonella in turkeys to be carried out in the Member States (7) and Commission Decision 2007/516/EC of 19 July 2007 concerning a financial contribution from the Community towards a survey on the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. in broiler flocks and on the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella spp. in broiler carcases to be carried out in the Member States (8) information was collected on the prevalence of salmonella in broiler flocks, turkey flocks and broiler carcases, respectively. The results of these surveys, as well as preliminary results of the first year of national salmonella control programmes in broilers (2009) in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 show that salmonella prevalence in flocks of broilers and turkeys is still high (9). In addition, national salmonella control programmes in turkeys in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 only became mandatory from 2010 onwards. The application of the criterion to all salmonella serotypes before a notable reduction of the prevalence of salmonella in flocks of broilers and turkeys has been demonstrated may result in a disproportionate economic impact for the industry. Chapter 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 should therefore be amended.
(9) According to the Community Summary Report on trends and sources of zoonoses, and zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union in 2008 (10) by the European Food Safety Authority approximately 80 % of human salmonellosis cases are caused by Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium which is similar to preceding years. Poultry meat remains a major source of human salmonellosis.
(10) Setting a criterion for Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium would provide the best balance between reducing human salmonellosis attributed to the consumption of poultry meat and the economic consequences of the application of that criterion. At the same time, it would encourage food business operators to take measures at previous stages of poultry production that may contribute to the reduction of all serotypes of salmonella with public health significance. Focusing on those two serotypes would also be consistent with the Union targets set for primary production of poultry.
(11) The sampling plans for other salmonella food safety criteria have been provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005. They have been demonstrated to be practical for use by food business operators and are therefore also appropriate for fresh poultry meat sampling.
(12) The international standard EN/ISO 6579 is the horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella spp. in food and animal feeding stuffs. In addition, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 provides for that standard to be the reference method for all salmonella criteria. It should, therefore, also be laid down as a reference method for the criterion for fresh poultry meat, without prejudice to provisions on the use of alternative methods laid down in that Regulation. The European Union Reference Laboratory for Salmonella recommends that it is appropriate to use the White-Kaufmann-Le Minor scheme as reference method for serotyping.
(13) Monophasic strains of Salmonella typhimurium have rapidly emerged as one of the most commonly found serotype of salmonella in several species of animals and in clinical isolates from humans. According to the Scientific Opinion on monitoring and assessment of the public health risk of ‘Salmonella typhimurium-like’ strains (11) monophasic Salmonella typhimurium strains with the antigenic formula 1,4,[5],12:i:- are considered as variants of Salmonella typhimurium and current evidence has shown that these strains appear to pose a public health risk comparable to that of other Salmonella typhimurium strains. Therefore, it is appropriate to clarify that provisions for Salmonella typhimurium are applicable also to these monophasic strains.
(14) Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 lays down a process hygiene criterion for salmonella in poultry carcases of broilers and turkeys after chilling in slaughterhouses. The process hygiene criterion aims at controlling faecal contamination of poultry carcases if derived from infected flocks or due to cross-contamination in the slaughterhouse. Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005, the criteria and conditions concerning the presence of salmonella in poultry carcases are to be revised in the light of the changes observed in salmonella prevalence. Since the Union targets laid down for flocks of broilers in Regulation (EC) No 646/2007, and for turkeys in Regulation (EC) No 584/2008, must be achieved by the end of 2011 and the end of 2012 respectively, the number of sample units accepted to exceed the set limit should be decreased. Chapter 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(15) Regulations (EC) No 2160/2003 and (EC) No 2073/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(16) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and neither the European Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,
In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, point 1 of Part E is replaced by the following:
‘1. From 1 December 2011, fresh poultry meat from animal populations listed in Annex I shall meet the relevant microbiological criterion set out in Row 1.28 of Chapter 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 (12).
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 December 2011.
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32005L0045 | Directive 2005/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the mutual recognition of seafarers' certificates issued by the Member States and amending Directive 2001/25/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
| 30.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 255/160
DIRECTIVE 2005/45/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 7 September 2005
on the mutual recognition of seafarers' certificates issued by the Member States and amending Directive 2001/25/EC
(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 80(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) In its conclusions of 5 June 2003 on improving the image of Community shipping and attracting young people to the seafaring profession, the Council highlighted the necessity of fostering the professional mobility of seafarers within the European Union, with particular emphasis on recognition procedures for seafarers' certificates of competency, while ensuring thorough compliance with the requirements of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (the STCW Convention) in its up to date version.
(2) Maritime transport is an intensively and rapidly developing sector of a particularly international character. Accordingly, in view of the increasing shortage of Community seafarers, the balance between supply and demand in personnel can be maintained more efficiently at the Community, rather than the national level. It is therefore essential that the common transport policy in the field of maritime transport be extended to facilitate the movement of seafarers within the Community.
(3) As regards seafarers' qualifications, the Community has laid down minimum maritime education, training and certification requirements by way of Directive 2001/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (3). That Directive incorporates into Community law the international training, certification and watchkeeping standards laid down by the STCW Convention.
(4) Directive 2001/25/EC provides that seafarers must hold a certificate of competency issued and endorsed by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with that Directive and entitling the lawful holder thereof to serve on a ship in the capacity and perform the functions involved at the level of responsibility specified therein.
(5) Under Directive 2001/25/EC, mutual recognition among Member States of certificates held by seafarers, whether or not nationals of a Member State, is subject to Directives 89/48/EEC (4) and 92/51/EEC (5) setting up, respectively, a first and a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training. Those Directives do not provide for the automatic recognition of formal qualifications of seafarers, as seafarers may be subject to compensation measures.
(6) Each Member State should recognise any certificate and other evidence of formal qualifications issued by another Member State in accordance with Directive 2001/25/EC. Therefore, each Member State should permit a seafarer having acquired his/her certificate of competency in another Member State, satisfying the requirements of that Directive, to take up or to pursue the maritime profession for which he/she is qualified, without any prerequisites other than those imposed on its own nationals.
(7) Since this Directive is aimed at facilitating the mutual recognition of certificates, it does not regulate the conditions concerning access to employment.
(8) The STCW Convention specifies language requirements for seafarers. These requirements should be introduced into Community law to ensure effective communication on board ships and facilitate the free movement of seafarers within the Community.
(9) Today, the proliferation of certificates of competency of seafarers obtained by fraud poses a serious danger to safety at sea and the protection of the marine environment. In most cases, holders of fraudulent certificates of competency do not meet the minimum certification requirements of the STCW Convention. These seafarers could easily be involved in maritime accidents.
(10) Member States should therefore take and enforce specific measures to prevent and penalise fraudulent practices associated with certificates of competency as well as pursue their efforts within the IMO to achieve strict and enforceable agreements on the worldwide combating of such practices. The Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) is an appropriate forum for exchanging information, experience and best practices in this respect.
(11) Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 (6), established a European Maritime Safety Agency (the Agency), for the purpose of ensuring a high, uniform and effective level of maritime safety and prevention of pollution from ships. One of the tasks assigned to the Agency is to assist the Commission in the performance of any task assigned to it by Community legislation applicable to the training, certification and watchkeeping of ships' crews.
(12) The Agency should therefore assist the Commission in verifying that Member States comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive and Directive 2001/25/EC.
(13) The mutual recognition among Member States of certificates held by seafarers, whether or not nationals of a Member State, should no longer be subject to Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC, but should be governed by this Directive.
(14) Directive 2001/25/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(15) Since the objective of this Directive, namely the mutual recognition of the seafarers' certificates issued by the Member States, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
(16) In accordance with paragraph 34 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on better law-making (7), Member States are encouraged to draw up, for themselves and in the interest of the Community, their own tables, which will, as far as possible, illustrate the correlation between this Directive and their transposition measures, and to make those tables public,
Scope
This Directive shall apply to seafarers who are:
(a) nationals of a Member State;
(b) non-nationals who hold a certificate issued by a Member State.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘seafarer’ means a person who is trained and who is certificated by a Member State at least in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex I to Directive 2001/25/EC;
(b) ‘certificate’ means a valid document within the meaning of Article 4 of Directive 2001/25/EC;
(c) ‘appropriate certificate’ means a certificate as defined in Article 1(27) of Directive 2001/25/EC;
(d) ‘endorsement’ means a valid document issued by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 5(2) and (6) of Directive 2001/25/EC;
(e) ‘recognition’ means the acceptance by the competent authorities of a host Member State of a certificate or appropriate certificate issued by another Member State;
(f) ‘host Member State’ means any Member State in which a seafarer seeks recognition of his/her appropriate certificate(s) or other certificate(s);
(g) ‘STCW Convention’ means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, in its up-to-date version;
(h) ‘STCW Code’ means the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code, as adopted by Resolution 2 of the 1995 STCW Conference of Parties, in its up-to-date version;
(i) ‘the Agency’ means the European Maritime Safety Agency, established by Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002.
Recognition of certificates
1. Every Member State shall recognise appropriate certificates or other certificates issued by another Member State in accordance with the requirements laid down in Directive 2001/25/EC.
2. The recognition of appropriate certificates shall be limited to the capacities, functions and levels of competency prescribed therein and be accompanied by an endorsement attesting such recognition.
3. Member States shall ensure the right to appeal against any refusal to endorse a valid certificate, or the absence of any response, in accordance with national legislation and procedures.
4. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the competent authorities of a host Member State may impose further limitations on capacities, functions and levels of competence relating to near-coastal voyages, as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2001/25/EC, or alternative certificates issued under Regulation VII/1 of Annex I to Directive 2001/25/EC.
5. A host Member State shall ensure that seafarers who present for recognition certificates for functions at the management level have an appropriate knowledge of the maritime legislation of that Member State relevant to the functions they are permitted to perform.
Amendments to Directive 2001/25/EC
Directive 2001/25/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 4 shall be replaced by:
2. the following Article shall be inserted:
3. Article 18(1) and (2) shall be deleted with effect from 20 October 2007;
4. The following Articles shall be inserted:
5. the following paragraph shall be inserted in Annex I, Chapter I:
Transposition
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 20 October 2007. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Addressees
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32005D0810 | 2005/810/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 14 November 2005 appointing a French member of the European Economic and Social Committee
| 23.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 304/16
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 November 2005
appointing a French member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2005/810/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2002/758/EC, Euratom of 17 September 2002 appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2002 to 20 September 2006 (1),
Whereas a member's seat on the abovementioned Committee has fallen vacant, following the resignation of Mr Claude CAMBUS, of which the Council was informed on 25 July 2005,
Having regard to the nomination submitted by the French Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the European Commission,
Mr Georges LIAROKAPIS is hereby appointed a member of the European Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr Claude CAMBUS for the remainder of his term of office, namely until 20 September 2006.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32006R1246 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1246/2006 of 17 August 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1213/2006 fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
| 18.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 226/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1246/2006
of 17 August 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1213/2006 fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Export refunds on products listed in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 were fixed from 11 August 2006 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2006 (2).
(2) In the light of additional information available to the Commission, related in particular to the change in the relation between prices in the internal and world market, it is necessary to adjust export refunds currently applying.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1213/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1213/2006 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 August 2006.
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32006L0010 | Commission Directive 2006/10/EC of 27 January 2006 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb as active substances (Text with EEA relevance)
| 28.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 25/24
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/10/EC
of 27 January 2006
amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb as active substances
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC Spain received on 7 December 1998 an application from SKW Trostberg AG (on behalf of the Taskforce SKW Trosberg AG (Degussa AG) and Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co.Ltd.) for the inclusion of the active substance forchlorfenuron in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 2000/181/EC (2) confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(2) The Netherlands received an application under Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC on 6 October 1997 from DuPont de Nemours for the inclusion of the active substance indoxacarb in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. Commission Decision 1998/398/EC (3) confirmed that the dossier was ‘complete’ in the sense that it could be considered as satisfying, in principle, the data and information requirements of Annexes II and III to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(3) For those active substances, the effects on human health and the environment have been assessed, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(2) and (4) of Directive 91/414/EEC, for the uses proposed by the applicants. The designated rapporteur Member States submitted draft assessment reports concerning the substances to the Commission on 2 March 2001 (forchlorfenuron) and 7 February 2000 (indoxacarb).
(4) The draft assessment reports have been reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. The review was finalised on 23 September 2005 in the format of the Commission review reports for forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb.
(5) The review of forchlorfenuron did not reveal any open questions or concerns, which would have required a consultation of the Scientific Committee on Plants or of the European Food Safety Authority which has taken over the role of that Committee.
(6) For indoxacarb, two questions were submitted to the Scientific Committee on Plants (SCP). The SCP was asked to comment on the NOEL (No observed effect level) for effects on red blood cells in rats and on the adequate basis for the derivation of an Acute Reference Dose (ARfD) for indoxacarb.
(7) The recommendations of the SCP were taken into account during the further review by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, in this Directive and in the Review Report. This evaluation established the relevant endpoints (ARfD and Acceptable daily intake = ADI) on the basis of the exposure levels identified by the SCP.
(8) It has appeared from the various examinations made that plant protection products containing the active substances concerned may be expected to satisfy, in general, the requirements laid down in Article 5(1) (a) and (b) and Article 5(3) of Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular with regard to the uses which were examined and detailed in the Commission review reports. It is therefore appropriate to include forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb in Annex I to that Directive, in order to ensure that in all Member States the authorisations of plant protection products containing these active substances may be granted in accordance with the provisions of that Directive.
(9) Without prejudice to the obligations defined by Directive 91/414/EEC as a consequence of including an active substance in Annex I, Member States should be allowed a period of six months after inclusion to review existing provisional authorisations of plant protection products containing forchlorfenuron or indoxacarb to ensure that the requirements laid down by Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular in its Article 13 and the relevant conditions set out in Annex I, are satisfied. Member States should transform existing provisional authorisations into full authorisations, amend them or withdraw them in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC. By derogation from the above deadline, a longer period should be provided for the submission and assessment of the complete Annex III dossier of each plant protection product for each intended use in accordance with the uniform principles laid down in Directive 91/414/EEC.
(10) The inclusion of forchlorfenuron in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is based on a dossier covering the use of this active substance on kiwi fruits. Other uses are currently not adequately supported by data from the notifier and not all of the risks from such uses have shown to be adequately addressed under the criteria required by Annex VI to that Directive. If Member States are to grant authorisations for other uses, they should therefore require the data and information necessary to prove that the uses are compatible with the criteria in Directive 91/414/EEC, in particular concerning the effect on human consumers and the environment.
(11) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 91/414/EEC accordingly.
(12) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall adopt and publish by 30 September 2006 at the latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 October 2006.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
1. Member States shall in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing forchlorfenuron or indoxacarb as active substances by 30 September 2006. By that date, they shall in particular verify that the conditions in Annex I to that Directive relating to forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb, respectively, are met, with the exception of those identified in part B of the entry concerning those active substances, and that the holder of the authorisation has, or has access to, a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex II to that Directive in accordance with the conditions of Article 13.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for each authorised plant protection product containing forchlorfenuron or indoxacarb as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances all of which were listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by 31 March 2006 at the latest, Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to that Directive and taking into account part B of the entry in Annex I to that Directive concerning forchlorfenuron and indoxacarb, respectively. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
Following that determination Member States shall:
(a) in the case of a product containing forchlorfenuron or indoxacarb as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 September 2007 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing forchlorfenuron or indoxacarb as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 September 2007 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective Directive or Directives which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, whichever is the latest.
This Directive shall enter into force on 1 April 2006.
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31994R3062 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 3062/94 of 15 December 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3062/94 of 15 December 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3179/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2830/94 (4), lays down time limits for the payment of production aid for olive oil;
Whereas, in order to comply with the undertakings made in the agreement on agricultural prices in July 1994 regarding the time limits for the payment of aid, including advances, to producers and in order to help establish a payments system which can be managed more efficiently, more precise time limits should be laid down for the payment of aid;
Wheras the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Article 12b of Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 12b
1. Member States shall pay the production aid to producers whose average output is lower than the quantity referred to in the first indent of Article 5 (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC submitting aid applications accompanied by proof that the olives have been processed at an approved mill, from 16 October to 31 December of each marketing year.
2. Member States shall pay the advance referred to in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 from 16 October of each marketing year.
3. Member States shall pay the balance of aid to producers whose average output is at least equal to the quantity referred to in the first indent of Article 5 (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC within 90 days of the determination by the Commission of the actual production for the marketing year concerned and of the unit amount of the production aid provided for in Article 17a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84.'
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 |
32002R1078 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1078/2002 of 21 June 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1078/2002
of 21 June 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 22 June 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 |
32005R1706 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1706/2005 of 19 October 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 20.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 274/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1706/2005
of 19 October 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October 2005.
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31988R0421 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 421/88 of 15 February 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1808/87 fixing the reference prices for hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing for the 1987/88 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 421/88
of 15 February 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1808/87 fixing the reference prices for hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing for the 1987/88 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 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3985/87 (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 introduces with effect from 1 January 1988 a combined goods nomenclature based on the Harmonized System, which meets the requirements of both the Common Customs Tariff and the nomenclature of goods for the external trade statistics of the Community;
Whereas, as a consequence, the description of goods and tariff heading numbers appearing in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1808/87 (3), should accordingly be expressed in terms of the combined nomenclature;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1808/87, 'subheadings 10.05 A I, 10.05 A II, 10.05 A III and 10.07 C I of the Common Customs Tariff' is hereby replaced by CN codes 1005 10 11, 1005 10 13, 1005 10 15 and 1007 00 10.'
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1808/87 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31999D0703 | 1999/703/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 18 August 1999 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries (notified under document number C(1999) 2586)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 August 1999
adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 1998 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
(notified under document number C(1999) 2586)
(1999/703/EC, ECSC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2762/98(2) and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X,
Whereas, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 342/99(3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 July 1998 to the remuneration of officials serving in third countries, payable in the currency of their country of employment;
Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjustments to these weightings(4) in recent months, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations;
Whereas some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 1998 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
With effect from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 1998 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the general budget of the European Communities for the month preceding the date referred to in the first paragraph. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1538 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1538/2001 of 27 July 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1538/2001
of 27 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 28 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 |
32006R1753 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1753/2006 of 28 November 2006 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, defining detailed provisions for amending and adapting these measures and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1983/95
| 29.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 331/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1753/2006
of 28 November 2006
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, defining detailed provisions for amending and adapting these measures and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1983/95
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 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), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 1/2006 of the EC-Denmark/Faroe Islands Joint Committee of 13 July 2006 (2) has amended Table II of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part, by increasing the annual tariff quota for shrimps, prawns and Norway lobsters, prepared or preserved, from 3 000 to 4 000 tonnes. That Decision took effect on 1 September 2006.
(2) The volume of the annual tariff quota for shrimps, prawns and Norway lobsters, listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 669/97 under order number 09.0679, should be amended to take account of that increase.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 669/97 is amended as follows:
In the table, for the order number 09.0679 in relation to the annual tariff quota for shrimps, prawns and Norway lobsters, prepared or preserved, the volume indicated in the sixth column ‘3 000’ is replaced by ‘4 000’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31980D0826 | 80/826/EEC: Commission Decision of 1 August 1980 finding that the apparatus described as 'TSI-Electrical Aerosol Size Analyser, model 3030' is not a scientific apparatus
| COMMISSION DECISION of 1 August 1980 finding that the apparatus described as "TSI-Electrical Aerosol Size Analyser, model 3030" is not a scientific apparatus (80/826/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 11 February 1980, the British Government has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "TSI-Electrical Aerosol Size Analyser, model 3030", to be used to measure the concentration of very fine particles in the air in order to assess their effect on electrostatic filters used in dust respirators, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 24 June 1980 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an electrical aerosol analyser;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus,
The apparatus described as "TSI-Electrical Aerosol Size Analyser, model 3030" is not considered to be a scientific apparatus.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32007R1431 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/2007 of 5 December 2007 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications Huile d'olive de Nyons (PDO)
| 6.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 320/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1431/2007
of 5 December 2007
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications Huile d'olive de Nyons (PDO)
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 first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) and having regard to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined France’s request for approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Huile d'olive de Nyons’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation (3). As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R1628 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/95 of 5 July 1995 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3846/87, (EC) No 429/95, (EC) No 720/95 and (EC) No 950/95
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1628/95 of 5 July 1995 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3846/87, (EC) No 429/95, (EC) No 720/95 and (EC) No 950/95
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 organization of the market in cereals (1), by Regulation (EC) No 1528/95 (2), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 836/95 (4), establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds based on the Combined Nomenclature;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/95 (5) amends the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds; whereas it has transpired that the description for clipped oats is too restrictive; whereas it should accordingly be amended;
Whereas Commission Regulations (EC) No 429/95 (6), (EC) No 720/95 (7) and (EC) No 950/95 (8) fix the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice for March, April and May 1995 respectively;
Whereas the product code 1104 22 10 100 has been omitted in the Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 429/95, (EC) No 720/95 and (EC) No 950/95; whereas the Regulations in question should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
In Sector 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87, the entry for CN code 1104 22 99 is hereby replaced by the following:
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1. The product code 1104 22 10 100 and the corresponding refund ECU 121,49/tonne are hereby inserted in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 429/95.
2. The product code 1104 22 10 100 and the corresponding refund ECU 103,20/tonne are hereby inserted in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 720/95.
3. The product code 1104 22 10 100 and the corresponding refund ECU 102,24/tonne are hereby inserted in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 950/95.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
shall apply from 1 January 1995.
shall apply, at the request of the party concerned, from the relevant dates of entry into force of Regulations (EC) No 429/95, (EC) No 720/95 and (EC) No 950/95.
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 |
31984R3026 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3026/84 of 30 October 1984 extending the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 2826/77 introducing a Community transit declaration form for use in automatic or electronic data-processing systems
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3026/84
of 30 October 1984
extending the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 2826/77 introducing a Community transit declaration form for use in automatic or electronic data-processing systems
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 222/77 of 13 December 1976 on Community transit (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3617/82 (2), and in particular Article 57 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2826/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/82 (4), is applicable until 31 December 1984;
Whereas experience shows that there is a need to provide that the form introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 2826/77 may continue to be used after that date;
Whereas, in addition, the present stage of evolution of the automatic and electronic data-procession systems being used in the customs field is such that no revision of the form is at present necessary;
Whereas the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 2826/77 should therefore be extended for two years;
Whereas, however, such extension does not prejudge the date of entry into force of the rules relating to the introduction of the single document form in trade within the Community and should not prejudice the implementation of such rules;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Transit Committee,
In the second paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2826/77, '31 December 1984' is hereby replaced by '31 December 1986'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1985.
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 |
32002R1097 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2002 of 24 June 2002 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Queso de Murcia al vino — Queso de Murcia)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2002
of 24 June 2002
supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Queso de Murcia al vino - Queso de Murcia)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2796/2000(2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Spain has sent the Commission two applications for the registration of the names "Queso de Murcia al vino" and "Queso de Murcia" as protected designations of origin.
(2) In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the applications have been found to meet all the requirements laid down therein and in particular to contain all the information required in accordance with Article 4 thereof.
(3) No statements of objection have been received by the Commission under Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of the names given in the Annex hereto following their publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities(3).
(4) The names should therefore be entered in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications and hence be protected throughout the Community as protected designations of origin.
(5) The Annex hereto supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 465/2002(5),
The names in the Annex hereto are added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as protected designations of origin (PDO) in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31969R2602 | Regulation (EEC) No 2602/69 of the Council of 18 December 1969 on retaining the Management Committee procedure
| REGULATION (EEC) No 2602/69 OF THE COUNCIL of 18 December 1969 on retaining the Management Committee procedure
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Regulation No 23 (1) on the progressive establishment of a common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2512/69, (2) and in particular Article 15 thereof;
Having regard to Regulation No 24 (3) on the progressive establishment of a common organisation of the market in wine, as amended by Regulation No 92/63/EEC, (4) and in particular Article 9 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 136/66/EEC (5) of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2146/68, (6) and in particular Article 40 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/EEC (7) of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69, (8) and in particular Article 28 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121/67/EEC (9) of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69, and in particular Article 26 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/67/EEC (10) of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation of the market in eggs, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 830/68, (11) and in particular Article 19 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/67/EEC (12) of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat, and in particular Article 19 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC (13) of 25 July 1967 on the common organisation of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69, and in particular Article 28 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/EEC (14) of 18 December 1967 on the common organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2485/69 (15) and in particular Article 42 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68 (16) of 27 February 1968 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in live trees and other plants, bulbs roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage, and in particular Article 16 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (17) of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk (1)OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 965/62. (2)OJ No L 318, 18.12.1969, p. 4. (3)OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 989/62. (4)OJ No 125, 17.8.1963, p. 2239/63. (5)OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. (6)OJ No L 314, 31.12.1968, p. 1. (7)OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67. (8)OJ No L 312, 12.12.1969, p. 3. (9)OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67. (10)OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2293/67. (11)OJ No L 151, 30.6.1968, p. 23. (12)OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2301/67. (13)OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1. (14)OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1. (15)OJ No L 314, 15.12.1969, p. 6. (16)OJ No L 55, 2.3.1968, p. 1. (17)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69, and in particular Article 32 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (1) of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69, and in particular Article 29 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 (2) of 28 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69, and in particular Article 17 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Whereas the above-mentioned Articles provide that at the end of the transitional period the Council, acting in accordance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission shall decide in the light of experience whether to retain or amend the provisions relating to the Management Committee procedure;
Whereas experience has demonstrated that it is desirable to retain that procedure beyond the transitional period;
The provisions governing the procedure to be followed by the Mangement Committees established in the various sectors of the common organisation of agricultural markets shall be retained beyond expiry of the transitional period provided for in Article 8 of the Treaty.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1970.
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 |
31995R2907 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2907/95 of 15 December 1995 making the release for free circulation of salmon of EEA origin conditional upon observance of a floor price (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2907/95 of 15 December 1995 making the release for free circulation of salmon of EEA origin conditional upon observance of a floor price (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Articles 112 (1) and 113 (3) thereof,
Whereas with continually reducing unit costs of production of farmed salmon, the price of this product has fallen steadily since 1987; whereas, however, since late October 1995 a fall in the import price of farmed Norwegian salmon has arisen that is too sharp and too sudden to be accounted for by a fall in the cost of production; whereas Norway is the world's leading producer and exporter of farmed salmon; whereas this recent fall in price has been triggered by the very high level of production in Norway in 1995;
Whereas the great majority of Community salmon and salmon trout farms are in peripheral areas where there is no alternative industry or employment; whereas, therefore, damage to the salmon and salmon trout farming industry causes serious economic and societal difficulties in the regions concerned;
Whereas the three major markets for farmed salmon are Japan, the United States of America and the European Community; whereas Norwegian sales to Japan of farmed salmon fell in 1995; whereas Norwegian sales for farmed salmon to the United States of America are at present affected by a 26 % anti-dumping duty; whereas, therefore, if measures are not taken the difficulties on the EU market for farmed salmon will persist or deteriorate further;
Whereas the markets for salmon and for salmon trout can be considered as economically one market; whereas, however, the safeguard measure being proposed in this Regulation is the minimum protective measure strictly necessary to remedy the situation;
Whereas the duration proposed for the measure is six months; whereas, in accordance with Article 113 (5) of the EEA Agreement, it will, however, be the subject of consultations in the EEA Joint Committee after three months with a view to abolition or limitation of its scope before that date;
Whereas in accordance with Article 113 (1) of the EEA Treaty at the EEA Joint Committee meeting of 22 November 1995 the issue was raised; whereas at the subsequent meeting of 15 December 1995, the Contracting Parties were notified that taking safeguard measures was being considered;
Whereas the exceptional circumstances now prevailing require immediate action to prevent prices falling still further thus causing even greater disturbance on the Community market; whereas this urgency precludes waiting until the prior examination of the EEA Joint Committee has been concluded; whereas, therefore, the Community must apply the protective measure immediately;
Whereas in accordance with Article 112 (3) of the EEA Agreement the measures shall apply to all Contracting Parties,
From the day this Regulation is published until 30 June 1996, the release for free circulation of salmon originating in the European Economic Area and falling within CN code 0302 12 00 shall be subject to the condition that the customs value as determined in accordance with the provisions in force be no less than the amount listed in the Annex.
Products already on their way to the Community on the date of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities shall not be subject to the condition laid down in Article 1.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31987R3073 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3073/87 of 13 October 1987 on arrangements for imports into the United Kingdom and Spain of certain textile products (categories 13 and 10 respectively) originating in China
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3073/87
of 13 October 1987
on arrangements for imports into the United Kingdom of Spain of certain textile products (categories 13 and 10) respectively originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2072/84 of 29 June 1984 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in China (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4132/86 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2072/84 lays down the conditions under which quantitative limits may be established; whereas imports into the United Kingdom and Spain of certain textile products (category 13 & 10) respectively, specified in the Annex hereto and originating in China have exceeded the levels referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article 1;
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2072/84, on 25 September 1987 China was notified of a request for consultations; whereas, pending a mutually satisfactory solution, the Commission has requested China for a provisional period of three months to limit exports to the United Kingdom of products falling within category 13 to 2 630 000 pieces and to Spain of products falling within category 10 to 165 000 pairs; with effect from the date of notification of the request for consultations; whereas pending the outcome of the requested consultations quantitative limits identical to those requested of the supplier country should be applied provisionally to imports of the categories of products in question;
Whereas paragraph 13 of the said Article 12 ensures that the quantitative limits are observed by means of a double-checking system in accordance with Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 2072/84;
Whereas the products in question exported from China to the Community between 25 September 1987 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation must be set off against the quantitative limits which have been introduced;
Whereas these quantitative limits should not prevent the importation of products covered by them shipped from China before the date of entry into force of this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, imports into the United Kingdom and Spain of textile products of category 13 and 10 respectively originating in China and specified in the Annex hereto, shall be subject to the provisional quantitative limits set out in that Annex.
1. Products as referred to in Article 1 shipped from China to the United Kingdom and Spain before the date of entry into force of this Regulation and not yet released for free circulation, shall be so released subject to the presentation of a bill of lading or other transport document proving that shipment actually took place during that period.
2. Imports of products shipped from China to the United Kingdom and Spain after the entry into force of this Regulation shall be subject to the double-checking system described in Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 2072/84.
3. All quantities of products shipped from China on or after 25 September 1987 and released for free circulation shall be deducted from the quantitative limits laid down. These provisional limits shall not, however, prevent the importation of products covered by it but shipped from China before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply until 24 December 1987.
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 |
31975L0502 | Commission Directive 75/502/EEC of 25 July 1975 limiting the marketing of seed of smooth-stalk meadow grass (Poa pratensis L.) to seed which has been officially certified 'basic seed' or 'certified seed'
| ( 1 ) OJ NO 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , P . 2298/66 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 356 , 27 . 12 . 1973 , P . 79 .
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE OF 25 JULY 1975 LIMITING THE MARKETING OF SEED OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS ( POA PRATENSIS L . ) TO SEED WHICH HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED " BASIC SEED " OR " CERTIFIED SEED "
( 75/502/EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;
HAVING REGARD TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 14 JUNE 1966 ( 1 ) ON THE MARKETING OF FODDER PLANT SEED , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 11 DECEMBER 1973 ( 2 ) , IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) THEREOF ;
WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED DIRECTIVE PERMITS THE MARKETING OF BASIC , CERTIFIED AND COMMERCIAL SEED OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS ( POA PRATENSIS L . ) ;
WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF THE DIRECTIVE AUTHORIZES THE COMMISSION TO PROHIBIT THE MARKETING OF FODDER PLANT SEED UNLESS IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED AS " BASIC SEED " OR " CERTIFIED SEED " ;
WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES NOW PRODUCE SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF BASIC AND CERTIFIED SEED TO SATISFY THE DEMAND FOR SEED OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY ;
WHEREAS IT IS CONSEQUENTLY APPROPRIATE TO ADMIT NO LONGER THE MARKETING OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS AFTER THE STOCKS RESULTING FROM CURRENT PRODUCTION CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN USED UP ;
WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DIRECTIVE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SEEDS AND PROPAGATING MATERIAL FOR AGRICULTURE , HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY ,
THE MEMBER STATES PROVIDE THAT FROM 1 JULY 1976 IT IS NO LONGER PERMITTED TO MARKET SEED OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS ( POA PRATENSIS L . ) UNLESS IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED AS " BASIC SEED " OR " CERTIFIED SEED " .
THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 1 JULY 1976 , BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE . THEY SHALL FORTHWITH INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF .
THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES . | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
32004R1464 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/2004 of 17 August 2004 concerning the authorisation for 10 years of the additive «Monteban» in feedingstuffs, belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances(Text with EEA relevance)
| 18.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 270/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1464/2004
of 17 August 2004
concerning the authorisation for 10 years of the additive ‘Monteban’ in feedingstuffs, belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and in particular Article 9g(5)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC, coccidiostats included in Annex I to that Directive before 1 January 1988 were provisionally authorised as from 1 April 1998 and transferred to Chapter I of Annex B with a view to their re-evaluation as additives linked to a person responsible for putting them into circulation. The narasin product, Monteban, is an additive belonging to the group ‘Coccidiostats and other medicinal substances’ listed in Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 70/524/EEC.
(2) The person responsible for putting into circulation Monteban submitted an application for authorisation and a dossier, according to Article 9g(2) and (4) of that Directive.
(3) Article 9g(6) of Directive 70/524/EEC allows the automatic extension of the period of authorisation of the additives concerned until the Commission takes a decision in cases where, for reasons beyond the control of the authorisation holder, no decision may be taken on the application before the expiry date of the authorisation. This provision is applicable to the authorisation of Monteban. The Commission requested a full risk evaluation from the Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition on 26 April 2001 and this request was consequently transferred to the European Food Safety Authority. Several requests for additional information were made during the re-evaluation process, making it impossible to complete the re-evaluation within the time limits required by Article 9g.
(4) The Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed attached to the European Food Safety Authority has delivered a favourable opinion with regard to the safety and to the efficacy of Monteban for chickens for fattening.
(5) The re-evaluation of Monteban carried out by the Commission showed that the relevant conditions laid down in Directive 70/524/EEC are satisfied. Monteban should therefore be authorised for 10 years as an additive linked to the person responsible for putting it into circulation and included in Chapter I of the list referred to Article 9t(b) of that Directive.
(6) As the authorisation for the additive is now linked to a person responsible for putting it into circulation, and replaces the previous authorisation which was not linked to any specific person, it is appropriate to delete the latter authorisation.
(7) Since there are no safety reasons for withdrawing the product narasin from the market immediately, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period of six months for the disposal of existing stocks of the additive.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Chapter I of Annex B to Directive 70/524/EEC is amended as follows:
the additive narasin, belonging to the group ‘Coccidiostats and other medical substances’, is deleted.
The additive Monteban belonging to the group ‘Coccidiostats and other medical substances’, as set out in the Annex to the present Regulation, is authorised for use in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
A period of six months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation is permitted to use up the existing stocks of narasin.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011R1069 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1069/2011 of 21 October 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 22.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 277/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1069/2011
of 21 October 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 22 October 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 |
31998D0461 | 98/461/EC: Council Decision of 13 July 1998 on financing the fixed costs of the system of managing technical assistance for the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
| 18.7.1998 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 202/64
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 July 1998
on financing the fixed costs of the system of managing technical assistance for the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
(98/461/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the fourth ACP-EC Convention, signed at Lome on 15 December 1989 and amended by the agreement signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995,
Having regard to Council Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community (1),
Having regard to the Internal Agreement on the financing and administration of Community aid under the second financial protocol of the fourth ACP-EC Convention, hereafter called the ‘Internal Agreement’, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas it is necessary to cover, for a period of four years, the fixed costs arising from the replacement of the European Association for Cooperation for the Management of Technical Assistance for the ACP States and the OCT;
Whereas the revenue accruing from the interest on the deposited funds referred to in Article 9(2) of the Internal Agreement would cover these fixed costs,
The sum of ECU 5,5 million shall be deducted from the revenue accruing from the interest on the funds deposited with paying agents in Europe referred to in Article 319(4) of the fourth ACP-EC Convention, to finance the fixed costs arising from the replacement of the European Association for Cooperation for the management of technical assistance for the ACP States and the OCT.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1168 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1168/2001 of 14 June 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific supply arrangements for Madeira relating to milk products regarding the amounts of aid
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1168/2001
of 14 June 2001
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific supply arrangements for Madeira relating to milk products regarding the amounts of aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93(4), lays down in particular the detailed rules for the application of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the Azores and Madeira.
(2) Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 of 30 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific supply arrangements for Madeira relating to milk products and establishing the forecast supply balance(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1030/2001(6), fixes the aid for milk products.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1167/2001 of 14 June 2001 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products(7) fixes the refunds on those products. Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 should be adapted to take account of those adjustments.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999R1950 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1950/1999 of 13 September 1999 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1191/1999 of 9 June 1999 prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of Germany
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1950/1999
of 13 September 1999
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1191/1999 of 9 June 1999 prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of Germany
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1191/1999(3) prohibits fishing for haddock in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIa and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany;
(2) Whereas, on 19 July and 10 August 1999 the United Kingdom transferred 26 tonnes of haddock from the waters of ICES divisions I, IIa and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) to Germany; whereas fishing for haddock in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIa and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany should therefore be authorised; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1191/1999 should therefore be repealed,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1191/1999 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994R3127 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 3127/94 of 20 December 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 2967/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3127/94 of 20 December 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 2967/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 (1) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 introduced the use of partial dissection of pig carcases as a means to obtain the total weight of the red striated muscles; whereas it is necessary to lay down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 (3), the details of the new assessment method in particular the number of carcases to be dissected and the new dissection method; whereas the use of partial dissection leads to a new specification of the maximum tolerance for statistical error in assessment;
Whereas it is appropriate to improve the procedure for authorization of new grading methods by introducing a two-step protocol and by enumerating the different elements which it should contain;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
'Article 3
1. The method for assessing the lean meat content of carcases authorized as a grading method within the meaning of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 is based on a representative sample of the national or regional pigmeat production concerned by the assessment method, consisting of at least 50 carcases whose lean meat content has been ascertained in accordance with the dissection method laid down in Annex I, combined with a nationally established quick method of carcase assessment using double regression or other statistically proven procedure, and such that the resulting precision is at least equal to that obtained using standard regression techniques on 120 carcases using the method in Annex I.
2. Authorization of the grading methods shall, moreover, be subjected to the root mean square deviation of the errors, measured about zero, being less than 2,5.
3. Member States shall inform the Commission, by way of a protocol, of the grading methods they wish to have authorized for application in their territory, describing the dissection trial and indicating the principles on which these methods are based and the equations used for assessing the percentage of lean meat. The protocol should have two parts and should include the elements provided for in Annex II. Part one of the protocol is presented to the Commission prior to the start of the dissection trial.
Application of grading methods in the territory of a Member State shall be authorized in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the basis of the protocol.
4. The application of grading methods must correspond in all particulars to the description given in the Community Decision authorizing them.`;
2. The Annex to the present Regulation is added as Annex I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.
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 |
32006R1303 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1303/2006 of 31 August 2006 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 1.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 238/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1303/2006
of 31 August 2006
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 32(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the differences between the prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(b), (c), (d) and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII 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, 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 Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month.
(4) Article 32(4) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in goods may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(5) The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in advance as the market situation over the next few months cannot be established at the moment.
(6) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
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) and in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
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