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32012L0051 | Commission Delegated Directive 2012/51/EU of 10 October 2012 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for applications containing cadmium Text with EEA relevance
| 18.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 348/18
COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE 2012/51/EU
of 10 October 2012
amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for applications containing cadmium
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2011/65/EU prohibits the use of cadmium in electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market.
(2) The substitution of cadmium in photoresistors for analogue optocouplers applied in professional audio equipment is still technically impracticable. The use of cadmium in those photoresistors should therefore be exempted from the prohibition. However, that exemption should be limited in time as the research for cadmium free technology is in progress and substitutes could become available by the end of 2013.
(3) Directive 2011/65/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 2 January 2013 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32007R0918 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 918/2007 of 31 July 2007 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 August 2007
| 1.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 200/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 918/2007
of 31 July 2007
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 August 2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3) Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 August 2007, and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,
From 1 August 2007, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2007.
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31984R1220 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1220/84 of 30 April 1984 on the classification of goods under subheadings 70.14 A I and 70.19 A I a) of the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1220/84
of 30 April 1984
on the classification of goods under subheadings 70.14 A I and 70.19 A I a)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, provisions must be laid down concerning the tariff classification of the following goods:
1. Colourless glass rosettes ('strass'), octagonal (about 14 mm diameter), cut and polished, mechanically, and having several facets on both sides, fully pierced symmetrically in two places near the edge; they are normally mounted on electrical lighting fittings;
2. Colourless glass pendants ('strass'), oval (e.g. about 50 Ă 29 mm), cut and polished, mechanically, and having many facets on both sides, fully pierced near the apex; they are normally mounted on electrical lighting fittings;
3. Colourless glass balls ('strass') (about 30 mm diameter), cut and polished, mechanically, and having many facets fitted with small, metal attachment hooks; they are normally mounted on electrical lighting fittings;
4. Colourless glass beads ('strass') (about 10 mm diameter), cut and polished, mechanically, and having several facets, fully pierced along a central axis; they are normally used in the manufacture of imitation jewellery;
Whereas the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (3), refers to 'illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked nor of optical glass', under heading No 70.14 and inter alia to 'glass beads' and 'similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares, and articles of glassware made therefrom', under heading No 70.19; whereas, for the classification of the goods in question, the abovementioned headings can be considered;
Whereas the nature (colourless glass) of the goods set out in 1, 2 and 3, and their appearance (special shape, pierced for the attachment of hooks) indicate that their main use is in the manufacture of electrical lighting fittings, whilst their use in the manufacture of imitation jewellery is of only secondary importance; whereas the goods set out in 4 are of the kind described in Explanatory Note 70.19 to the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature;
Whereas, consequently, the goods set out in 1, 2 and 3 are not to be classified under heading No 70.19 but must be classified under heading No 70.14 (subheading 70.14 A I of the Common Customs Tariff) and, conversely, the goods set out in 4 are not to be included in heading No 70.14 but must be included in heading No 70.19 (subheading 70.19 A I a)) of the Common Customs Tariff);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
The goods set out below shall be classified under their corresponding subheadings of the Common Customs Tariff as indicated hereafter:
1.2 // 1. Colourless glass rosettes ('strass'), octagonal (about 14 mm diameter), cut and polished, mechanically, and having several facets on both sides, fully pierced symmetrically in two places near the edge; they are normally mounted on electrical lighting fittings. // 70.14 Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked nor of optical glass: A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings: I. Facetted glass, plates, balls, pear-shaped drops, flower-shaped pieces, pendants and similar articles for trimming chandeliers. // 2. Colourless glass pendants ('strass'), oval (e.g. about 50 Ă 29 mm), cut and polished, mechanically, and having several facets on both sides, fully pierced near the apex; they are normally mounted on electrical lighting fittings. // 70.14 Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked nor of optical glass: A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings: I. Facetted glass, plates, balls, pear-shaped drops, flower-shaped pieces, pendants and similar articles for trimming chandeliers. // 3. Colourless glass balls ('strass'), (about 30 mm diameter), cut and polished, mechanically, and having many facets fitted with small, metal attachment hooks; they are normally mounted on electrical lighting fittings. // 70.14 Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked nor of optical glass: A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings: I. Facetted glass, plates, balls, pear-shaped drops, flower-shaped pieces, pendants and similar articles for trimming chandeliers. // 4. Colourless glass beads ('strass') (about 10 mm diameter), cut and polished, mechanically, and having many facets, fully pierced along a central axis; they are normally used in the manufacture of imitation jewellery. // 70.19 Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious and semi-precious stones, fragments and chippings, and similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares, and articles of glassware made therefrom; glass cubes and small glass plates, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics and similar decorative purposes; artificial eyes of glass, including those for toys but excluding those for wear by humans; ornaments and other fancy articles of lamp-worked glass; glass grains: A. Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious and semi-precious stones, and similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares, not mounted, set or strung, but including ungraded goods temporarily strung for convenience of transport; glass grains: I. Glass beads: a) Cut and mechanically polished.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32003R1434 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1434/2003 of 11 August 2003 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1434/2003
of 11 August 2003
on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (table grapes)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003(2),
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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(4), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1061/2003(5) 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 table grapes 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 table grapes after 11 August 2003 should be rejected until the end of the current export period,
Applications for system B export licences for table grapes submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1061/2003, export declarations for which are accepted after 11 August 2003 and before 17 September 2003, are hereby rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 August 2003.
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32009R0107 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 107/2009 of 4 February 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for simple set-top boxes (Text with EEA relevance)
| 5.2.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 36/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 107/2009
of 4 February 2009
implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for simple set-top boxes
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,
After consulting the Ecodesign Consultation Forum,
Whereas:
(1) Under Directive 2005/32/EC ecodesign requirements should be set by the Commission for energy-using products representing significant volumes of sales and trade, having a significant environmental impact and presenting significant potential for improvement in terms of their environmental impact without entailing excessive costs.
(2) Article 16(2) first indent of Directive 2005/32/EC provides that in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(3) and the criteria set out in Article 15(2), and after consulting the Consultation Forum, the Commission will as appropriate introduce implementing measures targeting consumer electronics.
(3) The Commission has carried out a preparatory study which analysed the technical, environmental and economic aspects of simple set-top boxes (hereinafter SSTBs). The study has been developed together with stakeholders and interested parties from the EU and third countries, and the results have been made publicly available.
(4) It has been stated in the preparatory study that the number of SSTBs placed on the Community market will grow from 28 million in 2008 to 56 million in 2014, and the annual electricity consumption of SSTBs will grow from 6 TWh in 2010 to 14 TWh in 2014, but that the electricity consumption of SSTBs can be significantly reduced in a cost effective manner.
(5) The electricity consumption of SSTBs can be reduced by implementing existing non-proprietary design solutions, which, despite being cost-effective, are not introduced onto the market in a satisfactory way because end-users are unaware of the running costs of SSTBs, providing manufacturers with no incentive to integrate such solutions to reduced power consumption during use.
(6) Ecodesign requirements for the power consumption of SSTBs should be set with a view to harmonising ecodesign requirements for these devices throughout the Community and contributing to the functioning of the internal market and to the improvement of the environmental performance of these devices.
(7) This Regulation should increase the market penetration of technologies yielding improved energy efficiency of SSTBs, leading to estimated annual energy savings of 9 TWh in 2014, compared to a business as usual scenario.
(8) The ecodesign requirements should not have a negative impact on the functionality of the product and should not negatively affect health, safety and the environment.
(9) A staged entry into force of the ecodesign requirements should provide an appropriate timeframe for manufacturers to redesign products. The timing of the stages should be set in such a way that negative impacts related to the functionalities of equipment on the market are avoided and cost impacts for manufacturers, in particular SMEs, are taken into account, while ensuring timely achievement of the policy objectives.
(10) Measurements of power consumption should be performed taking into account the generally recognised state of the art; manufacturers may apply harmonised standards established in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2005/32/EC.
(11) The requirements laid down in this Regulation should prevail over the requirements laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC with regard to ecodesign requirements for the standby and off mode power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment (2).
(12) Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Directive 2005/32/EC, this Regulation should specify that the applicable conformity assessment procedures are the internal design control set out in Annex IV to Directive 2005/32/EC and the management system set out in Annex V to Directive 2005/32/EC.
(13) In order to facilitate compliance checks manufacturers should be requested to provide information in the technical documentation referred to in Annexes IV and V of Directive 2005/32/EC in so far as it relates to the requirements laid down in this implementing measure.
(14) Benchmarks for currently available SSTBs with low power consumption should be identified. The availability of a ‘0 W-mode’ on SSTBs could support consumers′ behaviour and decisions to reduce unnecessary loss of energy. Benchmarks help to ensure wide availability and easy access to information, in particular for SMEs and very small firms, which further facilitates the integration of best design technologies for reducing the energy consumption of SSTBs.
(15) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 19(1) of Directive 2005/32/EC,
Subject matter and scope
This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for simple set-top boxes.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out in Directive 2005/32/EC shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:
1. ‘Simple set-top box’ (SSTB) means a stand-alone device which, irrespectively of the interfaces used,
(a) has the primary function of converting standard-definition (SD) or high-definition (HD), free-to-air digital broadcast signals to analogue broadcast signals suitable for analogue television or radio;
(b) has no ‘conditional access’ (CA) function;
(c) offers no recording function based on removable media in a standard library format.
(a) time-shift and recording functions using an integrated hard disk;
(b) conversion of HD broadcast signal reception to HD or SD video output;
(c) second tuner.
2. ‘Standby mode(s)’ means a condition where the equipment is connected to the mains power source, depends on energy input from the mains power source to work as intended and provides only the following functions, which may persist for an indefinite time:
(a) reactivation function, or reactivation function and only an indication of enabled reactivation function; and/or
(b) information or status display.
3. ‘Reactivation function’ means a function enabling the activation of other modes, including active mode, by remote switch, including remote control, internal sensor, timer to a condition providing additional functions, including the main function.
4. ‘Information or status display’ means a continuous function providing information or indicating the status of the equipment in a display, including clocks.
5. ‘Active mode(s)’ means a condition in which the equipment is connected to the mains power source and at least one of the main function(s) providing the intended service of the equipment has been activated.
6. ‘Automatic power down’ means a function which switches the active mode of an SSTB into standby mode after a period in the active mode following the last user interaction and/or channel change.
7. ‘Second tuner’ means a part of the SSTB available for independent recording while allowing to watch a different programme.
8. ‘Conditional access’ (CA) means a provider-controlled broadcasting service requiring a market subscription television service.
Ecodesign requirements
The ecodesign requirements for SSTBs are set out in Annex I.
Relationship with Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008
The requirements laid down in this Regulation shall prevail over the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008.
Conformity assessment
The procedure for assessing conformity referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 2005/32/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex IV to Directive 2005/32/EC or the management system set out in Annex V to Directive 2005/32/EC.
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes
Surveillance checks shall be carried out in accordance with the verification procedure set out in Annex II.
Benchmarks
The indicative benchmarks for best-performing products and technology currently available on the market are identified in Annex III.
Revision
No later than five years after the entry into force of this Regulation the Commission shall review it in the light of technological progress and present the result of this review to the Consultation Forum.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Point 1 of Annex I shall apply as from one year after the date referred to in the first paragraph.
Point 2 of Annex I shall apply as from three years after the date referred to in the first paragraph.
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32006R1138 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2006 of 26 July 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 as regards the quantities covered by standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States
| 27.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1138/2006
of 26 July 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 as regards the quantities covered by standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 (2) opened standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States.
(2) For some of these invitations to tender the acceptance of tenders has, in some Member States, almost completely exhausted the quantities made available to the economic operators. In view of the strong demand recorded in recent weeks and the market situation, new quantities should be made available in these Member States by authorising the intervention agencies concerned to increase the quantity put out to tender for export. Those increases should involve 500 000 tonnes of common wheat in Hungary, 36 487 tonnes in Slovakia and 15 863 tonnes in the Czech Republic.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 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 Union.
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32008D0324 | 2008/324/EC: Commission Decision of 25 March 2008 setting up the Platform on Electronic Data Retention for the Investigation, Detection and Prosecution of Serious Crime group of experts
| 23.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 111/11
COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 March 2008
setting up the ‘Platform on Electronic Data Retention for the Investigation, Detection and Prosecution of Serious Crime’ group of experts
(2008/324/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks (1) (the Data Retention Directive) aims to harmonise Member States’ provisions concerning the obligations of providers of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks with respect to the retention of certain data which are generated or processed by them in order to ensure that such data are available for the purpose of the investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crime.
(2) The preamble to the Data Retention Directive notes that technologies relating to electronic communications are changing rapidly and that legitimate requirements of competent authorities may evolve. In order to obtain advice and encourage the sharing of best practice in all matters relating to the retention of personal data, the Commission intends to establish a group composed of Member States’ law enforcement authorities, associations of the electronic communications industry, representatives of the European Parliament and data protection authorities including the European Data Protection Supervisor.
(3) Article 14 of the Data Retention Directive states that no later than 15 September 2010, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and Council an evaluation of the application of the Directive and its impact on economic operators and consumers, taking into account further developments in electronic communications technology and statistics provided to the Commission on retention of data. The evaluation should help determine whether it is necessary to amend the Data Retention Directive, in particular with regard to the list of data in Article 5 and the periods of retention provided for in Article 6 of the Directive.
(4) On 10 February 2006 the Council and the Commission issued a Joint Statement in relation to evaluation of the Data Retention Directive. This stated that the Commission will invite relevant stakeholders to regular review meetings to exchange information about technological developments, costs and effectiveness of application of the Directive. The Joint Statement says that during this process Member States will be invited to inform partners of their experiences in implementing the Directive and to share best practice. The Joint Statement further says that on the basis of these discussions ‘the Commission will consider presenting any necessary proposals, including with regard to any difficulties which may have emerged for Member States in relation to the technical and practical implementation of the Directive, in particular its application to Internet e-mail and Internet telephony data’.
(5) For the reasons indicated above it is necessary to set up a group of experts in the field of data retention drawn from the stakeholders referred to in Recital 14 of the Data Retention Directive.
(6) The group of experts will work as a consultative group. The group of experts will facilitate the sharing of best practice and contribute to the Commission’s assessment of the costs and effectiveness of the Directive as well as the development of relevant technologies which may impact on the Directive.
(7) The members of the group of experts will be drawn from the stakeholder groups referred to in Recital 14 of Directive 2006/24/EC.
(8) The group should be composed of a maximum of 25 members representing an appropriate balance of the aforementioned stakeholder groups.
(9) The group of experts should be able to establish sub-groups in order to facilitate and accelerate its work by focusing on a specific issue. The terms of reference of such sub-groups should be agreed upon by the group of experts as a whole and should be clearly defined.
(10) Rules on disclosure of information by members of the group of experts should be provided for, without prejudice to the Commission’s rules on security as set out in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom (2).
(11) Personal data relating to members of the group should be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (3).
(12) The term of office of the Members should be five years and may be renewable.
(13) It is appropriate to fix a period for the application of this Decision. The Commission will in due time consider the advisability of an extension,
The ‘Platform on Electronic Data Retention for the Investigation, Detection and Prosecution of Serious Crime’ group of experts
The ‘Platform on Electronic Data Retention for the Investigation, Detection and Prosecution of Serious Crime’, a group of experts in matters relating to retention of personal data for law enforcement purposes in the electronic communications sector, hereinafter referred to as ‘the group of experts’, is hereby set up.
Consultation and Tasks
1. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to the electronic retention of data relevant to the investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crime. Any member of the group of experts may advise the Commission that it is desirable to consult the group on a specific question. The Commission will call regular meetings of the group of experts and will establish in advance a detailed agenda based on matters within the scope of this Article.
2. The tasks of the group of experts shall be:
(a) to provide a forum for dialogue and the sharing of experience and best practice among experts drawn from the entities outlined in Article 3 hereof and in particular between competent authorities of the Member States and representatives of the electronic communications sector on questions related to the retention of personal data by providers of publicly available electronic communications services or public communications networks in order to ensure that the data are available for the investigation, detection or prosecution of serious crime;
(b) to encourage and facilitate a common orientation on the application of the Directive;
(c) to exchange information about relevant technological developments, costs and effectiveness of application of the Directive;
(d) to assist the Commission in identifying and defining difficulties which have emerged for the Member States in relation to the technical and practical implementation of the Directive in particular its application to Internet e-mail and Internet telephony data;
(e) to assist the Commission in its evaluation of the application of the Data Retention Directive and its impact on economic operators and consumers.
Composition — Appointment
1. The group of experts shall be composed of a maximum of 25 members taken from:
(a) Member States’ law enforcement authorities (up to 10 members);
(b) Members of the European Parliament (up to 2 members);
(c) Associations of the electronic communications industry (up to 8 members);
(d) Representatives of the Data Protection Authorities (up to 4 members);
(e) The European Data Protection Supervisor (1 member).
2. The members referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 shall be designated and appointed by the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security on the proposal of requested Member States and the European Parliament respectively. These members will be appointed in a personal capacity and may nominate an expert to represent them at meetings of the group of experts. The members referred to in points (c), (d) and (e) of paragraph 1 shall be appointed by the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security on the basis of an invitation from the same to become a member of the group of experts. The relevant associations or bodies as referred to in points (c), (d) and (e) of paragraph 1 will be entitled to nominate experts to represent them at meetings of the group of experts.
3. Members of the group of experts appointed in a personal capacity shall remain in office until they are replaced or their term of office ends. The term of office shall be five years and may be renewable.
4. Members of the group of experts appointed in a personal capacity who are no longer capable of contributing effectively to the group of experts’ deliberations, who resign or who do not comply with the conditions set out in Article 287 of the Treaty may be replaced for the remainder of their term of office.
5. Members of the group of experts appointed in a personal capacity shall each year sign an undertaking to act in the public interest and a declaration indicating the absence or existence of any interest which may undermine their objectivity.
6. The names of members appointed in a personal capacity shall be published on the Internet site of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice Freedom and Security, in the C Series of the Official Journal of the European Union and in the Commission’s Register of Expert Groups. The names of members shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
Operation
1. The group of experts shall be chaired by the Commission.
2. In agreement with the Commission, sub-groups may be set up to examine specific questions under terms of reference established by the group. Such groups shall be dissolved as soon as their mandates are fulfilled.
3. The Commission’s representative may ask experts or observers with specific competence on a subject on the agenda to participate in the group’s or sub-group’s deliberations if this is useful and/or necessary.
4. Information obtained by participating in the deliberations of a group or sub-group shall not be divulged if, in the opinion of the Commission, that information relates to confidential matters.
5. The group and its sub-groups shall normally meet on Commission premises in accordance with the procedures and schedule established by it. The Commission shall provide secretarial services. Other Commission officials with an interest in the proceedings may attend meetings of the group and its sub-groups.
6. The group shall adopt its rules of procedure on the basis of the standard rules of procedure adopted by the Commission.
7. The Commission may publish, in the original language of the document concerned, any summary, conclusion, or partial conclusion or working document of the group.
Additional experts
1. The Commission may invite experts or observers from outside the group with specific competence in a subject on the agenda to take part in the work of the group.
2. The Commission may invite official representatives of Member States, candidate countries or third countries and of international, inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations to participate in its meetings.
Meeting expenses
1. The Commission shall reimburse travel and, where appropriate, subsistence expenses for members, experts and observers in connection with the group’s activities in accordance with the Commission’s rules on the compensation of external experts.
2. The members, experts and observers shall not be remunerated for the services they render.
3. Meeting expenses are reimbursed within the limits of the annual budget allocated to the group by the responsible Commission services.
Applicability
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32002D0905 | 2002/905/EC: Commission Decision of 29 October 2002 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2003 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community (notified under document number C(2002) 4363)
| Commission Decision
of 29 October 2002
adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2003 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community
(notified under document number C(2002) 4363)
(2002/905/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 of 10 December 1987 laying down the general rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organisations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2535/95(2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(3), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1098/2001(5), the Commission must adopt a distribution plan to be financed from resources available in the 2003 budget year. The plan should lay down in particular, for each of the Member States applying the measure, the maximum financial resources available to carry out its part of the plan, and the quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention agencies.
(2) The Member States involved in the plan have supplied the information required in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.
(3) For the purposes of resource allocation, account must be taken of experience and of the degree to which the Member States used the resources allocated to them in previous years.
(4) The intra-Community transfers necessary to bring the plan to fruition should also be authorised under the conditions provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.
(5) To implement the plan, the operative event within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 should be the date on which the financial year for administration of stocks in public storage starts.
(6) To respect the plan's purpose, distribution of the products should be staggered throughout the year.
(7) In accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 the Commission sought the advice of the major organisations familiar with the problems of the most deprived persons in the Community when drawing up the plan.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinions of all the relevant committees,
For the 2003 financial year, foodstuffs for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community under Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 shall be supplied in accordance with the annual distribution plan set out in Annex I.
The intra-Community transfer operations listed in Annex II are hereby authorised.
To implement the annual plan, the date of the operative event referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 shall be 1 October 2002.
Where the quantity of products distributed exceeds 500 tonnes, participating Member States shall insert suitable provisions in the invitations to tender to ensure that the quantities shown in table (b) of Annex I are the subject of several distribution operations during the course of the annual plan so as to take account of the capacity of the charitable institutions.
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32002R1306 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1306/2002 of 18 July 2002 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1306/2002
of 18 July 2002
on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1128/2002(3) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences other than those tendered for as part of food aid.
(2) In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.
(3) In the case of tomatoes, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
In the case of tomatoes, the maximum refund rate and the percentage for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1128/2002 shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999R0479 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 479/1999 of 4 March 1999 repealing certain regulations in the milk and milk products sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 479/1999 of 4 March 1999 repealing certain regulations in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 6(6), 7(5), 10(3) and 12(3) thereof,
Whereas a number of legislative instruments in the milk and milk products sector have come to serve no purpose, as a result in particular of amendments to the basic legislation, the fact that the purpose of those acts has been achieved and the major changes that have taken place on the market; whereas, for reasons of clarity and legal certainty and for the sake of simplification, the legislative instruments in question should be formally repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The regulations listed in the Annex are hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 |
32001R1353 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1353/2001 of 4 July 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2257/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the specific arrangements for supplying Madeira with certain vegetable oils
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1353/2001
of 4 July 2001
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2257/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the specific arrangements for supplying Madeira with certain vegetable oils
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) Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2257/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 865/2001(4), establishes the forecast supply balance for certain vegetable oils for Madeira for the 2000/2001 marketing year.
(2) Pending the entry into force of the reform of the specific supply arrangements and in order to avoid any break in the application of the specific supply arrangements in force, the supply balance should be established for the period 1 July to 31 December 2001. The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2257/92 should therefore be replaced.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2257/92 is 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.
It shall apply from 1 July 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 |
31988R2277 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2277/88 of 25 July 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4123/87 fixing, for the 1988 fishing year, the overall foreseeable level of imports for the products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fisheries sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2277/88
of 25 July 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 4123/87 fixing, for the 1988 fishing year, the overall foreseeable level of imports for the products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fisheries sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal and in particular Article 361 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4123/087 (1), has fixed for certain fishery products the overall foreseeable level of imports for the 1988 fishing year; whereas this foreseeable level includes, for each product in question, an annual quota for imports from third countries;
Whereas, as regards Portugal, the quota for frozen fillets of hake of the genus Merluccius spp., initially laid down for the 1988 marketing year by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4122/87 (2), has been increased by 150 tonnes by Regulation (EEC) No 2276/88 (3); whereas it is consequently appropriate to adapt for that Member State the overall foreseeable level of imports of the product in question, set out in Regulation (EEC) No 4123/87;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 4123/88 is hereby amended as follows:
In the table in part B.1, for the overall level of imports of frozen fillets of hake of the genus Merluccius spp. falling within CN code 0304 20 57 is replaced by '339'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R1809 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/98 of 19 August 1998 amending for the 15th time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1809/98 of 19 August 1998 amending for the 15th time Regulation (EC) No 913/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in Spain, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No 913/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1650/98 (4), to introduce exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in that Member State;
Whereas, because the veterinary and trade restrictions continue to apply, the number of piglets and pigs for fattening which may be delivered to the competent authorities should be increased so that the exceptional measures can continue from 17 August 1998;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 913/97 is 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.
It shall apply with effect from 17 August 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R1016 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1016/96 of 5 June 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1687/95 establishing the forecast supply balance of the Canary Islands for products of the processed fruit and vegetable sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1016/96 of 5 June 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1687/95 establishing the forecast supply balance of the Canary Islands for products of the processed fruit and vegetable sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2537/95 (2), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1687/95 (3) establishes the forecast supply balance for processed fruit and vegetables for the Canary Islands for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996; whereas that balance can be revised; whereas the quantities fixed for certain products are in the process of being completely exhausted; whereas it therefore appears necessary to increase the quantities of certain products for the current marketing year, on the basis of the updated requirements of the Canary Islands;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1687/95 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1497 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1497/2005 of 15 September 2005 correcting Council and Commission Decision 2005/430/EC, Euratom on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part
| 16.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1497/2005
of 15 September 2005
correcting Council and Commission Decision 2005/430/EC, Euratom on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council and Commission Decision 2005/430/EC, Euratom of 18 April 2005 on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (1), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Annex to Decision 2005/430/EC, Euratom establishes the order numbers attributed to the European Union tariff quotas for products originating in Bulgaria.
(2) As a result of the erroneous inclusion in that Annex of an order number below 09.5100 for products falling within CN codes 1701 and 1702, the Commission is unable to administer the relevant tariff quota in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(3) Decision 2005/430/EC, Euratom must therefore be corrected.
(4) Since the annual periods for the application of the concessions begin on 1 July, provision should be made for this Regulation to apply from 1 July 2005.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
In the Annex to Decision 2005/430/EC, Euratom, the line concerning order number 09.4785 is replaced by the following:
‘Order number CN code Description
09.5902 1701 Sugar
1702 Other sugars’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 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 | 1 | 0 |
32011R0910 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 910/2011 of 9 September 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 10.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/38
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 910/2011
of 9 September 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 10 September 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 |
31975L0369 | Council Directive 75/369/EEC of 16 June 1975 on measures to facilitate the effective exercise of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of itinerant activities and, in particular, transitional measures in respect of those activities
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 16 June 1975 on measures to facilitate the effective exercise of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of itinerant activities and, in particular, transitional measures in respect of those activities (75/369/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 49, 57, 66 and 235 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1);
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2);
Whereas, pursuant to the Treaty, all discriminatory treatment based on nationality with regard to establishment and provision of services is prohibited as from the end of the transitional period ; whereas the principle of such treatment based on nationality applies in particular to the right to join professional organizations where the professional activities of the person concerned necessarily involve the exercise of this right;
Whereas, moreover, Article 57 of the Treaty provides that, in order to make it easier for persons to take up and pursue activities as self-employed persons, directives are to be issued for the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications and for the coordination of the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States;
Whereas, in the absence of mutual recognition of diplomas or of immediate coordination, it nevertheless appears desirable to make it easier to attain freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for the activities in question, in particular by the adoption of transitional measures of the kind envisaged in the General Programmes (3) in order to avoid causing exceptional difficulties for nationals of Member States in which the taking up of such activities is not subject to any conditions;
Whereas, in order to prevent such difficulties arising, the object of the transitional measures should be to allow, as sufficient qualification for taking up the activities in question in host Member States which have rules governing the taking up of such activities, the fact that the activity has been pursued in the Member State whence the foreign national comes for a reasonable and sufficiently recent period of time to ensure that the person concerned possesses professional knowledge equivalent to that required of the host Member State's own nationals;
Whereas activities relating to retail trade from established premises and to the selling of goods in covered markets from permanently fixed installations are covered by Directives No 68/363/EEC and No 68/364/EEC (4) concerning the retail trade ; whereas, accordingly, selling in markets other than from permanently fixed installations and in open-air markets should be covered by this Directive;
Whereas, moreover, Council Directives No 64/222/EEC and No 64/224/EEC (5) concerning the activities of intermediaries in commerce, industry and small craft industries already apply to the activities of intermediaries who go from door to door seeking orders;
Whereas this Directive is to cover not only trading activities which are necessarily itinerant but also other economic activities pursued on an itinerant basis where such activities are not covered by previous Directives;
Whereas this Directive does not apply in any Member State to itinerant activities which are prohibited in that Member State;
Whereas the activities of fairground operators, where they are of an itinerant nature, fall within the scope of this Directive;
Whereas the purpose of the transitional measures provided for in this Directive will disappear once the coordination of conditions for the taking up and pursuit of the activities in question and the mutual (1)OJ No C 11, 5.2.1971, p. 43. (2)OJ No C 42, 30.4.1971, p. 10. (3)OJ No 2, 15.1.1962, pp. 32/62 and 36/62. (4)OJ No L 260, 22.10.1968, pp. 1 and 6. (5)OJ No 56, 4.4.1964, pp. 857/64 and 869/64.
recognition of diplomas, certificates and other formal qualifications have been achieved;
Whereas this Directive does not affect the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in the Member States which prohibit companies or firms from pursuing itinerant activities or impose on them certain conditions for such pursuit;
Whereas, in so far as in Member States the taking up or pursuit of the activities referred to in this Directive is also dependent in the case of paid employees on the possession of professional knowledge and ability, this Directive should also apply to this category of persons in order to remove an obstacle to the free movement of workers and thereby to supplement the measures adopted in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 (1) of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community;
Whereas, for the same reason, the provisions laid down in respect of proof of good repute and proof of no previous bankruptcy should also be applicable to paid employees;
Whereas the activity in question must have been pursued and any vocational training received in the same branch of trade as that in which the beneficiary wishes to establish himself in the host Member State, where the latter imposes this requirement on its own nationals,
1. Member States shall adopt the measures defined in this Directive in respect of establishment or provision of services in their territories by natural persons and companies or firms covered by Title I of the General Programmes (hereinafter called "beneficiaries") wishing to pursue the activities referred to in Article 2.
2. This Directive shall also apply to nationals of Member States who, as provided in Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68, wish to pursue as paid employees activities referred to in Article 2.
This Directive shall apply to the following itinerant activities: (a) the buying and selling of goods: - by itinerant tradesmen, hawkers or pedlars (ex ISIC Group 612);
- in covered markets other than from permanently fixed installations and in open-air markets;
(b) activities covered by transitional measures already adopted that expressly exclude or do not mention the pursuit of such activities on an itinerant basis.
1. Where a host Member State requires of its own nationals wishing to take up any activity referred to in Article 2 proof of good repute and proof that they have not previously been declared bankrupt, or proof of either one of these, that State shall accept as sufficient evidence, in respect of nationals of other Member States, the production of an extract from the "judicial record" or, failing this, of an equivalent document issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority in the Member State of origin or the Member State whence the foreign national comes showing that these requirements have been met.
2. Where a host Member State imposes on its own nationals wishing to take up one of the activities referred to in Article 2, certain requirements as to good repute, and proof that such requirements are satisfied cannot be obtained from the document referred to in paragraph 1, that State shall accept as sufficient evidence in respect of nationals of other Member States, a certificate issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority in the country of origin or in the country whence the foreign national comes, showing that the requirements in question have been met. Such certificate shall relate to the specific facts regarded as relevant by the host country.
3. Where the country of origin or the country whence the foreign national comes does not issue the document referred to in paragraph 1 or the certificate referred to in paragraph 2 furnishing proof of good repute or proof of no previous bankruptcy, such proof may be replaced by a declaration on oath - or, in a State where there is no provision for declaration on oath, by a solemn declaration - made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative authority, or where appropriate, a notary, in the country of origin or the country whence that person comes ; such authority or notary will issue a certificate attesting the authenticity of the declaration on oath or solemn declaration. The declaration in respect of no previous bankruptcy may also be made before a competent professional or trade body in the said country. (1)OJ No L 257, 19.10.1968, p. 2.
4. Documents issued in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 may not be produced more than three months after their date of issue.
5. Member States shall, within the time limit laid down in Article 12, designate the authorities and bodies competent to issue the documents referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article and shall forthwith inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof.
6. Where in the host Member State proof of financial standing is required, that State shall regard certificates issued by banks in the Member State of origin or in the country whence the foreign national comes as equivalent to certificates issued in its own territory.
Member States in which the taking up or pursuit of any activity referred to in Article 2 is subject to possession of certain qualifications shall ensure that any beneficiary who applies therefor be provided, before he establishes himself or before he begins to pursue any activity on a temporary basis, with information as to the rules governing the occupation which he proposes to pursue.
1. Where in a Member State the taking up or pursuit of any activity referred to in Article 2 is subject to possession of general, commercial, or professional knowledge and ability, that Member State shall, subject to Article 6, accept as sufficient evidence of such knowledge and ability the fact that the activity in question has been pursued in another Member State for any of the following periods: (a) three consecutive years either in an independent capacity or in a managerial capacity ; or
(b) two consecutive years in an independent capacity or in a managerial capacity, where the beneficiary proves that for the activity in question he has received previous training, attested by a certificate recognized by the State or regarded by the competent professional or trade body as fully satisfying its requirements ; or
(c) two consecutive years in an independent capacity or in a managerial capacity, where the beneficiary proves that he has pursued the activity in question for at least three years in an non-independent capacity ; or
(d) three consecutive years in a non-independent capacity, where the beneficiary proves that for the activity in question he has received previous training, attested by a certificate recognized by the State or regarded by a competent professional or trade body as fully satisfying its requirements.
The host Member State may require of nationals of other Member States, in so far as it so requires of its own nationals, that the activity in question should have been pursued, and vocational training received, in the same branch of trade (or in a related branch) as that in which the beneficiary wishes to establish himself in the host Member State.
2. In the cases referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (c), pursuit of the activity in question shall not have ceased more than 10 years before the date on which the application provided for in Article 8 is made. However, where a shorter period is laid down in a Member State for its own nationals, that period may also be applied in respect of beneficiaries.
1. Notwithstanding Article 5, where in a Member State any activity referred to in Article 2 is regarded as being of an industrial or small craft nature and where the taking up or pursuit of such activity is subject to possession of general, commercial or professional knowledge and ability, that Member State shall accept as sufficient evidence of such knowledge and ability the fact that the activity in question has been pursued in another Member State for any of the following periods: (a) six consecutive years either in an independent capacity or in a managerial capacity ; or
(b) three consecutive years either in an independent capacity or in a managerial capacity, where the beneficiary proves that for the activity in question he has received at least three years' previous training, attested by a certificate recognized by the State or regarded by the competent professional or trade body as fully satisfying its requirements ; or
(c) three consecutive years in an independent capacity, where the beneficiary proves that the has pursued the activity in question for at least five years in a non-independent capacity ; or
(d) five consecutive years in a managerial capacity, not less than three years of which were spent in technical posts with responsibility for one or more departments of the undertaking, where the beneficiary proves that for the activity in question he has received at least three years' previous training, attested by a certificate recognized by the State or regarded by the competent professional or trade body as fully satisfying its requirements.
2. In the cases referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (c), pursuit of the activity shall not have ceased more than 10 years before the date when the application provided for in Article 8 is made. However, where a shorter period is laid down in a Member State for its own nationals that period may also be applied in respect of beneficiaries.
A person shall be regarded as having pursued an activity in a managerial capacity within the meaning of Articles 5 and 6 if he has pursued such an activity in an industrial or commercial undertaking in the occupational field in question: (a) as manager of an undertaking or manager of a branch of an undertaking ; or
(b) as deputy to the proprietor or to the manager of an undertaking, where such post involves responsibility equivalent to that of the proprietor or manager represented ; or
(c) in a managerial post with duties of a commercial nature and with responsibility for at least one department of the undertaking.
Proof that the conditions laid down in Articles 5 and 6 are satisfied shall be established by a certificate issued by a competent authority or body in the Member State of origin or Member State whence the person concerned comes, which the latter shall submit in support of his application for authorization to pursue the activity or activities in question in the host Member State.
For the purpose of applying Article 6 and in so far as is necessary: 1. Member States in which the taking up or pursuit of any activity referred to in Article 2 is subject to possession of general, commercial or professional knowledge and ability shall, with the assistance of the Commission, inform the other Member States of the main characteristics of that occupation;
2. the competent authority designated for this purpose by the Member State of origin or the State whence the beneficiary comes shall certify what professional or trade activities were actually pursued by the beneficiary and the duration of those activities. Certificates shall be drawn up having regard to the official description of the occupation in question supplied by the Member State in which the beneficiary wishes to pursue such occupation, whether permanently or temporarily;
3. the host Member State shall grant authorization to pursue the activity in question on application by the person concerned, provided that the activity certified conforms to the main features of the description of the occupation communicated pursuant to point 1 and provided that any other requirements laid down by the rules of that State are satisfied.
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Member States shall, within the time limit laid down in Article 12, designate the authorities and bodies competent to issue the certificates referred to in Articles 8 and 9 and shall forthwith inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof.
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The transitional provisions laid down in this Directive shall remain applicable until the entry into force of provisions relating to the coordination of national rules concerning the taking up and pursuit of the activities in question.
2
Member States shall bring into force the measures necessary to comply with this Directive within 12 months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
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31991R3240 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3240/91 of 6 November 1991 amending the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3240/91 of 6 November 1991 amending the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of 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 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4056/89 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of 30 December 1986 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3083/91 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas the German and British authorities have requested withdrawal from the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of two vessels that no longer meet the requirements laid down in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation; whereas the national authorities have provided all the information in support of the request required pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/87; whereas scrutiny of this information shows that the requirements of the Regulation are met; whereas the vessels in question should be withdrawn from the list,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 is amended as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0557 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2009 of 25 June 2009 on the allocation of import rights for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 412/2008 for frozen beef intended for processing
| 26.6.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 164/39
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 557/2009
of 25 June 2009
on the allocation of import rights for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 412/2008 for frozen beef intended for processing
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 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 412/2008 of 8 May 2008 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (3) opened import tariff quotas for beef and veal products.
(2) The applications for import rights lodged for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 relate to quantities in excess of those available for rights under quota 09.4057. The extent to which import rights may be granted should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested should be laid down,
Applications for import rights lodged for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 under Regulation (EC) No 412/2008 shall be weighted by an allocation coefficient of 18,957513 % for rights under quota 09.4057.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 June 2009.
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31997D0807(01) | Council Decision of 24 July 1997 appointing members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers
| COUNCIL DECISION of 24 July 1997 appointing members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers (97/C 241/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 51 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, self-employed persons and members of their families moving within the Community (1), and in particular Article 82 thereof,
Having regard to the lists of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States,
Whereas members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers were appointed for the period from 12 December 1994 to 11 December 1996 by the Council Decision of 12 December 1994 (2);
Whereas by its Decision of 22 May 1995 (3) the Council appointed Austrian, Finnish and Swedish members and a United Kingdom alternate to the Committee for the period ending on 11 December 1996;
Whereas members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers should be appointed for two years,
The following are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Social Security for Migrant Workers for the period from 24 July 1997 to 23 July 1999:
I. GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
(a)
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II. TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES
(a)
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(b)
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III. REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS' ORGANIZATIONS
(a)
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32007D0859 | 2007/859/EC: Council Decision of 22 October 2007 on the conclusion of the Protocol amending the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade
| 21.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/106
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 October 2007
on the conclusion of the Protocol amending the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade
(2007/859/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133(3), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 10 April 2006 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with a view to ensuring compatibility between the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade (1), hereinafter ‘Cooperation Agreement’, and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(2) These negotiations aimed to amend Article 5 of the Cooperation Agreement in order to bring it into line with the provisions of Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (management of tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations) and of Articles 55 to 65 of that Regulation (specific provisions relating to certificates of origin for certain agricultural products subject to special import arrangements).
(3) Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission within the negotiation mandate issued by the Council.
(4) The Commission has reached Agreement in the form of Agreed Minutes with the Kingdom of Thailand, holding supplying interest in products of CN code 0714 10 10, 0714 10 91 and 0714 10 99.
(5) This Agreement in the form of Agreed Minutes should be approved by a Protocol,
1. The Protocol amending the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade, hereinafter ‘Protocol’, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
2. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
To the extent necessary to permit the full application of the Protocol by 1 January 2008, the Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for implementing it in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 4(2) of this Decision.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Cereals established by Article 25 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organization of the market on cereals (3).
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4) shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
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31980R3473 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3473/80 of 30 December 1980 adapting various Regulations in the oils and fats sector as a result of Greek accession
| Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3473/80
of 30 December 1980
adapting various Regulations in the oils and fats sector as a result of Greek accession
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece [1], and in particular Article 146 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 22 of the Act of Accession, the adaptations to the following Regulations are to be drawn up in conformity with the guidelines set out in Annex II thereto:
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1204/72 of 7 June 1972 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oil seeds [2], as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2924/80 [3],
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 of 23 December 1977 on detailed rules for the sale of olive oil held by intervention agencies [4], as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2309/80 [5],
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3136/78 of 28 December 1978 laying down detailed rules for fixing the import levy on olive oil by tender [6], as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1037/79 [7];
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3172/80 of 5 December 1980 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of consumption aid for olive oil [8], replacing Regulation (EEC) No 557/79 [9], should also be adapted,
1. Regulation (EEC) No 1204/72 is hereby amended as follows:
(a) the following expression is added to the first subparagraph of Article 27 (2): "Εισαχθέντες σπόροι ή μίγματα";
(b) the following expression is added at (b) in the second subparagraph of Article 27 (2): "Προορίζεται να τεθεί υπό το καθεστώς ελέγχου που προβλέπεται στο άρθρο 2 του κανονισμού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 2114/71 ή να περιέλθει σε κατάσταση που να το αποκλείει από το δικαίωμα ενισχύσεως".
2. The following expression is added to Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77:
"Εξαγωγή στο πλαίσιο του κανονισμού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 2960/77"
.
3. The following expression is added to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3136/78:
"— ύψος εισφοράς (σε εθνικό νόμισμα) ανά 100 χγρ"
.
4. Regulation (EEC) No 3172/80 is hereby amended as follows:
(a) the following expression is added to Article 4 (1):
"— (ΕΟΚ)-Ε for undertakings situated in Greece";
(b) in the second indent of Article 14 (2) (a), the expression "for Greece" is removed;
(c) the initials "ΕΚ" are added to the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R1043 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1043/95 of 10 May 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1043/95 of 10 May 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for 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 the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Articles 9 (2) and 13 (6) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 974/95 (3), lays down certain transitional measures for the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture; whereas that Regulation is to apply when measures have been adopted for verifying the quantities of products which were not the subject of a period of reflection or an invitation to tender at the time the said Regulation entered into force;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 of 5 April 1989 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2658/94 (5), in view of the danger of licences being issued for excessive quantities, provides for a period of reflection of three days before the actual issue of an export licence for certain products processed from cereals; whereas that provision should be extended to most of the other products processed from cereals referred to in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 438/95 (7);
Whereas, in view of the urgency of the matter, these measures should be applied as soon as possible;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 is hereby replaced by the following:
'3. Export licences for products falling within CN codes 1102 20 10, 1103 13 10, 1103 13 90, 1103 29 20, 1104 21 50, 1104 23 10, 1108 11 00, 1108 12 00, 1108 13 00, 1109 00 00, 1702 30 51, 1702 30 91, 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50, 1702 90 79, 2106 90 55, 2309 10 11, 2309 10 13, 2309 10 31, 2309 10 33, 2309 10 51, 2309 10 53, 2309 90 31, 2309 90 33, 2309 90 41, 2309 90 43, 2309 90 51, 2309 90 53 and for products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1101 00 15, 1103 11 10, 1103 11 90, 1107 10 and 1107 20 with advance fixing of the refund shall be issued on the third working day following the day the application was lodged, provided that no measure to suspend advance fixing of the refund is taken by the Commission during that period.
For products processed from cereals and rice referred to in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1620/93 (*) but not referred to in the above paragraph, Member States shall notify the Commission (each month) for each product code as defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (**) of the quantities for which licences have been isssued, both with and without advance fixing of the refund.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0147 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 147/2002 of 25 January 2002 concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled medium and long grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 147/2002
of 25 January 2002
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled medium and long grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001
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 under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001(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 decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 18 to 24 January 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled medium and long grain A rice to certain third European countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0265 | 2013/265/EU: Council Decision of 29 May 2013 appointing an Italian member of the Committee of the Regions
| 6.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 154/7
COUNCIL DECISION
of 29 May 2013
appointing an Italian member of the Committee of the Regions
(2013/265/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Italian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following end of the term of office of Mr Giuseppe CASTIGLIONE,
The following is hereby appointed as member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
— Mr Guerino TESTA, Presidente della Provincia di Pescara.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0379 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 379/2006 of 2 March 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
| 3.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 62/24
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 379/2006
of 2 March 2006
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005 (2).
(2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 24 February to 2 March 2006 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002D0456 | 2002/456/EC: Commission Decision of 13 June 2002 amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community, as regards Hungary (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2117)
| Commission Decision
of 13 June 2002
amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community, as regards Hungary
(notified under document number C(2002) 2117)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/456/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 94/113/EC(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The competent veterinary services of Hungary have forwarded a request for the addition to the list established by Commission Decision 92/452/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/252/EC(4), of a team officially approved in their territory for the export of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community.
(2) Guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 8 of Directive 89/556/EEC have been provided to the Commission by the competent veterinary services of Hungary. The collection team concerned has been officially approved in Hungary for exports to the Community.
(3) Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
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This Decision shall apply as from the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32013R0774 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 774/2013 of 12 August 2013 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus kefiri DSM 19455 as a feed additive for all animal species Text with EEA relevance
| 13.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 217/30
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 774/2013
of 12 August 2013
concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus kefiri DSM 19455 as a feed additive for all animal species
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus kefiri DSM 19455. The application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) That application concerns the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus kefiri DSM 19455 as a feed additive for all animal species to be classified in the additive category ‘technological additives’.
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 13 March 2013 (2) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. The Authority also concluded that the preparation improves the aerobic stability of silage by increasing the acetic acid production and by reducing silage pH from easy and moderately difficult to ensile materials. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the methods of analysis of the feed additives in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) The assessment of the preparation concerned shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of those preparations should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparation specified in the Annex belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, is authorised as additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
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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31997R0135 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 135/97 of 24 January 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 135/97 of 24 January 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Articles 9 and 13 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2333/96 (4), lays down rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector;
Whereas the quantity covered by application for licences with advances fixing of the refund continues to be significantly higher than that normally disposed of;
Whereas, in order to avoid jeopardizing the sound management of the market, a reduction should be made in term of validity of such licences;
Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 shall be replaced by the following:
'1. Licences shall be valid 30 days from their date of issue as defined in Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to export licences with advance fixing of the refund applied for from the day following the day of entry into force of this Regulation.
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 |
32010R0721 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 721/2010 of 11 August 2010 initiating an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of countervailing measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 598/2009 on imports of biodiesel originating in the United States of America by imports of biodiesel consigned from Canada and Singapore, whether declared as originating in Canada and Singapore or not and by imports of biodiesel in a blend containing by weight 20 % or less of biodiesel originating in the United States of America, and making such imports subject to registration
| 12.8.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 211/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 721/2010
of 11 August 2010
initiating an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of countervailing measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 598/2009 on imports of biodiesel originating in the United States of America by imports of biodiesel consigned from Canada and Singapore, whether declared as originating in Canada and Singapore or not and by imports of biodiesel in a blend containing by weight 20 % or less of biodiesel originating in the United States of America, and making such imports subject to registration
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (‘the basic Regulation’) and in particular Articles 23(4), 24(3) and 24(5) thereof,
After having consulted the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. REQUEST
The European Commission (‘the Commission’) has received a request pursuant to Article 23(4) of the basic Regulation to investigate the possible circumvention of the countervailing measures imposed on imports of biodiesel originating in the United States of America.
The request was lodged on 30 June 2010 by the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) on behalf of the Union producers of biodiesel.
B. PRODUCT
The product concerned by the possible circumvention is fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, commonly known as ‘biodiesel’, in pure form or in a blend containing by weight more than 20 % of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, currently falling within CN codes ex 1516 20 98, ex 1518 00 91, ex 1518 00 99, ex 2710 19 41, 3824 90 91, ex 3824 90 97, and originating in the United States of America (‘the product concerned’).
The product under investigation is fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, commonly known as ‘biodiesel’, in pure form or in a blend containing by weight more than 20 % of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, consigned from Canada and Singapore and biodiesel in a blend containing by weight 20 % or less of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, originating in the United states of America (‘the product under investigation’), currently falling within the same CN codes as the product concerned with the exception of CN code 3824 90 91 for which the investigation is limited to products consigned from Canada and Singapore.
C. EXISTING MEASURES
The measures currently in force and possibly being circumvented are countervailing measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 598/2009 (2).
D. GROUNDS
The request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the countervailing measures on imports of biodiesel originating in the United States of America are being circumvented by means of the transhipment of biodiesel via Canada and Singapore and by exports of biodiesel in a blend containing by weight 20 % or less of biodiesel.
The evidence submitted is as follows:
The request shows that a significant change in the pattern of trade involving exports from the United States of America, Canada and Singapore to the Union has taken place following the imposition of measures on the product concerned, and that there is insufficient due cause or justification other than the imposition of the duty for such a change.
This change in the pattern of trade appears to stem from the transhipment of biodiesel originating in the United States of America via Canada and Singapore.
It is also submitted that following the imposition of the measures, exports of biodiesel in blends containing 20 % or less of biodiesel from the United States of America begun to arrive into the Union, allegedly taking advantage of the biodiesel content threshold set in the description of the product concerned.
Furthermore, the request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the remedial effects of the existing countervailing measures on the product concerned are being undermined both in terms of quantity and price. Significant volumes of imports of biodiesel from Canada and Singapore and of biodiesel in blends containing 20 % or less of biodiesel, appear to have replaced imports of the product concerned. In addition, there is sufficient evidence that this increased volume of imports is made at prices well below the non-injurious price established in the investigation that led to the existing measures.
Finally, the request contains sufficient prima facie evidence that the prices of the product under investigation continue to be subsidised as previously established.
Should circumvention practices covered by Article 23 of the basic Regulation, other than the practices described above, be identified in the course of the investigation, the investigation may also cover these practices.
E. PROCEDURE
In the light of the above, the Commission has concluded that sufficient evidence exists to justify the initiation of an investigation pursuant to Article 23 of the basic Regulation and to make imports of biodiesel consigned from Canada and Singapore, whether declared as originating in Canada and Singapore or not, as well as imports from the United States of America of biodiesel in a blend containing by weight 20 % or less of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, subject to registration, in accordance with Article 24(5) of the basic Regulation.
(a) Questionnaires
In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will send questionnaires to the exporters/producers and to the associations of exporters/producers in Canada and Singapore, to the exporters/producers and to the associations of exporters/producers in the United States of America, to the known importers and to the known associations of importers in the Union and to the authorities of the United States of America, Canada and Singapore. Information, as appropriate, may also be sought from the Union industry.
In any event, all interested parties should contact the Commission forthwith, but not later than the time limit set in Article 3 of this Regulation in order to find out whether they are listed in the request and request a questionnaire within the time limit set in Article 3(1) of this Regulation, given that the time limit set in Article 3(2) of this Regulation applies to all interested parties.
The authorities of the United States of America and Canada and Singapore will be notified of the initiation of the investigation.
(b) Collection of information and holding of hearings
All interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known in writing and to provide supporting evidence. Furthermore, the Commission may hear interested parties, provided that they make a request in writing and show that there are particular reasons why they should be heard.
(c) Exemption of registration of imports or measures
In accordance with Article 23(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product under investigation may be exempted from registration or measures if the importation does not constitute circumvention.
Since the possible circumvention takes place outside the Union, exemptions may be granted, in accordance with Article 23(5) of the basic Regulation, to producers of the product under investigation that can show that they are not related (3) to any producer subject to the measures (4) and that are found not to be engaged in circumvention practices as defined in Article 23(3) of the basic Regulation. Producers wishing to obtain an exemption should submit a request duly supported by evidence within the time limit indicated in Article 3(3) of this Regulation.
F. REGISTRATION
Pursuant to Article 24(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product under investigation should be made subject to registration in order to ensure that, should the investigation result in findings of circumvention, countervailing duties of an appropriate amount can be levied retroactively from the date of registration of such imports consigned from Canada and Singapore as well as imports from the United States of America of biodiesel in a blend containing by weight 20 % or less of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin.
In order that the registration is sufficiently effective in view of an eventual retroactive levying of a countervailing duty, the declarant should indicate on the customs declaration the proportion in the blend, by weight, of the total content of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin (biodiesel content).
G. TIME LIMITS
In the interest of sound administration, time limits should be stated within which:
— interested parties may make themselves known to the Commission, present their views in writing and submit questionnaire replies or any other information to be taken into account during the investigation,
— producers in Canada Singapore and the United States of America may request exemption from registration of imports or measures,
— interested parties may make a written request to be heard by the Commission.
Attention is drawn to the fact that the exercise of most procedural rights set out in the basic Regulation depends on the party's making itself known within the time limits mentioned in Article 3 of this Regulation.
H. NON-COOPERATION
In cases in which any interested party refuses access to or does not provide the necessary information within the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation, findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance with Article 28 of the basic Regulation, on the basis of the facts available.
Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or misleading information, the information shall be disregarded and use may be made of facts available. If an interested party does not cooperate or cooperates only partially and findings are therefore based on facts available in accordance with Article 28 of the basic Regulation, the result may be less favourable to that party than if it had cooperated.
I. SCHEDULE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The investigation will be concluded, according to Article 23(4) of the basic Regulation, within nine months of the date of the publication of this regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
J. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
It is noted that any personal data collected in this investigation will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (5).
K. HEARING OFFICER
It is also noted that if interested parties consider that they are encountering difficulties in the exercise of their rights of defence, they may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer of Directorate-General for Trade. He acts as an interface between the interested parties and the Commission services, offering, where necessary, mediation on procedural matters affecting the protection of their interests in this proceeding, in particular with regard to issues concerning access to the file, confidentiality, extension of time limits and the treatment of written and/or oral submission of views. For further information and contact details, interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer's web pages on the website of the Directorate-General for Trade (http://ec.europa.eu/trade).
An investigation is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 in order to determine:
(a) if imports into the Union of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, commonly known as ‘biodiesel’, in pure form or in a blend containing by weight more than 20 % of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, consigned from Canada and Singapore, whether declared as originating in Canada and Singapore or not, and currently falling within CN codes ex 1516 20 98 (TARIC code 1516209821), ex 1518 00 91 (TARIC code 1518009121), ex 1518 00 99 (TARIC code 1518009921), ex 2710 19 41 (TARIC code 2710194121), ex 3824 90 91 (TARIC code 3824909110) and ex 3824 90 97 (TARIC code 3824909701) are circumventing the measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 598/2009; and
(b) if imports into the Union of biodiesel in a blend containing by weight 20 % or less of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, originating in the United States of America, and currently falling within CN codes ex 1516 20 98 (TARIC code 1516209830), ex 1518 00 91 (TARIC code 1518009130), ex 1518 00 99 (TARIC code 1518009930), ex 2710 19 41 (TARIC code 2710194130) and ex 3824 90 97 (TARIC code 3824909704) are circumventing the measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 598/2009.
The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 23(4) and Article 24(5) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009, to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Union identified in Article 1 of this Regulation.
The declarant shall indicate on the customs declaration the proportion in the blend, by weight, of the total content of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin (biodiesel content).
Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
The Commission, by Regulation, may direct Customs authorities to cease registration in respect of imports into the Union of products manufactured by producers having applied for an exemption of registration and having been found to fulfil the conditions for an exemption to be granted.
1. Questionnaires should be requested from the Commission within 15 days from publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. Interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must make themselves known by contacting the Commission, present their views in writing and submit questionnaire replies or any other information within 37 days from the date of the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, unless otherwise specified.
3. Producers in Canada, Singapore and the United States of America requesting exemption from registration of imports or measures should submit a request duly supported by evidence within the same 37-day time limit.
4. Interested parties may also apply to be heard by the Commission within the same 37-day time limit.
5. Any information, any request for a hearing or for a questionnaire as well as any request for exemption from registration of imports or measures must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise specified) and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the interested party. All written submissions, including the information requested in this Regulation, questionnaire replies and correspondence provided by interested parties on a confidential basis shall be labelled as ‘Limited’ (6) and, in accordance with Article 29(2) of the basic Regulation, shall be accompanied by a non-confidential version, which will be labelled ‘For inspection by interested parties’.
Commission address for correspondence:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate H
Office: N-105 4/92
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
BELGIQUE/BELGIË
Fax +32 22956505
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31986R3829 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3829/86 of 15 December 1986 on the classification of goods falling within heading No 44.15 of the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3829/86
of 15 December 1986
on the classification of goods falling within heading No 44.15 of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure uniform applicaton of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, provisions must be laid down concerning the tariff classification of a seven-ply panel from 1 981 to 2 400 mm long, from 762 to 1 220 mm wide and about 44 mm thick, consisting of a blockboard core between two panels of three-ply plywood, this seven-ply panel, which has the two long edges (possibly veneered) and one or both short edges (possibly veneered) consisting primarily of a single piece of timber known as a 'lipping', has not undergone any further working;
Whereas heading No 44.15 of the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3129/86 (2), covers inter alia plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets) and heading No 44.23 covers builders' carpentry and joinery; whereas those headings come into consideration for classification of the panel in question;
Whereas the panel in question has no feature, apart from its rectangular shape and thickness, to indicate that it will be used as a door; whereas the rectangular shape and thickness are not in themselves sufficient to justify application of General Rule No 2 (a) for interpretation of the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature (articles incomplete or unfinished), since in particular the panel may be used as it stands for purposes other than the manufacture of a door; whereas the panel has therefore not been sufficiently worked to justify classification in heading No 44.23 as an unfinished door; whereas consequently it must be classified in heading No 44.15;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
A seven-ply panel from 1 981 to 2 400 mm long, from 762 to 1 220 mm wide and about 44 mm thick, consisting of a blockboard-type core between two panels of three-ply plywood, this seven-ply panel, which has two long edges (possibly veneered) and one or both short edges (possibly veneered) consisting primarily of a single piece of timber known as a 'lipping', has not undergone any further working, shall be classified in the Common Customs tariff under heading:
44.15 Plywood blockboard, laminboard, battinboand and similar laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31992D0082 | Commission Decision of 13 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed in Denmark (Only the Danish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 13 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed in Denmark (Only the Danish text is authentic) (92/82/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 of 29 March 1990 on improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 867/90 of 29 March 1990 on improving the processing and marketing conditions for forestry products (3),
Whereas the Danish Government submitted to the Commission on 13 February 1991 three, and on 26 March 1991 four sectoral plans and on 25 September 1991 one sectoral plan on the modernization of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90;
Whereas the plans submitted by the Member State include descriptions of the main priorities selected and indications of the use to be made of assistance under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section in implementing the plans;
Whereas this Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on 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 (4);
Whereas all the measures which constitute the Community support framework are in conformity with Commission Decision 90/342/EEC of 7 June 1990 on the selection criteria to be adopted for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products (5);
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this Community support framework in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different structural funds between themselves and with the operation of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (6), this Decision is to be sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;
Whereas in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
The Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed in Denmark covering the period from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1993 is hereby established.
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.
The Community support framework contains the following essential information:
(a) a statement of the main priorities for joint action in the following sectors:
1. forestry;
2. meat;
3. milk and milk products;
4. eggs and poultrymeat;
5. fruit and vegetables;
6. flowers and plants;
7. seed;
(b) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1991 prices, the total cost of the priorities adopted for joint action by the Community and the Member State concerned, ECU 125 984 000 for the whole period, and the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:
(ecus)
1. forestry 315 000 2. meat 9 449 000 3. milk and milk products 2 992 000 4. eggs and poultrymeat 1 260 000 5. fruit and vegetables 315 000 6. flowers and plants 945 000 7. seed 472 000 Total 15 748 000
The resultant national financing requirement, approximately ECU 6 299 000 for the public sector and ECU 103 937 000 for the private sector, may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other loan instruments.
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32015R0387 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/387 of 5 March 2015 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 10.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 65/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/387
of 5 March 2015
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information issued in respect of the goods concerned by this Regulation which does not conform to this Regulation may, for a certain period, continue to be invoked by the holder in accordance with Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (2). That period should be set at three months.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32010D0230 | 2010/230/: Commission Decision of 23 April 2010 on financing the 2010 work programme on training in the field of food and feed safety, animal health and animal welfare in the framework of the Better Training for Safer Food Programme
| 24.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 104/60
COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 April 2010
on financing the 2010 work programme on training in the field of food and feed safety, animal health and animal welfare in the framework of the ‘Better Training for Safer Food Programme’
(2010/230/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Financial Regulation’), and in particular Article 75 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Implementing Rules’), and in particular Article 90 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes (3), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (4), and in particular Article 66(1)(b) and (c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 lays down general rules for the performance of official controls to verify compliance with rules aiming, in particular, at preventing, eliminating or reducing to acceptable levels risks to humans and animals and guaranteeing fair practices in feed and food trade and protecting consumer interests. Article 51 of that Regulation provides that the Commission may organise training courses for the staff of the competent authorities of Member States responsible for the official controls referred to in that Regulation, which may be opened to participants from third countries, in particular developing countries. Those courses may include in particular training on Union feed and food law and animal health and animal welfare rules.
(2) The ‘Better Training for Safer Food Programme’ has been established by the Commission in order to achieve the aims set out in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. The Commission Communication COM(2006) 519 final (5) explores options for future organisation of training.
(3) The 2010 work programme for the implementation of ‘Better Training for Safer Food Programme’ should therefore be adopted.
(4) Commission Decision 2004/858/EC of 15 December 2004 setting up an executive agency, the ‘Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme’, for the management of Community action in the field of public health — pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 (6) has established the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (‘the Agency’).
(5) In addition, Commission Decision C(2008) 4943 of 9 September 2008 delegated to the Agency certain management and programme implementation tasks pertaining to the food safety training measures performed pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. An operating subsidy should therefore be granted to the Agency for 2010 for financing activities related to the ‘Better Training for Safer Food Programme’.
(6) The 2010 work programme being a sufficiently detailed framework, the present Decision constitutes a financing decision within the meaning of Article 90 of the Implementing Rules.
(7) For the application of this Decision, it is appropriate to define the term ‘substantial change’, within the meaning of Article 90(4) of the Implementing Rules.
(8) Pursuant to Article 83 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, the validation, authorisation and payment of expenditure must be completed within the time limits laid down in the Implementing Rules. Those rules are also to specify the circumstances in which creditors paid late are entitled to receive default interest charged to the line from which the principal was paid.
(9) This Decision should therefore provide rules on the payment of default interest due for late payments related to actions included in the 2010 work programme,
The work programme for the implementation in 2010 of the ‘Better Training for Safer Food Programme’ as set out in the Annex is hereby adopted. It constitutes a financing decision in the meaning of Article 75 of the Financial Regulation.
1. The total amount of the financial contribution from the Commission for the implementation of the work programme shall be EUR 15 370 000, to be financed from the following budget lines of the General Budget of the European Union for 2010:
(a) : budget line no 17 04 07 01 : EUR 14 000 000;
(b) : budget line no 17 01 04 05 : EUR 260 000;
(c) : budget line no 17 01 04 31 : EUR 1 110 000.
2. The amount provided for in paragraph 1(c) shall be paid to the Agency and shall constitute an operating subsidy.
3. Default interest due for late payment may also be paid from the same budget lines, in accordance with Article 83 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.
Cumulated changes of the allocations to the specific actions covered by the work programme not exceeding 20 % of the maximum financial contribution provided for in Article 2(1) shall not be considered to be substantial within the meaning of Article 90(4) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002, provided that they do not significantly affect the nature and objective of the work programme.
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31997D0424 | 97/424/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1997 providing for the release of the minimum stocks and the partial release of the carried forward stocks held by the sugar undertakings established in Spain, in order to ensure supplies to the southern region of Spain during the period from 1 July to 30 November 1997 (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 June 1997 providing for the release of the minimum stocks and the partial release of the carried forward stocks held by the sugar undertakings established in Spain, in order to ensure supplies to the southern region of Spain during the period from 1 July to 30 November 1997 (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (97/424/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular Article 12 (3), Article 27 (2a) and Article 39 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure normal supplies to the Community as a whole or to one of its areas, there is a standing obligation in the European territories of the Community, for minimum stocks to be maintained by each sugar-producing undertaking or sugar refinery;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 of 30 June 1981 laying down general rules concerning the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 725/97 (4), fixes the level of minimum stocks to be held, as the case may be, at 5 % of actual production within the A quota or 5 % of the quantity of sugar refined during the 12 months preceding the month in question;
Whereas by virtue of Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 this percentage may be reduced; whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 lays down that where the supplies of sugar required by the Community can no longer be ensured under normal conditions, provision may be made for the undertaking concerned to be released, in whole or in part, from the obligation to stock the sugar in question; whereas this percentage has already been brought down to 3 % by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/96 (5);
Whereas the south of Spain has been struck in succession by heavy floods and by severe drought leading to a disaster situation involving the loss of around 15 000 hectares planted with sugar beet; whereas there consequently exists a short term shortage in this region with regard to the supplies amounting to around 100 000 tonnes of sugar which are needed to cover the critical bridging period from July to October 1997;
Whereas in order to ensure supplies under normal conditions and in view of the urgency, the minimum stocks maintained by the sugar undertakings established in Spain should be released making available in this way 29 000 tonnes of sugar; whereas this measure is not sufficient to cover the short term shortage in its entirety and, in view of the reasons for the shortage, it is necessary to implement the provisions of Article 27 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 by releasing the appropriate quantity of carried forward stocks held by the sugar undertakings established in Spain;
Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
1. In derogation from Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1436/96 for the period 1 June to 30 November 1997, the percentages referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1436/96 are hereby reduced to 0 % for the sugar undertakings established in Spain.
2. The percentages referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 are hereby reduced to 3 % from 1 December 1997 for the sugar undertakings established in Spain.
1. The period of compulsory storage referred to in paragraph 2, second indent, of Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall end on 1 July 1997 for the sugar undertakings established in Spain within the limit of a total quantity of 71 000 tonnes of sugar expressed as white sugar.
2. Spain shall proceed with the breakdown of the quantity referred to in paragraph 1 between the sugar undertakings maintaining carried over sugar, in proportion to the carried over quantities which they are maintaining.
3. Spain shall without delay notify the Commission of the quantities of carried over sugar released by each undertaking.
This Decision is addressed to Spain. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R2054 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2054/92 of 30 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 instituting a system of aid in favour of small cotton producers
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2054/92 of 30 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 instituting a system of aid in favour of small cotton producers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/92 of 30 June 1992 adjusting, for the second time, the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas, in order to alleviate the effects of falls in the income of producers growing cotton in a small area, Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 (5) instituted in favour of those producers a system of aid restricted to the 1989/90, 1990/91 and 1991/92 marketing years, pending any adjustments to the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4;
Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/92, the Council is to decide on any adjustments to the system of aid instituted by Protocol 4 before the 1996/97 marketing year; whereas, pending that decision, the duration of the system of aid provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 should be extended to that marketing year,
Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 2, '1989/90, 1990/91 and 1991/92' shall be replaced by 'from 1989/90 to 1995/96';
2. in Article 3 (1), 'in each of the three marketing years' shall be replaced by 'in the 1992/93 to 1995/96 marketing years';
3. in Article 3 (2), 'three' shall be replaced by 'seven';
4. in Article 4, '1989, 1990 and 1991' shall be replaced by '1989 to 1995'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply as from the 1992/93 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R2459 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2459/87 of 4 August 1987 on the application of Decision No 1/87 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee modifying the limits expressed in ECU in Article 8 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 2459/87
of 4 August 1987
on the application of Decision N° 1/87 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee modifying the limits expressed in ECU in Article 8 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria (1), signed on
22 July 1972, entered into force on 1 January 1973;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the said Agreement, the Joint Committee adopted Decision N° 1/87 further amending Article 8 of that Protocol;
Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the Community,
Decision N° 1/87 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached 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 |
31996R0257 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/96 of 12 February 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3381/81 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 as regards certain amounts whose values in ecus have been adjusted as a result of the abolition of the correcting factor for the agricultural conversion rates
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 257/96 of 12 February 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3381/81 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 as regards certain amounts whose values in ecus have been adjusted as a result of the abolition of the correcting factor for the agricultural conversion rates
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for determining and applying the agricultural conversion rates (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2853/95 (2),
Whereas, with effect from 1 February 1995, Article 13 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 18 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (4), adjusts the value in ecus of certain prices and amounts in order to neutralize the effects of the abolition of the correcting factor 1,207509, which was applied to the agricultural conversion rates up to 31 January 1995;
Whereas the new values in ecus of the prices and amounts concerned are established, from 1 February 1995, in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 and Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93;
Whereas, in order to transpose those rules, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3388/81 of 27 November 1981 laying down special detailed rules in respect of import and export licences in the wine sector (5), was last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2537/95 (6); whereas that amendment contains an error in that the amount of the security in respect of export licences had already been adopted in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2807/95 (8); whereas this situation should be rectified;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2537/95 also amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2537/95, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas; whereas that amendment contains some omissions which should be corrected,
Regulation (EEC) No 3388/81 is hereby amended as follows:
In Article 4 (2) 'ECU 1,208` is replaced by 'ECU 2`.
Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 is hereby amended as follows:
- In Article 2 (5) (d) 'ECU 4 000` is replaced by 'ECU 4 830`.
- In Article 9a (1) 'ECU 1 500` is replaced by 'ECU 1 811`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992D0578 | 92/578/EEC: Council Decision of 30 November 1992 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the carriage of goods by road and rail
| COUNCIL DECISION of 30 November 1992 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the carriage of goods by road and rail (92/578/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the carriage of goods by road and rail can provide a solution to the various current problems of trans-Alpine goods traffic; whereas it is necessary to ensure the non-discriminatory development of transit so as to enable international trade to be conducted at the least possible cost to the public at large and to reduce to a minimum the administrative and technical obstacles which affect transit;
Whereas these objectives must, at the same time, take account of respect for users' freedom of choice and aspects relating to road safety, protection of public health and the environment in Alpine regions;
Whereas the objectives and the content of the Agreement fall within the scope of the common transport policy and the technical standards play their part in attaining these objectives;
Whereas it is appropriate to lay down a procedure with a view to approving the administrative arrangements provided for by the Agreement,
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the carriage of goods by road and rail is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 21 of the Agreement.
The administrative arrangement provided for in point II.4 of Annex 6 to the Agreement shall be approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4 of this Decision.
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the Commission representative.
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Commission a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
The Commission shall adopt the provisions envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 373/27
21. 12. 92
Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If, on the expiry of a period of four weeks from the date of referral to the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
The Commission shall adopt the necessary measures for implementing the administrative arrangement referred to in Article 3 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0416 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 416/2012 of 15 May 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 16.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 128/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 416/2012
of 15 May 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 |
32009R0804 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 804/2009 of 3 September 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 4.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 233/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 804/2009
of 3 September 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 September 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 |
32003R0225 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/2003 of 5 February 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 as regards the list of competent Chinese authorities for issuing certificates of origin and duplicates for preserved mushrooms
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/2003
of 5 February 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 as regards the list of competent Chinese authorities for issuing certificates of origin and duplicates for preserved mushrooms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002(2), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By a note verbale of 5 December 2002, the Chinese authorities sent the Commission a complete update of the list of Chinese authorities competent for issuing the certificates of origin and duplicates required for the release for free circulation of preserved mushrooms originating in that third country, as referred to in Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 of 6 September 1995 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1286/2002(4). Annex II of that Regulation should be amended as a result.
(2) In the same note the Chinese authorities asked the Commission to accept temporarily the use of certificates or origin or duplicates bearing the stamps and signatures of the authorities referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1286/2002, in parallel to the certificates of origin and duplicates bearing the new stamps and signatures, when applying to release preserved mushrooms from China for free circulation in the European Community. In order to ensure that imports continue to run smoothly, this option should be provided for until 31 May 2003.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Until 31 May 2003, an importer may submit, when applying to release preserved mushrooms originating in China into free circulation in the Community, certificates of origin and duplicates bearing the stamps and signatures of the Chinese authorities listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1286/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32003R2218 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2218/2003 of 18 December 2003 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on cereals
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2218/2003
of 18 December 2003
fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular Article 13(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(8) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which application for an export licence is made must be applied on request to exports to be effected during the period of validity of the export licence. In this case, a corrective amount may be applied to the refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1431/2003(4), allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the products listed in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92. That corrective amount must be calculated taking account of the factors referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(3) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the corrective amount according to destination.
(4) The corrective amount must be fixed at the same time as the refund and according to the same procedure; it may be altered in the period between fixings.
(5) It follows from applying the provisions set out above that the corrective amount must be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The corrective amount referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 which is applicable to export refunds fixed in advance except for malt shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002D0006 | 2002/6/EC: Commission Decision of 27 December 2001 on the eligibility of expenditure on a number of operations to be incurred by certain Member States in 2002 in implementing the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2001) 4613)
| Commission Decision
of 27 December 2001
on the eligibility of expenditure on a number of operations to be incurred by certain Member States in 2002 in implementing the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries policy
(notified under document number C(2001) 4613)
(2002/6/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/431/EC of 28 May 2001 on a financial contribution by the Community to certain expenditure incurred by the Member States in implementing the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom have forwarded to the Commission their fisheries control programmes for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2003 together with applications for a financial contribution towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programmes. The applications are broken down for 2001, 2002 and 2003.
(2) Applications concerning the operations listed in Article 2 of Decision 2001/431/EC may qualify for Community funding. Priority will be given to those operations which best contribute to overcoming the shortcomings highlighted in the Report on the Monitoring of the Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy(2). The priorities selected will include the extension of the satellite monitoring system (VMS), the introduction of modern control technologies and training and exchanges of national officials.
(3) The rate of the Community contribution for each operation, the conditions on which the expenditure is reimbursed and, for each Member State and each operation, the total amount of eligible expenditure in 2002 should be laid down.
(4) In order to provide support for extending the satellite monitoring system to vessels operating under the conditions laid down in the recovery plans introduced for certain cod stocks and the putting in place of electronic logbooks, the rate of the Community contribution should be raised to 100 % of the eligible expenditure; however, in order to observe the limits set in Article 11 of Decision 2001/431/EC, maximum amounts need to be laid down.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
This Decision establishes for 2002 the amount of the eligible expenditure for each Member State, the rates of the Community financial contribution and the conditions on which the contribution may be granted.
Expenditure incurred in putting in place the mechanisms and IT networks necessary for exchanges of information linked to control, as set out in Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex I.
Expenditure relating to experiments with, and the implementation of, new technologies to improve the monitoring of fishing activities, as set out in Annex II, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex II.
However, the rate of the contribution for investments to extend the satellite monitoring system (VMS) to vessels other than those referred to in Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93(3), and to types of reporting other than position reports, and to put in place electronic logbooks shall be 100 % of the eligible expenditure, on condition that:
- the maximum admissible cost of purchasing satellite tracking devices installed in Community fishing vessels does not exceed EUR 3500 per vessel;
- the financial contribution towards the purchase of satellite tracking devices is reduced to 50 % for that part of the expenditure in excess of EUR 2300 per vessel;
- the financial contribution towards the purchase of satellite tracking devices under national arrangements shall be 50 % of the eligible expenditure up to a limit of EUR 2000 per vessel.
Expenditure incurred in providing training for national officials involved in monitoring activities provided for by Belgium, Greece, Italy, Austria and Sweden, as referred to in Annex III, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex III.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0324 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 324/2013 of 9 April 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 10.4.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 101/27
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 324/2013
of 9 April 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0729 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 729/2006 of 15 May 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 16.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 128/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 729/2006
of 15 May 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 16 May 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 |
31991D0487 | 91/487/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 September 1991 amending Decision 89/15/EEC on the importations of live animals and fresh meat from certain third countries
| COMMISSION DECISION of 9 September 1991 amending Decision 89/15/EEC on the importations of live animals and fresh meat from certain third countries (91/487/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 91/266/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/469/EEC of 16 September 1986 concerning the examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof, in conjunction with Council Directive 88/146/EEC of 7 March 1988 prohibiting the use in livestock farming of certain substances having a hormonal action (4), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas, in application of Decision 89/15/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 90/485/EEC (6), Member States continue to authorize imports of fresh meat and live animals from certain third countries appearing in the Annex to this Decision under the conditions laid down in that Annex;
Whereas the authorities of Iceland have forwarded sufficient information on their laws on the use of substances having an oestrogenic, androgenic, gestagenic and thyrostatic action as well as specific information on the plan specifying the guarantees offered by their country in respect of monitoring of residues of substances in Group A, I and II in Annex I to Decision 86/469/EEC and whereas those guarantees may be considered as equivalent to those resulting from the application of Council Directives 85/358/EEC (7) and 86/469/EEC;
Whereas the authorities of this country have, moreover, guaranteed that no meat coming from animals to which substances having a thyrostatic, oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action have been administered by any means will be exported to the Community;
Whereas for these types of substances, imports of fresh meat of ovines from Iceland should therefore be authorized;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 89/15/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31977D0108 | 77/108/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 January 1977 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the Netherlands pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 19 January 1977 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the Netherlands pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (77/108/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms (1), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 11 October 1976 the Government of the Netherlands forwarded, pursuant to Article 17 (4) of Directive 72/159/EEC, the order concerning state aid for the relocation of farm buildings of 8 September 1976;
Whereas Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC requires the Commission to determine whether, having regard to the abovementioned order, the existing provisions in the Netherlands for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC, which form the subject of Commission Decisions 75/7/EEC (2), 75/645/EEC (3), 76/483/EEC (4) and 76/699/EEC (5), continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the abovementioned order meets the requirements of Directive 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures,
Having regard to the order concerning state aid for the relocation of farm buildings, the existing provisions for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC in the Netherlands after 8 September 1976 continue to satisfy the conditions for a Community financial contribution to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31976D0790 | 76/790/ECSC: Commission Decision of 24 September 1976 derogating from High Authority Recommendation 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (83rd derogation)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 24 September 1976 derogating from High Authority recommendation 1/64 concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (83rd derogation) (76/790/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to High Authority recommendation 1/64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the Member States concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas by the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Portuguese Republic of the other part (2), signed on 22 July 1972, successive tariff reductions were laid down for products covered by the European Coal and Steel Community ; whereas the final reduction, reducing the duty to zero, was to take effect on 1 July 1977;
Whereas by Decision of 16 June 1976 (3), the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community decided to speed up the process of tariff dismantling provided for in the Agreement, so that products originating in Portugal would be admitted free of customs duty with effect from 1 July 1976;
Whereas the products affected include pig-iron, high carbon ferro-manganese and the iron and steel products falling within Chapter 73 of the Customs Tariff for which minimum duties were created by High Authority recommendation 1/64 and by the instruments amending it ; whereas, however, in special cases, such as where commercial policy or customs procedure so require, Article 3 of the recommendation authorizes derogations from the minimum rates such derogations to be made by Commission Decision, whereas such a special case of commercial policy arises from the adoption of autonomous Decisions favourably affecting the pattern of trade, such as the Decision referred to above,
Member States are hereby authorized to derogate from the obligations arising under High Authority recommendation 1/64 to the extent necessary to suspend import duties and charges having an effect equivalent to such duties or the levying of such duties and charges on iron and steel products originating ir Portugal.
This Decision shall apply with effect from 1 July 1976.
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31991R0196 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 196/91 of 21 January 1991 amending, in respect of products which are subject to national quantitative restrictions, Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 on common rules for imports
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 196/91 of 21 January 1991 amending, in respect of products which are subject to national quantitative restrictions,
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) N° 288/82 on common rules for imports
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 instruments establishing common organization of agricultural markets and the instruments concerning processed agricultural products adopted in pursuance of Article 235 of the Treaty, in particular the provisions of those instruments which allow for derogation from the general rule that all quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect are replaced solely by the measures provided for in those instruments,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 288/82 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3156/90 (2), refers, with regard to the description and codification of the products originating in third countries not liberalized within the Community and listed in Annex I thereto, to the Common Customs Tariff
nomenclature and the NIMEXE nomenclature; whereas
these two nomenclatures have been replaced by a new nomenclature known as Combined Nomenclature (CN), whose codes and product descriptions replace those contained in the first two nomenclature as from 1 January 1988; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EEC) N° 288/82 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) N° 288/82 is hereby replaced by the Annex attached to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006D0238 | 2006/238/EC: Commission Decision of 9 November 2005 on the measure implemented by France for Mines de potasse d’Alsace (notified under document number C(2005) 4204) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 24.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 86/20
COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 November 2005
on the measure implemented by France for Mines de potasse d’Alsace
(notified under document number C(2005) 4204)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/238/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) thereof,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof,
Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above (1) and having regard to their comments,
Whereas:
1. PROCEDURE
(1) In 1994, the Commission approved a EUR 76 million capital injection by the French State for Entreprise minière et chimique (hereinafter EMC), to be transferred by EMC to the company Mines de potasses d’Alsace (MDPA) in the form of a capital increase. In its decision (2), the Commission considered the measure to be compatible with the common market since it was intended to offset the extra social costs of retired workers (heating, accommodation, bridging allowance and severance grant) borne by MDPA by virtue of the special legal status of miners (3).
(2) In 1996, the Commission approved (4) for the same reasons, three capital injections each of EUR 38 million by the French State for EMC for the years 1995, 1996 and 1997, to be transferred by EMC to MDPA in the form of capital increases.
(3) On 7 December 1998, the French authorities notified three more capital injections each of EUR 42 million that would be granted in 1998, 1999 and 2000 to EMC and transferred to MDPA. According to the French authorities, these measures were designed to compensate MDPA for certain social and environmental costs incurred as a result of its closure.
(4) The additional information communicated by France to the Commission on 22 January 1999 revealed that, in addition to the transfer of the aid granted by France, EMC had subscribed to capital increases for MDPA every year since 1995. By letter of 14 March 2000, the French authorities informed the Commission that part of the aid notified in 1998 had already been granted to the firm. In its reply of 10 April 2000, the Commission stated that this aid was to be regarded as unlawful.
(5) By letter of 10 October 2000, the Commission informed France that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the above measures. The decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities
(5). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the aid.
(6) The Commission received comments from the French authorities on 28 November 2000 and on 21 and 23 March 2001. A meeting between the French authorities and Commission representatives took place on 2 December 2004. France sent information to the Commission by letters dated 8 February 2005 and 23 September 2005.
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURES
2.1. The recipient
(7) MDPA had been working a sylvinite deposit in Alsace since 1904 in order to obtain potassium chloride, which is used as a fertiliser or as a raw material for industry. In 1967 France set up EMC (6) an industrial/commercial establishment in the public sector, and reorganised MDPA into a Société anonyme à directoire et conseil de surveillance
(7), that was a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC.
(8) With the deposit being almost worked out, MPDA negotiated in 1996 a social plan for gradually winding down its activity until its complete closure in 2004. In addition to MPDA, EMC then held, directly or through its holding company EMC société anonyme (EMC SA), interests in a number of companies operating in the chemical, animal food, environmental and waste reprocessing sectors.
(9) In its decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure, the Commission took the view that MDPA was the only recipient of the measures under examination. This decision concurs with that view. There is no evidence to show that EMC subsidiaries benefited from the aid granted to MDPA. In particular, there is no doubt that all the funds concerned were transferred to MDPA by EMC in the form of capital increases.
(10) In 2002, a fire brought MDPA's mining activities prematurely to an end. The company's objective was amended to reflect this development: whereas, when it was set up, MDPA's objective was ‘to work the potassium salt and ancillary salt mines granted to the former public establishment Mines domaniales de potasse d’Alsace’, Article 3, as amended, of its memorandum and articles now states that the company’s objective is ‘to perform the tasks associated with the closure of the potassium mines in the area to the north of Mulhouse as regards the old workings, installations, annexes and outbuildings’.
(11) These tasks consist mainly in supporting redeployment of the workforce and in reconverting, making safe and transferring the sites. MDPA will be wound up on completion of those tasks, scheduled for the end of 2009.
(12) On 1 January 2005, EMC transferred its capital holding in MDPA to the State, free of charge (8).
2.2. The aid
(13) France paid to MDPA the aid notified in 1998 (i.e. EUR 42 million in 1998, in 1999 and in 2000) without awaiting the Commission's decision. This aid is therefore unlawful.
(14) In order for MDPA to continue its activities until 2004, the date scheduled for closure of the mines, EMC subscribed each year after 1996 to a capital injection for its subsidiary equivalent to the losses incurred by the latter the previous year. Table 1 shows that the amounts thus paid to MDPA are higher than the aid authorised by the Commission in its 1996 decision and the aid notified for the period 1998 to 2000.
in EUR million 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Aid approved by the Commission in its 1996 decision 38 38 38
Aid notified 1998 to 2000 = Measure 1 42 42 42
Result for MDPA –84 –95 – 128 – 118 –96 –86
Capital increase granted to MDPA by EMC 0 84 98 128 117 79
Measure 2 0 46 59 86 75 37
3. CONCLUSION
(15) The Commission notes that the recipient is now wholly owned by France, that it has definitively ceased all economic activities in the potassium sector and that the mines will not be reopened. The sole rationale for MDPA's continued existence is to carry out the tasks associated with the shutdown of mining activity and, in particular, to adapt the site to safety and environmental protection requirements. This latter responsibility would, in any event, be incumbent on the State if MDPA had folded (9). Once these tasks have been carried out, MDPA will be wound up.
(16) In the case under examination, the activities of MDPA linked to maintaining safety and environmental protection are not of an economic nature that would justify application of the Treaty's competition rules. Consequently, assuming that measures 1 and 2 have benefited MDPA and distorted competition, the Commission concludes that such distortion ended once MDPA ceased its commercial activities and once the mines were closed down. It also notes that MDPA's capital has been transferred to the State free of charge. Under the circumstances, a Commission decision on the classification as aid of the measures in question and on their compatibility would have no practical effect.
(17) The formal investigation procedure initiated pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty thus serves no useful purpose,
The formal investigation procedure initiated on 10 October 2000 in respect of Mines de potasse d’Alsace pursuant to Article 88(2) of the Treaty is hereby terminated.
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32002R0517 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2002 of 21 March 2002 determining the extent to which applications lodged in Μarch 2002 for licences for certain eggs and poultrymeat products under the regime provided for by the Interim Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria can be accepted
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2002
of 21 March 2002
determining the extent to which applications lodged in Îarch 2002 for licences for certain eggs and poultrymeat products under the regime provided for by the Interim Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97, of 29 September 1997, setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by the Europe Agreements with central and east European countries provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001(2) and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
Whereas:
The applications for import licences lodged for the second quarter of 2002 are, in the case of some products, for quantities less than or equal to the quantities available and can therefore be met in full, but in the case of other products the said applications are for quantities greater than the quantities available and must therefore be reduced by a fixed percentage to ensure a fair distribution,
Applications for import licences for the period 1 April to 30 June 2002 submitted under Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 shall be met as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2002.
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31997D0074 | Commission Decision of 28 November 1996 approving the programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis for 1997 presented by Portugal and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 1996 approving the programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis for 1997 presented by Portugal and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (97/74/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of brucella melitensis;
Whereas by letter, Portugal has submitted a programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community for 1997 and which was established by Commission Decision 96/598/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health, it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs incurred by Portugal up to a maximum of ECU 3 640 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis presented by Portugal is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1997.
Portugal shall bring into force by 1 January 1997 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred in Portugal by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 3 640 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1998 at the latest.
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31986R0356 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 356/86 of 17 February 1986 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for a certain variety of polyvinylpyrrolidone falling within subheading ex 39.02 C XIV a) of the Common Customs Tariff
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 356/86
of 17 February 1986
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for a certain variety of polyvinylpyrrolidone falling within subheading ex 39.02 C XIV a) of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas production in the Community of polyvinylpyrrolidone for pharmaceutical use falling within subheading ex 39.02 C XIV a) of the Common Customs Tariff is currently insufficient to meet the requirements of the processing industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of this type currently depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the product in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas a nil duty Community tariff quota should therefore be opened within the limits of an appropriate amount and for a period until 31 December 1986; whereas, in order not to jeopardize the balance of the market for this product, the volume of the Community tariff quota should be fixed at 130 tonnes;
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 quota is to cover requirements which cannot be determined with sufficient accuracy, it seems possible to avoid allocating among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as they may need, under conditions and according to a procedure to be specified; whereas this method of management requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and inform the Member States thereof;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning the administration of shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. From the date on which this Regulation enters into force until 31 December 1986, the Common Customs Tariff duty for polyvinylpyrrolidone, presented in powder form, the particles of which are less than 38 micrometres, and which has a solubility in water at 25 °C of less than or equal to 1,5 % by weight, falling within subheading ex 39.02 C XIV a) shall be totally suspended within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 130 tonnes.
Within the limit of this tariff quota the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions laid down by the 1985 Act of Accession.
2. If an importer notifies an imminent importation of the product in question in a Member State of the Community of Ten from the date indicated in paragraph 1, or in Spain or Portugal from 1 March 1986, 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 goods have 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 drawings as and when the goods are entered for free circulation. 4. The extent to which the quota has been used up shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall inform it of imports actually charged against the quota.
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 the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of European Communities.
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32010D0660 | 2010/660/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2009/023 PT/Qimonda from Portugal)
| 4.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 286/16
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 20 October 2010
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2009/023 PT/Qimonda from Portugal)
(2010/660/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(4) Portugal submitted an application on 17 December 2009 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Qimonda Portugal SA, and supplemented it by additional information up to 28 April 2010. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 2 405 671.
(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Portugal,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 2 405 671 in commitment and payment appropriations.
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31998D1028(02) | Council Decision of 12 October 1998 appointing the members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community
| COUNCIL DECISION of 12 October 1998 appointing the members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community (98/C 330/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas by its Decision of 4 March 1996 the Council appointed the members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community for the period ending 3 March 1998 (1);
Whereas by its Decisions of 30 April 1998 (2), 20 July 1998 (3) and 1 October 1998 (4) the Council designated the representative organisations of producers and workers required to draw up lists of candidates for the representation of producers and workers on the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community, with the exception of an organisation representing workers in the United Kingdom to be designated later;
Whereas the representative organisations designated by the Decisions of 30 April 1998 and 20 July 1998 have submitted their lists of candidates for the producers and workers categories;
Whereas the Governments of the Member States, except for Denmark, have submitted their lists of candidates for the consumers and dealers category;
Whereas the members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community should be appointed for a period of two years,
The following are hereby appointed members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community for the period from 12 October 1998 to 11 October 2000 inclusive:
I. PRODUCERS' CATEGORY
>TABLE>
II. WORKERS' CATEGORY
BELGIUM
Nico CUÉ
André DELORY
Alfons VAN GENECHTEN
GERMANY
Klaus SÜDHOFER
Fritz KOLLORZ
Franz-Josef WODOPIA
Karin BENZ-OVERHAGE
Dieter KROLL
Rainer BARCIKOWSKI
SPAIN
Victor José FERNÁNDEZ VÁZQUEZ
Justo RODRÍGUEZ BRAGA
Rafael VAREA NIETO
IRELAND
Jimmy SOMERS
LUXEMBOURG
Marcel DETAILLE
AUSTRIA
Werner MUHM
Karl HAAS
DENMARK
Dines SCHMIDT NIELSEN
GREECE
Nikolaos CHONDROS
FRANCE
Jean-Marc MOHR
Roland HOUP
Jean-Louis MUNOS
Marc BARTHEL
ITALY
Salvatore BIONDO
Enrico GIBELLIERI
Maurizio NICOLIA
NETHERLANDS
G. MASTENBROEK
J. J. N. DUYNHOVEN
PORTUGAL
José António SIMÕES
FINLAND
Eero HOVI
UNITED KINGDOM
Robert SHANNON
Lord BROOKMAN
M. J. LEAHY
Neil GREATREX
Patrick M. CARRAGHER
SWEDEN
Olli HAUTALA
III. CONSUMERS AND DEALERS' CATEGORY
BELGIUM
Pierre DIEDERICH
Jacques GLORIEUX
GERMANY
Götz BIRKEN-BERTSCH
Ulrich BÖSHAGEN
Wolfgang MACK
Jürgen NUSSER
Wolfgang KUHLMANN
Wolf-Rainer HEINEMANN
SPAIN
José Luis CASTAÑEDA BONICHE
Angel Luis VIVAR RODRÍGUEZ
IRELAND
John O'SHEA
LUXEMBOURG
Nicolas SOISSON
AUSTRIA
Alfred MAURIZIO
DENMARK
-
GREECE
Konstantinos SIDERIDIS
FRANCE
Marc BAY
Robert MONNOT
Michel MARGNES
Edmond PACHORA
Lionel TACCOEN
ITALY
Luigi BUZZI
Marcello MASI
Giovanni PEREGO
Riccardo BUSSOLATI
NETHERLANDS
Frans R. M. GEURTS
M. BLOEMENDAL
PORTUGAL
José Paulo FERNANDES
FINLAND
Veijo NIEMI
Klaus KATARA
UNITED KINGDOM
Scott MACDONALD
Derek TORDOFF
Michael THOMAS
Michael J. S. GIBBONS
J. HEGINBOTHAM
Jenny KIRKPATRICK
SWEDEN
Nina DHEJNE
The Council shall appoint the Danish member in the consumers and dealers' category and a United Kingdom member in the workers' category at a later date.
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32011R0013 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 13/2011 of 7 January 2011 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
| 8.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 5/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 13/2011
of 7 January 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 8/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 2011.
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32000D0331 | 2000/331/EC: Commission Decision of 25 April 2000 amending Decision 1999/813/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (notified under document number C(2000) 1050) (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Decision
of 25 April 2000
amending Decision 1999/813/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(notified under document number C(2000) 1050)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/331/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 1999/813/EC of 16 November 1999 lays down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam(3).
(2) The Commission has adopted Decision 2000/333/EC laying down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam(4).
(3) The Socialist Republic of Vietnam wishes to export to the Community frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods which have been sterilised or heat-treated in accordance with the requirements of Commission Decision 93/25/EEC(5), as amended by Decision 97/275/EC(6).
(4) It is therefore necessary to amend the health certification laid down in Annex A to Decision 1999/813/EC.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The health certificate laid down in Annex A to the Decision 1999/813/EC and accompanying the consignments of fishery products originating or proceeding from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is amended as follows:
1. Point IV is completed by the following point:
"7. in addition, where the fishery products are frozen or processed bivalve molluscs: the molluscs were obtained from approved production areas laid down by the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/333/EC(7) laying down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and which have been sterilised or heat-trated according to the requirements of Commission Decision 93/25/EC."
2. The last indent of Point IV is replaced by the following text:
"- the undersigned official inspector hereby declares that he is aware of the provisions of Directive 91/492/EEC, Directive 91/493/EEC, Directive 92/48/EEC, Decision 93/25/EC, Decision 1999/813/EC and Decision 2000/333/EC."
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0286 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 286/2005 of 18 February 2005 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
| 19.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 48/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 286/2005
of 18 February 2005
on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (3), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 lays down detailed rules on determining the delivery obligations at zero duty for products falling within CN code 1701 expressed as white sugar equivalent for imports originating in countries which are parties to the ACP Protocol and the India Agreement.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 221/2005 of 10 February 2005 fixing the quantities of the delivery obligations for sugar cane to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the India Agreement for the 2004/05 delivery period (4) fixed a delivery obligation for Congo, India and Mozambique higher than all the import licence applications submitted to date for the 2004/05 delivery period.
(3) Under these circumstances, and in the interests of clarity, it should be indicated that the limits concerned have not been reached,
In the case of import licence applications presented from 7 to 11 February 2005 in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 licences shall be issued for the quantities indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 February 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 | 1 | 0 |
31999R0880 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 880/1999 of 28 April 1999 redistributing unused portions of the 1998 quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 880/1999
of 28 April 1999
redistributing unused portions of the 1998 quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 138/96(2), and in particular Articles 2(5), 14 and 24 thereof,
(1) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 3420/83(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1138/98(4), introduced annual quantitative quotas for certain products originating in the People's Republic of China listed in Annex II to that Regulation; whereas the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 are applicable to those quotas;
(2) Whereas the Commission accordingly adopted Regulation (EC) No 738/94(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 983/96(6), laying down general rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 520/94; whereas these provisions apply to the administration of the above quotas subject to the provisions of this Regulation;
(3) Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94, the competent authorities of the Member States notified the Commission of the quantities of quotas assigned in 1998 and not used;
(4) Whereas the unused quantities could not be redistributed in time to be used before the end of the 1998 quota year;
(5) Whereas examination of the data received for each of the products in question indicates that the quantities not used in the 1998 quota year should be redistributed in 1999, up to a limit of the amounts set out in Annex I to this Regulation;
(6) Whereas, the different administrative methods provided for by Regulation (EC) No 520/94 having been considered, the method based on traditional trade flows should be adopted; whereas under this method quota tranches are divided into two portions, one of which is reserved for traditional importers and the other for other applicants;
(7) Whereas this has proved to be the best way of ensuring the continuity of business for the Community importers concerned and avoiding any disturbance of trade flows;
(8) Whereas quantities redistributed under this Regulation should be divided using the same criteria as for the allocation of the 1999 quotas;
(9) Whereas the reference period used for the apportionment of the 1999 quotas, consisting of either the year 1996 or 1997, should again be applied to the allocation of the share set aside for traditional importers, since it continues to reflect the normal trend of trade flows for the products in question; whereas, therefore, traditional importers must prove that they imported products originating in China subject to the relevant quotas in the course of either 1996 or 1997;
(10) Whereas it is necessary to simplify the formalities to be fulfilled by traditional importers who already hold import licences issued when the 1999 Community quotas were allocated; whereas the competent administrative authorities already possess the requisite evidence of either 1996 or 1997 imports for all traditional importers; whereas the latter need therefore only enclose a copy of their previous licences with their new licence applications;
(11) Whereas measures should be taken to provide the best conditions for the allocation of that portion of the quota reserved for non-traditional importers with a view to optimum use of quotas; whereas, to this end, it is appropriate to provide for that portion to be allocated in proportion to the quantities requested, on the basis of a simultaneous examination of import licence applications actually lodged, and grant access only to importers who can prove that they obtained and made use of at least 80 % of an import licence for the product in question during the 1998 quota year and to importers who did not obtain an import licence for the product in question during the 1998 quota year; whereas the amount that any non-traditional importer may request should also be restricted to a set volume or value;
(12) Whereas for the purposes of quota allocation, a time limit must be set for the submission of licence applications by traditional and other importers;
(13) Whereas with a view to optimum use of quotas, licence applications for imports of footwear under quotas which refer to several CN codes must specify the quantities required for each code;
(14) Whereas the Member States must inform the Commission of the import licence applications received, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94; whereas the information about traditional importers' previous imports must be expressed in the same units as the quota in question;
(15) Whereas in the light of the experience gained in the management of the quotas, in order to facilitate import administration formalities to economic operators and in view of the fact that unused quantities may not be carried over to the following year more than once, thus the risk of excessive accumulation of imports appear to be limited, it is deemed appropriate, without prejudice to the results of a further analysis which may appear to be warranted in this respect in the future, to set the expiry date of the redistribution import licences at 31 December 1999;
(16) Whereas these measures are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the administration of quotas set up under Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94,
This Regulation lays down specific provisions for the redistribution in 1999 of portions of the quantitative quotas referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 519/94 which were not used in the 1998 quota year.
The quantities not used in the 1998 quota year shall be redistributed up to the limit of the volumes or values set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Regulation (EC) No 738/94 laying down general rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall apply, subject to the specific provisions of this Regulation.
1. The quantitative quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated using the method based on traditional trade flows, referred to in Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 520/94.
2. The portions of each quantitative quota set aside for traditional importers and other importers are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. The portion set aside for non-traditional importers shall be apportioned using the method based on allocation in proportion to quantities requested; the volume requested by a single importer may not exceed that shown in Annex III. Only importers who can prove that they imported at least 80 % of the volume of the product for which they were granted an import licence pursuant to Commission Regulations (EC) No 2021/97(7) and/or (EC) No 1280/98(8) and importers who declare that they did not obtain an import licence pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 2021/97 and/or (EC) No 1280/98 shall be entitled to apply for import licences.
Applications for import licences shall be lodged from the day following the day of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities to 27 May 1999 at 3 p.m., Brussels time, with the competent authorities listed in Annex IV to this Regulation.
1. For the purposes of allocating the portion of each quota set aside for traditional importers, "traditional" importers shall mean importers who can show that they have imported goods in either the calendar year 1996 or 1997.
2. The evidence referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94 shall relate to the release into free circulation during either calendar year 1996 or 1997, as indicated by the importer, of products originating in the People's Republic of China which are covered by the quota in respect of which the application is made.
3. Instead of the evidence referred to in the first indent of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94:
- applicants may enclose with their licence applications documents drawn up and certified by the competent national authorities on the basis of available customs information as evidence of the imports of the product in question during calendar year 1996 or 1997 carried out by themselves or, where applicable, by the operator whose activities they have taken over,
- applicants already holding import licences issued for 1999 under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2297/98(9), for products covered by the licence application may enclose a copy of their previous licences with their licence applications. In that case they shall indicate in their licence application the aggregate quantity of imports of the product in question during the chosen reference period.
Member States shall inform the Commission no later than 10 June 1999 at 10 a.m., Brussels time, of the number and aggregate quantity of import licence applications and, in the case of applications from traditional importers, of the volume of previous imports carried out by traditional importers during the reference period referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation.
No later than 30 June 1999 the Commission shall adopt the quantitative criteria to be used by the competent national authorities for the purpose of meeting importers' applications.
Import licences shall be valid up to 31 December 1999. The validity shall not be extendable.
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 |
31982D0183 | 82/183/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 February 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Perkin- Elmer - scattered transmission UV-VIS double-beam spectrophotometer, model 576' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 February 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Perkin-Elmer - scattered transmission UV-VIS double-beam spectrophotometer, model 576' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/183/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 28 August 1981, Italy 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 'Perkin-Elmer - scattered transmission UV-VIS double-beam spectrophotometer, model 576', to be used for the study of cell cultures, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisons of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 15 December 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrophotometer; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the spectrophotometric field and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as 'Perkin-Elmer - scattered transmission UV-VIS double-beam spectrophotometer, model 576', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 28 August 1981, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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 |
31987R0034 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 34/87 of 7 January 1987 fixing the quotas for 1987 to be opened by Portugal in respect of certain products of the wine sector from third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 34/87
of 7 January 1987
fixing the quotas for 1987 to be opened by Portugal in respect of certain products of the wine sector from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3797/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down detailed rules concerning quantitative restrictions on imports into Portugal from third countries of certain agricultural products subject to transition by stage (1), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3797/85, Portugal shall apply quantitative restrictions in the form of annual quotas in respect of certain products in the wine sector; whereas the quotas for 1987 should be fixed taking account, in particular, of the initial quotas and of the trade recorded; whereas an increase of 10 % by comparison with the initial quota fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 841/86 (2) seems adequate;
Whereas provision should be made for informing the Commission of imports into Portugal of the said products under the quotas fixed and of the measures taken by Portugal for the application of these quotas;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The quotas to be opened by Portugal in respect of certain products of the wine sector from third countries for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1987 shall be as follows:
(hectolitres)
1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Quota for 1987 // // // // 22.05 // Wine of fresh grapes; grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol: // // // ex B. Wine other than that referred to in A in bottles with 'mushroom' stoppers held in place by ties or fastenings; wine otherwise put up with an excess pressure due to carbon dioxide in solution of not less than 1 bar but less than 3 bar, measured at a temperature of 20 °C: // // // - Wine put up other than in bottles with 'mushroom' stoppers held in place by ties or fastenings, with an excess pressure due to carbon dioxide in solution of not less than 1 bar but less than 3 bar, measured at a temperature of 20 °C: // 9 350 // // C. Other: // // // I. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 13 % vol // // // II. Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 13 22. 3. 1986, p. 15.
The Portuguese authorities shall notify the Commission of the measures they have taken for the application of Article 1.
They shall forward to the Commission every six months information on the quantities imported during this period.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R0439 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 439/92 of 25 February 1992 derogating from the provisions on the deadline for the submission of tenders laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 439/92 of 25 February 1992 derogating from the provisions on the deadline for the submission of tenders laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector
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 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 of 29 March 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3560/91 (4), lays down in particular the detailed rules on invitations to tender; whereas Article 8 of the abovementioned Regulation in particular sets the deadline for the submission of tenders at the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month;
Whereas the public holidays in April and May 1992 call for that deadline to be amended for practical reasons;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
By way of derogation from the first sentence of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 859/89, during the period from 1 April to 31 May 1992 the deadline for the submission of tenders shall expire at 12 noon (Brussels time) on the first and third Tuesday of the month.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R1915 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1915/96 of 3 October 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 554/95 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of sparkling and aerated sparkling wine
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1915/96 of 3 October 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 554/95 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of sparkling and aerated sparkling wine
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1592/96 (2), and in particular Article 72 (5) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2333/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1429/96 (4), lays down general rules for the description and presentation of sparkling wines and aerated sparkling wines;
Whereas the fourth indent of Article 15 (2) (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1426/96 (6), includes for Germany as a specific term traditionally used 'Qualitätsschaumwein garantierten Ursprungs`; whereas to allow that term to be used as a sales description of a quality sparkling wine psr, it must be included for Germany in Article 4 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 554/95 (7);
Whereas, following the amendment of German and Spanish legislation, the list of geographical names in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 554/95 should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Regulation (EC) No 554/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following is inserted in Article 4 (1) after item (f):
'(g) for Germany:
"Qualitätsschaumwein garantierten Ursprungs".`
2. In Annex I:
(a) under '1. For Germany`, under the geographical unit Rhein-Mosel, 'c) Saar` is deleted;
(b) under '3. For Spain`, the geographical unit 'Almendralejo` is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R0675 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/2003 of 14 April 2003 on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/2003
of 14 April 2003
on the supply of vegetable oil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organisations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage.
(2) Following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated vegetable oil to certain beneficiaries.
(3) It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid(3). It is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs,
Vegetable oil shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The supply shall cover the mobilisation of vegetable oil produced in the Community. Mobilisation may not involve a product manufactured and/or packaged under inward processing arrangements.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31991R2451 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2451/91 of 12 August 1991 on supplies of butter and skimmed-milk powder to Bulgaria
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2451/91 of 12 August 1991 on supplies of butter and skimmed-milk powder to Bulgaria
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2321/91 opf 31 July 1991 laying down detailed rules for urgent action for the supply of butter and skimmed-milk powder to Bulgaria and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 597/91 of 5 March 1991 on urgent action for the supply of agricultural and medical products intended for the people of Romania and Bulgaria (2), an invitation to tender was opened by Regulation (EEC) No 2321/91 with a view to fixing the costs of the supply;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2321/91 and in view of the tenders received, the Commission is to fix a maximum amount for supply costs or is to decide not to take any action in response to tenders; whereas, in view of the tenders submitted and notified by the German and French intervention agencies, a maximum amount should be fixed for supplies of butter and skimmed-milk powder to Bulgaria;
Whereas, owing to the need to inform tenderers as soon as possible of the outcome of their participation in the various invitations to tender, provision should be made for the entry into force of this Regulation on the day of its publication,
For the invitations to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 2321/91 and in view of the tenders forwarded to the Commission on 7 August 1991:
1. as regards the supply of 2 000 tonnes of butter to Bulgaria, the maximum price for supply costs shall be ECU 154,50 per tonne;
2. as regards the supply of 4 200 tonnes of skimmed-milk powder to Bulgaria, the maximum price for supply costs shall be ECU 153,38 per tonne.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0364 | 2003/364/EC: Commission Decision of 15 May 2003 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (notified under document number C(2003) 1539)
| Commission Decision
of 15 May 2003
excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
(notified under document number C(2003) 1539)
(Only the Spanish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian and Portuguese texts are authentic)
(2003/364/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(c) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(3), and in particular Article 7(4) thereof,
After consulting the Committee for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5(2)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 stipulate that the Commission is to exclude expenditure from Community financing where it finds that it has not been incurred in accordance with Community rules.
(2) The above Articles of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 as well as Article 8(1) and (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2025/2001(5), provide that the Commission is to carry out the necessary checks, forward its findings to the Member States, consider any comments from the latter, enter into bilateral discussions to reach an agreement with the Member States concerned and formally communicate its conclusions to them, referring to Commission Decision 94/442/EC of 1 July 1994 setting up a conciliation procedure in the context of the clearance of the accounts of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section(6), as last amended by Decision 2001/535/EC(7).
(3) The Member States have had the opportunity to request that a conciliation procedure be initiated. That procedure has been applied in some cases and the reports issued on the outcome have been considered by the Commission.
(4) Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 provide that refunds on exports to third countries and intervention intended to stabilise agricultural markets may be financed only where they are either granted or undertaken in accordance with the Community rules governing the common organisations of agricultural markets.
(5) The findings of checks performed, the results of bilateral discussions and the outcome of the conciliation procedures have shown that some expenditure declared by the Member States does not meet those conditions and cannot therefore be financed under the EAGGF Guarantee Section.
(6) The Annex to this Decision sets out the amounts that are not recognised as being chargeable to the EAGGF Guarantee Section. Those amounts do not relate to expenditure incurred more than 24 months before the Commission's written notification of the results of the checks to the Member States.
(7) As regards the cases covered by this Decision, the assessment of the amounts to be excluded on grounds of non-compliance with Community rules was notified by the Commission to the Member States and is set out in a summary report on the subject.
(8) This Decision is without prejudice to any financial conclusions that the Commission may draw from the judgments of the Court of Justice in cases pending on 28 February 2003 and relating to its content,
The expenditure itemised in the Annex hereto that has been incurred by the Member States' accredited paying agencies and declared under the EAGGF Guarantee Section is hereby excluded from Community financing because it does not comply with Community rules.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Austria and the Portuguese Republic. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31984D0570 | 84/570/Euratom: Council Decision of 27 November 1984 appointing a member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 November 1984
appointing a member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency
(84/570/Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Statutes of the Euratom Supply Agency (1), as amended by Decision 73/45/Euratom (2), and in particular Article X thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 14 June 1983 appointing the members of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,
Whereas a seat of a member of the above Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr A. Noe, which was communicated to the Council on 21 August 1984;
Considering the nomination submitted by the French Government on 21 August 1984,
Mr J. S. Letourneur is hereby appointed member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency replacing Mr A. Noe for the remainder of the latter's term of office, namely until 28 March 1985. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31978R1076 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1076/78 of 23 May 1978 on the communication of information on raw tobacco
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1076/78 of 23 May 1978 on the communication of information on raw tobacco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2602/71 of 6 December 1971 (2) specifies the information necessary for purposes of the rules governing the common organization of the market in tobacco and the deadline for the transmission thereof to the Commission by Member States;
Whereas certain Regulations, in particular Commission Regulations (EEC) No 1726/70 of 25 August 1970 on the procedure for granting the premium for leaf tobacco (3), and (EEC) No 1727/70 of 25 August 1970 on the intervention procedure for raw tobacco (4), also provide for the periodical communication of information ; whereas, furthermore, the necessity for the communication of further information has become apparent, in particular as regards the granting of export refunds;
Whereas in the interests of administrative simplicity it is advisable both to re-group this information and also to relax the timetable for its transmission ; whereas, consequently, Regulation (EEC) No 2602/71 and the various provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 1726/70 and No 1727/70 concerning such information should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Raw Tobacco,
1. The Member States shall communicate to the Commission annually for each variety of tobacco the information specified in Section A of the Annex hereto.
2. The final dates for the transmission of such information to the Commission are given in Section B of the said Annex.
3. The Commission shall forward this information annually to the Member States.
4. If the quantities of tobacco offered for intervention exceed or threaten to exceed the percentages and quantities of tobacco laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 1469/70 (5) the Member State concerned shall so inform the Commission forthwith.
Regulation (EEC) No 2602/71 is hereby repealed.
Article 12 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 and Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 are hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1978.
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31996R0168 | Council Regulation (EC) No 168/96 of 29 January 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 519/94 on common rules for imports from certain third countries
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 168/96 of 29 January 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 519/94 on common rules for imports from certain third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22 December 1994 on the common rules for imports and repealing Regulation (EC) No 518/94 (1) applies, inter alia, to products covered by the ECSC Treaty, without prejudice to any possible measures to apply an agreement specifically concerning ECSC products;
Whereas, however, products covered by the ECSC Treaty do not fall within the material scope of Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 3420/83 (2);
Whereas, in the interests of consistency and in order to eliminate administrative complications caused by the lack of uniform treatment of ECSC products vis-à-vis the products covered by Regulation (EC) No 519/94, the scope of that Regulation should be broadened to include the products covered by the ECSC Treaty and the Regulation amended accordingly,
The following recital shall be inserted after the fourth recital of Regulation (EC) No 519/94:
'Whereas the common rules applicable to imports shall also apply to ECSC products, without prejudice to any measures implementing an agreement relating specifically to such products;`.
Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 519/94 shall be replaced by the following:
'1. This Regulation applies to imports of products originating in the third countries referred to in Annex I, with the exception of textile products covered by Regulation (EC) No 517/94.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 15 December 1995.
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32004R0371 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 371/2004 of 27 February 2004 fixing the maximum subsidy on exports of husked long grain rice B to Réunion pursuant to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1878/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 371/2004
of 27 February 2004
fixing the maximum subsidy on exports of husked long grain rice B to Réunion pursuant to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1878/2003
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), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion(2), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1878/2003(3) opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on rice exported to Réunion.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 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 subsidy.
(3) The criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 should be taken into account when fixing this maximum subsidy. Successful tenderers shall be those whose bids are at or below the level of the maximum subsidy.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
A maximum subsidy on exports to Réunion of husked long grain rice B falling within CN code 1006 20 98 is hereby set on the basis of the tenders lodged from 23 to 26 February 2004 at 285,00 EUR/t pursuant to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1878/2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 February 2004.
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 |
32010D0018(01) | 2010/658/EU: Decision of the European Central Bank of 26 October 2010 on transitional provisions for the application of minimum reserves by the European Central Bank following the introduction of the euro in Estonia (ECB/2010/18)
| 30.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 285/37
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 26 October 2010
on transitional provisions for the application of minimum reserves by the European Central Bank following the introduction of the euro in Estonia
(ECB/2010/18)
(2010/658/EU)
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 19.1 and the first indent of Article 46.2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2531/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the application of minimum reserves by the European Central Bank (1),
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 of the European Central Bank of 12 September 2003 on the application of minimum reserves (ECB/2003/9) (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2532/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the powers of the European Central Bank to impose sanctions (3),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank (4), and in particular Articles 5(1) and 6(4) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 of the European Central Bank of 19 December 2008 concerning the balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector (recast) (ECB/2008/32) (5),
Whereas:
(1) The adoption of the euro by Estonia on 1 January 2011 means that credit institutions and branches of credit institutions located in Estonia will be subject to reserve requirements from that date.
(2) The integration of these entities into the minimum reserve system of the Eurosystem requires the adoption of transitional provisions in order to ensure smooth integration without creating a disproportionate burden for credit institutions in Member States whose currency is the euro, including Estonia.
(3) Article 5 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank implies that the ECB, assisted by the national central banks, collects the necessary statistical information from the competent national authorities or directly from economic agents also to ensure timely preparation in the field of statistics in view of the adoption of the euro by a Member State,
Definitions
For the purposes of this Decision, the terms ‘institution’, ‘reserve requirement’, ‘maintenance period’ and ‘reserve base’ have the same meaning as in Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9).
Transitional provisions for institutions located in Estonia
1. In derogation from Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9), a transitional maintenance period shall run from 1 to 18 January 2011 for institutions located in Estonia.
2. The reserve base of each institution located in Estonia for the transitional maintenance period shall be defined in relation to elements of its balance sheet at 31 October 2010. Institutions located in Estonia shall report their reserve base to Eesti Pank in accordance with the ECB’s reporting framework for money and banking statistics, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32). Institutions located in Estonia that benefit from the derogation pursuant to Article 8(1) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32) shall calculate a reserve base for the transitional maintenance period on the basis of their balance sheets at 30 September 2010.
3. In respect of the transitional maintenance period, either an institution located in Estonia or Eesti Pank shall calculate such institution’s minimum reserves. The party that calculates the minimum reserves shall submit its calculation to the other party allowing sufficient time for the latter to verify it and submit revisions. The calculated minimum reserves, including any revisions thereof, shall be confirmed by the two parties at the latest on 7 December 2010. If the notified party does not confirm the amount of minimum reserves by 7 December 2010, it shall be deemed to have acknowledged that the calculated amount applies for the transitional maintenance period.
4. The provisions of Article 3(2) to (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to institutions located in Estonia so that these institutions may, for their initial maintenance periods, deduct from their reserve bases any liabilities owed to institutions in Estonia, although at the time the minimum reserves are calculated such institutions will not appear on the list of institutions subject to reserve requirements in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9).
Transitional provisions for institutions located in other Member States whose currency is the euro
1. The maintenance period applicable to institutions located in other Member States whose currency is the euro, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9), shall remain unaffected by the existence of a transitional maintenance period for institutions located in Estonia.
2. Institutions located in other Member States whose currency is the euro may decide to deduct from their reserve base for the maintenance periods from 8 December 2010 to 18 January 2011 and from 19 January to 8 February 2011 any liabilities owed to institutions located in Estonia, even though at the time the minimum reserves are calculated such institutions will not appear on the list of institutions subject to reserve requirements mentioned in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9).
3. Institutions located in other Member States whose currency is the euro that wish to deduct liabilities owed to institutions located in Estonia shall, for the maintenance periods from 8 December 2010 to 18 January 2011 and from 19 January to 8 February 2011, calculate their minimum reserves on the basis of their balance sheets at 31 October and 30 November 2010 respectively and report statistical information in accordance with Part 1 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32) showing institutions located in Estonia as already subject to the ECB’s minimum reserve system.
This shall be without prejudice to the obligation for institutions to report statistical information for the periods concerned in accordance with Table 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32), still showing institutions located in Estonia as being banks located in the ‘Rest of the world’.
The tables shall be reported in accordance with the time limits and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32).
4. For the maintenance periods starting in December 2010, January and February 2011, institutions located in other Member States whose currency is the euro that benefit from the derogation pursuant to Article 8(1) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32) and wish to deduct liabilities owed to institutions located in Estonia, shall calculate their minimum reserves on the basis of their balance sheet at 30 September 2010 and report statistical information in accordance with Part 1 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32) showing institutions located in Estonia as already subject to the ECB’s minimum reserve system.
This shall be without prejudice to the obligation for institutions to report statistical information for the periods concerned in accordance with Table 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32) still showing institutions located in Estonia as being banks located in the ‘Rest of the world’.
The statistical information shall be reported in accordance with the time limits and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 25/2009 (ECB/2008/32).
Entry into force and application
1. This Decision is addressed to Eesti Pank, institutions located in Estonia and institutions located in other Member States whose currency is the euro.
2. This Decision shall enter into force on 1 November 2010.
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31992R0356 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 356/92 of 10 February 1992 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 356/92 of 10 February 1992 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1720/91 (2), and in particular Article 35 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Annex to Regulation No 136/66/EEC lays down descriptions and definitions for olive oils and olive residue oils;
Whereas experience has shown that the definitions of virgin oils present problems in verifying the organoleptic characteristics of these products and do not correspond precisely to the organoleptic assessment criteria defined by the methods adopted by the International Olive Oil Council and which were recently included in Community rules on the characteristics of olive oil and olive residue oils and on the relevant methods of analysis;
Whereas, in addition, for the virgin oils and for the other types of oils referred to in the Annex in question, the definitions should take into account all the characteristics laid down for each of these products by the abovementioned Community rules;
Whereas therefore the definitions given in the Annex to Regulation No 136/66/EEC should be adjusted,
The Annex to Regulation No 136/66/EEC is hereby replaced by the text annexed to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1992. 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 |
32002R0782 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 782/2002 of 8 May 2002 fixing the import duties in the rice sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 782/2002
of 8 May 2002
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2831/98(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 2002.
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32012D0238 | 2012/238/EU: Council Decision of 26 April 2012 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
| 4.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/47
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 April 2012
on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
(2012/238/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 148(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Having regard to the opinion of the Employment Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Article 145 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides that Member States and the Union are to work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets that are responsive to economic change with a view to achieving the objectives defined in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU).
(2) The Europe 2020 Strategy proposed by the Commission enables the Union to turn its economy towards smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, accompanied by high level employment, productivity and social cohesion. On 13 July 2010, the Council adopted its Recommendation on broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union (3). Furthermore, on 21 October 2010, the Council adopted its Decision 2010/707/EU on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (4) (the ‘employment guidelines’). Those sets of guidelines form the integrated guidelines for implementing the Europe 2020 Strategy. Five headline targets, listed under the relevant integrated guidelines, constitute shared objectives which guide the action of the Member States, taking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances as well as the positions and circumstances of the Union. The European Employment Strategy plays the leading role in the implementation of the employment and labour market objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. In 2011, the employment guidelines were maintained.
(3) The integrated guidelines are in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 17 June 2010. They give precise guidance to the Member States on defining their national reform programmes and on implementing reforms, reflecting interdependence and being in line with the Stability and Growth Pact. The employment guidelines should form the basis for any country-specific recommendations that the Council may address to the Member States under Article 148(4) of the TFEU, in parallel with the country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member States under Article 121(2) of the TFEU. The employment guidelines should also form the basis for the establishment of the Joint Employment Report sent annually by the Council and the Commission to the European Council.
(4) The examination of the Member States’ draft national reform programmes, contained in the Joint Employment Report adopted by the Council on 17 February 2012, shows that Member States should continue to make every effort to address the following priorities: increasing labour market participation and reducing structural unemployment; developing a skilled workforce responding to labour market needs and promoting job quality and lifelong learning; improving the performance of education and training systems at all levels and increasing participation in tertiary education; promoting social inclusion and combating poverty.
(5) The employment guidelines adopted in 2010 should remain stable until 2014 to ensure a focus on their implementation. In the intermediate years, until the end of 2014, their updating should remain strictly limited.
(6) Member States should explore the use of the European Social Fund when implementing the employment guidelines,
The guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, as set out in the Annex to Decision 2010/707/EU, are hereby maintained for 2012 and shall be taken into account by the Member States in their employment policies.
This Decision 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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32003R2127 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2127/2003 of 2 December 2003 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2127/2003
of 2 December 2003
establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1335/2003(4), and in particular Article 173(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation.
(2) The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0729 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 729/2012 of 8 August 2012 entering a name in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed (Bratislavský rožok/Pressburger Kipfel/Pozsonyi kifli (TSG))
| 10.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 729/2012
of 8 August 2012
entering a name in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed (Bratislavský rožok/Pressburger Kipfel/Pozsonyi kifli (TSG))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 9(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, Slovakia’s application to register the name ‘Bratislavský rožok’/‘Pressburger Kipfel’/‘Pozsonyi kifli’, received on 4 February 2008, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) Austria, Germany and Hungary submitted objections to the registration under Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006. The objections were deemed admissible under point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 9(3) of that Regulation.
(3) By letters dated 11 November 2010, the Commission invited the Member States concerned to engage in appropriate consultations.
(4) An agreement, notified to the Commission on 16 May 2011, was concluded between the Member States concerned within six months, containing amendments to the initial specification, specifically the removal of the request in the registration application to register the name with the reservation referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006.
(5) The removal concerns the use of the product name and can therefore not be regarded as minor within the meaning of point (c) of Article 11(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1216/2007 (3).
(6) Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, the Commission should once again perform the examination referred to in Article 8(1) of that Regulation.
(7) The application to register the name ‘Bratislavský rožok’/‘Pressburger Kipfel’/‘Pozsonyi kifli’, amended following the agreement mentioned above, was therefore republished in the Official Journal of the European Union
(4).
(8) As no statement of objection under Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0324 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 324/2007 of 23 March 2007 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 27.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 85/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 324/2007
of 23 March 2007
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31985D0487 | 85/487/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 October 1985 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for importation of fresh meat from Chile
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 October 1985
concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for importation of fresh meat from Chile
(85/487/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 79/544/EEC (3) authorized Member States to import from Chile fresh meat of bovine animals, sheep, goats and domestic solipeds in accordance with animal health conditions and veterinary certification appropriate to the status of Chile with regard to foot-and-mouth disease at that time;
Whereas, following a Community veterinary mission and the information received, it appears that the animal health situation in Chile is excellent, stable and completely controlled by well structured and organized veterinary services, particularly as regards diseases transmissible through meat;
Whereas, in addition, the responsible veterinary authorities of Chile have confirmed that Chile has for at least 12 months been free from rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease and that no vaccinations have been carried out against those diseases during that time;
Whereas the responsible veterinary authorities of Chile have undertaken to notify the Commission of the European Communities and the Member States, by telex or telegram, within 24 hours at the latest, of the confirmation of the occurrence of any of the abovementioned diseases or the adoption of vaccination against any of them;
Whereas animal health conditions and veterinary certification must be adopted according to the animal health situation of the non-member country concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Member States shall authorize the importation from Chile of fresh meat of bovine animals, sheep, goats and domestic solipeds conforming to the guarantees laid down in an animal health certificate which accords with the Annex hereto and which must accompany the consignment.
This Decision shall not apply to imports of glands and organs authorized by the country of destination for pharmaceutical manufacturing purposes.
Decision 79/544/EEC is hereby repealed.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994R2798 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2798/94 of 14 November 1994 amending for 1994 the level of the quantitative limits applicable to imports of certain textile products originating in the people's Republic of China and listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2798/94 of 14 November 1994 amending for 1994 the level of the quantitative limits applicable to imports of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China and listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules (1), and in particular Article 5 in conjunction with Article 25 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the Commission proposal,
Whereas the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 517/94, imposed Community-level quantitative limits on imports of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China because of the sensitivity of the relevant sectors of the Community textile industry;
Whereas the Council, in setting the level of these quotas, endeavoured to find a certain balance between providing the requisite protection for the relevant sectors of the Community textiles industry and maintaining an acceptable level of trade with the People's Republic of China;
Whereas the introduction of the quotas and their implementation on the basis of the administrative rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 517/94 have given rise to complaints from some Member States that this balance has not been satisfactorily achieved for 1994 since disturbances in trade with the People's Republic of China have affected the business and profits of certain sectors of the Community economy engaged in the importation, marketing and processing of the products in question;
Whereas, in view of this, and in order to facilitate the transition between the previous rules for imports and those established under Regulation (EC) No 517/94, the Commission has considered it appropriate to adapt the levels of these quotas by increasing them appropriately for the year 1994 based in particular on the quantitative requirements transmitted by the Member States, taking into account the objective of the Commission which remains the conclusion of a bilateral agreement with the People's Republic of China for all the products concerned which, by changing the present regime into a conventional regime, should give guarantees concerning the supply of Chinese raw materials at acceptable price conditions;
Whereas the amounts by which the quotas for 1994 are to be increased are subject to the administrative rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 517/94 and will therefore be allocated by the Commission, in accordance with Article 17 (1) and (2) of that Regulation, in the chronological order in which notification is received from the Member States of the requests for import authorization from the date of entry into force of this Regulation;
Whereas, in order to ensure optimal utilization of the quantities confirmed under this Regulation, the validity of the import permits should be fixed at 90 days from the date of issue by the Member States;
Whereas these measures have not received a favourable opinion of the Committee established under Regulation (EC) No 517/94 and Article 25 (4) of the said Regulation provides that if the proposed measures are not in conformity with the opinion of the Committee or in the absence of an opinion, the Commission shall present to the Council, without delay, a proposal for the measures to be taken,
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 shall be amended for the year 1994 in respect of products originating in the People's Republic of China and falling within categories ex 18, ex 20, ex 78, 115, 117, 118, 120, ex 136, 156, 157, 159 and 161 by the addition of the following Annex:
' ANNEX IV A
The product descriptions of the categories of this Annex are to be found in Annex I A to this Regulation
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From the date of entry into force of this Regulation, the additional quota amounts for the year 1994 will, in accordance with Article 17 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 517/94, be allocated in the chronological order in which notification of the requests for import authorization is received from the Member States.
The import authorizations to be issued by the Member States' competent authorities shall be valid for 90 days from the date of issue.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R1890 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1890/2002 of 23 October 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 as regards the forecast supply balance for the French overseas departments in the cereals sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1890/2002
of 23 October 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 as regards the forecast supply balance for the French overseas departments in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the French overseas departments, amending Directive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 525/77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom)(1), and in particular Article 3(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Part 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 of 28 December 2001 establishing the supply balances and Community aid for the outermost regions under Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2002(3), establishes a forecast supply balance and fixes the Community aid for cereals and cereal products for the French overseas departments in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001.
(2) The forecast supply balance provides for an annual quantity of 44200 tonnes of cereals for Guadeloupe and 32700 tonnes of cereals for Martinique. Given that two new mills have come into operation in Martinique, the current level of implementation of the specific supply arrangements shows that the quantities laid down for the supply of the two departments are below requirements.
(3) By letter dated 6 September 2002, therefore, the French authorities submitted a request for adjustment of the balance for Guadeloupe and for Martinique in order to meet the legitimate supply needs of these departments.
(4) As a result, as regards the supply of cereals, the quantity originally laid down in the supply balance should be increased and the distribution of the quantities fixed for these two islands should be amended.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
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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32006R0046 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 46/2006 of 12 January 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of sorghum issued in Regulation (EC) No 2094/2005
| 13.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 8/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 46/2006
of 12 January 2006
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of sorghum issued in Regulation (EC) No 2094/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003, on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction from third countries in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2094/2005 (2).
(2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and on the basis of the tenders notified to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in the duty should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 6 to 12 January 2006 in response to the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imported sorghum issued in Regulation (EC) No 2094/2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 January 2006.
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32002R0278 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2002 of 14 February 2002 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 9/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2002
of 14 February 2002
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 9/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 9/2002(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty 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,
For tenders notified from 8 to 14 February 2002, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 9/2002, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 25,78 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 157000 tonnes.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February 2002.
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31996D0183 | 96/183/EC: Commission Decision of 21 February 1996 amending Decision 94/14/EC setting up the list of establishments in the Community for which are granted temporary and limited derogation from specific Community health rules on the production and marketing of fresh meat (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 February 1996 amending Decision 94/14/EC setting up the list of establishments in the Community for which are granted temporary and limited derogation from specific Community health rules on the production and marketing of fresh meat (Text with EEA relevance) (96/183/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/498/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the conditions for granting temporary and limited derogations from specific Community health rules on the production and marketing of fresh meat (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas the Member States have forwarded to the Commission the list of establishments for which they plan to grant derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 64/433/EEC (2) on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat, as amended and consolidated by Directive 95/23/EC (3);
Whereas the said list was adopted by Commission Decision 94/14/EC (4), as amended by Decision 95/31/EC (5);
Whereas Austria, Finland and Sweden have acceded to the Community; whereas those new Member States have forwarded to the Commission lists of establishments to which derogations from certain provisions of Directive 64/433/EEC could be granted;
Whereas those establishments should be added to the list set out in Decision 94/14/EC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The establishments listed in the Annex are hereby added to the list set out in Decision 94/14/EC.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011D0797 | 2011/797/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 30 November 2011 establishing the financial contribution by the Union to the expenditure incurred in the context of the emergency measures taken to combat Newcastle disease in Spain in 2009 (notified under document C(2011) 8717)
| 3.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 320/43
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 30 November 2011
establishing the financial contribution by the Union to the expenditure incurred in the context of the emergency measures taken to combat Newcastle disease in Spain in 2009
(notified under document C(2011) 8717)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(2011/797/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 75 of the Financial Regulation and Article 90(1) of the Implementing Rules, the commitment of expenditure from the Union budget shall be preceded by a financing decision setting out the essential elements of the action involving expenditure and adopted by the institution or the authorities to which powers have been delegated by the institution.
(2) Decision 2009/470/EC lays down the procedures governing the financial contribution from the Union towards specific veterinary measures, including emergency measures. With a view to helping to eradicate Newcastle disease as rapidly as possible the Union should contribute financially to eligible expenditure borne by the Member States. Article 3(6), first indent, of that Decision lays down rules on the percentage that must be applied to the costs incurred by the Member States.
(3) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 of 28 February 2005 laying down rules on the Community financing of emergency measures and of the campaign to combat certain animal diseases under Council Decision 90/424/EEC (2) sets rules on the expenditure eligible for Union financial support.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision 2011/208/EU of 1 April 2011 on a financial contribution from the Union towards emergency measures to combat Newcastle disease in Spain in 2009 (3) granted, amongst others, a financial contribution by the Union towards emergency measures to combat Newcastle disease in Spain in 2009. An official request for reimbursement was submitted by Spain on 31 May 2011, as set out in Article 7(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.
(5) The payment of the financial contribution from the Union is to be subject to the condition that the planned activities were actually implemented and that the authorities provided all the necessary information within the set deadlines.
(6) Spain has in accordance with Article 3(4) of Decision 2009/470/EC without delay informed the Commission and the other Member States of the measures applied in accordance with Union legislation on notification and eradication and the results thereof. The request for reimbursement was, as required in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005, accompanied by a financial report, supporting documents, an epidemiological report on each holding where the animals have been slaughtered or destroyed, and the results of respective audits.
(7) The Commission’s observations, method of calculating the eligible expenditure and final conclusions were communicated to Spain on 20 October 2011. Spain agreed by e-mail dated 20 October 2011.
(8) Consequently the total amount of the financial support from the Union to the eligible expenditure incurred in connection with the eradication of Newcastle disease in Spain in 2009 can now be fixed.
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The financial contribution from the Union towards the expenditure associated with eradicating Newcastle disease in Spain in 2009 is fixed at EUR 103 219,22.
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32001R2210 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2210/2001 of 15 November 2001 fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2210/2001
of 15 November 2001
fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sugar(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for imports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(2), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 stipulates that the cif import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to as the "representative price", should be set in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(3). That price should be fixed for the standard quality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation.
(2) The representative price for molasses is calculated at the frontier crossing point into the Community, in this case Amsterdam; that price must be based on the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market established on the basis of the quotations or prices on that market adjusted for any deviations from the standard quality. The standard quality for molasses is defined in Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(3) When the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the world market are being established, account must be taken of all available information on offers on the world market, on the prices recorded on important third-country markets and on sales concluded in international trade of which the Commission is aware, either directly or through the Member States. Under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, the Commission may for this purpose take an average of several prices as a basis, provided that this average is representative of actual market trends.
(4) The information must be disregarded if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted in the offer relates only to a small quantity that is not representative of the market. Offer prices which can be regarded as not representative of actual market trends must also be disregarded.
(5) If information on molasses of the standard quality is to be comparable, prices must, depending on the quality of the molasses offered, be increased or reduced in the light of the results achieved by applying Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(6) A representative price may be left unchanged by way of exception for a limited period if the offer price which served as a basis for the previous calculation of the representative price is not available to the Commission and if the offer prices which are available and which appear not to be sufficiently representative of actual market trends would entail sudden and considerable changes in the representative price.
(7) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for the product in question and the representative price, additional import duties should be fixed under the conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95. Should the import duties be suspended pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should be fixed.
(8) Application of these provisions will have the effect of fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for the products in question as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The representative prices and the additional duties applying to imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 November 2001.
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31993R2009 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2009/93 of 23 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 on transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in 1993
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2009/93 of 23 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 on transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in 1993
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), and in particular Articles 20 and 30 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (2) lays down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community, and in particular for the reallocation of quantities covered by unused import licences, the reallocation of quantities re-exported outside the Community and the documents to be submitted when application is made for a certificate to import traditional ACP bananas;
Whereas the arrangements adopted for the reallocation of quantities not used or re-exported outside the Community should be amended to take account of the administrative requirements for the management of licences and of the periods for the submission of applications; whereas, when re-export takes place, the reallocation of the corresponding quantities pursuant to Article 18 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 should be effected where proof of re-export is supplied pursuant to the relevant Community rules that operation has taken place;
Whereas, as regards the issue of licences for the import of traditional ACP bananas, the documents to be produced when the application is made should be limited to a certificate of origin;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 (3) lays down transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Commundity in 1993; whereas those arrangements should be adjusted to take account of the amendments made to the measures laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93; whereas, in the case of goods in transit when the new import arrangements come into force discrepancies between the various language versions should be resolved by using the traditional technical expression 'release for free circulation';
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 is amended as follows:
1. the following second subparagraph is inserted in Article 9 (4):
'The abovementioned indications shall be entered in Box 20 of both the licence application and the licence.';
2. Article 10 (3) is replaced by the following:
'3. Unused quantities covered by a licence shall be reallocated on application to the same operators, whether owners or transferees, during a subsequent quarter, but in the course of the year in which the first licence was issued.';
3. in Article 12:
- in paragraph 1, the words 'and intended for re-export outside the Community' are replaced by 'and which have been re-exported outside the Community.',
- in paragraph 2, the words 'the quantities intended for re-export' are replaced by 'the quantities released for free circulation and re-exported.',
- paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
'3. One or more import licences shall be issued up to the quantities re-exported, either to the owner or the transferee of the previous licences, during a subsequent quarter, but in the course of the year in which the first licence or licences were issued.';
4. in Article 14 (4):
- point (b) is deleted,
- in point (c) the words 'and (b)' are deleted;
5. in Annex III, point B under the heading 'Notes' is deleted.
Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 7:
- in paragraph 1, second sentence, the words 'the documents required by Article 14 (4)' are replaced by 'the certificate of origin referred to in Article 14 (4).',
- in paragraph 4, first sentence, the words 'the documents required by Article 14 (4)' are replaced by 'the certificate of origin referred to in Article 14 (4).',
- in paragraph 4, second sentence, the words 'On receipt of these documents', are replaced by 'On receipt of the certificate of origin,',
- paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
'5. If the certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 1 is not presented to the competent authority by 31 July 1993, the licences for the balance of the total quantity applied for shall not be issued to the trader concerned and the guarantee relating to the licence already issued shall be released in proportion to the quantities for which the abovementioned document is produced.';
2. the first sentence of Article 9 (1) is replaced by the following:
'An import licence will not be required for bananas which were dispatched from the country where they were produced before 23 June 1993 but which were released for free circulation in the Community on or after 1 July 1993.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32000R2488 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000 of 10 November 2000 maintaining a freeze of funds in relation to Mr Milosevic and those persons associated with him and repealing Regulations (EC) Nos 1294/1999 and 607/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 926/98
| Council Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000
of 10 November 2000
maintaining a freeze of funds in relation to Mr Milosevic and those persons associated with him and repealing Regulations (EC) Nos 1294/1999 and 607/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 926/98
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,
Having regard to Common Position 2000/599/CFSP of 9 October 2000 on support to a democratic FRY and the immediate lifting of certain restrictive measures(1), and to Common Position 2000/696/CFSP of 10 November 2000 on the maintenance of specific restrictive measures directed against Mr Milosevic and persons associated with him(2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 15 June 1999, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999 concerning a freeze of funds and a ban on investment in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)(3) because of the continued violation of human rights and international humanitarian law by the Government of that country.
(2) Following the elections on 24 September 2000, a new President of the FRY was democratically elected and formally sworn in, namely Mr V. Kostunica.
(3) On 9 October 2000, the Council approved a declaration on the FRY calling for a lifting of all sanctions imposed on the FRY since 1998, with the exception of the provisions affecting the former President of the FRY, Mr Slobodan Milosevic and those persons associated with him, as they continue to represent a threat to the consolidation of democracy in the FRY.
(4) Therefore, the scope of provisions of the present legal framework concerning the freezing of funds held abroad by the Governments of the FRY and of the Republic of Serbia should be restricted to cover Mr. Milosevic and the persons associated with him.
(5) These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty.
(6) Therefore, and with a view to avoiding distortion of competition, Community legislation is necessary for the implementation of the said measures as far as the territory of the Community is concerned. Such territory is deemed to encompass, for the purposes of this Regulation, all the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.
(7) The competent authorities of the Member States should, where necessary, be empowered to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Regulation.
(8) There is a need for the Commission and the Member States to inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and of other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, without prejudice to existing obligations with regard to certain items concerned.
(9) It is desirable that penalties for violations of the provisions of this Regulation can be imposed as of the date of the entry into force of this Regulation.
(10) For reasons of transparency and simplicity, the main provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999 have been incorporated into this Regulation and therefore the former Regulation shall be repealed. For the same reasons, Regulation (EC) No 607/2000(4) and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 926/98(5) should also be repealed.
(11) A procedure should be laid down for amending the Annexes to this Regulation and for granting specific exemptions for strictly humanitarian purposes.
(12) 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(6),
1. All funds held outside the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia belonging to Mr Milosevic and to natural persons associated with him, as listed in Annex I, shall be frozen.
2. No funds shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of any person referred to in paragraph 1.
3. For the purpose of this Regulation:
- funds means: financial assets and economic benefits of any kind, including, but not necessarily limited to, cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments; deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations; publicly and privately traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures, derivatives contracts; interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets; credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments; letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale; documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources, and any other instrument of export-financing;
- freezing of funds shall mean: preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would make possible the use of the funds, including portfolio management, except that any interest or income arising or any capital automatically repayable on maturity of any funds shall be paid into and held in a frozen account.
1. The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in related activities, the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions or activities referred to in Article 1 or to circumvent the provisions of this Regulation shall be prohibited.
2. Any information that the provisions of this Regulation are being, or have been circumvented shall be notified to the competent authorities of the Member States as listed in Annex II and/or the Commission.
1. Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy and to the provisions of Article 284 of the Treaty, banks, other financial institutions, insurance companies, and other bodies and persons shall:
(a) provide immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 1:
- to the competent authorities of the Member States listed in Annex II where they are resident or located, and
- directly or through these competent authorities to the Commission,
(b) cooperate with the competent authorities listed in Annex II in any verification of this information.
2. Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.
3. Any information directly received by the Commission shall be made available to the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.
1. The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation relating to the matters referred to below with the exception of those referred to in paragraph (c) shall be adopted in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 5(2).
2. The Commission shall be empowered:
(a) to amend Annex I, taking into account decisions implementing Common Position 2000/696/CFSP,
(b) on an exceptional basis, to grant exemptions to Article 1 for strictly humanitarian purposes.
(c) on the basis of information supplied by Member States, to amend data on competent authorities of the Member States listed in Annex II.
3. Any request by a person for an exemption referred to in paragraph 2(b) or for an amendment of Annex I shall be made through the competent authorities of the Member States listed in Annex II.
The competent authorities of the Member States shall verify, to the fullest extent possible, the information provided by the persons making a request.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee established under Regulation (EC) No 2271/96.
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 10 working days.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
1. The Committee referred to in Article 5 shall examine all questions concerning the application of this Regulation, which may be raised either by the chairman or by a representative of a Member State.
2. The Committee shall regularly review the effectiveness of the provisions of this Regulation and the Commission shall, on the basis of that review, report regularly to the Council.
The Commission and the Member States shall inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and supply each other with the relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information received in accordance with Article 3, and in respect of violation and enforcement problems or judgments handed down by national courts.
Each Member State shall determine the sanctions to be imposed where the provisions of this Regulation are infringed. Such sanctions shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Pending the adoption, where necessary, of any legislation to this end, the sanctions to be imposed where the provisions of this Regulation are infringed shall be those determined by the Member States in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999.
Regulations (EC) Nos 1294/99 and 607/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 926/98 shall be repealed.
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This Regulation shall apply:
- within the territory of the Community including its airspace,
- on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State,
- to any person elsewhere who is a national of a Member State,
- to any body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32005R0013 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 13/2005 of 6 January 2005 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables relating to ‘social participation’Text with EEA relevance
| 7.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 5/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 13/2005
of 6 January 2005
implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables relating to ‘social participation’
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (1), and in particular Article 15(2)(f) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on income and living conditions, encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and European Union levels.
(2) Under Article 15(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003, implementing measures are necessary for the list of target secondary areas and variables to be included every year in the cross-sectional component of EU-SILC. For 2006, the list of target secondary variables included in the module ‘Social participation’, (which relates particularly to participation in cultural events, integration with relatives, friends and neighbours, and participation in formal and informal activities) should be set out, together with variable codes and definitions.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
The list of target secondary variables, the variable codes, and the definitions for the 2006 Module for ‘social participation’ to be included in the cross-sectional component of Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) shall be as laid down in the Annex.
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. | 0.333333 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0331 | 2014/331/EU: Council Decision of 14 April 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union
| 6.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 167/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 April 2014
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union
(2014/331/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 11 July 2012, the European Council adopted Decision 2012/419/EU (1) amending, with effect from 1 January 2014, the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union. From that date, Mayotte ceased to be an overseas country or territory and became an outermost region of the Union within the meaning of Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
(2) The Council authorised the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, an agreement with the Republic of the Seychelles relating to the access, for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Republic of Seychelles, to waters and marine biological resources of the Union in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of Mayotte.
(3) As a result of those negotiations, the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union (‘Agreement’) was initialled on 15 November 2013.
(4) In order for the authorities in Mayotte to implement the rules of the common fisheries policy (CFP) from the date on which Mayotte becomes an outermost region, it is necessary to set up the appropriate administrative framework, control activities and physical infrastructure, and to provide the appropriate capacity building. This will be of assistance with regard to the requirement to comply with the international reporting obligations of the Union.
(5) The necessary financial means should be provided to the fisheries authorities in Mayotte through the use of the shipowners' fees to be paid directly to Mayotte. Such a solution is even more appropriate in view of the strong relationship that has developed between the Seychelles fleet and the local community of the French outermost region of Mayotte. The fishing fleet flagged in the Seychelles has been operating in the Mayotte waters for several years through an arrangement between Mayotte and the vessel shipowners, whereby the shipowners pay a licence fee to Mayotte to fish in its waters. In order to maintain the continuity of fishing operations and subsequent benefits to Mayotte, it is appropriate that all payments related to authorisations and catches under this agreement benefit directly the local community in Mayotte.
(6) The Agreement should be signed.
(7) In order to allow, as soon as possible, the continuation of fishing activities by the vessels of the Republic of Seychelles, the Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion,
The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Seychelles on access for fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles to waters and marine biological resources of Mayotte, under the jurisdiction of the European Union is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
1. France shall be authorised to collect, for the account of its outermost region Mayotte, the payments related to authorisations and catches and other fees due by operators of fishing vessels flying the flag of the Seychelles in consideration of the granting of access to waters and marine biological resources within Union waters off the coast of Mayotte in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1, paragraphs 8 and 9 and Section 2 of the Annex to the Agreement. Those revenues shall be used by France for the setting up of the appropriate administrative framework, control activities, physical infrastructure and for the provision of appropriate capacity building in order for the administration in Mayotte to meet the requirements of the CFP.
2. France shall provide details of that bank account to the Commission.
3. At the end of each year of implementation of the Agreement, France shall send to the Commission a detailed report on the payments made by the vessels authorised to fish and on the utilisation of those payments.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of signature thereof, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.
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31996R0492 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 492/96 of 19 March 1996 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 492/96 of 19 March 1996 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1762/95 (3), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 1996.
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 |
31998R1235 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/98 of 15 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3567/92 as regards detailed rules for the use and transfer of rights in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1235/98 of 15 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3567/92 as regards detailed rules for the use and transfer of rights in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector
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 organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1589/96 (2), and in particular Article 5b(4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3567/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1303/97 (4) lays down certain rules on the minimum use of premium rights by producers;
Whereas, under the provisions currently in force, a producer can fail to use up to 30 % of the rights he holds, under certain conditions; whereas this has led to under-use of available rights in certain Member States; whereas this situation can cause problems for new producers who apply for rights through the national reserve; whereas the Member States should accordingly be authorised to increase the minimum percentage for the use of rights up to 90 %, below which these rights will, in principle, revert to the national reserve, and should inform the Commission thereof;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheepmeat and Goatmeat,
Article 6a of Regulation (EEC) No 3567/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in paragraph 2, 'at least 70 % of his rights` is replaced by 'the minimum percentage of his rights set in accordance with paragraph 4`;
2. in paragraph 3, 'at least 70 % of his rights` is replaced by 'the minimum percentage of his rights set in accordance with paragraph 4`;
3. the following paragraph 4 is added:
'4. The minimum percentage use of premium rights is hereby set at 70 %. They shall inform the Commission thereof.
However, Member States can increase this percentage up to 90 %. In such cases, they shall inform the Commission thereof.`
This Regulation shall apply from the beginning of the 1999 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996D0029 | 96/29/EC: Commission Decision of 19 December 1995 approving the programme for the eradication of Brucella Melitensis for the year 1996 presented by Spain and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 19 December 1995 approving the programme for the eradication of Brucella Melitensis for the year 1996 presented by Spain and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (96/29/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of Brucella Melitensis;
Whereas by letter, Spain has submitted a programme for the eradication of Brucella Melitensis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 on laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as last amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which during 1996 can benefit from financial participation from the Community and which was established by Commission Decision 95/434/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs incurred by Spain up to a maximum of ECU 8 550 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the eradication of Brucella Melitensis presented by Spain is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1996.
Spain shall bring into force by 1 January 1996 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs incurred in Spain by way of compensation to owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 8 550 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report to the Commission on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1997 at the latest.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004D0230 | 2004/230/EC: Commission Decision of 5 March 2004 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces in Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 666)
| Commission Decision
of 5 March 2004
amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces in Italy are free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis
(notified under document number C(2004) 666)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/230/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine(1), and in particular Annex A(I)(4) and Annex A(II)(7) thereto,
Whereas:
(1) The lists of regions of Member States declared free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis are set out in Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds(2).
(2) Italy submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards the province of Grossetto in the Region of Toscana in order that that province may be declared officially free of tuberculosis as regards bovine herds.
(3) Italy also submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards the provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca and Pisa in the Region of Toscana, in order that those provinces may be declared officially free of brucellosis as regards bovine herds.
(4) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Italy, the province of Grossetto in the Region of Toscana should be declared officially free of bovine tuberculosis and the provinces of Arezzo, Grossetto, Livorno, Lucca and Pisa in the Region of Toscana should be declared officially free of bovine brucellosis.
(5) Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R2336 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2336/87 of 30 July 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product falling within subheading 31.02 B, originating in Venezuela, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2336/87
of 30 July 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product falling within subheading 31.02 B, originating in Venezuela, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product, falling within subheading 31.02 B, originating in Venezuela, the individual ceiling was fixed at 380 000 ECU; whereas, on 28 July, 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in Venezuela reached the ceiling in question after being charged there against; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against
As from 4 August 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Venezuela:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 31.02 B (NIMEXE code 31.02-15) // Urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product // //
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 |
32004R1833 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2004 of 21 October 2004 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 10th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004
| 22.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 321/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1833/2004
of 21 October 2004
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 10th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1) and in particular the second indent of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 of 19 July 2004 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2004/2005 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 10th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 45,758 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0721 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 721/2004 of 16 April 2004 concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled round grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 721/2004
of 16 April 2004
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled round grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003
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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003(2).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(3) allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 12 to 15 April 2004 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled round grain A rice to certain third countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 April 2004.
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 |
31975D0100 | 75/100/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 January 1975 on the reform of agricultural structures to be effected in Ireland in implementation of Directives No 72/159/EEC and No 72/160/EEC (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 January 1975 on the reform of agricultural structures to be effected in Ireland in implementation of Directives No 72/159/EEC and No 72/160/EEC (Only the English text is authentic) (75/100/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Directive No 72/159/EEC (1) of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms, and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof;
Having regard to Council Directive No 72/160/EEC (2) of 17 April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement, and in particular Article 9 (3) thereof;
Whereas on 19 June and 18 September 1974 the Government of Ireland, acting in pursuance of Article 17 (4) of Directive No 72/159/EEC and of Article 8 (4) of Directive No 72/160/EEC, notified the following provisions: - the farm modernization scheme of 1 February 1974;
- the European Communities (retirement of farmers) Regulations 1974, of 30 April 1974;
Whereas under Article 18 (3) of Directive No 72/159/EEC and Article 9 (3) of Directive No 72/160/EEC the Commission must decide whether, having regard to the objectives of the Directives in question and to the need for a proper connection between the various measures, the regulations and administrative provisions notified comply with those Directives and thus satisfy the conditions for financial contribution to common measures within the meaning of Article 15 of Directive No 72/159/EEC and Article 6 of Directive No 72/160/EEC;
Whereas the basic aim of Directive No 72/159/EEC is to encourage the formation and development of farms which are capable, through the use of national methods of production, of affording persons employed on them a fair income comparable with that from non-agricultural occupations and satisfactory working conditions;
Whereas to that end Directive No 72/159/EEC requires the Member States to introduce a system of selective incentives for farmers who can prove, by means of the development plan they submit, that upon completion of the plan their farm will attain in respect of at least one man-work unit a level of earned income from agriculture comparable to that received for non-agricultural work;
Whereas the measures provided for in the abovementioned farm modernization scheme in respect of farms which submit a development plan and the measures in respect of all other farms are consistent with the aim of Directive No 72/159/EEC as set out above;
Whereas, however, under Articles 9 (2) and 14 (3) of Directive No 72/159/EEC incentives to investment in pig farming are subject to the condition that total investment does not exceed 40 000 units of account ; whereas this condition applies also in respect of joint investment by two or more farmers and of investment by other than natural persons ; whereas Article 15 (f) of the farm modernization scheme, however, merely stipulates that only 40 000 units of account of an investment is eligible for aid;
Whereas the measures provided for in the farm modernization scheme can therefore be declared to conform with Directive No 72/159/EEC only if Article 15 (f) of that scheme is so amended as to comply with Articles 9 (2) and 14 (3) of Directive No 72/159/EEC ; whereas it appears appropriate to set 31 December 1974 as a deadline for this purpose;
Whereas the basic aim of Directive No 72/160/EEC is to make sufficient vacant land available for the creation of farms of appropriate size and structure as specified in Article 4 of Council Directive No 72/159/EEC on the modernization of farms; (1)OJ No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 9. Whereas in order to achieve this aim the Member States are therefore required: - under Article 2 (1) (a) of Directive No 72/160/EEC, to grant annuities to farmers aged between 55 and 65 practising farming as their main occupation who leave agriculture;
- under Article 2 (1) (b) of Directive No 72/160/EEC, to grant to farmers a premium, which is not to be eligible for assistance and is to be calculated by reference to the utilized agricultural area released;
- under Article 2 (1) (c) of Directive No 72/160/EEC, to grant annuities to permanent hired or family workers aged between 55 and 65 who are employed on farms on which the farmer benefits from any measure provided for in Article 2 (1) (a) or (b) of the Directive;
Whereas the grant of an annuity or premium is subject to the condition that the recipient cease working in agriculture and, where the recipient is a farmer, that he either sell or lease at least 85 % of his land to farms which are undergoing modernization pursuant to Directive No 72/159/EEC, withdraw it from agricultural use or sell or lease it to a land agency for reallocation as aforesaid;
Whereas Member States may, on the ground of the age and/or means of the prospective beneficiary, vary the amount of an annuity or premium or refuse to grant the same ; whereas they may reduce the annuity granted to permanent hired or family workers by the amount of any unemployment benefit which the recipient receives;
Whereas the abovementioned Regulations of 30 April 1974 are in conformity with Directive No 72/160/EEC;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the provisions of this Decision are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
1. The farm modernization scheme of 1 February 1974 as notified by the Government of Ireland satisfies the conditions for financial contribution from the Community to common measures as referred to in Article 15 of Directive No 72/159/EEC.
2. The European Communities (retirement of farmers) Regulations 1974, of 30 April 1974 as notified by the Government of Ireland satisfy the conditions for financial contribution from the Community to common measures as referred to in Article 6 of Directive No 72/160/EEC.
Financial contribution by the Community shall relate to expenditure eligible for assistance incurred in respect of aids granted under Decisions taken on or after 1 February 1974.
Application of the preceding Articles shall be subject to the condition that before 31 December 1974 Article 15 (f) of the farm modernization scheme be amended so as to conform with Articles 9 (2) and 14 (3) of Directive No 72/159/EEC.
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31982R2790 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2790/82 of 18 October 1982 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79 on interest subsidies for certain loans granted under the European monetary system
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2790/82
of 18 October 1982
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79 on interest subsidies for certain loans granted under the European monetary system
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79 (4) introduced for a period of five years from 1 January 1979 a system of interest subsidies financed from the general budget of the European Communities for investments in the less prosperous Member States effectively and fully participating in the mechanisms of the European monetary system;
Whereas this system applies to loans granted by the European Investment Bank from its own resources, and to loans granted under Council Decisions empowering the Commission to contract loans for the purpose of promoting investment within the Community, taking into account the limits fixed by Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79;
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79 refers to Decision 78/870/EEC (5); whereas it is necessary to ensure the continuity of the measure by bringing successive Council Decisions empowering the Commission to contract loans for the purpose of promoting investment within the Community under the scope of that Regulation,
Regulation (EEC) No 1736/79 shall be amended as follows:
1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:
'Article 1
Loans granted from its own resources by the European Investment Bank, hereinafter referred to as 'the Bank', and loans granted under Decisions 78/870/EEC and 82/169/EEC (6), and also under other possible future Council Decisions empowering the Commission to contract loans for the purpose of promoting investment within the Community, during the period of application and within the limits of the amounts fixed by Article 7 of this Regulation to aid investments in the less prosperous Member States, may carry an interest subsidy financed by the budget of the European Communities, provided that these States effectively and fully participate in the mechanisms of the European monetary system.'
The following footnote shall be inserted:
'(6) OJ No L 78, 24. 3. 1982, p. 19.'
2. Article 6 shall be replaced by the following:
'Article 6
The subsidized loans covered by this Regulation shall be made and administered in accordance with the Bank's statute and, where appropriate, with the provisions of Decisions 78/870/EEC, 82/169/EEC and other possible future Council Decisions empowering the Commission to contract loans for the purpose of promoting investment within the Community.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 15 March 1982.
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31996R2505 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 of 20 December 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products and amending Regulation (EC) No 3059/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (first series 1996)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2505/96 of 20 December 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products and amending Regulation (EC) No 3059/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (first series 1996)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas production in the Community of certain agricultural and industrial products will be insufficient to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of this type will depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas Community tariff quotas at reduced or zero duty should therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes taking account of the need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the starting out or development of Community production;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up;
Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however, this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas production in the Community of certain industrial products will remain, in the course of 1996, unable to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of this type will depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms;
Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 3059/95 (1), the Council opened, for 1996, Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products; whereas the volume of the quota for ferro-chromium (Order No 09.2711), for isopropylidene-bis (Order No 09.2859) and for oscillator (Order No 09.2939) should be increased;
Whereas the existing regulations opening autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products have largely renewed previous measures; whereas, therefore, in the interests of rationalizing implementation of the measures concerned, it would seem appropriate not to limit the period of validity of this Regulation as its scope can be adapted and products added to or removed from the list through a Council regulation, if necessary; whereas the transfer of unused quantities from one quota period to a subsequent one is not permissible;
Whereas the amendments to the combined nomenclature and the Taric codes do not give rise to any substantive amendment; whereas, for reasons of simplification, provision should be made to empower the Commission, following receipt of the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, to make the necessary amendments and technical adaptations of the Annex to this Regulation, including the publication of a consolidated version;
Whereas it should be possible for this procedure to be applied in order to speed up the procedure where it becomes clear during a calendar year that an increase of a tariff quota or extension of a quota period is required; whereas such measures shall be considered to be temporary ones pending expiry of the relevant calendar year,
1. The import duties on the goods listed in Annex I shall be suspended at the indicated duty rate for the periods and in the amounts indicated therein.
2. In Regulation (EC) No 3059/95, the table shown in the Annex shall be replaced, for Order Nos 09.2711, 09.2859 and 09.2939, by the table shown in Annex II to this Regulation.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission, which may take all appropriate administrative measures in order to ensure effective administration thereof.
If an importer presents in a Member State an entry for release for free circulation, including a request for preferential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation and if this entry for release is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member States concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from the corresponding quota amount.
The drawing request, with indication of the date of acceptance of the said entries, must be transmitted to the Commission without delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission by reference to the date of acceptance of the entries for release for free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member States concerned to the extent that the available balance so permits.
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn it shall return them as soon as possible to the corresponding quota amount.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the quota amount, allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member States shall be informed by the Commission of the drawings made.
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products concerned have equal and uninterrupted access to the quotas for such time as the residual balance of the quota volumes so permits.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
The amendments and technical adaptations, including the publication of a consolidated version, arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and Taric codes shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7.
If it becomes apparent during a calendar year:
- a quota quantity is not sufficient to satisfy the needs of the Community industry, taking into account the production capacity inside the Community, or
- a prolongation of a tariff quota whose validity period has been limited is necessary beyond this period to satisfy the needs of the Community industry, taking into account the production capacity inside the Community,
the quota concerned may, until the end of the calendar year, be increased by not more than 50 % or the quota period extended for a period not exceeding six months in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (2).
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be adopted. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
The Commission shall adopt measures, which shall apply immediately. However, if those measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event the Commission shall defer application of the measures upon which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication.
The Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the previous paragraph.
3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1997 with respect to Annex I and from 1 January 1996 with respect to Annex II.
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