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31988R4073 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 4073/88 of 19 December 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 on the acceleration of agricultural development in certain regions of Greece
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4073/88 of 19 December 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 on the acceleration of agricultural development in certain regions of Greece
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3157/84 (4), the Hellenic Republic implemented a programme of works and other activities for the development of the mountain and hill and less-favoured areas of 22 administrative areas which was approved by Commission Decision 83/387/EEC (5);
Whereas Article 16 (2) of the said Regulation provides that before the expiry of the common measure the Council must decide, on a proposal from the Commission, whether the measure should be extended;
Whereas the implementation of the programme has encountered difficulties caused particularly by certain changes in priorities, the limited financial resources available under the budget of the Member State concerned and administrative problems; whereas, as a result of these difficulties, implementation has fallen well behind schedule;
Whereas this situation made it necessary to revise the initial programme, and this revision was approved by Commission Decision 88/425/EEC (6);
Whereas it became apparent that this revision would not be sufficient to make up the backlog of work under the programme or to supply the necessary funding: whereas, therefore, the duration of the common measure should be extended until 31 December 1989 and the Community's financial contribution should be increased, in order to achieve the aims of the programme as nearly as possible, while taking account of the fact that in the light of the reform of the structural Funds the emphasis must be placed on the less-developed regions of the Community;
Whereas the increase in the Community's financial contribution should be varied to take account of the needs of the different sectors involved in the programme and the priorities of the Community; whereas that contribution should therefore be increased to 70 % in the case of rural infrastructre, the development of stock rearing (cattle, sheep and goats) and forestry improvement measures, and to 60 % in the case of irrigation, the improvement of facilities for agricultural training and land improvement,
Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 16 (1) shall be replaced as follows:
´1. The duration of the common measure shall be from the date on which the programme referred to in Article 1 (4) is approved until 31 December 1989.' 2. Article 18 shall be amended as follows:
(i) The following subparagraph shall be added to paragraph 2:
´However, for expenditure incurred from 29 July 1988 onwards, the Fund shall reimburse the Hellenic Government the following percentages of its actual expenditure, while observing the maximum eligible amounts laid down in the first subparagraph:
- 70 % for the work referred to in Article 4. However, this amount may not exceed 60 % of the total cost of the investment;
- 70 % for the measures and work referred to in Articles 10 (1) and 14 (1);
- 60 % for the work and measures referred to in Articles 6, 8 and 12 (1).' (ii) Paragraph 2a shall be replaced by the following:
´2a. The Commission may on the occasion of the approval, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, of an adjustment of the programme referred to in Article 1 (4) alter the limits set in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, without, however, exceeding the estimated cost specified in Article 16 (3).' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001D0383 | 2001/383/EC: Commission Decision of 3 May 2001 amending Decision 2000/666/EC laying down the health requirements and veterinary certification for the import of birds other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1168)
| Commission Decision
of 3 May 2001
amending Decision 2000/666/EC laying down the health requirements and veterinary certification for the import of birds other than poultry and the conditions for quarantine
(notified under document number C(2001) 1168)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/383/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC(1) as last amended by Commission Decision 95/176/EC(2), and in particular Article 17(2)(b) and (3) and Article 18(1), first and fourth indents thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2000/666/EC lays down the animal health conditions and the certification requirements for imports of birds other than poultry from certain third countries(3).
(2) Certain Member States have requested additional time to fully prepare for the implementation of the requirements for the quarantine laid down in the above decision. In the circumstances, the Commission considers it appropriate to allow more time to adjust to the requirements of the new measures and therefore the date of implementation laid down in this Decision must be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The date in Article 10 of Decision 2000/666/EC shall be replaced by "1 November 2001".
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32011D0328 | 2011/328/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 1 June 2011 concerning the non-inclusion of flurprimidol in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (notified under document C(2011) 3733) Text with EEA relevance
| 11.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 153/192
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 1 June 2011
concerning the non-inclusion of flurprimidol in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC
(notified under document C(2011) 3733)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/328/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulations (EC) No 451/2000 (2) and (EC) No 1490/2002 (3) lay down the detailed rules for the implementation of the second and third stages of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and establish a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. That list included flurprimidol.
(2) In accordance with Article 11f of Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 and Article 12(1)(a) and Article 12(2)(b) of that Regulation, Commission Decision 2009/28/EC of 13 January 2009 concerning the non-inclusion of flurprimidol in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance (4) was adopted.
(3) The original notifier (hereinafter ‘the applicant’) submitted a new application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC requesting the accelerated procedure to be applied, as provided for in Articles 14 to 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 of 17 January 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards a regular and an accelerated procedure for the assessment of active substances which were part of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of that Directive but have not been included into its Annex I (5).
(4) The application was submitted to Finland, which had been designated rapporteur Member State by Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002. The time period for the accelerated procedure was respected. The specification of the active substance and the supported uses are the same as were the subject of Decision 2009/28/EC. That application also complies with the remaining substantive and procedural requirements of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008.
(5) Finland evaluated the additional data submitted by the applicant and prepared an additional report. It communicated that report to the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’) and to the Commission on 10 March 2010. The Authority communicated the additional report to the other Member States and the applicant for comments and forwarded the comments it had received to the Commission. In accordance with Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008 and at the request of the Commission, the Authority presented its conclusion on flurprimidol to the Commission on 16 December 2010 (6). The draft assessment report, the additional report and the conclusion of the Authority were reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and the Animal Health and finalised on 5 May 2011 in the format of the Commission review report for flurprimidol.
(6) The additional report by the rapporteur Member State and the conclusion by the Authority concentrate on the concerns that lead to the non-inclusion. Those concerns were the risk to operators and workers in all evaluated scenarios and conditions of use, because the exposure was greater than 100 % of the acceptable operator exposure level (AOEL), and the lack of data on the impurity profile of batches used in toxicological studies.
(7) Additional information was submitted by the applicant, in particular as regards new calculations for the operator and worker exposure risk assessment. Furthermore, in order to reduce the risk to the environment, the applicant has limited its support to uses restricted to high technology glasshouse production systems with irrigation/excess water management systems that guarantee no release of contaminated water to the environment.
(8) However, the additional information provided by the applicant did not permit to eliminate all of the specific concerns arising in respect of flurprimidol.
(9) In particular, based on the information available and calculated on the basis of the uses supported by the applicant, estimated worker exposure still exceeds the AOEL, irrespective of the use of personal protective equipment. The environmental data package was not sufficient to perform an environmental risk assessment for realistic scenarios and conditions of use. The described greenhouse uses, for which exposure would be acceptable, do not reflect normal greenhouse practice and therefore cannot be considered to be representative.
(10) The Commission invited the applicant to submit its comments on the conclusion by the Authority. Furthermore, in accordance with Article 21(1) to Regulation (EC) No 33/2008, the Commission invited the applicant to submit comments on the draft review report. The applicant submitted its comments, which have been carefully examined.
(11) However, despite the arguments put forward by the applicant, the concerns identified could not be eliminated, and assessments made on the basis of the information submitted and evaluated during the expert meetings of the Authority have not demonstrated that it may be expected that, under the proposed conditions of use, plant protection products containing flurprimidol satisfy in general the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(12) Flurprimidol should therefore not be included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(13) Decision 2009/28/EC should be repealed.
(14) This Decision does not prejudice the submission of a further application for flurprimidol pursuant to Article 6(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC and Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 33/2008.
(15) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Flurprimidol shall not be included as active substance in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
Decision 2009/28/EC is repealed.
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32015R0407 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/407 of 11 March 2015 approving propan-2-ol as an active substance for use in biocidal products for product-types 1, 2 and 4 Text with EEA relevance
| 12.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 67/15
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/407
of 11 March 2015
approving propan-2-ol as an active substance for use in biocidal products for product-types 1, 2 and 4
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 89(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 (2) establishes a list of active substances to be evaluated with a view to their possible approval for use in biocidal products or inclusion into Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. That list includes propan-2-ol.
(2) Propan-2-ol has been evaluated in accordance with Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for use in biocidal products for product-type 1, human hygiene disinfectants, product-type 2, disinfectants and algaecides not intended for direct application to humans or animals, and product-type 4, food and feed area disinfectants, as defined in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(3) Germany was designated as evaluating competent authority and submitted the assessment reports, together with its recommendations, to the Commission on 5 November 2012 in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 (3).
(4) The opinions of the European Chemicals Agency were formulated on 18 June 2014 by the Biocidal Product Committee, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating competent authority.
(5) According to those opinions, biocidal products used for product-types 1, 2 and 4 and containing propan-2-ol may be expected to satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) provided that certain specifications and conditions relating to its use are satisfied.
(6) It is therefore appropriate to approve propan-2-ol for use in biocidal products for product-types 1, 2 and 4 subject to compliance with certain specifications and conditions.
(7) Since the evaluations did not address nanomaterials, the approvals should not cover such materials in accordance with Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(8) For the use in product-type 4, the evaluation did not address the incorporation of biocidal products containing propan-2-ol in materials and articles intended to come into contact directly or indirectly with food within the meaning of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). Such materials may require the establishment of specific limits on the migration into food, as referred to in Article 5(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004. The approval should therefore not cover such use unless the Commission has established such limits or it has been established pursuant to that Regulation that such limits are not necessary.
(9) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is approved, in order to permit interested parties to take the preparatory measures necessary to meet the new requirements.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
Propan-2-ol shall be approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products for product-types 1, 2 and 4, subject to the specifications and conditions set out in the 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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32003R2062 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2062/2003 of 24 November 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2062/2003
of 24 November 2003
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 1880/2003(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for the amending of the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and the competent authorities they have designated to issue and validate their certificates in Annex II.
(2) The Republic of Slovenia has asked the Commission to amend the entry on its competent authority.
(3) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair's notice of 7 November 2003, has provided an updated list of participants in the scheme. The updating of the list concerns the addition as participants of Brazil, Ghana, Romania and Togo. Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall be applicable from 7 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0770 | 2007/770/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 2007 amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Romania (notified under document number C(2007) 5914) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 29.11.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 311/45
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 November 2007
amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Romania
(notified under document number C(2007) 5914)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/770/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2006/415/EC of 14 June 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community and repealing Decision 2006/135/EC (3) lays down certain protection measures to be applied in order to prevent the spread of that disease, including the establishment of areas A and B following a suspected or confirmed outbreak of the disease.
(2) Romania has notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N1 in a backyard holding on its territory in the County of Tulcea and has taken the appropriate measures as provided for in Decision 2006/415/EC, including the establishment of areas A and B as provided for in Article 4 of that Decision.
(3) The Commission has examined those measures in collaboration with Romania, and is satisfied that the borders of areas A and B established by the competent authority in that Member State are at a sufficient distance to the actual location of the outbreak. areas A and B in Romania can therefore be confirmed and the duration of that regionalisation fixed.
(4) Decision 2006/415/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision should be reviewed at the next meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 2006/415/EC is amended in accordance with the text in the Annex to this Decision.
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31995D0569 | 95/569/EC: Council Decision of 18 December 1995 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ecuador on precursors and chemical substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances
| 30.12.1995 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 324/18
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 December 1995
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ecuador on precursors and chemical substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances
(95/569/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2), and Article 228 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas, on 25 September 1995, the Council authorized the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Community, agreements on the control of precursors and chemical substances with the Member States of the Organization of American States, and as a priority with the Member Countries of the Cartagena Agreement; whereas the Commission, on the basis of this authorization, completed negotiations with the Republic of Ecuador on 13 November 1995;
Whereas it is appropriate that the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ecuador on precursors and chemical substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances should be approved;
Whereas it is appropriate that the Council authorize the Commission, in consultation with a special committee appointed by the Council, to approve modifications on behalf of the Community where the Agreement provides for them to be adopted by the Joint Follow-Up Group; whereas, such authorization must be limited to the modification of the Annexes of the Agreement in so far as it concerns substances already covered by Community legislation on precursors and chemical substances,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ecuador on precursors and chemical substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances is approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, deposit the instrument provided for in Article 12 of the Agreement (1).
1. The Community shall be represented in the Joint Follow-Up Group provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement by the Commission, assisted by the representatives of the Member States.
2. The Commission is authorized to approve, on behalf of the Community, modifications to the Annexes to the Agreement adopted by the Joint Follow-Up Group by the procedure laid down in Article 10 of the Agreement.
The Commission shall be assisted in this task by a special committee designated by the Council and charged with establishing a common position.
3. The authorization referred to in paragraph 2 shall be limited to those substances which are already covered by the relevant Community legislation on drugs precursors and chemical substances.
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31995R2045 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2045/95 of 23 August 1995 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1702/95 concerning the stopping of fishing for Atlantic redfish by vessels flying the flag of France
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2045/95 of 23 August 1995 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1702/95 concerning the stopping of fishing for Atlantic redfish by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commision Regulation (EC) No 1702/95 (2) stopped fishing for Atlantic redfish in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIa, b (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France;
Whereas, on 1 August 1995, Germany transferred to France 300 tonnes of Atlantic redfish in waters of ICES division I, IIa, b (Norwegian waters north of 62° N); whereas fishing for Atlantic redfish in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIa, b (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France should therefore be permitted; whereas consequently it is necessary to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1702/95,
Regulation (EC) No 1702/95 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0261 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 261/2007 of 12 March 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 13.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 72/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 261/2007
of 12 March 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 March 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006D0042 | 2006/42/EC: Council Decision of 24 January 2006 authorising Latvia to extend the application of a measure derogating from Article 21 of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
| 28.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 25/31
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 January 2006
authorising Latvia to extend the application of a measure derogating from Article 21 of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
(Only the Latvian version is authentic)
(2006/42/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1), and in particular Article 27 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 27(1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorise any Member State to introduce special measures for derogation from that Directive in order to simplify the procedure for charging the tax or to prevent certain types of tax evasion or avoidance.
(2) By letter registered with the Secretariat-General of the Commission on 16 March 2005, Latvia requested authorisation to extend the application of a derogation measure on timber transactions.
(3) In accordance with Article 27(2) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Commission informed the other Member States by letter dated 10 May 2005 of the request made by Latvia. By letter dated 31 May 2005, the Commission notified Latvia that it had all the information it considered necessary for appraisal of the request.
(4) The timber market in Latvia is dominated by small local companies and individual suppliers. The nature of the market and businesses involved have generated tax fraud which the tax authorities have found difficult to control. In order to combat this abuse, a special provision was included in Latvia’s law on VAT, laying down that the person liable to pay tax is, under certain circumstances, the taxable person for whom the taxable supply of goods or services is carried out.
(5) Article 21(1) of Directive 77/388/EEC, in the version set out in Article 28g of the said Directive, stipulates that under the internal system the taxable person supplying goods or services is normally liable for payment of the tax. However, the 2003 Act of Accession, and in particular Chapter 7, point 1(b) of Annex VIII thereto, authorised Latvia for a limited period to continue to apply its procedure for charging VAT on timber transactions.
(6) The Commission understands that this arrangement has effectively enabled Latvia to reduce the risk of VAT evasion and to simplify the procedure for charging the tax in the timber market.
(7) The derogation has no adverse impact on the Communities’ own resources accruing from VAT,
By way of derogation from Article 21(1)(a) of Directive 77/388/EEC, in the version set out in Article 28g thereof, Latvia is hereby authorised to continue to designate the recipient as the person liable to pay VAT in the case of timber transactions from 1 May 2005 to 31 December 2009.
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31990D0065 | 90/65/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 February 1990 approving the draft measures presented by Denmark for implementation of Article 3b of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (Only the Danish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 February 1990
approving the draft measures presented by Denmark for implementation of Article 3b of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector
(Only the Danish text is authentic)
(90/65/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3880/89 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3b (1) thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned provision stipulates that Member States are to notify to the Commission their draft national measures for the implementation of the said Article 3b and that these must first be approved by the Commission;
Whereas the draft measures notified by Denmark on 3 January 1990 should be approved,
The draft measures for implementation in Denmark of Article 3b of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84, which provide for assignment of additional or special reference quantities to producers who are new entrants, to young producers investing in new animal housing and to producers affected by exceptional events, are hereby approved.
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31985D0468 | 85/468/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 September 1985 amending Council Decision 82/734/EEC as regards the list of establishments in Switzerland approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 September 1985
amending Council Decision 82/734/EEC as regards the list of establishments in Switzerland approved for the purposes of importing fresh meat into the Community
(85/468/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, swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 18 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/96/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the examination for trichinae (trichinella spiralis) upon importation from third countries of fresh meat derived from domestic swine (3), as last amended by Directive 84/319/EEC (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas a list of establishments in Switzerland, approved for the purposes of the importation of fresh meat into the Community, was drawn up initially by Council Decision 82/734/EEC (5), as last amended by Commission Decision 84/490/EEC (6);
Whereas a routine inspection under Article 5 of Directive 72/462/EEC and Article 3 (1) of Commission Decision 83/196/EEC of 8 April 1983 concerning on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals, swine and fresh meat from non-member countries (7) has revealed that the level of hygiene of one establishment has altered since the last inspection;
Whereas the list of establishments should, therefore, be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 82/734/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
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32001D0229 | 2001/229/EC: Council Decision of 12 March 2001 authorising the Netherlands, in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to low-sulphur diesel
| Council Decision
of 12 March 2001
authorising the Netherlands, in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to low-sulphur diesel
(2001/229/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/81/EEC on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on mineral oils and in particular Article 8(4) thereof(1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorise any Member State to introduce further exemptions or reductions for specific policy considerations.
(2) The Netherlands has asked to be authorised to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to low-sulphur diesel (50 ppm) from 1 January 2001. The differential, not exceeding NLG 0,085 per litre, is available to all users of this type of fuel.
(3) This low-sulphur diesel fuel complies with the 50 ppm environmental criterion laid down for this fuel in Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels(2). Under Article 4(1)(c) of the Directive, its use will in any case be compulsory from 1 January 2005.
(4) The above information has been communicated to the other Member States.
(5) The measure as envisaged by the Netherlands authorities will be degressive in line with the increasing availability of this type of fuel as a percentage of all diesel put on the market in the Netherlands. It complies with the minimum rate of excise duty referred to in Article 5 of Council Directive 92/82/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral oils(3).
(6) The derogation is sought on environmental grounds: the benefits in terms of air quality are known.
(7) On the information available at present neither the Commission nor the Member States consider that the application of a differentiated rate of excise duty on low-sulphur diesel will cause distortions of competition affecting the common interest or hinder the operation of the single market. They are satisfied that adequate supplies of the fuel, of a satisfactory quality, are available in the Netherlands.
(8) This Decision is without prejudice to the outcome of any future State aid proceedings that may be undertaken in accordance with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty, nor does it override the requirement for Member States to notify instances of potential State aid to the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty.
(9) The Commission regularly reviews reductions and exemptions to check that they do not distort competition or the operation of the internal market and that they are not incompatible with Community policy on protection of the environment.
(10) The Council will review this Decision on the basis of a proposal from the Commission no later than 31 December 2004 when the authorisation granted by this Decision expires,
1. In accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, the Netherlands is authorised to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty on low-sulphur diesel fuel (50 ppm) from 1 January 2001.
2. The degressive differentiated rate, not exceeding NLG 0,085 per litre, must comply with the terms of Directive 92/82/EEC and in particular the minimum rates laid down in Article 5 thereof.
3. The differentiated rate must be accorded to all users of low-sulphur 50 ppm diesel without discrimination.
Without prejudice to an early review by the Council on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, this authorisation expires on 31 December 2004.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2001.
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31993D0030 | 93/30/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1992 amending Decision 90/505/EEC authorizing certain Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of sawn wood of conifers originating in the USA (Only the Spanish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 1992 amending Decision 91/107/EEC authorizing certain Member States to provide for derogations form certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of sawn wood of conifers originating in the USA (Only the Spanish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese texts are authentic)
(93/30/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 92/103/EEC (2), and in particular the second and third indents of Article 14 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom,
Whereas pursuant to the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, because of the risk of introducing harmful organisms, wood of Coniferae which meets the descriptions in CN code ex 4407 10, originating in Canada, China, Japan, Korea and the USA may not be introduced into the Community, unless it is properly kiln-dried and identified as such;
Whereas wood of conifers originating in the USA is currently introduced into the Community; whereas in the case of sawn wood, phytosanitary certificates are not generally issued in that country; whereas it appears that kiln-drying capacity is at present limited in the USA;
Whereas, in respect of the USA, the Commission has established, on the basis of the information supplied by the USA and collected in that country during a mission carried out in 1990, that an officially approved and monitored programme of issuing certificates of debarking and grub-hole control has been set up to ensure proper debarking and to reduce the risk from harmful organisms; whereas the risk of spreading harmful organisms is reduced provided that the wood is accompanied by a certificate of debarking and grub-hole control issued under that programme;
Whereas by Commission Decisions 91/107/EEC (3), 91/636/EEC (4) and 92/12/EEC (5) the Commission authorized such derogations under technical conditions in respect of sawn wood of conifers originating in Canada, based on the use of the aforementioned certificate of debarking and grub-hole control;
Whereas, it has not been established, on the basis of available information, that there are elements which would militate against the proper functioning of the aforementioned debarking and grub-hole control programme;
Whereas Decision 92/12/EEC, stipulated that the authorization should expire on 31 December 1992;
Whereas at present, proper kiln-drying is an effective measure to protect the Community against the introduction of certain organisms affecting wood of conifers; whereas, however, various kiln-drying schedules are commonly applied to different timber species in order to dry them to a suitable level for end-use application; whereas these drying processes require the application of heat at various intensities and durations;
Whereas a Community research programme has been set up to define parameters in the case of heat-treatment which ensure the eradiction of the Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and its vectors, in order to enable the Commission to lay down the permanent requirements to safeguard against the spread of the said organisms;
Whereas the results of that research have been the basis for amendment and revision of the relevant Annexes IV and V to the said Directive;
Whereas, however, according to the provisions of Council Directive 91/683/EEC (6) Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 91/683/EEC six months after the revisions of Annexes I to V to Directive 77/93/EEC;
Whereas it appears that the revision has been delayed;
Whereas the authorization is applicable without prejudice to the abolition of the intra-Community border controls from 1 January 1993;
Whereas the authorization should therefore be extended for a further limited period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Decision 90/505/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
is replaced by:
'The authorization granted in Article 1 shall apply for a period expiring on the deadline for implementation into national legislation of the modifications to Directive 77/93/EEC as referred to in Article 3 (1) in Directive 91/683/EEC, being the last date of entry into the Community. It shall be revoked earlier if it is established that the conditions laid down in Article 1 (2) are not sufficient to prevent the introduction of harmful organisms or have not been complied with.'
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32005R0506 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 506/2005 of 31 March 2005 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on cereals
| 1.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 83/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 506/2005
of 31 March 2005
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 (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 15(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which an 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 (2), allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the products listed in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (3). 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 (EC) No 1784/2003 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 April 2005.
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32011R0793 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 793/2011 of 5 August 2011 establishing a prohibition of fishing in category 9 ‘pelagic freezer trawlers’ in the Mauritanian Economic Zone by vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union
| 9.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 204/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 793/2011
of 5 August 2011
establishing a prohibition of fishing in category 9 ‘pelagic freezer trawlers’ in the Mauritanian Economic Zone by vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 704/2008 of 15 July 2008 on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2012 (2) has limited the fishing opportunities for category 9 (pelagic freezer trawlers) to a reference tonnage of 250 000 tonnes.
(2) Considering that on the basis of Article 2(3) of this aforementioned regulation, a supplementary a quota of 50 000 tonnes has been allocated for the period from 1 August 2010 to 31 July 2011, bringing the total reference tonnage to 300 000 tonnes.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches reported in this fishing category by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member States concerned have exhausted the quota for the above reference period.
(4) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for this fishing category.
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member States concerned shall be deemed to be exhausted from 19 July 2011.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities in category 9 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member States concerned shall be prohibited from 19 July 2011 until 31 July 2011. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish caught by those vessels during this period.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32014R0335 | Regulation (EU) No 335/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 on the European Fisheries Fund, as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability
| 5.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 103/33
REGULATION (EU) No 335/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 March 2014
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 on the European Fisheries Fund, as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) The unprecedented global financial crisis and economic downturn have seriously damaged economic growth and financial stability and provoked a strong deterioration in financial and economic conditions in several Member States. In particular, certain Member States are experiencing serious difficulties, or are threatened with such difficulties. In particular, they face problems in their economic growth and financial stability and a deterioration in their deficit and debt position.
(2) Important measures have been taken pursuant to Article 122(2) and Articles 136 and 143 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in order to counterbalance the negative effects of the crisis. However, pressure on national financial resources is increasing and appropriate steps are needed to alleviate it through the maximum and optimal use of funding from the European Fisheries Fund, established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 (3).
(3) In order to facilitate the management of Union funding, to help accelerate investments in Member States and regions and to improve the availability of funding to the economy, Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 was amended by Regulation (EU) No 387/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). That amendment allowed the increase of interim and final payments from the European Fisheries Fund by an amount corresponding to 10 percentage points above the actual co-financing rate for each priority axis for Member States which are facing serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability and which request to benefit from that measure.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 allows for the application of that increased co-financing rate until 31 December 2013. However, since certain Member States still face serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability, the application of the increased co-financing rate should not be limited to the end of 2013.
(5) Member States receiving financial assistance should also benefit from the increase of the co-financing rate until the end of the eligibility period and should be able to claim it in their requests for payment of the final balance, even if the financial assistance is no longer provided.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) Given the unprecedented nature of the crisis, swift adoption of support measures is needed. Therefore it is appropriate that this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 76(3), the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
(2) in Article 77, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
(3) Article 77a is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The derogation referred to in Articles 76(3) and 77(2) shall be granted by the Commission upon the written request of a Member State fulfilling one of the conditions laid down in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 76(3).’;
(b) paragraph 5 is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2014.
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31993R0521 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 521/93 of 2 March 1993 on the conclusion of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Lithuania
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 521/93 of 2 March 1993 on the conclusion of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Lithuania
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the Community and the Republic of Lithuania have negotiated and initialled an Agreement on fisheries relations;
Whereas it is in the interests of the Community to approve that Agreement,
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Lithuania on fisheries relations is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community (3).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31999R1012 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1012/1999 of 12 May 1999 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1012/1999
of 12 May 1999
derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 820/97(2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
(1) Whereas the exceptional weather situation in certain regions of Spain and Portugal, characterised by the persistence of a severe drought from autumn 1998 to spring 1999, means that it is no longer economically viable for a large number of producers in those regions to sow seeds; whereas such a situation is likely to lead to the producers affected suffering a major loss of income on their farms, including compensatory payments;
(2) Whereas, in order to relieve the situation of the producers concerned, exceptional provision should be made for the 1999/2000 marketing year allowing amendments to be made to areas declared as set aside;
(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Fund Committee,
Notwithstanding Article 4(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92, "area" aid applications submitted in respect of the 1999/2000 marketing year in the regions of Spain other than Galicia, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands, Cantabria and Asturias, and in the regions of Portugal other than Entre Douro e Minho, Beira Litoral, the Azores and Madeira, may be amended by withdrawing areas declared as being "arable crops" and adding them to the set-aside areas, provided that the areas in question have effectively been out of production, from 15 January 1999.
Amendment declarations shall be submitted no later than 15 June 1999.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31987R2273 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2273/87 of 15 June 1987 replacing Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries not liberalized at Community level
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 2273/87 of 15 June 1987 replacing Annexes to Regulation (EEC) N° 3420/83 on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries not liberalized at Community level
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 Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3420/83, of 14 N°vember 1983, on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries, not liberalized at Community level(1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3784/85(2), lists textile products classified by category; whereas in respect of products covered by the Arrangement regarding International Trade in Textiles (MFA) the classification is identical to that used in the bilateral textile agreements concluded by the Community with a number of third countries for the period 1983 to 1986;
Whereas that classification has been amended in the new textile agreements concluded by the Community for 1987 to 1991 and it is therefore desirable to incorporate the amended classification in the import arrangements provided for in Regulation (EEC) N° 3420/83;
Whereas, on account of these amendments, changes have to be made to Annex III to Regulation (EEC) N° 3420/83;
Whereas the Agreement on trade in textiles between China and the Community(3) on the other hand, is not due to expire until 31 December 1988, and the classification used for that Agreement has not been amended; whereas accordingly the existing classification in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) N° 3420/83 will continue to apply to that country subject to a number of technical changes occasioned by the alteration for 1987 of the NIMEXE codes in force in 1986,
The Annexes to Regulation (EEC) N° 3420/83, are hereby replaced by the Annexes to this Regulation.
Regulation (EEC) N° 3784/85 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004D0375 | 2004/375/EC: Commission Decision of 20 April 2004 amending Decision 2003/526/EC as regards the inclusion of Slovakia amongst the Member States to which certain disease control measures apply with regard to classical swine fever (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 1389)
| Commission Decision
of 20 April 2004
amending Decision 2003/526/EC as regards the inclusion of Slovakia amongst the Member States to which certain disease control measures apply with regard to classical swine fever
(notified under document number C(2004) 1389)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/375/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia(1), and in particular Article 57 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In response to classical swine fever in certain bordering parts of Member States, the Commission has adopted, inter alia, Decision 2003/526/EC(3) which established some additional disease control measures concerning that disease.
(2) The occurrence of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Slovakia makes Community measures necessary as regards this new Member State. Those measures should take into account that the concerned areas of Slovakia are not bordering infected areas of other Member States.
(3) The measures laid down in this Decision should apply without prejudice to the eradication plan to be implemented in the classical swine fever infected area of Slovakia pursuant to Article 16 of Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(4).
(4) In the light of the current disease situation in Slovakia, it is appropriate to include Slovakia amongst the Member States to which certain disease control measures apply with regard to classical swine fever.
(5) Decision 2003/526/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,
Decision 2003/526/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Article 2(1), the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
"1. Germany, France, Luxembourg and Slovakia (hereinafter: 'the Member States concerned') shall ensure that no pigs are dispatched from those Member States unless the pigs:"
2. in Article 6(1), the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
"1. By way of derogation from Article 1(1) and subject to the approval of the Member State of destination, Germany, France, and Luxembourg may authorise the dispatch of pigs proceeding from holdings located within the areas listed in part I of the Annex to other holdings or to slaughterhouses located within the areas listed in part I of the Annex of another Member State, provided that the pigs come from a holding where:"
3. the Annex is replaced by the text Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
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32015R0057 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/57 of 15 January 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 as regards the rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and in Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97
| 16.1.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 10/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/57
of 15 January 2015
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 as regards the rules for the design of permits, certificates and other documents provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein and in Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (1), and in particular Article 19(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to implement certain Resolutions adopted at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (3-14 March 2013), hereinafter ‘the Convention’, certain provisions should be amended and further provisions should be added to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 (2).
(2) In particular, in line with CITES Resolution Conf. 16.8, provisions should be inserted to allow for the issuing of specific certificates for musical instruments in order to simplify their non-commercial cross-border movements, and, in line with CITES Resolution Conf. 14.6, a new source code X should be established for ‘specimens taken in the marine environment not under the jurisdiction of any State’.
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 should be amended accordingly.
(4) As this Regulation should be used in conjunction with Regulation (EC) No 865/2006, it is important that both Regulations apply as of the same day.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora,
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 792/2012 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 1 is amended as follows:
(a) the following point 5a is inserted:
‘(5a) musical instrument certificates;’
(b) point 8 is replaced by the following:
‘(8) continuation sheets for personal ownership certificates, for travelling exhibition certificates and for musical instrument certificates;’
(2) in Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(3) the Annexes are amended in accordance with the Annex to 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.
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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
31992R0643 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 643/92 of 13 March 1992 setting the indicative yield for hemp seed for the 1991/92 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 643/92 of 13 March 1992 setting the indicative yield for hemp seed for the 1991/92 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3698/88 of 24 November 1988 laying down special measures for hemp seed (1), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas under Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3698/88 the aid for hemp seed is granted for a production volume obtained by applying an indicative yield to the areas sown and harvested; whereas this yield is to be determined as specified in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3698/88 and (EEC) No 1496/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down general rules for granting aid for hemp seed (2);
Whereas pursuant to Article 7 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3164/89 of 23 October 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of hemp seed (3) producing Member States have informed the Commission of the outcome of the sampling checks mentioned in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation carried out to determine representative seed yields per hectare in homogeneous production areas; whereas on the basis of this information and by reference to the factors mentioned in Article 1 (3) of that Regulation the indicative yield of hemp seed should be determined for the homogeneous production areas established using the data transmitted by the Member States;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The indicative yield for hemp seed is fixed at 1 249 kg/ha per hectare for the 1991/92 marketing year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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 |
31998R1370 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1370/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas, in the framework of the World Trade Organization, the Community has undertaken to open tariff quotas for certain products in the poultrymeat sector; whereas as a result, detailed rules for the application of those quotas for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999 should be laid down;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1514/97 (3), provides for the administration of those quotas for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998; whereas provision should be made for their administration for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
For the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, the import tariff quotas listed in Annex I are opened for the product groups and under the conditions indicated therein.`
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 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 | 1 | 0 |
31992D0352 | 92/352/EEC: Council Decision of 15 June 1992 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and Turkey fixing the additional amount to be deducted from the levy on imports into the Community of untreated olive oil, originating in Turkey, for the period 1 November 1987 to 31 December 1993
| COUNCIL DECISION of 15 June 1992 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and Turkey fixing the additional amount to be deducted from the levy on imports into the Community of untreated olive oil, originating in Turkey, for the period 1 November 1987 to 31 December 1993 (92/352/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to Decision No 1/77 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council of 17 May 1977 on new concessions for imports of Turkish agricultural products into the Community, and in particular Annex IV thereto,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas it is necessary to approve the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and Turkey fixing the additional amount to be deducted from the levy on imports into the Community of untreated olive oil, falling within CN codes 1509 10 10, 1509 10 90 and 1510 00 10 and originating in Turkey, for the period 1 November 1987 to 31 December 1993,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and Turkey fixing the additional amount to be deducted from the levy on imports into the Community of untreated olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 10 10, 1509 10 90 and 1510 00 10 and originating in Turkey, for the period 1 November 1987 to 31 December 1993 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement for the purpose of binding the Community.
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989R1543 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1543/89 of 2 June 1989 amending for the ninth time Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 determining the classification of vine varieties
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1543/89
of 2 June 1989
amending for the ninth time Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 determining the classification of vine varieties
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof,
Whereas the classification of vine varieties approved for cultivation in the Community was determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 276/89 (4);
Whereas examination of the Binova rootstock variety has shown it to be suitable for cultivation in one administrative unit in the Federal Republic of Germany; whereas that variety should therefore be included in the list of rootstock varieties recommended in that administrative unit;
Whereas the suitability for cultivation of a certain wine-grape vine variety which has been listed for at least five years in the category of varieties temporarily authorized for certain French administrative units is not satisfactory; whereas that variety should therefore be eliminated from the classification in accordance with the fourth indent of Article 11 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 347/79 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (6);
Whereas the classification of wine-grape varieties should now include, among the varieties recommended for certain French and Italian administrative units, certain varieties which have been listed for at least five years in the classification for an administrative unit immediately bordering thereon and which therefore satisfy the condition laid down in the first indent of Article 11 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79;
Whereas clerical errors in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 should be corrected on this occasion;
Whereas certain wine grape varieties have been examined and found to be suitable for cultivation in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2314/72 (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/80 (8), for certain Spanish and Italian administrative units; whereas, for those units, those varieties should be included in the category of authorized vine varieties in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79;
Whereas the suitability for cultivation of certain wine-grape vine varieties which have been classified for at least five years as varieties provisionally authorized for certain Italian administrative units has been recognized as satisfactoy; whereas those varieties should accordingly be classified definitively among vine varieties recommended for those administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
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 |
32004R0664 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 664/2004 of 7 April 2004 laying down transitional measures as regards import licences for milk and milk products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 664/2004
of 7 April 2004
laying down transitional measures as regards import licences for milk and milk products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Chapter I, Section 2, of Title 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas(1) lays down specific provisions on the approval of applicants for import licences. In order to ensure access for operators from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (new Member States) to import licences as from the date of accession of those countries to the European Union, transitional measures should be adopted.
(2) For the period 1 May to 30 June 2004, operators from the new Member States should be allowed to apply for import licences under the tariff quotas as referred to in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 without prior approval. They should prove their status and regular activity as traders. As regards the requirement on the proof of trade performance, the applicants in the new Member States should be allowed to consider not only trade with the Community but trade with all third countries. They should have the opportunity to choose as a reference year for the trade performance 2002 instead of 2003 if they can prove that they were not able to import or export the required quantities of milk products during 2003 as a result of exceptional circumstances. The new Member States authorities should by 15 May 2004 transmit a list to the Commission including all eligible operators. In order to enable each applicant to be identified more easily, and to facilitate the transfer of licences, the data to be forwarded for each operator should be specified. Moreover, eligible operators of the new Member States should be allowed to purchase import licences.
(3) For the period 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 operators from the new Member States should be approved provided they submit a request before 1 June including the necessary documents and information, or provided they have been included in the list of eligible operators to be transmitted to the Commission by 15 May 2004.
(4) It is therefore necessary to provide for certain derogations from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. By way of derogation from Chapter I, Section 2 of Title 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, operators established in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter "new Member States") may apply for import licences for the quotas covering the period 1 May to 30 June 2004 without prior approval of the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are established.
2. By way of derogation from Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, operators established in the new Member States may apply for import licences for the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 only in the Member State where they are established.
Licence applications shall be admissible only where the applicant attaches the following documents:
(a) proof that in 2003 the applicant has imported and/or exported at least 25 tonnes of milk products covered by Chapter 04 of the Combined Nomenclature in at least four separate operations;
(b) any document and information adequately substantiating the identity and status of the applicant, in particular:
(i) documents relating to business accounts and/or tax arrangements drawn up in accordance with national law; and
(ii) the VAT number, if provided for under national law;
(iii) the registration in the commercial register, if provided for under national law.
In case of point (a) of the second subparagraph, the reference year shall be 2002 if the importer concerned can prove that he/she was not able to import or export the required quantities of milk products during 2003 as a result of exceptional circumstances.
For the purposes of application of this paragraph, inward - and outward - processing transactions shall not be considered as imports and exports.
3. The competent authorities of the new Member States shall send to the Commission by 15 May 2004 lists of operators having applied for import licences for the quotas covering the period 1 May to 30 June 2004 in accordance with paragraph 1 and complying with the conditions laid down in paragraph 2. These lists shall be established in accordance with the model in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, exception made of the approval number.
4. The Commission shall forward these lists to the competent authorities of the other Member States.
5. By way of derogation from Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, import licences issued for the quotas covering the period 1 May to 30 June 2004 may be transferred only to natural or legal persons approved in accordance with Section 2 of that regulation and to natural or legal persons appearing on the lists referred to in paragraph 3.
By way of derogation from Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, for the quotas covering the period 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005, approval shall be granted to:
(a) operators established in the new Member States who submit, before 1 June 2004, a request to the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are established, together with the documents referred to in Article 1(2); or
(b) operators established in the new Member States who submit, before 1 June 2004, a request to the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are established and who are included in the list referred to in Article 1(3).
This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
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 |
31991D0307 | 91/307/EEC: Council Decision of 3 June 1991 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in textile products
| COUNCIL DECISION of 3 June 1991 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in textile products (91/307/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement negotiated between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on trade in textile products, initialled in Brussels on 11 December 1989 and applied as from 1 January 1990 on a provisional basis by Decision 89/674/EEC (1) should be approved,
Article 1 The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on
trade in textile products is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the agreement is attached to the Decision. Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the above Agreement in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31980L1273 | Council Directive 80/1273/EEC of 22 December 1980 amending, consequent on the accession of Greece, Directive 80/154/EEC concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in midwifery and including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 22 December 1980 amending, consequent on the accession of Greece, Directive 80/154/EEC concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in midwifery and including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services (80/1273/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the 1979 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 146 thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 80/154/EEC of 21 January 1980 concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in midwifery and including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services (1) was adopted after signature of the Act of Accession;
Whereas, in view of Greece's accession, certain amendments to the Directive are required to ensure that it is applied similarly by Greece and the other Member States,
Directive 80/154/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The following shall be added to Article 1: >PIC FILE= "T0013966">
2. The following point shall be added to Article 3: >PIC FILE= "T0013967"> >PIC FILE= "T0013968">
The Member States shall adopt the measures to comply with this Directive within the time limit laid down in Article 20 (1) of Directive 80/154/EEC.
They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002D0786 | 2002/786/ECSC: Commission decision of 5 May 2002 authorising the United Kingdom to grant aid to six coal production units for 2001 and for the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002 (Text with EEA relevance.) (notified under document number C(2002) 2016)
| Commission decision
of 5 May 2002
authorising the United Kingdom to grant aid to six coal production units for 2001 and for the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002
(notified under document number C(2002) 2016)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/786/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 3632/93/ECSC of 28 December 1993 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry(1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Whereas:
I
(1) By letter of 13 March 2002, the United Kingdom notified the Commission, in accordance with Article 9(1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, of financial aid which it intends to grant to the coal industry for 2001 and for the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002.
(2) In the light of the information submitted by the United Kingdom, the Commission is required to take a decision on operating aid amounting to GBP 5516100 to cover the operating losses of three production units for the period from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001. It is also required to take a decision on operating aid amounting to GBP 2915960 to cover the operating losses of three production units for the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002. Consequently, the total operating aid on which the Commission is required to take a decision amounts to GBP 8432060.
(3) The financial measures are covered by Article 1 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC. The Commission must therefore take a decision on these measures pursuant to Article 9(4) of that Decision. The Commission's approval is subject to the general objectives and criteria laid down in Article 2 and the specific criteria set out in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC and, more generally, to the aid's being compatible with the proper functioning of the common market. In addition, in its assessment, the Commission is required to check, in accordance with Article 9(6) of that Decision, whether the measures notified are in conformity with the plan for modernisation, rationalisation and restructuring of the United Kingdom coal industry approved by the Commission by Decision 2001/114/ECSC(2), and Decision 2001/597/ECSC(3) (hereinafter referred to as the restructuring plan).
II
(4) The sum of GBP 8432060 which the United Kingdom is proposing to grant to the coal industry under Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC is intended to cover the difference between the production cost and the selling price of coal freely agreed between the contracting parties in the light of the conditions prevailing on the world market for coal of similar quality from third countries.
(5) The aid proposed for the period from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001 is intended for the following units:
(a) GBP 3187100 for the East Pit Extension production unit of Celtic Energy Ltd;
(b) GBP 2285000 for the North Lanarkshire Coalfields production unit of L.A.W. Mining Ltd;
(c) GBP 44000 for the Nant-Hir No 2 production unit of M. W.A. (Anthracite) Ltd.
(6) By Decision 2001/597/ECSC, the Commission has already authorised the United Kingdom to grant operating aid pursuant to Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC to East Pit Extension, amounting to GBP 2978000 for the period from 17 April 2000 to 31 December 2000. The Commission was of the opinion that the aid which the United Kingdom proposed to grant was intended to improve the economic viability of this production unit by reducing its production costs, in accordance with Article 3(2) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC. Under the restructuring plan, the aid should help to make the mine viable, enabling it to continue its activities beyond 2002 without the need for public subsidy.
(7) The information transmitted by the United Kingdom in its letter of 13 March 2002 confirms the analysis and conclusions set out in Decision 2001/597/ECSC. The reduction in the production costs of East Pit Extension will make it possible to achieve economic viability of that mine in 2002. Production costs in 2002 should be GBP [...](4) per GJ(5).
(8) In the case of North Lanarkshire Coalfields, production costs for 2002 will probably rise by about GBP [...] per GJ on the level of GBP 1,15 per GJ considered to be the economic viability threshold for the United Kingdom coal industry. However, this slight overspend is not enough to jeopardise the viability prospects of this production unit. From 2003, indeed, the production costs of that mine should be GBP [...] per GJ.
(9) As regards Nant-Hir No 2, the aid proposed should also enable that production unit to improve its economic viability by reducing its production costs. According to estimates, production costs should be GBP [...] per GJ in 2002, which is below the level of GBP 1,15 per GJ considered to be the economic viability threshold for the United Kingdom coal industry.
(10) Moreover, according to estimates made for the period up to 2004, the above production units should continue to improve their economic viability. Consequently, production costs should remain below the level of GBP 1,15 per GJ.
(11) The aid proposed for the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002 is intended for the following units:
(a) GBP 1240000 for the Betws Colliery production unit of Betws Anthracite Ltd;
(b) GBP 200960 for the Hay Royds Colliery production unit of J. Flack Sons Ltd;
(c) GBP 1475000 for the Hatfield Colliery production unit of Coalpower Ltd.
(12) By Decisions 2001/597/ECSC and 2001/683/ECSC(6), the Commission has already authorised the United Kingdom to grant Betws Colliery operating aid pursuant to Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, amounting to GBP 870000 and GBP 1966000 for the period from 17 April 2000 to 31 December 2000 and the whole of 2001, respectively. By Decisions 2001/597/ECSC and 2001/807/ECSC(7), the Commission has already authorised the United Kingdom to grant Hay Royds Colliery operating aid pursuant to Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, amounting to GBP 79000 and GBP 264000 for the period from 17 April 2000 to 31 December 2000 and the whole of 2001, respectively. In accordance with Article 3(2) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the Commission was of the opinion that the aid which the United Kingdom proposed to grant was intended to improve the economic viability of the production units concerned by reducing their production costs. In accordance with the restructuring plan, the aid should help to make those production units viable, enabling them to continue their activities beyond 2002 without the need for public subsidy.
(13) The information transmitted by the United Kingdom in its letter of 13 March 2002 confirms the analysis and conclusions set out in Decisions 2001/597/ECSC, 2001/683/ECSC and 2001/807/ECSC. Production costs for the Betws Colliery and Hay Royds Colliery production units in 2002 should come to GBP [...] per GJ and GBP [...] per GJ, respectively, which represents a level close to the economic viability threshold of GBP 1,15 per GJ for the United Kingdom coal industry. According to estimates, production costs should be GBP [...] per GJ and GBP [...] per GJ in 2003.
(14) Moreover, according to estimates made for the period up to 2004, the above production units should continue to improve their economic viability. Consequently, production costs should remain below the level of GBP 1,15 per GJ.
(15) In the case of Hatfield Colliery, the Commission has already authorised the United Kingdom, by Decision 2002/582/ECSC(8), to grant operating aid pursuant to Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, amounting to GBP 1157520 for 2001.The Commission had been of the opinion that the putting of Hatfield Colliery into liquidation in August 2001 as a result of financial difficulties did not call into question the economic viability of the coalfields. The company taking over the mine, Coalpower Ltd, had drawn up a new investment plan for the mine with a view to optimising production, so that once production has been restored to its optimum level, it should be possible to ensure the economic viability of Hatfield Colliery from 2003.
(16) The information transmitted by the United Kingdom in its letter of 13 March 2002 confirms the analysis and conclusions set out in Decision 2002/582/ECSC. Production costs in 2003 should amount to GBP [...] per GJ. Production costs should continue to fall to an estimated level of GBP [...] per GJ in 2004.
III
(17) In accordance with Article 3(2) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the aid which the United Kingdom proposes to grant for 2001 is intended to improve the economic viability of the production units concerned by reducing their production costs.
(18) In accordance with the first indent of Article 3(1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the aid per tonne as notified does not exceed, for each production unit, the difference between production costs and foreseeable revenue for 2001 and the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002, respectively.
(19) The modernisation, rationalisation and restructuring measures carried out at each production unit, and more specifically the temporary nature of the financial aid necessary for such measures, will moreover allow the aid to be degressive, in accordance with the first indent of Article 2(1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
(20) At the request of the United Kingdom authorities, an independent expert has compiled technical reports examining the potential of the modernisation, rationalisation and restructuring measures planned for the various production units to achieve the objective of economic viability. In drawing up his report, the expert took account of the geological and technical operating conditions and the quality of the coal produced by the production units. The reports conclude that the various measures envisaged were consistent and realistic in terms of attaining economic viability.
(21) An auditor has certified, for each production unit, that the financial data notified by the United Kingdom are an accurate reflection of the accounts of the company. The auditor has also stated that the forecasts were drawn up using the same accounting standards as were in use before the period covered by the aid.
(22) The Commission notes that the aid notified on 13 March 2002, when added to the amounts of aid already authorised by the Commission under the restructuring plan for the United Kingdom coal industry, remains below the ceiling of GBP 170000000 laid down by that restructuring plan.
(23) In view of the above and on the basis of the information provided by the United Kingdom, the aid proposed for 2001 and the aid proposed for the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002 for the six production units referred to in recitals 5 and 11 are compatible with Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, and in particular with Articles 2 and 3 thereof.
IV
(24) The United Kingdom is required to ensure that the aid does not cause any distortion of competition and does not discriminate between coal producers, buyers or consumers in the Community.
(25) In accordance with the third indent of Article 3(1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC and with the provisions of Decision 2001/114/ECSC, the United Kingdom will take all measures necessary to ensure that the amount of the aid granted to each production unit does not cause delivered prices for Community coal to be lower than those for coal of a similar quality from third countries.
(26) Moreover, in accordance with Article 2(2) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the aid must be entered in the United Kingdom's national, regional or local public budgets or comply with strictly equivalent mechanisms.
(27) In the context of Member States' obligations under Article 9(2) and (3) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the Commission has to check that the aid authorised is used only for the purposes stipulated in Article 3 of that Decision. At the latest by 30 September of each year, the United Kingdom shall notify the amount of aid actually paid for the previous year and declare any changes made to the amounts originally notified. Any information required to ascertain that the criteria laid down in Article 3 of the Decision have been complied with shall be provided together with this annual statement.
(28) The United Kingdom is required to justify any departures from the restructuring plan and from the economic and financial forecasts notified to the Commission on 13 March 2002. In particular, should it turn out that the conditions laid down in Article 3(2) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC cannot be met, the United Kingdom will be responsible for proposing to the Commission which corrective measures ought to be taken,
The United Kingdom is authorised, subject to the conditions set out in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, to grant operating aid of GBP 5516100 to the East Pit Extension, to North Lanarkshire Coalfields and to Nant-Hir No 2 production units for 2001.
The United Kingdom is also authorised, subject to the conditions set out in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, to grant operating aid of GBP 2915960 to the Betws Colliery, Hay Royds Colliery and Hatfield Colliery production units for the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that the authorised aid is used only for the purposes declared in its notification of 13 March 2002 and that any expenditure on items covered by this Decision which is cancelled, overestimated or misused is reimbursed.
In addition to the obligations laid down in Article 9(2) and (3) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the United Kingdom shall, by 30 September 2002 at the latest, communicate the amount of aid actually paid for 2001.
In addition to the obligations laid down in Article 9(2) and (3) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the United Kingdom shall, by 30 September 2003 at the latest, communicate the amount of aid actually paid for the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002.
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32002R0297 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 297/2002 of 15 February 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 297/2002
of 15 February 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 8 to 14 February 2002 at 297,50 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February 2002.
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32007D0320 | 2007/320/EC: Commission Decision of 22 March 2007 setting up the Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation
| 9.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/45
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 March 2007
setting up the Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation
(2007/320/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
(1) Article 157 of the Treaty assigns the Community and the Member States the task of ensuring that the conditions necessary for the competitiveness of the Community's industry exist. Article 151 provides that the Community is to contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore.
(2) The Communication from the Commission entitled ‘i2010 — A European Information Society for growth and employment’ (1) announced a flagship initiative on digital libraries.
(3) The Communication from the Commission entitled ‘i2010: Digital Libraries’ (2) launched an initiative on digital libraries consisting of actions in the areas of digitisation, online accessibility and digital preservation of cultural material and scientific information.
(4) The Commission Recommendation 2006/585/EC of 24 August 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (3) (hereinafter referred to as the Commission Recommendation) calls on Member States to take action to improve their policies in these areas.
(5) The Council Conclusions of 13 November 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (4) (hereinafter referred to as the Council Conclusions), invite the Commission to contribute to improved policy co-ordination in these domains, in particular through the creation of a group of Member States’ experts.
(6) With a view to achieving these objectives, the Commission needs to call upon the expertise of specialists from the Member States in an advisory group.
(7) The group should contribute to monitoring progress and assessing the impact of the implementation of the Commission Recommendation and the Council Conclusions. It should also assist co-ordination at European level and exchange information and good practices about Member States’ policies on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.
(8) It is therefore necessary to set up a Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation and to define its tasks and its structure.
(9) The group should be composed of representatives from the Member States with competence in the field concerned. The Commission should have the possibility to invite observers, in particular from other European countries and international organisations, or experts with specific competence in a subject on the agenda of the group, in order to achieve effective European cooperation.
(10) Rules on disclosure of information by members of the group 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 (5).
(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 (6).
(12) 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 Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation
The group of experts ‘Member States’ Expert Group on Digitisation and Digital Preservation’, hereinafter referred to as ‘the group’, is hereby set up with effect from the date of adoption of this Decision.
Task
The group’s tasks shall be:
(a) to monitor progress and assess the impact of the implementation of the Commission Recommendation of 24 August 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation and of the Council Conclusions of 13 November 2006 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation;
(b) to provide a forum for cooperation between Member State bodies and the Commission at European level and to exchange information and good practices of Member States’ policies and strategies on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.
In implementing the above mentioned tasks, the group will take into account the work carried out by other groups set up by the Commission in the area of digitisation and digital preservation.
Consultation
The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.
Membership — Appointment
1. The group shall normally be composed of up to two representatives appointed by each Member State. In duly justified circumstances, Member States may appoint a third representative. Members shall be appointed taking into account their competence in the domains of digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.
2. Member States may appoint alternate members for the members of the group in equal numbers and on the same conditions as the members to replace members who are absent.
3. Members of the group shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their mandate is renewed.
4. Members who are no longer capable of contributing effectively to the group’s deliberations, who resign or who do not comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 3 of this Article, or Article 287 of the Treaty may be replaced.
5. The names of members shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. The names of members shall be published on the i2010 Digital libraries website (7).
Operation
1. The group shall be chaired by the Commission.
2. In agreement with the Commission, sub-groups may be set up to examine specific questions under the terms of reference established by the group. Such sub-groups shall be dissolved as soon as their mandates are fulfilled.
3. The Commission’s representative may ask observers, in particular from other European countries and international organisations, or experts with specific competence on a subject on the agenda to participate in the group’s or sub-group’s deliberations as appropriate for achieving effective European cooperation.
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.
Meeting expenses
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. Reimbursement of expenses for members is limited to one expert per Member State.
The members, experts and observers shall not be remunerated for the services they render.
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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31995D0139 | 95/139/EC: Commission Decision of 6 April 1995 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of flax seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 6 April 1995 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of flax seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC (95/139/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by Belgium, France and the Netherlands,
Whereas in Belgium, France and the Netherlands the production of flax seed complying with the requirements of Directive 69/208/EEC has been insufficient in 1994 and is not adequate to supply the needs of these countries;
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these seeds sufficiently with seed from Member States, of from third countries, meeting all the requirements laid down in the said Directive;
Whereas Belgium, France and the Netherlands should therefore be authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30 June 1995, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned species subject to less stringent requirements;
Whereas it also appears desirable to authorize each of the other Member States to permit the marketing of such seed, if its marketing has been authorized in other Member States under this Decision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30 June 1995, the marketing in their territories of a maximum of 1 000 tonnes of flax seed (Linum usitatissimum L.) of the categories 'certified seed of the first generation`, 'certified seed of the second generation` and 'certified seed of the third generation` which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive 69/208/EEC with regard to the minimum germination capacity. This maximum applies to all three Member States taken together. The following requirements are satisfied:
(a) the germination capacity is at least 90 % of pure seed;
(b) the official label shall bear the following endorsements: 'Minimum germination capacity 90 %`.
The other Member States are authorized to permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 and for the purposes intended by the applicant Member States, the marketing in their territories of the seed authorized to be marketed under Article 1.
The Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States before 30 September 1995 the quantities of seed certified and marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision.
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31997L0071 | Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December 1997 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables respectively (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 97/71/EC of 15 December 1997 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables respectively (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals (1), as last amended by Directive 97/41/EC (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/363/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal origin (3), as last amended by Directive 97/41/EC, and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27 November 1990 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables (4), as last amended by Directive 97/41/EC, and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas Directives 93/57/EEC (5), 94/29/EC (6), 95/39/EC (7) and 96/33/EC (8) amended the Annexes II of Directives 86/362/EEC and 86/363/EEC to establish maximum residue levels for lists of pesticides; whereas, however, certain positions were left open where available data were insufficient to establish maximum levels and interested parties were given the opportunity to generate the missing data within a specified timetable; whereas, if maximum levels are not adopted by the dates specified in footnotes to the lists added to the Annexes II of Directives 86/362/EEC and 86/363/EEC by Directives 93/57/EEC, 94/29/EC, 95/39/EC and 96/33/EC the appropriate lower limit of analytical determination will apply;
Whereas Directives 93/58/EEC (9), 94/30/EC (10), 95/38/EC (11) and 96/32/EC (12) amended Annex II of Directive 90/642/EEC to establish maximum levels for lists of pesticides; whereas, however, certain positions were left open where available data were insufficient to establish maximum levels and interested parties were given the opportunity to generate the missing data within a specified timetable; whereas, if maximum levels are not adopted by the dates specified in footnotes to the lists added to the Annexes II of Directive 90/642/EEC by Directives 93/58/EEC, 94/30/EC, 95/38/EC and 96/32/EC the appropriate lower limit of analytical determination will apply;
Whereas Member States may set national maximum residue levels where these are not fixed by Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC; whereas Member States should set such national levels to reflect their national authorisations of plant protection products containing the relevant active substance and based on sufficient data to ensure that consumers are not exposed to unacceptable levels of pesticide residue;
Whereas Member States' national maximum residue levels which have the effect to prohibit or restrict the putting into circulation of products originating in other Member States are subject to a conciliation procedure set out in Article 5a of Directives 86/362/EEC and 86/363/EEC and in Article 5b of Directive 90/642/EEC under which exceptional provisions apply, including where possible the establishment of a temporary maximum residue level;
Whereas, for cereals and products of plant origin, maximum residue levels reflect the use of minimum quantities of pesticides to achieve adequate protection of plants, applied in such a manner that the amount of residue is the smallest practicable and is toxicologically acceptable, in particular in terms of estimated dietary intake; whereas, for foodstuffs of animal origin, maximum residue levels reflect the consumption of cereals and products of plant origin treated with pesticides resulting in residues in animals and animal products, as well as taking into account the direct consequences of the use of veterinary medicines where appropriate;
Whereas for the pesticides listed in Directives 93/57/EEC and 93/58/EEC undertakings were given by interested parties to generate missing data; whereas the data submitted are under examination by the Commission and the Member States' authorities with a view to preparing the necessary draft amending Commission Directives; whereas the date for closing the open positions in Directives 93/57/EEC and 93/58/EEC should be extended to 31 October 1998 to allow the necessary work and consultations to be finalized;
Whereas all active substances of plant protection products already on the market two years after the date of notification of Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (13) are to be reviewed in the framework of the re-evaluations of existing active substances provided for in the programme of work set out in Article 8 (2) of the said Directive; whereas the first stage of the examination of the active substances and the plant protection products formulated with them is not yet completed; whereas these examinations and the consequential decisions to be taken are anticipated to have significant effects on authorized uses and thus on maximum residue levels which should be fixed for these pesticides; whereas therefore the deadlines specified in Directives 94/29/EC, 94/30/EC, 96/32/EC and 96/33/EC for the appropriate lower limits of analytical determination to apply where positions have been left open should be prolonged to the date of 1 July 2000, as provided by the Council in Directives 95/38/EC and 95/39/EC, in order to allow the consequences of the available re-evaluation of the authorizations of the pesticides concerned to be taken into account; whereas when the results of re-evaluations become available the Commission should amend the maximum levels fixed for those pesticides and should also fix or amend maximum levels for certain pesticides before 1 July 2000 where the necessary and sufficient information and studies are available and evaluated; whereas a programme of work, which will be communicated to the interested parties, should be established at the latest by 31 March 1998, setting out the deadlines within which such information and studies should be submitted by interested parties to the Commission and the Member States;
Whereas this Directive is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
In Annex II of Directive 86/362/EEC:
1. the date '1 January 1998` in footnotes (a), (b) and (c) to the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 93/57/EEC should be amended to read '31 October 1998`;
2. the date '30 June 1999` in footnotes (a), (b) and (c) to the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 94/29/EC should be amended to read 'at the latest 1 July 2000`;
3. the date '30 April 2000` in footnotes (a) and (b) to the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 96/33/EC should be amended to read 'at the latest 1 July 2000`.
In Annex II of Directive 86/363/EEC:
1. the date '1 January 1998` in footnote (a) to the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 93/57/EEC should be amended to read '31 October 1998`;
2. the date '30 June 1999` in footnote (a) to the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 94/29/EC should be amended to read 'at the latest 1 July 2000`;
3. the date '30 April 2000` in footnotes (a) and (b) in the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 96/33/EC should be amended to read 'at the latest 1 July 2000`.
In Annex II of Directive 90/642/EEC:
1. the date '1 January 1998` in footnotes (a), (b), (c) and (d) to the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 93/58/EEC should be amended to read '31 October 1998`;
2. the date '30 June 1999` in footnotes (a), (b) and (c) to the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 94/30/EC should be amended to read 'at the latest 1 July 2000`;
3. the date '30 April 2000` in footnotes (a), (b), (c) and (d) to the list of pesticide residues introduced by Directive 96/32/EC should be amended to read 'at the latest 1 July 2000`.
Member States shall bring into force, not later than 31 December 1997, the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive.
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31997D0824 | 97/824/EC: Council Decision of 20 November 1997 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001
| COUNCIL DECISION of 20 November 1997 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001 (97/824/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, signed in Bissau on 27 February 1980 (1), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau have conducted negotiations to determine any amendments and additions to be made to the said Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol annexed thereto;
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 4 June 1997; whereas, under that Protocol, Community fishermen enjoy fishing possibilities in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001;
Whereas, in order to avoid any interruption in the fishing activities of Community vessels, it is essential that the Protocol in question be applied as soon as possible; whereas, for this reason, the two parties have initialled an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters providing for the provisional application of the initialled Protocol from the day following the expiry of the Protocol in force; whereas that Agreement should be approved subject to a final decision taken on the basis of Article 43 of the Treaty;
Whereas the allocation of fishing possibilities among the Member States should be determined on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing possibilities under the fisheries Agreement,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The texts of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters and of the Protocol are attached to this Decision.
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a) shrimps:
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(b) cephalopods/fin-fish:
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If licence applications from those Member States do not exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State.
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31988R2324 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2324/88 of 26 July 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1432/88 laying down detailed rules for applying to co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2324/88 of 26 July 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1432/88 laying down detailed rules for applying to co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2221/88 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (5) and 4b (5) thereof,
Whereas, in its judgment of 29 June 1988 in Case 300/86, the Court of Justice of the European Communities declared invalid the second subparagraph of Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2040/86 of 30 June 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of the co-responsibility levy in the cereals sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2546/87 (4), as declared invalid by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2572/86 (5) since that provision treats differently the first-stage processing of cereals for utilization on the farm depending on whether it is carried out directly by the producer or by a third party on behalf of the latter; whereas, in accordance with the abovementioned provision, only first-stage processing operations carried out directly by the producer are exempt from the co-responsibility levy;
Whereas the same difference in treatment arises in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1432/88 (6), which replaces Regulation (EEC) No 2040/86 from 1 July 1988; whereas equality of treatment of operators should therefore be re-established by exempting from the co-responsibility levy producers who have first-stage processing operations carried out by a third party with a view to the subsequent use of the processed product on their holdings;
Whereas, moreover, in view of the objectives of the co-responsibility levy arrangements, namely to limit the formation of structural surpluses on the market by taxing cereals when they are first placed on the market, the said levy should also be applied to cereals when they are first placed on the market in the form of a processed product; whereas, to that end and with a view to eliminating any discrimination between operators, provision should be made for the (7) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
(8) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.
(9) OJ No L 173, 1. 7. 1986, p. 65.
(10) OJ No L 242, 26. 8. 1987, p. 18.
(11) OJ No L 229, 15. 8. 1986, p. 25.
(12) OJ No L 131, 27. 5. 1988, p. 37.
co-responsibility levy to apply to cereals which a producer processes directly with a view to the sale of the products obtained;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Regulation (EEC) No 1432/88 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 (2) is replaced by the following:
´2. For the purposes of this Regulation, ´´placing on the market'' means sales (including barter operations) by producers of the products referred to in paragraph 1 either as such or in the form of processed products, with the exception of crushed maize ears harvested with a view to their ensilage on an agricultural holding, to collection, trading and processing undertakings, to other producers and to the intervention agency.
The acceptance by a producer of a warrant of entitlement for his cereals to a recognized storage depot in the framework of a forward transaction (London Grain Futures Market) shall be treated as placing on the market.'.
2. The second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 2 (1) is deleted.
3. The first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following:
´1. The levies referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be collected by the purchasers. However, the levies should be payable by the producers in the case of sales of the products referred to in Article 1 (2), in the case of a consignment of cereals by a producer to another Member State, of export of cereals by a producer to a third country, or of delivery by a producer to recognized storage depots in the framework of a forward transaction.'.
4. In Article 4 (2), ´and processing undertakings' is replaced by ´and producers'.
5. The following paragraph is added to Article 6:
´Producers who sell their cereals in the form of the processed products referred to in Article 1 shall indicate in their accounts in particular the quantities of products sold and the quantities of basis cereals used to obtain the said products.'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31989D0090 | 89/90/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 January 1989 approving a second programme for livestock auction markets in England pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 (only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 January 1989
approving a second programme for livestock auction markets in England pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the English text is authentic)
(89/90/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed and marketed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 11 February 1988 the British Government forwarded a second programme following the first programme for livestock auction markets in England approved by Commission Decision 83/608/EEC (3) and on 8 August 1988 supplied additional information;
Whereas the aim of this second programme is to rationalize and improve the marketing facilities for livestock, so as to increase the competitiveness of the sector and add value to this production; whereas it therefore constitutes a programme within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77;
Whereas this second programme contains sufficient information, as prescribed by Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, to show that the aims set out in Article 1 of that Regulation can be achieved in the livestock auction markets sector in England;
Whereas the estimated time required for execution of this second programme does not exceed the period mentioned in Article 3 (1) (g) of the Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The second programme for the livestock auction markets sector in England forwarded by the British Government on 11 February 1988, for which supplementary information was provided on 8 August 1988 pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, is hereby approved.
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31988D0608 | 88/608/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 November 1988 approving the programme of measures to encourage the development of agriculture in certain regions of Spain, drawn up pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88 (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 November 1988
approving the programme of measures to encourage the development of agriculture in certain regions of Spain, drawn up pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88
(Only the Spanish version of this text is authentic)
(88/608/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88 of 25 April 1988 on a specific common measure to encourage the development of agriculture in certain regions of Spain (1),
Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 (3) of the abovementioned Regulation, on 18 July 1988 the Spanish Government forwarded to the Commission the national programme of measures under that Regulation;
Whereas, at the request of the Commission pursuant to Article 4 (2) of that Regulation, amendments and clarifications to that programme were forwarded by the Spanish authorities on 5 October 1988;
Whereas the abovementioned programme contains all the measures and provisions listed in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88 to ensure that the objectives laid down in that Regulation are achieved;
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation lays down a ceiling of 125 000 hectares which may qualify under the measures to improve agricultural areas managed individually; whereas, however, the programme provides for such measures relating to 159 989 hectares; whereas, in addition, improvement plans in the framework of an overall scheme may only be accepted where the contribution of the recipients amounts to at least 20 % of the total cost; whereas the conditions or eligibility for Community co-financing where the ceilings fixed in the Regulation are exceeded should accordingly be stipulated;
Whereas, as concerns investments in rural infrastructures, the construction and improvement of farm roads and local roads used for agriculture and/or forestry must be technically suited to those uses;
Whereas the establishment of collective irrigation networks and the execution of drainage works are only eligible for Community co-financing where the latter constitute an indispensible tool for the conversion of production to non-surplus products within the meaning of Article 1a (1) (a) to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1137/88 (3); whereas in addition, in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88, all programmes are to include information enabling it to be shown that the areas concerned will be used in accordance with the list of products to which production may be converted; whereas the Spanish authorities have given their agreement for a detailed examination enabling compliance with this condition to be verified to be carried out within the follow-up committee set up to assist the Spanish authorities in the execution of the programme;
Whereas, in order to streamline implementation of the programme, public expenditure incurred by the Spanish Government from 1 May 1988 may be considered for Community financing in compliance with Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88 and forming part of the measures contained in the implementing programme;
Whereas the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure.
1. The programme of measures to encourage the development of agriculture in certain regions of Spain, forwarded by the Spanish Government on 18 July 1988, is hereby approved pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88.
2. The programme is approved subject to the following conditions;
- the number of hectares qualifying for the measures for the improvement of agricultural areas managed individually must not exceed the limit laid down for the measure, namely 125 000 hectares and the recipients of the aids must contribute at least 20 % of the total cost of the investment,
- the technical characteristics of the farm roads and local roads used for agriculture and/or forestry must be strictly suited to the said purposes,
- as regards the establishment of collective irrigation networks and the execution of drainage operations, only projects a detailed examination of which carried out within the follow-up committee enable the Commission to establish that they constitute an indispensable tool for the conversion of production to non-surplus products as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88 may be eligible for Community co-financing.
The membership of the follow-up committee and the contents of the information on progress in the programme pursuant to Articles 8 and 4 respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88 shall be decided in mutual agreement between the Commission and the Spanish authorities before 31 December 1988.
Public expenditure incurred by the Spanish Government from 1 May 1988, covering the measures laid down and meeting the conditions specified by the abovementioned programme, shall be considered eligible for Community co-financing in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1118/88.
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32002D0856 | 2002/856/EC: Commission decision of 29 October 2002 laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products from Greenland (Text with EEA relevance.) (notified under number C(2002) 4091)
| Commission decision
of 29 October 2002
laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products from Greenland
(notified under number C(2002) 4091)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/856/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) An inspection has been carried out on behalf of the Commission in Greenland to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community.
(2) The requirements in the legislation of Greenland on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC.
(3) In particular, the "Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA)", through its Regional Veterinary and Food Control Authority in Greenland, the "Fodevareregionen Nordjylland", is capable of effectively verifying the implementation of the legislation in force.
(4) It is appropriate to lay down detailed rules concerning the health certificate which must, under Directive 91/493/EEC, accompany consignments of fishery products imported into the Community from Greenland. In particular those rules must specify the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language or languages in which it must be drafted and the status of the person empowered to sign it.
(5) The mark which must be affixed to packages of fishery products should give the name of the third country and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin, except for certain frozen products.
(6) It is also necessary to draw up a list of approved establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores, and a list of freezer vessels equipped in accordance with the requirements of Council Directive 92/48/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the minimum hygiene rules applicable to fishery products caught on board of certain vessels in accordance with article 3(1) (a) (I) of Directive 91/493/EEC(3). These lists should be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the DVFA to the Commission. It is therefore the responsibility of the DVFA to ensure compliance with the relevant provisions of Directive 91/493/EEC.
(7) The DVFA has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC with regard to the control of fishery products, and regarding the fulfilment of hygienic requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The "Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA)" through its Regional Veterinary and Food Control Authority in Greenland, the "Fodevareregionen Nordjylland", shall be the competent authority in Greenland for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
1. Fishery products imported into the Community from Greenland shall meet the conditions set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.
2. Each consignment shall be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in Annex I.
3. The products shall come from approved establishments, factory vessels or cold stores or from registered freezer vessels listed in Annex II.
4. Except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages shall bear the word "GREENLAND" and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters.
1. The certificate referred to in Article 2(2) shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State in which the checks are carried out.
2. The certificate shall bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the DVFA, and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.
This Decision shall apply from 20 December 2002.
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31990R3071 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3071/90 of 22 October 1990 again amending articles 6 and 17 of the Protocol concerning the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation to the cooperation Agreement between the European economic community and the Lebanese republic
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3071/90 of 22 October 1990 again amending Articles 6 and 17 of the Protocol concerning the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic
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 Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic (1) was signed on 3 May 1977 and entered into force on 1 November 1978;
Whereas Article 6 of the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation (2) annexed to the said Agreement (hereinafter referred to as 'the Protocol'), as amended by Decision No 1/81 (3) of the Cooperation Council, provides that, in the case of an automatic change in the base date applicable to the amounts expressed in ecus, the Community may introduce revised amounts when necessary;
Whereas the equivalent value of the ecu in certain national currencies on 1 October 1988 was less than the corresponding value on 1 October 1986; whereas the automatic change in the base date would, in the case of conversion into the national currencies concerned, have the effect of reducing the limits which permit the presentation of simplified documentary evidence; whereas, in order to avoid this effect, it is necessary to increase such limits expressed in ecus,
The Protocol is hereby amended as follows:
1. In the second subparagraph of Article 6 (1), ECU 2 590 shall be replaced by ECU 2 820;
2. In Article 17 (2), ECU 180 shall be replaced by ECU 200 and ECU 515 by ECU 565.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1990.
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32007R1309 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2007 of 8 November 2007 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
| 9.11.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 291/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1309/2007
of 8 November 2007
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July 2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2007/2008 marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 8 November 2007, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 8 November 2007, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 shall be 36,494 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 November 2007.
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32006R1591 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1591/2006 of 24 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards provisions on vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic
| 26.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 296/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1591/2006
of 24 October 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards provisions on vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 (2) fixes for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required.
(2) The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) made a recommendation in February 2004 regarding vessels having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries. In May 2006, NEAFC made a recommendation to amend the provisions regarding IUU fisheries, such that vessels that have been confirmed to have engaged in IUU fisheries shall not be allowed to enter a Community port. Implementation of that recommendation in the Community legal order should be ensured.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex III, point 13 to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall be replaced by the following:
‘13. Vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic
13.1. The Commission shall without delay inform Member States of vessels flying flags of non-contracting Parties to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries (the Convention) that have been sighted engaging in fishing activities in the Regulatory Area of the Convention and placed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) on a provisional list of vessels that are being presumed to be undermining the Recommendations established under the Convention. The following measures shall apply to these vessels:
(a) vessels that enter ports are not authorised to land or tranship therein and shall be inspected by the competent authorities. Such inspections shall include the vessel's documents, log books, fishing gear, catch onboard and any other matter relating to the vessel’s activities in the Regulatory Area of the Convention. Information on the result of the inspections shall immediately be transmitted to the Commission;
(b) fishing vessels, support vessels, refuel vessels, mother-ships and cargo vessels flying the flag of a Member State shall not in any way assist the vessels or participate in any transhipment or joint fishing operations with the vessels;
(c) the vessels shall not be supplied in ports with provisions, fuel or other services.
13.2. Vessels that have been placed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission NEAFC on the list of vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries (IUU vessels) are listed in Appendix 4. In addition to the measures referred to in point 13.1 the following measures shall apply to these vessels:
(a) IUU vessels shall be prohibited to enter a Community port;
(b) IUU vessels shall not be authorised to fish in Community waters and be prohibited to be chartered;
(c) imports of fish coming from IUU vessels shall be prohibited;
(d) Member States shall refuse the granting of their flag to IUU vessels and encourage importers, transporters and other sectors concerned to refrain from negotiating and from transhipping of fish caught by such vessels.
13.3. The Commission shall amend the list of IUU vessels to be in accordance with the NEAFC IUU list as soon as NEAFC adopts a new IUU list.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003R1137 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1137/2003 of 27 June 2003 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 294th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1137/2003
of 27 June 2003
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 294th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999(4), the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter; Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of the tenders received in response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.
(2) In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-use security determined accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 294th special invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90, the maximum aid and the amount of the end-use security shall be as follows:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 June 2003.
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32009R0404 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 404/2009 of 15 May 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 16.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 122/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 404/2009
of 15 May 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 16 May 2009.
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32012R0816 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 816/2012 of 13 September 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 14.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 249/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 816/2012
of 13 September 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.
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31998R0648 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 648/98 of 23 March 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 648/98 of 23 March 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 (2) lays down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of rice originating in particular in the United States; whereas consultations with the United States Government on the way those two quotas are to be administered have been completed; whereas imports of rice originating in the United States must involve the quantity for April 1998 using import licences issued on the basis of export licences issued by the competent bodies in the United States;
Whereas, in order to prevent imports under quotas for rice originating in the United States in respect of 1997 from creating disturbance on the Community market for rice, such imports should be staggered over a period of three years; whereas the breakdown of the quota quantities of rice originating in the United States in 1998, 1999 and 2000 should therefore be adjusted;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not issued an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Regulation (EC) No 327/98 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1(2) is deleted;
2. The following paragraph 2a is added to Article 2:
'2a. For the years 1998, 1999 and 2000, the quantities of milled rice and husked rice originating in the United States and fixed in paragraph 1(a) and (b) shall be broken down as follows:
(i) for 1998:
- semi-milled and wholly-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30:
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- husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20:
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(ii) for 1999:
- semi-milled and wholly-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30:
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- husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20:
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(iii) for 2000:
- semi-milled and wholly-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30:
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- husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20:
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3. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
'Article 3
Whereas import licence applications are submitted in respect of rice and broken rice originating in Thailand and rice originating in Australia or the United States under the quantities referred to in Article 2, they shall be accompanied by the original of the export licence drawn up in accordance with Annexes I, II and IV and issued by the competent body in the countries indicated therein.
The entries shall be optional for Sections 7, 8 and 9 of Annex I.
Export licences issued in respect of the quantities laid down in Article 2 shall be valid for the year concerned only.`;
4. The Annex hereto is added as Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 327/98.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31992R3346 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3346/92 of 19 November 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3346/92 of 19 November 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Title III of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 257/92 (4), lays down the detailed rules on the granting of aid for private storage of butter and cream; whereas Article 29 of that Regulation refers to Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (5); whereas that reference no longer applies as a result of amendments to the latter Regulation by Regulation (EEC) No 1634/91 (6) and whereas as a consequence the reference must be corrected with effect from the entry into force of that Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 29 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69, the reference to 'Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87' is hereby replaced by 'Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31998D0359 | 98/359/EC: Commission Decision of 15 May 1998 approving a programme for infectious haematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia submitted by Italy for the autonomous province of Trento (notified under document number C(1998) 1337) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 15 May 1998 approving a programme for infectious haematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia submitted by Italy for the autonomous province of Trento (notified under document number C(1998) 1337) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/359/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,
Whereas Member States may submit to the Commission programmes designed to enable them to obtain for one or more regions the status of approved zone free of infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) and of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS);
Whereas by letters dated 23 December 1996 and 14 July 1997, Italy has, observing the procedures laid down in Article 10 of Directive 91/67/EEC, submitted a programme designed to enable it to obtain approved zone status for IHN and VHS for the autonomous province of Trento;
Whereas the programme specifies the geographical zones concerned, the action to be taken by officials, the procedures to be followed by laboratories, the prevalence of the diseases and the action to be taken to combat them if detected;
Whereas it also provides that during its period of application the only movements of live eggs and fish permitted are from approved farms to other farms;
Whereas examination has shown that the programme is in line with the provisions of Article 10 of Directive 91/67/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for IHN and VHS submitted by Italy for the autonomous province of Trento is hereby approved.
Italy shall bring into force the legislative, regulatory and administrative provisions required for implementation of the programme referred to in Article 1.
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31983R3575 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 3575/83 of 14 December 1983 amending Regulation (EEC) No 104/76 laying down common marketing standards for shrimps of the genus 'Crangon' spp
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3575/83
of 14 December 1983
amending Regulation (EEC) No 104/76 laying down common marketing standards for shrimps of the genus 'Crangon' spp
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81, common marketing standards may be determined for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation or for groups of those products;
Whereas experience has shown that certain minimum features should be specified in respect of the freshness categories;
Whereas, when common marketing standards are fixed for shrimps, account should be taken of the fact that the sizes concerned meet market requirements; whereas the marketing for human consumption of shrimps which are below a certain minimum size in terms of shell width should therefore be prohibited; whereas the size categories for shrimps should be altered accordingly;
Whereas the landing, on a geographically limited scale, of shrimps below the minimum size may, in exceptional cases to be determined, meet specific local market requirements;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 104/76 (2) should therefore be amended,
Regulation (EEC) No 104/76 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In the title and Article 1, 'spp' is replaced by 'Crangon';
2. In Article 5 (1):
(i) under the heading 'Freshness category A':
the last indent of subparagraph (a) is replaced by the following:
'- the shrimps must be free from sand, mucus and other foreign bodies';
the first indent of subparagraph (b) is replaced by the following:
'- bright brownish-red verging on grey; the pectoral part of the shell should be predominantly light in colour';
(ii) under the heading 'Freshness category B':
the first indent of subparagraph (b) is replaced by the following:
'- slightly washed-out reddish-brown colour; the pectoral part of the shell should be predominantly dark';
3. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
'Article 7
1. Shrimps shall be graded in the following size categories:
Width of shell:
- size 1: 6,8 mm and over,
- size 2: from 6,5 to 6,8 mm exclusive.
2. Lots of shrimps of a given size category must not include shrimps which are of a smaller size than that of the category to which such lots belong. A small lot need not, however, be of uniform size; if it is not, the lot shall be placed in size category 2.
3. The size category must be clearly and indelibly marked, in characters at least 5 cm high, on labels affixed to the lot.
4. To the extent required in order to provide local supplies for certain coastal areas in the Community, derogations from the minimum size specified in paragraph 1 may be allowed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (1).
(1) OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1984.
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32001R1650 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1650/2001 of 14 August 2001 fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the fourth quarter of 2001 under the A/B and C tariff quotas
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1650/2001
of 14 August 2001
fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the fourth quarter of 2001 under the A/B and C tariff quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 216/2001(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 of 7 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community(3) fixes the available quantities for the second half of 2001 for the A/B and C tariff quotas and also the maximum quantities in respect of the third quarter of 2001 for which import licences can be sought.
(2) The quantities available for import under the A/B and C tariff quotas for the fourth quarter should be determined, having regard on the one hand to the volume of tariff quotas available for the second half of 2001 and, on the other hand, to the import licences issued for the third quarter of 2001.
(3) This Regulation must enter into force immediately, before the start of the period for the submission of licence applications for the fourth quarter of 2001.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
1. For the fourth quarter of 2001, the quantities available for import under the tariff quota arrangements for the import of bananas shall be as set out in the Annex.
2. For the fourth quarter of 2001, applications for import licences under the A/B and C tariff quotas:
(a) submitted by a traditional operator may not relate to a quantity exceeding the difference between the quantity allocated to the operator under Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 and the sum of the quantities covered by import licences issued for the third quarter of 2001;
(b) submitted by a non-traditional operator may not relate to a quantity exceeding the difference between the quantity allocated to the operator under Article 29(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 and the sum of the quantities covered by import licences issued for the third quarter of 2001.
Applications for import licences shall be accompanied by a copy of the import licence(s) issued to the operator for the third quarter of 2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31988D0258 | 88/258/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 March 1988 approving an integrated Mediterranean programme for the Marche region (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 March 1988
approving an integrated Mediterranean programme for the Marche region
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(88/258/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean programmes (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Italy has presented to the Commission an integrated Mediterranean programme (IMP) for the Marche region;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85, the Marche IMP has been submitted in amended form to the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, which has given a favourable opinion;
Whereas the Marche IMP, including its financial plan, may therefore be approved by the Commission;
Whereas the Marche IMP relates to the period from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1993 inclusive;
Whereas the Marche IMP contains measures which constitute a specific programme of action eligible for assistance from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Guidance Section, by virtue of the second paragraph of Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85;
Whereas, in order to ensure its effectiveness, the Marche IMP will be carried out in successive phases and will be subject to later decisions when the conditions for the granting of Community contributions have been met;
Whereas the expenditure on the measures constituting the Marche IMP is estimated at 169 156 000 ECU for the period from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1993;
Whereas the Community contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 is estimated at 38 835 520 ECU,
The Marche IMP, in the version submitted to the Commission on 18 December 1986, as subsequently modified after examination by the Commission and following consultation of the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, is hereby approved. The estimates of total expenditure and the estimated contributions from each Community budgetary source are shown in the financial plan of the Marche IMP.
In so far as the measures are carried out in accordance with the Marche IMP, within the limits of the overall expenditure estimates and in compliance with the rules and procedures relating to each source of Community financing, the Commission shall pay the Community contributions specified in the financial plan of the Marche IMP.
The contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 shall not exceed 38 835 520 ECU in respect of the expenditure to be incurred in the period from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1993 on measures to be financed in the context of the Marche IMP, estimated at 169 156 000 ECU.
Pursuant to Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85, a first instalment from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of that Regulation amounting to 4 047 880 ECU is hereby committed in accordance with the financial plan of the Marche IMP.
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31997R1677 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1677/97 of 28 August 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in the beef and veal sector as regards the payment of advances
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1677/97 of 28 August 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in the beef and veal sector as regards the payment of advances
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Articles 4b (8) and 4d (8) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (4), and in particular Articles 4 and 5 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/97 (6), lays down certain rules concerning the payment of advances; whereas, in view of the difficult situation in certain German regions on account of the flooding of the Oder, an increase in the amount of the advance on the special premium and on the suckler cow premium should be authorized and the initial date for the payment of those advances brought forward; whereas the expenditure linked to those advances may, if necessary, be charged to the budget at a later date, depending on the funds remaining in the 1997 budget; whereas, to this end, a derogation should be made from Article 7 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) 1391/97 (8);
Whereas this Regulation should enter into force without delay so as to allow the advances to be paid as from 1 September 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal and the Fund Committee,
The following subparagraph is added to Article 44 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92:
'However, with regard to the 1997 calendar year, for producers based in the regions of Uckermark, Barnim, Märkisch-Oderland, Oder-Spree and Frankfurt/Oder affected by the flooding of the Oder in Brandenburg in Germany, the advance on the special premium and on the suckler cow premium may be paid as from 1 September 1997, up to 80 % of the premium amounts. Notwithstanding Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96, expenditure resulting from the payment before 16 October 1997 of those advances may be charged to November 1997.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32008D0627 | 2008/627/EC: Commission Decision of 29 July 2008 concerning a transitional period for audit activities of certain third country auditors and audit entities (notified under document number C(2008) 3942) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 31.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/70
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 July 2008
concerning a transitional period for audit activities of certain third country auditors and audit entities
(notified under document number C(2008) 3942)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/627/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC (1), and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 45(1) of Directive 2006/43/EC the competent authorities of the Member States are required to register third-country auditors and audit entities that conduct a statutory audit on certain companies incorporated outwith the Community whose transferable securities are admitted to trading on a market regulated within the Community. Article 45(3) of Directive 2006/43/EC requires Member States to subject such registered third-country auditors and audit entities to their systems of oversight, quality assurance systems and systems of investigations and penalties.
(2) The Commission is required under Article 46(2) of Directive 2006/43/EC to assess the equivalence of third country oversight, quality assurance and investigation and penalties systems in cooperation with Member States and make a determination. If those systems are recognised as equivalent, Member States may exempt third country auditors and audit entities from requirements of Article 45 of the Directive on the basis of reciprocity.
(3) The Commission has carried out a preliminary assessment of audit regulation in relevant third countries with the assistance of the European Group of Auditors’ Oversight Bodies (EGAOB). However, the assessments have not allowed final equivalence decisions to be taken but have provided an initial view of the state of audit regulation in the third countries concerned. Some third countries have a system of public oversight in place, although for the time being the information about the systems is not sufficient for final equivalence decisions to be taken. Others do not have such systems of public oversight yet but have in place an audit regulatory framework offering a perspective of moving towards such system.
(4) In view of the need for further assessments for the purpose of taking final equivalence decisions regarding the audit regulation in place in third countries, it is appropriate to take a decision providing for a transitional period in respect of auditors and audit entities from the third countries concerned in order to permit such assessments to be carried out. During this period, equivalence decisions should therefore not be taken by Member States at national level.
(5) Since it is necessary to protect investors, during the transitional period auditors and audit entities from the third countries concerned should be able to continue their audit activities without being registered under Article 45 of Directive 2006/43/EC only if they provide information about themselves, the auditing standards and independence requirements applied to when carrying out audits. Information about the outcome of individual quality assurance reviews will also be useful for this purpose.
(6) Under those conditions, auditors and audit entities from the third countries concerned should be able to continue their activities in relation to audit reports concerning annual or consolidated accounts for financial years starting during the period from 29 June 2008 to 1 July 2010. Accordingly, during that transitional period, the competent authorities referred to in Article 45 of the Directive 2006/43/EC should be able to register those auditors and audit entities. Nevertheless, this Decision should not affect Member States’ rights to apply their investigations and penalties systems.
(7) The fact that third country auditors and audit entities may, under this Decision, continue their audit activities with regard to companies referred to in Article 45 of the Directive 2006/43/EC should not prevent Member States from establishing co-operative arrangements on individual quality assurance reviews between the competent authorities of a Member State and the competent authorities of a third country.
(8) The Commission should review the operation of the transitional arrangements in due time. If third countries concerned do not then have a system of public oversight in place, it should be ascertained whether the competent authorities of such countries have made a public commitment to the Commission to comply with equivalence criteria based on Articles 29, 30 and 32 of the Directive 2006/43/EC and whether an additional transitional period is necessary. At the end of the transitional period, the Commission may take decisions on the equivalence of the audit regulation of the third countries concerned. In addition, the Commission should review whether the competent authorities of Member States encountered difficulties to be recognised by such third countries. Thereafter, it is up to Member States to decide in accordance with Article 46 of the Directive 2006/43/EC on the basis of reciprocity whether to disapply or modify the requirements in Article 45(1) and (3) of the Directive to auditors and audit entities from third countries recognised as equivalent.
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Audit Regulatory Committee,
1. Member States shall not apply Article 45 of Directive 2006/43/EC in relation to audit reports concerning annual accounts or consolidated accounts, as referred to in Article 45(1) of that Directive, for financial years starting during the period from 29 June 2008 to 1 July 2010, which are issued by auditors or audit entities from the third countries referred to in the Annex to this Decision, in cases where the third-country auditor or audit entity concerned provides the competent authorities of the Member State with all of the following:
(a) the name and address of the auditor or audit entity concerned and information about its legal structure;
(b) where the auditor or the audit entity belongs to a network, a description of the network;
(c) the auditing standards and independence requirements which have been applied to the audit concerned;
(d) a description of the internal quality control system of the audit entity;
(e) an indication of whether and when the last quality assurance review of the auditor or audit entity was carried out and necessary information about the outcome of the review. Where information about the outcome of the last quality assurance review is not public and such information cannot directly be provided by the competent authorities of the concerned third country, the competent authorities of Member States shall treat such information on a confidential basis.
2. Member States shall ensure that the public is informed about the name and address of auditors and audit entities concerned from the third countries referred to in the Annex to this Decision and about the fact that those third countries are not yet recognised as equivalent for the purposes of Directive 2006/43/EC. For these purposes, the competent authorities of Member States referred to in Article 45 of the Directive may also register the auditors and audit entities from the third countries referred to in the Annex.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may apply their investigations and penalties systems to the auditors and audit entities from the third countries referred to in the Annex.
4. Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to cooperative arrangements on quality assurance reviews between the competent authorities of a Member State and the competent authorities of a third country referred to in the Annex provided that such an arrangement meets all the following criteria:
(a) it includes carrying out quality assurance reviews on the basis of equality of treatment;
(b) it has been communicated in advance to the Commission;
(c) it does not pre-empt any Commission decision under Article 47 of Directive 2006/43/EC.
The Commission shall, at the latest within two years, review the situation of the third countries referred to in the Annex. In particular, the Commission shall verify whether the competent administrative authorities of those third countries referred to in the Annex for which no equivalence decisions have been made by the Commission yet have made a public commitment to the Commission to set up public oversight and quality assurance systems on the basis of the following principles:
(a) the systems are independent from the audit profession;
(b) they ensure adequate oversight for audits of listed companies;
(c) their operation is transparent and ensures that the outcome of quality assurance reviews is reliable;
(d) they are supported by investigations and penalties in an effective way.
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32013R1036 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1036/2013 of 24 October 2013 approving etofenprox as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 18 Text with EEA relevance
| 25.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/35
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1036/2013
of 24 October 2013
approving etofenprox as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 18
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 89(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 (2) establishes a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). That list includes etofenprox.
(2) Etofenprox has been evaluated in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 98/8/EC for use in product-type 18, insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods, as defined in Annex V to that Directive, which corresponds to product-type 18 as defined in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(3) Austria was designated as Rapporteur Member State and submitted the competent authority report, together with a recommendation, to the Commission on 9 August 2011 in accordance with Article 14(4) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007.
(4) The competent authority report was reviewed by the Member States and the Commission. In accordance with Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the findings of the review were incorporated, within the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products on 27 September 2013, in an assessment report.
(5) It appears from that report that biocidal products used for product-type 18 and containing etofenprox may be expected to satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC.
(6) It also appears from the reports that the characteristics of etofenprox render it liable to bioaccumulate (B) and toxic (T), in accordance with the criteria laid down in Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). The period of approval should be 10 years in consistency with the current practice under Directive 98/8/EC, since the conditions of Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 are not met. However, for the purpose of authorising products in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, etofenprox shall be considered as a candidate for substitution pursuant to Article 10(1)(d) of that Regulation.
(7) It is therefore appropriate to approve etofenprox for use in biocidal products for product-type 18.
(8) Since the evaluation did not address nanomaterials, the approval should not cover such materials pursuant to Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(9) A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before an active substance is approved, in order to permit Member States, interested parties, and the Commission where appropriate, to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements entailed.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
Etofenprox shall be approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 18, subject to the specifications and conditions set out in the 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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31995R3087 | Council Regulation (EC) No 3087/95 of 21 December 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3372/94 allocating, for 1995, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Lithuanian waters
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3087/95
of 21 December 1995
amending Regulation (EC) No 3372/94 allocating, for 1995, catch quotas between Member Sates for vessels fishing in Lithuanian waters.
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 96 of the 1994 Act of Accession, fisheries agreements concluded by the Republic of Finland with third countries are to be managed by the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries between the Republic of Finland and the Republic of Lithuania of 7 June 1993, the Community, on behalf of Finland, and Lithuania have held consultations concerning their mutual fishing rights for 1995;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3372/94 (2) allocates, for 1995, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Lithuanian waters;
Whereas the consultations with Lithuania have been concluded and, as a result, a catch quota of 130 tonnes of cod has been allocated by Lithuania to the Community, on behalf of Finland, in the Lithuanian exclusive economic zone;
Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3),
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3372/94 shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R0917 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/2002 of 30 May 2002 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/2002
of 30 May 2002
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001 of 12 September 2001 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden(5), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland or Sweden to all third countries was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001.
(2) According to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001 the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 24 to 30 May 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1789/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 May 2002.
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31991R1284 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1284/91 of 14 May 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1284/91 of 14 May 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 87 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2342/90 of 24 July 1990 on fares for scheduled air services (4) and Regulation (EEC) No 2343/90 (5) concerning access to the market and the sharing of passenger capacity provide for further liberalization of the tariff system within the Community;
Whereas, while the Community air transport policy will enable carriers to compete on their merits and will thus contribute to a more dynamic industry in the interests of the air transport user, the Commission should be able to take prompt action in cases where air carriers engage in practices which are contrary to the competition rules and which may threaten the viability of services operated by a competitor or even the existence of an airline company and thus cause irreversible damage to the competitive structure;
Whereas it is appropriate to provide for a specific procedure according to which the Commission may apply the competition rules more promptly in cases where there is an urgend need to prevent, or act against, such anti-competitive practices;
Whereas this procedure should provide the undertakings concerned with the opportunity to comment in writing on the matters to which objection is taken;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 (6),
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following Article shall be inserted:
'Article 4a
Interim measures against anti-competitive practices
1. Without prejudice to the application of Article 4 (1), where the Commission has clear prima facie evidence that certain practices are contrary to Article 85 or 86 of the Treaty and have the object or effect of directly jeopardizing the existence of an air service, and where recourse to normal procedures may not be sufficient to protect the air service or the airline company concerned, it may by decision take interim measures to ensure that these practices are not implemented or cease to be implemented and give such instructions as are necessary to prevent the occurrence of these practices until a decision under Article 4 (1) is taken.
2. A decision taken pursuant to paragraph 1 shall apply for a period not exceeding six months. Article 8 (5) shall not apply.
The Commission may renew the initial decision, with or without modification, for a period not exceeding three months. In such case, Article 8 (5) shall apply.'
2. The following shall be added to Article 13 (1):
'(e) to comply with any measure imposed by decision taken under Article 4a.'
3. In Article 16 (1) '4a,' shall be inserted after '4,' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31984R1689 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1689/84 of 13 June 1984 on arrangements for imports into France of textile products of category 20 originating in Pakistan
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1689/84
of 13 June 1984
on arrangements for imports into France of textile products of category 20 originating in Pakistan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82 of 23 December 1982 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3762/83 (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82 lays down the conditions under which quantitative limits may be established; whereas imports into France of textile products of category 20 originating in Pakistan have exceeded the level referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article;
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82, Pakistan was notified on 7 June 1984 of a request for consultations;
Whereas, pending a mutually satisfactory solution, the Commission has requested Pakistan to limit, for a provisional period of three months from the date of notification of the request for consultations, exports of products of category 20 into France at 60 tonnes;
Whereas, pending the outcome of the requested consultations, a quantitative limit identical to that requested of the supplier country should be applied provisionally to imports of the category of products in question;
Whereas paragraph 13 of the said Article provides for compliance with the quantitative limits to be ensured by means of a double-checking system in accordance with Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82;
Whereas the products in question exported from Pakistan between 7 June 1984 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation must be set off against the quantitative limit which has been introduced;
Whereas this quantitative limit should not prevent the importation of products covered by it and shipped from Pakistan before the date of entry into force of this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, imports into France of products of category 20 originating in Pakistan specified in the Annex hereto shall be subject to the provisional quantitative limit given therein until 6 September 1984.
1. Products as referred to in Article 1, shipped from Pakistan to the said Member State before the date of entry into force of this Regulation and not yet released for free circulation, shall be so released subject to the presentation of a bill of lading or other transport document proving that shipment actually took place before that date.
2. Imports of such products shipped from Pakistan to the said Member State after the entry into force of this Regulation shall be subject to the double-checking system described in Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 3589/82.
3. All quantities of such products shipped from Pakistan to the said Member State on or after 7 June 1984 and released for free circulation shall be deducted from the quantitative limits laid down. This provisional limit shall not, however, prevent the importation of products covered by it but shipped from Pakistan before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply until 6 September 1984.
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32009R0054 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 54/2009 of 21 January 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 as regards the opening and management of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands
| 22.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 17/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 54/2009
of 21 January 2009
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 as regards the opening and management of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 669/97 of 14 April 1997 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands, defining detailed provisions for amending and adapting these measures and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1983/95 (1), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 2/2008 of the EC-Denmark/Faeroe Islands Joint Committee (2008/957/EC) (2) has amended Tables I and II of the Annex to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part.
(2) In the amended Protocol 1 to the Agreement, provision is made for three new annual tariff quotas covering import into the Community of certain fish and fishery products originating in the Faroe Islands. The new tariff quotas are to apply from 1 September 2008. In order to implement these new tariff quotas, it is necessary to adjust the list of fish and fishery products subject to tariff quotas laid down in Regulation (EC) No 669/97.
(3) 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) provides for a system of management for tariff quotas, designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of acceptance of the customs declarations. For reasons of simplification and to ensure efficient management carried out in close cooperation between the authorities of the Faroe Islands, the customs authorities of the Member States and the Commission, that management system should apply to the tariff quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 669/97.
(4) For the year 2008, the volumes of the tariff quotas provided for in this Regulation should be calculated as a pro rata of the basic volumes set out in Decision No 2/2008 (2008/957/EC), in proportion to the part of the year which has elapsed before the tariff quotas apply.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 669/97 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) In accordance with Decision No 2/2008 (2008/957/EC), the new tariff quotas are to apply from 1 September 2008. This Regulation should therefore apply from the same date.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Regulation (EC) No 669/97 is amended as follows:
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
2. The Annex is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 September 2008.
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31991R3743 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3743/91 of 18 December 1991 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements provided for by Council Regulations (EEC) No 3668/91 and (EEC) No 3669/91 in the beef and veal sectors
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3743/91 of 18 December 1991 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements provided for by Council Regulations (EEC) No 3668/91 and (EEC) No 3669/91 in the beef and veal sectors
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3668/91 of 11 December 1991 opening a Community tariff quota for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 and for products falling within CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 (1992) (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3669/91 of 11 December 1991 opening a Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90 (1992) (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3668/91 and (EEC) No 3669/91 opened quotas for high-quality beef and veal and for buffalo meat; whereas the rules for the application of these arrangements must be established;
Whereas the exporting non-member countries have undertaken to issue certificates of authenticity guaranteeing the origin of these products; whereas the form and layout of these certificates and the procedures for using them must be specified; whereas the certificate of authenticity must be issued by an appropriate authority in a non-member country, the standing of which is such as to ensure that the special arrangements are properly applied;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (4), a licence is required for all imports into the Community of beef and veal products; whereas some of the non-member countries exporting meat under this Regulation have undertaken to restrict their exports of such products; whereas the licence must be endorsed as required by the provisions in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80;
Whereas in order to ensure that the importing of these meats is managed efficiently it is appropriate to provide for the non-transferability of certificates;
Whereas provision must be made for the Member States to transmit relevant information in connection with these special imports;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The tariff quota for fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3668/91 shall be allocated as follows:
(a) 17 000 tonnes of chilled, boned or boneless meat, falling within CN codes 0201 30 and 0206 10 95, and answering the following definition:
'Special or good-quality beef cuts obtained from exclusively pasture-grazed animals aged between 22 and 24 months, having two permanent incisors and presenting a slaughter liveweight not exceeding 460 kilograms, referred to as "special boxed beef", cuts of which may bear the letters "sc" (special cuts)';
(b) 5 000 tonnes product weight of meat, falling within CN codes 0201 20 90, 0201 30, 0202 20 90, 0202 30, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91, and answering the following definition:
'Selected cuts of fresh, chilled or frozen beef derived from bovine animals which do not have more than four permanent incisor teeth, the carcases of which have a dressed weight of not more than 327 kilograms (720 pounds), a compact appearance with a good eye of meat of light and uniform colour, and adequate but not excessive fat cover. The meat shall be certified "high-quality beef EEC"';
(c) 2 300 tonnes of boned or boneless meat, falling within CN codes 0201 30, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91, and answering the following definition:
'Special or good-quality beef cuts obtained from exclusively pasture-grazed animals presenting a slaughter liveweight not exceeding 460 kilograms, referred to as "special boxed beef". These cuts may bear the letters "sc" (special cuts)';
(d) 10 000 tonnes product weight of meat, falling within CN codes 0201, 0202, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91, and answering the following definition:
'Carcases of any cuts from cattle not over 30 months of age which have been fed for 100 days or more on a nutritionally balanced, high-energy-feed concentration ration containing no less than 70 % grain and at least 20 pounds total feed per day. Beef graded USDA "UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE", "choice" or "prime" automatically meets the definition above. Meat graded A2, A3 and A4 under the standards of the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture automatically meets the definition above'.
2. The tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3669/91 shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
1. The total suspension of the import levy for the meat referred to in Article 1 shall be subject to the presentation, at the time it is put into free circulation, of a certificate of authenticity and, in respect of the meat referred to in
(1) (d), to the presentation of the import licence referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80.
The import certificates requested for the meats under Article 1 (1) (d) shall not be transferable.
2. The certificate of authenticity shall be made out in one original and not less than one copy on a form corresponding to the model in Annex I.
The form shall measure approximately 210 × 297 mm.
The paper shall weigh not less than 40 g/m2 and shall be white.
3. The forms shall be printed and completed in one of the official languages of the Community and also, if desired, in the official language or one of the official languages of the exporting country.
The appropriate definition under Article 1 (1) relative to the meat originating from the exporting country shall be shown on the back of the form.
4. The particulars on the original and the copies shall be either typewritten or handwritten. In the latter case they must be printed in block capitals.
5. Each certificate of authenticity shall bear an individual serial number assigned by the issuing authority referred to in Article 4. The copies shall bear the same serial number as the original.
1. The certificate of authenticity shall be valid for three months from the date it was issued.
The original certificate of authenticity and one copy shall be presented to the customs authority when the product covered by the certificate is put into free circulation.
However, the certificate may not be presented after 31 December of its year of issue.
2. The copy of the certificate of authenticity referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sent by the customs authorities of the Member State in which the product is placed in free circulation to the designated authorities of that Member State responsible for the communication under Article 6 (1).
1. A certificate of authenticity shall be valid only if it is duly completed and endorsed, in accordance with the instruction in Annexes I and II, by one of the issuing authorities listed in Annex II.
2. The certificate of authenticity shall be deemed to have been duly endorsed if it specifies the date and place of issue and if it bears the stamp of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or persons empowered to sign it.
The stamp may be replaced on the original certificate of authenticity and its copies by a printed seal.
1. The issuing authorities listed in Annex II shall:
(a) be recognized as competent by the exporting country;
(b) undertake to check the particulars set out in the certificates of authenticity;
(c) undertake to communicate to the Commission and to the Member States, on request, any useful information enabling the particulars set out in the certificates of authenticity to be evaluated.
2. The list shall be amended if the requirement in paragraph 1 (a) is no longer met or if an issuing authority fails to fulfil one of the obligations incumbent on it.
1. The Member States shall communicate to the Commission, in respect of each period of 10 days, not later than 15 days after that period, the quantities of products referred to in Article 1 that have been put into free circulation, broken down by their country of origin and combined nomenclature code.
2. Under this Regulation the period of 10 days means:
- from the first to 10th of the month inclusive,
- from the 11th to 20th of the month inclusive,
- from the 21st to the last day of the month inclusive.
The lodging of licence applications and the issuing of import licences for the meat referred to in Article 1 (1) (d) shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Articles 12 and 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80.
In all Community instruments in which reference is made to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 263/81 (5), or to Articles of that Regulation, such references shall be treated as references to this Regulation or to the corresponding Articles hereof.
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31991R2851 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2851/91 of 27 September 1991 fixing for the 1991/92 marketing year the reference prices for cabbage lettuce
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2851/91 of 27 September 1991 fixing for the 1991/92 marketing year the reference prices for cabbage lettuce
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1623/91 (2), and in particular Article 27 (1) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of the marketing year;
Whereas cabbage lettuce is produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for it;
Whereas cabbage lettuce harvested during a given crop year is marketed from July to June of the following year; whereas the quantities imported from 1 July to 31 October and in June are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices for these months; whereas reference prices should be fixed only for the period 1 November up to and including 31 May of the following year;
Whereas Article 23 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 stipulates that reference prices are to be fixed at the same level as for the preceding marketing year, adjusted, after deducting the standard cost of transporting Community products between production areas and Community consumption centres in the preceding year, by:
- the increase in production costs for fruit and vegetables, less productivity growth, and
- the standard rate of transport costs in the current marketing year;
Whereas the resulting figure may nevertheless not exceed the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus transport costs for the current year, after this amount has been increased by the rise in production costs less productivity growth; whereas the reference price may, however, not be lower than in the preceding marketing year;
Whereas, to take seasonal price variations into account, the marketing year should be divided into several periods and a reference price fixed for each of these periods;
Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the average of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial characteristics, being a product or variety representing a substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying specified requirements as regards market preparation; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that market are to be disregarded;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 1991/92 marketing year, the reference prices for cabbage lettuce (CN codes 0705 11 10 and 90), expressed in ecus per 100 kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all sizes, shall be as follows:
- from 1 November to 31 December 1991: 70,82,
- from 1 January to 29 February 1992: 76,11,
- from 1 March to 31 May 1992: 82,90.
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31995R1540 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1540/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing the basic price, and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price, for sheepmeat for the 1996 marketing year
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1540/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing the basic price, and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price, for sheepmeat for the 1996 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 3 (1) and (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89;
Whereas, when the basic price for sheep carcases is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy; whereas the main objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in particular, to guarantee a fair standard of living for the farming community and to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices; whereas these factors result in the price for the 1996 marketing year being fixed at the level laid down in this Regulation;
Whereas the weekly seasonally adjusted amounts applicable to the basic price should be fixed in the light of experience gained during the 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 marketing years concerning private storage,
For the 1996 marketing year, the basic price for sheepmeat is hereby fixed at ECU 504,07 for 100 kilograms carcase weight.
The basic price referred to in Article 1 is hereby seasonally adjusted in accordance with the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1996 marketing year.
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32009D0545 | 2009/545/EC: Commission Decision of 7 July 2009 fixing the annual breakdown per Member State of the amount referred to in Article 69(2a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 concerning support to rural development and amending Commission Decision 2006/636/EC (notified under document number C(2009) 5307)
| 14.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 181/49
COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 July 2009
fixing the annual breakdown per Member State of the amount referred to in Article 69(2a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 concerning support to rural development and amending Commission Decision 2006/636/EC
(notified under document number C(2009) 5307)
(2009/545/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (1), and in particular Article 69(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the introduction of the new modulation rules, established in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (2), Commission Decision 2006/410/EC (3) has been replaced by Commission Decision 2009/379/EC of 11 May 2009 setting the amounts which, pursuant to Council Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 378/2007, (EC) No 479/2008 and (EC) No 73/2009 are made available to the EAFRD and the amounts available for EAGF expenditure (4).
(2) Following the increasing of the total amounts of commitment appropriations by EUR 600 million and by EUR 420 million for the years 2009 and 2010 respectively, decided in the framework of the agreement on the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP), Council Decision 2006/493/EC (5) was amended by Council Decision 2009/434/EC (6). In order to ensure consistency, such amounts should be set out by Member State following the current repartition criteria.
(3) Following the adoption of Decision 2009/379/EC and Decision 2009/434/EC the amounts made available to EAFRD should be adapted and added to the annual breakdowns of Community support for rural development.
(4) Commission Decision 2006/636/EC of 12 September 2006 fixing the annual breakdown by Member State of the amount for Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 (7) should be amended accordingly,
The amount referred to in Article 69(2a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 is set out per years and by Member State in Annex I to this Decision.
The Annex to Decision 2006/636/EC is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from the 2009 financial year.
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31998D0709 | 98/709/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Council Decision of 7 December 1998 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure
| COUNCIL DECISION of 7 December 1998 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure (98/709/EC, ECSC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 151(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 30(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 121(3) thereof,
Whereas it has become necessary to amend the Council's Rules of Procedure (1);
Whereas the European Central Bank possesses a power of initiative in the Community decision-making process under the conditions laid down in the Treaty establishing the European Community;
Whereas the order in which the Presidency of the Council is held by the Member States is laid down by the Council;
Whereas a simplified written procedure is needed for consultation by the Council of other institutions or bodies,
The Council's Rules of Procedure are hereby amended as follows:
(a) Article 4(2) shall be replaced by the following:
'2. The Commission shall be invited to take part in meetings of the Council. The same shall apply to the European Central Bank in cases where the latter exercises its right of initiative. The Council may, however, decide to deliberate without the presence of the Commission or of the European Central Bank.`;
(b) Article 7(2) shall be replaced by the following:
'2. The members of the Council shall vote in the order of the Member States fixed in accordance with Article 27 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), Article 146 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC) and Article 116 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC), beginning with the member who, according to that order, follows the member holding the office of President.`;
(c) the following subparagraph shall be added to Article 8(4):
'The Council may also, on the initiative of the Presidency and for the purposes of deciding to consult other institutions or bodies, act by means of a simplified written procedure in all cases in which consultation is required by Community legislation. In such cases the decision to consult shall be deemed to be adopted at the end of the deadline set by the Presidency according to the urgency of the matter, unless a member of the Council objects.`
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011R1301 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1301/2011 of 9 December 2011 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Vitellone bianco dell’Appennino centrale (PGI)]
| 14.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 330/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1301/2011
of 9 December 2011
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Vitellone bianco dell’Appennino centrale (PGI)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Vitellone bianco dell’Appennino centrale’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 134/98 (3).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
(4), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R1194 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1194/2005 of 25 July 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder
| 26.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 194/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1194/2005
of 25 July 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 (2), intervention agencies have organised a standing invitation to tender for skimmed-milk powder taken into storage before 1 September 2004.
(2) In view of the quantity still available and the market situation, that date should be amended to 1 July 2005.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, the date of ‘1 September 2004’ is replaced by the date ‘1 July 2005’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992R0839 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 839/92 of 1 April 1992 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 839/92
of 1 April 1992
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 3500/91 (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 553/92 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof;
Whereas the Danish and Dutch authorities have requested replacement in the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of four 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 under 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 replaced in 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 |
31999R0480 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 480/1999 of 4 March 1999 derogating temporarily from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 480/1999 of 4 March 1999 derogating temporarily from 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 (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Articles 9 and 13 thereof,
Whereas Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2648/98 (4), provides that export licences are to be issued on the fifth working day following that on which the application is lodged, provided that no specific action has been taken by the Commission in the meantime;
Whereas, in view of the public holidays in 1999 and the fact that the Official Journal is not published regularly on those days, the period for reflection of five days is too short to ensure sound management of the market and it should be extended temporarily to seven days;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Notwithstanding Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, licences for applications lodged from:
- 29 to 31 March 1999,
- 10 to 12 May 1999,
- 28 to 29 October 1999,
- 20 to 29 December 1999,
shall be issued on the seventh working day following that on which the application is lodged, provided no specific action as indicated in Article 10(2) of that Regulation is taken by the Commission in the meantime.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000R1532 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1532/2000 of 13 July 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 805/1999 laying down certain measures for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1532/2000
of 13 July 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 805/1999 laying down certain measures for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 of 29 March 1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport(1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 requires the Commission to lay down detailed rules for implementing the Community-fleet capacity policy as defined by that Regulation.
(2) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 805/1999(2), adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 718/1999, set ratios for the "old-for-new" rule to apply from 29 April 1999.
(3) Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 requires the "old-for-new" ratio to be constantly reduced to bring it as quickly as possible and in regular stages to zero no later than 29 April 2003. A new "old-for-new" ratio should therefore be set for the year 2000.
(4) Economic developments in the various sectors of the inland waterways transport market make it expedient to reduce the various "old-for-new" ratios mentioned in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 and set by Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 805/1999, though without undoing the achievements of the structural improvement carried out since 1990. The ratio for dry cargo carriers should be reduced to 0,80:1, as the sector is continuing to grow. The ratio for tanker vessels requires a smaller adjustment, to 1,15:1, as the situation in this sector remains worrying and the market is not growing. A larger adjustment is required for the pusher craft ratio, to 0,50:1, as overcapacity is not great in this sector.
(5) The measures laid down in this Regulation have been the subject of an opinion from the Group of Experts on Community Fleets Capacity and Promotion Policy set up by Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 805/1999,
Regulation (EC) No 805/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 4(1), the ratio "1:1" is replaced by "0,80:1".
2. In Article 4(2), the ratio "1,30:1" is replaced by "1,15:1".
3. In Article 4(3), the ratio "0,75:1" is replaced by "0,50:1".
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0222 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 222/2010 of 17 March 2010 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Sedano Bianco di Sperlonga (PGI))
| 18.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 68/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 222/2010
of 17 March 2010
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Sedano Bianco di Sperlonga (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) and in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Sedano Bianco di Sperlonga’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32001D0100 | 2001/100/EC: Commission Decision of 22 January 2001 amending for the third time Decision 95/125/EC on the status of France as regards infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 123)
| Commission Decision
of 22 January 2001
amending for the third time Decision 95/125/EC on the status of France as regards infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
(notified under document number C(2001) 123)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/100/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products(1), as last amended by Directive 98/45/EC(2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Member States may obtain for one or more regions the status of approved zones free of infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS).
(2) The list of approved zones in France was established by Commission Decision 95/125/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 1999/550/EC(4).
(3) Only zones meeting the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC can be approved.
(4) France has notified an outbreak of IHN in the approved zone "the part of the Loire basin comprising the upstream part of the Huisne catchment area from the source of the water courses to the Ferté-Bernard dams".
(5) Therefore this zone does not, with regard to IHN, meet the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC any more.
(6) This zone shall, with regard to IHN, be deleted from the list of approved zones as established in point 2, "LOIRE-BRETAGNE", catchment areas, in the Annex to Decision 95/125/EC.
(7) This zone shall still be approved with regard to VHS.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 95/125/EC is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989R1390 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1390/89 of 22 May 1989 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for herrings, frozen fillets of hake and certain eels
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1390/89
of 22 May 1989
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for herrings, frozen fillets of hake and certain eels
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28 and 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in some Agreements under Article XXIV (6) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Community has undertaken to open each year, subject to compliance with the reference prices, and for which the periods, the customs duties and the amounts applicable have been already determined, Community tariff quotas for herring, fresh, chilled or frozen, and for frozen fillets of hake (Merluccius spp.) presented in the form of industrial blocks with bones ('standard'); whereas supplies to the processing industries of eels, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for processing by curing or skinning enterprises or for use in the industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 still depend to a large extent on imports from third countries; whereas, from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 the levy of the customs duty applicable should therefore be suspended totally on imports of the relevant products up to an appropriate quantitative limit; whereas the introduction of a Community measure of this nature is unlikely to harm Community production; whereas demand not met by Community production can be estimated at 5 250 tonnes for the period in question; whereas a tariff quota for the relevant types of eel should therefore be opened for this period on the conditions set out above; whereas the fixing of the quota volume at this level does not, however, prevent its readjustment during the quota period;
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, in the present case, they should not be allocated among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volumes of such quantities as they may need, under the conditions and according to a procedure to be determined; whereas 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, 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 levied by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. The customs duty applicable to the import of the products listed below shall be suspended at the levels, during the periods and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas indicated for each product:
1.2.3.4.5.6 // // // // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // Quota period // Amount of quota (tonnes) // Quota duty (%) // // // // // // // // // // // // // 09.0006 // 0302 40 90 0303 50 90 0304 10 93 ex 0304 10 98 0304 90 25 // Herring, fresh, chilled or frozen // 16 June 1989 to 14 February 1990 // 34 000 // 0 // 09.0037 // ex 0304 20 57 // Frozen fillets of hake (Merluccius spp.) presented in the form of industrial blocks with bones ('standard') // 1 July to 31 December 1989 // 5 000 // 10 // 09.2702 // ex 0301 92 00 ex 0302 66 00 ex 0303 76 00 // Eels (Anguilla spp.), live, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for processing by curing or skinning enterprises or for use in the industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 (1) // 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 // 5 250 // 0 // // // // // //
(1) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions. 2. Within these limits the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply a customs duty calculated in accordance with the provisions laid down in this respect in the Act of Accession.
3. Imports of these products shall not be charged against these tariff quotas if they are already eligible for an equal or lower customs duty under other preferential tariff treatment.
4. Where the Community has fixed a reference price for the products or categories of products concerned, imports of fillets of hake shall benefit from the relevant quota fixed in paragraph 1 only if the free-at-frontier price determined by the Member States in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (1) is at least equal to the reference price.
The use of the tariff quota for herrings shall be subject to compliance with any reference price which may be fixed.
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 a declaration of entry into free circulation, including a request for preferential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation and if this request 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 requests, with indication of the date of acceptance of the said declarations, must be transmitted to the Commission without delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission by reference to the date of acceptance of the declarations of entry into 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 in accordance with the drawings made.
1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 3 enable imports to be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products concerned have free access to the quotas for such time as the residual balance of the quota volumes so permits.
3. Member States shall charge imports of the said goods against their drawings as and when the goods are entered with the customs authorities for free circulation.
4. The extent to which the quotas have been used up shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall inform it of imports actually charged against the quotas.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32000R0289 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 289/2000 of 3 February 2000 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 289/2000
of 3 February 2000
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2626/1999(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, 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 set down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules also apply 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 the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 955/1999(4), for a period of three months by the holder.
(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 annexed table are classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32010D0733 | 2010/733/EU: Council Decision of 29 November 2010 appointing a Finnish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| 2.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 316/9
COUNCIL DECISION
of 29 November 2010
appointing a Finnish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2010/733/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 Finnish Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU and 2010/29/EU appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015 (1).
(2) An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the mandate of Mr Miikka SEPPÄLÄ,
The following is hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as alternate member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
Mr Antero SAKSALA
Pirkkalan kunnanvaltuuston jäsen
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R1177 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1177/2008 of 28 November 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 29.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 319/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1177/2008
of 28 November 2008
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 29 November 2008.
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 |
32013R0277 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 277/2013 of 19 March 2013 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 23.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 84/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 277/2013
of 19 March 2013
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31998D1006(01) | Council Decision of 24 September 1998 appointing a member and alternative member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training
| COUNCIL DECISION of 24 September 1998 appointing a member and alternative member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training (98/C 306/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 75/364/EEC of 16 June 1975 setting up an Advisory Committee on Medical Training (1), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
Whereas, by its Decision of 29 June 1998 (2), the Council appointed Mr C. PERA BLANCO MORALES a member and Mr Manuel TRIAS FOLCH an alternate member of the Committee for the period ending 28 June 2001;
Whereas the Spanish Government has nominated Mr Antonio CAMPOS MUÑOZ to replace Mr C. PERA BLANCO MORALES and Mr José Antonio BOMBI LATORRE to replace Mr Manuel TRIAS FOLCH,
Mr Antonio CAMPOS MUÑOZ is hereby appointed a member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training in place of Mr C. PERA BLANCO MORALES for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which ends on 28 June 2001.
Mr José Antonio BOMBI LATORRE is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training in place of Mr Manuel TRIAS FOLCH for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which ends on 28 June 2001. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R1834 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1834/2003 of 17 October 2003 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1834/2003
of 17 October 2003
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10 December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98(1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 October 2003, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 November 2003 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52100 tonnes.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice 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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003(4),
The following Member States shall issue on 21 October 2003 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:
Germany:
- 550 tonnes in Botswana,
- 580 tonnes in Namibia;
United Kingdom:
- 90 tonnes originating in Namibia,
- 10 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of November 2003 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
>TABLE>
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 2003.
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 |
32007R0518 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 518/2007 of 10 May 2007 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
| 11.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 122/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 518/2007
of 10 May 2007
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector (1), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (2), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.
(3) On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 9 May 2007, the quantity still available for the period until 30 June 2007, for destination zones (1) Africa, (3) Eastern Europe and (4) Western Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 2 to 8 May 2007 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for this zone until 1 July 2007,
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 2 to 8 May 2007 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 20,42 % of the quantities requested for zone (1) Africa, in concurrence with 35,14 % of the quantities requested for zone (3) Eastern Europe and in concurrence with 30,30 % of the quantities requested for zone (4) Western Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 9 May 2007 and the submission of export licence applications from 11 May 2007 for destination zone (1) Africa, (3) Eastern Europe and (4) Western Europe shall be suspended until 1 July 2007.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 May 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0380 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 380/2006 of 2 March 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005
| 3.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 62/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 380/2006
of 2 March 2006
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005
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 common wheat to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005 (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 common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005.
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 |
31994D0488 | 94/488/EC: Commission Decision of 26 July 1994 approving the programme for the eradication of rabies presented by the French Republic and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 26 July 1994 approving the programme for the eradication of rabies presented by the French Republic and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the French text is authentic) (94/488/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 thereof,
Whereas Council Decision 89/455/EEC of 24 July 1989 on introducing a three year measure to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention (3) has terminated in Spring 1992 and whereas these pilot projects were remarkably successful and have demonstrated the feasibility of rabies eradication from the Community;
Whereas it is now desirable to introduce full scale eradication measures in infected Member States and adjacent infected third countries in order to prohibit the re-entry of rabies;
Whereas by letter dated 10 June 1994, France has submitted a programme for the eradication of rabies to be carried out in Autumn 1994;
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 (4), as last amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (5);
Whereas a Community financial contribution will be given provided the abovementioned conditions are fulfilled, and the authorities will provide all necessary information in conformity with Article 24 (8) of Council Decision 90/424/EEC, and whereas it is appropriate to fix the Community financial participation at the rate of ECU 0,5 for each vaccine plus bait laid plus 50 % of the cost of aerial distribution of the said vaccine plus bait;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme in September, October and November 1994 for the eradication of rabies, presented by France is hereby approved.
France shall bring into force by 1 September 1994 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. The financial contribution by the Community shall be:
- at the rate of ECU 0,5 for each vaccine plus bait laid within the eradication area,
- 50 % of the costs of aerial distribution, without VAT, of the vaccine plus bait;
up to a maximum of ECU 480 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to the transmission to the Commission of the supporting documentation in respect of the expenditure incurred accompanied by the report as foreseen by Article 24 (8), of Decision 90/424/EEC.
3. The financial contribution of the Community shall be limited to the expenses presented to the Commission by 1 July 1995.
4. The financial contribution of the Community shall be paid in ecus at the rate applying on the first working day of the month when the request for payment is made as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006D0691 | 2006/691/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 2006 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of lead and cadmium (notified under document number C(2006) 4790) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 14.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/48
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 October 2006
amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of lead and cadmium
(notified under document number C(2006) 4790)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/691/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2002/95/EC requires the Commission to evaluate certain hazardous substances prohibited pursuant to Article 4(1) of that Directive.
(2) Certain materials and components containing lead and cadmium should be exempted from the prohibition, since the use of these hazardous substances in those specific materials and components is still unavoidable, or because the negative environmental, health or consumer safety impacts caused by substitution are likely to outweigh the environmental, health or consumer safety benefits thereof. The exemptions listed in the annex to this decision are granted on the basis of the results of a review process carried out by technical experts taking into account available evidence from studies, stakeholders and other scientific/technical sources. This review concluded that the elimination or substitution of the substances is still technically or scientifically impracticable.
(3) Some exemptions from the prohibition for certain specific materials or components should be limited in their scope, in order to achieve a gradual phase-out of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, given that the use of those substances in such applications will become avoidable.
(4) Pursuant to Article 5(1)(c) of Directive 2002/95/EC each exemption listed in the Annex must be subject to a review at least every four years or four years after an item is added to the list.
(5) Directive 2002/95/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2002/95/EC, the Commission has consulted the relevant parties.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),
The Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
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32003R0726 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 726/2003 of 24 April 2003 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 726/2003
of 24 April 2003
fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences
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), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 13(3) and (15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on the other. The same Article provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on the rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances of the Community market with limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(3) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361/76(3) lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds that maximum.
(4) Export possibilities exist for a quantity of 5700 tonnes of rice to certain destinations. The procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2305/2002(5), should be used. Account should be taken of this when the refunds are fixed.
(5) Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calculated.
(6) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(7) A separate refund should be fixed for packaged long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the product on certain markets.
(8) The refund must be fixed at least once a month; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period.
(9) It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in rice and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice within the Community and on the world market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto.
(10) For the purposes of administering the volume restrictions resulting from Community commitments in the context of the WTO, the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund should be restricted.
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with the exception of those listed in paragraph 1(c) of that Article, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
With the exception of the quantity of 5700 tonnes provided for in the Annex, the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is suspended.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 April 2003.
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32012D0404 | 2012/404/EU: Council Decision of 16 July 2012 extending the period of application of the appropriate measures laid down for the Republic of Guinea in Decision 2011/465/EU and amending that Decision
| 18.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/17
COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 July 2012
extending the period of application of the appropriate measures laid down for the Republic of Guinea in Decision 2011/465/EU and amending that Decision
(2012/404/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1), as last amended in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010 (2) (‘the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’), and in particular Article 96 thereof,
Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 2011/465/EU (4) lays down appropriate measures for the Republic of Guinea under Article 96 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement.
(2) Decision 2011/465/EU requires that two benchmarks be achieved before cooperation with the Republic of Guinea under the 10th European Development Fund can be resumed; namely that a detailed timetable including preliminary dates and stages/preparatory operations be drawn up and adopted by the competent authorities for the holding of parliamentary elections by the end of 2011, and that free and transparent parliamentary elections be held.
(3) To date, neither of these benchmarks has been met.
(4) It is therefore necessary to extend the period of application of the appropriate measures laid down in Decision 2011/465/EU and to extend the time-limit set in those measures for the holding of parliamentary elections in the Republic of Guinea until the end of 2012,
The period of validity of Decision 2011/465/EU is extended by 12 months. To that end, in Article 3 of the Decision 2011/465/EU, the date ‘19 July 2012’ is replaced by the date ‘19 July 2013’.
The time-limit for the holding of parliamentary elections in the Republic of Guinea, as laid down in the appropriate measures, specified in the Annex to the Decision 2011/465/EU, in the left column entitled ‘Commitments by the Republic of Guinea’ under ‘Commitments by Partners’, shall be extended until the end of 2012.
The letter in the Annex to this Decision is addressed to the authorities of the Republic of Guinea.
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31995D0210 | 95/210/EC: Commission Decision of 7 June 1995 approving the programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease in certain parts of Germany
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 June 1995 approving the programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease in certain parts of Germany (Text with EEA relevance) (95/210/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas an eradication programme was commenced in certain parts of Germany for Aujeszky's disease in 1989;
Whereas by letter dated 30 December 1994, Germany has submitted information on its eradication programme for Aujeszky's disease;
Whereas in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Directive 64/432/EEC the Commission has examined the programme; whereas it meets the criteria laid down in Article 9 (1) of the said Directive and can therefore be approved;
Whereas the programme should allow Aujeszky's disease to be eradicated from those regions listed in the Annex in the future;
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 Aujeszky's disease from the regions of Germany listed in the Annex is hereby approved for a period of three years.
Germany shall bring into force by 15 June 1995 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
This Decision shall enter into force on 15 June 1995.
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31982L0885 | Council Directive 82/885/EEC of 10 December 1982 amending Directive 78/170/EEC on the performance of heat generators for space heating and the production of hot water in new or existing non-industrial buildings and on the insulation of heat and domestic hot-water distribution on new non-industrial buildingsf
| Council Directive
of 10 December 1982
amending Directive 78/170/EEC on the performance of heat generators for space heating and the production of hot water in new or existing non-industrial buildings and on the insulation of heat and domestic hot-water distribution in new non-industrial buildings
(82/885/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 103 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 Directive 78/170/EEC [3] requires Member States to take all necessary measures to ensure that all new heat generators for space heating and/or the production of domestic hot water in new or existing non-industrial buildings comply with minimum performance requirements;
Whereas the said Directive provides that compliance with these minimum performance requirements should be assured by an inspection carried out either at the stage of manufacture of the generator or at the time of installation;
Whereas it further provides that, in the case of heat generators subject to inspection at the time of installation, energy losses must not exceed the levels laid down by the Member States;
Whereas it nevertheless provides that those appliances for which type-testing is not practicable will be the subject of a subsequent proposal after appropriate technical studies have been carried out;
Whereas, these studies having been duly completed, appropriate measures should be adopted in respect of the said heat generators;
Whereas these studies show the need to provide for the possibility of an interval between the time of installation of a generator for which type-testing is not practicable and the time at which an on-site inspection is carried out;
Whereas, moreover, these studies have led to the drafting of a code of practice indicating the procedures to be followed for the on-site performance testing of a liquid or gaseous fuel fired heat generator subject to inspection in connection with its installation;
Whereas it is consequently necessary for inspections of the generators in question to be carried out in compliance with the said code, which constitutes a minimum common basis throughout the Community; whereas the provisions of the code do not apply to solid-fuel heat generators;
Whereas it is appropriate that, in order to permit ready verification of compliance with the rules relating to an inspection carried out in connection with installation, provision be made for a data plate similar to that laid down for heat generators inspected at the stage of manufacture; whereas this plate may be replaced by the inspection report; whereas, in the event of non-compliance with the performance requirements or levels of energy loss, the inspection report will be sent to the competent administrative authority;
Whereas the measures adopted to implement this Directive should incorporate the measures adopted for the approximation of the laws of the Member States in the fields concerned by this Directive and should be directed towards facilitating the work on harmonization or standardization in progress or to be undertaken in these fields at Community level or internationally;
Whereas Directive 78/170/EEC should therefore be amended,
Directive 78/170/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. The words "economically justifiable" shall be inserted before the words "minimum performance requirements" in the first subparagraph of Article 1 (1);
2. The fourth subparagraph of Article 1 (1) shall be replaced by the following:
"Electric heat generators with resistances, heat pumps and connections to a remote heating network shall be excluded.";
3. The last subparagraph of Article 1 (1) shall be deleted;
4. The following paragraphs shall be inserted in Article 1:
"3a. Heat generators subject to inspection at the time of installation which do not comply with minimum performance requirements shall be the subject of a decision by the competent administrative authority, which may even order that a generator be taken out of service; compliance with these requirements shall be certified by means of a data plate giving at least the details provided for in paragraph 3, with the exception of the last indent regarding the consumption of the generator when working to rated capacity.
Indication of the maximum temperature of the heating fluid provided for in the fifth indent may be omitted if the temperature is specified in another document.
The inspecting body shall be required to provide the user with an inspection report in a form laid down by the Member State; this report must state, in particular, the details which must be given on the data plate provided for in the first subparagraph; It may replace the plate.
When an inspection report states that a heat generator fails to comply with the minimum performance requirements, the inspecting body shall forward a copy of the report to the competent administrative authority. In the case of any heat generator coming from another Member State the competent administrative authority of the place where the inspection is carried out shall, with the owner's consent, provide the supplier, at the latter's request, with a copy of the inspection report.
3b. The inspection of heat generators at the time of installation shall be carried out in compliance with the code of practice annexed to this Directive. The provisions of the code shall constitute a minimum common basis for the inspection procedure throughout the Community. They may be supplemented, but not cancelled or contradicted, by provisions decided upon by the Member States. The provisions of the code shall not apply to solid-fuel fired heat generators or to condensing boilers.";
5. Article 1 (4) shall be replaced by the following:
"4. In the case of heat generators subject to inspection at the time of installation, Member States may fix, instead of minimum performance requirements, maximum levels of energy loss in accordance with point 3.1 of the code of practice.
In such case, the provisions of paragraphs 3a and 3b shall apply".
The Annex to this Directive shall be added to Directive 78/170/EEC.
Member States shall adopt the measures relating to the testing of heat generators at the time of installation within 18 months of notification of this Directive.
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32011D0451 | 2011/451/EU: Council Decision of 19 July 2011 appointing two Slovakian members and four Slovakian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
| 23.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 193/26
COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 July 2011
appointing two Slovakian members and four Slovakian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2011/451/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 Slovakian 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) Two members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Andrej ĎURKOVSKÝ and Mr František KNAPÍK. Three alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Jozef PETUŠÍK, Mr Ján BLCHÁČ and Mr Remo CICUTTO. An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the appointment of Mr Milan FTÁČNIK as a member of the Committee of the Regions,
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
(a) as members:
— Mr Milan FTÁČNIK, primátor hl. mesta Bratislava
— Mr Richard RAŠI, primátor mesta Košice
(b) as alternate members:
— Mr Jozef DVONČ, primátor mesta Nitra
— Mr Vladimír BAJAN, starosta MČ Bratislava-Petržalka
— Mr Alexander SLAFKOVSKÝ, primátor mesta Liptovský Mikuláš
— Mr Marek TURANSKÝ, starosta obce Voderady.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996D0245 | 96/245/EC: Commission Decision of 21 March 1996 amending the information contained in the list in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 160/96 establishing, for 1996, the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall and permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls whose aggregate length exceeds nine metres
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 March 1996 amending the information contained in the list in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 160/96 establishing, for 1996, the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall and permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls whose aggregate length exceeds nine metres (96/245/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 3071/95 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3554/90 of 10 December 1990 adopting provisions for the establishment of the list of vessels exceeding eight metres overall which are permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls of an aggregate length exceeding nine metres (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3407/93 (4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 160/96 (5) establishes, for 1996, the list of vessels exceeding eight metres overall which are permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls of an aggregate length exceeding nine metres as provided in Article 9 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86;
Whereas the authorities of the Member States concerned have applied for the information in the list provided for in Article 9 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 to be amended; whereas the said authorities have provided all the information supporting their applications pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3554/90; whereas it has been found that the information complies with the requirements and whereas, therefore, the information in the list annexed to the Regulation should be amended,
The information in the list annexed to Regulation (EC) No 160/96 is amended as shown in the Annex hereto.
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 |
31987R0167 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 167/87 of 19 January 1987 fixing, for 1987, the quota applicable to imports into Portugal of oil cake from third countries
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 167/87
of 19 January 1987
fixing, for 1987, the quota applicable to imports into Portugal of oil cake from third countries
THE COUNCIL 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 234 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 245 of the Act of Accession states that the Portuguese Republic may, until 31 December 1992, apply quantitative restrictions to the importation from third countries of the products listed in Annex XXI, including oil cake;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 500/86 of 25 February 1986 fixing the initial quantitative restrictions for imports into Portugal of oil cake from third countries (1) fixed the initial quota at 110 000 tonnes; whereas this quantity should be increased for 1987 by the minimum rate of 15 % provided for in Article 245 (3) of the Act of Accession;
Whereas this Regulation applies to all third countries, without prejudice, however, to the protocols to be concluded with preferential third countries as provided for in Article 366 of the Act, or to transitional measures as specified in Article 367 thereof; whereas it should, however, be specified that quantities resulting from quantitative restrictions fixed as a result of application of these Articles are included in those fixed for third countries by this Regulation,
1. For the period 1 January to 31 December 1987, the quota referred to in Article 245 of the Act of Accession, to be applied by the Portuguese Republic to imports from third countries of oil cake falling within subheading 23.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff shall be fixed at 126 500 tonnes.
2. As far as preferential countries are concerned, should the protocols specified in Article 366 of the Act of Accession or, in their absence, the autonomous measures taken under Article 367 of that Act, lay down quantitative restrictions, such restrictions shall be determined before fixing the quantities for other third countries within the framework arrangements set out in paragraph 1.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Offical Journal of the European Communities.
In shall apply with effect from 1 January 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31996R0754 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 754/96 of 25 April 1996 introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain steel cables originating in non-member countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 754/96 of 25 April 1996 introducing prior Community surveillance of imports of certain steel cables originating in non-member countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22 December 1994, on common rules for imports and repealing Regulation (EC) No 518/94 (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 139/96 (2), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) No 3420/83 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 168/96 (4), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Consultations having taken place within the Committees set up under the said Regulations,
Whereas information provided by France and Portugal shows that imports into the Community of stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated, falling within CN codes 7312 10 82, 7312 10 84, 7312 10 86, 7312 10 88 and 7312 10 99 originating in non-member countries have been increasing sharply since 1991 at conditions which are likely to threaten Community producers of these products; whereas the figures available for 1995 appear to confirm this upward trend, showing imports accounting for 35 % of the market, an increase of 84 % on 1991; whereas the prices of these imports substantially undercut the cost price of Community producers;
Whereas the position of Community producers of like or directly competing products has been deteriorating since 1991, as the following economic indicators attest:
- production, which stood at 215 395 tonnes in 1991, fell to 198 846 tonnes in 1992, 173 715 tonnes in 1993, 163 826 tonnes in 1994 and, according to the latest estimates, is set to fall to 157 000 tonnes in 1995,
- utilization of the Community industry's production capacity has dropped sharply, falling 30 % in the period 1991 to 1994; capacity utilization was estimated at under 50 % between 1994 and late 1995,
- direct employment in the industry declined by 28 % in the period 1990 to 1994, dropping from 5 128 to 3 681, with the latest estimates expected to show a fall to 3 570 in 1995,
- a number of companies have recently shut down in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Belgium;
Whereas the trend in imports of steel cables originating in non-member countries consequently threatens to cause injury to Community producers and, in the Community interest, imports of such products should therefore be made subject to prior Community surveillance in order to obtain reliable and accurate statistical data without delay and enable import trends to be swiftly investigated,
Imports into the Community of stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated, falling within CN codes 7312 10 82, 7312 10 84, 7312 10 86, 7312 10 88 and 7312 10 99 and originating in non-member countries shall be subject to prior Community surveillance in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 and Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 519/94.
The list of competent authorities referred to in Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 and Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 519/94 to which requests for surveillance documents shall be addressed is annexed to this Regulation.
1. Within the first 10 days of each month, Member States shall supply the Commission (DG I/E/3, fax (32-2) 295 65 05 and DG III/C/2, fax (32-2) 296 09 16) with:
(a) details of the quantities and values (expressed in ecus) for which surveillance documents were issued in the course of the preceding month;
(b) the details of actual imports for the month previous to that referred to under (a).
The information supplied shall be broken down by product, CN code and country of origin.
2. The Member States shall give notification of any anomalies or cases of fraud which they discover and, where relevant, the basis on which they have refused to grant a surveillance document.
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 May 1996 to 30 June 1997.
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32011R0140 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 140/2011 of 16 February 2011 withdrawing the suspension of submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas
| 17.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 43/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 140/2011
of 16 February 2011
withdrawing the suspension of submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas
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 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Submission of applications for import licences concerning order number 09.4320 were suspended as from 28 September 2010 by Commission Regulation (EU) No 854/2010 of 27 September 2010 fixing the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 8 to 14 September 2010 for sugar products under certain tariff quotas and suspending submission of applications for such licences (3), in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009.
(2) Following notifications on unused and/or partly used licences, quantities became available again for that order number. The suspension of applications should therefore be withdrawn,
The suspension laid down by Regulation (EU) No 854/2010 of submission of applications for import licences for order number 09.4320 as from 28 September 2010 is withdrawn.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31996D0645(01) | 96/645/EC, Euratom: Council Decision of 11 November 1996 appointing a member of the Economic and Social Committee
| COUNCIL DECISION of 11 November 1996 appointing a member of the Economic and Social Committee (96/645/Euratom, EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 195 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision (EC) No 94/660 of 26 September 1994 appointing members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1994 to 20 September 1998 (1),
Whereas a seat has become vacant on the Economic and Social Committee following the resignation of Mr René Bleser communicated to the Council on 12 September 1996;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the Luxembourg Government on 5 September 1996;
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
Mr Josy Konz is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr René Bleser for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which expires on 20 September 1998. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986R0655 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 655/86 of 28 February 1986 Fixing, for the 1986 fishing year, the annual import quotas for the products subject to the rules for the application by Spain and Portugal of quantitative restrictions on fishery products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 655/86
of 28 February 1986
Fixing, for the 1986 fishing year, the annual import quotas for the products subject to the rules for the application by Spain and Portugal of quantitative restrictions on fishery products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 of 17 February 1986 laying down rules for the application by Spain and Portugal of quantitative restrictions on fishery products (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 provides, in respect of a number of fishery products imported into Spain and Portugal from third countries, for fixing, in accordance with a specific method, of annual import quotas divided into four quarterly instalments;
Whereas, for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 360/86, the quotas in question for the 1986 fishing year should be fixed for each of the new Member States and for each product concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For each of the fishery products imported into Spain and Portugal, the annual import quotas and their division into four quarterly instalments including any quantities that may be allocated to third countries pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 are hereby fixed for the 1986 fishery year as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1986.
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31997D0577 | 97/577/ECSC: Commission Decision of 30 April 1997 authorizing the grant by the United Kingdom of aid to the coal industry (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 April 1997 authorizing the grant by the United Kingdom of aid to the coal industry (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (97/577/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 3632/93/ECSC of 28 December 1993 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry (1), and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof,
Whereas:
I
By letter of 29 January 1997, the United Kingdom notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, of the total residual aid which it intends to grant in respect of the coal industry by way of budgetary provisions for the financial year 1998/99 to be disbursed over the period until the expiry of the ECSC Treaty in July 2002.
In accordance with Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the Commission must give a ruling on the following financial measures:
- a provision of £ 92 million for contributions to pension schemes for former workers of the British Coal Corporation and their dependants,
- a provision of £ 24 million for the exceptional social welfare benefits for workers who lost their jobs as a result of the restructuring process of the United Kingdom coal industry,
- a provision of £ 365 million for concessionary supplies of coal, smokeless fuel or, in some cases, payment in kind for former workers of the British Coal Corporation and their dependants,
- a provision of £ 177 million for compensation for industrial injury and damage to health for former workers of the British Coal Corporation and their dependants,
- a provision of £ 15 million to cover the costs arising from residual activities prior to dissolution of the British Coal Corporation following privatization,
- a provision of £ 218 million to cover the environmental damage caused by mining activities before privatization.
The financial measures which the United Kingdom intends to take in respect of the coal industry fall within the scope of Article 1 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC. The Commission must therefore give a ruling pursuant to Article 9 (4) of that Decision on whether they comply with the objectives and criteria set out in that Decision and are compatible with the proper functioning of the common market.
II
By Decision 94/574/ECSC (2), the Commission approved the modernization, rationalization and restructuring plan notified by the United Kingdom Government by letter of 30 March 1994 as complying with the general and specific objectives set out in Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
The priority objective set by the plan is to make the United Kingdom coal industry fully competitive with coal prices on international markets and to privatize the British Coal Corporation. To achieve that objective, the industry has had to step up the restructuring process, which has led to the closure of a large number of production units.
On 5 July 1994 the Coal Industry Act 1994 received Royal Assent. The Act defined a new legal framework for the United Kingdom coal industry, enabling the coal-mining operations of the public undertaking known as the British Coal Corporation to be fully privatized, and providing for the establishment of a public sector body, the Coal Authority, to be responsible for granting rights over, and licences to work, unworked coal and coal mines in the United Kingdom hitherto owned by the British Coal Corporation.
As a result of the privatization process, the United Kingdom coal industry now consists exclusively of private undertakings which have received no aid under Articles 3, 4, 6 and 7 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC in respect of any period after 31 March 1995.
The aid to cover inherited liabilities (Article 5 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC), covered by this notification, is to be paid to former workers of the British Coal Corporation directly or to the coal pension funds or to the public sector bodies, particularly the Coal Authority and the British Coal Corporation, and exclusively in respect of inherited liabilities arising from the period prior to privatization.
III
The aid for contributions to pension schemes and other pension arrangements for British Coal Corporation workers meets the Corporation's obligations with regard to the pensions of some 600 000 members for the part of their employment spent with the Corporation. To cover the outstanding balance of these contributions, the United Kingdom Government has budgeted for a total expenditure of £ 92 million. These financial measures meet obligations made necessary by the restructuring, rationalization and modernization of the United Kingdom coal industry and cannot therefore be considered to be related to current production (inherited liabilities). Responsibility for the pensions of British Coal Corporation workers who continued to work for the companies established after privatization is being met by separate industry-wide pension schemes funded entirely by the new companies.
In accordance with Article 5 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, this aid, which is explicitly mentioned in point I (a) and (c) of the Annex to that Decision, namely to cover the cost of paying social welfare benefits resulting from the pensioning-off of workers before they reach statutory retirement age and the payment of pensions and allowances outside the statutory system to workers who lose their jobs as a result of restructuring and rationalization and to workers entitled to such payments before the restructuring, can be considered compatible with the common market provided that the amount paid does not exceed the costs.
IV
The aid to cover exceptional social welfare benefits arising from the restructuring and closure of British Coal Corporation mines meets the Corporation's and the Government's obligation to pay compensation to workers who have been made redundant as a result of the restructuring, rationalization and modernization of the United Kingdom coal industry. To cover the outstanding balance of these costs, the United Kingdom Government has budgeted for a total expenditure of £ 24 million. These financial measures meet obligations made necessary by the restructuring, rationalization and modernization of the United Kingdom coal industry and cannot therefore be considered to be related to current production (inherited liabilities).
In accordance with Article 5 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, this aid, which is explicitly mentioned in point I (a), (b) and (c) of the Annex to that Decision, namely to cover the cost of paying social welfare benefits resulting from the pensioning-off of workers before they reach statutory retirement age, other exceptional expenditure on workers who lose their jobs as a result of restructuring and rationalization, and the payment of pensions and allowances outside the statutory system to workers who lose their jobs as a result of restructuring and rationalization and to workers entitled to such payments before the restructuring, can be considered compatible with the common market provided that the amount paid does not exceed the costs.
V
The aid for concessionary entitlement to coal or smokeless fuel or, in certain cases, cash-in-lieu to former workers or their dependants meets the British Coal Corporation's obligations under the agreements signed with the mining trade unions. Since privatization, the companies established after privatization bear the obligation to supply fuel to British Coal Corporation workers transferred to them. To cover the outstanding balance of the obligations to supply fuel to former British Coal Corporation workers who have retired or been made redundant, and/or to their dependants, the United Government has budgeted for a total expenditure of £ 365 million.
These financial measures meet the obligations to supply workers who retired or were made redundant in the process of restructuring, rationalization and modernization of the United Kingdom coal industry and/or their dependants and cannot therefore be considered to be related to current production (inherited liabilities).
In accordance with Article 5 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, this aid, which is explicitly mentioned in point I (d) of the Annex to that Decision, namely to cover the supply of free coal to workers who lose their jobs as a result of restructuring and rationalization, may be considered compatible with the common market provided that the amount paid does not exceed the costs.
VI
The aid to cover compensation for industrial injury and damage to health suffered by former workers of the British Coal Corporation meets the Corporation's obligations to pay compensation for industrial injury and damage to health suffered in the course of their employment in the Corporation before privatization. To cover the outstanding balance of compensation payments to former workers of the British Coal Corporation for industrial injury and damage to health arising from employment before privatization, the United Kingdom Government has budgeted for a total expenditure of £ 177 million. Payments will be made directly to the former workers themselves.
The beneficiaries of these financial measures are for the most part workers who have been made redundant or have retired, and the compensation relates entirely to health damage arising out of pre-privatization employment. This aid is therefore intended to cover the costs arising from the modernization, rationalization or restructuring of the coal industry and is not related to current production.
In accordance with Article 5 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, this aid, which is explicitly mentioned in point I (j) of the Annex to that Decision, namely to cover residual costs to cover former miners' health insurance, may be considered compatible with the common market provided that the amount paid does not exceed the costs.
VII
The aid to cover the costs arising from the British Coal Corporation's residual activities between privatization and the dissolution of the Corporation meets the Corporation's obligation to cover certain residual activities not related to current production, such as the management and disposal of the Corporation's residual property assets, liabilities for leases on property held by British Coal, and various outstanding legal claims (other than health claims).
To cover the outstanding balance of payments for those residual activities, the United Kingdom Government has budgeted for a total expenditure of £ 15 million.
These financial measures meet obligations made necessary by the restructuring, rationalization and modernization of the United Kingdom coal industry and cannot therefore be considered to be related to current production (inherited liabilities).
In accordance with Article 5 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, this aid, which is explicitly mentioned in point I (e) and (i) of the Annex to that Decision, namely to cover residual costs resulting from administrative legal or tax provisions and costs in connection with maintaining access to coal reserves after mining has stopped, may be considered compatible with the common market provided that the amount paid does not exceed the costs.
VIII
The aid which the United Kingdom intends to grant to the Coal Authority covers liabilities for the environmental damage caused by underground production activities before privatization of the British Coal Corporation. Part of these liabilities are for damage caused on the surface by subsidence. The other liabilities include the rehabilitation of abandoned mine sites and tips, methane venting and water pumping from old workings. The companies succeeding the British Coal Corporation are responsible for the obligations connected with the working of the resources or mines transferred to them as this is one of their areas of responsibility defined in their operating licences.
To cover the outstanding balance of the costs arising from mining activities before privatization, the United Kingdom Government has budgeted for a total expenditure of £ 218 million.
This aid is therefore designed to cover the costs arising from the modernization, rationalization or restructuring of the coal industry which are not related to current production (inherited liabilities).
In accordance with Article 5 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, this aid, which is explicitly mentioned in point I (f), (g) and (h) of the Annex to that Decision, namely to cover additional underground safety work resulting from restructuring, mining damage provided that it has been caused by zones of working previously in service and residual costs resulting from contributions to bodies responsible for water supplies and for the removal of waste water, may be considered compatible with the common market provided that the amount paid does not exceed the costs.
IX
With respect to the new legal and regulatory framework established for the United Kingdom coal industry by the Coal Industry Act 1994, the United Kingdom Government should ensure that the aid granted pursuant to this Decision gives rise to no discrimination between producers, purchasers or users on the Community coal market.
In accordance with Article 9 (2) of Decision 3632/93/ECSC the United Kingdom should notify to the Commission by 30 September each year the actual expenditure incurred in the previous year against each category or liability indicated above.
In the light of the foregoing and based on the information supplied by the United Kingdom, the aid measures referred to in this Decision are compatible with the provisions of Articles 2 to 9 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC and with the proper functioning of the common market,
The United Kingdom Government is hereby authorized to take financial measures totalling £ 891 million under the following budgetary provisions:
- a provision of £ 92 million for contributions to pension schemes for former workers of the British Coal Corporation and their dependants,
- a provision of £ 24 million to cover exceptional social welfare benefits for workers who lost their jobs as a result of the restructuring, rationalization and modernization of the United Kingdom coal industry,
- a provision of £ 365 million for concessionary fuel entitlement to coal and smokeless fuel or, in certain cases, cash-in-lieu for former British Coal Corporation workers and their dependants,
- a provision of £ 177 million for compensation for industrial injury and damage to health for former workers of the British Coal Corporation and their dependants,
- a provision of £ 15 million to cover the costs from the residual activities of the British Coal Corporation,
- a provision of £ 218 million to cover the environmental damage caused by mining activities before privatization.
The United Kingdom shall give notification by 30 September each year from 1999 to 2003 of the amount of aid actually paid in the previous financial year under the provisions referred to in Article 1 of this Decision and shall report on any changes made compared with the amounts originally notified.
The United Kingdom shall ensure that it is reimbursed for any overestimated expenditure or cancelled expenditure on any of the items covered by this Decision.
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32010D0363 | 2010/363/: Commission Decision of 28 June 2010 on the recognition of Algeria as regards education, training and certification of seafarers for the recognition of certificates of competency (notified under document C(2010) 4226)
| 30.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 163/42
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 June 2010
on the recognition of Algeria as regards education, training and certification of seafarers for the recognition of certificates of competency
(notified under document C(2010) 4226)
(2010/363/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (1) and in particular Article 19(3) thereof,
Having regard to the letter of 13 May 2005 from the Cypriot Authorities, requesting the recognition of Algeria in order to recognise certificates of competency issued by this country,
Whereas:
(1) Member States may decide to endorse seafarers’ certificates of competency issued by third countries, provided that the relevant third country is recognised by the Commission as ensuring that this country complies with the requirements of the international Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW Convention) (2);
(2) Following the request of the Cypriot Authorities, the Commission assessed the maritime education, training and certification systems in Algeria in order to verify whether this country complies with the requirements of the STCW Convention and whether appropriate measures have been taken to prevent fraud involving certificates. This assessment was based on the results of a fact-finding inspection performed by experts of the European Maritime Safety Agency in September 2006;
(3) Where deficiencies had been identified during the assessment of compliance with the STCW Convention, the Algerian Authorities provided to the Commission the requested relevant information and evidence concerning the implementation of appropriate and sufficient corrective action to address most of these issues;
(4) The remaining shortcomings as regards seafarers’ training and certification procedures mainly concern missing specific legal provisions regarding the use of simulators and an explicit correspondence between the designation of Algerian certificates of competency and some training requirements of the STCW Convention and the associated Code. The Algerian authorities have therefore been invited to implement further corrective action in this respect. However, these shortcomings do not warrant calling into question the overall level of compliance of the Algerian systems regarding education, training and certification of seafarers with the STCW Convention;
(5) The outcome of the assessment of compliance and the evaluation of the information provided by the Algerian Authorities demonstrate that Algeria complies with the relevant requirements of the STCW Convention, while this country has taken appropriate measures to prevent fraud involving certificates and should thus be recognised by the Union;
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,
Algeria is recognised as regards education, training and certification of seafarers, for the purpose of recognition of certificates of competency issued by this country.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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31986R1947 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1947/86 of 24 June 1986 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain wines having a registered designation of origin, falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco (1986/87)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1947/86
of 24 June 1986
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain wines having a registered designation of origin, falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco (1986/87)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 21 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (1) stipulates that certain wines having a registered designation of origin, falling within subheading ex 22.05 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Morocco, specified in the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of 12 March 1977 (2), shall be imported into the Community free of customs duties within the limits of an annual Community tariff quota of 50 000 hectolitres; whereas these wines must be put up in containers holding two litres or less; whereas the tariff quota in question should therefore be opened for the period 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 449/86 of 24 February 1986 determining the arrangements to be applied by the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to trade with certain third countries (3), the provisions applicable by the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to trade with Morocco are subject to the tariff treatment and other trade rules applied to third countries enjoying most-favoured-nation treatment; whereas, therefore, this Regulation applies only to the Community of Ten;
Whereas the wines in question are subject to compliance with the free-at-frontier price; whereas the wines in question may benefit from this tariff quota on condition that Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (5), is complied with;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure equal and uninterrupted access for all Community importers to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for this quota to all imports of the products concerned into the Member States until the quota has been used up; whereas, having regard to the above principles, the Community nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the Community tariff quota among the Member States; whereas, in order to reflect most accurately the actual development of the market in the products in question, such allocation should be in proportion to the requirements of the Member States, assessed by reference to both the statistics relating to imports of the said products from Morocco over a representative reference period and the economic outlook for the quota period concerned;
Whereas in this case, however, neither Community nor national statistics showing the breakdown for each of the types of wines in question are available and no reliable estimates of future imports can be made; whereas, in these circumstances the quota volume should be allocated in initial shares, taking into account demand for these wines on the markets of the various Member States;
Whereas, to take account import trends for the products concerned in the various Member States, the quota amount should be divided into two instalments, the first being allocated among the Member States and the second held as a reserve intended to cover at a later date the requirements of Member States who have used up their initial share; whereas in order to guarantee some degree of security to importers in each Member State, the first instalment of the Community quota should be fixed at a level which could, in the present circumstances, be 40 % of the quota volume;
Whereas the initial shares of the Member States may be used up at different rates; whereas, in order to take this into account and to avoid a break in continuity, any Member State which has used up almost all of its initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve; whereas this should be done by each Member State each time one of its additional shares is almost used up, and so on as many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and additional shares must be valid until the end of the quota period; whereas this form of administration requires close collaboration between the Member States and the Commission, and the Commission must be in a position to follow the extent to which the quota volume has been used up and inform the Member States thereof;
Whereas, if at a given date in the quota period a substantial quantity of its initial share remains unused in any Member State, it is essential that it should return a significant proportion thereof to the reserve, to prevent part of the Community quota remaining unused in one Member State when it could be used in others;
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 the shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. For the period 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987, a Community tariff quota of 50 000 hectolitres shall be opened for the following products originating in Morocco:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 22.05 // Wine of fresh grapes; grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol: // // C. Other: // // - Wines entitled to one of the following designations of origin: // // Berkane, SaĂŻs, Beni M'Tir, Guerrouane, Zemmour, Zennata of an actual alcoholic strength, not exceeding 15 % vol, in containers holding two litres or less // //
2. Within this tariff quota the Common Customs Tariff applicable to these wines shall be totally suspended.
3. The wines in question shall be subject to compliance with the free-at-frontier reference price.
The wines in question shall benefit from this tariff quota on condition that Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 is complied with.
4. Each of these wines, when imported, shall be accompanied by a certificate of designation of origin, issued by the relevant Moroccan authority, in accordance with the model annexed to this Regulation. The previous form provided may be used until 30 June 1987.
1. The tariff quota laid in Article 1 shall be divided into two instalments.
2. A first instalment of the quota shall be allocated among the Member States; the shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be valid up to 30 June 1987, shall be as follows:
1.2 // // (hectolitres) // Benelux // 3 200 // Denmark // 1 880 // Germany // 4 000 // Greece // 760 // France // 3 720 // Ireland // 1 360 // Italy // 1 880 // United Kingdom // 3 200
3. The second instalment of the quota, amounting to 30 000 hectolitres constitute the reserve.
1. If 90 % or more of a Member State's initial share, as specified in Article 2 (2), or of that share less the portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 has been applied, has been used up, that Member State shall, without delay, by notifying the Commission, draw a second share equal to 15 % of its initial share, rounded up were necessary to the next whole number, in so far as the amount in the reserve allows.
2. If, after its initial share has been used up, 90 % or more of the second share drawn by a Member State has been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a third share equal to 7,5 % of its initial share.
3. If, after its second share has been used up, 90 % or more of the third share drawn by a Member State has been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a fourth share equal to the third.
This process shall continue to apply until the reserve is used up.
4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Member States may draw smaller shares than those fixed in these paragraphs if there is reason to believe that those fixed might not be used up. They shall inform the Commission of their grounds for applying this paragraph.
The additional share drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until 30 June 1987. Article 5
Member States shall return to the reserve, not later than 1 April 1987, such unused portion of their initial share which, on 15 March 1987, is in excess of 20 % of the initial amount. They may return a greater quantity if there are grounds for believing that this quantity might not be used in full.
Member States shall notify the Commission, not later than 1 April 1987, of the total imports of the products concerned effected under the Community quotas up to and including 15 March 1987, and, where appropriate, the proportion of their initial share that they are returning to the reserve.
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and, as soon as it has been notified, shall inform each Member State of the extent to which the reserve has been used up.
It shall notify the Member States, not later than 5 April 1987, of the state of the reserve after quantities have been returned thereto pursuant to Article 5.
It shall ensure that the drawing which uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available and, to this end, shall specify the amount thereof to the Member State making the final drawing.
1. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption against their aggregate shares in the Community quota.
2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the products concerned have free access to the shares allocated to them.
3. The Member States shall charge the imports of the products concerned against their share as and when the products are entered with customs authorities for free circulation.
4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its shares 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 their shares.
The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is obeserved.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1986.
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31995R2696 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2696/95 of 21 November 1995 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2696/95 of 21 November 1995 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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2588/95 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and those rules also apply 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;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is accepted that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the combined nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12 (6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (4), for a period of three months by the holder;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
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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32013R0627 | Council Regulation (EU) No 627/2013 of 27 June 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products
| 29.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/43
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 627/2013
of 27 June 2013
amending Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure sufficient and uninterrupted supplies of certain goods that are insufficiently produced in the Union and to avoid any disturbances on the market for certain agricultural and industrial products, autonomous tariff quotas have been opened by Council Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 (1). Products within those tariff quotas can be imported at reduced or zero duty rates. For the same reasons relating to supplies and disturbances it is necessary to open, with effect from 1 July 2013, new tariff quotas at reduced or zero duty rates for an appropriate volume for the ten products with order numbers 09.2644 and 09.2663 to 09.2671.
(2) Moreover, for the autonomous tariff quotas of the Union with order numbers 09.2620 and 09.2633 the product description should be adapted, and for order number 09.2629 another TARIC code should be added.
(3) For the autonomous tariff quotas of the Union with the order numbers 09.2917 and 09.2632, an end date of 31 December 2013 should be inserted, as it is not in the interest of the Union to continue granting such quotas beyond that date.
(4) Since the new tariff quotas should take effect from 1 July 2013, this Regulation should apply from that date and enter into force immediately upon its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(5) Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 is hereby amended as follows:
(1) the rows with order numbers 09.2644 and 09.2663 to 09.2671 set out in Annex I to this Regulation are inserted;
(2) the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.2620, 09.2629, 09.2632, 09.2633 and 09.2917 are replaced by the rows set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2013.
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32002D0505 | 2002/505/EC: Commission Decision of 21 March 2001 approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Nord/Pas-de-Calais in France (notified under document number C(2001) 556)
| Commission Decision
of 21 March 2001
approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Nord/Pas-de-Calais in France
(notified under document number C(2001) 556)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2002/505/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee pursuant to Article 147 of the Treaty and the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 13 et seq. of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 lay down the procedure for preparing and implementing Single Programming Documents.
(2) Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that, after consultation with the partners referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation, the Member State may submit to the Commission a development plan which is treated as a draft Single Programming Document, and which contains the information referred to in Article 16 of the Regulation.
(3) Under Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, on the basis of the regional development plan submitted by the Member State and within the partnership established in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation, the Commission is to take a decision on the Single Programming Document, in agreement with the Member State concerned and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles 48 to 51.
(4) The French Government submitted to the Commission on 28 April 2000 an acceptable draft Single Programming Document for the region of Nord/Pas-de-Calais fulfilling the conditions for Objective 2 pursuant to Article 4(1) and qualifying for transitional support under Objective 2 pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. As permitted by Article 40(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(2), the draft includes rural development measures other than those referred to in Article 35(1) of the Regulation. It also includes the information listed in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, in particular a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section.
(5) The date of submission of the draft which was considered acceptable by the Commission constitutes the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible. Under Article 52(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, as an acceptable plan was submitted between 1 January and 30 April 2000 the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible is 1 January 2000 in the case of the Structural Funds. In the case of the EAGGF Guarantee Section, Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/1999(3) provides that the expenditure is eligible only if it has actually been paid to the beneficiary after the date of submission of the programme. Under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, it is necessary to lay down the final date for the eligibility of expenditure.
(6) The rural development measures to be financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section are governed, in particular as regards their compatibility and consistency with common agricultural policy measures, by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.
(7) The Single Programming Document has been drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned and within the partnership.
(8) The Commission has satisfied itself that the Single Programming Document is in accordance with the principle of additionality.
(9) Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Commission and the Member State are required to ensure, in a manner consistent with the principle of partnership, coordination between assistance from the Funds and from the EIB and other existing financial instruments.
(10) The EIB has been involved in drawing up the Single Programming Document in accordance with the provisions of Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and has declared itself prepared to contribute to its implementation in conformity with its statutory provisions.
(11) The financial contribution from the Community available over the entire period and its year-by-year breakdown are expressed in euro. The annual breakdown should be consistent with the relevant financial perspective. Under Article 7(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Community contribution has already been indexed at a rate of 2 % per year. Under Article 7(7) and Article 44(2) of the Regulation, the Community contribution may be reviewed at mid-term, and not later than 31 March 2004, to take account of the effective level of inflation and the allocation of the performance reserve.
(12) Provision should be made for adapting the financial allocations of the priorities of this Single Programming Document within certain limits to actual requirements reflected by the pattern of implementation on the ground, in agreement with the Member State concerned,
The Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Nord/Pas-de-Calais in France eligible under Objective 2 and qualifying for transitional support under Objective 2 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006 is hereby approved.
1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Single Programming Document includes the following elements:
(a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Structural Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategy of France.
The priorities are as follows:
1. promoting economic development for job-creation;
2. establishing a basis for economic and social cohesion;
3. promoting territorial approaches to sustainable and mutually supportive development;
4. diversifying agriculture around cities by creating synergies with urban areas;
5. technical assistance;
(b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the priorities, including the information needed to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty;
(c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from each Fund and the other financial instruments, including the total amount from the EAGGF Guarantee Section and indicating separately the funding planned for the regions receiving transitional support in respect of Objective 2 and the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribution from the Funds planned for each year for the Single Programming Document is consistent with the relevant financial perspective;
(d) the provisions for implementing the Single Programming Document including designation of the managing authority, a description of the arrangements for managing the Single Programming Document and the use to be made of global grants, a description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, including the role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for the participation of the partners in that Committee;
(e) the ex ante verification of compliance with additionality and information on the transparency of financial flows.
2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 1879900196 for the whole period, the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 607402252 and that from the EAGGF Guarantee Section at EUR 833000.
The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 830849355 from the public sector and EUR 440815589 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and other lending instruments.
3. The rate of part-financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for each rural development measure is given in the Single Programming Document. The rate of part-financing by the EAGGF at the level of the sub-measure or action is given in the programme complement provided for in Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and shall be valid for at least one financial year.
1. The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted under the Single Programming Document amounts to EUR 607402252, to which the EAGGF Guarantee Section will contribute a further EUR 833000.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds for the various priorities included in the Single Programming Document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision.
2. The indicative initial estimated breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
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3. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority may be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the Single Programming Document throughout the programme period, up to a maximum of EUR 30 million, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1.
This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which it has not yet approved. Submission of the application for assistance, the programme complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty.
Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls under the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 to certain categories of horizontal State aid(4). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its part-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.
Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of the Regulation for measures being part-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission.
By way of derogation from the preceding paragraphs, Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall apply in the context of rural development part financed by the EAGGF.
The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 1 January 2000 for the Structural Funds and 28 April 2000 for the EAGGF Guarantee Section.
The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2008 for the Structural Funds. This date is extended to 30 April 2009 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure in the area receiving transitional support shall be 31 December 2007.
The final date for the EAGGF Guarantee Section to take account of payments made by the paying bodies under this programming document shall be 31 December 2006.
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31985D0311 | 85/311/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 May 1985 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in Greece pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 May 1985
on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in Greece pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(85/311/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), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 8 March 1985 the Greek Government notified the ministerial Decree of 11 February 1985 laying down for 1985 the fixing of the comparable earned income;
Whereas, under Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC the Commission has to determine whether, having regard to the ministerial Decree of 11 February 1985, the existing provisions in Greece for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community;
Whereas the abovementioned ministerial Decree of 11 February 1985 is consistent with the aims and 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 Structure,
Having regard to the ministerial decree of 11 February 1985 the provisions concerning the implementation in Greece of Directive 72/159/EEC continue to satisfy the conditions for a financial contribution by the Community to common measures as referred to in Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC.
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