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31984D0589 | 84/589/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 November 1984 concerning the implementation by Greece of certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 November 1984
concerning the implementation by Greece of certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(84/589/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 83/515/EEC of 4 October 1983 concerning certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector (1), hereinafter referred to as the Directive, and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas the Government of Greece intends to introduce a system of financial aids for measures involving the temporary and permanent reduction of production capacity in the fisheries sector; whereas on 18 April and 6 June 1984 it communicated the information concerning this scheme required under Article 6 of Directive 83/515/EEC;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of the Directive, the Commission has considered whether, having regard to their compatibility with the Directive and to the other structural measures existing or planned in the fisheries sector, the measures contemplated fulfil the conditions for financial contributions from the Community;
Whereas this Decision does not relate to aid granted under Article 12 of the Directive;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Structures,
The measures which Greece intends to take to implement a financial aid scheme for measures involving the temporary and definitive reduction of production capacities fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community.
This Decision shall not apply to national aid referred to in Article 12 of Directive 83/515/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R2029 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2029/2002 of 15 November 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2029/2002
of 15 November 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 November 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31979R2938 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2938/79 of 20 December 1979 laying down an implementing rule concerning Regulations (EEC) No 723/78, (EEC) No 1024/78, (EEC) No 1271/78, (EEC) No 1993/78 and (EEC) No 199/79 on the expansion of the markets in milk and milk products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2938/79 of 20 December 1979 laying down an implementing rule concerning Regulations (EEC) No 723/78, (EEC) No 1024/78, (EEC) No 1271/78, (EEC) No 1993/78 and (EEC) No 199/79 on the expansion of the markets in milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the markets in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1271/79 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas measures within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 were taken in the following Regulations: - Commission Regulation (EEC) No 723/78 of 10 April 1978 concerning promotional, publicity and market research measures within the Community in respect of milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1223/78 (4),
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1024/78 of 19 May 1978 concerning measures to expand the market in Community milk products outside the Community (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2234/78 (6),
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1271/78 of 13 June 1978 concerning measures to improve the quality of milk within the Community (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2341/78 (8),
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1993/78 of 18 August 1978 concerning measures to develop the use and consumption of milk products of Community origin outside the Community through technical and/or commercial assistance (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2342/78 (10),
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 199/79 of 1 February 1979 extending the promotional and publicity measures referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 723/78 in respect of milk and milk products (11),
Whereas the above Regulations have created difficulties of interpretation regarding the taking into consideration, for the purposes of the Community contribution, of measures which have been the subject of proposals submitted in accordance with the provisions of the said Regulations and which were begun before the formal conclusion of the contract ; whereas, for the sake of clarity, it is necessary to specify, in respect of each of the measures in question, the date as from which the expenditure incurred is eligible for the Community contribution ; whereas these dates must be specified in such a way as to cover solely expenditure which could have been incurred with a view to the Community contribution;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Measures which are the subject of a contract and are carried out as from the following dates shall be eligible for the Community contribution: (a) as regards the promotional and publicity measures referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 723/78 : with effect from 1 January 1978;
(b) as regards the research work referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 723/78 and the measures referred to in Regulations (EEC) No 1024/78, (EEC) No 1271/78 and (EEC) No 1993/78 : with effect from the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities of the Regulation concerned;
(c) as regards the promotional and publicity measures referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 199/79 : with effect from 1 January 1979. (1)OJ No L 131, 26.5.1977, p. 6. (2)OJ No L 161, 29.6.1979, p. 11. (3)OJ No L 98, 11.4.1978, p. 5. (4)OJ No L 152, 8.6.1978, p. 11. (5)OJ No L 132, 20.5.1978, p. 48. (6)OJ No L 262, 27.9.1978, p. 15. (7)OJ No L 156, 14.6.1978, p. 39. (8)OJ No L 282, 7.10.1978, p. 11. (9)OJ No L 230, 22.8.1978, p. 8. (10)OJ No L 282, 7.10.1978, p. 12. (11)OJ No L 28, 2.2.1979, p. 10.
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 |
31994D0522 | 94/522/EC: Commission Decision of 27 July 1994 approving the programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis presented by Ireland and fixing the level of the Community' s financial contribution (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1994 approving the programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis presented by Ireland and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the English text is authentic) (94/522/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June on expentiture in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24, thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of bovine tuberculosis;
Whereas by letter dated 13 June 1994, Ireland has submitted a programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990, on laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as last amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas in the light of the characteristics of implementation of tuberculosis eradication programmes in Ireland, it is appropriate to retain a flexible level of financial participation by the Community;
Whereas at the outset of the action, it is necessary to fix a level of Community funding which could be adjusted in the light of progress in the implementation of the programme, in particular reductions in the rate of animals from non-restricted herds showing lesions at slaughter and in the rate of disclosure of reactors, and also depending on the financial position of the Community budget;
Whereas this regime must constitute an incentive to assure the success of the programme;
Whereas the provisional level of funding at the outset of the programme should be fixed at 15 % guaranteed to the Irish authorities on completion of the programme;
Whereas in the light of the above, the definitive level of funding will be determined in January 1995;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis presented by the Ireland is hereby approved for the period from 1 July 1994 to 31 December 1994.
Ireland shall bring into force by 1 July 1994 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. The provisional financial participation by the Community shall be 15 % of the costs of testing incurred in Ireland up to a provisional maximum of ECU 2 500 000.
2. The Commission shall fix the definitive level of financial participation by the Community by 30 January 1995, on condition that the Irish authorities supply satisfactory evidence as to the success achieved before 15 January 1995. Where such evidence is not forthcoming, the level of Community financial participation could remain at 15 %. In any event, the maximum level of Community financial participation shall not be more than 50 % or ECU 8 700 000.
3. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the techincal execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 July 1995 at the latest.
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 of payment is made as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision is addressed to Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0014 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 14/2002 of 7 January 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 14/2002
of 7 January 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000D0509(02) | Council Decision of 17 April 2000 appointing a member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency
| Council Decision
of 17 April 2000
appointing a member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency
(2000/C 129/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second and third paragraphs of Article 54 thereof,
Having regard to Article X of the Statutes of the Euratom Supply Agency(1), as last amended by Decision 95/1/EC, Auratom, ECSC of 1 January 1995(2),
Having regard to the Council Decision of 14 June 1999 appointing the members of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency(3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,
Whereas a member's seat on the aforementioned Committee has become vacant following the resignation of Mr VAN MARLE, which was brought to the Council's attention on 17 February 2000;
Whereas that vacancy should be filled;
Having regard to the nomination submitted by the netherlands Government on 17 February 2000,
Mr H. H. KOCKX is hereby appointed a member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency for the remainder of the Committee's term of office, i.e. until 28 March 2001. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012D0054 | 2012/54/EU: Council Decision of 23 January 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
| 1.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 29/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 January 2012
on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
(2012/54/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 100(2) and 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Annex XIII to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) contains specific provisions and arrangements concerning transport.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 255/2010 of 25 March 2010 laying down common rules on air traffic flow management (3) should be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(3) Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The position of the Union to be taken within the EEA Joint Committee should be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision,
The position to be taken by the Union within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0957 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 957/2009 of 14 October 2009 establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 under certain GATT quotas
| 15.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 270/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 957/2009
of 14 October 2009
establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 under certain GATT quotas
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 1282/2006 of 17 August 2006 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards export licences and export refunds for milk and milk products (2), and in particular Article 25(1) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 671/2009 of 24 July 2009 opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 under certain GATT quotas (3) opens the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 under the GATT quotas referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006.
(2) Applications for export licences for certain quotas and product groups exceed the quantities available for the 2010 quota year. Allocation coefficients as provided for in Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 should therefore be established.
(3) In the case of product groups and quotas for which the applications lodged are for quantities less than those available, it is appropriate, in accordance with Article 25(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006, to provide for the allocation of the remaining quantities to the applicants in proportion to the quantities applied for. The allocation of such further quantities should be conditional upon the competent authority being notified of the quantities accepted by the operator concerned and upon the interested operators lodging a security.
(4) Given the time limit for carrying out the procedure for establishing those coefficients, as provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 671/2009, this Regulation should apply as soon as possible,
Applications for export licences lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 671/2009 in respect of the product groups and quotas identified by 16-Tokyo, 16-, 17-, 18-, 20- and 21-Uruguay, and 25-Tokyo in column 3 of the Annex to this Regulation shall be accepted, subject to the application of the allocation coefficients in column 5 of that Annex.
Applications for export licences lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 671/2009 in respect of the product groups and quotas identified by 22-Tokyo, 22- and 25-Uruguay in column 3 of the Annex to this Regulation shall be accepted for the quantities requested.
Export licences may be issued for further quantities distributed in accordance with the allocation coefficients in column 6 of the Annex, after acceptance by the operator within one week of publication of this Regulation and subject to the lodging of the security applicable.
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 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0545 | Council Regulation (EU) No 545/2012 of 25 June 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
| 26.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/23
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 545/2012
of 25 June 2012
amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP of 1 December 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1),
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 18 January 2012 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (2) with a view to giving effect to most of the measures provided for in Decision 2011/782/CFSP. That Regulation prohibits, inter alia, the provision of certain financing and financial assistance related to goods subject to an export prohibition.
(2) Decision 2012/322/CFSP amending Decision 2011/782/CFSP (3), further develops the application of restrictive measures related to financial assistance in the context of the arms embargo.
(3) Those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to implement them, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.
(4) Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately,
Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Article 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(a) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List of the European Union (4) (‧Common Military List‧) or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of goods included in that list, to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(b) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services related to equipment, goods or technology which might be used for internal repression or for the manufacture and maintenance of products which could be used for internal repression as listed in Annex I or IA, to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(c) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List, or in Annex I or IA, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, as well as insurance and reinsurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of such items, or for any provision of related technical assistance to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(d) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in points (a) to (c).
(2) Article 3, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
(a) technical assistance or brokering services related to equipment, goods or technology listed in Annex IX and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of such equipment, goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(b) financing or financial assistance related to goods and technology referred to in Annex IX, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, as well as insurance and reinsurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of such goods and technology, or for any provision of related technical assistance to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0148 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 148/2007 of 15 February 2007 registering certain names in the Register of protected designation of origin and protected geographical indications (Geraardsbergse mattentaart (PGI) — Pataca de Galicia or Patata de Galicia (PGI) — Poniente de Granada (PDO) — Gata-Hurdes (PDO) — Patatas de Prades or Patates de Prades (PGI) — Mantequilla de Soria (PDO) — Huile d'olive de Nîmes (PDO) — Huile d'olive de Corse or Huile d'olive de Corse-Oliu di Corsica (PDO) — Clémentine de Corse (PGI) — Agneau de Sisteron (PGI) — Connemara Hill Lamb or Uain Sléibhe Chonamara (PGI) — Sardegna (PDO) — Carota dell'Altopiano del Fucino (PGI) — Stelvio or Stilfser (PDO) — Limone Femminello del Gargano (PGI) — Azeitonas de Conserva de Elvas e Campo Maior (PDO) — Chouriça de Carne de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Chouriço de Abóbora de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Sangueira de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Batata de Trás-os-Montes (PGI) — Salpicão de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Alheira de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Cordeiro de Barroso, Anho de Barroso or Borrego de leite de Barroso (PGI) — Azeite do Alentejo Interior (PDO) — Paio de Beja (PGI) — Linguíça do Baixo Alentejo or Chouriço de carne do Baixo Alentejo (PGI) — Ekstra deviško oljčno olje Slovenske Istre (PDO))
| 16.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 46/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 148/2007
of 15 February 2007
registering certain names in the Register of protected designation of origin and protected geographical indications (Geraardsbergse mattentaart (PGI) — Pataca de Galicia or Patata de Galicia (PGI) — Poniente de Granada (PDO) — Gata-Hurdes (PDO) — Patatas de Prades or Patates de Prades (PGI) — Mantequilla de Soria (PDO) — Huile d'olive de Nîmes (PDO) — Huile d'olive de Corse or Huile d'olive de Corse-Oliu di Corsica (PDO) — Clémentine de Corse (PGI) — Agneau de Sisteron (PGI) — Connemara Hill Lamb or Uain Sléibhe Chonamara (PGI) — Sardegna (PDO) — Carota dell'Altopiano del Fucino (PGI) — Stelvio or Stilfser (PDO) — Limone Femminello del Gargano (PGI) — Azeitonas de Conserva de Elvas e Campo Maior (PDO) — Chouriça de Carne de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Chouriço de Abóbora de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Sangueira de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Batata de Trás-os-Montes (PGI) — Salpicão de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Alheira de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) — Cordeiro de Barroso, Anho de Barroso or Borrego de leite de Barroso (PGI) — Azeite do Alentejo Interior (PDO) — Paio de Beja (PGI) — Linguíça do Baixo Alentejo or Chouriço de carne do Baixo Alentejo (PGI) — Ekstra deviško oljčno olje Slovenske Istre (PDO))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) and pursuant to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Member States’ applications to register certain names were published in the Official Journal of the European Union as follows:
— as regards Belgium: ‘Geraardsbergse mattentaart’ (2);
— as regards Spain: ‘Pataca de Galicia’ or ‘Patata de Galicia’ (3), ‘Poniente de Granada’ (4), ‘Gata-Hurdes’ (5), ‘Patatas de Prades’ or ‘Patates de Prades’ (6) and ‘Mantequilla de Soria’ (7);
— as regards France: ‘Huile d'olive de Nîmes’ (8), ‘Huile d'olive de Corse’ or ‘Huile d'olive de Corse-Oliu di Corsica’ (9), ‘Clémentine de Corse’ (10) and ‘Agneau de Sisteron’ (11);
— as regards Ireland: ‘Connemara Hill Lamb’ or ‘Uain Sléibhe Chonamara’ (12);
— as regards Italy: ‘Sardegna’ (13), ‘Carota dell'Altopiano del Fucino’ (14), ‘Stelvio’ or ‘Stilfser’ (15) and ‘Limone Femminello del Gargano’ (16);
— as regards Portugal: ‘Azeitonas de Conserva de Elvas e Campo Maior’ (17), ‘Chouriça de Carne de Barroso-Montalegre’ (18), ‘Chouriço de Abóbora de Barroso-Montalegre’ (19), ‘Sangueira de Barroso-Montalegre’ (20), ‘Batata de Trás-os-Montes’ (21), ‘Salpicão de Barroso-Montalegre’ (22), ‘Alheira de Barroso-Montalegre’ (23), ‘Cordeiro de Barroso’ or ‘Anho de Barroso’ or ‘Borrego de leite de Barroso’ (24), ‘Azeite do Alentejo Interior’ (25), ‘Paio de Beja’ (26) and ‘Linguíça do Baixo Alentejo’ or ‘Chouriço de carne do Baixo Alentejo’ (27);
— as regards Slovenia: ‘Ekstra deviško oljčno olje Slovenske Istre’ (28).
(2) As no objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 was sent to the Commission, these names should be entered in the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications’,
The names in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby entered in the ‘Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R2120 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2120/2004 of 10 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000 laying down detailed implementing rules on controls in the wine sector
| 14.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 367/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2120/2004
of 10 December 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000 laying down detailed implementing rules on controls in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 72(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The second subparagraph of Article 11(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000 (2) determines the minimum number of samples to be taken each year for the analytical databank provided for in Article 10 of that Regulation. Following the accession of the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia, the number of samples to be taken for those countries should be determined.
(2) Article 12 determines the number of analyses to be performed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), including analyses of samples from Member states not yet equipped. A transitory period should be laid down to provide for the setting up and the organisation of proficient isotopic laboratories in those Member states.
(3) Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000 draw up precise instructions for the processing, analysis and reporting of samples. To take account of experience and technical progress, those instructions should be updated.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000 should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 11(2), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
— 20 samples in the Czech Republic,
— 200 samples in Germany,
— 50 samples in Greece,
— 200 samples in Spain,
— 400 samples in France,
— 400 samples in Italy,
— 10 samples in Cyprus,
— 4 samples in Luxembourg,
— 50 samples in Hungary,
— 4 samples in Malta,
— 50 samples in Austria,
— 50 samples in Portugal,
— 20 samples in Slovenia,
— 15 samples in Slovakia,
— 4 samples in the United Kingdom’
2. In Article 12(1), the first sentence is replaced by the following:
3. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.
4. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.
5. Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31996R2339 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2339/96 of 6 December 1996 establishing rules for the management and distribution of textile quotas established for the year 1997 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2339/96 of 6 December 1996 establishing rules for the management and distribution of textile quotas established for the year 1997 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 relating to the common rules for the import of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Community import rules (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1937/96 (2), and in particular Articles 17 (3) and (6) and 21 (2) and (3) thereof, in conjunction with Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas the Council, through Regulation (EC) No 517/94, established quantitative restrictions on imports of certain textile products originating in certain third countries and envisaged, in Article 17 (2), that these quotas would be allocated in chronological order of receipt of notifications from the Member States according to the principle of first come, first served;
Whereas Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 stipulates that it is possible, in certain circumstances, to make use of allocation methods which differ from the method based exclusively on the chronological order of receipt of notifications from Member States, as well as to envisage the division of the quotas into tranches or to set aside part of a specific quantitative limit exclusively for applications which are backed up by proof of the results of previous imports;
Whereas it is advisable, in order not to affect unduly the continuity of trade flows, to adopt rules for management and distribution of the quotas established for 1997 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 before the quota year begins;
Whereas past experience of the administration of the quantitative restrictions in Annexes IIIB and IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 has furthermore revealed that quota-allocation arrangements which set aside some of the available quantities for traditional operators could have the effect of restricting trade, since the failure of traditional operators to use up all of the quantities set aside for them left an unused balance to which new operators found access difficult;
Whereas the fact that little use has been made of most of the quantitative quotas set aside for traditional operators and the fact that Regulation (EC) No 1937/96 has recently increased the quantities available in certain categories suggest that it is no longer necessary to set aside part of the available quantities for what have been termed 'traditional operators`;
Whereas in order to satisfy the greatest possible number of operators it therefore seems appropriate to make the 'first come, first served` allocation method based on the chronological order of receipt of the notifications from Member States more flexible by placing a ceiling on the quantities which can be allocated to each operator by that method;
Whereas efforts should nevertheless be made to guarantee a degree of continuity in trade; whereas this consideration and the desirability of efficient quota administration make it appropriate for operators to be allowed to make their initial import authorization application for 1997 equivalent to the quantity (for each textile category and each third country) which they imported in 1996;
Whereas it has also proved necessary to revise the maximum quantities previously established for certain categories in order to allow commercially significant transactions to take place;
Whereas for optimum use of the quantities it is appropriate to envisage that each operator, after 50 % utilization of a licence, can introduce a new request for a licence, not exceeding a predetermined quantity, provided quantities are available in the quotas;
Whereas it is appropriate for the sake of sound administration to make import authorizations valid for nine months from the date of issue and to stipulate that the Member States can issue licences only after being notified of the Commission's decision and only if an operator can prove the existence of a contract and certify (except where specifically provided otherwise) that he has not already been allocated a Community import authorization under this Regulation for the categories and countries concerned; whereas the competent national authorities are however authorized, in response to importers' applications, to extend by three months and up to 31 March 1998 licences of which at least 60 % has been used by the application date;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion expressed by the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 517/94,
This Regulation specifies certain rules concerning the management of quantitative quotas established by Regulation (EC) No 517/94 and applicable for 1997.
The quotas referred to in Article 1 and shown in Annexes IIIB and IV to Regulation (EC) No 517/94 shall be allocated on a 'first come, first served` basis according to the chronological order of receipt by the Commission of Member States' notifications of applications from individual operators, for amounts not exceeding the maximum quantities per operator stipulated in the Annex hereto.
These maximum quantities shall not, however, apply to operators able to prove to the competent national authorities when making their first application for 1997 that they imported, for given categories, given third countries and under import licences granted to them for 1996, more than the maximum quantities specified for each category. In the case of such operators, the competent authorities may authorize imports of no more than the quantities imported in 1996 for given third countries and given categories, provided that enough quota is available.
Any importer who has used 50 % or more of the amount allocated to him through a licence under this Regulation may make a further application for a licence, for the same category and country of origin, for amounts not exceeding the maximum quantities laid down in the Annex hereto, provided that enough of the quota is available.
The requests for import authorizations can be submitted to the Commission as of 2 January 1997 at 10 a.m., Brussels time. Import authorizations shall be valid for nine months from the date of issue, but in no case later than 31 December 1997. At the importer's request, the competent national authorities may, however, grant a three-month extension for licences which are at least 60 % used up at the time of the request. The extension must in no case last beyond 31 March 1998.
The competent authorities of the Member States shall issue authorizations only after being notified of the Commission's decision and only if an operator can prove the existence of a contract and, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 3, certify in writing that he has not already been allocated a Community import authorization under this Regulation for the categories and countries concerned.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997.
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31987D0026 | 87/26/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 December 1986 approving addenda to the programmes relating to horticulture and vine nurseries in France pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 December 1986
approving addenda to the programmes relating to horticulture and vine nurseries in France pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the French text is authentic)
(87/26/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed and marketed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2224/86 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 14 November 1985 the French Government forwarded addenda to the programmes approved by Commission Decision 80/1055/EEC (3) relating to the conditions under which horticultural products and products from vine nurseries are processed and marketed and on 22 May 1986 submitted supplementary information;
Whereas the addenda to the programmes concern the rationalization and improvement of structures for the market preparation and marketing of horticultural products and products from vine nurseries so as to make these sectors more competitive and add value to their output; whereas they therefore constitute programmes within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77;
Whereas the addenda contain enough of the details specified in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 to show that the objectives of Article 1 of the said Regulation can be attained in the horticulture and vine nursery sectors; whereas the time laid down for implementing the addenda does not exceed the period specified in Article 3 (1) (g) of the said Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The addenda to the programmes relating to horticulture and vine nurseries, notified on 14 November 1985 and supplemented on 22 May 1986 by the French Government in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, are hereby approved.
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32010R0388 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 388/2010 of 6 May 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the maximum number of pet animals of certain species that may be the subject of non-commercial movement (Text with EEA relevance)
| 7.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 114/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 388/2010
of 6 May 2010
implementing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the maximum number of pet animals of certain species that may be the subject of non-commercial movement
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (1), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and the rules applying to checks on such movements. It applies to movements between Member States or from third countries of pet animals of the species listed in Annex I thereto. Dogs, cats and ferrets are listed in Parts A and B of that Annex.
(2) The requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 differ, depending on whether the pet animals are moved between Member States or from third countries to Member States. In addition, the requirements for such movements from third countries are further differentiated between third countries listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation and those third countries which are listed in Part C of that Annex.
(3) Third countries which apply to non-commercial movement of pet animals rules at least equivalent to the rules provided for in Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 are listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation.
(4) Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (2) generally applies to trade.
(5) In order to avoid that commercial movements are fraudulently disguised as non-commercial movements of pet animals within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, Article 12 of that Regulation provides that the requirements and checks laid down in Directive 92/65/EEC are to apply to the movement of more than five pet animals where the animals are brought into the Community from a third country other than those listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II thereto.
(6) Experience in the application of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 has shown that there is a high risk of commercial movements of dogs, cats and ferrets being fraudulently disguised as non-commercial movements, when those animals are moved into a Member State from another Member State or a third country listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation.
(7) In order to avoid such practices and ensure a uniform application of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003, provision should be made to establish the same rules where dogs, cats and ferrets are moved into a Member State from another Member State or a third country listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The requirements and checks referred to in point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 shall apply to the movement of pet animals of the species listed in Parts A and B of Annex I to that Regulation where the total number of animals moved into a Member State from another Member State or a third country listed in Section 2 of Part B of Annex II to that Regulation, exceeds five.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32005R0785 | Council Regulation (EC) No 785/2005 of 23 May 2005 terminating the partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China
| 26.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 132/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 785/2005
of 23 May 2005
terminating the partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (basic Regulation), and in particular Articles 11(3) and 22(c) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission, after consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
1. Measures in force
(1) In March 2004 following an expiry review, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 398/2004 (2), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of silicon metal (silicon) originating in the People’s Republic of China (the PRC). The rate of the definitive duty applicable to the net, free-at-Community frontier price, before duty, was 49 %.
2. Initiation
(2) On 20 March 2004 the Commission announced through the publication of a notice (3) in the Official Journal of the European Union, the initiation of a partial interim review of the measures applicable to, inter alia, imports of silicon originating in the PRC pursuant to Articles 11(3) and 22(c) of the basic Regulation.
(3) The review was launched on the initiative of the Commission in order to examine whether, as a consequence of the enlargement of the European Union on 1 May 2004 (enlargement), and bearing in mind the aspect of Community interest, there was a need to adapt the measures in order to avoid a sudden and excessively negative effect on interested parties, including users, distributors and consumers.
3. Product under consideration
(4) The product under consideration is the same as in the investigation which led to the imposition of the existing measures, i.e. silicon metal originating in the PRC, classifiable within CN code 2804 69 00 (silicon content less than 99,99 % by weight). Purely by reason of the current classification set out in the Customs nomenclature, it should read ‘silicon’. Silicon with a higher purity, that is containing by weight not less than 99,99 % of silicon, used mostly in the electronic semiconductor industry, falls under a different CN code and is not covered by this proceeding.
4. Investigation
(5) The Commission officially advised the importers, the users and the exporters known to be concerned and their associations, the representatives of the exporting country concerned and the Community producers about the initiation of the investigation. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set out in the notice of initiation.
(6) China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC), the Community industry association (Euroalliages), importers/traders, the authorities of some new Member States which joined the European Union on 1 May 2004 (the EU-10) and users of silicon in the EU-10 made their views known in writing. All parties which so requested within the time limit, and which demonstrated that there were particular reasons why they should be heard, were granted the opportunity to be heard.
(7) The Commission sought and verified all the information it deemed necessary for the purpose of a determination of the appropriateness of the measures in force.
B. FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND TERMINATION OF THE PARTIAL INTERIM REVIEW
1. Imports of silicon from the PRC to the EU-10
(8) The investigation has shown that an average yearly increase in import volumes of silicon from the PRC into the EU-10, as reported by Eurostat, was around 13 % in 2001 and 2002. In 2003 import volumes increased by around 54 % due to the significant increase in the period October to December.
(9) Furthermore, an abnormal increase in import volumes of around 120 % as compared to the same period of the previous year was found just before enlargement, that is to say January to April 2004.
(10) The investigation has further shown that imports of silicon from the PRC into the EU-10 have decreased after enlargement. The decrease could be explained by the abnormal increases in import volumes prior to enlargement.
(11) Moreover, statistics on imports into the EU-10 in the post-enlargement period show that the decrease of import volumes from the PRC coincides with a progressive increase of imports originating in Norway and Brazil, as well as sales from the 15 Member States which composed the European Union before enlargement (the EU-15).
2. Demand of silicon in the EU-10
(12) Demand for silicon in the EU-10 has been established on the basis of the total imports less total exports. It is to be noted that there is no declared production of silicon in the EU-10.
(13) Taking into account the abnormal increases in import volumes from the PRC before enlargement, it was considered necessary to make some adjustments to the import volumes during 2003 and 2004 in order to determine what would normally be the import levels during these periods in the absence of enlargement.
(14) In this regard, an average yearly increase in import volumes from the PRC in 2001 and 2002 was found to have been 13 %. On this basis, the level of normal imports from the PRC in 2003 and 2004 was determined by applying a 13 % yearly increase to the import volumes in the previous years, which could normally have been expected to be the import levels during these periods in the absence of enlargement.
(15) Following the same methodology, exports from the EU-10 in 2004 were estimated by adding to the total exports in 2003 a normal increase of 80 % which was found to be the average yearly increase in export volumes in 2002 and 2003.
(tonnes)
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 (estimated)
Import to the EU-10 18 815 19 802 22 661 23 855 (estimated) 26 957
Export from the EU-10 37 6 84 153 275
Total demand in the EU-10 18 778 19 795 22 576 23 703 26 682
Source: Eurostat and estimated data for 2003 and 2004.
(16) In the light of the above, it was found that demand in the EU-10 is around 6 % of the level of demand in the EU-15 as estimated in the last expiry review investigation of the anti-dumping measures on imports of silicon originating in the PRC made in Regulation (EC) No 398/2004.
3. Alternative sources of supply to meet the demand in the EU-10
(17) The investigation has shown that there are enough potential sources of supply, alternative to the supply from the PRC, available to meet the demand in the EU-10 even if the extension of the anti-dumping duty from the EU-15 to the 10 new Member States would completely eliminate or result in a decrease in imports from the PRC.
(18) There are around 18 000 tones of potential supply of silicon from the EU-15. This calculation has been made on the basis of the last expiry review investigation of the anti-dumping measures on imports of silicon originating in the PRC. It was found that production in the EU-15 of silicon amounted to around 148 000 tonnes in 2001. The same expiry review investigation found that there were around 166 000 tonnes of production capacity in the EU-15, indicating spare capacities of around 18 000 tonnes.
(19) Furthermore, other potential sources of supply of silicon (not subject to anti-dumping duties) are, among others, Norway (with spare capacity of 18 000 tonnes), Brazil, Canada and the USA.
(20) As outlined in recital 11, it was also found that in the post-enlargement period, that is to say May to November 2004, for which reliable data has already been reported by Eurostat, imports from other sources, in particular Norway and Brazil, as well as sales from the EU-15 gradually increased. Sales from the EU-15 increased four-fold, import volumes from Norway increased five-fold and from Brazil six-fold, as compared to the same period in 2003.
(tonnes)
Period of the year Sales from the EU-15 Import volumes from Norway Import volumes from Brazil
May-November 2003 2 070 238 152
May-November 2004 7 772 1 144 975
(21) In the light of the above, there is no compelling reason to believe that there will be a shortage of silicon on the EU-10 market.
4. Cost impact assessment
(22) As stated by various interested parties, silicon is an intermediary product used by only a handful of processing industries in the new Member States, in particular for the production of secondary aluminium alloys.
(23) Aluminium producers in the EU-10 confirm that the average proportion of silicon consumed in the production process of secondary aluminium alloys ranges between 3 % and 13,5 %.
(24) The investigation has shown that the increase in the price of silicon in the EU-10 or a switch to other alternative sources of supply is likely to have a minor effect on the production cost for the users in the EU-10.
(25) In light of the abovementioned percentages of consumption of silicon in the production of secondary aluminium alloys and given that the anti-dumping duty on imports of silicon from the PRC is 49 %, the cost impact on secondary aluminium alloys producers would only range from 1,47 % to 6,6 % of the total cost of production of secondary aluminium alloys.
(26) Some interested parties indicated that, by extending the anti-dumping measures to imports in the EU-10, alternative sources of supply of silicon had been sought but that such alternative sources had resulted in an increase of silicon prices of around 34 %. In this regard, it was found that the cost impact for secondary aluminium alloys producers would be even less and would fall in the range of 1 % to 4,6 % of the total cost of secondary aluminium alloys production.
5. Comments received from the interested parties
(27) Several importers and users argued that there will be a lack of supply of silicon on the EU-10 market. However, as outlined in recitals 11, 19 and 20, after enlargement import volumes from the PRC into the EU-10 are progressively being replaced by silicon originating in the EU-15, Norway and Brazil. There is therefore no reason to believe that there will be a shortage of silicon on the EU-10 market.
(28) One of the users in the EU-10 as well as the Slovakian and Slovene authorities claimed that silicon from other sources is different in terms of quality to that of the PRC. In this regard it is noted that Regulation (EC) No 398/2004 in concluding the expiry review of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of silicon originating in the PRC stated that the silicon produced in the PRC and exported to the Community, as well as the silicon produced in Norway and that manufactured in the Community by the Community producers had the same basic physical and chemical characteristics, and the same basic uses. Therefore they are considered to be like products within the meaning of Article 1(4) of the basic Regulation. It was noted that no adjustments in the terms of quality of the product had to be made. Therefore, there is no reason to believe that Chinese imports to the EU-10 replaced by the countries named above would differ in terms of quality. In addition, the increase of the imports from other countries, as outlined in recitals 11, 19 and 20 of this Regulation, indicates that the products are substitutable.
(29) The same user also argued that the cost impact for secondary aluminium alloys producers is not negligible given the low profit margins of the same industry. In this regard it is recalled that in recital 25 and 26 it was concluded that there will be a limited impact of the extension of anti-dumping measures on the users of silicon metal in the EU-10 with a maximum 6,6 % increase in the total cost of secondary aluminium alloys production. However, this was not a compelling reason to such extent as to modify the existing measures by introducing transitional arrangements. Indeed, this impact was not materially different from the impact estimated in the EU-15 during the investigation leading to the imposition of the definitive measures in 2004, where it was concluded that the measures in force would not have a significant effect on users.
6. Conclusion
(30) Given the limited impact of the duty on the cost of manufacturing of aluminium alloys in the EU-10 and the existence of alternative sources of supply to the EU-10, it is concluded that the extension of the existing measures from the EU-15 to the EU-10 would not likely cause a sudden and excessively negative effect on interested parties, including users, distributors and consumers. Therefore, no transitional arrangements are warranted,
The partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China, initiated pursuant to Article 11(3) and 22(c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, is hereby terminated.
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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32005R1897 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1897/2005 of 18 November 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| 19.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 302/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1897/2005
of 18 November 2005
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling 22,102 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 November 2005.
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31986R2392 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 of 24 July 1986 establishing a Community vineyard register
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2392/86
of 24 July 1986
establishing a Community vineyard register
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (2), and in particular Article 64 (2) and Article 64a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 64a of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides that, in order to create the conditions necessary for the full implementation of the measures laid down by the said Regulation, the Council is to adopt general rules establishing a Community vineyard register;
Whereas such a register is needed if vital information is to be obtained on production potential and trends, in order to ensure the proper functioning of the common organization of the market in wine, and in particular of the Community arrangements on intervention and planting, and monitoring measures;
Whereas, for economic and technical reasons, the obligation to establish a vineyard register should be dispensed with in respect of Member States where the total area under vines is very small;
Whereas the vineyard register must include basic information concerning the structure, changes thereto and the output of the holdings concerned; whereas, in order to ensure the practical utility of the register, provision should be made to group all the information in a single holding file; whereas, however; where national rules on the protection of individualized data does not allow such grouping, separate classification by holding should be allowed in so far as it does not jeopardize the objectives to be attained by establishing the register;
Whereas the register should include production files relating to the processing and marketing of wine products;
Whereas, in order to avoid any risk of invasion or privacy, provision should be made for the Member States to arrange safeguards for the protection of the persons concerned; whereas to that end it is particularly important that data gathered solely for statistical purposes may not be put to any other use, and that the persons concerned are able to erase from the computerized files information which it is no longer justified to keep beyond the period necessary for the application of the rules by virtue of which they are entered;
Whereas, on the one hand, the information to be included in the register should be available as soon as possible; whereas, on the other hand, in view of the amount of administrative work required to establish the register, provision should be made for a period of six years within which to complete the task of establishing the register; whereas, however, in view of the special importance of certain data in certain regions of production for the proper management of the market, provision may need to be made for shorter time limits to be laid down in those regions;
Whereas in order to complete the task of establishing the register within six years, Member States may proceed by stages; whereas reasonable time limits should be fixed for such stages with regard to the collection and processing of information, namely 18 months for existing information and 36 months for other;
Whereas provision should be made for the Member States, in conjunction with the Commission, to draw up programmes for the establishment of the register; whereas, in view of the extent of such programmes and the time required to carry them out, and of the necessity of having a uniform register in all the Community, it appears essential that the Commission ensures, together with the national bodies responsible for establishment and operation of the register, the running thereof;
Whereas the information in the register must always show the actual situation on the market in wine; whereas provision should therefore be made for it to be constantly updated, and for those updatings to be regularly checked;
Whereas, by virtue of the information which it contains, the register constitutes a vital instrument for the management and monitoring of the market; whereas the competent authorities assigned to management and those responsible for monitoring must accordingly have access thereto;
Whereas the measures contemplated as a whole are of interest to the Community; whereas provision should consequently be made for the Community to make a financial contribution to the establishment of the register; whereas the cost of this contribution is estimated at 59 million ECU,
1. Member States which produce grapes grown in the open air shall establish, in accordance with this Regulation, a Community vineyard register, hereinafter referred to as the register, covering their territory. The register shall comprise all the information referred to in Article 2.
2. Member States in which the total area under vines in the open air is less than 500 hectares shall not be subject to the obligation referred to in paragraph 1.
1. In order to establish the register, the Member States shall:
(a) in respect of each holding where vines are grown, collect information relating to:
- its identity and situation,
- the references of the parcels under vines,
- its general characteristics, and
- the characteristics of the vines it contains and the products produced therefrom.
The Member States may also collect additional information useful for improving knowledge of production and marketing potential relating in particular to areas under glass and the existence of wine-making facilities;
(b) in respect of each vine-grower required to make any of the declarations laid down by Community or national rules on wine and wine-growing, collect all the information resulting from the said declarations which relates in particular to production, changes in grape-growing potential, intervention measures and premiums collected;
(c) in respect of any natural or legal person or group of such persons required to make any of the declarations laid down by Community or national rules on wine and wine-growing who processes and markets raw materials originating from wine-growing into one of the products governed by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79, excluding grape juice, vinegar and by-products of wine-making, gather all the information resulting from the said declarations which relates in particular to the premiums collected, the products processed and the oenological practices.
Member States may in addition gather information concerning any natural or legal person or group of persons who undertakes distillation.
2. On the basis of the information obtained pursuant to paragraph 1, the Member States shall set up:
(a) a holding file for each vine-grower referred to in paragraph 1 (b). The holding file shall include all the information obtained pursuant to paragraph 1 (a), (b) and, if the grower is also a processor, where appropriate (c);
(b) a production file for each person or group referred to in paragraph 1 (c). The production file shall include all the information obtained pursuant to paragraph 1 (c).
Holding or production files need not include all the information referred to in the first subparagraph where national rules relating to the protection of individualized data do not allow it to be consolidated in a single file. In that event Member States shall ensure that information which does not appear in holding or production file appears in a classification by person required to make declarations which is kept by one or more bodies appointed by the Member States.
3. On the basis of, and after checking, the information referred to in paragraph 1 (a), the Member States shall in particular ensure that:
- all natural or legal persons or groups of such persons who are required to make the declarations required by Community rules on wine and wine-growing comply with that requirement,
- the particulars, especially those relating to the structure of the holding, are reliable.
1. Member States shall ensure that:
- the data in the register are kept for as long as is necessary for the purposes of applying the measures to which they relate and in any event for at least five wine years following the year to which they relate,
- the register is used only for application of the rules on wine and wine growing, or for statistical purposes or for structural measures. Insofar as their rules permit, Member States may also provide for the register to be used for other purposes, and in particular for penal or fiscal purposes,
- data collected solely for statistical purposes may not be put to any other use, - measures are taken to ensure protection of the data, in particular against theft and tampering,
- persons required to make declarations have access without delay or excessive cost to the files concerning them,
- persons required to make declarations have the right to have any justified alteration to the information concerning them taken into account, and in particular the right to have data of no further interest erased periodically.
2. Wine-growers:
- must not hinder the collection of information by agents qualified for that purpose, and
- must provide such agents with all the information required pursuant to this Regulation.
1. The register shall be established in its entirety not later than six years following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
However, in the case of administrative units for which the knowledge of certain details prove indispensable for proper management of the market, on account in particular of the nature or the volume of production, or of recourse to Community intervention measures, the time limit for establishment of the register shall be reduced to a period to be determined.
2. Where the register is established on the basis of a geographical plan, in each administrative unit the information referred to:
- in Article 2 (1) (a) must be collected and processed within a maximum of 36 months from the time the work commences,
- in Article 2 (1) (b) and (c) must be collected and processed within a maximum of 18 months from the time the work commences.
Where the register is established by the successive collection and processing of the various items of information referred to in Article 2, these operations must be carried out:
- in the case of the information referred to in Article 2 (1) (a), within a maximum of 36 months from the time the work commences,
- in the case of the information referred to in Article 2 (1) (b) and (c), within a maximum of 18 months from the time the work commences.
3. Member States, in liaison with the Commission, shall, within six months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, prepare the programme for the establishment of the register.
This programme:
- shall show the time limits for completion of the various operations, the priority areas for setting up the register, the resources provided and the phasing of expenditure over the establishment period,
- may provide for the participation of producers' organizations in setting up all or part of the register,
- shall be forwarded to the Commission as soon as it has been established.
1. Member States shall provide the facilities required for the computerized management of the register.
2. The holding and production files shall be managed by one or more bodies appointed by each Member State.
Member States shall forward a name of the body or bodies referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and in the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) within two months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
3. Member States shall ensure that the register is updated regularly as and when the information gathered becomes available.
4. At least every five years, and on the first occasion not later than five years after the establishment of the relevant file, Member States shall check that the structural situation shown by the file for the holding referred to in Article 2 (1) (a) corresponds to the true situation on that holding. The files shall be adapted on the basis of that check.
5. Member States shall introduce a procedure for checking the information gathered in the individual files referred to in Article 2 (2). This check shall be carried out:
- by methods to be determined under the establishment programme referred to in Article 4 (3),
- within a period which shall not exceed the time limits laid down in Article 4 (2) by more than 12 months.
1. The Commission shall, in liaison with the national bodies responsible for establishment of the register, ensure that it is established and that this Regulation is uniformly applied.
2. For the purposes of applying this Regulation, the Commission may obtain from the national bodies referred to in paragraph 1, if need be on the spot, any information on the establishment and operation of the register other than that which enables individuals to be identified. The establishment and operation thereof remain matters for the said national bodies.
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to enable their authorities entrusted with the task of applying and monitoring the rules on wine-growing to have access to the information referred to in Article 2.
2. The Member States shall forward the Commission a list of the authorities referred to in paragraph 1. Article 8
Member States shall periodically forward a report to the Commission on the progress of work relating to the establishment of the register and on the measures introduced for its management. This report must mention any difficulties encountered, and, where appropriate, put forward suggestions for reorganizing the work or for reviewing time limits.
The Commission shall forward to the Member States the programmes for the establishments of the register and the reports referred to in the first paragraph.
The Member State(s) concerned shall supply additional items of information if requested to do so by the Commission.
1. The Community shall contribute towards the financing of the measures provided for in Articles 1 and 2 to the extent of 50 % of the actual cost:
- of establishing the register,
- of investment in the data-processing facilities referred to in Article 5 (1) which are required for management of the register.
2. Work or investment supported by the Community contributions under other schemes shall not be eligible for contributions under the provisions of this Article.
3. The Community contribution shall be made in the form of reimbursements decided on by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3769/85 (2). However, arrangements may be decided on for advance payments to Member States.
4. Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply to the Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
5. Detailed rules for the application of paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.
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The list of compulsory and optional information referred to in Article 2 (1) (a) and (c) and the decision referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4 (1) shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 67 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79.
The other detailed rules for application of this Regulation shall be laid down in accordance with the same procedure, including in particular:
- those enabling the information appearing in the register to be used for statistical and administrative purposes, and in particular to be communicated to the Commission and the Member States,
- those determining such information to be used for statistical purposes only,
- those concerning the application of Article 6,
- those concerning the special conditions for the establishment of the register in Portugal.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001R2586 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2586/2001 of 19 December 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 so as to include Senegal in the list of countries enjoying the special support arrangement for the least developed countries
| Council Regulation (EC) No 2586/2001
of 19 December 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 so as to include Senegal in the list of countries enjoying the special support arrangement for the least developed countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2820/98(1) provides for more favourable tariff treatment for the least developed countries listed in Annex IV thereto.
(2) Following the latest triennial review of the list of least developed countries by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 2001, Senegal was added to that list by a decision of the UN General Assembly of 12 April 2001. It is therefore appropriate that Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 is hereby amended as follows:
(a) in Annex III, after the entry "SN Senegal", the footnote reference "(2)" shall be inserted,
(b) in Annex IV, "SN Senegal" shall be inserted after "CV Cape Verde".
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31982D0480 | 82/480/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 July 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Aminco - Spectrofluorometer, model J 4-8970' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 July 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Aminco - Spectrofluorometer, model J 4-8970' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/480/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 28 December 1981, Belgium has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Aminco - Spectrofluorometer, model J 4-8970', ordered 6 November 1978 and to be used for research on the mechanisms of lead interference in heme synthesis in various types of cells and on the potentials of membrane cells, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 14 May 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrofluorometer; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the resolution power of the spectrum and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'SFR 100' manufactured by Baird Atomic Ltd, East Street, UK-Braintree, Essex and to the apparatus 'JY 3 C' manufactured by Jobin Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, F-91163 Longjumeau CĂŠdex,
The apparatus described as 'Aminco - Spectrofluorometer, model J 4-8970', which is the subject of an application by Belgium of 28 December 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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31987R0537 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 537/87 of 23 February 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 537/87
of 23 February 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 536/87 (2), and in particular Article 54 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1625/86 (6), laid down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts; whereas the second subparagraph of Article 4 (3) of the said Regulation lists the names of certain specified regions which may, by way of exception, be used for the description of table wines during a transitional period expiring on 31 August 1986; whereas, since the Member States concerned have not yet established the names which may replace the names of these specified regions in the description of table wines, the said transitional period should be extended until 31 August 1991;
Whereas the expiry of the transitional period referred to in point (b) of the second subparagraph of Article 14 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/79 would lead to difficulties in the marketing of wines in certain specified regions; whereas, in order to take account of these difficulties and ease the transition to more restrictive conditions regarding the description of quality wines psr, the date referred to in the aforementioned provision should be postponed for five years;
In the second subparagraph of Article 4 (3) and in (b) of the second subparagraph of Article 14 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/79, '31 August 1986' is replaced by '31 August 1991'.
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 September 1986.
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32000R0323 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 323/2000 of 11 February 2000 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 323/2000
of 11 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 Regulation (EC) No 254/2000(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 accepted that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classifiction 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 now 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 the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31983D0218 | 83/218/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 April 1983 on the list of establishments in the Socialist Republic of Romania approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 April 1983
on the list of establishments in the Socialist Republic of Romania approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
(83/218/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 18 (1) (a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas establishments in third countries cannot be authorized to export fresh meat to the Community unless they satisfy the general and special conditions laid down in Directive 72/462/EEC;
Whereas Romania has forwarded, in accordance with Article 4 (3) of Directive 72/462/EEC, a list of the establishments authorized to export to the Community;
Whereas Community on-the-spot visits have shown that the hygiene standards of many of these establishments are sufficient and they may therefore be entered on a first list, established according to Article 4 (1) of the said Directive, of establishments from which import of fresh meat may be authorized;
Whereas the case of the other establishments proposed by Romania has to be re-examined on the basis of additional information regarding their hygiene standards and their ability to adapt quickly to the Community legislation;
Whereas, in the meantime and so as to avoid any abrupt interruption of existing trade flows, these establishments may be authorized temporarily to continue their exports of fresh meat to those Member States prepared to accept them;
Whereas it will therefore be necessary to re-examine and, if necessary, amend this Decision in the light of measures taken to this end and improvements made;
Whereas it should be recalled that import of fresh meat is also subject to other Community veterinary legislation, particularly as regards health protection requirements, including the special provisions for Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom;
Whereas import of fresh meat from establishments appearing on the list annexed to this Decision remains subject to provisions laid down elsewhere and to the general provisions of the Treaty; whereas, in particular, import from third countries and re-export to other Member States of certain categories of meat, such as meat weighing less than three kilograms, or meat containing residues of certain substances which are not yet covered by harmonized Community rules, remain subject to the health legislation of the importing Member State;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The establishments in Romania listed in the Annex are hereby approved for the import of fresh meat into the Community pursuant to the said Annex.
2. Imports from the establishments referred to in paragraph 1 shall remain subject to the Community veterinary provisions laid down elsewhere, and, in particular those concerning health protection requirements.
Member States shall prohibit imports of fresh meat coming from establishments other than those listed in the Annex.
However, Member States may continue to authorize until 30 November 1983 imports of fresh meat coming from establishments which are not listed in the Annex but which have been officially approved and proposed by the Romanian authorities as of 15 October 1982 pursuant to Article 4 (3) of Directive 72/462/EEC, unless a decision is taken to the contrary, in accordance with Article 4 (1) of the abovementioned Directive, before 1 December 1983.
The Commission shall forward the list of these establishments to the Member States.
This Decision shall apply from 1 May 1983.
This Decision shall be reviewed and if necessary amended before 1 September 1983.
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31998R1409 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1409/98 of 1 July 1998 laying down rates of compensatory interest applicable during the second half of 1998 to customs debts incurred in relation to compensating products or goods in the unaltered state (inward processing relief arrangements and temporary importation)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1409/98 of 1 July 1998 laying down rates of compensatory interest applicable during the second half of 1998 to customs debts incurred in relation to compensating products or goods in the unaltered state (inward processing relief arrangements and temporary importation)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 75/98 (3), and in particular Article 589 (4)(a) and Article 709 thereof,
Whereas Article 589 (4)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provides that the Commission shall publish rates of compensatory interest applicable to customs debts incurred in relation to compensating products or goods in the unaltered state, in order to make up for the unjustified financial advantage arising from the postponement of the date on which the customs debt is incurred in the case of non-exportation out of the customs territory of the Community; whereas the rates of compensatory interest for the second half of 1998 must be established in accordance with the rules laid down in that Regulation,
The annual rates of compensatory interest referred to in Articles 589 (4)(a) and 709 (3)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 applicable for the period from 1 July until 31 December 1998 are the following:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
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32012R0050 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 50/2012 of 19 January 2012 fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95
| 20.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 17/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 50/2012
of 19 January 2012
fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 143 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 614/2009 of 7 July 2009 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (3) lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixes representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for egg albumin.
(2) Regular monitoring of the data used to determine representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for egg albumin shows that the representative import prices for certain products should be amended to take account of variations in price according to origin. The representative prices should therefore be published.
(3) In view of the situation on the market, this amendment should be applied as soon as possible.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31984D0566 | 84/566/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 November 1984 authorizing the United Kingdom to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of certain textile products, originating in Turkey and Czechoslovakia, which have been put into free circulation in the Community (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 November 1984
authorizing the United Kingdom to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of certain textile products, originating in Turkey and Czechoslovakia, which have been put into free circulation in the Community
(Only the English text is authentic)
(84/566/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 80/47/EEC of 20 December 1979 on surveillance and protective measures which Member States may be authorized to take in respect of imports of certain products originating in third countries and put into free circulation in another Member State (1), and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof,
Whereas Decision 80/47/EEC requires Member States to have prior authorization from the Commission before introducing intra-Community surveillance of the imports concerned;
Whereas in accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1842/71 of 21 June 1971 of safeguard measures provided for in the association agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey (2), the Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 1258/84 (3) and (EEC) No 2021/84 (4), introduced protective measures in respect of imports into the Community of certain textile products originating in Turkey;
Whereas such measures were authorized because of the massive and rapid increase of the imports concerned into the Community and because of the damage to Community producers;
Whereas, under these measures, imports into the Community of the textile products in question originating in Turkey are subject, until 31 December 1984, to quantitative limits;
Whereas the importation into the Community of the textile products in question originating in Czechoslovakia were the subject of an agreement negotiated between the Community and this country; whereas under this agreement, Czechoslovakia undertook to take all the necessary steps to keep its exports of the products in question within certain limits;
Whereas, in order to implement this agreement and take account of its particular provisions, the Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 3762/83 (5), introduced specific common rules for imports of certain textile products;
Whereas, because of the disparities in market conditions within the Community and the particular sensitivity of this sector of Community industry, the Community ceiling was divided among the Member States so as to take account of these factors; whereas the quota allocated to the United Kingdom was 62 tonnes for 1984;
Whereas disparities exist in the conditions governing imports of such textile products into the different Member States; whereas such disparities may give rise to deflection of trade;
Whereas, in order to deflect rapidly deflections of trade which could aggravate or give rise to economic difficulties in the sector concerned, the Government of the United Kingdom requested the Commission, under Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC, for authorization to apply prior intra-Community surveillance to imports of textile products falling within categories 2, 4, 6, 9, 13, 20, 32 and 83, originating in Turkey, and textile products falling within category 90, originating in Czechoslovakia, and put into free circulation in the other Member States;
Whereas the Commission has examined whether the imports concerned could be made subject to intra-Community surveillance measures under Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC;
Whereas this examination has shown that there is a risk of deflections of trade occurring via the other Member States in the case of textile products falling within categories 2, 4, 6, 9, 32, 83 and 90, thus jeopardizing the objectives aimed at by the safeguard measures indicated above and aggravating or prolonging the economic difficulties of the industry concerned;
Whereas, on these circumstances, there is reason to authorize the United Kingdom, for a given period, to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of the textile products in question originating in Turkey and Czechoslovakia and put into free circulation in the other Member States,
The United Kingdom is authorized to introduce, in accordance with Decision 80/47/EEC, intra-Community surveillance of imports of the textile products in the categories indicated in the annex hereto, originating in Turkey and Czechoslovakia and put into free circulation in the other Member States. Such authorization shall be limited to 31 December 1984 in the case of products originating in Turkey and to 30 June 1985 in the case of products originating in Czechoslovakia.
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31995R2679 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2679/95 of 20 November 1995 fixing the single reduction coefficient for the provisional determination of the quantity of bananas to be allocated to each operator in Categories A and B from the tariff quota for 1996
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2679/95 of 20 November 1995 fixing the single reduction coefficient for the provisional determination of the quantity of bananas to be allocated to each operator in Categories A and B from the tariff quota for 1996 (Text with EEA relevance)
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 organization of the market in bananas (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1164/95 (4), depending on the annual tariff quota and the total reference quantities of operators as referred to in Articles 3 et seq. of the said Regulation, the Commission is to fix, where appropriate, a single reduction coefficient for each category of operators to be applied to operators' reference quantities to determine the quantity to be allocated to each for the year in question;
Whereas on 4 April 1995 the Commission transmitted a proposal to the Council for a Regulation adjusting Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the volume of the annual tariff quota for imports of bananas into the Community following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; whereas, to date, the Council, despite the Commission's efforts, has not taken any decision on increasing the tariff quota on the basis of the abovementioned proposal;
Whereas, without prejudging the measures to be decided by the Council, the reference quantities of category A and B operators for 1996 should be determined provisionally so that import licences can be issued for the first quarters of the year; whereas the reduction coefficient should be calculated for each category of operators referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 on the basis of a tariff quota of 2 200 000 tonnes and of the breakdown provided for in Article 19 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93;
Whereas the total figure for the reference quantities thus calculated in 2 770 857 tonnes for all category A operators and 1 385 889 tonnes for all category B operators;
Whereas the notifications made by the Member States pursuant to Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 concerning the total reference quantities calculated for the operators registered with them and the total quantities of bananas marketed in respect of each activity by those operators reveal that the same quantities marketed in respect of the same activity have been counted twice for different operators in several Member States;
Whereas the use of the abovementioned figures as notified by certain Member States would lead, having regard to the quantities counted twice, to the determination of an excessively high single reduction coefficient which would penalize certain categories of operator; whereas, to avoid unfair treatment of certain operators, which would be difficult to rectify, the reduction coefficient should be determined on the basis of the notifications by Member States minus the quantities counted twice as assessed by the Commission;
Whereas provision should be made for the immediate application of the rules laid down in this Regulation so that operators can benefit from them as soon as possible;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not issued an opinion within the time limit laid down by its chairman,
The provisional quantity to be allocated to each operator in Categories A and B for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1996 within the tariff quota referred to in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be calculated by applying to the operator's reference quantity, determined in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93, the following single reduction coefficients:
- for each Category A operator: 0,527996,
- for each Category B operator: 0,476229.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
The provisions of this Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any adjustments resulting from further checks or to any measures to be adopted for the application of subsequent Council decisions.
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 |
32003R1971 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1971/2003 of 10 November 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1971/2003
of 10 November 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009L0106 | Commission Directive 2009/106/EC of 14 August 2009 amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption
| 15.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 212/42
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2009/106/EC
of 14 August 2009
amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty Establishing the European Communities,
Having regard to Council Directive 2001/112/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption (1), and in particular article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to enhance free movement of fruit juices and certain similar products within the Community, Directive 2001/112/EC has laid down specific provisions regarding production, composition and labelling of the products concerned. Those rules should be adapted to technical progress and should take account of developments in relevant international standards, in particular the Codex Standard for fruit juices and nectars (Codex Stan 247-2005) which was adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission during its 28th session on 4-9 July 2005 and the Code of Practice of the European Fruit juice Association (AIJN).
(2) This Codex Standard establishes in particular quality factors and labelling requirements for fruit juices and similar products. The AIJN Code of Practice also establishes quality factors for fruit juice from concentrate and is internationally used as a reference standard for self-regulation in the fruit juice industry. Directive 2001/112/EC should be brought into line, as far as possible, with these standards.
(3) This Codex Standard lays down that the product made by reconstituting concentrated fruit juice is described as ‘fruit juice from concentrate’. The corresponding labelling requirement at Community level should also use these internationally recognised terms. In order to ensure consistency of labelling in all Member States, linguistic versions should be modified where necessary to comply with the Codex wording.
(4) This Codex Standard and the AIJN code of practice also establish minimum Brix values for a list of fruit juices from concentrate; as these values facilitate the testing for minimum quality requirements, they should be taken into consideration as far as they correspond to the reference values used in the Community.
(5) Directive 2001/112/EC should be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Directive 2001/112/EC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 3, paragraph 6, the words ‘made with concentrate(s)’ and ‘partially made with concentrate(s)’ shall be replaced by the words ‘from concentrate(s)’ and ‘partially from concentrate(s)’ respectively.
2. In Annex I, Part I (Definitions), paragraph 1, point (b), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
3. An Annex V, as set out in the Annex to this Directive, is added.
The Member States shall, by 1 January 2011 at the latest, bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those provisions to the Commission.
When the Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication.
The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995D0355 | 95/355/Euratom: Commission Decision of 28 June 1995 concerning the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Canada in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, by the Commission for and on behalf of the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 June 1995 concerning the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Canada in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, by the Commission for and on behalf of the Community (95/355/Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 101 (2) thereof,
Whereas the Council, in its Decision of 20 February 1995 approved the conclusion, by the Commission, of the memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Canada in the field of controlled nuclear fusion,
The memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Canada in the field of controlled nuclear fusion is hereby concluded for and on behalf of the Community.
The text of memorandum of understanding is appended to this Decision.
The Member of the Commission responsible for science, research and development or her designated representative is authorized to sign the memorandum of understanding for the purpose of binding the European Atomic Energy Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R0663 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 663/2003 of 11 April 2003 fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 70th invitation to tender carried out under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 663/2003
of 11 April 2003
fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 70th invitation to tender carried out under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
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) Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2003(4), provides that, in the light of the tenders received for each invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed in relation to the intervention price applicable and that it may also be decided not to proceed with the invitation to tender.
(2) As a result of the tenders received, the maximum buying-in price should be fixed as set out below.
(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 70th invitation to tender issued under Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, for which tenders had to be submitted not later than 8 April 2003, the maximum buying-in price is fixed at 295,38 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997D0598 | 97/598/EC: Commission Decision of 25 July 1997 amending Commission Decision 97/252/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorize imports of milk and milk-based products for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 25 July 1997 amending Commission Decision 97/252/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorize imports of milk and milk-based products for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance) (97/598/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States are authorized to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by Council Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Articles 2 (1) and 7 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 95/340/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 96/584/EC (4), draws up a list of third countries from which the Member States authorize imports of milk and milk-based products;
Whereas the health and veterinary certification requirements for imports of milk and milk-based products from the countries appearing on that list have been laid down in Commission Decision 95/343/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 97/115/EC (6);
Whereas Commission Decision 97/252/EC (7) draws up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorize imports of milk and milk-based products for human consumption;
Whereas a Community on-the-spot inspection in Bulgaria has shown that certain establishments do not meet the Community health requirements and that the guarantees provided by the competent authorities have not been complied with;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 97/252/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision for Bulgaria.
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 |
32004D0119 | 2004/119/EC: Commission Decision of 29 January 2004 amending Decision 96/333/EC establishing health certification of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from third countries which are not yet covered by a specific decision (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 146)
| Commission Decision
of 29 January 2004
amending Decision 96/333/EC establishing health certification of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from third countries which are not yet covered by a specific decision
(notified under document number C(2004) 146)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/119/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs(1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 96/333/EC of 3 May 1996 establishing health certification of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from third countries which are not yet covered by a specific decision(2), is applicable until 31 December 2003.
(2) Commission Decision 97/20/EC(3), establishes the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods. Part II of that list contains the third countries which might be the subject of a provisional decision based on Council Decision 95/408/EC(4).
(3) Under Decision 95/408/EC, the list of countries is applicable until 31 December 2005. Therefore the date of validity of Decision 96/333/EC should be amended to bring it in line with the date of validity of the provisional list.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 5 of Decision 96/333/EC "to 31 December 2003" is replaced by "to 31 December 2005".
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 |
31996D0300 | 96/300/Euratom, EC: Council and Commission Decision of 22 April 1996 concluding the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part
| COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION of 22 April 1996 concluding the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part (96/300/Euratom, EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 238, in conjunction with Article 228 (2), second sentence, and Article 228 (3) second subparagraph thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 101 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the approval given by the Council pursuant to Article 101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Whereas, at its meeting in Copenhagen on 21 and 22 June 1993, the European Council called for further Community programmes to be opened up to the associated countries of central and eastern Europe, taking as a point of departure those programmes which are already open to EFTA countries;
Whereas the Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, an Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement with the Slovak Republic,
The Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, signed on 11 December 1995 is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community and on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.
The text of the Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council shall be decided by the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
The President of the Council shall undertake the notification provided for in Article 4 of the Additional Protocol on behalf of the European Community. The President of the Commission should undertake the same notification for the European Atomic Energy Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011D0514 | Council Decision 2011/514/CFSP of 22 November 2010 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information
| 23.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 216/1
COUNCIL DECISION 2011/514/CFSP
of 22 November 2010
concerning the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in particular Article 37 thereof, and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular Article 218(5) and the first subparagraph of Article 218(6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR),
Whereas:
(1) At its meeting on 22 March 2010, the Council decided to authorise the HR to open negotiations pursuant to Article 37 TEU and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 218(3) TFEU in order to conclude an Agreement on the security of information between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia.
(2) Following that authorisation, the HR negotiated an Agreement with the Republic of Serbia on security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information.
(3) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia on security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R1903 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1903/96 of 27 September 1996 establishing certain measures concerning imports of processed agricultural products from Switzerland in order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations in the agricultural sector
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1903/96 of 27 September 1996 establishing certain measures concerning imports of processed agricultural products from Switzerland in order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations in the agricultural sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under the preferential agreement between the European Community and Switzerland, concessions regarding certain processed agricultural products have been granted on a reciprocal basis;
Whereas, further to Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994) (1), certain concessions regarding processed agricultural products have been amended as from 1 July 1995;
Whereas, as a result, certain aspects of the agreement concluded with Switzerland, and in particular the protocol concerning processed agricultural products annexed to this agreement, should be adjusted in order to maintain the existing level of reciprocal preferences;
Whereas, to that end, negotiations are still in progress with Switzerland with a view to reaching an agreement on the amendments to this protocol; whereas, however, it has not proved possible to conclude these negotiations and to implement the necessary adjustments for 1 July 1996;
Whereas in those circumstances it is appropriate for the European Community to adopt autonomous measures in order to maintain the existing level of reciprocal preferences, pending the conclusion of negotiations;
Whereas the Council has already adopted transitional measures by Regulation (EC) No 1917/95 (2), such measures having been extended by Regulation (EC) No 167/96 (3) to 30 June 1996; whereas these measures should be extended with account being taken, however, of the changes in the Community customs tariff that will apply from 1 July 1996,
1. From 1 July 1996 to 31 December 1996, the basic amounts to be taken into account in the calculation of the agricultural components and the additional duties applicable on importation into the Community of goods originating in Switzerland shall be those mentioned in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The Commission may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (4), suspend application of the measures provided for in paragraph 1 if Switzerland no longer applies the reciprocal measures in favour of the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32011R0005 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 5/2011 of 5 January 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 6.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 3/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 5/2011
of 5 January 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission 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 6 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987D0533 | 87/533/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 April 1987 on an Italian Government aid scheme to support Italian sugar traders (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 April 1987
on an Italian Government aid scheme to support Italian sugar traders
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(87/533/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and in particular Article 44 thereof,
Having given notice to the parties concerned, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) of the Treaty, to submit their comments (3),
Whereas:
I
On 14 November 1984, at a meeting of the Management Committee for Sugar, the Commission learned of an aid scheme provided for by the delibera (decision) of the CIPE (Comitato Interministeriale di Programmazione Economica) of 11 October 1984 (4), by the provvedimenti of the CIP (Comitato Interministeriale Prezzi) No 39/1984 of 24 October 1984 (5) and No 41/1984 of 16 November 1984 (6).
This scheme provides for aid to be granted to Italian sugar traders at a rate of Lit 37,12 per kilogram of white sugar in storage on 29 October 1984, free of corporation tax and in respect of which the sovraprezzo (surcharge) has been paid. The purpose of the scheme is to maintain the level of income of those traders affected by the CIPE decision to reduce maximum sugar prices with effect from 30 October 1984.
II
1. In a letter to the Italian Government dated 23 November 1984, the Commission expressed reservations regarding this scheme and related its view to its conclusions with regard to the principle of fixing sugar prices in Italy as contravening the Community pricing arrangements.
By letter of 7 May 1986, the Commission informed the Italian Government that it had decided to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the Treaty in respect of the abovementioned aid scheme.
The Commission took the view that this scheme:
- constitutes an operating aid having no lasting effect on the improvement of the structures concerned,
- fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 92 (1) of the Treaty, without qualifying for the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (2) and (3),
- furthermore constitutes, by its nature and its method of financing, an infringement of the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector and is therefore incompatible with the common market within the meaning of the abovementioned Article 92.
Under this procedure, the Commission gave notice to the Italian Government to submit its comments.
The Commission also gave notice to the other Member States and to other parties concerned to submit their comments.
2. On 22 July 1986, the Italian Government replied to the Commission's letter of 7 May 1986. Amongst other things, it stressed that the reduction in the price of sugar pursuant to CIP Provvedimento No 39/84 meant that traders could not sell sugar in stock on 29 October 1984 without incurring losses. The Italian Government therefore considered that the said Provvedimento does not constitute an aid since its purpose is to ensure equal treatment in relation to the product sold before the price reduction.
3. In its letter of 9 January 1987, the Italian Government informed the Commission, inter alia, that:
- in its communication pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty, addressed to the parties concerned other than the Member States, the Commission had stated that the system of maximum prices for sugar in Italy did not contravene the Community pricing arrangements,
- this decision throws further light on the thinking behind the national scheme, the purpose of which was to restore equilibrium to the market conditions affecting traders who had purchased the sugar before the national price reduction and who had subsequently sold it,
- the Italian Government therefore hoped that the Commission would reconsider, in a more favourable light, the measures intended to restore fair trading conditions for the operators concerned.
III
The quantities of sugar in respect of which aid is to be granted to sugar traders are as follows:
- estimated quantity of sugar held in storage by traders on 29 October 1984 and to which the aid relates:
47 839 tonnes (according to information supplied by the Italian authorities), i. e.:
- 3,75 % of the total Italian production for 1984/85, which was 1 274 000 tonnes (source: Eurostat);
- 24,8 % of the quantity imported in 1984/85 (source: Eurostat).
On the basis of these figures, the total amount of aid would be Lit 1 700 million (1 164 000 ECU),
- quantities of raw sugar imported annually from the Member States (EUR-10, source: Eurostat):
- 1982/83: 283 000 tonnes,
- 1983/84: 273 000 tonnes,
- 1984/85: 239 773 tonnes.
Since Italy is a net importer of sugar, its production is limited to quota A.
IV
1. The aid, to be granted in respect of any quantity of sugar held in storage on 29 October 1984, is likely to distort competition: it favours Italian traders who held stocks of white sugar on 29 October 1984 at the expense of their competitors in the other Member States which trade in sugar and who have sought to market sugar after that date.
It must be borne in mind that, with effect from 30 October 1984, both groups of economic operators have been subject to the same maximum sale prices for sugar fixed by the CIPE, and that only those traders who held stocks of sugar on 29 October 1984 will receive the aid at a rate of Lit 37,12 per kilogram.
Thanks to the aid, therefore, the latter are in a position to offer, if they so desire, more advantageous conditions of sale than could be offered by their opposite numbers in the other Member States where such State aid is not available.
The scheme also affects trade in sugar between Italy and the other Member States from which it imports the product: as from 30 October 1984, economic operators in those States will have found it more difficult to export to Italy because Italian traders will have preferred, as from that date, first to dispose of the stocks of sugar which they held on 29 October 1984 - for which they can receive aid at the rate of Lit 37,12 per kilogram - before selling imported sugar, which has received no aid, from the other Member States.
2. The scheme in question therefore meets the conditions laid down in Article 92 (1) of the Treaty, which provides that any aid meeting the criteria which it sets out shall be, in principle, incompatible with the common market.
This incompatibility cannot be waived, pursuant to Article 92 (2) of the Treaty, since the exceptions laid down therein clearly do not apply to the present case. The exceptions provided for in paragraph 3 of the said Article state the exact purposes to be served by granting the aid in question, and these purposes must relate to the pursuit of a Community interest; in particular, the aid cannot be granted unless the Commission can establish that it is necessary in order to achieve one of the objectives referred to in those Articles. To grant the benefit of those exceptions to aid schemes which do not involve that type of compensation would be to allow a situation to exist which is prejudicial to trade between Member States, to permit distortion of competition without any justification in terms of the Community interest and, consequently, to give unjustified advantages to certain Member States.
The scheme in question is clearly not intended to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest within the meaning of Article 92 (3) (b), nor does it help to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State within the meaning of that Article. As regards the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) in respect of aid to promote or facilitate the economic development of certain areas, and of certain activities as provided for in the abovementioned subparagraph (c), it should be noted that the aid in question is granted only to certain Italian traders and without reference to the alteration or improvment of their marketing structure. Accordingly, this scheme must be considered as an operating aid for those traders and the Commission has, in principle, always been opposed to this kind of aid since it is granted without reference to any conditions which might make it eligible for one of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) and (c).
It must also be borne in mind that, although the Commission has decided that the national arrangements for fixing maximum prices for sugar in Italy do not contravene the Community pricing system, this does not justify the conclusion that the aid in question (the purpose of which, according to the Italian authorities, is to compensate for the fixing of lower national prices on 30 October 1984) is eligible for one of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 (3) (a) and (c) of the Treaty.
3. The granting of the aid in question ignores the principle that the Member States no longer have the power to take unilateral decisions on incomes in the context of an EEC market organization by granting aids of this kind.
There are, in any case, limits to the extent to which Member States may intervene directly in the operation of EEC market organizations involving a common system of prices since such organizations are exclusively within the competence of the Community.
Therefore, since the aid scheme under consideration contravenes the EEC market organization in question, no exception pursuant to Article 92 (3) of the Treaty could be applied to it even if such an exception were considered possible on other grounds.
4. The aid scheme in question does not, therefore, meet the conditions necessary for it to qualify for one of the exceptions provided for in Article 92 and must be considered as incompatible with the common market. The Italian authorities must take the necessary steps to ensure that the aid in question is not granted.
This Decision is without prejudice to any conclusions which the Commission may reach, where appropriate, regarding recovery of the abovementioned aid from its recipients and regarding financing of the common agricultural policy by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund should it appear that the aid was granted before completion of the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the Treaty,
The aid, which consists of a payment to Italian traders of Lit 37,12 per kilogram of white sugar held in storage, free of corporation tax, and in respect of which the sovraprezzo has been paid as provided for by the delibera of the CIPE (Comitato Interministeriale di Programmazione Economica) of 11 October 1984 and by the provvedimenti of the CIP (Comitato Interministeriale Prezzi) No 39/1984 of 24 October 1984 and No 41/1984 of 16 November 1984, is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the Treaty and may not be granted.
The Italian Government shall inform the Commission, within one month from the date of notification of this Decision, of the steps which it has taken to comply with the provisions of Article 1.
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32004R0408 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 408/2004 of 4 March 2004 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 408/2004
of 4 March 2004
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003
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),
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(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003 of 15 October 2003 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden for the marketing year 2003/04(3), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland and Sweden to all third countries, with the exception of Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003.
(2) According to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003 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 27 February to 4 March 2004 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1814/2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0290 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 290/2005 of 21 February 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 22.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 49/2
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 290/2005
of 21 February 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0367 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 367/2010 of 28 April 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 29.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 107/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 367/2010
of 28 April 2010
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April 2010.
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 |
32014D0448 | 2014/448/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 8 July 2014 amending Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU as regards African swine fever in Latvia (notified under document C(2014) 4925) Text with EEA relevance
| 10.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 201/31
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 8 July 2014
amending Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU as regards African swine fever in Latvia
(notified under document C(2014) 4925)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/448/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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(4) 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,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (3), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Directive 2002/60/EC (4) lays down the minimum measures to be applied within the Union for the control of African swine fever, including the measures to be taken in the event of an outbreak of African swine fever, in particular in cases where African swine fever is suspected or confirmed in feral pigs.
(2) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU (5) was adopted in response to the presence of African swine fever in certain Member States. That Decision demarcates and lists restricted areas in an Annex differentiated by the level of risk considering the epidemiological situation. It also lays down animal health rules on the movement, dispatch and marking of pigs and certain pig products from those affected Member States, in order to prevent the spread of that disease to other areas of the Union.
(3) On 26 June 2014, cases of African swine fever in feral pigs, specifically in wild boar, were reported in Latvia due to the introduction of the African swine fever virus from neighbouring third countries where that disease is present. The introduction of the virus in two low-biosecurity small farms in the same area was also reported. Those outbreaks, taken together with the cases in wild boar adjacent to the external border of the Union, have to be considered in the assessment of the risk represented by the current epidemiological situation. In order to focus the control measures and to prevent disease spread as well as to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade by third countries, the Union list of infected areas in Latvia is to be urgently established on the basis of the risk the disease represents for the Union and in collaboration with the Member State concerned.
(4) It is therefore necessary to amend Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU to include the relevant territories of Latvia in Part I and Part II of the Annex thereto.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31997R0573 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 573/97 of 26 March 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1382/96 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 573/97 of 26 March 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1382/96 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 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 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1382/96 (2) provides for the opening of a tariff quota of 50 700 tonnes of frozen beef intended for processing from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997; whereas, following the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations on 1 January 1996, the quota should be increased by 350 tonnes not yet taken into account;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The following paragraph 2a is added to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1382/96:
'2a. An additional quantity of 350 tonnes bone-in equivalent of frozen beef shall be added to the quantity referred to in paragraph 1. It shall be allocated in accordance with Article 6.`
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 | 1 | 0 |
31999L0028 | Commission Directive 1999/28/EC of 21 April 1999 amending the Annex to Council Directive 92/14/EEC on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/28/EC
of 21 April 1999
amending the Annex to Council Directive 92/14/EEC on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/14/EEC of 2 March 1992 on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988)(1), as last amended by Directive 98/20/EC(2), and in particular Article 9a thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 3 of Directive 92/14/EEC exempts the aeroplanes listed in the Annex thereto, provided, in particular, that they continue to be used by natural or legal persons established in the nation of registration of the reference period;
(2) Whereas Article 9a of Directive 92/14/EEC provides for a simplified procedure for amendments to the Annex with a view to ensuring full conformity with the eligibility criteria;
(3) Whereas, some aeroplanes included in the Annex have been destroyed and others have been removed from the register of the relevant developing nation, and amendments to the Annex are therefore required;
(4) Whereas the provisions of this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Aviation Safety Regulation Committee established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91(3)(4), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/96(5),
The Annex to Directive 92/14/EEC is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 September 1999 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law that they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0159 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 159/2014 of 13 February 2014 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Patata dell’Alto Viterbese (PGI))
| 21.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 52/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 159/2014
of 13 February 2014
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Patata dell’Alto Viterbese (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Patata dell’Alto Viterbese’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Patata dell’Alto Viterbese’ should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997D0062 | Commission Decision of 28 November 1996 approving the programme for the eradication of bovine brucellosis for 1997 presented by France and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 1996 approving the programme for the eradication of bovine brucellosis for 1997 presented by France and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the French text is authentic) (97/62/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of bovine brucellosis;
Whereas by letter, France has submitted a programme for the eradication of bovine brucellosis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community for 1997 and which was established by Commission Decision 96/598/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health, it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs incurred by France up to a maximum of ECU 1 550 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the eradication of bovine brucellosis presented by France is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1997.
France shall bring into force by 1 January 1997 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred in France by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 1 550 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1998 at the latest.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010D0676 | 2010/676/EU: Council Decision of 8 November 2010 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
| 10.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 292/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 8 November 2010
on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
(2010/676/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area foresees that the contracting parties undertake to continue their efforts with a view to achieving progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade between them.
(2) In September 2005 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Norway with a view to achieving greater liberalisation of bilateral trade in agricultural products, in the framework of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The negotiations were successfully concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the Agreement’) was initialled on 28 January 2010.
(3) The Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion,
The signing of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the Agreement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement (1).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R2569 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2569/2001 of 20 December 2001 fixing the standard values to be used in calculating the financial compensation and the advance pertaining thereto in respect of fishery products withdrawn from the market during the 2002 fishing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2569/2001
of 20 December 2001
fixing the standard values to be used in calculating the financial compensation and the advance pertaining thereto in respect of fishery products withdrawn from the market during the 2002 fishing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2001(2), and in particular Article 21(5) and (8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides for financial compensation to be paid to producer organisations which withdraw, on certain conditions, the products listed in Annex I(A) and (B) to that Regulation. The amount of such financial compensation should be reduced by standard values in the case of products intended for purposes other than human consumption.
(2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1501/83 of 9 June 1983 on the disposal of certain fishery products which have been withdrawn from the market(3) specifies the ways of disposing of the products withdrawn. The value of such products should be fixed at a standard level for each of these modes of disposal, taking into account the average revenues which may be obtained from such disposal in the various Member States.
(3) Under Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2509/2000 of 15 November 2000 setting detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards financial compensation on certain fishery products(4), special rules provide that, where a producer organisation or one of its members puts its products up for sale in a Member State other than the country in which it is recognised, the body responsible for granting the financial compensation must be informed. This body is the one in the Member State in which the producer organisation is recognised. The standard value deductible should therefore be the value applied in that Member State.
(4) The same method of calculation should be applied to advances on financial compensation as provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2509/2000.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 2002 fishing year, the standard values to be used in calculating financial compensation and associated advances for products withdrawn from the market by producer organisations, intended for purposes other than human consumption, are hereby fixed as set out in the Annex hereto for each of the uses shown.
The standard value to be deducted from financial compensation and associated advances shall be that applied in the Member State in which the producer organisation is recognised.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985R0315 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 315/85 of 6 February 1985 laying down protective measures in respect of imports of olives
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 315/85
of 6 February 1985
laying down protective measures in respect of imports of olives
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231/85 (2), and in particular Article 20b thereof,
Whereas Article 20b (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC lays down that appropriate measures may be applied if, by reason of imports from third countries, the Community market in olive oil or in products containing olive oil is threatened with serious disturbances; whereas the ending of the application of these measures is determined by the cessation of the threat of disturbance;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2596/69 (3) laid down the type of measures that may be taken and the conditions for applying Article 20b of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
Whereas, at the present moment, very large quantities of olives intended for the production of olive oil and far in excess of the traditional volume of imports of these products into the Community have been recorded;
Whereas, in the light of the current situation of the market in olive and olive oils in the Community, these imports could cause serious disturbances on this market which may endanger the objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas, under such circumstances, protective measures in respect of imports of these products should be taken by suspending the issue of import licences for as long as is required by the situation on the market in the products in question,
For the period until 15 April 1985, the issue of import licences within the meaning of Article 19 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be suspended for olives falling within subheadings 07.01 N II and 07.03 A II of the Common Customs Tariff.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32002R0501 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 501/2002 of 21 March 2002 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 32nd partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 501/2002
of 21 March 2002
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 32nd partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 of 13 July 2001 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(2) for the 2001/2002 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the 32nd partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 32nd partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at 44,105 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002D0010 | 2002/10/EC: Council Decision of 10 December 2001 relating to the conclusion of an Additional Protocol fixing the provisions applicable to trade in certain fish and fishery products to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus
| Council Decision
of 10 December 2001
relating to the conclusion of an Additional Protocol fixing the provisions applicable to trade in certain fish and fishery products to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus
(2002/10/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, first sentence, thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) It is desirable to complete by means of an Additional Protocol the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus(1), so as to provide for preferential conditions for the importation into the Community of certain fish and fishery products originating in the Republic of Cyprus, and into the Republic of Cyprus of certain fish and fishery products originating in the Community.
(2) To that end a new Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products should be added to the said Association Agreement.
(3) The Protocol should be approved,
The Additional Protocol fixing the provisions applicable to trade in certain fish and fishery products to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The tariff quotas referred to in Articles 2 and 3 of the Protocol shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a and 308b of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(2). Their order numbers shall be 09.1435 and 09.1436 respectively.
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32013R0332 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 332/2013 of 10 April 2013 fixing an allocation coefficient for available quantities of out-of-quota sugar to be sold on the Union market at reduced surplus levy during the 2012/2013 marketing year
| 11.4.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/18
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 332/2013
of 10 April 2013
fixing an allocation coefficient for available quantities of out-of-quota sugar to be sold on the Union market at reduced surplus levy during the 2012/2013 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 281/2013 of 22 March 2013 laying down exceptional measures as regards the release of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose on the Union market at reduced surplus levy during the 2012/2013 marketing year (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The quantities covered by certificate applications for out-of-quota sugar submitted from 26 March 2013 to 3 April 2013 and notified to the Commission from 3 April 2013 to 5 April 2013 exceed the limit set in Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 281/2013.
(2) Therefore, in accordance with Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 281/2013 it is necessary to fix an allocation coefficient, which the Member States shall apply to the quantities covered by each notified certificate application.
(3) In order to ensure the efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The quantities for which certificates applications for out-of-quota sugar have been submitted in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 281/2013 from 26 March 2013 to 3 April 2013 and notified to the Commission from 3 April 2013 to 5 April 2013 shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 13,214811 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31994R0526 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 526/94 of 9 March 1994 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss of income from marketing in the banana sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 526/94 of 9 March 1994 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss of income from marketing in the banana sector
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 organization of the market in bananas (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3518/93 (2), and in particular Articles 14 and 30 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 (3) introduces detailed rules relating to the grant of advances and, in Article 4 (3), the obligation to lodge a security together with the application for the advance; whereas the amount of the security is dependent on the level of advances set for a given year; whereas the advances depend on the definitive amount of compensatory aid granted for the marketing of bananas during the preceding year;
Whereas the definitive amount of compensatory aid for the second half of 1993 has not yet been adopted; whereas, therefore, as regards the first application for an advance for 1994 which operators have to submit by 10 March at the latest, a derogation should be introduced providing that the security may be lodged later but in any case prior to payment of that first advance;
Whereas this Regulation must enter into force on the day of its publication in order to be fully effective;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
By derogation from Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93, the security relating to the first application for an advance for Community bananas marketed during January and February 1994 shall be lodged prior to payment of that advance.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003D0688 | 2003/688/EC: Commission Decision of 2 October 2003 amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community as regards the list for Canada (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3427)
| Commission Decision
of 2 October 2003
amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community as regards the list for Canada
(notified under document number C(2003) 3427)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/688/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 92/452/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2003/391/EC(4), provides that Member States are only to import embryos from third countries where they have been collected, processed and stored by embryo collection teams and embryo production teams listed in that Decision. Canada has requested that an amendment be made to that list as regards entries for that country.
(2) Canada has provided guarantees regarding compliance with the appropriate rules set out in Directive 89/556/EEC and the team concerned has been officially approved for exports to the Community by the veterinary services of that country.
(3) Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In the Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC, the row for the Canadian team No E 733 is replaced by the following:
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This Decision shall apply from 6 October 2003.
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31995R2383 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2383/95 of 11 October 1995 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Spanish whisky for the period 1995/96
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2383/95 of 11 October 1995 fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Spanish whisky for the period 1995/96
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93 of 15 October 1993 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the fixing and granting of adjusted refunds in respect of cereals exported in the form of certain spirit drinks (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3098/94 (2) and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93 provides that the quantities of cereals eligible for the refund are to be the quantities placed under control and distilled, weighted by a coefficient to be fixed annually for each Member State concerned; whereas that coefficient expresses the ratio between the total quantities exported and the total quantities marketed of the spirituous beverage concerned on the basis of the trend noted in those quantities during the number of years corresponding to the average ageing period of the spirituous beverage in question; whereas, in view of the information provided by Spain on the period 1 January to 31 December 1994, the average ageing period in 1994 was four years for Spanish whisky; whereas the coefficients for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996 should be fixed;
Whereas Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (3) precludes the grant of refunds for exports to Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway; whereas, therefore, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93, account should be taken of this in the calculation of the coefficient for 1995/96;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996, the coefficients provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93 applying to cereals used in Spain for manufacturing Spanish whisky shall be 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 July 1995.
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32013D0789 | 2013/789/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2013/003 DE/First Solar from Germany)
| 21.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 349/97
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 December 2013
on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2013/003 DE/First Solar from Germany)
(2013/789/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(3) Germanysubmitted an application on 12 April 2013 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in the enterprise First Solar Manufacturing GmbH and supplemented it by additional information up to 14 August 2013. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 2 305 357.
(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Germany,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 2 305 357 in commitment and payment appropriations.
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31976R2300 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2300/76 of 20 September 1976 concluding the Framework Agreement for commercial and economic cooperation between the European Communities and Canada
| 24.9.1976 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 260/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2300/76
of 20 September 1976
concluding the Framework Agreement for commercial and economic cooperation between the European Communities and Canada
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Framework Agreement for commercial and economic cooperation between the European Communities and Canada, signed in Ottawa on 6 July 1976, appears necessary for the attainment of the ends of the Community in the sphere of external economic relations; whereas certain forms of economic cooperation provided for by the Agreement exceed the powers of action specified in the sphere of the common commercial policy,
The Framework Agreement for commercial and economic cooperation between the European Communities and Canada is hereby concluded on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation.
Pursuant to Article VIII of the Agreement, the President of the Council shall give notification that the procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement have been completed on the part of the European Economic Community (2).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32008R1198 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1198/2008 of 1 December 2008 establishing a prohibition of fishing for Greenland halibut in NAFO 3LMNO by vessels flying the flag of Estonia
| 3.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 323/24
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1198/2008
of 1 December 2008
establishing a prohibition of fishing for Greenland halibut in NAFO 3LMNO by vessels flying the flag of Estonia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
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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32006D0384 | 2006/384/EC: Commission Decision of 29 May 2006 amending Decision 2006/135/EC as regarding the establishment of areas A and B in certain Member States due to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (notified under document number C(2006) 2090) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 2.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 148/53
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 May 2006
amending Decision 2006/135/EC as regarding the establishment of areas A and B in certain Member States due to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza
(notified under document number C(2006) 2090)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/384/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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(4) 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,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of 26 May 2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (3), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (4), and in particular Article 66(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Denmark has notified the Commission and the other Member States of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus of subtype H5N1 in poultry on its territory and has taken the appropriate measures provided for in Commission Decision 2006/135/EC of 22 February 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Community (5).
(2) Following that outbreak, Denmark took the necessary measures in accordance with Decision 2006/135/EC. After notification of those measures, the Commission has examined them in collaboration with the Member State concerned, and is satisfied that areas A and B established by that Member State are at sufficient distance to the outbreak in poultry. It is therefore necessary to establish areas A and B in Denmark and to fix the duration of that regionalisation.
(3) Taking account of Article 2(4)(b) and (c) of Decision 2006/135/EC and a final evaluation of the epidemiological situation with regard to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in certain parts of Sweden and Germany, the measures established for those areas in accordance with Article 2(2) of that Decision are no longer necessary.
(4) It is therefore necessary to amend Parts A and B of Annex I to Decision 2006/135/EC accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Decision 2006/135/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
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32012D0111 | 2012/111/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 10 February 2012 amending Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of Denmark and Panama (notified under document C(2012) 678) Text with EEA relevance
| 23.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 50/49
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 10 February 2012
amending Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of Denmark and Panama
(notified under document C(2012) 678)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/111/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in animals. For that purpose, the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof (‘countries or regions’) is according to Article 5(1) and Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 to be determined by classification into one of three categories depending on the BSE risk involved, namely a negligible BSE risk, a controlled BSE risk and an undetermined BSE risk.
(2) The Annex to Commission Decision 2007/453/EC of 29 June 2007 establishing the BSE status of Member States or third countries or regions thereof according to their BSE risk (2) lists countries or regions according to their BSE risk status.
(3) The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) plays a leading role in the categorisation of countries or regions according to their BSE risk and employs criteria equivalent to those established in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. The list in the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC takes account of Resolution No 18 – Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Members – adopted by the OIE in May 2010 regarding the BSE status of Member States and third countries (3).
(4) In May 2011, the OIE adopted Resolution No 17 – Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Members. That Resolution recognised Denmark and Panama as having a negligible BSE risk. The list in the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC should therefore be amended to be brought into line with that Resolution as regards those countries (4).
(5) Decision 2007/453/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,
The Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
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31984R0427 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 427/84 of 21 February 1984 increasing the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 1162/83 for certain eels falling within subheading ex 03.01 A II of the Common Customs Tariff
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 427/84
of 21 February 1984
increasing the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 1162/83 for certain eels falling within subheading ex 03.01 A II of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas the Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 1162/83 (1), opened and allocated among the Member States, for the period 1 July 1983 to 30 June 1984, a duty-free Community tariff quota for certain eels falling within subheading ex 03.01 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, the amount of which was fixed at 4 500 tonnes;
Whereas, on the basis of the most recent data on this product for the period in question, it is estimated that the additional imports from third countries required by the Community currently amount to 750 tonnes; whereas the size of the tariff quota should as a result be increased; whereas, in order to safeguard the Community character of the tariff quota in question, part of the volume of the proposed increase should be allocated to the Community reserve, the balance being allocated among certain Member States on a pro rata basis according to their foreseeable requirements for imports originating in third countries,
The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 1162/83 for fresh eels (live or dead), chilled or frozen, falling within subheading ex 03.01 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, intended for processing by curing or skinning enterprises or for use in the industrial manufacture of products falling within heading No 16.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, is hereby increased from 4 500 to 5 250 tonnes.
1. A first instalment of the additional volume referred to in Article 1, amounting to 675 tonnes, shall be allocated as follows among the following Member States:
Denmark 270 tonnes
Germany 405 tonnes.
2. The second instalment, amounting to 75 tonnes, shall constitute the reserve.
The reserve provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1162/83 shall be thus increased from 450 to 525 tonnes.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004D0005(01) | Decision of the European Central Bank of 22 April 2004 on the national central banks’ percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (ECB/2004/5)
| 9.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/5
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 22 April 2004
on the national central banks’ percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital
(ECB/2004/5)
(2004/502/EC)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and in particular Article 29.4 and Article 49.3 thereof,
Having regard to the contribution of the General Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) in accordance with the fourth indent of Article 47.2 of the Statute,
Whereas:
(1) Decision ECB/2003/17 of 18 December 2003 on the national central banks percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (1) laid down with effect from 1 January 2004 the weightings assigned to those national central banks (NCBs) that were part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) on 1 January 2004 in the key for subscription to the ECB’s capital (hereinafter the ‘capital key weightings’ and the ‘capital key’ respectively).
(2) In view of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union and their respective NCBs becoming part of the ESCB on 1 May 2004, the ECB’s subscribed capital should automatically be increased pursuant to Article 49.3 of the Statute. This increase requires the calculation of the capital key weighting of each NCB that is part of the ESCB on 1 May 2004 by analogy with Article 29.1 and in compliance with Article 29.2 of the Statute. The ECB’s expanded capital key and each NCB’s capital key weighting applies with effect from 1 May 2004.
(3) In accordance with Council Decision 2003/517/EC of 15 July 2003 on the statistical data to be used for the adjustment of the key for subscription to the capital of the European Central Bank (2), the European Commission provided the ECB with the statistical data to be used in determining the expanded capital key.
(4) In view of Article 3.3 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Council of the European Central Bank and in view of the General Council’s contribution to this Decision, the Governors of Česká národní banka, Eesti Pank, the Central Bank of Cyprus, Latvijas Banka, Lietuvos bankas, Magyar Nemzeti Bank, the Central Bank of Malta, Narodowy Bank Polski, Banka Slovenije and Národná banka Slovenska had the opportunity to submit observations regarding this Decision prior to its adoption,
Rounding
Where the European Commission provides revised statistical data to be used in expanding the capital key and the figures do not total 100 %, the difference shall be compensated for: (i) if the total is below 100 %, by adding 0,0001 of a percentage point to the smallest share(s) in ascending order until exactly 100 % is reached, or (ii) if the total is above 100 %, by subtracting 0,0001 of a percentage point in descending order from the largest share(s) until exactly 100 % is reached.
Capital key weightings
The weighting assigned to each NCB in the capital key described in Article 29 of the Statute shall be as follows with effect from 1 May 2004:
Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique 2,5502 %
Česká národní banka 1,4584 %
Danmarks Nationalbank 1,5663 %
Deutsche Bundesbank 21,1364 %
Eesti Pank 0,1784 %
Bank of Greece 1,8974 %
Banco de España 7,7758 %
Banque de France 14,8712 %
Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland 0,9219 %
Banca d’Italia 13,0516 %
Central Bank of Cyprus 0,1300 %
Latvijas Banka 0,2978 %
Lietuvos bankas 0,4425 %
Banque centrale du Luxembourg 0,1568 %
Magyar Nemzeti Bank 1,3884 %
Central Bank of Malta 0,0647 %
De Nederlandsche Bank 3,9955 %
Oesterreichische Nationalbank 2,0800 %
Narodowy Bank Polski 5,1380 %
Banco de Portugal 1,7653 %
Banka Slovenije 0,3345 %
Národná banka Slovenska 0,7147 %
Suomen Pankki 1,2887 %
Sveriges Riksbank 2,4133 %
Bank of England 14,3822 %
Final provisions
1. This Decision shall enter into force on 23 April 2004.
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32003D0722 | 2003/722/EC: Commission Decision of 6 October 2003 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as liquid-applied bridge deck waterproofing kits (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3483)
| Commission Decision
of 6 October 2003
on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as liquid-applied bridge deck waterproofing kits
(notified under document number C(2003) 3483)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/722/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products(1), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC(2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission is required to select, between the two procedures under Article 13(3) of Directive 89/106/EEC for attesting the conformity of a product, the least onerous possible procedure consistent with safety. This means that it is necessary to decide whether, for a given product or family of products, the existence of a factory production control system under the responsibility of the manufacturer is a necessary and sufficient condition for an attestation of conformity, or whether, for reasons related to compliance with the criteria mentioned in Article 13(4), the intervention of an approved certification body is required.
(2) Article 13(4) requires that the procedure thus determined shall be indicated in the mandates and in the technical specifications; therefore, it is desirable to define the concept of products or family of products as used in the mandates and in the technical specifications.
(3) The two procedures provided for in Article 13(3) are described in detail in Annex III to Directive 89/106/EEC. It is necessary therefore to specify clearly the methods by which the two procedures shall be implemented, by reference to Annex III, for each product or family of products, since Annex III gives preference to certain systems.
(4) The procedure referred to in point (a) of Article 13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in the first possibility, without continuous surveillance, and the second and third possibilities of point (ii) of section 2 of Annex III. The procedure referred to in point (b) of Article 13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in point (i) of section 2 of Annex III, and in the first possibility, with continuous surveillance, of point (ii) of section 2 of Annex III.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Construction,
The products and families of products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby, in addition to a factory production control system operated by the manufacturer, an approved certification body is involved in assessment and surveillance of the production control.
The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex II shall be indicated in the mandates for guidelines for European technical approvals.
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32013R0298 | Council Regulation (EU) No 298/2013 of 27 March 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe
| 28.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 90/48
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 298/2013
of 27 March 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 (1) implements several measures provided for by Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP (2), including the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain natural or legal persons, entities and bodies.
(2) On 23 July 2012 and 18 February 2013, the Council concluded that a peaceful and credible constitutional referendum in Zimbabwe would represent an important milestone in the preparation of democratic elections justifying an immediate suspension of the majority of all remaining EU targeted restrictive measures against individuals and entities.
(3) In view of the outcome of the Zimbabwean constitutional referendum of 16 March 2013 the Council has decided to suspend the travel ban and asset freeze applying to the majority of the individuals and entities set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/101/CFSP. The suspension should be subject to a review by the Council every three months in light of the situation on the ground.
(4) Some of those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to implement them, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force on the day following that of its publication,
The application of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 is suspended until 20 February 2014 in so far as it applies to persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation. The suspension shall be reviewed every three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R0812 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 812/2009 of 3 September 2009 establishing a prohibition of fishing for saithe in IIIa and IV; EC waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
| 5.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 812/2009
of 3 September 2009
establishing a prohibition of fishing for saithe in IIIa and IV; EC waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (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 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2009.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2009.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2009 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R2229 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2229/95 of 19 September 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 2472/94 suspending certain elements of the embargo on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2229/95 of 19 September 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 2472/94 suspending certain elements of the embargo on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 228a thereof,
Having regard to the Common Position of 19 September 1995 defined by the Council on the basis of Article J.2 of the Treaty on European Union with regard to the extension of the suspension of certain restrictions on trade with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (1) as decided upon by the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 1015 (1995),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has decided that the restrictions and other measures referred to in paragraph 1 of its Resolution 943 (1994) will be suspended until 18 March 1996;
Whereas, under these conditions, the Community must adapt its existing legislation accordingly, and in particular Regulation (EC) No 2472/94 (2),
The second paragraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2472/94 shall be replaced by the following:
'It shall apply until 18 March 1996.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 19 September 1995.
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 |
32004R0058 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2004 of 14 January 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2004
of 14 January 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R0241 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 241/96 of 7 February 1996 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 241/96 of 7 February 1996 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 June 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3009/95 (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 last 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 does 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.
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 |
32011R0455 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 455/2011 of 11 May 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 12.5.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 123/68
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 455/2011
of 11 May 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission 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 12 May 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R2065 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2065/2004 of 30 November 2004 prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Germany
| 2.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 357/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2065/2004
of 30 November 2004
prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Germany
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1) and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required (2) lays down quotas for cod for 2004.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and IIb by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. Germany has prohibited fishing for this stock from 22 October 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and IIb by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Germany for 2004.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and IIb by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 22 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011D0144 | 2011/144/EU: Council Decision of 15 February 2011 on the conclusion of the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part
| 5.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 60/2
COUNCIL DECISION
of 15 February 2011
on the conclusion of the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part
(2011/144/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a)(iii) and 218(6)(a)(v) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) On 12 June 2002, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations to conclude Economic Partnership Agreements with ACP countries.
(2) Negotiations for an Interim Partnership Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the ‘interim EPA’) were concluded on 23 November 2007 with Papua New Guinea and the Republic of the Fiji Islands.
(3) The interim EPA has not yet been concluded. Following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, the procedure to be followed to that end is laid down in Article 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
(4) The interim EPA should be concluded on behalf of the European Union,
The Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.
The President of the Council shall give the notification referred to in Article 76(2) of the interim EPA on behalf of the Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The date of entry into force of the Agreement shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32004D0549 | 2004/549/EC: Council Decision of 12 July 2004 appointing a new member of the Commission of the European Communities
| 16.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 244/50
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 July 2004
appointing a new member of the Commission of the European Communities
(2004/549/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 215 thereof,
Whereas:
Mr Olli REHN is hereby appointed a member of the Commission for the period from 12 July 2004 to 31 October 2004.
This Decision shall take effect on 12 July 2004.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R0472 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 472/87 of 16 February 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 laying down detailed rules for the control and payment of the production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 472/87
of 16 February 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 laying down detailed rules for the control and payment of the production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors
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 of cereals (1) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (2).
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1449/86 (4),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 of 25 March 1986 establishing general rules applying to production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors (5) and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 (6) includes the requirement that where basic starch is used for the production of one of the approved products it must have a purity of at least 97 % in order to benefit from the production refund; whereas it is necessary to establish a common method of testing for this level of purity to ensure that the same procedures are followed in all Member States; whereas the method shown in Annex V to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1061/69 of 6 June 1969 specifying methods of analysis for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 on the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1822/86 (8), is at present the most suitable method available, save that certain adaptations are necessary; whereas, however, given the problems that may be experienced in some Member States in using this method, there should be provision for the 'Ewers modified polarimetric' method, which is currently used for the determination of the starch content of certain cereal products, to be used for a transitional period; whereas, to ensure a uniform approach in all Member States a method for determining the moisture content of the starch should also be included in the Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86;
Whereas, therefore, Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 should be amended to include a reference to these methods;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 establishes, for certain products derived from starch which are used in the manufacture of the approved products in a liquid form, the dry matter content necessary for full payment of the refund; whereas for sorbitol it appears that the said dry matter content does not conform with the dry matter content of sorbitol used for the approved products; whereas, therefore, Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chariman,
Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The Annex becomes Annex I.
2. The final sentence of footnote (1) to Annex I is replaced by the following:
'The dry matter content of the starch shall be determined using the method shown in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1908/84 (OJ No L 178, 5. 7. 1984, p. 22.)
Where the production refund is paid for the use of starch classified under CCT heading Number 11.08, the purity of starch in the dry matter must be at least 97 %.
When determining the purity level of the starch, the method to be used shall be that shown in Annex II to this Regulation'.
3. The references to footnote (2) in the description of the products 29.04 C III a) and 38.19 T I of the Common Customs Tariff in section B of Annex I of the subheadings are replaced by references to footnote (3).
4. Footnote (3) is added to Annex I as follows:
'(3) The production refund is payable for D-Glucitol (Sorbitol) in aqueous solution with a dry matter content of at least 70 %. Where the dry matter content is lower than 70 %, the production refund shall be adjusted using the following formula:
1.2 // Actual % dry matter 70 // Ă Production refund'
5. The Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31992R0585 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 of 6 March 1992 relating to the exemption from the import levy for certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the Agreements between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 585/92 of 6 March 1992 relating to the exemption from the import levy for certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the Agreements between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 of 27 February 1992 relating to certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 519/92 of 27 February 1992 relating to certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 relating to certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975, on the common organization of the market in cereals (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (5), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas the Association Agreements between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, were signed on 16 December 1991; whereas, pending the entry into force of these Agreements, the Community has decided to apply with effect from 1 March 1992 Interim Agreements concluded with the said countries, hereinafter referred to as 'Interim Agreements';
Whereas the Interim Agreements provide for a reduction in import levies for certain products in the cereals sector; whereas this reduction will be progressively applied and with certain quantitative restrictions;
Whereas the origin of the products should in particular be established by making their free circulation conditional upon the presentation of the EUR. 1 certificate provided for by Protocol 4 and issued by the exporting countries;
Whereas there should be provision for licences for the importation of the products in question, within the quantities fixed, to be issued following a review period and subject, where necessary, to a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities applied for; whereas the applicants may withdraw their applications where a uniform percentage reduction is applied;
Whereas the information to be included on the applications and licences must be specified, notwithstanding Articles 8 and 21 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1599/90 (7);
Whereas, to take account of delivery conditions, import licences should be valid from the day they are issued to the end of the third month following that of issue; whereas the validity of the licences must be limited to the end of January where they are issued in respect of the maximum quantity for the previous year;
Whereas, Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 (8) notwithstanding, in order to ensure efficient management of the scheme the security in respect of import licences is fixed at ECU 25 per tonne;
Whereas the importation of brewing barley must be subject to measures to verify its use; whereas, pending Community provisions to this effect, it is necessary to lay down that the first lodging of import applications may be made no sooner than April 1992;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
In accordance with Article 14 (2) of the Interim Agreements, partial exemption from the import levy subject to the quantitative limits and reduction rates set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall apply to the products originating in the Republics in question and listed in the Annex hereto.
In accordance with Protocol 4 of the Interim Agreements, in order to qualify under the scheme, products placed in free circulation on the internal market of the Community must be accompanied by the original of the EUR. 1 certificate issued by the competent authorities of the exporting country.
1. Applications for import certificates shall be lodged with the competent authorities of each Member State on the second Monday of each month up to 1 p.m. Belgian time.
For a given year, licence applications may not relate to a quantity greater than that available for imports of the product in question.
2. The Member States shall send import licence applications to the Commission by telex or by telefax by 6 p.m. Belgian time on the day on which they are lodged.
This notification shall be made separately from that of other applications for cereal import licences.
3. By the fifth working day at the latest following lodging of the applications the Commission shall decide to what extent licence applications are to be accepted and shall notify the Member States by telex.
If the Commission applies a uniform percentage reduction, the interested parties may withdraw their applications.
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, licences shall be issued on the seventh working day following that on which the application was lodged. Article 21 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 notwithstanding, the period of validity of the licence shall start from the day of its actual issue.
Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 notwithstanding, import licences shall be valid from their date of issue until the end of the third month following that in which they were issued. Nevertheless, the validity of licences shall be restricted to the end of January, where licences issued in respect of the previous year's quantity are concerned.
Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 notwithstanding, the quantity placed in free circulation may not exceed that shown in boxes 17 and 18 of the import licence. To this end the figure '0' shall be entered in box 19 of the licence.
For the product to be imported with the levy reduced as provided for in Article 1, the import licence application and the licence shall show:
(a) in box 8, the country of origin of the product;
(b) in box 20, one of the following entries:
Reglamento (CEE) no 585/92;
Forordning (EOEF) nr. 585/92;
Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 585/92;
Êáíïíéóìueò (AAÏÊ) áñéè. 585/92;
Regulation (EEC) No 585/92;
Règlement (CEE) no 585/92;
Regolamento (CEE) n. 585/92;
Verordening (EEG) nr. 585/92;
Regulamento (CEE) no 585/92.
The licence shall carry with it an obligation to import from the said country.
The licence shall also carry in box 24, depending on the levy reduction applicable, one of the following entries:
Exacción reguladora reducida un 20, 40, 60 %;
Nedsaettelse af importafgiften med 20, 40, 60 %;
Ermaessigung der Abschoepfung um 20, 40, 60 %;
ÌaaéùìÝíç aaéóoeïñUE êáôUE 20, 40, 60 %;
Levy reduction 20, 40, 60 %;
Prélèvement réduit de 20, 40, 60 %;
Prelievo ridotto del 20, 40, 60 %;
Met 20, 40, 60 % verlaagde heffing;
Direito nivelador reduzido de 20, 40, 60 %.
Article 12 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 notwithstanding, the security in the case of import licences covered by this Regulation shall be ECU 25 per tonne.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 March 1992. However, it shall apply only from 1 April 1992 for the product falling within CN code ex 1003 00 90. 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 |
32015R0391 | Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/391 of 9 March 2015 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to children's development and health Text with EEA relevance
| 10.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 65/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/391
of 9 March 2015
refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to children's development and health
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (1), and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 health claims made on foods are prohibited unless they are authorised by the Commission in accordance with that Regulation and included in a list of permitted claims.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 also provides that applications for authorisations of health claims may be submitted by food business operators to the national competent authority of a Member State. The national competent authority is to forward valid applications to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Authority’.
(3) Following receipt of an application the Authority is to inform without delay the other Member States and the Commission thereof, and to deliver an opinion on the health claim concerned.
(4) The Commission is to decide on the authorisation of health claims taking into account the opinion delivered by the Authority.
(5) Following an application from Specialised Nutrition Europe (formerly European Dietetic Food Industry Association), submitted pursuant to Article 14(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to beta-palmitate and contribution to softening stools (Question No EFSA-Q-2008-174 (2)). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded, inter alia, as follows: ‘Beta-palmitate enrichment contributes to soften stool consistency which helps to increase their frequency’.
(6) On the basis of the data presented, the Authority concluded in its opinion, received by the Commission and the Member States on 21 February 2014, that a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of beta-palmitate and softening of stools. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(7) Following an application from Specialised Nutrition Europe, submitted pursuant to Article 14(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of choline and ‘development of brain’ (Question No EFSA-Q-2008-134 (3)). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded, inter alia, as follows: ‘Choline is needed for the development of brain of infants and young children from birth to three years’.
(8) On the basis of the data presented, the Authority concluded in its opinion, received by the Commission and the Member States on 5 May 2014, that the claimed effect, ‘development of brain’ for infants and young children from birth to three years in relation to dietary choline, was not sufficiently defined for a scientific evaluation. In particular, the Authority considered that from the references provided by the applicant it is not possible to establish the physiological function of the nervous system that is the subject of the health claim and therefore the claimed effect is general and non-specific. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(9) Following an application from Specialised Nutrition Europe, submitted pursuant to Article 14(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to ‘complex carbohydrates’ and ‘contribute to satiety’ (Question No EFSA-Q-2008-131 (4)). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded, inter alia, as follows: ‘Complex carbohydrates contribute to satiety’.
(10) On the basis of the data presented, the Authority concluded in its opinion, received by the Commission and the Member States on 5 May 2014, that a cause and effect relationship has not been established between the consumption of ‘complex carbohydrates’ and a beneficial physiological effect for infants and young children (from birth to three years of age). According to the Authority, the applicant did not provide evidence to establish that an increase in satiety is a beneficial physiological effect for infants and young children. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(11) In accordance with Article 28(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, health claims referred to in its Article 14(1)(b) and not authorised by a decision pursuant to Article 17(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 may continue to be used for six months after such decision is taken, provided the application for authorisation was made before 19 January 2008. Accordingly, as the health claims listed in the Annex to this Regulation fulfil the above conditions, the transitional period laid down in that Article should apply.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
1. The health claims listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall not be included in the Union list of permitted claims as provided for in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
2. However, the health claims referred to in paragraph 1 used prior to the entry into force of this Regulation may continue to be used for a maximum period of six months after the entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32010D0226 | 2010/226/: Commission Decision of 20 April 2010 on the re-examination of the restriction concerning short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) listed in Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2010) 1942) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 22.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 100/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 April 2010
on the re-examination of the restriction concerning short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) listed in Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2010) 1942)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/226/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (1), and in particular Article 69(5) thereof,
After consulting the Committee established by Article 133 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006,
Whereas:
(1) By letter of 4 June 2009 the Netherlands has proposed that the restriction concerning short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) listed as entry 42 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 be re-examined and has brought the evidence to that effect according to Article 69(5) of that Regulation. The Netherlands states that those substances pose a risk to the environment, in particular from their incorporation in articles, including rubber goods, building and construction materials (sealants), textiles, and articles treated with paints and coatings, due to volatilisation, leaching, and erosion during the life-cycle of those articles.
(2) The last addendum of the European Union Risk Assessment Report (2) established under Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances (3) concluded that SCCPs meet the criteria for a persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) substance and also identified further environmental risks for back coating of textiles and for rubber compounding/conversion. Due to their PBT properties, SCCPs were identified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) and included in the candidate list in accordance with Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
(3) By Decision 2007/395/EC of 7 June 2007 concerning national provisions on the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins notified by the Kingdom of the Netherlands under Article 95(4) of the EC Treaty (4) the Commission authorised the Netherlands to maintain their national provisions on SCCPs which were stricter than the provisions on SCCPs contained in Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (5). Those existing and more stringent restrictions on SCCPs are listed in the Communication from the Commission pursuant to Article 67(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (6) and the Netherlands may maintain them until 1 June 2013.
(4) SCCPs have been proposed for inclusion in the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants in the framework of the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, as well as in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. As such inclusion is not yet achieved, it is appropriate to initiate the re-examination of the restriction concerning SCCPs under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, in order not to delay the possible adoption of adequate risk reduction measures.
(5) Pursuant to Article 69(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 the Netherlands should prepare a dossier which conforms to the requirements of Annex XV to that Regulation,
The restriction concerning short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) listed as entry 42 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 shall be re-examined in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 69 of that Regulation.
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31997D0432 | 97/432/EC: Commission Decision of 2 July 1997 on a Community financial contribution for a surveillance programme relating to the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Only the Danish, English and Italian texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 2 July 1997 on a Community financial contribution for a surveillance programme relating to the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Only the Danish, English and Italian texts are authentic) (97/432/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Council Decision 94/370/EC (2), and, in particular Articles 12 and 13 thereof,
Whereas outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease during the late spring and/or summer of 1996 were reported by Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
Whereas the appearance of foot-and-mouth disease in Eastern European countries is a serious danger to the Community's livestock population;
Whereas as a result of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in May 1996 in Albania, the Commission adopted 13 June 1996 Decision 96/367/EC (3) concerning protection measures in relation to foot-and-mouth disease in Albania;
Whereas by 14 June 1996 the Commission by adopting Decision 96/368/EC (4) on a Community financial contribution concerning measures to control foot-and-mouth disease in Albania, made available up to a maximum of 600 000 doses of vaccines to the Albanian authorities;
Whereas due to outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Commission adopted Decision 96/439/EC (5) on 18 July 1996, on a Community financial contribution to measures to control foot-and-mouth disease in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
Whereas within the context of the said Decision, a total of 250 000 doses of vaccine to protect bovine animals against foot-and-mouth disease were made available;
Whereas the programmes established for vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in Albania and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia may have included vaccination of livestock incubating foot-and-mouth disease virus, but not showing signs of the disease;
Whereas it cannot be excluded that the implementation of a vaccination programme in Albania and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has produced 'carrier animals`;
Whereas the foot-and-mouth disease situation in certain areas of Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia remains unclear, as regards antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease virus elicited due to field virus or vaccine virus antigen;
Whereas a sero-surveillance programme designed to detect antibodies to the foot-and-mouth disease virus has been drawn up for certain areas of Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
Whereas the said programme when carried out can provide valuable information on the disease situation in the area subjected to the surveillance programme;
Whereas a team of experts from Member States and the European Commission in cooperation with the veterinary authorities of Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have drawn up a sero-surveillance programme for the areas affected by foot-and-mouth disease;
Whereas the said programme includes that the collection of blood samples is carried out by the third countries concerned and that laboratory examinations of the collected blood samples are carried out at selected National Foot and Mouth Disease laboratories in Member States of the European Union;
Whereas the programme in particular will be based on a very close cooperation between:
- the veterinary central administration of Albania and the national foot-and-mouth disease laboratory in Italy,
- the veterinary central administration of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the national foot-and-mouth disease laboratory in Denmark,
- the veterinary central administration of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and the national foot-and-mouth disease laboratory of the United Kingdom;
Whereas the starting date of the programme shall take into account local constrains which may affect collection of blood samples in areas subject to sero-surveillance;
Whereas the starting date may vary from area to area;
Whereas Annex B of Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985, introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (6), as last amended by Commission Decision 92/380/EEC (7), lists national laboratories authorized to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus;
Whereas Community financial aid should be granted to laboratories and third countries engaged in the implementation of the established sero-surveillance programme;
Whereas for supervisory purposes Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on financing of the Common Agricultural Policy (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (9), should apply;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The sero-surveillance programme for foot-and-mouth disease described in Annex I for certain areas of Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is hereby approved.
2. For the implementation of the sero-surveillance programme referred to in paragraph 1, the Community will provide a financial contribution of a maximum of ECU 236 790.
3. The financial contribution referred to in paragraph 2 shall be provided to national foot-and-mouth disease laboratories, listed in Annex II, for actions described in Annex III.
The Community's financial contribution shall be paid as follows:
- 50 % by way of advance at the request of the National Foot and Mouth Disease laboratories referred to in Annex II. The request for advanced financial contribution shall be accompanied by information on the date laboratory examinations will commence on samples obtained from the areas included in the sero-surveillance programme,
- the balance following presentation and acceptance of supporting technical and financial documents. These documents must be presented to the European Commission not later than six months after the starting date of laboratory examinations referred to in Annex I.
Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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32014R0509 | Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
| 20.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 149/67
REGULATION (EU) No 509/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 May 2014
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
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 point (a) of Article 77(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) Since 2001, the determination of the third countries whose nationals are subject to, or exempt from, the visa requirement has been made on the basis of the criteria laid down in recital 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (2). The evolving nature of the Union visa policy and the increased need to ensure more coherence between visa policy and other Union policies justify that some additional criteria be taken into account when reviewing the lists of third countries in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001.
(2) The determination of the third countries whose nationals are subject to, or exempt from, the visa requirement should be made on the basis of a considered, case-by-case assessment. This assessment should be made periodically and could lead to legislative proposals to amend the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, notwithstanding the possibility of having country-specific amendments to those Annexes in particular circumstances, for instance as a result of a visa liberalisation process or as the ultimate consequence of a temporary suspension of the visa exemption.
(3) The composition of the lists of third countries in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 should be, and should remain, consistent with the criteria set out in this Regulation. References to third countries in respect of which the situation has changed as regards those criteria should be transferred from one Annex to the other.
(4) The imposition of the visa requirement on the nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu is no longer justified. Those countries do not present any risk of illegal immigration or a threat to public policy and security for the Union in accordance with the criteria set out in this Regulation. Consequently, nationals of those countries should be exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period, and references to those countries should be transferred to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001.
(5) The Commission should further assess the situation of Colombia and Peru with regard to the criteria set out in this Regulation before the opening of negotiations on bilateral agreements on visa waiver between the Union and those countries.
(6) Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu should not come into force until bilateral agreements on visa waiver between the Union and the countries concerned have been concluded in order to ensure full reciprocity.
(7) Statistical data show that the groups of British citizens currently listed in Part 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 do not pose a risk in terms of irregular migration to the Schengen Area and that most of them live in islands of the Caribbean region which have strong links and similarities with neighbouring countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement. Those groups of British citizens should therefore be exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period and references to those groups should be transferred to Annex II to that Regulation.
(8) Developments in international law entailing changes in the status or designation of certain States or entities should be reflected in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001. Reference to South Sudan should be added to Annex I to that Regulation, as the country declared its independence on 9 July 2011 and was admitted to membership in the United Nations on 14 July 2011.
(9) As regards Iceland and Norway, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters’ association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(3), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point (B), of Council Decision 1999/437/EC (4).
(10) As regards Switzerland, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed by the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(5), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, points (B) and (C), of Decision 1999/437/EC, read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/146/EC (6).
(11) As regards Liechtenstein, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(7), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, points (B) and (C), of Decision 1999/437/EC, read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2011/350/EU (8).
(12) This Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC (9); the United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(13) This Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC (10); Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(14) As regards Cyprus, this Regulation constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise related to, the Schengen acquis within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the 2003 Act of Accession.
(15) As regards Bulgaria and Romania, this Regulation constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise related to, the Schengen acquis within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the 2005 Act of Accession.
(16) As regards Croatia, this Regulation constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise related to, the Schengen acquis within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the 2011 Act of Accession.
(17) Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 is amended as follows:
(1) the following article is inserted before Article 1:
(2) Annex I is amended as follows:
(a) in Part 1, the references to Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu are deleted and a reference to South Sudan is inserted;
(b) Part 3 is deleted;
(3) Annex II is amended as follows:
(a) in Part 1, the following references are inserted:
‘Colombia (*)’,
‘Dominica (*)’,
‘Grenada (*)’,
‘Kiribati (*)’
‘Marshall Islands (*)’,
‘Micronesia (*)’,
‘Nauru (*)’,
‘Palau (*)’,
‘Peru (*)’,
‘Saint Lucia (*)’,
‘Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (*)’,
‘Samoa (*)’,
‘Solomon Islands (*)’,
‘Timor-Leste (*)’,
‘Tonga (*)’,
‘Trinidad and Tobago (*)’,
‘Tuvalu (*)’,
‘the United Arab Emirates (*)’ and
‘Vanuatu (*)’;
‘(*) The exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the European Union.’;
(b) Part 3 is replaced by the following:
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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31997R0123 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 123/97 of 23 January 1997 supplementing the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 123/97 of 23 January 1997 supplementing the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 17 (2) thereof,
Whereas additional information was requested concerning certain designations notified by the Member States under Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 in order to make sure that they complied with Articles 2 and 4 of that Regulation; whereas this additional information shows that the designations comply with the said Articles; whereas they should therefore be registered and added to the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1263/96 (3);
Whereas, following the accession of three new Member States, the six-month period provided for in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 is to begin on the date of their accession; whereas some of the designations notified by those Member States comply with Articles 2 and 4 of that Regulation and should therefore be registered;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Regulatory Committee on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin,
The designations in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32014D0018 | 2014/18/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision EUCAP Sahel Niger/1/2014 of 14 January 2014 extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger)
| 18.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 14/16
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUCAP SAHEL NIGER/1/2014
of 14 January 2014
extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger)
(2014/18/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision 2012/392/CFSP of 16 July 2012 on the European Union CSDP mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) (1),
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Decision 2012/392/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising political control and strategic direction of the European Union CSDP mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger), including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.
(2) On 12 November 2013, the PSC adopted Decision EUCAP Sahel Niger/2/2013 (2), appointing Mr Filip DE CEUNINCK as Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Niger, ad interim, from 1 November to 31 December 2013.
(3) On 5 December 2013, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy proposed to extend of the mandate of Mr Filip DE CEUNINCK as Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Niger, ad interim, from 1 January 2014 untill the appointment of the new Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Niger.
The mandate of Mr Filip DE CEUNINCK as Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) is hereby extended until the appointment of the new Head of Mission of EUCAP Sahel Niger.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
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32001D0415 | 2001/415/EC: Commission Decision of 1 June 2001 amending for the second time Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1556)
| Commission Decision
of 1 June 2001
amending for the second time Decision 2001/356/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
(notified under document number C(2001) 1556)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/415/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
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(3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom, the Commission adopted Decision 2001/356/EC of 4 May 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom and repealing Decision 2001/172/EC(4), as amended by Decision 2001/372/EC(5).
(2) Council Directive 85/511/EEC(6), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, introduces Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease.
(3) Council Directive 90/426/EEC(7), as last amended by Commission Decision 2001/298/EC(8), concerns animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae.
(4) As the disease situation is improving, it appears appropriate to ease certain restrictions on the movement of equidae, which are not susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease.
(5) The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 5-6 June 2001 and the measures adapted where necessary.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Article 12(4) in Decision 2001/356/EC is replaced by the following: "4. The United Kingdom shall ensure that equidae dispatched from its territory to another Member State are accompanied by a health certificate in accordance with the Model in Annex C of Council Directive 90/426/EEC. This certificate shall only be issued for equidae coming from a holding that is not subject to official prohibition in accordance with Article 4 or Article 5 of Directive 85/511/EEC.
In addition, where the equine animal is to be certified in accordance with the provisions in the first subparagraph the certifying official veterinarian must:
- inspect and certify the equine animal only if it is groomed to remove as far as practicable visible faeces, dirt and debris and its hooves are cleaned and disinfected to the satisfaction of the official veterinarian, and
- ensure that a written declaration is received from the owner of the animal or the owner's representative stating that the equine animal will remain on the holding until dispatch to the place of destination stated in the health certificate, without stopping at any holding that is subject to official prohibitions in accordance with Article 4 or Article 5 of Directive 85/511/EEC.
The animal health certificate accompanying equidae dispatched from the United Kingdom to another Member State in accordance with the provisions in the first subparagraph shall bear the following words: 'Equidae conforming to Commission Decision 2001/356/EC of 4 May 2001, concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.'"
Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
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32010R0737 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2010 of 10 August 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in seal products Text with EEA relevance
| 17.8.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 216/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 737/2010
of 10 August 2010
laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in seal products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on trade in seal products (1), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 allows for the placing on the market of seal products which result from hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities and which contribute to their subsistence. It also allows for the placing on the market of seal products where the hunt was conducted with the sole purpose of the sustainable management of marine resources and where the import of seal products are occasional in nature and consist exclusively of goods for the personal use of travellers and their families.
(2) It is therefore necessary to specify detailed requirements for the import and the placing on the Union market of those seal products in order to ensure a uniform application of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009.
(3) The placing on the market of seal products which result from hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities and which contribute to their subsistence should be allowed where such hunts are part of the cultural heritage of the community and where the seal products are at least partly used, consumed or processed within the communities according to their traditions.
(4) The conditions for the placing on the market of seal products resulting from by-products of hunting that is conducted for the sole purpose of the sustainable management of marine resources, and for the importation of seal products for the personal use of travellers or their families, should also be laid down.
(5) Within this exceptional framework, an effective mechanism to ensure an adequate verification of compliance with those requirements should be introduced. That mechanism should not be more trade-restrictive than necessary.
(6) Other options would not be sufficient to achieve these aims. Therefore, a mechanism should exist by which recognised bodies issue documents attesting that seal products are compliant with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009, unless the import is for the personal use of travellers or their families.
(7) It is appropriate to provide that entities which comply with certain requirements should be included in a list of recognised bodies issuing such attesting documents.
(8) Models should be set out for the attesting document and its copies in order to facilitate the management and verification of attesting documents.
(9) Procedures for the control of attesting documents should be set out. Those procedures should be as simple and as practical as possible, without compromising the credibility and consistency of the system.
(10) The use of electronic systems should be allowed in order to facilitate the exchange of data between competent authorities, the Commission and the recognised bodies.
(11) The processing of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation, in particular as regards the processing of personal data contained in attesting documents, should comply with Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (2) and Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (3).
(12) Since this Regulation lays down detailed rules for the implementation of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 which applies on 20 August 2010, it should enter into force as a matter of urgency.
(13) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established pursuant to Article 18(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (4),
This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the placing on the market of seal products pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1. ‘other indigenous communities’ means communities in independent countries who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the populations which inhabited the country, or a geographical region to which the country belongs, at the time of conquest or colonisation or the establishment of present State boundaries and who, irrespective of their legal status, retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions;
2. ‘placing on the market on a non-profit basis’ means placing on the market for a price less than or equal to the recovery of the costs borne by the hunter reduced by the amount of any subsidies received in relation to the hunt.
1. Seal products resulting from hunts by Inuit or other indigenous communities may only be placed on the market where it can be established that they originate from seal hunts which satisfy all of the following conditions:
(a) seal hunts conducted by Inuit or other indigenous communities which have a tradition of seal hunting in the community and in the geographical region;
(b) seal hunts the products of which are at least partly used, consumed or processed within the communities according to their traditions;
(c) seal hunts which contribute to the subsistence of the community.
2. At the time of the placing on the market, the seal product shall be accompanied by the attesting document referred to in Article 7(1).
Seal products for the personal use of travellers or their families may only be imported where one of the following requirements is fulfilled:
1. the seal products are either worn by the travellers, or carried or contained in their personal luggage;
2. the seal products are contained in the personal property of a natural person transferring his normal place of residence from a third country to the Union;
3. the seal products are acquired on site in a third country by travellers and imported by those travellers at a later date, provided that, upon arrival in the Union territory, those travellers present to the customs authorities of the Member State concerned the following documents:
(a) a written notification of import;
(b) a document giving evidence that the products were acquired in the third country concerned.
For the purposes of point 3, the written notification and the document shall be endorsed by the customs authorities and returned to the travellers. On import, the notification and document shall be presented to the customs authorities together with the customs declaration for the products concerned.
1. Seal products resulting from marine resources management may only be placed on the market where it can be established that they originate from seal hunts which satisfy all of the following conditions:
(a) seal hunts conducted under a national or regional natural resources management plan which uses scientific population models of marine resources and applies the ecosystem-based approach;
(b) seal hunts which does not exceed the total allowable catch quota established in accordance with the plan referred to in point (a);
(c) seal hunts the by-products of which are placed on the market in a non-systematic way on a non-profit basis.
2. At the time of the placing on the market, the seal product shall be accompanied by the attesting document referred to in Article 7(1).
1. An entity shall be included in a list of recognised bodies where it demonstrates that it fulfils the following requirements:
(a) it has legal personality;
(b) it has the capacity to ascertain that the requirements of Article 3 or 5 are met;
(c) it has the capacity to issue and manage attesting documents referred to in Article 7(1), as well as process and archive records;
(d) it has the ability to carry out its functions in a manner that avoids conflict of interest;
(e) it has the ability to monitor compliance with the requirements set out in Articles 3 and 5;
(f) it has the capacity to withdraw attesting documents referred to in Article 7(1) or suspend their validity in case of non-compliance with the requirements of this Regulation, and to take measures to inform competent authorities and customs authorities of Member States thereof;
(g) it is subject to an independent third party audit;
(h) it operates at national or regional level.
2. In order to be included in the list referred to in paragraph 1, an entity shall submit to the Commission a request accompanied by documentary evidence that it fulfils the requirements set out in paragraph 1.
3. The recognised body shall submit audit reports produced by the independent third party referred to in paragraph 1(g) to the Commission at the end of each reporting cycle.
1. Upon request, where the requirements for placing on the market set out in Article 3(1) or 5(1) are met, a recognised body shall issue an attesting document conforming to the models set out in the Annex.
2. The recognised body shall deliver the attesting document to the applicant and shall keep a copy for three years for record-keeping purposes.
3. Subject to Article 8(2), when a seal product is placed on the market, the original attesting document shall be delivered with the seal product. The applicant may keep a copy of the attesting document.
4. A reference to the attesting document number shall be included in any further invoice.
5. A seal product accompanied by an attesting document issued in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be deemed to comply with Article 3(1) or 5(1).
6. Acceptance of a customs declaration for release for free circulation pursuant to Article 79 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (5) of a seal product shall be subject to the presentation of an attesting document issued in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. Without prejudice to Article 77(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, the customs authorities shall keep a copy of the attesting document in their records.
7. In case of doubts relating to the authenticity or correctness of an attesting document issued in accordance with paragraph 1 as well as when further advice is required, the customs authorities and other enforcement officers shall contact the competent authorities designated by the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 9. The competent authorities shall decide on the measures to be taken.
1. The attesting document referred to in Article 7(1) shall be paper-based or in electronic form.
2. In case of an electronic attesting document, a printed copy of that attesting document shall accompany the seal product at the time of placing on the market.
3. The use of the attesting document shall be without prejudice to any other formalities relating to the placing on the market.
4. The competent authority designated in accordance with Article 9 may require that the attesting document be translated into the official language of the Member State where the product is to be placed on the market.
1. Each Member State shall designate one or several competent authorities responsible for the following tasks:
(a) verification upon request of the customs authorities pursuant to Article 7(7) of attesting documents for imported seal products;
(b) control of the issuing of attesting documents by recognised bodies established and active in that Member State;
(c) preservation of a copy of attesting documents issued for seal products originating from seal hunts in that Member State.
2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the competent authorities designated in accordance with paragraph 1.
3. The Commission shall make the list of competent authorities designated in accordance with paragraph 1 available on its website. The list shall be regularly updated.
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1. Competent authorities may use electronic systems for the exchange and recording of data contained in attesting documents.
2. Member States shall take into account the complementarity, compatibility and interoperability of the electronic systems referred to in paragraph 1.
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This Regulation is without prejudice to the level of protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data under Union law and national law, and in particular does not alter the obligations and rights set out in Directive 95/46/EC and Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. The protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data shall be ensured in particular with regard to any disclosure or communication of personal data in an attesting document.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31987D0499 | 87/499/EEC: Council Decision of 5 October 1987 introducing a communications network Community programme on trade electronic data interchange systems (TEDIS)
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 5 October 1987
introducing a communications network Community programme on trade electronic data interchange systems (TEDIS)
(87/499/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the Community has, in particular, as its task, by establishing a common market and progressively approximating the economic policies of Member States, to promote throughout the Community a harmonious development of economic activities and closer relations between the States belonging to it;
Whereas, when they met in Stuttgart, Athens and Fontainebleau, the Heads of State or of Government emphasized the importance of telecommunications as a vital driving force for economic growth and social development;
Whereas the European Parliament, in evaluating the situation and development of telecommunications, emphasized the key role of the latter in the future political, social and economic development of the Community (debates of the European Parliament on telecommunications 1983, Leonardi report, Albert and Ball report of 1982);
Whereas, on 17 December 1984, the Council approved the main features of a Community policy on telecommunications, including the aim of improving advanced telecommunications services and networks through Community projects;
Whereas the telecommunications sector is of great economic importance as regards both its own industrial activities and its contribution to efficient information interchange throughout the Community;
Whereas there are specific aspects to information technology standards and the work needed to produce them; whereas this is the case in particular as regards:
- the complexity of the technical specifications and the precision needed for data interchange and systems inter-operability,
- the urgent need for standards in order to prevent totally incompatible (trade) electronic data interchange systems being developed,
- the need to ensure that international standards are implemented on a basis that makes them credible for practical use;
Whereas a general programme of information technology and telecommunications standardization is being implemented;
Whereas Council Decision No 87/95/EEC of 22 December 1986 on standardization in the field of information technology and telecommunications (3) is intended to establish in those sectors a general framework for drawing up standards or common technical specifications so as to facilitate information exchange throughout the Community by breaking down the barriers created by the incompatibilities that stem from the absence of standards or their lack or precision;
Whereas, under the CD project and under the CADDIA programme (1), action is to be taken to ensure close cooperation with commercial and industrial interest so as to provide appropriate communications and information exchange interfaces between commercial and industrial systems and those of customs administrations;
Whereas the abovementioned objective can be achieved only through the establishment of close cooperation between commercial and industrial interests in different industries so as to ensure the necessary compatibility of trade electronic data interchange systems;
Whereas the CD project requires that consideration be given to the aspects concerning the security, protection and privacy of data in respect of imports, exports and intra-Community trade supplied to, held by, or in the course of transmission between the Commission, customs administrations and commercial circles;
Whereas the above questions form part of a much wider issue, the protection of information in the context of trade electronic data interchange between information systems, and whereas it is essential to ensure consistency between the measures taken and the CD project and those implemented in the industrial context;
Whereas the Commission's White Paper on completing the internal market underlines the importance of the development of new cross-border services and the part that telecommunications networks based on common standards can play in creating a market free of obstacles at Community level;
Whereas there are guidelines contained in the Green Paper of 30 June 1987 on the development of the common market for telecommunications services and equipment;
Whereas trade electronic data interchange can increasingly help to strengthen the competitiveness of European companies in manufacturing and services;
Whereas there is at present a rapid increase in public and private efforts at both national and international level to bring into service within companies, groups and industries trade electronic data interchange systems that are not compatible with each other;
Whereas the diverse and piecemeal approaches to trade electronic data interchange adopted within a country or more generally a firm, group of firms or industry are likely to lead to the establishment of incompatible systems unable to communicate with each other and to prevent both users and suppliers of equipment and services from benefiting to the full from the advantages offered by the development of trade electronic data interchange;
Whereas, to ensure that these trade electronic data interchange systems be able to communicate, it is necessary to adopt a programme containing an initial set of activities of common interest needed for the coordinated development of trade elctronic data interchange and a further set of activities more closely linked to sectoral projects so as to attempt to solve in a coordinated fashion the common problems encountered during their development;
Whereas initially it is necessary to carry out activities and studies so as to establish and develop the conducive conditions necessary for the coordinated development of trade electronic data interchange;
Whereas, in the light of the results and experience obtained, it will be necessary to define the aims and details of a possible second phase offering support for pilot projects and continuing some of the activities that have been started;
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary powers to this end, other than those of Article 235,
A communications network Community programme on trade electronic data interchange systems (TEDIS) in trade, industry and administration , hereafter referred to as the 'programme', is hereby set up.
The programme shall be implemented in accordance with this Decision. It shall cover a period of two years.
The aims of the programme are:
1. coordination at Community level of work going on in the various Member States on the development of trade electronic data interchange systems:
2. to alert potential users;
3. to alert European hardware and software manufacturers to the opportunities offered by electronic data interchange;
4. logistic support for European sectoral groups;
5. consideration of the specific requirements of trade electronic data interchange within Member States and between the Member States and the Community in telecommunications and standardization policies; carrying-out of preparatory work for that purpose;
6. help in the setting-up of conformance testing centres for software and hardware used in trade electronic data interchange systems;
7. to seek solutions to legal problems that might inhibit the development of trade electronic data interchange and to see to it that restrictive telecommunications regulations cannot hamper the development of trade electronic data interchange;
8. to study security requirements for trade electronic data interchange systems so as to guarantee confidentiality of messages transmitted;
9. to study specific problems caused by the multiplicity of languages in the Community and, to this end, to examine the possibility, for the purposes of multilingualism, of using the results obtained or expected under the machine translation programmes Systran and Eurotra;
10. to study the advisability of promoting the development of the specialized software needed for trade electronic data interchange;
11. to list existing or potential sectoral projects on trade electronic data interchange and to make a comparative analysis of them;
12. identification of special requirements emerging during the implementation of trade electronic data interchange systems that could be met more easily with Community assistance;
13. to make a particular study of the assistance that could be given to small and medium-sized businesses to help them to take an active part in trade electronic data interchange;
14. to give thought to possible support for pilot projects the gradual implementation of which would be likely to encourage solutions, capable of being generalized, to problems of common interest encountered by most trade electronic data interchange systems.
The programme shall be implemented in coordination with the existing or planned policies and activities in the Community on telecommunications, the information market, standardization and multilingualism, and in particular with the CADDIA programme and the CD project, so as to ensure the necessary interaction with the specific requirements of trade electronic data interchange.
Contracts for the programme shall be concluded with enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, research establishments and other bodies established in the Community.
1. The Community shall contribute to the programme within the limits of the appropriations entered each year for that purpose in the general budget of the European Communities.
2. The amount estimated necessary to cover the Community's contribution to the carrying-out of the programme is 5,3 million ECU for the duration of the programme.
The Commission shall see to it that the programme is carried out satisfactorily and shall take the appropriate implementing measures.
The Commission shall submit to the Council by 1 January 1990 at the latest a report on the execution of the work defined in this Decision and if necessary, a proposal for further measures.
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31992D0094 | 92/94/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 February 1992 allocating import quotas for halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1, 1, 1trichloroethane and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons than 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 for the period 1 January to 31 December 1992
| COMMISSION DECISION of 5 February 1992 allocating import quotas for halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons than 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 for the period 1 January to 31 December 1992 (92/94/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 of 4 March 1991 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (1),
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 states that the release into free circulation of halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons than 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 imported into the Community from third countries is to be subject to quantitative limits and that these quantitative limits may be modified;
Whereas a sufficient supply of carbon tetrachloride cannot be ensured in 1992 after the closure of a plant producing this substance in the Community;
Whereas the import into the Community of halons from third countries not Parties to the Protocol is prohibited in accordance with Article 5 of the aforesaid Regulation;
Whereas the Commission has published a notice to importers in the European Community of controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer (2) regarding the same Regulation and has thereby received applications for import quotas;
Whereas the applications for the import quotas of halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons than 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 exceed the import quotas available for each group of substances by 510 %, 160 %, 95 % and 190 % respectively;
Whereas the Commission consequently cannot fully satisfy the applications and has to allocate import quotas to the applicants, taking primarily their individual background in importing the respective substances and the amounts applied for into consideration;
Whereas some companies which have applied for an important import quota for 1992 did not import any of these substances before, while others imported large quantities of substances in the reference year and/or in the following years;
Whereas the applications from some companies substantially exceed the quantities imported by them in the previous years, sometimes by as much as 1 000 % and more;
Whereas the allocations of the individual quotas to the applicants must be based on the principles of continuity, equality and proportionality;
Whereas Article 12 of the same Regulation sets out the procedure according to which decisions can be taken concerning the implementation of the Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 12 of the same Regulation,
The amount of carbon tetrachloride which may be released into free circulation in the European Community in 1992 and which is imported from sources outside the Community shall be increased by 8,162 ODP-weighted tonnes.
The allocation of import quotas for halons, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane and other fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons than 11, 12, 113, 114 and 115 controlled by the Regulation (EEC) No 594/91 and indicated in the Groups II to V of Annex 1 thereto during the period 1 January to 31 December 1992 shall be as indicated in the Annex hereto. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002D0440 | 2002/440/EC: Commission Decision of 27 May 2002 terminating the examination procedure concerning obstacles to trade, consisting of trade practices maintained by Brazil in relation to imports of sorbitol
| Commission Decision
of 27 May 2002
terminating the examination procedure concerning obstacles to trade, consisting of trade practices maintained by Brazil in relation to imports of sorbitol
(2002/440/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 of 22 December 1994 laying down Community procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community's rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 356/95(2), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
(1) On 2 October 1998 a Netherlands company, Cerestar Holding BV, lodged a complaint pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3286/94.
(2) The complainant alleged that Community sales of sorbitol in Brazil were hindered by a number of obstacles to trade within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3286/94. The alleged obstacles to trade were:
(a) the introduction in December 1997 by the Brazilian Government (Departamento de Operaçoes de ComÊrcio Exterior) in accordance with Comunicado DECEX No 20 of 8 July 1997 of a non-automatic licensing procedure for sorbitol, in contravention of the relevant provisions of the WTO Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures;
(b) the alleged arbitrary and/or non-justified refusal (or otherwise withholding) by the Brazilian authorities of import licences in relation to all grades of sorbitol entering Brazil below a minimum fob price;
(c) the implementation of minimum prices via de facto reference prices included in the customs valuation system.
The complainant also claimed a general lack of transparency of the Brazilian import licensing system, which had not been duly notified to the WTO.
(3) The Commission decided that the complaint contained sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of an examination procedure pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3286/94. A corresponding notice was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(3).
B. FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS
(4) According to the final investigation report, the examination procedure led to the conclusion that the Brazilian minimum price system appeared to be in breach of:
(a) Article XI(1) of the GATT (1994), as it is a restriction other than duties, taxes or other charges, made effective through import licences on the importation of any product of the territory of any other contracting party, without any WTO compatible justification;
(b) Article 4(2) of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, for the same reason as above;
(c) Article 2 and 5 of the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary measures, as it imposes sanitary controls more trade-restrictive than necessary, which are not applied only to the extent necessary to protect human life or health.
(5) In addition, the Brazilian non-automatic import licensing system, as applied with a minimum price requirement, appeared to be also in breach of:
(a) Articles 1, 3 and 5 of the WTO Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, as it is not neutral in application, it is not administered in a fair and equitable manner, it has additional trade-restrictive and -distortive effects on imports without applying any WTO compatible restriction. Moreover, as the system does not implement any measure, so it can not be limited in scope and duration to the measure it implements. In addition, the list of products submitted to non-automatic licensing is not published and the applications for licenses for imports under the minimum price are left without official reply for several months;
(b) Article X(1) and (3) of the GATT (1994), as it is not published and it is not administered in a uniform, impartial and reasonable manner.
(6) As regards the Brazilian legislation on customs valuation, it appeared that the scale and scope of implementation of reference prices on a systematic basis rendered the manner in which this system was implemented incompatible with Articles 1 to 7 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - GATT 1994 (the Customs Valuation Agreement).
(7) The examination procedure also confirmed that the contested Brazilian practices caused adverse trade effects within the meaning of Article 2(4) and 10(4) of the Trade Barriers Regulation (TBR), as they impeded, inter alia, exports of sorbitol from the Community to the Brazilian market.
C. DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE END OF THE INVESTIGATION
(8) On the basis of the findings of the investigation, the Commission, by its Decision of 17 March 1999(4), had decided to initiate a WTO Dispute Settlement procedure on several aspects of the Brazilian import regime found to be WTO incompatible.
(9) Accordingly official WTO consultations, regarding sorbitol and other products, were held on 19 November 1999. Following these consultations, de facto minimum prices were not applied any longer on sorbitol and certain other imports.
(10) As a result, the Community industry has improved its ability to enter the Brazilian market.
(11) However, there were still several aspects of the Brazilian import licensing and customs valuation systems that needed to be modified in order to comply fully with Brazil's obligations under the relevant WTO Agreements.
(12) By decision of 21 May 2001(5) the Commission therefore suspended the Cerestar examination procedure, while monitoring the effect of the changes in the Brazilian system for a period of six months from the date of entry into force of the Decision.
(13) During the period of monitoring, the Commission services pursued contacts and exchanged letters with the Community industry affected. On the basis of the information provided by the affected industry, the Commission concluded that the disputed barriers to trade in the importation of sorbitol had been eliminated.
D. CONCLUSIONS
(14) In view of the above analysis, it is considered that the Cerestar examination procedure has led to a satisfactory situation with regard to the obstacles that faced the trade of sorbitol in Brazil. The examination procedure should therefore be terminated,
The examination procedure concerning obstacles to trade, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 3286/94, consisting of trade practices maintained by Brazil in relation to imports of sorbitol, is hereby terminated.
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32013R0762 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 762/2013 of 7 August 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, mancozeb, maneb, MCPA, MCPB and metiram Text with EEA relevance
| 8.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 762/2013
of 7 August 2013
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, mancozeb, maneb, MCPA, MCPB and metiram
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (2) sets out the active substances deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
(2) The approvals of the active substances chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, mancozeb, maneb, MCPA, MCPB and metiram will expire between 30 April 2016 and 30 June 2016. Applications have been submitted for the renewal of the approval of these active substances. As the requirements laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 of 18 September 2012 setting out the provisions necessary for the implementation of the renewal procedure for active substances, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (3) apply to those active substances, it is necessary to allow applicants sufficient time to complete the renewal procedure in accordance with that Regulation. Consequently, the approvals of those active substances are likely to expire before a decision has been taken on their renewal. It is therefore necessary to extend their approval periods.
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) In view of the aim of the first paragraph of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, as regards cases where no supplementary dossier in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 is submitted no later than 30 months before the respective expiry date laid down in the Annex to this Regulation, the Commission will set the expiry date at the same date as before this Regulation or at the earliest date thereafter.
(5) In view of the aim of the first paragraph of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, as regards cases where the Commission will adopt a Regulation providing that the approval of an active substance referred to in the Annex to this Regulation is not renewed because the approval criteria are not satisfied, the Commission will set the expiry date at the same date as before this Regulation or at the date of the entry into force of the Regulation providing that the approval of the active substance is not renewed, whichever date is later.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is 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.
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31985R1857 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1857/85 of 2 July 1985 amending Regulation No 80/63/EEC on the quality control of fruit and vegetables imported from third countries, as regards the 1985/86 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1857/85
of 2 July 1985
amending Regulation No 80/63/EEC on the quality control of fruit and vegetables imported from third countries, as regards the 1985/86 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 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 1332/84 (2), and in particular Articles 8 (2) and 12 (3) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2162/84 (3) amended the quality standards for dessert apples and pears provided for in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1641/71 (4) by laying down that the fruit must be sufficiently developed so that it can continue its maturing process and to attain the degree of maturity required in relation to the varietal characteristics;
Whereas, in the case of apples, experience has shown that, in some cases, difficulties may be encountered in the task of verifying this state of development; whereas, in order to facilitate the work of the control bodies, the methods to be used for judging this development should be specified;
Whereas Commission Regulation No 80/63/EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3401/84 (6), should therefore be amended accordingly,
In Regulation No 80/63/EEC, Article 4a is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 4a
In the case of apples for the 1985/86 marketing year, the competent body may refer to a colorimetric scale and/or apply a starch regression test (iodine test) in order to verify that the requirement laid down in the quality standards for apples and pears under the first indent of the last subparagraph of Title II A of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1641/71 is met.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R0151 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 151/2002 of 25 January 2002 deciding not to accept tenders submitted in response to the 282nd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 151/2002
of 25 January 2002
deciding not to accept tenders submitted in response to the 282nd partial invitation to tender as a general intervention measure pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2), and in particular Article 47(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 of 15 March 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the buying-in of beef(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1564/2001(4), lays down buying standards. Pursuant to the abovementioned Regulation, an invitation to tender was opened pursuant to Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying-in of beef by invitation to tender(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 96/2002(6).
(2) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 lays down that a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed for quality R3, where appropriate, under each partial invitation to tender in the light of tenders received. In accordance with Article 13(2) of that Regulation, a decision may be taken not to proceed with the tendering procedure.
(3) Once tenders submitted in respect of the 282nd partial invitation to tender have been considered and taking account, pursuant to Article 47(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, of the requirements for reasonable support of the market and the seasonal trend in slaughterings and prices, it has been decided not to proceed with the tendering procedure.
(4) Article 1(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1209/2001 of 20 June 2001 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards as buying-in of beef(7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2579/2001(8), also opens buying-in of carcasses and half-carcasses of store cattle and lays down special rules in addition to those laid down for the buying-in of other products. For the 282nd partial invitation to tender, no tender has been submitted.
(5) In the light of developments, this Regulation should enter into force immediately.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
No award shall be made against the 282nd partial invitation to tender opened pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January 2002.
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32013D0273 | 2013/273/EU: Council Decision of 6 June 2013 appointing three Maltese members and three Maltese alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
| 11.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 159/13
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 June 2013
appointing three Maltese members and three Maltese alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2013/273/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 Maltese 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) Three members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Claudette ABELA BALDACCHINO, Mr Michael COHEN and Mr Malcolm MIFSUD. Two alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Doris BORG and Mr Ian BORG. An alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Paul FARRUGIA as 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 Peter BONELLO, Mayor of San Ġiljan,
— Mr Paul FARRUGIA, Mayor of Ħal Tarxien,
— Dr Marc SANT, Councillor, Ħal Lija Local Council;
(b) as alternate members:
— Mr Jesmond AQUILINA, Deputy Mayor of Ħal Qormi,
— Mr Anthony MIFSUD, Councillor, Imtarfa Local Council,
— Mr Raymond TABONE, Councillor, San Pawl il-Baħar Local Council.
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31994D0467 | 94/467/EC: Commission Decision of 13 July 1994 laying down health guarantees for the transport of equidae from one third country to another in accordance with Article 9 (1) (c) of Directive 91/496/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 13 July 1994 laying down health guarantees for the transport of equidae from one third country to another in accordance with Article 9 (1) (c) of Directive 91/496/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (94/467/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), as last amended by Decision 92/438/EEC (2), and in particular Article 9 (1) (c) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (1) (c) of Directive 91/496/EEC, health guarantees must be laid down for the transport of animals from one third country to another; whereas certain problems have been encountered as regards movements of equidae from one third country to another;
Whereas the Commission laid down, in Decision 92/260/EEC (3), as amended by Decision 93/344/EEC (4), the health conditions and veterinary certification required for the temporary admission or registered horses; whereas these conditions provide all the necessary guarantees as regards the Community's health status; whereas for the health guarantees applicable to movements of equidae from one third country to another reference should therefore be made to the health conditions laid down in Decision 92/260/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Equidae on their way from one third country to another must come from a third country mentioned in Annex I to Decision 92/260/EEC.
2. Equidae as referred to in paragraph 1 must be accompanied by a certificate entitled 'Transit certificate for the transport of equidae from one third country to another'. This certificate must comprise Sections I, II and III of the health certificate, corresponding to the third country of provenance listed in Annex II to Decision 92/260/EEC. It must in addition comprise the following sections.
'IV. Equidae coming from:
(country)
and proceeding to:
(country)
V. Stamp and signature of official veterinarian: '
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 |
31985R0745 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 745/85 of 21 March 1985 temporarily and totally suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain types of polyethylene falling within subheading ex 39.02 C I a)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 745/85
of 21 March 1985
temporarily and totally suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain types of polyethylene falling within subheading ex 39.02 C I a)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas production within the Community of the product covered by this Regulation is at present inadequate and producers are thus unable to meet the needs of user industries in the Community;
Whereas a total suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on this product is in the Community's interest;
Whereas, in view of the difficulties involved in accurately assessing the development of the economic situation in the sectors concerned in the near future, this suspension measure should be taken only temporarily with its term of validity fixed to coincide with the interests of Community production,
From 1 April to 30 June 1985 the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on the following product shall be totally suspended:
'Polyethylene, in one of the forms mentioned in note 3b) to Chapter 39, having a density of not less than 0,945 and not more than 0,985 for the manufacture of typewriter ribbon or similar ribbon (a).
(a) Checks that the product is being used for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1985.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31984R0974 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 974/84 of 10 April 1984 fixing the amount of the aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 974/84
of 10 April 1984
fixing the amount of the aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed
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 856/84 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 2a (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1187/82 (4), defines the criteria governing the fixing of these aids; whereas paragraph 3 of the abovementioned Article specifies a margin which must be adhered to when the level of aid is fixed for skimmed-milk powder;
Whereas, in applying these rules to the present market situation, it follows that the aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder should be fixed at the level set out below;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The amount of the aid referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be 73 ECU per 100 kilograms for skimmed-milk powder and 6,95 ECU per 100 kilograms for skimmed milk.
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 9 April 1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R3068 | Council Regulation (EC) No 3068/95 of 21 December 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3068/95
of 21 December 1995
amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 (3) adopted provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO);
Whereas the European Community and Canada have agreed in the Agreement on Fisheries of 20 April 1995 to introduce additional control measures which shall apply to fishing vessels operating in the NAFO Regulatory Area;
Whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission adopted a proposal on 15 September 1995 to amend the hail system;
Whereas, pursuant to Article XI of the NAFO Convention, the proposal will, in the absence of objection, become a measure binding upon the Contracting Parties as from 15 November 1995;
Whereas the modified scheme is acceptable to the Community;
Whereas it is necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No 189/92, in order to oblige Community fishing vessels to comply with those new measures,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following indent shall be added to points 1.1 and 1.4:
'- Species (3 Alpha code) in kilograms (rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms). The total quantity of species for which the total round weight by species is less than one tonne may be reported by the 3 Alpha code "MZZ" (Marine fish unspecified).'
2. The following text shall replace the corresponding sentence in the introduction to point 1.4:
'These reports shall be made at least six hours in advance of the vessel's exit from the Regulatory Area and shall contain the following particulars in the following order.'
3. The following points shall be added:
'1.5 Transshipment in the Regulatory Area. This report shall be made 24 hours in advance and shall contain the following particulars in the following order:
- Name of vessel,
- Call sign,
- Extend identification letters and numbers,
- The date, time and geographical position,
- Indication of the message code: "TRANS",
- The total round weight by species (3 Alpha code) to be transshipped in kilograms (rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms),
- The name of the Master.
1.6 Vessels equipped with devices which enable the automatic transmission of their position are exempt from the hail requirements set out in 1.2 and 1.3.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31980R3465 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3465/80 of 30 December 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2329/79 on the sale at a price fixed in advance of bone-in beef and veal held by the intervention agencies, as a result of Greek accession
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3465/80 of 30 December 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2329/79 on the sale at a price fixed in advance of bone-in beef and veal held by the intervention agencies, as a result of Greek accession
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece (1), and in particular Article 146 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 22 of the Act of Accession, the adaptations to the acts listed in Annex II to the said Act are to be drawn up in conformity with the guidelines set out in that Annex;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2329/79 on the sale at a price fixed in advance of bone-in beef and veal held by the intervention agencies (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2469/80 (3), adopted after signature of the Treaty of Accession and which is valid beyond 1 January 1981, must be adapted to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Act of Accession,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 2329/79 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009D0050 | 2009/50/EC,Euratom: Council and Commission Decision of 18 December 2008 on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
| 24.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 21/41
COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 December 2008
on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
(2009/50/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3), thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the Council’s approval pursuant to Article 101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Whereas:
(1) The Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, was signed on behalf of the Community and the Member States on 20 May 2008 in accordance with Council Decision 2008/792/EC (2).
(2) Pending its entry into force, the Protocol has been applied on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2007.
(3) The Protocol should be concluded,
The Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Member States.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, give the notification provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol. The President of the Commission shall simultaneously give such notification on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31980R1458 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1458/80 of 9 June 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78 on the aid system for dried fodder
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1458/80 of 9 June 1980 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78 on the aid system for dried fodder
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the market in dried fodder (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 114/80 (2), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78 of 19 June 1978 on the aid system for dried fodder (3) set the minimum quality requirements with which the dried fodder referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 must comply in order to qualify for the aid, in particular its minimum crude protein content in dry matter;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 114/80 added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 certain new products ; whereas, in consequence, it is necessary to supplement Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78 by fixing the minimum crude protein contents for those products;
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78, in its amended version, applies as from 1 April 1979 ; whereas it is necessary, therefore, to provide for the application of the measure referred to above as from the same date;
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78 lays down the method of adjustment for advance fixings of the additional aid on the basis of the forward prices on the world market ; whereas, however, at the time of such advance fixings, account is not taken of the alteration of the guide price valid for the following marketing year ; whereas, in order to maintain a fair return for agricultural producers of fodder for drying, the amount of the additional aid applicable on the day on which the application is lodged should also be adjusted according to the guide price for the month in which the quantities of dried fodder leave the processing undertaking,
Regulation (EEC) No 1417/78 is hereby amended as follows: 1. The first subparagraph of Article 5 (b) is hereby replaced by the following:
"(b) The minimum crude protein content in dry matter shall not be less than: - 8 % for the products listed in Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78,
- 14 % for the products listed in the second indent of Article 1 (b) and (c), second indent of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78,
- 45 % for the products listed in the first indent of Article 1 (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78."
2. Article 11 is hereby replaced by the following:
"Article 11
In cases of advance fixing from 1 April 1980, the amount of the additional aid applicable on the day on which the application is lodged shall be adjusted according to: - the difference between the guide price valid on the same day and that valid on the day on (1)OJ No L 142, 30.5.1978, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 16, 22.1.1980, p. 3. (3)OJ No L 171, 28.6.1978, p. 1.
which the quantities of dried fodder leave the processing undertaking,
- a corrective amount calculated with account taken of the trend of forward prices on the world market."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
However, Article 1 (1) shall apply with effect from 1 April 1979.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32012R0953 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 953/2012 of 11 October 2012 establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in EU, Norwegian and international waters of I and II by vessels flying the flag of United Kingdom
| 17.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 284/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 953/2012
of 11 October 2012
establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in EU, Norwegian and international waters of I and II by vessels flying the flag of United Kingdom
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 (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non- EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2012.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2012.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2012 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
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.
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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31978D0360 | 78/360/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 March 1978 authorizing certain Member States to sell butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated butter (Only the German, French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 31 March 1971 authorizing certain Member States to sell butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated butter (Only the German, French and Dutch texts are authentic) (78/360/EEC)
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 2560/77 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2714/72 (4), and in particular Article 7a thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 649/78 of 31 March 1978 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter for direct consumption as concentrated butter (5) provides that the Member States may be authorized to sell butter from public storage or to grant aid for butter from private storage released for direct consumption as concentrated butter;
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have requested authorization to undertake this operation and are in a position to guarantee that the concentrated butter reaches its prescribed destination;
Whereas the quantity of butter to be sold should be fixed in the light of previous experience of such measures and having regard in particular to the quantities of concentrated butter capable of being reasonably absorbed by private consumption within the Community, and to the position as regards butter stocks ; whereas in the case of the Federal Republic of Germany account should also be taken of the outstanding balance of the quantity of butter specified in the Commission Decision of 22 December 1972 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to sell butter at a reduced price in the form of concentrated butter (6), as last amended by the Decision of 12 January 1978 (7);
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
1. The Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are hereby authorized to have recourse to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 649/78 in respect of quantities not exceeding those specified in paragraph 2.
2. The quantities referred to in paragraph 1 are as follows: >PIC FILE= "T0012795">
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R1072 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1072/2003 of 23 June 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1072/2003
of 23 June 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 June 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31992L0068 | Council Directive 92/68/EEC of 20 July 1992 amending Directive 90/684/EEC on aid to shipbuilding
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/68/EEC of 20 July 1992 amending Directive 90/684/EEC on aid to shipbuilding
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 92 (3) (d) and Article 113 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 the shipbuilding industry is important for the structural development of the coastal region of the territories of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas the shipbuilding industry, as it existed in those territories at the time of their incorporation into the Community, requires urgent and comprehensive restructuring in order to become competitive; whereas the direct application of the common maximum ceiling for production aid does not allow for such measures and a special transitional arrangement should therefore be introduced to enable the shipbuilding industry in those territories to operate during the period fo gradual restructuring which should enable it to comply with the State aid rules applicable throughout the Community;
Whereas, moreover, competition considerations dictate that the sector of the shipbuilding industry of the territories in question should contribute significantly to the reduction of the excess capacity which, worldwide, continues to impede the restoration of normal market conditions for the shipbuilding industry;
Whereas Directive 90/684/EEC (4) should therefore be amended,
Directive 90/684/EEC is amended as follows:
1. the title of chapter IV shall be replaced by the following:
'SPAIN, GREECE AND THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC';
2. the following Article shall be inserted:
'Article 10a
1. With the exception of Article 4 (6) and (7), Chapter II shall not apply to the shipbuilding and ship conversion activities of yards operating in the territories of the former German Democratic Republic on 1 July 1990.
2. Until 31 December 1993, operating aid for the shipbuilding and ship conversion activities of the yards referred to in paragraph 1 may be considered compatible with the common market provided that:
(a) aid to facilitate the continued operation of the yards during that period does not, for any of these yards, exceed a maximum ceiling of 36 % of a reference annual turnover calculated on the basis of three years of shipbuilding and ship conversion activites after restructuring; this aid must be paid by 31 December 1993;
(b) no further production aid is granted on contracts signed between 1 July 1990 and 31 December 1993;
(c) the German Government agrees to carry out, according to a timetable approved by the Commission and in any case before 31 December 1995, a genuine and irreversible reduction of capacity of 40 % net of the capacity of 545 000 cgt existing on 1 July 1990;
(d) the German Government provides evidence to the Commission, in the form of annual reports by an independent chartered accountant, that aid payments are strictly limited to the activities of yards situated in the former German Democratic Republic; the first such report must be submitted to the Commission at the latest by the end of February 1993.
3. The Commission shall ensure that the aid referred to in this Article does not affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.'
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31996R1000 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1000/96 of 4 June 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1000/96 of 4 June 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 of 26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for poultry (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3204/93 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 205/96 (4), introduces detailed rules for implementing the marketing standards for poultry;
Whereas, in the light of the experience gained, the definition of a capon and the criteria relating to it in Annex IV of Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 1 (1) (a) the third indent is replaced by the following:
'- capon: male fowl castrated surgically before reaching sexual maturity and slaughtered at a minimum age of 140 days: after castration the capons must be fattened for at least 77 days.`
2. Annex IV is amended as follows:
- the second indent in the second indent of point (c) is replaced by the following:
'- 2 m2 per duck or per capon`,
- the second indent in the last indent of point (d) is replaced by the following:
'- for capons: four weeks`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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