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31991R2892 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2892/91 of 1 October 1991 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to the Soviet Union, amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1933/91
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2892/91 of 1 October 1991 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to the Soviet Union, amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1933/91
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of 5 September 1984 laying down detailed rules for certain sales of frozen beef held by the intervention agencies (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (4), has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage procedure when selling beef from intervention stocks;
Whereas certain intervention agencies hold large stocks of intervention meat; whereas an extension of the period of storage for the meat bought in should be avoided on account of the ensuing high costs; whereas in view of the supply needs in the Soviet Union part of that meat should be put up for sale in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84;
Whereas, in view of the urgency and the specific nature of the operation and of the need for controls, special detailed rules must be laid down in particular as regards the minimum quantity which may be purchased;
Whereas quarters from intervention stocks may in certain cases have been handled a number of times; whereas, in order to help with the presentation and marketing of such meat, its repackaging should be authorized, subject to the observance of precise conditions;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down a time limit for export of the said meat; whereas this time limit should be fixed by taking into account Article 5 (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 815/91 (6);
Whereas in order to ensure that beef sold is exported to the intended destination the lodging of security, as specified in Article 5 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, should be required;
Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provision of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2742/91 (8); whereas the Annex to the said Regulation setting out the entries to be made should be expanded;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1933/91 (9) should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. A sale shall be organized of approximately 50 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency and bought in before 1 September 1991;
2. This meat must be imported into the Soviet Union.
3. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84.
The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 (10) shall not apply to this sale. However, the competent authorities may allow bone-in forequarters and hindquarters the packaging material of which is torn or soiled, to be placed in new packaging of the same type under their supervision before presentation for consignment at the customs office of departure.
4. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto.
5. An offer shall be valid only if:
- it relates to a total minimum quantity of 10 000 tonnes expressed in product weight,
- it relates to an equal weight of forequarters and hindquarters and shall contain a single price per tonne expressed in ecus for the whole quantity specified in the offer.
6. Immediately after submitting tenders or purchase applications the operator shall send a copy hereof to the Commission of the European Communities, Division VI/D.2, 130 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels (telex 220 37 B AGREC).
7. Intervention agencies shall only conclude selling contracts upon verification, in collaboration with the Commission's services, that the conditions referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 have been met.
8. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned not later than 12 noon on 11 October 1991.
9. Particulars of the qualities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by interested parties at the address given in Annex II.
1. Notwithstanding Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, the time limit for taking over meat as defined in that Article shall be increased to three months.
2. The products referred to in Article 1 must be exported within five months from the date of conclusion of the contract of sale.
1. The security provided for in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be ECU 30 per 100 kilograms.
2. The security provided for in Article 5 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 shall be ECU 300 per 100 kilograms of bone-in beef.
In respect of meat sold under this Regulation no export refund shall be granted.
In the removal order referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 569/88, the export declaration, and, where appropriate, the T 5 control copy shall be entered:
'Sin restitución [Reglamento (CEE) no 2892/91];
Uden restitution [Forordning (EOEF) nr. 2892/91];
Keine Erstattung [Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2892/91];
÷ùñssò aaðéóôñïoeÞ [êáíïíéóìueò (AAÏÊ) áñè. 2892/91];
Without refund [Regulation (EEC) No 2892/91];
Sans restitution [Règlement (CEE) no 2892/91];
Senza restituzione [Regolamento (CEE) n. 2892/91];
Zonder restitutie [Verordening (EEG) nr. 2892/91];
Sem restituiçao [Regulamento (CEE) no 2892/91].'
In part I of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 569/88, 'Products to be exported in the same state as that in which they were when removed from intervention stock' the following item and footnote are added:
'105. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2892/91 of 1 October 1991 on the sale by procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export to the Soviet Union (105).
(105) OJ No L 275, 2. 10. 1991, p. 6.'
Regulation (EEC) No 1933/91 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0876 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 of 8 August 2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 13.8.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/12
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 876/2014
of 8 August 2014
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information issued in respect of the goods concerned by this Regulation which does not conform to this Regulation may, for a certain period, continue to be invoked by the holder in accordance with Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (2). That period should be set at three months.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32005R1157 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1157/2005 of 18 July 2005 fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Jordan
| 19.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 187/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1157/2005
of 18 July 2005
fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Jordan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), and in particular Article 5(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Articles 2(2) and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87, Community import and producer prices are fixed each fortnight for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses and apply for two-week periods. Under Article 1(b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 of 17 March 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (2), those prices are determined for two-week periods on the basis of weighted prices provided by the Member States.
(2) Those prices should be fixed immediately so the customs duties applicable can be determined.
(3) Following the accession of Cyprus to the European Union on 1 May 2004, it is no longer necessary to fix import prices for Cyprus.
(4) Likewise, it is no longer necessary to fix import prices for Israel, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in order to take account of the agreements approved by Council Decisions 2003/917/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the State of Israel concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Association Agreement (3), 2003/914/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 3 to the EC-Morocco Association Agreement (4) and 2005/4/EC of 22 December 2004 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Palestinian Authority Interim Association Agreement (5).
(5) The Commission must adopt these measures in between the meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products,
The Community producer and import prices for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto for the period from 20 July to 2 August 2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R1170 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1170/93 of 13 May 1993 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 on protection of the Community's forests against fire
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1170/93 of 13 May 1993 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 on protection of the Community's forests against fire
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 of 23 July 1992 on protection of the Community's forests against fire (1), and in particular Article 4 (4) thereof,
Whereas applications for aid submitted under the Community scheme for the protection of forests against fire, in respect of programmes or projects, should contain all the details needed for an examination of such programmes and projects in the light of the objectives and criteria of Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92;
Whereas this information should be presented in a standardized form to facilitate examination and comparison of applications;
Whereas the Member States are then to apply to the Commission for reimbursement of part of the expenditure approved; whereas detailed rules relating to reimbursement applications, and in particular the nature of the corresponding supporting documents, should be laid down;
Whereas the supporting documents are to be sent by the departments or agencies designated by the Member States; whereas in order to ensure effective monitoring of the implementation of the schemes in question it is necessary to define the role of the abovementioned departments or agencies, the nature of the supporting documents drawn up in accordance with the laws or regulations of the Member State concerned or with measures adopted by the abovementioned departments or agencies, and also the supervisory arrangements set up in each Member State;
Whereas the Commission must be informed that the schemes are being implemented in accordance with the conditions and within the time limits laid down in the decisions granting aid;
Whereas, for the payment of aid or part thereof, it is necessary to specify those documents which are to be forwarded by the departments or agencies to the Commission to enable it to establish whether all the conditions for payment are met; whereas the said documents must give full details and be presented in an identical form to facilitate rapid processing and equal treatment of payment applications;
Whereas, if the documents duly provided by the departments or agencies do not appear to the Commission to be adequate, or if they appear not to contain sufficient information for verification of compliance with a financial or other requirement imposed, the Commission should be able to request the authorities or agencies to submit additional supporting material or documents;
Whereas, in order to ensure that any on-the-spot inspections carried out are fully effective, provision should be made for cooperation between the Commission and the Member State concerned;
Whereas the procedure for suspending, reducing or terminating Community aid should not be initiated without prior consultation of the Member State concerned or without notification of the responsible agency enabling it to submit its observations;
Whereas since the Community aid is to be paid to the agency responsible for implementation of the scheme through the departments or agencies designated for that purpose by the Member State, the documents that those authorities or agencies are to transmit to the Commission should be specified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Forestry Committee,
APPLICATION FOR AID
1. Applications for aid from the Community for the implementation of programmes or projects within the meaning of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 shall contain the information and documents specified in Annexes A and B to this Regulation.
2. Applications shall be submitted in triplicate and in the form set out in Annexes A and B.
3. Applications not meeting the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 hereof shall not be considered.
PAYMENT OF AID
1. The departments or agencies designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92 shall send to the Commission, within two months of the entry into force of this Regulation, a schedule of the supporting documents that the beneficiary is required to supply. Any change to that schedule shall be notified to the Commission within two months of its being adopted.
'Supporting documents' shall mean any document drawn up in accordance either with the laws or regulations of the Member State concerned, or with measures adopted by the abovementioned departments or agencies, which afford evidence that the conditions attached to a project have been met.
The schedule shall give:
- the description of each document and the provisions or measures under which it is drawn up, and
- a brief description of the content of such documents.
2. The departments or agencies shall also send the Commission, within the periods specified in paragraph 1, a detailed description of the checks to be made before the certificate set out in Annex C 1 is drawn up.
3. The Commission may request the Member States to supplement the schedule with other supporting documents that it considers necessary for verification of the eligibility of the expenditure shown in payment applications. It may, to the same end, also request the Member States to tighten up their checking procedures.
12 months after the date of notification of a decision granting aid, the departments or agencies shall transmit to the Commission a document describing the state of progress of the work.
Where, contrary to information given in the aid application and incorporated in the decision, work has not commenced at the end of the abovementioned 12-month period, the departments or agencies shall specify the reasons therefore, and shall, where appropriate, transmit to the Commission satisfactory guarantees from the agencies responsible for the work that it will commence in the near future. Should it not be possible to give such guarantees or should the Commission decide that those given are not satisfactory, the aid shall be suspended, reduced or withdrawn.
The departments or agencies may transmit payment applications following completion of each annual instalment of work.
Such applications, to be submitted in duplicate, shall include the certificates and other information specified in Annexes C 1, C 2 and C 3.
In order to enable an effective check to be made on the execution of the work, the departments or agencies shall transmit to the Commission, at the latter's request and within a time limit specified by it, all supporting documents or a certified copy thereof as specified in Article 2 or any other documents affording evidence that the conditions pertaining to the operation have been complied with.
If the Commission considers it necessary to make an on-the-spot inspection, it shall notify the Member State concerned in advance and request its participation. Member States shall take whatever action is required to facilitate such inspection.
Before initiating any procedure for suspending, reducing or terminating Community aid, the Commission shall:
- so inform the Member State on whose territory the operation was to be carried out, so that it may state its views on the matter,
- consult the department or agency designated to receive the corresponding payments, and
- call on the department or agency responsible for execution of the operation to explain, via the departments or agencies specified in Article 2, why the conditions imposed have not been complied with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001R1693 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1693/2001 of 24 August 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1693/2001
of 24 August 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R0981 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 981/2001 of 18 May 2001 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2284/2000
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 981/2001
of 18 May 2001
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2284/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(2), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2284/2000(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice falling within CN code 1006 30 67 to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2284/2000 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 11 to 17 May 2001 at 330,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R2930 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2930/87 of 30 September 1987 laying down for the period 1 January to 30 June 1987 compensation measures in respect of preferential raw sugar and raw sugar from the French overseas departments intended for refining in the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2930/87
of 30 September 1987
laying down for the period 1 January to 30 June 1987 compensation measures in respect of preferential raw sugar and raw sugar from the French overseas departments intended for refining in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1889/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 229/87 (4), and in particular Articles 13 (2) and 37 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 of 15 July 1986 laying down measures for the marketing of sugar produced in the French overseas departments and for the equalization of the price conditions with preferential raw sugar (5), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas the increase with effect from 1 April 1986 in the raw sugar intervention price for the 1985/86 marketing year has been maintained as it stands for the 1986/87 marketing year by reason of the fixing of this price by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1453/86 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1987/86 (7), at the same level as for the last three months of the 1985/86 marketing year; whereas the increase of 0,15 % in this price continues to have a structural effect on the preferential sugar refining margin during the current year;
Whereas the guaranteed prices fixed for the preferential sugars to be imported during the 1986/87 delivery period have been fixed at the level of the prices fixed for Community sugar during the 1986/87 marketing year; whereas in view of the influence that such a guaranteed price can have on Community refiners of preferential raw sugar, it is appropriate to provide for compensation for the said increase by allowing a derogation from Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3154/85 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2331/87 (9);
Whereas such a derogation should not lead to an overcompensation; whereas it is therefore appropriate to apply these arrangements for a second period comprising six months of the marketing year in question;
Whereas the application of the monetary compensatory amounts in force on 15 February or 15 March 1987 to the said sugars, imported in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2782/76 (10) and for which the import entry was accepted during the periods 16 to 22 February 1987 and 23 to 29 March 1987, respectively, will not give rise to an overcompensation;
Whereas Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 provides that when the advance fixing of monetary compensatory amounts in trade with third countries is made applicable to the importation of preferential raw sugar and where this application benefits the importers of this sugar, the aid to the refiners of raw sugar from the French overseas departments shall be supplemented by a corresponding flat-rate amount which will re-establish the equilibrium in the price conditions existing between the two types of sugar; whereas, as a consequence, the raw sugar from the French overseas departments for which the refining has taken place during the period 1 January to 30 June 1987 should benefit from a supplement to the aid referred to in Article 3 of the abovementioned Regulation in the form of a flat-rate amount of 0,70 ECU per tonne of raw sugar of standard quality; whereas recourse to this possibility shall be likened to the advance fixing of monetary compensatory amounts;
Whereas Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3154/85 provides that the monetary compensatory amount to be granted or charged on importation shall be the amount applicable on the day when the customs authorities accept the import entry;
Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
By way of derogation from Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3154/85, the monetary compensatory amounts applicable to imports of preferential raw sugar carried out pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2782/76 for which the import entry was accepted during the period from 16 to 22 February 1987 or 23 to 29 March 1987 shall, at the
request of the interested party, be the amount applicable on, respectively, 15 February and 15 March 1987 provided that the sugar has been refined during the period 1 January to 30 June 1987.
The aid referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 shall be supplemented at the request of the interested party by the amount of 0,70 ECU per tonne of raw sugar of standard quality within the limit of the quantities of raw sugar produced in the French overseas departments intended for refining in the European regions of the Community, for which the refining has taken place during the period 1 January to 30 June 1987.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32004R1235 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2004 of 5 July 2004 determining to what extent applications for the right to import bulls, cows and heifers of certain Alpine and mountain breeds pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 can be met
| 6.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 235/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1235/2004
of 5 July 2004
determining to what extent applications for the right to import bulls, cows and heifers of certain Alpine and mountain breeds pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 can be met
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 of 26 May 1999 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter, of certain Alpine and mountain breeds, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1012/98 and amending Regulation (EC) No 1143/98 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 provides for the quantities reserved for traditional importers under the two tariff quotas to be allocated in proportion to their imports during the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2004.
(2) Allocation of the quantities available to operators covered by Article 2(3) of that Regulation under the two tariff quotas is to be in proportion to the quantities applied for. Since the quantities applied for exceed those available, a fixed percentage reduction should be set,
1. Every application for the right to import lodged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 under serial number 09.0001 shall be granted to the following extent:
(a) 23,4035 % of the quantities imported within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999;
(b) 9,9337 % of the quantities applied for within the meaning of Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999.
2. Every application for the right to import lodged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 under serial number 09.0003 shall be granted to the following extent:
(a) 24,8086 % of the quantities imported within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999;
(b) 7,7922 % of the quantities applied for within the meaning of Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 2004.
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32004L0063 | Commission Directive 2004/63/EC of 26 April 2004 amending Commission Directive 2003/79/EC as regards time limits (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Directive 2004/63/EC
of 26 April 2004
amending Commission Directive 2003/79/EC as regards time limits
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Directive 2003/79/EC(2) amends Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include Coniothyrium minitans as active substance in Annex I to that Directive.
(2) After inclusion of a new active substance, Member States should be allowed a reasonable period to implement the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC as regards plant protection products containing this active substance and in particular to review existing provisional authorisations and, by the end of this period at the latest, to transform those authorisations into full authorisations, to amend them or to withdraw them in accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC.
(3) The timelines for the implementation given in Directive 2003/79 are not in line with the timelines given for other new active substances. In order to harmonise the approach for all substances under the current review phase, any considerable difference between the timelines applicable for different new active substances should be avoided.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to amend Directive 2003/79/EC accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Article 3 of Directive 2003/79/EC is amended as follows:
Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
"2. For each authorised plant protection product containing Coniothyrium minitans as either the only active substance or as one of several active substances, all of which were listed in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by 31 December 2003 at the latest, Member States shall re-evaluate the product in accordance with the uniform principles provided for in Annex VI to Directive 91/414/EEC, on the basis of a dossier satisfying the requirements of Annex III to that Directive. On the basis of that evaluation, they shall determine whether the product satisfies the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) of Directive 91/414/EEC.
Following that determination Member States shall:
(a) in the case of a product containing Coniothyrium minitans as the only active substance, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 June 2005 at the latest; or
(b) in the case of a product containing Coniothyrium minitans as one of several active substances, where necessary, amend or withdraw the authorisation by 30 June 2005 or by the date fixed for such an amendment or withdrawal in the respective Directive or Directives which added the relevant substance or substances to Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC, whichever is the latest."
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day after the date of publication.
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32007D0863 | 2007/863/EC: Commission Decision of 14 December 2007 granting a derogation requested by the United Kingdom with regard to Northern Ireland pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document number C(2007) 6281)
| 21.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/122
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 December 2007
granting a derogation requested by the United Kingdom with regard to Northern Ireland pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources
(notified under document number C(2007) 6281)
(Only the English version is authentic)
(2007/863/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III thereto,
Whereas:
(1) If the amount of manure that a Member State intends to apply per hectare each year is different from the one specified in the first sentence of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC and in point (a) thereof, that amount has to be fixed so as not to prejudice the achievement of the objectives specified in Article 1 of that Directive and has to be justified on the basis of objective criteria, such as, in the present case, long growing seasons and crops with high nitrogen uptake.
(2) On 10 August 2007, the United Kingdom submitted to the Commission a request for a derogation under the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC with regard to Northern Ireland.
(3) The requested derogation concerns the intention of the United Kingdom to allow the application in Northern Ireland of up to 250 kg nitrogen per hectare per year from livestock manure in grassland farms. Approximately 732 holdings in Northern Ireland corresponding to 2,7 % of total farms, 4 % of the Utilized Agricultural Land and 5 % of the Livestock Unit are potentially encompassed by the derogation.
(4) The legislation implementing Directive 91/676/EEC, the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (Regulations 2006 No 489), has been adopted and applies equally to the requested derogation.
(5) The Phosphorus (Use in Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 set out measures governing land application of phosphate fertilisers in order to prevent water pollution. The regulations prohibit the application of chemical fertilisers unless it is demonstrated that the amount is not in excess of crop requirement, requiring, inter alia, the assessment of soil fertility status through chemical analysis.
(6) Water quality data submitted show that low nitrate concentrations are a common feature of water bodies in Northern Ireland. In 2005 the average nitrate concentration in groundwater was below 20 mg/l nitrates in 71 % of the monitoring sites and concentrations greater than 50 mg/l nitrates were recorded in no more than 7 % of the sampling points. Data on water quality in rivers showed that in 2005 the mean nitrate concentration was below 20 mg/l in 99 % of sampling points and no monitoring station exceeded 50 mg/l nitrates. All large lakes had an average concentration of less than 10 mg/l nitrates.
(7) According to the third report on implementation of the Nitrates Directive 72 % of groundwater monitoring sites showed stable or decreasing trends in nitrates concentration in the period 1999-2003; nitrate concentration in surface water was stable or declining in 87 % of surface water monitoring stations in the same period.
(8) In conformity with paragraph 5 of Article 3 of Directive 91/676/EEC, the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 applies throughout the whole Northern Irish territory.
(9) The number of livestock and the utilisation of chemical fertilisers decreased in the last decade. Cattle, pig and sheep number decreased respectively by 2 %, 36 % and 22 % in the period 1995-2005. Chemical nitrogen fertiliser use decreased by 41 % in the period 1995 to 2005 and the application rate for 2005 was 89 kg per hectare nitrogen, phosphate fertiliser use declined by 49 % in the same period and in 2005 phosphorus use was on average 7 kg per hectare. Nitrogen surplus at national level declined from 159 kg/ha in 1995 to 124 kg/ha in 2005.
(10) Due to high rainfall and the prevalence of soil with poor drainage, in Northern Ireland, ninety-three percent of agricultural land is devoted to grassland, of which a large part is classified as having good to very good potential for grass growth. Due to impeded drainage, the denitrification potential of the majority of soils in Northern Ireland is relatively high, reducing the nitrate concentration in soil and, therefore, the amount of nitrate susceptible to leaching.
(11) In Northern Ireland 70 % of the land is farmed extensively and 45 % of the total land area is farmed under agro-environmental schemes.
(12) The Northern Irish climate, characterised by an annual rainfall evenly distributed throughout the year and a relatively narrow annual temperature range promotes a relatively long grass-growing season ranging from 270 days per year in the coastal area to the east to around 260 days per year in the central lowlands where land is actively managed and farmed.
(13) The supporting documents presented in the notification show that the proposed amount of 250 kg per hectare per year nitrogen from grazing livestock manure in grassland farms is justified on the basis of objective criteria such as long growing seasons and crops with high nitrogen uptake.
(14) The Commission, after examination of the request, considers that the proposed amount of 250 kg per hectare will not prejudice the achievement of the objectives of Directive 91/676/EEC, subject to certain strict conditions being met.
(15) This Decision should be applicable in tandem with the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, in force in Northern Ireland for the period 2007-2010.
(16) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Nitrates Committee set up pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 91/676/EEC,
The derogation requested by the United Kingdom with regard to Northern Ireland by letter of 10 August 2007, for the purpose of allowing a higher amount of livestock manure than that provided for in the first sentence of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC and in point (a) thereof, is granted, subject to the conditions laid down in this Decision.
Definitions
For the purpose of this decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘Grassland farms’ means holdings where 80 % or more of the agricultural area available for manure application is grass,
(b) ‘Grazing livestock’ means cattle (with the exclusion of veal calves), sheep, deer, goats and horses,
(c) ‘Grass’ means permanent grassland or temporary grassland (temporary implying leys of less than four years).
Scope
This Decision applies on an individual basis and subject to the conditions set out in Articles 4, 5 and 6 to grassland farms.
Annual authorisation and commitment
1. Farmers who want to benefit from a derogation shall submit an application to the competent authorities annually.
2. Together with the annual application referred to in paragraph 1 they shall undertake in writing to fulfil the conditions provided for in Articles 5 and 6.
3. The competent authorities shall ensure that all the applications for derogation are submitted to administrative control. Where the control carried out by the national authorities of the applications referred to in paragraph 1 demonstrates that the conditions provided for in Articles 5 and 6 are not fulfilled, the applicant shall be informed thereof. In this instance, the application shall be considered to be refused.
Application of manure and other fertilisers
1. The amount of livestock manure from grazing livestock applied to the land each year on grassland farms, including by the animals themselves, shall not exceed the amount of manure containing 250 kg nitrogen per hectare, subject to the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 to 8.
2. The total nitrogen inputs shall not exceed the foreseeable nutrient demand of the considered crop and take into account the supply from the soil.
3. A fertilisation plan shall be kept for each farm describing the crop rotation of the farmland and the planned application of manure and nitrogen and phosphate fertilisers. It shall be available in the farm each calendar year by 1 March at the latest.
The fertilisation plan shall include the following:
(a) the number of livestock, a description of the housing and storage system, including the volume of manure storage available;
(b) a calculation of manure nitrogen (less losses in housing and storage) and phosphorus produced in the farm;
(c) the crop rotation and area of each crop, including a sketch map indicating location of individual fields;
(d) the foreseeable nitrogen and phosphorus crop requirements;
(e) the amount and the type of manure delivered outside the farm or to the farm;
(f) results of soil analysis related to nitrogen and phosphorus soil status if available;
(g) nitrogen and phosphorus application from manure over each field (parcels of the farm homogeneous regarding cropping and soil type);
(h) application of nitrogen and phosphorus with chemical and other fertilisers over each field.
Plans shall be revised no later than seven days following any changes in agricultural practices to ensure consistency between plans and actual agricultural practices.
4. Fertilisation accounts, including information related to management of dirty water and phosphorus inputs, shall be kept by each farm. They shall be submitted to the competent authority for each calendar year.
5. Each grassland farm benefiting from an individual derogation shall accept that the application referred to in Article 4(1), the fertilisation plan and the fertilisation accounts can be subject to control.
6. Nitrogen and phosphorous analysis in soil shall be performed for each farm benefiting from an individual derogation at least every four years for each homogeneous area of the farm, with regard to crop rotation and soil characteristics. At least one analysis per five hectares of farmland shall be required.
7. Manure may not be spread in the autumn before grass cultivation.
8. Each grassland farm benefiting from an individual derogation shall ensure that the phosphorus balance, calculated according to the methodology established by the competent authority in compliance with Article 7(2) of this Decision, does not exceed a surplus of 10 kg phosphorus per hectare per year.
Land management
80 % or more of the acreage available for manure application on farms shall be cultivated with grass. Farmers benefiting from an individual derogation shall carry out the following measures:
(a) temporary grassland shall be ploughed in spring;
(b) ploughed grass on all soil types shall be followed immediately by a crop with high nitrogen demand;
(c) crop rotation shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen. This will however not apply to clover in grassland with less than 50 % clover and to cereals and pea undersown with grass.
Other measures
1. This derogation shall be applied without prejudice to the measures needed to comply with other Community environmental legislation.
2. The competent authorities shall establish and submit to the Commission the detailed procedure for the calculation of the phosphorus balance in derogation farms taking into account the input of phosphate with concentrate, forage and fertilisers and the output into products (live animal, meat and other animal products), forage and crops.
Monitoring
1. Maps showing the percentage of grassland farms, percentage of livestock and percentage of agricultural land covered by an individual derogation in each District, shall be drawn by the competent authority and shall be updated every year. Those maps shall be submitted to the Commission annually and for the first time by 1 May 2008.
2. Monitoring of the farms covered by the action programme and the derogation shall be carried out at farm field scale and in agricultural monitoring catchments. The reference monitoring catchments shall be representative of the different soil types, levels of intensity and fertilisation practices.
3. Survey and nutrient analysis shall provide data on local land use, crop rotations and agricultural practices on farms benefiting from individual derogations. Those data can be used for model-based calculations of the magnitude of nitrate leaching and phosphorus losses from fields where up to 250 kg nitrogen per hectare per year in manure from grazing livestock is applied.
4. Monitoring of shallow groundwater, soil water, drainage water and streams in farms belonging to the agricultural catchment monitoring sites shall provide data on nitrate and phosphorus concentration in water leaving the root zone and entering groundwater and surface water.
5. A reinforced water monitoring shall be conducted for agricultural catchments located in proximity to most vulnerable lakes.
6. A study shall be conducted in order to collect, by the end of the derogation period, detailed scientific information on intensive grassland systems in order to improve nutrient management. This study will focus on nutrient losses, including nitrates leaching, denitrification losses and phosphate losses, under intensive dairy production systems in representative areas.
Controls
1. The competent national authority shall carry out administrative controls in respect of all farms benefiting from an individual derogation for the assessment of compliance with the maximum amount of 250 kg nitrogen per hectare per year from grazing livestock manure, with nitrogen and phosphorus maximum fertilisation rates and conditions on land use.
2. A programme of field inspections shall be established based on risk analysis, results of controls of the previous years and results of general random controls of legislation implementing Directive 91/676/EEC. The field inspections shall cover at least 3 % of farms benefiting from an individual derogation in respect to the conditions set out in Article 5 and 6.
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Reporting
1. The competent authority shall submit the results of the monitoring every year to the Commission, with a concise report on water quality evolution and evaluation practice. The report shall provide information on how the evaluation of the implementation of the derogation conditions is carried on through controls at farm level and include information on non compliant farms based on results of administrative and field inspections.
The first report shall be transmitted by November 2008, and subsequently every year by June.
2. The results thus obtained will be taken into consideration by the Commission with regard to an eventual new request for derogation.
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Application
This Decision shall apply in the context of the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (Regulations 2006 No 489) of 1 December 2006. It shall expire on 31 December 2010.
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32007R1260 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 of 9 October 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector
| 27.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1260/2007
of 9 October 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) In order to maintain the structural balance of the market, the Commission may decide to withdraw sugar from the market. In the case where a preventive withdrawal is decided, it is necessary to limit the scope of the obligation provided for in Article 6(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (1), so as to avoid imposing on sugar undertakings an obligation to pay the minimum price for quantities of beet corresponding to their entire quota, including those quantities which may be produced beyond the withdrawal threshold.
(2) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, the Commission is to decide by the end of February 2010 on carrying out a linear reduction of national and regional quotas, with a view to adjusting these quotas to a sustainable level after the expiry of the restructuring scheme established by Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 of 20 February 2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community (2).
(3) The outermost regions referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty do not fall under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006. Consequently those regions should be excluded from the final cut by which the Commission is entitled to adjust quotas after the expiry of the restructuring scheme.
(4) Article 4a of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 provides the possibility for growers of beet and cane intended for quota production to submit a direct application for restructuring aid provided that they cease to deliver sugar to the undertakings to which they were bound by delivery contracts in the previous marketing year. As a result of the acceptance of such applications, Member States are to reduce the quota of the undertakings concerned within the limit of the 10 % referred to in the second indent of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006. It is in this context necessary to amend that Article, so as to allow for the definitive reduction of quotas allocated to the undertakings.
(5) A sound management of sugar in public intervention means that sugar should be resold on the market as soon as market trends allow for it in order to avoid a long storage period with risks of deterioration of quality. It is considered appropriate to allow the possibility of resale as industrial sugar.
(6) Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides the possibility to withdraw sugar from the market where it is necessary in order to maintain the structural level of the markets at a price level close to the reference price. The application of this measure is currently based on a percentage, common to all Member States and applicable to all production under quota. Recent experience has shown that such a linear application may be counterproductive, since producers are encouraged to produce above their contractual needs as a precaution against a possible compulsory storage of the quantities withdrawn.
(7) It is considered that the objective of withdrawal will be better achieved if the withdrawal coefficient can be preventively fixed by mid March of the previous marketing year, since this will enable beet growers to adapt their sowings to the forecast balance sheet. Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 opens the possibility of renouncing quotas against payment of restructuring aid in two steps. The amounts that may be renounced in the second step cannot be taken into account for the fixing of the coefficient for the preventive withdrawal in respect of the marketing year 2008/2009 because the respective figures will only be known after 16 March 2008 which is the deadline for the fixing of the coefficient. It should therefore be clarified that that coefficient needs to be applied to the quotas still available at that moment.
(8) In order to take into account updated market data on production, provision should be made for the preventive withdrawal coefficient fixed in March to be adjusted if necessary for the marketing year concerned.
(9) Article 19(3) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that withdrawn quantities which are not marketed as industrial sugar or isoglucose are to be treated as the first quantities produced under quota for the following marketing year. This rule could mean that undertakings wishing to participate in the restructuring scheme in the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 marketing years are prevented from benefiting fully from that scheme. In order to avoid hampering the restructuring of the sugar sector, it is considered necessary to provide for an exemption, at the request of the undertaking, from the withdrawal in the 2007/2008 marketing year or from a possible withdrawal in the 2008/2009 marketing year for those undertakings which in the marketing year of withdrawal concerned have successfully applied for restructuring aid under Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 and which as a result are going to renounce their total quota in the following marketing year.
(10) In order to encourage an increased participation in the restructuring scheme, it is considered appropriate to provide for an increase of the coefficient in relation to the total renunciation of quota per Member State under the restructuring scheme.
(11) Import licences under certain preferential arrangements are to be issued only to full-time refiners within the limit of the traditional supply need provided for in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006. This prerogative should not be reduced in relation to the application of a withdrawal, considering that refiners do not have the same possibility as sugar producers to adapt their production to the withdrawal thresholds.
(12) Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 lays down rules applicable to interprofessional agreements. In accordance with paragraph 6 of that Article, agreements within the trade may derogate from some of these rules. The possibility of derogating from the obligation for sugar undertakings which have not signed pre-sowing contracts for a quantity equivalent to their quota sugar to pay the minimum price for all beet processed into sugar should be provided for, as was the case until the application of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(13) Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides for a yearly adjustment of the national and regional quotas set out in Annex III to that Regulation, as a result of the application of different mechanisms through which the quotas allocated to individual undertakings are either increased or reduced. Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 also refers to Articles 14 and 19 of that Regulation, which concern respectively the carry forward of surplus sugar and the withdrawal of sugar from the market. However, the application of those Articles does not result in either an increase or a reduction of quota. The reference in question should therefore be deleted.
(14) Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(15) Account should be taken in this Regulation of the fact that the total quota for production of inulin syrup was renounced in the 2006/2007 marketing year under the restructuring scheme established by Regulation (EC) No 320/2006,
Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 6, paragraphs 5 and 6 shall be replaced by the following:
2. Article 10 shall be replaced by the following:
3. Article 11 shall be amended as follows:
(a) the title shall be replaced by the following:
(b) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
(c) the following paragraph shall be added:
4. in Article 15(1), point (c) shall be replaced by the following:
‘(c) sugar and isoglucose withdrawn from the market in accordance with Articles 19 and 19a and for which the obligations provided for in Article 19(3) are not met.’;
5. in point a of Article 18(3), the following indent shall be added:
— for industrial use referred to in Article 13.’;
6. Article 19 shall be replaced by the following:
(a) surplus sugar or surplus isoglucose available to become industrial sugar or industrial isoglucose; or
(b) temporary quota production of which a part may be reserved for export respecting the commitments of the Community resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
7. the following Article shall be inserted:
8. in Article 29(1), the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
9. In Annex V point VI, the reference to Article 10(3) shall be replaced by a reference to Article 10(2);
10. The text set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added as Annexes VIII, IX and X.
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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32006R0343 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 of 24 February 2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006
| 25.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 55/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 343/2006
of 24 February 2006
opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006
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),
Having regard to 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 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that if market prices for butter in one or more Member States, over a representative period, are less than 92 % of the intervention price, intervention agencies have to buy in butter.
(2) On the basis of the market prices communicated by the Members States, the Commission has observed, in accordance with Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, that the prices in Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States,
Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States:
— Germany
— Estonia
— Spain
— France
— Ireland
— Netherlands
— Poland
— Portugal
— Sweden
— United Kingdom.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2006.
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31981R0557 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 557/81 of 2 March 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 557/81 of 2 March 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3155/80 (3), lays down rules for the taking over of products by the intervention agencies in the beef and veal sector;
Whereas a time limit must be laid down for paying for the products in order to achieve harmonization between the conditions for buying-in applied by the intervention agencies, taking account of normal trade practice;
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 4 is hereby added to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78:
"4. Payment for products bought in by the intervention agency shall be made between the 30th and the 90th day following the day they were taken over."
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April 1981.
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31990R0364 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 364/90 of 12 February 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3328/89 opening invitations to tender for the supply of certain citrus fruit to Poland in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2247/89
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 364/90
of 12 February 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3328/89 opening invitations to tender for the supply of certain citrus fruit to Poland in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2247/89
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2247/89 of 24 July 1989 on an emergency measure for the free supply of certain agricultural products to Poland (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3328/89 of 3 November 1989 opening invitations to tender for the supply of certain citrus fruit to Poland in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 224/89 (2) allocated the quantities of oranges and lemons to be mobilized between certain Member States; whereas the quantities allocated should be adjusted in line with the tenders submitted on 16 January 1990;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3328/89 is hereby replaced by the following:
'2. The supply indicated in paragraph 1 shall consist of:
(a) 15 000 tonnes of lemons mobilized in the following Member States:
1.2 // - Italy: // 8 000 tonnes, // - Spain: // 6 000 tonnes, // - Greece: // 1 000 tonnes;
(b) 5 000 tonnes of oranges mobilized in the following Member States:
1.2 // - Italy: // 2 500 tonnes, // - Spain: // 500 tonnes, // - Greece: // 1 000 tonnes.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R2140 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2140/2002 of 29 November 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2140/2002
of 29 November 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 25 to 28 November 2002 at 257,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 November 2002.
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32011D0492 | 2011/492/EU: Council Decision of 18 July 2011 concerning the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of Guinea-Bissau under Article 96 of the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part
| 6.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 203/2
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 July 2011
concerning the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of Guinea-Bissau under Article 96 of the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part
(2011/492/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) and revised at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 22 June 2010 (2) (the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement), and in particular Article 96 thereof,
Having regard to the internal agreement on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
In conjunction with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) The essential elements referred to in Article 9 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement have been violated.
(2) On 29 March 2011, pursuant to Article 96 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, consultations started with Guinea-Bissau in the presence of representatives of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, including the African Union, Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) during which representatives of the Guinea-Bissau government presented satisfactory proposals and undertakings.
(3) Consequently, the consultations opened under Article 96 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement should be closed and appropriate measures adopted for the performance of these undertakings,
Consultations with Guinea-Bissau under Article 96 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement are hereby concluded.
The measures set out in the annexed letter are hereby adopted as appropriate measures under Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall expire on 19 July 2012.
It shall be reviewed regularly at least once every six months, preferably in the light of joint monitoring missions by the European External Action Service and the Commission. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996D0286 | 96/286/EC: Commission Decision of 11 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Decision No 95/527/EC on a Community financial contribution towards certain expenditure incurred by the Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy
| COMMISSION DECISION of 11 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Decision No 95/527/EC on a Community financial contribution towards certain expenditure incurred by the Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (96/286/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision No 95/527/EC of 8 December 1995 on a Community financial contribution towards certain expenditure incurred by the Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas detailed rules should be laid down for determining the expenditure eligible for the training of national officials connected with control activities applicable to the common fisheries policy;
Whereas training via the organization of courses and seminars or via exchanges of national officials constitutes an appropriate measure by which to enhance Member States' human resources and, in particular, targeted vocational training promoting a more effective management of the common fisheries policy;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
1. Expenditure eligible for training schemes for national officials connected with control activities shall cover all actual expenditure arising from either the organization of training courses and seminars of at least one day's duration or from exchanges of national officials.
2. Such training schemes shall be of a maximum duration of two years and shall aim to improve the quality and effectiveness of the monitoring of fishing and related activities as also to stimulate intensive and permanent cooperation at all levels of the administrations concerned with a view to promoting increased synergy for the purposes of the common fisheries policy.
1. The seminars and training courses shall cover:
- fisheries surveillance methodology,
- Community legislation governing the common fisheries policy and, in particular, control,
- use of modern techniques,
- implementation by the Member States of the control system applicable to the common fisheries policy,
- alerting national officials to the importance and impact of control activities on the fisheries sector in order to promote good relations with the representatives of the fishing industry.
2. Expenditure on organizing courses and seminars may cover, in particular, the renting of lecture rooms, the purchase or hiring of teaching material and the payment of the fees of trainers not acting in their capacity as officials of a national or Community administration, and also the travel and subsistence costs of national officials attending courses or seminars as well as those of training staff.
1. Exchanges of national officials between national administrations shall take the form of joint training periods or visits lasting one or more weeks and shall be designed to develop the coordination of the control activities between the competent authorities of the Member States through a better understanding of the national procedures of the other Member States.
2. Expenditure connected with the exchanges referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover, in particular, the travel and other expenses of the national officials concerned by exchanges between national administrations.
1. Travel costs shall correspond to a return trip for national officials and training staff between the place of residence and the place of destination by public transport.
2. Subsistence expenses shall cover accommodation costs, meals and local travel.
3. Travel and subsistence expenses shall be fixed in accordance with national reimbursement procedures.
1. The expenses referred to in Article 2 (2) shall be established in accordance with the table set out in Annex I.
2. The expenses referred to in Article 3 (2) shall be established in accordance with the table set out in Annex II.
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31999R1602 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1602/1999 of 19 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2597/97 laying down additional rules on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products for drinking milk
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1602/1999
of 19 July 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 2597/97 laying down additional rules on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products for drinking milk
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas Article 4(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2597/97(3) lays down that drinking milk must have a fat-free dry matter content of 8,50 % (m/m) or more for milk containing 3,5 % (m/m) of fat or an equivalent content in the case of milk having a different fat content; whereas it has been found that raw milk in some Member States does not attain the rate specified for part or all of the year; that situation could jeopardise drinking milk supplies in certain regions of the Community; in view of the restrictions laid down in Article 3(2) of the said Regulation regarding modification of the fat-free dry matter of milk and the other additional requirements laid down in Article 4 of the said Regulation, Article 4(d) should be deleted with effect from 1 January 1999,
Article 4(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2597/97 is hereby deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1999.
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 |
32005D0607 | 2005/607/EC: Commission Decision of 5 August 2005 on the financing of expenditure on computer support and communication measures in the field of animal health and welfare for 2005
| 9.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 206/22
COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 August 2005
on the financing of expenditure on computer support and communication measures in the field of animal health and welfare for 2005
(2005/607/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), and in particular Articles 17, 37 and 37a thereof;
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2004/292/EC of 30 March 2004 (2) on the introduction of the Traces system makes it compulsory for the Member States to participate in the system from 31 December 2004. Provision must be made for the expenditure needed to update the system in line with the development of the veterinary legislation. Given the technical demands connected with the availability and stability of the Traces production environment as well as security requirements, computer equipment must be acquired and a dedicated monitoring and maintenance team must be put in place specifically for the system. The everyday use of the system also calls for suitable logistical support to be made available.
(2) The notification system introduced under Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (3) by Commission Decision 2005/176/EC of 1 March 2005 laying down the codified form and the codes for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to Council Directive 82/894/EEC (4) must be improved with a view to ensuring it is better adapted and more user-friendly, in particular through the acquisition of a better mapping interface.
(3) In connection with the implementation of an information policy on animal protection, measures must be adopted for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (5). In particular, studies are needed on the use of satellite navigation technology and the development of an information system compatible with existing systems, and more specifically Traces.
(4) The animal protection information policy also calls for information to be disseminated on technical and scientific developments in this area and for a survey to be conducted of consumer attitudes to livestock welfare.
(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,
Traces
The following amounts and objectives are hereby authorised for the maintenance and updating of the Traces system referred to in Decision 2004/292/EC:
— EUR 500 000 for dedicated equipment and technical support essential to the availability and security of the system,
— EUR 300 000 for logistical support needed for assistance to the users,
— EUR 200 000 for maintenance support needed to bring the system into line with legal and technical developments.
Animal Disease Notification System
An amount of EUR 115 000 is hereby authorised for maintenance of the notification system referred to in Decision 2005/176/EC and the acquisition of dedicated mapping software for it.
Information measures relating to animal welfare
1. An amount of EUR 450 000 is hereby authorised for the following measures in the animal welfare area:
— a study to draw up specifications for a navigation system as referred to in Chapter VI, point 4, of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1/2005,
— a study on developing information and communication technologies linked to satellite navigation systems to step up the effectiveness of official checks in this area.
2. An amount of EUR 250 000 is hereby authorised for carrying out a Eurobarometer-style survey of consumer attitudes to livestock welfare.
3. An amount of EUR 145 000 is hereby authorised for the publication by the Commission of information on Community animal protection legislation.
The measures provided for in Articles 1, 2 and 3 shall be financed and the contractors selected under the existing framework contract. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0525 | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 525/2014 of 12 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the definition of market Text with EEA relevance
| 20.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 148/15
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 525/2014
of 12 March 2014
supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the definition of market
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (1) and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 341(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) General market risk is defined in Article 362 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as the risk of a price change in a financial instrument, due in the case of traded debt instruments or debt derivatives to a change in the level of interest rates, or in the case of equities or equity derivatives to a broad equity-market movement unrelated to any specific attributes of individual securities.
(2) For the purposes of the general market risk calculation provided in Article 343 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, it is appropriate to consider that different equities are in the same market where they are subject to the same general market risk, that is, where price movements in the instrument result from local economic conditions. A ‘market’ should therefore be defined for these purposes by reference to an integrated economy which will typically equate to a national jurisdiction.
(3) Without prejudice to the above, the introduction of the single currency has eliminated significant elements of segmentation between equity markets in the euro area. For instance, it has eliminated foreign exchange currency risk between participating Member States and allows company results to be published in the same currency. Furthermore, the adoption of the euro has required extensive economic and legal convergence among participating Member States and is underpinned by an integrated market with common rules. These latter features are common to all Member States in the Union, but the single currency has brought about closer and deeper economic integration among participating Member States which, therefore, justifies a distinct treatment for the purposes of this Regulation. Accordingly, ‘market’ should be defined by reference to all equity markets within the euro area, and in relation to non-euro equity markets, at a national jurisdiction level.
(4) This Regulation is based on the draft regulatory technical standards submitted by the European Banking Authority to the Commission.
(5) The European Banking Authority has conducted open public consultations on the draft regulatory technical standards on which this Regulation is based, analysed the potential related costs and benefits and requested the opinion of the Banking Stakeholder Group established in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),
Definition of ‘market’ for the purpose of calculating the overall net position in equity instruments referred to in Article 341(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
The term ‘market’ shall mean:
(a) for the euro area, all equities listed in stock markets located in Member States that have adopted the euro as their currency;
(b) for non-euro Member States and third countries, all equities listed in stock markets located within a national jurisdiction.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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 |
32001R2115 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2115/2001 of 26 October 2001 concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grain rice to the island of Réunion referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2011/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2115/2001
of 26 October 2001
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grain rice to the island of Réunion referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2011/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1453/1999(4), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2011/2001(5) opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on rice exported to Réunion.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89, a maximum subsidy should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 22 to 25 October 2001 in response to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2011/2001 for the subsidy on exports to Réunion of husked long grain rice falling within CN code 1006 20 98.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2001.
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 |
32005R0316 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 316/2005 of 24 February 2005 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
| 25.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 52/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 316/2005
of 24 February 2005
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004 (2).
(2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 18 to 24 February 2005 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 February 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988R1031 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1031/88 of 18 April 1988 determining the persons liable for payment of a customs debt
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1031/88
of 18 April 1988
determining the persons liable for payment of a customs debt
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87 of 13 July 1987 on customs debt (4) defined, inter alia, the various situations whereby a customs debt on importation or exportation is incurred;
Whereas the rules governing the persons liable for payment of a customs debt are particularly important for the smooth functioning of the customs union in order to ensure that the abovementioned Regulation has identical legal and economic effects throughout the Community;
Whereas simple rules must be laid down in this field which enable the authorities responsible for assessing and recovering customs debts to act with maximum efficiency; whereas the same principles should be adopted both for customs debts on importation and for customs debts on exportation;
Whereas, in the case of a customs debt resulting from acceptance by the competent authority of a customs declaration for release for free circulation or temporary importation with partial relief from import duties or a declaration for export, the person liable for payment of such debt should be the person in whose name the declaration was made; whereas this principle makes it possible to take account of the various types of representation available for completing customs formalities; whereas, where the person making the declaration has stated that he was acting in his own name but on behalf of another person under Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3632/85 of 12 December 1985 defining the conditions under which a person may be permitted to make a customs declaration (5), it is nevertheless justifiable to hold the latter also liable for payment of the customs debt insofar as the person who made the declaration had been granted the necessary authority;
Whereas, in the case of a customs debt resulting from the unlawful introduction of goods into the customs territory of the Community, the removal of goods from customs supervision of the unlawful export of goods from the customs territory of the Community, the person who committed the act which gave rise to the customs debt and any other persons who are also liable, under the provisions in force in the Member States, by reason of such an act having been committed should be held liable for payment of such debt;
Whereas, in the case of a customs debt resulting from the non-fulfilment of a special obligation stemming from the application of the provisions concerning a special customs procedure or arrangements, the person who, through the operation of the provisions governing the customs procedure or arrangements in question, was personally responsible for performing the obligation which was not complied with should be liable for payment of such customs debt;
Whereas in all cases in which the same legal situation gives rise to a customs debt payable by several persons, the latter should be liable jointly and severally for payment of such debt in order to enable the competent authorities to ensure the recovery of customs debts under the most favourable conditions;
Whereas it is necessary to safeguard the uniform application of this Regulation and to provide to that end for a Community procedure enabling the rules for its application to be adopted within an appropriate period; whereas the Committee on General Customs Rules set up by Article 24 of Council Directive 79/695/EEC of 24 July 1979 on the harmonization of procedures for the release of goods for free circulation (6) as last amended by Directive 81/853/EEC (7) is the appropriate body to organize close and effective collaboration between the Member States and the Commission in this field,
1. This Regulation determines the persons liable for payment of a customs debt.
(2) For the purpose of this Regulation:
(a) 'person' means:
- a natural person,
- a legal person, or
- where this possibility is provided for in the rules in force, an association of persons recognized as having legal capacity but lacking the legal status of a legal person;
(b) 'customs debt' means the obligation on a person to pay the amount of the import duties (customs debt on importation) or export duties (customs debt on exportation) which apply under the provisions in force to goods liable to such duties;
(c) 'import duties' means customs duties and charges having equivalent effect and agricultural levies and other import charges laid down under the common agricultural policy or under the specific arrangements which apply to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products;
(d) 'export duties' means agricultural levies and other export charges laid down under the common agricultural policy or under the specific arrangements which apply to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products.
TITLE I
Persons liable for payment of a customs debt on importation
1. Where a customs debt has been incurred pursuant to Article 2 (1) (a) or (f) of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87, the person liable for payment of such debt shall be the person in whose name the declaration or any other act with the same legal effects was made.
However:
(a) where, pursuant to Article 3 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3632/85, the person who made a declaration or any other act with the same legal effects in his own name stated that he was acting on behalf of another person, the latter shall also be jointly and severally liable for payment of the customs debt, once it has been established, in accordance with the provisions in force in the Member States, that he did in fact authorize the person who made the declaration or any other act with the same legal effects to act accordingly;
(b) where the customs declaration was made in the name of another person by a person lacking the necessary authority, the latter alone shall be liable for payment of the customs debt.
2. Where pursuant to the provisions in force, the customs authorities authorize the release for free circulation of goods previously placed under another customs procedure without requiring the making of a declaration in writing, the person liable for payment of the customs debt arising in this situation shall be the person who, at the time of such release for free circulation, is required to comply with the obligations attaching to the customs procedure in question.
The first subparagraph shall apply, where appropriate, to products resulting from the processing of the goods concerned and to the waste and scrap resulting from their destruction.
Where a customs debt has been incurred pursuant to Article 2 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87, the person who introduced the goods unlawfully into the customs territory of the Community shall be liable for payment of such debt.
Under the provisions in force in Member States, the following shall also be jointly and severally liable for payment of such debt:
(a) any persons who participated in the unlawful introduction of the goods and any persons who acquired or held the goods in question;
(b) any other persons who are liable by reason of such unlawful introduction.
1. Where a customs debt has been incurred pursuant to Article 2 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87, the person who removed the goods from customs supervision shall be liable for payment of such debt.
Under the provisions in force in the Member States, the following shall also be jointly and severally liable for payment of such debt:
(a) any persons who participated in the removal of the goods from customs supervision and any persons who acquired or held them;
(b) any other persons who are liable by reason of such removal.
2. The person required to fulfil, in respect of goods liable to import duties, the obligations arising from their temporary storage, or from the use of the customs procedure under which they have been placed, shall also be jointly and severally liable for payment of the customs debt. Article 5
Where a customs debt has been incurred pursuant to Article 2 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87, the person who is required, according to the circumstances, either to fulfil the obligations arising, in respect of goods liable to import duties, from their temporary storage or from the use of the customs procedure under which they have been placed or to comply with the conditions to which the placing of the goods under that procedure is subject, shall be liable for payment of such debt.
Where a customs debt has been incurred pursuant to Article 2 (1) (e) of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87, the person who is required, to fulfil the obligations arising in respect of goods from their being put into free circulation with total or partial relief from import duties because of their intended use for a particular purpose or the compliance with the conditions laid down for granting this exemption, shall be liable for payment of such debt.
TITLE II
Persons liable for payment of a customs debt on exportation
1. Where a customs debt has been incurred pursuant to Article 5 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87 and the goods in question have been the subject of an export declaration, the person liable for payment of such debt shall be the person in whose name the declaration was made.
However, where the declaration was made in the name of another person by a person lacking the necessary authority, that person alone shall be liable for payment of the customs debt.
Furthermore, Article 2 (1), second subparagraph, (a) of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis, in order to determine, where appropriate, the persons jointly and severally liable, together with the person referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, for payment of the customs debt.
2. Where the goods in question have not been the subject of an export declaration, the person who unlawfully exported the goods from the customs territory of the Community shall be liable for payment of the customs debt.
Under the provisions in force in the Member States, the following shall also be jointly and severally liable for payment of the customs debt:
(a) any persons participating in the unlawful export of the goods from the Community;
(b) and any other persons who are liable by reason of such unlawful export.
Where a customs debt has been incurred pursuant to Article 5 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87, the person liable for payment of such debt shall be determined under the same conditions as those laid down in Article 7 (1).
TITLE III
Special provisions
1. Where a customs debt is incurred pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87, Article 2 of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis.
2. Where a customs debt is incurred pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87, this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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Titles I and II shall apply without prejudice to:
(a) the provisions in force in those Member States which, under certain conditions, require persons additional to those referred to in this Regulation to pay a customs debt, including those who, in pursuit of their activity, make the customs declarations under the conditions defined in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3632/85;
(b) the obligations to which guarantors are subject in respect of payment of a customs debt which they have guaranteed.
TITLE IV
Final provisions
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1. The Commitee on General Customs Rules set up by Article 24 of Directive 79/695/EEC may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its Chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State.
2. The measures necessary to implement this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 (2) and 3 of Directive 79/695/EEC.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001D0439 | 2001/439/EC: Council Decision of 5 June 2001 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium, in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to low-sulphur diesel and unleaded petrol
| Council Decision
of 5 June 2001
authorising the Kingdom of Belgium, in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to low-sulphur diesel and unleaded petrol
(2001/439/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/81/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on mineral oils(1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorise any Member State to introduce exemptions or reductions in the excise duty charged on mineral oils for specific policy considerations.
(2) The Kingdom of Belgium has requested authorisation to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to low-sulphur (50 ppm) and low-aromatic (35 %) unleaded petrol and low-sulphur (50 ppm) diesel from 1 May 2001 and 1 October 2001 respectively. This differentiation of BEF 0,65 per litre is available to all users of these types of fuel.
(3) Low-sulphur fuels comply with the environmental criterion (50 ppm) laid down in Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels(2). Under Articles 3 and 4 of that Directive, the use of 50 ppm fuels will, in principle, be compulsory from 1 January 2005.
(4) The other Member States have been informed of this request by the Belgian authorities.
(5) The measure envisaged by the Kingdom of Belgium complies with the minimum rates of excise duty referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Council Directive 92/82/EEC of 19 October on the approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral oils(3).
(6) The derogation is sought on environmental grounds - the benefits in terms of air quality are known.
(7) Taking into account the information available at present, neither the Commission nor the Member States consider that the application of a differentiated rate of excise duty on low-sulphur fuel will cause distortions of competition affecting the common interest or hinder the operation of the single market.
(8) This Decision does not prejudice the outcome of any future state aid procedures that may be undertaken in accordance with Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty, nor does it override the requirement for Member States to notify instances of potential state aid to the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty.
(9) The Commission regularly reviews reductions and exemptions to check that they do not distort competition or the operation of the internal market or are incompatible with Community environmental policy.
(10) The Council will review this decision on the basis of a proposal from the Commission no later than 31 December 2004, when the authorisation granted by this Decision expires,
1. In accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, the Kingdom of Belgium is authorised to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty on low-sulphur (50 ppm) and low-aromatic (35 %) unleaded petrol from 1 May 2001.
2. In accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, the Kingdom of Belgium is authorised to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty on low-sulphur (50 ppm) diesel fuel from 1 October 2001.
3. These differentiated rates, not exceeding BEF 0.65 per litre of fuel, must comply with the terms of Directive 92/82/EEC and in particular the minimum rates laid down in Articles 4 and 5 thereof.
The differentiated rates must be accorded to all users of 50 ppm fuel purchased in Belgium, without discrimination.
Subject to a prior review by the Council, on the basis of a proposal from the Commission, this Decision shall expire on 31 December 2004.
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32015D0356 | Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/356 of 2 March 2015 authorising the United Kingdom to apply differentiated levels of taxation to motor fuels in certain geographical areas, in accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2003/96/EC
| 5.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 61/24
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/356
of 2 March 2015
authorising the United Kingdom to apply differentiated levels of taxation to motor fuels in certain geographical areas, in accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2003/96/EC
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (1), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By letter of 2 February 2014, the United Kingdom requested authorisation to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on gas oil and unleaded petrol, supplied as motor fuel to road vehicles, in accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2003/96/EC, in the geographical areas covered, on the date of the notification of this Decision, by the postcode districts of IV54 (Highland, Scotland), IV26 (Highland, Scotland), IV27 (Highland, Scotland), NE48 (Northumberland, England), PH41 (Highland, Scotland), KW12 (Highland, Scotland), PA80 (Argyll and Bute, Scotland), PH36 (Highland, Scotland), IV22 (Highland, Scotland), PA38 (Argyll and Bute, Scotland), PH23 (Highland, Scotland), PH19 (Highland, Scotland), IV21 (Highland, Scotland), LA17 (Cumbria, England), EX35 (Devon, England), IV14 (Highland, Scotland) and in the geographical area covered, on the date of the notification of this Decision, by the post town of Hawes (North Yorkshire, England). The United Kingdom provided additional information and clarifications on 3 June and 17 September 2014.
(2) In those areas, the prices of gas oil and unleaded petrol, supplied as motor fuel to road vehicles, are higher than the average prices in the rest of the territory of the United Kingdom, placing local fuel consumers at a disadvantage. The price difference is due to additional per unit costs induced by the geographic location of those areas, their low population numbers and the delivery of relatively low volumes of fuel.
(3) The reduced rates of taxation should be above the minimum rates laid down in Article 7 of Directive 2003/96/EC.
(4) In view of the specific nature of the areas to which it applies and the moderate reduction in the rate, which reduction only partially alleviates the higher costs incurred in the geographical areas in question, the measure is not expected to give rise to any movement for the purpose of supply of fuel.
(5) Consequently, the measure is acceptable from the point of view of the proper functioning of the internal market and of the need to ensure fair competition, and it is compatible with the Union's health, environment, energy and transport policies.
(6) In accordance with Article 19(2) of Directive 2003/96/EC each authorisation granted under that Article is to be strictly limited in time. In order to provide the businesses and consumers concerned with a sufficient degree of certainty, the authorisation should be granted for a period of six years. However, in order not to undermine future general developments in the existing legal framework, it is appropriate to provide that, should the Council, acting on the basis of Article 113 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), introduce a modified general system for the taxation of energy products with which the authorisation granted in this Decision would not be compatible, this Decision should expire on the day on which the rules of that modified system become applicable.
(7) This Decision is without prejudice to the application of Union rules regarding State aid,
1. The United Kingdom is hereby authorised to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on gas oil and unleaded petrol, supplied as motor fuel to road vehicles, in the geographical areas covered, on the date of the notification of this Decision, by the postcode districts of IV54 (Highland, Scotland), IV26 (Highland, Scotland), IV27 (Highland, Scotland), NE48 (Northumberland, England), PH41 (Highland, Scotland), KW12 (Highland, Scotland), PA80 (Argyll and Bute, Scotland), PH36 (Highland, Scotland), IV22 (Highland, Scotland), PA38 (Argyll and Bute, Scotland), PH23 (Highland, Scotland), PH19 (Highland, Scotland), IV21 (Highland, Scotland), LA17 (Cumbria, England), EX35 (Devon, England), IV14 (Highland, Scotland) and in the geographical area covered, on the date of the notification of this Decision, by the post town of Hawes (North Yorkshire, England).
In order to avoid any overcompensation, the reduction of the standard national rate of taxation for gas oil or unleaded petrol respectively shall be no greater than the additional cost of retail sales in those geographical areas, compared with the average cost of retail sales incurred in the United Kingdom and the reduction shall be no more than GBP 50 (EUR 64) per 1 000 litres of product.
2. The reduced rates shall comply with the requirements of Directive 2003/96/EC, and in particular with the minimum rates laid down in Article 7 thereof.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.
It shall expire six years thereafter. However, should the Council, acting on the basis of Article 113 of the TFEU, introduce a modified general system for the taxation of energy products with which the authorisation granted under Article 1 of this Decision would not be compatible, this Decision shall expire on the day on which the rules of that modified system become applicable.
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32011R0479 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 479/2011 of 17 May 2011 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
| 18.5.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 131/20
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 479/2011
of 17 May 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May 2011.
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31992D0542 | 92/542/EEC: Council Decision of 23 November 1992 providing medium-term financial assistance for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
| COUNCIL DECISION of 23 November 1992 providing medium-term financial assistance for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (92/542/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 of the Commission (1) submitted following consultation with the Monetary Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are undertaking fundamental political and economic reforms and have decided to adopt a market economy model;
Whereas the financial support of the reforms from the Community will strengthen mutual confidence and bring Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania closer to the Community;
Whereas trade, commercial and economic links between the Community and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are expected to develop within the framework of the 1992 Cooperation Agreements;
Whereas in Article 1 thereof these Agreements make express reference to the observance of the principles set out in the Final Declaration of Helsinki and in the Paris Charter, which provide for the observance of human rights and minority rights;
Whereas Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have requested financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Group of 24 industrial countries (G-24) and the Community, and whereas, over and above the overall estimated financing which could be provided by the IMF and the World Bank to these countries, a global residual financial gap of some US$ 600 million remains to be covered, in order to provide the necessary financing assurances to the stand-by arrangements that these countries are expected to conclude with the IMF on the basis of their economic adjustment and reform programmes;
Whereas the financial gap estimates have been provided by the IMF in close consultation with the Commission and the G-24;
Whereas the Commission as co-ordinator of assistance from G-24 has invited them to provide medium-term financial assitance to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania;
Whereas the grant by the Community of medium-term loans to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are appropriate measures to support their balances of payments and to strengthen those countries' reserve positions;
Whereas the question of the risks associated with guarantees from the general budget of the European Communities will be examined in the context of the renewal in 1992 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure;
Whereas the Community loan should be managed by the Commission;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide for the adoption of this Decision, powers other than those of Article 235,
1. The Community shall grant to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania medium-term loan facilities of a maximum amount of ECU 40 million, 80 million and 100 million respectively in principal, with a maximum duration of seven years, with a view to ensuring sustainable balance-of-payments situations and strengthening the reserve positions.
2. To this end the Commission is empowered to borrow, on behalf of the Community, the necessary ressources that will be placed at the disposal of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the form of loans.
3. These loans will be managed by the Commission in full consultation with the Monetary Committee and in a manner consistent with any Agreements reached between the IMF and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1. The Commission is empowered to negotiate with the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian authorities, after consultation with the Monetary Committee, the economic policy conditions attached to the loan. These conditions shall be consistent with the agreements referred to in Article 1 (3) and with arrangements made by G-24.
2. The Commission shall verify at regular intervals, in collaboration with the Monetary Committee and in close coordination with the G-24 and the IMF, that the economic policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are in accordance with the objectives of these loans and that their conditions are being fulfilled.
1. The loans shall be made available to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania separately, on a case-by-case basis. Each loan shall be released in two instalments.
2. The first instalment shall be released in each case as soon as a 'stand-by arrangement' has been agreed with the IMF. Subject to Article 2 (2), the second instalment shall be released on the basis of a satisfactory track record in the implementation of this arrangement and not before the second quarter of 1993.
3. The funds shall be paid to the central banks.
1. The respective borrowing and lending operations referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out using the same value date and must not involve the Community in the transformation of maturities, in any exchange or interest-rate risk, or in any other commercial risk.
2. The Commission shall take the necessary steps, if Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania so decide, to include in the respective loan conditions, and also to exercise, an early repayment clause.
3. At the request of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and if circumstances permit an improvement in the interest rate on the respective loans, the Commission may refinance all or part of its initial borrowings or restructure the corresponding financial conditions. Refinancing or restructuring operations shall be carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in paragraph 1 and shall not have the effect of extending the average duration of the borrowing concerned or increasing the amount, expressed at the current exchange rate, of capital outstanding at the date of these operations.
4. All related costs incurred by the Community in concluding and carrying out the operation under this Decision shall be borne by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as appropriate.
5. The Monetary Committee shall be kept informed of developments in the operations referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3.
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31988R4233 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 4233/88 of 19 December 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for "sljivovica" plum spirit and tobacco of the "Prilep" type originating in Yugoslavia (1989)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4233/88 of 19 December 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for ´Sljivovica' plum spirit and tobacco of the ´Prilep' type originating in Yugoslavia (1989)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Articles 21 and 23 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1) supplemented by the Protocol to that Agreement establishing new trade arrangements (2) provide for the opening of Community tariff quotas for imports into the Community of:
- 5 420 hectolitres of plum spirit marketed under the name of ´Sljivovica' falling within CN code ex 2208 90 33 at a duty of ECU 0,3 per hectolitre per % degree of alcohol plus ECU 3 per hectolitre; and - 1 500 tonnes of tobacco of the ´Prilep' type falling within CN code ex 2401 10 60 or ex 2401 20 60, as defined in an exchange of letters dated 11 July 1980, at a duty of 7 % ad valorem with a minimum amount levied of ECU 13 per 100 kilograms net weight and a maximum of ECU 45 per 100 kilograms net weight,
originating in Yugoslavia;
Whereas the above products must be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity; whereas the tariff quotas in question should therefore be opened for 1989;
Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, customs duties are to be phased out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal; whereas, within the limits of the tariff quotas, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are to apply customs duties calculated in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 4150/87 of 27 December 1987 laying down arrangements for Spain's and Portugal's trade with Yugoslavia and amending Regulations (EEC) No 449/86 and 2573/87 (3);
Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted;
Whereas, for the period of application of this Regulation, it appears necessary to maintain an allocation between the Member States of the quotas concerned, since the administrations of the Member States are unable to provide by 1 January 1989, the administrative and technical conditions required for the Community management of quotas for these products originating in Yugoslavia; whereas it does, however, seem advisable to provide for a further increase in the Community reserve;
Whereas provision should be made for a mechanism to prevent, when the Community quota is not used up, goods being imported into a Member State which has used up its share only after the full application of customs duties, or after having been diverted to another Member State whose share has not yet been used up;
Whereas, under these circumstances, if, during the quota period, the Community reserve were to be almost entirely used up, Member States should return to the said reserve all of the unused portion of their initial shares so as to avoid part of the Community tariff quota from remaining unused in one Member State, when it could be used in others;
Whereas, taking into account the traditional trends in trade, the allocation maintained between Member States must, so as to reflect as closely as possible the actual market trend of the products in question, be carried out pro rata the needs of the Member States, calculated, on the one hand, on the basis of the statistical data relating to imports of the said products from Yugoslavia over a representative reference period and, on the other hand, on the basis of the economic outlook for the quota periods considered;
Whereas during the last three years for which statistics are available the corresponding imports into each Member State were as follows:
Member State CN code ex 2208 90 33 ´Sljivovica' (in hl) CN codes ex 2401 10 60 ex 2401 20 60 (in tonnes) 1985 1986 1987 1985 1986 1987 Benelux 71 20 38 - 70 299 Denmark 20 9 15 - - - Germany 3 205 758 672 138 269 588 Greece - - - - - - Spain - 6 - - 180 128 France 38 36 25 - 30 123 Ireland - - - - - - Italy - - - 850 664 600 Portugal - - - - - - United Kingdom - 10 - - - 1 Whereas during the last three years the products in question were imported regularly only by certain Member States and not at all or only occasionally by the other Member States; whereas in these circumstances initial shares should in the first instance be allocated only to the genuine importing Member States, while the others should be guaranteed access to quotas when they actually import the goods; whereas these allocation arrangements will ensure the uniform collection of the duties applicable;
Whereas to allow for the trend of imports of the products in question in the various Member States the quotas should be divided into two parts, the first being allocated among certain Member States and the second held as a reserve to cover any subsequent requirements of Member States which have used up their initial shares and any requirements which might arise in the other Member States; whereas, to afford importers in each Member State some degree of certainty, an appropriate level for the first part of the Community quotas would, in the present circumstances, be 54 % of their volume:
Whereas this form of administration requires close collaboration between the Member States and the Commission and the Commission must be able to keep acount of quota utilization rates and inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kindom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning the administration of the quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1989 the customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of the following products originating in Yugoslavia shall be suspended at the levels indicated below and within the limits of Community tariff quotas as shown below:
Order No CN code Description Quota volume Rate of duty 09.1503 ex 2208 90 33 Plum spirit marketed under the name of Sljivovica, in containers holding two litres or less 5 420 hl ECU 0,3 per hl per % degree of alcohol plus ECU 3 per hl 09.1505 ex 2401 10 60 ex 2401 20 60 Tobacco of the Prilep type 1 500 tonnes 7 % ad valorem,
min. ECU 13/100 kg/net max. ECU 45/100 kg/net Within the limits of these tariff quotas, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply duties calculated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 4150/87.
2. Imports of these products must be accompanied by certificates of authenticity issued by the competent Yugoslav authority and conforming with the models annexed to this Regulation.
1. The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be divided into two parts.
2. The first part of each tariff quota, amounting to 2 930 hectolitres and 810 tonnes respectively, shall be allocated among certain Member States as follows:
(a) ´Sljivovica' plum spirit falling within CN code ex 2208 90 33:
(in hectolitres) Benelux79 Denmark29 Germany2 761 France61 (b) Tobacco of the ´Prilep' type falling within CN code ex 2401 10 60 or ex 2401 20 60 (in tonnes) Benelux76 Germany205 Spain63 France32 Italy434 The above quota shares shall be valid until 31 December 1989.
3. The second part of each quota, amounting to:
- 2 490 hectolitres of ´Sljivovica' plum spirit falling within CN code ex 2208 90 33 and - 640 tonnes of tobacco of the ´Prilep' type falling within CN code ex 2401 10 60 or ex 2401 20 60 respectively,
shall constitute the corresponding Community reserve.
4. If an importer indicates that he is about to import any of the products in question into a Member State which does not participate in the initial allocation or which has exhausted its initial quota and applies to use the corresponding quota, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding to its requirements to the extent that the available balance of the quota so permits.
5. Without prejudice to Article 3, the drawings made pursuant to paragraph 4 shall be valid until the end of the quota period.
1. Once at least 80 % of the reserve of one of the tariff quotas, as defined in Article 2 (3), has been used up, the Commission shall inform the Member States thereof.
2. It shall also notify Member States in this case of the date from which drawings on the Community reserve must be made according to the following provisions:
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry into free circulation including a request for preferential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation, and if this declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall draw, from the Community reserve, by means of notification to the Commission, a quantity corresponding to these needs.
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the date of acceptance of the said declaration, must be communicated to the Commission without delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis of the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member State concerned, to the extent that the available balance so permits.
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it shall return them as soon as possible to the reserve.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the reserve, allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis with respect to the requests. Member States shall be informed by the Commission in accordance with the same procedures.
3. Within a time limit fixed by the Commission as from the date referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, Member States shall be required to return to the reserve all the quantities which have not been used on that date, within the meaning of Article 5 (3) and (4).
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares drawn by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall, as soon as it has been notified, inform each State of the extent to which the reserves have been used up.
It shall inform the Member States, of the amounts still in reserve after amounts have been returned thereto pursuant to Article 3.
It shall ensure that the drawing which uses up a reserve does not exceed the balance available and to this end shall notify the amount of that balance to the Member State making the last drawing.
1. The Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that drawings of shares pursuant to Article 2 (4) and Article 3 are carried out in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares in the Community tariff quotas.
2. The Member States shall ensure that importers of the products in question have free access to the shares allocated to them.
3. The Member States shall charge imports of the products against their shares as and when they are entered with the customs authorities for free circulation.
4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its share shall be determined on the basis of imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall inform it of imports of the products concerned actually charged against their shares.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
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32004R2049 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2049/2004 of 29 November 2004 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
| 30.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 354/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2049/2004
of 29 November 2004
fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 15(2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which application for an export licence is made must be applied on request to exports to be effected during the period of validity of the export licence. In this case, a corrective amount may be applied to the refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2) allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the malt referred to in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92. That corrective amount must be calculated taking account of the factors referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(3) It follows from applying the provisions set out above that the corrective amount must be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The corrective amount referred to in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 which is applicable to export refunds fixed in advance in respect of malt shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 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 |
31996R2250 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2250/96 of 25 November 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 918/94 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 778/83 laying down the quality standards for tomatoes, as regards tomatoes attached to the stalk (trusses of tomatoes)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2250/96 of 25 November 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 918/94 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 778/83 laying down the quality standards for tomatoes, as regards tomatoes attached to the stalk (trusses of tomatoes)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 918/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2728/95 (4), derogates from Regulation (EEC) No 778/83 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1657/92 (6), so as to authorize for a trial period the marketing of tomatoes attached to the stalk (trusses of tomatoes) during the 1994 marketing year; whereas that period was extended to the 1996 marketing year by Regulation (EC) No 2728/95; whereas the marketing year for tomatoes runs from 1 January to 31 December of a given year;
Whereas it would appear appropriate definitively to insert the provisions authorizing the marketing of tomatoes attached to the stalk (trusses of tomatoes) in Regulation (EEC) No 778/83; whereas, however, pending the entry into force and application of the reform of the common organization of the market in fresh fruit and vegetables, the said trial period should be extended for a further marketing year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
In Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 918/94, '1996` is replaced by '1997`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R2463 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2463/87 of 4 August 1987 on the application of Decision No 1/87 of the EEC-Sweden Joint Committee modifying the limits expressed in ECU in Article 8 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 2463/87
of 4 August 1987
on the application of Decision N° 1/87 of the EEC-Sweden Joint Committee modifying the limits expressed in ECU in Article 8 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden (1), signed on
22 July 1972, entered into force on 1 January 1973;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the said Agreement, the Joint Committee adopted Decision N° 1/87 further amending Article 8 of that Protocol;
Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the Community,
Decision N° 1/87 of the EEC-Sweden Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0487 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 487/2002 of 18 March 2002 granting a temporary derogation from Regulations (EC) No 1371/95 and (EC) No 1372/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the egg and poultrymeat sectors
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 487/2002
of 18 March 2002
granting a temporary derogation from Regulations (EC) No 1371/95 and (EC) No 1372/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the egg and poultrymeat sectors
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1516/96(2), and in particular Article 3(2), Article 8(13) and Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95(4), and in particular Article 3(2), Article 8(12) and Article 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/95(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2260/2001(6), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95(7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1383/2001(8), provides that export licences are to be issued on the Wednesday following the week in which the licence applications are lodged provided that no particular measures have been taken by the Commission in the meantime.
(2) Because of public holidays in 2002 and the irregular publication of the Official Journal of the European Communities during those holidays, the period for consideration will be too brief to guarantee proper administration of the market. It should therefore be extended temporarily.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulations (EC) No 1371/95 and (EC) No 1372/95, licences for which applications are lodged during the periods specified below shall be issued on the corresponding dates provided that no particular measures, as provided for in paragraph 4 of that Article, have been taken prior to those dates:
- from 25 to 29 March 2002, to be issued on 4 April 2002,
- from 13 to 17 May 2002, to be issued on 23 May 2002,
- from 16 to 20 December 2002, to be issued on 31 December 2002,
- from 23 to 27 December 2002, to be issued on 6 January 2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32007D0530 | 2007/530/Euratom: Commission Decision of 17 July 2007 on establishing the European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management (Text with EEA relevance)
| 27.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/44
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 July 2007
on establishing the European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/530/Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 135 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and its Member States are committed to maintaining and further improving the safety of nuclear installations and the safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste, as reflected in particular in existing Community legislation adopted under articles 31 and 32 of the Euratom Treaty, as well as in the relevant resolutions and conclusions of the European Council, the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Economic and Social Committee.
(2) The European Council of 8/9 March 2007 endorsed the Commission proposal to set up an EU High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management, with the mandate of progressively developing common understanding and, eventually, additional European rules in these fields.
(3) The work of the High Level Group should take into account the conclusions of the 2798th meeting of the Council of the European Union (Economic and Financial Affairs) of 8 May 2007 which sets out a list of possible actions, on the basis of the reports of the Working Party on Nuclear Safety, and build on the existing cooperation within current international contexts (such as Convention on Nuclear Safety, Joint Convention, International Atomic Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency, Western European Nuclear Regulators Association).
(4) The High Level Group should be composed of the heads of the national regulatory or safety authorities competent in the areas of the safety of nuclear installations and the safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste. The Commission should designate a representative.
(5) The High Level Group should on a regular basis inform the European Nuclear Energy Forum, which constitutes a comprehensive discussion platform involving all relevant stakeholders in the nuclear field. It should contribute to a consistent application, in all Member States concerned, of the relevant existing provisions.
(6) The High Level Group should submit regular activity reports, including recommendations where appropriate, to the Commission, to be transmitted to the European Parliament and to the Council.
(7) The High Level Group therefore has to be set up and its terms of reference and structures detailed,
The European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management (hereinafter referred to as the ‘High Level Group’) is hereby set up.
Tasks
The High Level Group, at its own initiative or at the request of the Commission, shall advise and assist the Commission in progressively developing common understanding and eventually additional European rules in the fields of:
(a) the safety of nuclear installations, and
(b) the safety of the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
It shall facilitate consultations, coordination and cooperation of national regulatory authorities.
Composition
1. The High Level Group shall be composed of 27 national representatives with competence in the fields referred to in Article 2 and a representative of the Commission. The group may decide by simple majority to enlarge the membership by inclusion of the deputy members.
Each Member State shall nominate one member and one deputy member. Members of the group shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced.
2. A high-level representative shall be designated by the Commission to attend the meetings and participate in the debates of the High Level Group. The Commission's representative is an equal member of the group and takes part in all its meetings.
3. Members who are no longer able to contribute effectively to the group’s deliberations, who resign or who do not respect the conditions for membership may be replaced for the remaining period of their mandate.
4. Members appointed individually shall each year sign an undertaking to act in the public interest and a declaration indicating the absence or existence of any interest which may undermine their objectivity.
5. The names of members appointed individually are published on the Internet site of the DG Transport and Energy.
Organisation
1. The High Level Group elects a chair from amongst its members by a simple majority.
2. The High Level Group may set up expert working groups or sub-groups to study specific subjects under the terms of reference established by the group. They shall be disbanded as soon as these tasks have been fulfilled.
3. The Commission may attend all meetings of such expert working groups.
4. The group and its sub-groups normally meet on Commission premises in accordance with the procedures and schedule established. The Commission provides secretarial services.
5. Experts from EEA States and States which are candidates for accession to the European Union may attend the meeting of the High Level Group as observers. The High Level Group and the Commission may invite other experts and observers to attend its meetings.
6. The High Level Group shall adopt its Rules of Procedure by consensus or, in the absence of consensus, by a two-thirds majority vote, one vote being expressed per Member State, subject to the approval of the Commission.
7. The Commission shall provide the secretariat of the High Level Group.
Meeting expenses
Travel and subsistence expenses incurred by one representative per Member State, in connection with the activities of the High Level Group, shall be reimbursed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions in force within the Commission.
The members shall not be paid for their duties.
Reporting
The High Level Group shall submit, at least two years after the entry into force of this Decision, and thereafter every two years, a report of its activities to the Commission.
The Commission shall transmit the reports to the European Parliament and to the Council, where appropriate with comments.
Transparency
The High Level Group shall consult extensively with all stakeholders and the interested public in an open and transparent manner.
Confidentiality
Where the Commission informs the High Level Group that the advice requested or the question raised is of a confidential nature, members of the Group as well as observers and any other person shall be under an obligation not to disclose information which has come to their knowledge through the work of the High Level Group or its working groups.
The Commission representative may request in such cases that only members of the High Level Group may be present at meetings.
Entry into force
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32003R2222 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/2003 of 18 December 2003 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/2003
of 18 December 2003
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(3) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds.
(3) That calculation must also take account of the cereal products content. In the interest of simplification, the refund should be paid in respect of two categories of "cereal products", namely for maize, the most commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and maize products, and for "other cereals", these being eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize products. A refund should be granted in respect of the quantity of cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4) Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also take into account the possibilities and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market and the economic aspect of the export.
(5) The current situation on the cereals market and, in particular, the supply prospects mean that the export refunds should be abolished.
(6) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2003.
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31985R0339 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 339/85 of 7 February 1985 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on sodium dichromate, falling within subheading 28.47 B ex II and originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 339/85
of 7 February 1985
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on sodium dichromate, falling within subheading 28.47 B ex II and originating in Romania, to which the prefential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84 of 18 December 1984 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1985 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of sodium dichromate falling within subheading 28.47 B ex II, the individual ceiling was fixed at 305 000 ECU;
Whereas, on 6 February 1985, imports of these products into the Community originating in Romania reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Romania,
As from 12 February 1985, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Romania:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 28.47 B ex II (NIMEXE code 28.47-41) // Sodium dichromate // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31990R0734 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 734/90 of 26 March 1990 concerning the stopping of fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 734/90
of 26 March 1990
concerning the stopping of fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4047/89 of 19 December 1989 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1990 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3) provides for saithe quotas for 1990;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of saithe in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone), III a; III b, c and d (EC zone) and IV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands have reached the quota allocated for 1990; whereas the Netherlands have prohibited fishing for this stock as from 13 March 1990; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of saithe in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone), III a; III b, c and d (EC zone) and IV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 1990.
Fishing for saithe in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone), III a; III b, c and d (EC zone) and IV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 13 March 1990.
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 |
32006R0713 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/2006 of 10 May 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1695/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the French intervention agency
| 11.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 124/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 713/2006
of 10 May 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1695/2005 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the export of common wheat held by the French intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1695/2005 (2) opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of 1 700 000 tonnes of common wheat held by the French intervention agency.
(2) The invitations to tender made since this invitation to tender was opened have almost completely exhausted the quantities made available to the economic operators. In view of the strong demand recorded in recent weeks and the market situation, new quantities should be made available and the French intervention agency should be authorised to increase by 97 250 tonnes the quantity put out to tender for export.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1695/2005 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1695/2005 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 1 797 250 tonnes of common wheat for export to third countries with the exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (3) and Switzerland.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32012R0586 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 586/2012 of 3 July 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 4.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 174/21
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 586/2012
of 3 July 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32009R0994 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 994/2009 of 22 October 2009 fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
| 23.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 278/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 994/2009
of 22 October 2009
fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
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), and in particular Article 164(2), final subparagraph, and Article 170 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 162(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Part XVII of Annex I to that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the market in pigmeat, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and criteria provided for in Articles 162 to 164, 167, 169 and 170 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(3) Article 164(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the refund may vary according to destination, especially where the world market situation, the specific requirements of certain markets, or obligations resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty make this necessary.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that bear the health mark as provided for in Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (2). Those products must also satisfy the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (3) and Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (4).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
1. Export refunds as provided for in Article 164 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the condition provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
2. The products eligible for a refund under paragraph 1 must meet the relevant requirements of Regulations (EC) Nos 852/2004 and 853/2004, notably preparation in an approved establishment and compliance with the health marking requirements laid down in Annex I, Section I, Chapter III to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October 2009.
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31993D0270 | 93/270/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under Objective 2 in the region of Upper Normandy (France) (Only the French text is authentic)
| <{COM}>COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under Objective 2 in the region of Upper Normandy (France) (Only the French text is authentic)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular Article 9 (9) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Commission, on the basis of the regional and social conversion plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, the Community support frameworks for Community structural operations;
Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of that provision, the Community support framework shall cover in particular the priorities adopted, the forms of assistance and the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount of assistance and its source, and the duration of the assistance;
Whereas Title III of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (2) sets out the conditions for the preparation and implementation of Community support frameworks;
Whereas by Decision 89/288/EEC (3) the Commission adopted an initial list of areas eligible under Objective 2;
Whereas by Decision 90/400/EEC (4) the Commission extended that list to take account of the Decision of 17 December 1989 concerning the Rechar Community initiative (5);
Whereas on 30 April 1991 the Commission decided to retain that list for 1992 and 1993;
Whereas on 3 May 1989 the French Government submitted to the Commission the regional and social conversion plan referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 in respect of the areas eligible under Objective 2 in the region of Upper Normandy;
Whereas the plan submitted by the Member State included a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the use to be made of assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) in implementing it;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, on 20 December 1989 the Commission adopted the Community support framework for the region of Upper Normandy for 1989 to 1991; whereas this Community support framework constitutes the second phase of Community assistance to that region under Objective 2;
Whereas this Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas the EIB has also been involved in the preparation of the Community support framework in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas it has declared its readiness to help implement this framework in accordance with its Statute;
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this framework in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas this Decision is consistent with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and of the European Social Fund Committee;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, this Decision is to be sent as a Declaration of Intent to the Member State;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by this Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned,
The Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under Objective 2 in the region of Upper Normandy (France), covering the period 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1993, is hereby approved.
The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of this Community support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the rules and guidelines governing the Structural Funds and the other existing financial instruments.
The Community support framework contains the following essential information:
(a) the priorities for joint action:
- support for the establishment and development of firms,
- improving the attractiveness of the areas concerned,
- development of tourist potential,
- extension of higher education facilities;
(b) an outline of the forms of assistance (a multifund operational programme and, where appropriate, major projects) to be provided;
(c) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1992 prices, for operations undertaken at the initiative of France and, where appropriate, the Community, the total cost and the amount of the expected contribution from the Community budget broken down as follows:
ERDF ECU 30,6 million
ESF ECU 10,0 million
Total for Structural Funds ECU 40,6 million.
The resultant national financing required may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other lending instruments.
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32001D0069 | 2001/69/EC: Commission Decision of 17 January 2001 for restocking the Community's bluetongue vaccine bank (notified under document number C(2001) 115)
| Commission Decision
of 17 January 2001
for restocking the Community's bluetongue vaccine bank
(notified under document number C(2001) 115)
(2001/69/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 Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999(2), and in particular Article 6 and Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Bluetongue is an arthropod-borne viral disease of ruminants that can cause great economic losses to sheep production.
(2) In October 2000, following the outbreaks of bluetongue in the Balearic Islands and Corsica, the 500000 doses of serotype 2 of the emergency vaccine bank, established after the adoption of Commission Decision 2000/477/EC(3), have been sent to and used in the Member States concerned.
(3) Pending a decision on the definitive vaccination strategy for next year, which could envisage a much larger commitment, it is at this stage necessary to restock this emergency vaccine bank.
(4) 500000 doses were not sufficient to respond adequately to the situation in the Balearic Islands and Corsica; therefore it has been proposed to restock the bank with 750000 doses.
(5) No bluetongue vaccine is produced by the pharmaceutical industry based in the Member States.
(6) The Onderstepoort laboratory in South Africa is the only laboratory which may produce a monovalent serotype 2 attenuated vaccine.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. For emergency use the Director General of the Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection shall be authorised to make arrangements with Onderstepoort laboratory in South Africa for the purchase of 750000 doses of monovalent bluetongue vaccine (serotype 2).
2. The arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the storage of vaccines and airfreight in such a manner that they can be dispatched without delay to the Member States concerned.
The maximum cost of the measures referred to in Article 1 shall be up to EUR 70000.
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 |
32005R0746 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/2005 of 17 May 2005 on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
| 18.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 125/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 746/2005
of 17 May 2005
on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 633/2005 (2) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of food aid.
(2) In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.
(3) In the case of tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate,
In the case of tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 633/2005 shall be fixed in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0464 | Commission Implementing Decision of 15 July 2014 identifying the priorities of the Union for enforcement and control policy in the framework of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
| 16.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 209/59
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 15 July 2014
identifying the priorities of the Union for enforcement and control policy in the framework of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
(2014/464/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the European Maritime Fisheries Fund,
Whereas:
(1) the priorities of the Union for enforcement and control policy need to be defined in order to enable the preparation by the Member States of the operational programmes relating to measures financed in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.
(2) The Union support should give priority to the most effective actions in order to improve efficiency in control activities, taking into account the performance of Member States in implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 (2) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (3).
(3) the priorities of the Union for enforcement and control policy should include:
— implementation of action plans established in accordance with Article 102(4) of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 for the removal of shortcomings in the control system of a Member State,
— implementation of specific actions for the fulfilment of certain ex ante conditionalities set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, as provided for by Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). Pursuant to Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, where the applicable ex ante conditionalities are not fulfilled, the programme shall contain a description of the action to be taken, including the measures to be financed,
— implementation of data validation systems as provided for in Article 109 of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and in particular projects aiming at establishing interoperability between Member States' respective systems, as a complete and reliable catch and effort reporting system is a cornerstone in the management of the Union fisheries resources,
— enforcement and control of the obligation to land all catches as provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). This new obligation is a very important addition to the new Common Fishery Policy made in order to contribute to the sustainability of the exploitation of fisheries stocks. The implementation of this new obligation will create adaptations in Member States' control system which will include new expenditures,
— enforcement and control of the catch certification scheme for the importation and exportation of fishery products as provided for in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008; The implementation of the catch certification scheme is the cornerstone of the fight against the IUU activity,
— effective actions aiming at enforcing fleet capacity limitations. In order to ensure the balance between the fishing opportunities and the fishing capacity, the Member States have to ensure the respect of the capacity limitation and they should implement projects aiming at certification, verification and measurement of engine power requiring funding,
— implementation of the Specific Control and Inspection Programmes (SCIPs) or of control coordination in relation to a fishery or an area not covered by a SCIP, pursuant to Article 95(4) of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 (6). These types of action contribute to the development of the culture of compliance, the reinforcement of the cooperation between the Member States and create synergy between the different control tools,
— enforcement and control of traceability requirements as set out in Article 58 of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and Article 67(6) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 (7). Article 58 of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 requires that all lots of fisheries and aquaculture products be traceable at all stages of production, processing and distribution, from catching or harvesting to retail stage. Article 67(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 requires operators to affix the information on fisheries and aquaculture products referred to in Article 58(5) of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 by way of an identification tool such as a code, barcode, electronic chip or a similar device or marking system; that requirement applies from 1 January 2013, to products from fisheries subject to a multiannual plan, and as from 1 January 2015, to other fisheries and aquaculture products. Enforcement and control of traceability requirements should be a Union priority. The implementation of the traceability system is the cornerstone of the control fisheries policy in order to ensure the transparency of the origin of the fisheries products.
(4) The Union priorities should be applied in a flexible manner depending upon the strengths and weaknesses of the enforcement and control policy in each Member State. If a Member State has already addressed certain priorities, that Member State should in principle address other priorities.
(5) Pursuant to Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, the priorities of the Union for enforcement and control policy may be amended every two years by the way of implementing acts in order to adapt them to the evolving needs of control,
(6) In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Decision, this Decision should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The priorities of the Union for enforcement and control policy, as referred to in Article 17(3) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, shall be the following:
(a) implementation of action plans adopted in accordance with Article 102(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 for the removal of shortcomings in the control system of a Member State;
(b) implementation of actions defined pursuant to Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 in order to ensure the availability of administrative capacity to comply with the implementation of a Union control, inspection and enforcement system, as set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014;
(c) implementation of data validation systems referred to in Article 109 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and in particular the implementation of projects using common standard formats or enhancing interoperability between Member States' systems;
(d) control and enforcement of the obligation to land all catches as provide for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, including adaptations in Member States' control systems related to the implementation of that obligation;
(e) control and enforcement of the catch certificate scheme provided for in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, and
(f) implementation of projects aiming at certification, verification and measurement of engine power;
(g) implementation of specific control and inspection programmes established in accordance with Article 95(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
(h) control coordination in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 768/2005;
(i) control and enforcement of traceability requirements, including labelling systems to ensure reliable information for consumers, as provided for by Article 58 of the Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and Article 67(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.
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31993R1873 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1873/93 of 12 July 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of categories 19 and 68 (order Nos 40.0190 and 40.0680), originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1873/93 of 12 July 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of categories 19 and 68 (order Nos 40.0190 and 40.0680), originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for 1993 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of products of categories 19 and 68 (order Nos 40.0190 and 40.0680), originating in Thailand, the relevant ceiling respectively amounts to 1 746 000 pieces and 91 tonnes;
Whereas on 29 March 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Thailand, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand,
As from 17 July 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31999L0004 | Directive 1999/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts
| DIRECTIVE 1999/4/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 February 1999 relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189b of the Treaty (3), in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 8 December 1998,
Whereas certain vertical Directives relating to foods should be simplified in order to take account only of the essential requirements to be met by the products they cover in order that those products may move freely within the internal market, in accordance with the conclusions of the European Council held in Edinburgh on 11 and 12 December 1992, confirmed by those of the European Council in Brussels on 10 and 11 December 1993;
Whereas Council Directive 77/436/EEC of 27 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts (4) was justified by the fact that differences between national laws on coffee extracts and chicory extracts could result in conditions of unfair competition likely to mislead consumers, and thereby have a direct effect on the establishment and functioning of the common market;
Whereas the aforesaid Directive was consequently designed to define coffee extracts and chicory extracts, to determine which substances may be added during their manufacture, to lay down common rules concerning the packaging and labelling of such extracts and to specify the conditions under which particular designations may be used for some of these products, in order to ensure their free movement within the Community;
Whereas Directive 77/436/EEC should be brought into line with general Community legislation on foodstuffs, particularly legislation on labelling and methods of analysis;
Whereas the Commission is planning to propose, as soon as possible and at all events before 1 July 2000, the inclusion in Directive 80/232/EEC (5) of a range of nominal weights for the products defined by this Directive;
Whereas the general food-labelling rules set out in Council Directive 79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer (6) should apply subject to certain conditions;
Whereas, pursuant to the principle of proportionality, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the objectives pursued, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 3b of the Treaty;
Whereas, when this Directive is adapted in the future to general Community provisions on foodstuffs, the Commission will be assisted by the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs, set up by Decision 69/414/EEC (7);
Whereas, to avoid creating new barriers to free movement, Member States should refrain from adopting, for the products in question, national provisions not provided for by this Directive,
This Directive concerns coffee extracts and chicory extracts as defined in the Annex.
This Directive does not apply to 'café torrefacto soluble`.
Directive 79/112/EEC shall apply to the products defined in the Annex subject to the following conditions:
(a) the product names listed in the Annex shall apply only to the products referred to therein and must be used in trade to designate them. Those names shall be supplemented by the words:
- 'paste` or 'in paste form` or
- 'liquid` or 'in liquid form`
as appropriate.
However, product names may be supplemented by the term 'concentrated`:
- in the case of the product defined in point 1(c) of the Annex, provided that the coffee-based dry matter content is more than 25 % by weight,
- in the case of the product defined in point 2(c) of the Annex, provided that the chicory-based dry matter content is more than 45 % by weight;
(b) the labelling must include the term 'decaffeinated` in the case of the products defined in point 1 of the Annex, provided that the anhydrous caffeine content does not exceed 0,3 % by weight of the coffee-based dry matter. This information must be within the same field of vision as the sales description;
(c) in the case of the products defined in points 1(c) and 2(c) of the Annex, the label must include the terms 'with . . .`, 'preserved with . . .`, 'with added . . .` or 'roasted with . . .` followed by the name(s) of the types of sugar(s) used.
This information must be within the same field of vision as the sales description;
(d) the labelling must indicate, in the case of the products defined in points 1(b) and (c) of the Annex, the minimum coffee-based dry matter content and, in the case of the products defined in points 2(b) and (c) of the Annex, the minimum chicory-based dry matter content. These contents shall be expressed as a percentage by weight of the finished product.
For the products defined in the Annex, Member States shall not adopt national provisions not provided for by this Directive.
The decision to bring this Directive into line with the general Community provisions applicable to foodstuffs shall be made in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs, hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee`, composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall forthwith submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
If, on the expiry of three months from the date on which the matter was referred to it, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
Directive 77/436/EEC is hereby repealed with effect from 13 September 2000.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 13 September 2000. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
The laws, regulations and administrative provisions shall be applied so as to:
- authorise the marketing of the products defined in the Annex if they conform to the definitions and rules laid down in this Directive, with effect from 13 September 2000,
- prohibit the marketing of products which fail to conform to this Directive, with effect from 13 September 2001. However, the marketing of products failing to comply with this Directive but labelled before 13 September 2001 in accordance with Directive 77/436/EEC shall be permitted until stocks are exhausted.
When Member States adopt these measures, the latter 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 which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32005D0257 | 2005/257/: Council Decision of 14 March 2005 amending Decision 2000/256/EC authorising the Kingdom of the Netherlands to apply a measure derogating from Article 11 of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
| 24.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 78/45
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 March 2005
amending Decision 2000/256/EC authorising the Kingdom of the Netherlands to apply a measure derogating from Article 11 of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
(2005/257/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1), and in particular Article 27(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 2000/256/EC (2) the Council authorised the Kingdom of the Netherlands, by way of derogation from Article 11(A)(1)(a) of Directive 77/388/EEC to include in the taxable amount of a supply of goods or a supply of services, the value of any gold used by the supplier and provided by the recipient in the case where the supply of the gold to the recipient was exempt in accordance with Article 26(b) of Directive 77/388/EEC.
(2) The aim of that derogation was to avoid abuse of the exemption for investment gold and thus to prevent certain types of tax evasion or avoidance.
(3) By letter registered with the Secretariat-General of the Commission on 8 September 2004, the Dutch Government requested an extension for the validity of Decision 2000/256/EC, which expired on 31 December 2004.
(4) In accordance with Article 27(2) of Directive 77/388/EEC, the Commission informed the other Member States by letter dated 22 November 2004 of the request made by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. By letter dated 24 November 2004, the Commission notified the Kingdom of the Netherlands that it had all the information it considered necessary for appraisal of the request.
(5) According to the Dutch authorities, the derogation authorised by Decision 2000/256/EC has been effective in achieving the aims stated above.
(6) The derogations pursuant to Article 27 of Directive 77/388/EEC which counter VAT avoidance linked to the exemption for investment gold may be included in a future proposal for a directive rationalising some of the derogations pursuant to that Article.
(7) It is therefore necessary to extend the validity of the derogation granted under Decision 2000/256/EC until the entry into force of a directive rationalising the derogations pursuant to Article 27 of Directive 77/388/EEC which covers the avoidance of value added tax linked to the exemption for investment gold or until 31 December 2009, whichever is the earlier.
(8) The derogation will have no negative impact on the Community’s own resources provided from VAT,
Article 2 of Decision 2000/256/EC shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
The authorisation granted under Article 1 shall expire on the date of entry into force of a directive rationalising the derogations pursuant to Article 27 of Directive 77/388/EEC which counter avoidance of value added tax linked to the exemption for investment gold or on 31 December 2009 whichever is the earlier.’
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2005.
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32014R0175 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 175/2014 of 25 February 2014 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health Text with EEA relevance
| 26.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 56/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 175/2014
of 25 February 2014
refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and 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 18(5) 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, for a scientific assessment, as well as to the Commission and the Member States for information.
(3) The Authority is 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 PiLeJe, submitted pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of a combination of B. longum LA 101, L. helveticus LA 102, L. lactis LA 103 and S. thermophilus LA 104 and intestinal discomfort (Question No EFSA-Q-2012-00588) (2). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded, inter alia, as follows: ‘Improves intestinal comfort’.
(6) On 12 February 2013, the Commission and the Member States received the scientific opinion from the Authority, which concluded that on the basis of the data presented, a cause and effect relationship could not been established between the consumption of a combination of B. longum LA 101, L. helveticus LA 102, L. lactis LA 103 and S. thermophilus LA 104 and the claimed effect. 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 PiLeJe, submitted pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of a combination of B. longum LA 101, L. helveticus LA 102, L. lactis LA 103 and S. thermophilus LA 104 and stool frequency (Question No EFSA-Q-2012-00589) (3). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded, inter alia, as follows: ‘Regulates your (intestinal) transit’.
(8) On 12 February 2013, the Commission and the Member States received the scientific opinion from the Authority, which concluded that on the basis of the data presented, a cause and effect relationship could not been established between the consumption of a combination of B. longum LA 101, L. helveticus LA 102, L. lactis LA 103 and S. thermophilus LA 104 and the claimed effect. 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 Nutrilinks Sarl, submitted pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of ♀EFAX™ and reduction of menstrual discomfort (Question No EFSA-Q-2012-00591) (4). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded, inter alia, as follows: ‘♀EFAX™ contributes to maintain a normal menstruation cycle’.
(10) On 12 February 2013, the Commission and the Member States received the scientific opinion from the Authority, which concluded that on the basis of the data presented, a cause and effect relationship had not been established between the consumption of ♀EFAX™ and the claimed effect. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(11) Following an application from Kemin Foods LC, submitted pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of Slendesta® Potato Extract and reduction of body weight (Question No EFSA-Q-2012-00704) (5). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded as follows: ‘Slendesta® contributes to the reduction of body weight in overweight individuals’.
(12) On 12 February 2013, the Commission and the Member States received the scientific opinion from the Authority, which concluded that on the basis of the data presented, a cause and effect relationship had not been established between the consumption of Slendesta® Potato Extract and the claimed effect. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(13) Following an application from Zambon B.V., submitted pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of Monurelle® and reduction of bacterial colonisation of the urinary tract (Question No EFSA-Q-2012-00737) (6). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded, inter alia, as follows: ‘Proanthocyanidins from Monurelle® may help to support defence against bacterial pathogens in the lower urinary tract’.
(14) On 12 February 2013, the Commission and the Member States received the scientific opinion from the Authority, which concluded that on the basis of the data presented, a cause and effect relationship had not been established between the consumption of Monurelle® and the claimed effect. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(15) Following an application from S.A. Vichy Catalan, submitted pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, the Authority was required to deliver an opinion on a health claim related to the effects of Vichy Catalan carbonated natural mineral water and reduction of post-prandial lipaemic response (Question No EFSA-Q-2012-00872) (7). The claim proposed by the applicant was worded as follows: ‘Vichy Catalan, a bicarbonated natural mineral water rich in mineral salts, contributes to reduce blood triglycerides rise during digestion’.
(16) On 12 February 2013, the Commission and the Member States received the scientific opinion from the Authority, which concluded that on the basis of the data presented, a cause and effect relationship had not been established between the consumption of Vichy Catalan carbonated natural mineral water and the claimed effect. Accordingly, as the claim does not comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, it should not be authorised.
(17) The health claim related to Slendesta® Potato Extract is a health claim as referred to in point (c) of Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 and is therefore subject to the transitional period laid down in Article 28(6) of that Regulation. However, as the application was not made before 19 January 2008, the requirement provided for in point (b) of Article 28(6) of that Regulation is not fulfilled, and therefore this claim may not benefit from the transitional period provided for in that Article.
(18) The other health claims subject to this Regulation are health claims as referred to in point (a) of Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, which are subject to the transitional period laid down in Article 28(5) of that Regulation until the adoption of the list of permitted health claims provided that they comply with that Regulation.
(19) The list of permitted health claims has been established by Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 (8) and is applicable since 14 December 2012. As regards claims referred to in Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 for which the evaluation by the Authority or consideration by the Commission has not been completed by 14 December 2012 and which by virtue of this Regulation are not included in the list of permitted health claims, it is appropriate to provide for a transitional period during which they may still be used, in order to allow both food business operators and the competent national authorities to adapt to the prohibition of such claims.
(20) The comments from the applicants and the members of the public received by the Commission pursuant to Article 16(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 have been considered when setting the measures provided for in this Regulation.
(21) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and neither the European Parliament nor the Council have opposed them,
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 13(3) 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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32001R2545 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2545/2001 of 21 December 2001 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2545/2001
of 21 December 2001
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 14 to 20 December 2001 at 199,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2001.
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31975R2729 | Regulation (EEC) No 2729/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the import levies on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice
| REGULATION (EEC) No 2729/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 29 October 1975 on the import levies on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1);
Whereas, to ensure the proper working of the levy system applicable to imports of cereals, rice and broken rice from third countries introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (2) of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals, and Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 668/75 (4), suitable rules should be applied to trade in mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice;
Whereas the import levy on such mixtures results from their tariff classification, which is normally determined in accordance with the general rules for the interpretation of the Common Customs Tariff;
Whereas, in the case of mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice, the tariff classification may give rise to difficulties if determined in accordance with these rules ; whereas in fact such classification sometimes results in a low import levy being charged on mixtures which, however, contain a substantial proportion of products subject to a high import levy;
Whereas, in order to avoid such difficulties, special provisions should be adopted for determining the import levy on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice,
1. The import levy applicable to mixtures composed of two of the cereals falling within Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be that applicable: - to the component cereal predominating by weight, when that cereal represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture,
- to the component cereal liable to the higher import levy, when neither of the two component cereals represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture.
2. Where a mixture is composed of more than two of the cereals falling within Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, and where several cereals each represent more than 10 % by weight of the mixture, the import levy applicable to the mixture shall be the highest of the import levies applicable to such cereals, even when the amount of the import levy is the same for two or more of the cereals.
Where only one cereal represents more than 10 % of the weight of the mixture, the import levy to be applied shall be that applicable to this cereal.
3. The import levy applicable to mixtures composed of the cereals falling within Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and not governed by the above rules, shall be the higher or the highest of the import levies applicable to the cereals composing the mixture concerned, even when the amount of the import levy is the same for two or more of the cereals.
1. The import levy applicable to mixtures composed of one or more of the cereals falling within Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and of one or more of the products specified in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC shall be that applicable to the component cereal or product liable to the higher or highest import levy. (1)Opinion delivered on 16 October 1975 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2)See page 1 of this Official Journal. (3)OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1. (4)OJ No L 72, 20.3.1975, p. 18.
2. The import levy applicable to mixtures composed either of rice classifiable under several different processing groups or stages or of rice classifiable under one or more different processing groups or stages and of broken rice shall be that applicable: - to the component predominating by weight, when that component represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture,
- the component liable to the higher or highest import levy, when no component represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture.
Where this method of assessing the import levy laid down in Articles 1 and 2 cannot be applied, the levy to be applied to such mixtures covered by this Regulation shall be that determined by the tariff classification of the mixtures.
1. Council Regulation No 156/66/EEC (1) of 25 October 1966 on the levies on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice, is hereby repealed.
2. References to the Regulation repealed by paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to this Regulation
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1975.
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31998R1130 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1130/98 of 29 May 1998 derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 1589/87, (EEC) No 429/90, (EEC) No 1158/91, (EEC) No 3398/91 and (EC) No 2571/97 as regards the time limit set for submitting tenders for the month of August 1998
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1130/98 of 29 May 1998 derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 1589/87, (EEC) No 429/90, (EEC) No 1158/91, (EEC) No 3398/91 and (EC) No 2571/97 as regards the time limit set for submitting tenders for the month of August 1998
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 6(6), Article 7(5), Article 7a(1), first subparagraph, and (3) and Article 12(3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulations (EEC) No 1589/87 of 5 June 1987 on the sale by tender of butter to intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 455/95 (4), (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 417/98 (6), (EEC) No 1158/91 of 3 May 1991 on the buying in by tender of skimmed-milk powder to intervention agencies (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 569/96 (8), (EEC) No 3398/91 of 20 November 1991 on the sale by invitation to tender of skimmed-milk powder for the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs and amending Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2080/96 (10) and (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale by butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (11), lay down the detailed rules for the tendering procedures under these different regulations; whereas, because of the slowdown in economic activity in August 1998, the time limits for submitting tenders under these Regulations should be amended for practical reasons;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Notwithstanding the first sentence of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87, Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 429/90, the first sentence of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1158/91, the first sentence of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3398/91 and the first sentence of Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, the time limit for submitting tenders shall expire on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 12 noon for the month of August 1998.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32011R0029 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 29/2011 of 14 January 2011 on selling prices for cereals in response to the fourth individual invitations to tender within the tendering procedures opened by Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010
| 15.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 11/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 29/2011
of 14 January 2011
on selling prices for cereals in response to the fourth individual invitations to tender within the tendering procedures opened by Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010
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 43(f), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010 (2) has opened the sales of cereals by tendering procedures, in accordance with the conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (3).
(2) In accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010, in the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, the Commission has to fix for each cereal and per Member State a minimum selling price or to decide not to fix a minimum selling price.
(3) On the basis of the tenders received for the fourth individual invitations to tender, it has been decided that a minimum selling price should be fixed for the cereals and for the Member States.
(4) In order to give a rapid signal to the market and to ensure 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.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
For the fourth individual invitations to tender for selling of cereals within the tendering procedures opened by Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 12 January 2011, the decisions on the selling price per cereal and Member State are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001D0593 | 2001/593/EC: Council Decision of 18 June 2001 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Malta concerning the participation of the Republic of Malta in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network
| Council Decision
of 18 June 2001
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Malta concerning the participation of the Republic of Malta in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network
(2001/593/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(1),
Whereas:
(1) The European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network were established by Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90(2).
(2) The Luxembourg European Council (December 1997) made participation in the Community programmes and agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy for the central and east European countries. In the case of the agencies, the European Council's conclusions provide that "the Community agencies in which applicant countries will be able to participate will be determined on a case-by-case basis".
(3) The Helsinki European Council (December 1999) reaffirmed the inclusive nature of the accession process, which now comprises 13 candidate countries within a single framework with the candidate countries participating in the accession process on an equal footing.
(4) The Council, pursuant to Article 300(1) of the Treaty, on 14 February 2000 authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations on the participation in the European Environment Agency of the countries applying for accession,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Malta concerning the participation of the Republic of Malta in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network is approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is set out as an Annex to this Decision.
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the notification provided for in Article 17 of the Agreement.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986D0387 | 86/387/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 July 1986 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Italy in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 July 1986
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Italy in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(86/387/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Italian Government has provided notification of:
- the Ministerial Decree of 12 September 1985 laying down general criteria and rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures,
- the Ministerial Decree of 26 September 1985 amending the Ministerial Decree of 12 September 1985;
- the Prime-Ministerial Decree of 29 November 1985 amending the decree of 2 April 1982 on guidelines for the determination of minimum subsidized interest rates for agricultural credit;
- the Ministerial Decree of 26 March 1986 amending the Ministerial Decree of 12 September 1985;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to determine whether, having regard to the objectives of the aforesaid Regulation and to the need for a proper connection between the various measures, the aforesaid Ministerial Decrees satisfy the conditions for a financial contribution by the Community;
Whereas the abovementioned provisions lay down certain general criteria and rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 including the measures necessary to modify the measures arising from the application of the system of agricultural loans introduced by Law No 1760 of 5 July 1928, in line with the conditions of Article 8 (2) to (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas however subsequent laws, regulations or administrative provisions are still srequired for the effective implementation of the Regulation and consequently the present decision still cannot pronounce on the eligibility;
Whereas the abovementioned provisions satisfy the conditions and objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opnion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The Ministerial Decree of 12 September 1985 laying down general criteria and rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures as amended by the Ministerial Decree of 26 September 1985 and by the Ministerial Decree of 26 March 1986 as well as the Prime-Ministerial Decree of 29 November 1985 amending the Decree of 2 April 1982 on guidelines for the determination of minimum subsidized interest rates for agricultural credit, as notified by the Italian Government in accordance with Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, satisfy the conditions laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85.
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32007R0471 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 471/2007 of 26 April 2007 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 27.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 471/2007
of 26 April 2007
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 32(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the differences between the prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(b), (c), (d) and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month.
(4) Article 32(4) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in goods may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(5) The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in advance as the market situation over the next few months cannot be established at the moment.
(6) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1(1) and in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 April 2007.
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31995R2655 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2655/95 of 14 November 1995 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2655/95 of 14 November 1995 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1),
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 1762/95 (3), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 November 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 |
32007D0160 | 2007/160/EC: Council Decision of 22 February 2007 on the position of the Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval of partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non original vehicle equipment (Text with EEA relevance)
| 9.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 69/39
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 February 2007
on the position of the Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the approval of partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non original vehicle equipment
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/160/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (1), in particular the second indent of Article 4(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) The draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (hereinafter the draft UN/ECE Regulation) concerning the approval of partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non-original vehicle equipment (2) provides for the abolition of technical barriers to the trade of motor vehicles between the Contracting Parties with respect to these components, while ensuring a high level of safety and environmental protection.
(2) It is appropriate to define the Community’s position in relation to the draft UN/ECE Regulation and consequently to provide for the Community, represented by the Commission, to vote in favour of that draft.
(3) Since the draft UN/ECE Regulation concerns the provision of non original vehicle equipment, it should not become part of the Community system for the type-approval of motor vehicles,
The draft UN/ECE Regulation on partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non original vehicle equipment, is hereby approved.
The Community, represented by the Commission, shall vote in favour of the draft UN/ECE Regulation referred to in Article 1 at a forthcoming meeting of the Administrative Committee of the UN/ECE World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations.
The UN/ECE Regulation on partitioning systems to protect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non original vehicle equipment, shall not become part of the Community type-approval system for motor vehicles. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
31991R0456 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 456/91 of 25 February 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 456/91 of 25 February 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1769/89 (2), does not apply to the petroleum products listed in Annex I;
Whereas, in the absence of a common definition of the origin of petroleum products, Member States apply the provisions of their national law; whereas these provisions differ from one another and may give rise to differing results with regard to the application of customs duties or measures and instruments of commercial policy;
Whereas, with a view to the completion of the internal market on 31 December 1992, it would appear essential that such provisions be harmonized;
Whereas the most appropriate way to harmonize the said provisions is to make Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 applicable to the petroleum products in question,
of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 and Annex I thereto shall be deleted. Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31996R2315 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2315/96 of 25 November 1996 establishing, pursuant to Article 1 (7) of Regulation (EEC) 3030/93, the list of textiles and clothing products to be integrated into GATT 1994 on 1 January 1998 and amending Annex X to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 3285/94
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2315/96 of 25 November 1996 establishing, pursuant to Article 1 (7) of Regulation (EEC) 3030/93, the list of textiles and clothing products to be integrated into GATT 1994 on 1 January 1998 and amending Annex X to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 3285/94
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and, in particular, Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to Article 1 (7) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the European Community has concluded the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the WTO) (2), to which is attached the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (hereinafter referred to as the ATC);
Whereas, under Article 2 (8) (a) and (11) of the ATC, the Community is obliged, on the one hand, to integrate on 1 January 1998 products which in 1990 accounted for not less than 17 % of the total volume of 1990 imports into the Community of all textiles and clothing products covered by the ATC into the normal GATT rules and disciplines and, on the other hand, to notify the list of such products to the Textiles Monitoring Body of the WTO before 1 January 1997;
Whereas, in selecting the products to be integrated, the Council has been guided by a number of factors, including the sensitivity of the product for the Community industry and its regional components particularly in terms of economic competitiveness and the employment situation, the effectiveness of any quantitative restrictions on the product, the ability of Community industry to adjust to increased competition in products which currently are subject to a quantitative restriction with one or more supplier country, the desire to encourage industrial adjustment at an acceptable pace throughout the ten year transition period, the impact on consumers, the impact on third countries and the opportunity to simplify the Community import regime for textile and clothing products;
Whereas account has been taken in this respect of the submissions received from interested parties who responded to the Commission's invitation for such submissions published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (3);
Whereas the list of products contained in Annex X to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 has to be amended to exclude the products to be integrated on 1 January 1998;
Whereas the list of textiles and clothing products which are governed by the normal GATT rules and disciplines, contained in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22 December 1994 on the common rules for imports and repealing Regulation (EC) No 518/94 (4) has to be amended to include, as from 1 January 1998, the products to be integrated under the normal rules of GATT,
1. The products to be integrated under the normal rules of GATT, as from 1 January 1998, are listed in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. Annex X to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 is hereby replaced by the Annex in Annex II to this Regulation, as from 1 January 1998.
3. Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 is hereby replaced by the Annex in Annex III to this Regulation, as from 1 January 1998.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31989R1216 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1216/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3103/76 on aid for durum wheat
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1216/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3103/76 on aid for durum wheat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1213/89 (2), and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, bearing in mind how important the production aid system for durum wheat is in forming the incomes of farmers in certain less-favoured areas of the Community where durum wheat production is of a traditional nature, it is appropriate to provide for the said system to apply also to the region of Thrace in Greece and, in the case of Spain, to the autonomous community of Navarre and to the provinces of Toledo, Zamora and Salamanca; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3103/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1583/86 (4), should be amended as a result,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3103/76 is hereby amended as follows:
1. ´Thrace' is added to the ´Greece' section:
2. The ´Spain' section is replaced by the following:
´SPAIN
- Communidades Autonomas: Andalucia y Navarra
- Provincias: Badajoz - Burgos - Salamanca - Toledo - Zamora - Zaragoza'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1989/90 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0131 | Council Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 of 26 January 2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan
| 28.1.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 21/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 131/2004
of 26 January 2004
concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,
Having regard to Council Common Position 2004/31/CFSP of 9 January 2004 concerning the imposition of an embargo on arms, munitions and military equipment (1) on Sudan,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In view of the ongoing civil war in Sudan, Common Position 2004/31/CFSP maintains the arms embargo imposed against that country by Council Decision 94/165/CFSP (2) and strengthens that embargo to include a ban on technical assistance and other services related to military activities, and on financial assistance related to military activities.
(2) Common Position 2004/31/CFSP also makes provision for humanitarian exemptions to the arms embargo, including sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment and materiel for mine clearance operations in Sudan.
(3) The embargoes on certain technical and financial assistance fall within the scope of the Treaty. Therefore, notably with a view to avoiding distortion of competition, Community legislation is necessary to implement the embargoes as far as the territory of the Community is concerned. For the purpose of this Regulation, the territory of the Community is deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.
(4) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately,
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definition shall apply:
‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services. Technical assistance includes verbal forms of assistance.
It shall be prohibited:
(a) to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related to military activities and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the aforementioned, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Sudan;
(b) to provide financing or financial assistance related to military activities, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or for any grant, sale, supply, or transfer of related technical assistance, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Sudan.
The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions referred to in Article 2 shall be prohibited.
1. By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 3, the competent authorities of Member States as listed in the Annex, may authorise the provision of financing and financial assistance and technical assistance related to:
(a) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution building programmes of the United Nations, the European Union and the Community;
(b) material intended for European Union and United Nations crisis management operations;
(c) mine clearance equipment and materiel for use in mine clearance.
2. No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.
Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Sudan by United Nations personnel, personnel of the EU, the Community or its Member States, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only.
The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with any other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information in respect of violation and enforcement problems and judgements handed down by national courts.
The Commission shall be empowered to amend the Annex on the basis of information supplied by Member States.
The Member States shall lay down the rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The sanctions provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
The Member States shall notify these rules to the Commission without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.
This Regulation shall apply:
(a) within the territory of the Community, including its airspace;
(b) on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;
(c) to any person elsewhere who is a national of a Member State;
(d) to any legal person, group or entity which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;
(e) to any legal person, group or entity doing business within the Community.
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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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31996R0328 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 328/96 of 23 February 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2900/95 fixing an export tax in relation to the products falling within CN code 1001 90 99
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 328/96 of 23 February 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2900/95 fixing an export tax in relation to the products falling within CN code 1001 90 99
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1863/95 (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2900/95 of 15 December 1995 (3) fixes an export tax for common wheat;
Whereas information available to the Commission on world market prices it necessary to amend the export tax currently in force in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 2900/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
The export tax referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, for the product falling with CN code 1001 90 99, is fixed at the level set out in the Annex to this Regulation.`
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31998R1425 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1425/98 of 3 July 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 805/97 laying down detailed rules for compensation relating to appreciable revalutations
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1425/98 of 3 July 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 805/97 laying down detailed rules for compensation relating to appreciable revaluations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 724/97 of 22 April 1997 determining measures and compensation relating to appreciable revaluations that affect farm incomes (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 942/98 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 805/97 of 2 May 1997 laying down detailed rules for compensation in relation to appreciable revaluations (3),
Whereas the period of application of Regulation (EC) No 724/97 has been extended until 31 December 1998; whereas the period of application of Regulation (EC) No 805/97 should accordingly be aligned with that of Regulation (EC) No 724/97;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant management committees,
In Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 805/97, '30 April 1998` is replaced by '31 December 1998`.
This Regulation shall enter into force of the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31983D0234 | 83/234/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 April 1983 concerning the establishments in the Republic of Turkey from which Member States may authorize the importation of fresh meat
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 April 1983
concerning the establishments in the Republic of Turkey from which Member States may authorize the importation of fresh meat
(83/234/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 Turkey has forwarded, in accordance with Article 4 (3) of Directive 72/462/EEC, a list of establishments authorized to export to the Community;
Whereas Community on-the-spot visits have shown that the case of these establishments has to be re-examined on the basis of additional information regarding their hygiene standards and their ability to adapt quickly to the Community rules;
Whereas in the meantime and so as to avoid any 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 the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, Member States shall prohibit the importation of fresh meat coming from establishments in Turkey.
2. The Member States may continue to authorize, until 30 November 1983, imports of fresh meat coming from establishments which have been officially proposed by the Turkish authorities, as of 14 March 1983 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 October 1983.
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32008D0582(01) | 2008/582/EC: Commission Decision of 8 July 2008 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) (notified under document number C(2008) 3411)
| 15.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 186/39
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 July 2008
excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF)
(notified under document number C(2008) 3411)
(only the Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2008/582/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 7(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (2), and in particular Article 31 thereof,
Having consulted the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, and Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the Commission is to carry out the necessary verifications, communicate to the Member States the results of these verifications, take note of the comments of the Member States, initiate a bilateral discussion so that an agreement may be reached with the Member States in question, and formally communicate its conclusions to them.
(2) The Member States have had an opportunity to request the launch of a conciliation procedure. That opportunity has been used in some cases and the report issued on the outcome has been examined by the Commission.
(3) Under Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, only agricultural expenditure which has been incurred in a way that has not infringed Community rules may be financed.
(4) In the light of the verifications carried out, the outcome of the bilateral discussions and the conciliation procedures, part of the expenditure declared by the Member States does not fulfil this requirement and cannot, therefore, be financed under the EAGGF Guarantee Section and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (hereinafter referred to as EAGF).
(5) The amounts that are not recognised as being chargeable to the EAGGF Guarantee Section and the EAGF should be indicated. Those amounts do not relate to expenditure incurred more than 24 months before the Commission’s written notification of the results of the verifications to the Member States.
(6) As regards the cases covered by this Decision, the assessment of the amounts to be excluded on grounds of non-compliance with Community rules was notified by the Commission to the Member States in a summary report on the subject.
(7) This Decision is without prejudice to any financial conclusions that the Commission may draw from the judgments of the Court of Justice in cases pending on 30 March 2008 and relating to its content,
The expenditure itemised in the Annex hereto that has been incurred by the Member States’ accredited paying agencies and declared under the EAGGF Guarantee Section or under the EAGF shall be excluded from Community financing because it does not comply with Community rules.
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32012D0078 | 2012/78/EU: Commission Decision of 9 February 2012 concerning the non-inclusion of certain substances in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (notified under document C(2012) 645) Text with EEA relevance
| 11.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/48
COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 February 2012
concerning the non-inclusion of certain substances in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market
(notified under document C(2012) 645)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/78/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 16(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 of 4 December 2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (2) establishes a list of active substances to be assessed, with a view to their possible inclusion in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC.
(2) For a number of substance/product type combinations included in that list, either all participants have discontinued their participation in the review programme, or no complete dossier was received within the time period specified in Articles 9 and 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 by the Member State designated as rapporteur for the evaluation.
(3) Consequently, and pursuant to Articles 11(2), 12(1) and 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the Commission informed the Member States accordingly. That information was also made public by electronic means.
(4) Within the period of three months from those publications, a number of companies indicated an interest in taking over the role of participant for certain of the substances and product types concerned. However, those companies subsequently failed to submit a complete dossier.
(5) Pursuant to Articles 12(4) and 12(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, the substances and product types concerned should therefore not be included in Annexes I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC.
(6) In the interest of legal certainty, it is appropriate to specify the date after which biocidal products of the product types listed in the Annex to this Decision containing the active substances listed in that Annex should no longer be placed on the market.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
The substances indicated in the Annex to this Decision shall not be included for the product types concerned in Annexes I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC.
For the purposes of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007, biocidal products of the product types listed in the Annex to this Decision which contain the active substances listed in that Annex shall no longer be placed on the market with effect from 1 February 2013.
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31967R0467 | Regulation No 467/67/EEC of the Commission of 21 August 1967 fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing
| REGULATION No 467/67/EEC OF THE COMMISSION of 21 August 1967 fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products for the various stages of rice processing
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organisation of the market in rice, and in particular Article 19 thereof;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC provides for the fixing of the conversion rates, the processing costs and the value of the by-products to be taken into consideration, when applying that Regulation, for the purpose of converting values or quantities relating to the various stages of the processing of rice (paddy, husked, semi-milled or milled);
Whereas to this end account should be taken of the information obtained from the best equipped industries of the Community ; whereas such information suggests that the same figures should be used as were fixed by Commission Regulation No 103/64/EEC (2) of 4 August 1964 on the conversion scale for the stages of rice processing, the processing costs and the value of the by-products ; whereas, however, adjustments should be made to those figures, such as the cost of processing husked rice into milled rice, which have changed since that Regulation entered into force;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals;
1. The conversion rate between husked rice and paddy rice shall be as follows:
>PIC FILE= "T0001741"> 2. The conversion rate between husked rice and milled rice shall be as follows:
>PIC FILE= "T0001742"> 3. The conversion rate between milled rice and semi-milled rice shall be as follows:
>PIC FILE= "T0001743"> Article 2
1. The processing costs to be taken into consideration when paddy rice is converted into husked rice shall be 0.95 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of paddy rice.
2. The processing costs to be taken into consideration when husked rice is converted into milled rice shall be 1.10 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of husked rice.
(1) OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1. (2) OJ No 126, 5.8.1964, p. 2128/64. 3. The processing costs for the conversion of semi-milled rice into milled rice shall not be taken into consideration.
1. The value of the by-products obtained from processing paddy rice into husked rice shall he considered to be nil.
2. The value of the by-products obtained from processing husked rice into milled rice shall be: (a) 1.94 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of husked round-grained rice;
(b) 2.87 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of husked long-grained rice.
3. The value of the by-products obtained from processing semi-milled rice into milled rice shall be: (a) 0.51 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of semi-milled round-grained rice;
(b) 0.55 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of semi-milled long-grained rice.
The conversion of the value of a quantity of husked rice into the value of the same quantity of rice at another stage of processing shall be effected on the basis of husked rice containing 3 % broken rice. If the husked rice contains more than 3 % broken rice, the conversion shall be effected after an adjustment made on the basis of a value of 0.08 units of account per kilogramme of broken rice.
The conversion of the value of a quantity of semi-milled rice or milled rice into the value of the same quantity of rice at another stage of processing shall be effected on the basis of semi-milled rice containing no broken rice. If any semi-milled rice or milled rice contains broken rice, the conversion shall be effected after an adjustment made on the basis of 0.11 units of account per kilogramme of broken rice.
1.
a) The conversion of the value of a quantity of husked rice into the value of the same quantity of paddy rice shall be effected by: - dividing the value to be converted by the rate fixed in Article 1 (1) for paddy rice, and
- reducing the amount thus obtained by the processing costs fixed in Article 2 (1).
b) The conversion of the value of a quantity of paddy rice into the value of the same quantity of husked rice shall be effected by: - increasing the value to be converted by the processing costs fixed in Article 2 (1), and
- multiplying the amount thus obtained by the rate fixed in Article 1 (1) for paddy rice.
2.
(a) The conversion of the value of a quantity of husked rice into the value of the same quantity of milled rice shall be effected by: - increasing the value to be converted by the processing costs fixed in Article 2 (2), and
- reducing the value to be converted by the value of the by-products fixed in Article 3 (2), and
- dividing the amount thus obtained by the rate fixed in Article 1 (2) for milled rice.
(b)The conversion of the value of a quantity of milled rice into the value of the same quantity of husked rice shall be effected by: - multiplying the value to be converted by the rate fixed in Article 1 (2) for milled rice,
- reducing the amount thus obtained by the processing costs fixed in Article 2 (2), and
- increasing the amount thus obtained by the value of the by-products fixed in Article 3 (2).
3.
(a) The conversion of the value of a quantity of milled rice into the value of the same quantity of semi-milled rice shall be effected by: - dividing the value to be converted by the rate fixed in Article 1 (3) for semi-milled rice, and
- increasing the amount thus obtained by the value of the by-products fixed in Article 3 (3).
(b) The conversion of the value of a quantity of semi-milled rice into the value of the same quantity of milled rice shall be effected by: - reducing the value to be converted by the value of the by-products fixed in Article 3 (3), and
- multiplying the amount thus obtained by the rate fixed in Article 1 (3) for semi-milled rice of the group in question.
1. The conversion of a quantity of husked rice into a corresponding quantity of paddy rice or milled rice shall be effected by multiplying the quantity to be converted by the rate fixed in Article 1 (1) for paddy rice, or by the rate fixed in Article 1 (2) for milled rice, as the case may be.
The conversion of a quantity of paddy rice or milled rice into a corresponding quantity of husked rice shall be effected by dividing the quantity to be converted by the rate fixed in Article 1 (1) for paddy rice or by the rate fixed in Article 1 (2) for milled rice, as the case may be.
2. The conversion of a quantity of milled rice into a corresponding quantity of semi-milled rice shall be effected by multiplying the quantity to be converted by the rate fixed in Article 1 (3) for semi-milled rice.
The conversion of a quantity of semi-milled rice into a corresponding quantity of milled rice shall be effected by dividing the quantity to be converted by the rate fixed in Article 1 (3) for semi-milled rice.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1967.
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32012R0569 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 569/2012 of 28 June 2012 temporarily suspending customs duties on imports of certain cereals for the 2012/2013 marketing year
| 29.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 169/41
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 569/2012
of 28 June 2012
temporarily suspending customs duties on imports of certain cereals for 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), and in particular Article 187 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to promote the supply of cereals on the Community market during the last six months of the 2011/2012 marketing year, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1350/2011 (2) suspended customs duties for the import tariff quotas for common wheat of low and medium quality and feed barley opened by Commission Regulations (EC) No 1067/2008 (3) and (EC) No 2305/2003 (4) respectively, until 30 June 2012.
(2) On the basis of communications made in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2305/2003, by means of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 20/2012 (5), with effect from 13:00 Brussels time on 6 January 2012, the Commission suspended issue of the import licences for barley from the quota referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2305/2003 for the current quota period.
(3) The outlook for the cereals market for the start of the next marketing year (2012/2013) would suggest that prices will remain high, given the low stock levels and current estimates from the Commission regarding the quantities which will actually be available under the 2012 harvest. In order to make it easier to maintain a flow of imports conducive to EU market equilibrium, there is a need to ensure continuity in cereal imports policy by keeping the temporary suspension of customs duties on imports of common wheat during the 2012/2013 marketing year until 31 December 2012 for the import tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008. Given that the issue of import licences for barley has been suspended until 31 December 2012, the suspension of customs duties for this product during the same period becomes unnecessary.
(4) Moreover, traders should not be penalised in cases where cereals are en route for importation into the Union. Therefore, the time required for transport should be taken into account and traders allowed to release cereals for free circulation under the customs-duty suspension regime provided for in this Regulation, for all products whose direct transport to the Union has started at the latest on 31 December 2012. The evidence to be provided showing direct transport to the Union and the date on which the transport commenced should also be established.
(5) In order to ensure sound management of the procedure for issuing import licences as from 1 July 2012, this Regulation should enter into force on the day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(6) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
1. The application of customs duties on imports of common wheat falling within CN code 1001 99 00, of a quality other than high quality as defined in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EU) No 642/2010 (6), shall be suspended for the 2012/2013 marketing year for all imports under the reduced-duty tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 1067/2008.
2. Where the cereals referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article undergo direct transport to the Union and such transport began at the latest by 31 December 2012, the suspension of customs duties under this Regulation shall continue to apply for the purposes of the release into free circulation of the products concerned.
Proof of direct transport to the Union and of the date on which the transport commenced shall be provided, to the satisfaction of the relevant authorities, by the original transport document.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2012 to 31 December 2012.
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32007R0164 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 164/2007 of 19 February 2007 fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2005/06 marketing year
| 20.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 51/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 164/2007
of 19 February 2007
fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2005/06 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the first indent of Article 15(8) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 44(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 of 20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector (3), which is to continue to apply to production in the 2005/06 marketing year, the basic production levy and the B levy together with, if required, the coefficient referred to in Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 for sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup are to be fixed before 15 February 2007 in respect of the 2005/06 marketing year.
(2) For the 2005/06 marketing year, the estimate of the overall loss recorded in accordance with Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 requires, in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Article, the adoption of the amount of 1,0022 % for the basic levy.
(3) The overall loss recorded on the basis of the known data and pursuant to Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 is fully covered by the proceeds from the basic levy. There is therefore no need to set a B levy or a coefficient establishing an additional levy for the 2005/06 marketing year.
(4) The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
The production levies in the sugar sector for the 2005/06 marketing year shall be as follows:
(a) EUR 6,333 per tonne of white sugar as the basic production levy on A sugar and B sugar;
(b) EUR 2,810 per tonne of dry matter as the basic production levy on A isoglucose and B isoglucose;
(c) EUR 6,333 per tonne of dry matter sugar/isoglucose equivalent as the basic production levy on A inulin syrup and B inulin syrup.
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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32002D0529 | 2002/529/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 2002 concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations (notified under document number C(2002) 2234)
| Commission Decision
of 27 June 2002
concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations
(notified under document number C(2002) 2234)
(2002/529/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999(1), on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations, and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11(1) of Directive 1999/13/EC requires that reports on the implementation of the Directive be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 of Council Directive 91/692/EEC(2),
(2) Member States, which implement national plans in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 1999/13/EC already are required to submit these plans to the Commission,
(3) The questionnaire or outline shall be sent to the Member States six months before the start of the period covered by the report,
(4) The first report will cover the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2004 inclusive,
(5) The Committee established in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC did not deliver an opinion on these measures within the time limit laid down by the chairman,
The questionnaire in the Annex is hereby adopted.
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32006R0206 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2006 of 7 February 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 8.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 36/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/2006
of 7 February 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February 2006.
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32012R0093 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 93/2012 of 3 February 2012 concerning the authorisation of Lactobacillus plantarum (DSM 8862 and DSM 8866) as a feed additive for all animal species Text with EEA relevance
| 4.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 33/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 93/2012
of 3 February 2012
concerning the authorisation of Lactobacillus plantarum (DSM 8862 and DSM 8866) as a feed additive for all animal species
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of Lactobacillus plantarum (DSM 8862 and DSM 8866). That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) The application concerns the authorisation of Lactobacillus plantarum (DSM 8862 and DSM 8866) as a feed additive for pigs, bovines, sheep, goats and horses, to be classified in the additive category ‘technological additives’.
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 11 October 2011 (2) that Lactobacillus plantarum (DSM 8862 and DSM 8866), under the proposed conditions of use, does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment, and that this preparation has the potential to improve the production of silage from all forages by reducing the pH and increasing the preservation of dry matter. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additives in feed submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) The assessment of Lactobacillus plantarum (DSM 8862 and DSM 8866) shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(6) To assure consistency it is appropriate to extend the approval of this additive from pigs, bovines, sheep, goats and horses to all animal species, in line with the previous authorisation for the similar additives.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32002R2005 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2005/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2005/2002
of 11 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 12 November 2002.
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31984R2089 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2089/84 of 19 July 1984 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain ball bearings originating in Japan and Singapore
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2089/84
of 19 July 1984
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain ball bearings originating in Japan and Singapore
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79 of 20 December 1979 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1580/82 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation,
Whereas:
A. Provisional action
(1) The Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 744/84 (3), imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of single-row deep-groove radial ball bearings with greatest external diameter not more than 30 mm, originating in Japan and Singapore.
B. Subsequent procedures
(2) Following the imposition of the provisional antidumping duty, all parties involved in the investigations leading to the preliminary determinations requested and were granted on opportunity to be heard by the Commission and also presented written submissions making known their views on the duty.
(3) The same parties also requested to be informed of certain facts and essential considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend definitive action and these requests were granted.
(4) In addition to the investigations leading to preliminary determinations, the Commission carried out an investigation at the premises of NMB Italia Srl, Barreggio, Italy.
(5) Within the time limit laid down by Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 744/84, nine Japanese manufacturers of the ball bearings in question who, in their own estimation, were of minor importance and who had not reacted to the notice of initiation of the anti-dumping proceeding made themselves known to the Commission. They all requested to be exempted from anti-dumping measures and were given, where appropriate, the opportunity to make known their views orally. None of them availed itself of this opportunity.
(6) Four of the manufacturers, namely:
- Inoue Jikuuke Kogyo Co. Ltd, Osaka,
- SMT Nankai Seiko Co. Ltd, Osaka,
- ISC NSK Micro Precision Co. Ltd, Tokyo,
- Kitanihon Seiko Co. Ltd, Ashihetsu,
claimed not to be exporting to the Community and were, therefore, not investigated.
(7) Three of these manufacturers, namely:
- MMM Matsuo Bearing Co. Ltd, Osaka,
- Izumoto Seiko Co. Ltd, Osaka,
- WTW Wada Seiko Co. Ltd, Osaka,
claiming to have exported to the Community during the period investigated, submitted written information to the Commission. This was examined but found to be incomplete.
(8) Two of these manufacturers, namely:
- Tottori Yamakei Bearing Ltd, Seisakusho,
- TOK Bearing Co. Ltd, Tokyo,
did not submit any information within the time limit laid down and therefore had to be disregarded.
(9) An additional Japanese manufacturer, Asahi Seiko Co., Osaka, made itself known outside the time limit laid down.
(10) Two importers of the ball bearings in question namely:
- Kugellager Fiedler, Seevetal, Germany,
- Findling Waelzlager, Karlsruhe, Germany,
made their views duly known to the Commission either in writing or orally.
C. Normal value
JAPAN
(11) Normal value was finally determined on the basis of the average price paid by unrelated purchasers on the domestic market. In those cases where the producer/exporter sold both directly to these purchasers and through wholly-owned or controlled sales companies, the combined weighted average of sales prices to unrelated purchasers was, with one exception in unusual circumstances, taken.
SINGAPORE
(12) Normal value for exports by the Minebea group was finally established on the basis of the method adopted for the provisional determination i.e. by using the only cost of production data available from the Minebea group in spite of continuing reservations as to its appropriateness.
(13) The Minebea group requested that special consideration be given in respect of one of its production units in an expansion phase. It was claimed that, for the establishment of normal value, cost of production data pertaining to a period subsequent to that under investigation should be used because then costs per piece were lower due to increased capacity and improved capacity utilization. Furthermore it was claimed that, contrary to Article 2 (3) (b) (ii) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79, no profit element should have been incorporated in the constructed normal value since, given the circumstances, profitable sales were not expected to be made during the expansion period.
(14) While Community producers and other foreign exporters have to accept normal competition from other producers enjoying comparative advantages, this request had to be refused because inter alia:
(i) neither Article VI of the GATT nor the GATT Anti-Dumping Code nor yet Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79 provide for a different set of rules to be applied to exporters in a start-up or expansion phase;
(ii) more favourable treatment to one exporter would constitute a discrimination against others which are not in a start-up or expansion phase;
(iii) producers who have only recently invested and who have not yet reached their expected economies of scale should not engage in 'pre-emptive pricing', i.e. selling below both their current normal value and the prices charged by the Community industry, on a scale large enough to cause material injury, whether to try to generate future economies of scale, or to break into and capture part of the Community market, or for any other purpose.
It has therefore been decided that no deviation from the period of investigation adopted for all other aspects of the dumping determination should be made and that, as in all other cases under Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79, a reasonable profit margin should be taken into consideration for the determination of normal value pursuant to Article 2 (3) (b) (ii).
(15) The Commission had, for the imposition of the provisional duty, considered a profit margin of 6 % to be reasonable for the computation of the constructed normal value. The Community industry submitted that, for Singapore, a minimum profit margin of 8 % before tax is necessary to allow for re-investment. The Minebea group claimed, for its other production unit in Singapore, that a profit margin of 6,56 % should be applied. In view of this and other profits realized by the Minebea group, a profit margin of 6 % for both production units is considered to be reasonable.
D. Dumping margins
(16) Dumping margins were finally established by comparing the normal value determined as described under paragraph 11 above with export prices on a transaction-by-transaction method, exports at identical prices being grouped together, taking into consideration new evidence submitted by all the parties mentioned in paragraph 2 above.
(17) In this context some exporters maintained that the method described under paragraph 16 did not take account of the fact that dumping in some cases was compensated by 'negative' dumping in others, i.e. by those transactions where the export price exceeds the normal value. It was further maintained that the Commission unjustifiably applied a method different from that used in previous anti-dumping proceedings concerning imports of ball bearings originating in Japan and that this method did not take account of the fact that sales of different quantities were involved.
(18) Since the first anti-dumping proceedings concerning ball bearings, the Commission has been well aware of the phenomenon of 'negative' dumping which not only occurs in respect of different transactions within a specific type of this product but also between different types. At that time it was already argued that 'negative' dumping margins should compensate for positive margins which, as a result, would have allowed for dumping to continue on a substantial scale. In order to clarify the situation, the Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 1681/79 (1), modified the then existing legislation by laying down that the dumping margin was the amount by which the normal value exceeded the export price, thus ruling out the concept of a 'negative' dumping margin.
A comparison of the normal value with a weighted average export price, comprising dumped and non-dumped sales, would be in contradiction with the Council's amendment of the Community's anti-dumping legislation. Therefore, it has been a consistent practice of the Commission not to use weighted average export prices for the determination of the dumping margin, except in cases where, for administrative reasons, it was not considered feasible to employ the transaction-by-transaction method or where the averaging of export prices would have had no effect on the overall outcome of the proceedings. It is correct that in former ball bearings proceedings, the application of the transaction-by-transaction method was considered to be neither feasible for foreign exporters nor for the Commission services because of the numerous individual sales transactions involved. However, experience has shown in the meantime that, in view of, inter alia, the technological progress made in office equipment and systems, this method is feasible.
As to the problem of quantities involved, the Regulation lays down certain conditions for quantity adjustments and places the burden of proof on each interested party claiming an allowance. Although criticism was levelled at the method adopted by the Commission, no duly justified claim for an allowance was made, In fact, the investigation revealed that, on the Japanese market, transactions or long-term contracts were individually negotiated and that the quantities involved, big or small, constituted only one factor amongst several in the determination of the price. It was established that there existed no quantity discount scheme within the meaning of Article 2 (10) (b), nor were savings in costs, due to large volume sales, even claimed.
(19) One exporter, NTN Toyo Bearing Co. Ltd, in the course of the investigation leading to the preliminary determination, had refused verification of certain information relating to one of its subsidiaries in the Community. In consequence, the Commission had based its preliminary determination on the best evidence available. Following the imposition of the provisional duty, NTN Toyo Bearing Co. Ltd, allowed verification to take place. The data thus verified resulted in a reduced dumping margin. No other factor contributed to this reduction.
(20) Consequently, the preliminary determinations are modified as follows:
JAPAN
- Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd 4,03 %,
- Minebea Co. Ltd, 10,91 %,
- Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. 9,65 %,
- Nippon Seiko KK 14,71 %,
- NTN Toyo Bearing Co. Ltd 11,97 %,
SINGAPORE
- Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd 29,77 %
- Minebea Co. Ltd 33,89 %.
E. Injury
(21) No fresh evidence regarding injury to the Community industry has been submitted. The Commission has therefore confirmed the conclusions on injury reached in Regulation (EEC) No 744/84. In the Commission's view, the facts as finally determined show that the injury being caused by dumped imports of single-row deep-groove radial ball bearings with greatest external diameter not more than 30 mm originating in Japan and Singapore, taken in isolation from that caused by other factors, has to be considered as material.
F. Community interest
(22) No Community purchaser of the said ball bearings has reacted to the proceedings within the time limit laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 744/84.
(23) The Council has considered the interest of the Community. In view of the particularly serious difficulties facing the Community industry, its economic, social and strategic importance and the relatively low incidence of a price increase on manufactured goods, the Council has come to the conclusion that it is in the Community's interest that action be taken. In these circumstances, protection of the Community's interest calls for the imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of single-row deep-groove radial ball bearings with greatest external diameter not more than 30 mm originating in Japan and Singapore.
G. Undertakings
(24) All exporters against which an individual provisional anti-dumping duty had been imposed offered price undertakings. However, after consultation, it was decided that these undertakings were not acceptable because past experience with price undertakings in the ball bearings sector has shown that undertakings, even if generally respected, do not constitute a satisfactory solution, seem likely to cause controversy and are difficult to monitor, thereby requiring a considerable amount of time and expense.
H. Definitive duty and collection of provisional duty
(25) Two exporters claimed that an imposition of a definitive duty and the collection of the amounts secured by way of provisional duty would be illegal in view of the fact that - as they claimed - they had increased their sales prices on the Community market without, however, in the case of one exporter, giving an exact amount of the increase. This claim had to be refused because it referred to an event which has allegedly occurred after the end of the reference period. When investigating, the Commission decides on a so-called investigation period (see paragraph 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 744/84), for which the dumping margin is established. Where preliminary examination shows that dumping exists and that there is sufficient evidence of injury caused thereby and the interests of the Community call for immediate intervention, a provisional duty may be imposed. After the imposition of this duty the facts are finally established and account is taken of comments submitted by interested parties. The final determination of the facts, however, always refers to the investigation period; for the purposes of definitive anti-dumping measures developments which occurred after the imposition of the provisional duty have to be ignored, just as developments between the end of the investigation period and the date of imposition of the provisional duty have to be ignored. Any other method would render an investigation virtually permanent, allow exporters to manipulate the results by short-lived price increases and is warranted neither by Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79 nor the GATT.
For many years it has been the Community's standard and unchallenged practice not to deviate from the investigation period unless the circumstances were exceptional and did not necessitate further lengthy investigations. The claim to have increased prices is not such an exceptional circumstance, because it is not unusual for an exporter whose goods are subject to an anti-dumping duty to increase his sales prices, especially when the importer is related to the exporter.
In addition, if anti-dumping duties were automatically removed or never definitively imposed when higher export prices are claimed by the exporter to have been achieved, there would be no guarantee that dumping would not be resumed. In fact, the structure of the anti-dumping legislation does not provide for an exemption of duties or a non-collection of the amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties in such cases as claimed but provides for a refund procedure.
Furthermore, the evidence submitted by one exporter to support the general claim of an unspecified price increase is incomplete. In view of the results of the investigation carried out at the premises of the two exporters in question, there are in fact serious doubts as to the correctness of the claim. These doubts are confirmed by the fact that one refund application under Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 3017/79 has been made, in which dumping at a rate of 13,23 % during the period between the imposition of the provisional duty and 31 May 1984 is explicitly admitted.
(26) In the case of exports from Singapore by Koyo Seiko, it has been established that following the termination of an arrangement with a Singaporean producer, exports by Koyo Seiko, Singapore have ceased. It is therefore not necessary to impose an individual duty on this exporter.
(27) In the light of all the above findings, the rates of definitive anti-dumping duty should be lower than those of the provisional anti-dumping duty with the exception of exports from Japan by Minebea.
(28) The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties should be collected to a maximum of the duty definitively imposed,
1. A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of single-row deep-groove radial ball bearings with greatest external diameter not more than 30 mm, falling within heading No ex 84.62 of the Common Customs Tariff, corresponding to NIMEXE code ex 84.62-01 and originating in Japan and Singapore.
2. The rates of the anti-dumping duty shall be as set out below expressed as a percentage of the price net, free-at-Community-frontier, before duty.
1.2 // Manufacturers/exporters // Rate of anti-dumping duty // JAPAN // // - Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd // 4,03 %, // - Minebea Co. Ltd // 10,91 %, // - Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. // 9,65 %, // - Nippon Seiko KK // 14,71 %, // - NTN Toyo Bearing Co. Ltd // 11,97 %, // - Others // 14,71 %. // SINGAPORE // // - Minebea Co. Ltd // 33,89 %, // - Others // 33,89 %.
3. The provisions in force with regard to customs duties shall apply to the said duty.
The sums secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duty under Regulation (EEC) No 744/84 shall be definitively collected up to a maximum of the respective rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31995R1995 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1995/95 of 16 August 1995 amending for the seventh time Regulation (EC) No 3146/94 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Germany
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1995/95 of 16 August 1995 amending for the seventh time Regulation (EC) No 3146/94 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Germany
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in Germany, exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat were adopted for that Member State in Commission Regulation (EC) No 3146/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1771/95 (4);
Whereas the aid granted upon the delivery of piglets and young piglets should be adjusted to the current market situation by taking account of the fall in market prices; whereas this adjustment must be applied immediately so as to prevent unjustified economic benefits for the producers in question;
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for determining and applying the agricultural conversion rates (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1053/95 (6), the agricultural conversion rate to be used for converting the aid into national currency shall be the rate in force on the day the animals in question are delivered;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
In Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 3146/94, 'ECU 50`, 'ECU 43`, 'ECU 40` and 'ECU 34` are replaced by 'ECU 40`, 'ECU 34`, 'ECU 32` and 'ECU 27` respectively.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31979R2914 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2914/79 of 20 December 1979 on Community aid for industrial restructuring and conversion operations in the man-made fibres sector
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2914/79 of 20 December 1979 on Community aid for industrial restructuring and conversion operations in the man-made fibres sector
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 a proposal for a Regulation (3) on Community aid for industrial restructuring and conversion operations has been laid before the Council;
Whereas the situation in the man-made fibres sector justifies immediate action as a priority measure, intended to support the rationalization measures taken by Community industry and to reduce its production capacity,
Whereas such action involves the utilization of a maximum amount of 14 million EUA,
1. The purpose of the aid granted under this Regulation shall be to assist the man-made fibres industry to finance: - investments to help create, by other undertakings, in the areas concerned (employment catchment areas) and in other fields of activity, new jobs intended primarily for workers made redundant by the reduction of production capacity or by the total or partial closure of industrial undertakings operating in the man-made fibres sector;
- conversion investments carried out by industrial undertakings operating in the man-made fibres sector for the purpose of changing to types of activity other than the production of man-made fibres for textile purposes;
- investment in the restructuring carried out by such undertakings, provided that such investment leads to a significant reduction in the production capacity of these undertakings.
2. Any decisions by the Commission to grant such aid shall be taken before 31 December 1979 and shall assist investment complying with the characteristics outlined in paragraph 1 and having received the agreement of the Member State in whose territory the investment is realized.
1. The aid referred to in Article 1 shall taken the form of investment premiums.
2. Such premiums shall amount to 5 77 % of the fixed investment ; they shall be raised to 9 75 % where the investment is undertaken in the least-favoured regions or in regions or areas particularly affected by restructuring operations.
3. The investors shall supply any information which the Commission may deem necessary and shall accept the inspections referred to in Article 3 required for checking that the operations are being properly carried out. A contract shall be concluded to this effect between the investor to whom the aid is granted and the Commission. This contract shall also establish the procedures for payment of the aid.
1. If an investment project which has received aid has not been carried out as planned, or if the conditions of this Regulation are not fulfilled, the aid may be recovered in whole or in part by the Commission.
2. Member States shall make available to the Commission all information required for the application of this Regulation and shall take all steps likely to facilitate such inspections as the Commission may consider useful, including on-the-spot checks.
3. Notwithstanding the inspections carried out by Member States in accordance with national laws, regulations administrative provisions, and without prejudice to Article 206 of the Treaty or to any inspection arranged pursuant to Article 209 (c) of the Treaty, the competent authorities of the Member State shall, at the request of the Commission and with the agreement of the Member State, carry out on-the-spot checks or enquiries about the financed operations. Agents of the Commission may take part in such checks or enquiries. The Commission may fix time limits for carrying out such checks. (1)OJ No C 127, 21.5.1979, p. 52. (2)OJ No C 128, 21.5.1979, p. 1. (3)OJ No C 272, 16.11.1978, p. 3.
4. The objective of these on-the-spot checks or enquiries about financed operations shall be to establish: (a) the existence of supporting documentary evidence and its conformity with the financed operations;
(b) the conditions under which the financed operations are executed and inspected;
(c) the conformity of the work completed with the financed operations.
This Regulation shall not prejudice the application of Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty. The aid must not alter conditions of competition in a way incompatible with the principles contained in the relevant provisions of the Treaty, as set out in particular in the principles for the coordination of the general regional-aid arrangements.
Before 1 July 1980, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation, also covering the aspect of reduction of production capacity.
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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009D0990 | 2009/990/EC,Euratom: Council and Commission Decision of 17 November 2009 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 Tajikistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
| 29.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 350/52
COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 November 2009
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 Tajikistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
(2009/990/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 Tajikistan, 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 24 June 2008 in accordance with Council Decision of 25 February 2008.
(2) Pending its entry into force, the Protocol is to be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of entry into force of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Tajikistan.
(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 Tajikistan, 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 |
31979R0929 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 929/79 of 8 May 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 concerning the amount allotted to the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 929/79 of 8 May 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 concerning the amount allotted to the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the annual appropriations allotted to the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund as provided for in Article 6 (5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2788/72 (4), will from 1980 onwards no longer be sufficient to meet expenditure by this Section on the improvement of agricultural structures;
Whereas the amount of aid that may be awarded by the Guidance Section of the Fund should be fixed for a five-year period from 1 January 1980 and, except in the case of a new Council Decision, for each successive five-year period;
Whereas the annual appropriations allotted to the Guidance Section of the Fund should be fixed through the budgetary procedure in terms of the commitments to be met;
Whereas to enable the appraisal of the financial needs of each five-year period it is appropriate to foresee suitable arrangements not only for the transition to the new financial system but also at the end of each period,
In Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
"5. For the year 1972 the appropriations for the Guidance Section of the Fund shall amount to 285 million units of account. From 1 January 1973 to 31 December 1979 these appropriations shall amount to 325 million units of account per year.
From 1 January 1980 the total amount of financial assistance which may be charged to the Guidance Section of the Fund shall be fixed for five-year periods by the Council acting on a Commission proposal in accordance with the procedure laid down in the third subparagraph of Article 43 (2) of the Treaty. The exact amount of appropriations to be entered in the budget shall be fixed annually through the budgetary procedure on the basis of the volume of expenditure to be financed under the common measures and special measures for that year.
The total amount for each five-year period may be increased by the Council acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in the third subparagraph of Article 43 (2) of the Treaty only for the common measures provided for in Article 6 (2) of this Regulation.
If the Council does not fix a new amount before the end of the current five-year period the amount valid for the current period, with any increase made under the preceding subparagraph, shall continue to apply for the following period."
The following provisions shall be inserted in Regulation (EEC) No 729/70:
"Article 6a
1. The amounts provided for as financial assistance for a five-year period and not entered in the budget, during that period, may no longer be entered in the budget during the following five-year period.
2. Moreover, the appropriations entered in the budget and not committed at the end of the last financial year of that period shall remain available pursuant to Article 6 of the Financial Regulation for the first financial year of the following five-year period ; they shall be deducted, however, from the amount of financial assistance for the following five-year period. (1)OJ No C 244, 14.10.1978, p. 4. (2)OJ No C 6, 8.1.1979, p. 76. (3)OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. (4)OJ No L 295, 30.12.1972, p. 1.
b
1. The appropriations set aside in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2010/68, (EEC) No 1534/69, (EEC) No 2591/70, (EEC) No 847/72, (EEC) No 2809/73, (EEC) No 1215/75 and (EEC) No 3309/75 and not entered in the budget by 31 December 1979 may no longer be entered in the budget after that date.
2. The appropriations entered in the 1979 budget for the Guidance Section of the Fund, and not committed by 31 December 1979 shall remain available pursuant to Article 6 of the Financial Regulation for the following financial year ; they shall be deducted however from the amount of financial assistance for the five-year period starting on 1 January 1980.
c
Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6 (5), the total amount of financial assistance which may be charged to the Guidance Section of the Fund for the period 1980 to 1984 is 3 600 million European units of account."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R0038 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 38/2001 of 10 January 2002 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 38/2001
of 10 January 2002
fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund within the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that when the refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of the abovementioned Regulation, exported in the natural state, are being fixed, account must be taken of:
- the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of milk and milk products on the Community market and prices for milk and milk products in international trade,
- marketing costs and the most favourable transport charges from Community markets to ports or other points of export in the Community, as well as costs incurred in placing the goods on the market of the country of destination,
- the aims of the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products which are to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on this market,
- the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty, and
- the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market, and
- the economic aspect of the proposed exports.
(3) Article 31(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that when prices within the Community are being determined account should be taken of the ruling prices which are most favourable for exportation, and that when prices in international trade are being determined particular account should be taken of:
(a) prices ruling on third country markets;
(b) the most favourable prices in third countries of destination for third country imports;
(c) producer prices recorded in exporting third countries, account being taken, where appropriate, of subsidies granted by those countries; and
(d) free-at-Community-frontier offer prices.
(4) Article 31(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund on the products listed in Article 1 of the abovementioned Regulation according to destination.
(5) Article 31(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the list of products on which export refunds are granted and the amount of such refunds should be fixed at least once every four weeks; the amount of the refund may, however, remain at the same level for more than four weeks.
(6) In accordance with Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 on specific detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds on milk and milk products(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2594/2001(4); the refund granted for milk products containing added sugar is equal to the sum of the two components; one is intended to take account of the quantity of milk products and is calculated by multiplying the basic amount by the milk products content in the product concerned; the other is intended to take account of the quantity of added sucrose and is calculated by multiplying the sucrose content of the entire product by the basic amount of the refund valid on the day of exportation for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(5), however, this second component is applied only if the added sucrose has been produced using sugar beet or cane harvested in the Community.
(7) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 896/84(6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88(7), laid down additional provisions concerning the granting of refunds on the change from one milk year to another; those provisions provide for the possibility of varying refunds according to the date of manufacture of the products.
(8) For the calculation of the refund for processed cheese provision must be made where casein or caseinates are added for that quantity not to be taken into account.
(9) It follows from applying the rules set out above to the present situation on the market in milk and in particular to quotations or prices for milk products within the Community and on the world market that the refund should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The export refunds referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on products exported in the natural state shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 January 2002.
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32001R2050 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2050/2001 of 19 October 2001 prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2050/2001
of 19 October 2001
prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 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(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2001(4), lays down quotas for haddock for 2001.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions IIa and IV (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock from 29 September 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions IIa and IV (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 2001.
Fishing for haddock in the waters of ICES divisions IIa and IV (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden 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 Communities.
It shall apply from 29 September 2001.
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32014R0460 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 460/2014 of 5 May 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 823/2012 as regards the expiry date of the approval of the active substance cyfluthrin Text with EEA relevance
| 6.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 133/51
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 460/2014
of 5 May 2014
amending Regulation (EU) No 823/2012 as regards the expiry date of the approval of the active substance cyfluthrin
(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 second paragraph of Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the active substance cyfluthrin, Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2012 (2) postponed the expiry of the approval period, as set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (3) to 31 October 2016 in order to enable applicants to give the three years' notice required under Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
(2) No application for renewal of the approval of the active substance cyfluthrin was submitted which respect the three years' notice period.
(3) Since no such application was submitted it is appropriate to set the expiry date at the earliest date possible after the original date of expiry as set before the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 823/2012.
(4) Regulation (EU) No 823/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 823/2012
of Regulation (EU) No 823/2012 is amended as follows:
(1) Point (2) is replaced by the following:
‘(2) 31 October 2016, as regards the active substances: deltamethrin (entry 40), 2,4-DB (entry 47), beta-cyfluthrin (entry 48), iprodione (entry 50), maleic hydrazide (entry 52), flurtamone (entry 64), flufenacet (entry 65), iodosulfuron (entry 66), dimethenamid-P (entry 67), picoxystrobin (entry 68), fosthiazate (entry 69), silthiofam (entry 70) and Coniothyrium minitans Strain CON/M/91-08 (DSM 9660) (entry 71);’.
(2) The following point (5) is added:
‘(5) 30 April 2014, as regards the active substance: cyfluthrin (entry 49).’
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32014D0171 | 2014/171/EU: Council Decision of 24 March 2014 appointing a Danish member of the European Economic and Social Committee
| 27.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 91/48
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 March 2014
appointing a Danish member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2014/171/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Danish Government,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).
(2) A member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Rikke EDSJÖ,
Mr Niels LINDBERG MADSEN is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2015.
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31998R1075 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1075/98 of 26 May 1998 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1075/98 of 26 May 1998 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 75/98 (4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 May 1998.
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32004D0070 | 2004/70/EC: Commission Decision of 6 January 2004 amending for the 16th time Decision 2000/284/EC establishing the list of approved semen collection centres for imports of equine semen from third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 5313)
| Commission Decision
of 6 January 2004
amending for the 16th time Decision 2000/284/EC establishing the list of approved semen collection centres for imports of equine semen from third countries
(notified under document number C(2003) 5313)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/70/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992, laying down animal health requirements governing trade 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(1), and in particular Article 17(3)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The competent authorities of Australia officially informed the Commission that the approval has been withdrawn from two equine semen collection centres previously notified to the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC.
(2) The competent authorities of the Slovak Republic officially informed the Commission of the approval in accordance with the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC of one equine semen collection centre.
(3) The competent authorities of the United States of America officially informed the Commission of the approval in accordance with the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC of nine additional equine semen collection centres and of amendments to certain approval details of another four equine semen collection centres.
(4) It is necessary to include Serbia and Montenegro into the list in the order of the ISO country code.
(5) It is necessary to take into account that the Acceding States are scheduled to join the Community as of 1 May 2004.
(6) It is therefore appropriate to amend the list of approved centres in the light of new information received from the third countries concerned, and to highlight the amendments in the Annex for clarity.
(7) Commission Decision 2000/284/EC(2) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 2000/284/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
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31996D0269 | 96/269/ECSC: Commission Decision of 29 November 1995 on aid to be granted by Austria to Voest-Alpine Erzberg Gesellschaft mbH (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 29 November 1995 on aid to be granted by Austria to Voest-Alpine Erzberg Gesellschaft mbH (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (96/269/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular the first and second paragraphs of Article 95 thereof,
After consulting the Consultative Committee and with the unanimous assent of the Council,
Whereas:
I
The Voest-Alpine Erzberg Gesellschaft mbH (hereinafter referred to as VAEG) is held by ÖIA Bergbauholding Aktiengesellschaft, which belongs to the wholly State-owned Österreichische Industrieholding Aktiengesellschaft. VAEG is involved in the mining of ore of low iron density (32 % Fe). The open pit mine consists of 23 layers approximately 24 metres in height and 860 metres in length. Underground mining accounts for only a small portion of the total production.
The history of mining activities in the area dates back to the third century. The region has experienced a sharp decline in mining activities and is now being opened up to tourism. The iron ore mine is to be closed. Safety and environmental measures are to be taken to facilitate the setting-up of tourist facilities.
In January 1995 Austria notified the Commission that it intended to grant aid to VAEG. It provided further information in a number of communications between March and September 1995.
II
VAEG on the one hand and Voest-Alpine Stahl Linz GmbH and Voest-Alpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH on the other hand signed a contract on 30 April 1993 concerning the annual supply of 1 to 1,3 million tonnes of iron ore containing 32 % Fe per tonne in the period 1994 to 1998. The price is negotiated annually. The buyers also obtain iron ore from South Africa and the Ukraine and the price they have to pay for this iron ore is taken as the guideline for determining the price of the Austrian iron ore. The price negotiated with VAEG is equal to, or higher than the price paid for imported ore. Both steel companies are going to be privatized in the near future. For 1995 the price per tonne of ore was set at ÖS 139, giving VAEG revenues of ÖS 180,7 million for 1,3 million tonnes of ore. The costs of producing this quantity are, however, ÖS 174 per tonne, i.e. ÖS 226,2 million in total.
The difference between revenues and costs is to be covered by State aid. It is expected that revenues will in the longer term remain below costs, and Austria has therefore proposed a digressive maximum amount of production aid to make up this difference. Actual payments of this type of aid may, however, be lower if the gap between costs and revenues so allows.
VAEG is pursuing its mine-closure operations, which started in the 1980s. The following table gives an overview of the cuts in output and in the workforce up to 1994.
>TABLE>
VAEG plans to produce the following quantities (in tonnes) in the years 1995 to 2002:
>TABLE>
Iron ore production will be terminated by 31 December 2002. There will then be a gradual closure process which will be completed in 2003, instead of an immediate closure and liquidation which would lead to severe environmental and social problems. The workforce will gradually shift from production to (the preparation of) closure activities so as to allow an environmentally friendly shutdown to be carried out.
In order to facilitate this process of gradual closure, the difference between revenues and costs is to be covered by the Austrian State. The maximum amounts of aid per year for this purpose are:
>TABLE>
During this period, VAEG has to embark upon closure and safety activities that will allow a safe and environmentally friendly withdrawal from ore mining such as securing of endangered layers, securing of the edges of layers, etc. The total cost of these measures amounts to ÖS 454,5 million, of which a total of ÖS 136 million (30 % of the total cost) is to be made available by the Austrian State.
Austria is proposing to grant the following subsidies for these purposes:
>TABLE>
A breakdown of the closure costs is given in the following table:
>TABLE>
The planned production levels and the necessary closure activities require the following workforce:
>TABLE>
III
The European Union is only a minor producer of iron ore, and the mining of this product within the EU is expected to continue to decline gradually in competition with larger, higher quality and cheaper-to-mine deposits overseas. The Community is a net importer of iron ore. In 1994 it imported approximately 134 tonnes. There are no significant exports from the Community to third countries. Imports come mostly from South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Canada.
In the Community there is only one major producer, which is LKAB of Sweden. It produces iron ore of high quality (60 % Fe). It has 3 000 employees and produces 20 million tonnes per year.
In France the company Mines de Fer de l'Arbed produces iron ore of low iron content for Usinor Sacilor and Arbed. Its production in 1994 was 2,4 million tonnes (1990: 8,7 million tonnes, 1991: 7,5 million tonnes, 1992: 5,7 millions tonnes, 1993: 3,5 million tonnes). Its workforce is around 240.
The Spanish company Compañia Andaluza de Minas produced the following amounts over the past few years: 1990: 3,03 million tonnes, 1991: 3,9 million tonnes, 1992: 2,7 million tonnes, 1993: 2,1 million tonnes, 1994: 2,2 million tonnes.
Intra-Community trade, with the exception of Sweden, is not very significant. In 1993 Spain exported 1,37 million tonnes to Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. In the same year it imported 6,66 million tonnes from third countries. France exported 2,76 million tonnes to Luxembourg and consumed 1,44 million tonnes of its own production. Imports from third countries amounted to 16,6 million tonnes. In 1993 Sweden exported 13,6 million tonnes to the Community, notably to the UK, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Austria does not import from other Member States, but from South Africa and the Ukraine; it does not export iron ore.
IV
According to Article 4 (c) of the Treaty, subsidies or aid granted by Member States to ECSC undertaings are incompatible with the common market for coal and steel. Iron ore (except pyrites) is listed in Annex I to the Treaty as one of the raw materials for iron and steel production, and therefore the Treaty applies in this case. Article 95 of the Treaty states that in all cases not provided for in the Treaty where it becomes apparent that a decision of the High Authority is necessary to attain, within the common market in coal and steel and in accordance with Article 5, one of the objectives of the Community set out in Articles 2, 3 and 4, the decision may be taken with the unanimous assent of the Council and after the Consultative Committee has been consulted.
Austria proposes to grant production aid and closure aid to its iron ore mining industry with the aim of phasing out the activities of this industry under conditions that are both environmentally and socially acceptable. The Commission considers these aims to fall within the scope of Article 3 (d) and (e) of the Treaty.
The Steel Aid Code (Commission Decision No 3855/91/ECSC (1)) is applicable to the iron ore industry, but the provisions of that Decision do not allow the authorization of the aid for the purposes pursued in the present case.
The Austrian authorities do not expect VAEG to be able to return to viability in the sense of a company that can stand up to competition without State support, owing to the level of production costs and the geological situation. The closure of VAEG's iron ore mining activities is therefore the only viable solution. Austria intends to pursue its policy of gradual closure started in the 1980s until 2002, culminating in final closure in 2003.
A comparison of (expected) revenues and costs shows that costs are higher than income. If this gap were not covered by State aid, a gradual closure would have to be replaced by an immediate full closure, which would create regional and environmental problems. The workforce needed to carry out the closure activities would not be available and the site would have to be abandoned in its present condition. On the social side it is to be noted that the workforce has already been reduced considerably from 1 627 in 1982 to 286 at present.
The town where the company is established recorded a 22,9 % decline in population from 1981 to 1991 (compared with 3,2 % growth in the population of Austria as a whole). It is expected that population numbers in the district will continue to decrease by 4,5 % in 1991 to 2001 and by 11,7 % in 2001 to 2011. The unemployment rate for the region was 11,5 % in 1993. In February 1995 the Commission designated the territory as an Objective 2 region. The region qualifies for aid under Article 92 (3) (c) of the EC Treaty.
In order to smooth the path of a gradual closure, Austria is proposing the following production levels and amounts of State aid:
>TABLE>
Austria has stipulated that no further production is to take place in 2003 and that no more production aid will be made available after 2002. The production figures and the operating aid show a digressive tendency over the years ahead. The workforce active in production will also be cut from 280 in 1995 to 181 in 2002.
The closure aid is intended for safety and environmental measures and, partly, for providing social support for workers made redundant. In order to comply with Austrian mining legislation, the company has to carry out these safety and environmental measures. However, it is not possible for the company to pay all the expenses itself and State support is therefore necessary during the phase-out period. The impact of such aid on the common market is negligible.
The social measures are payments to workers made redundant. Because of long-term employment their unemployment benefit is to be supplemented in pursuance of a social plan. Part of these costs (ÖS 35,4 million out of ÖS 140,3 million) is to be paid by the Austrian State, the rest by the company.
On the one hand the region is clearly suffering from industrial decline, while the production of iron ore and the production aid are decreasing over time. On the other hand the mining of iron ore in the Community is not very significant in terms of size, with the exception of Sweden. There are no imports or exports between Austria and other Member States.
On balance, competition and intra-Community trade and hence the common market are not likely to be affected by the proposed State aid, and the negative effects of a closure will be spread over time.
It should be noted that the Community is currently operating a system for the coal sector that is more or less equivalent to the one proposed by Austria for iron ore mining, namely Commission Decision No 3632/93/ECSC of 28 December 1993 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry (2). The problems of the iron ore sector in the Community are comparable to those of the coal sector: Community production remains uncompetitive with imports from outside the Community, while unfavourable geological conditions limit the scope for rationalization.
Under the Decision cited above, operating aid to cover the difference between production costs and the selling price freely agreed between the Contracting Parties in the light of the conditions prevailing on the world market may be considered compatible with the common market, provided that certain conditions are met. The system allows transitional operating aid in the context of proposed closures.
The linkage of maximum aid to actual level of yearly losses and to world market prices for iron ore imported from third countries ensures that the aid will not exceed what is absolutely necessary.
V
In previous Article 95 decisions concerning the steel sector, the Commission has allowed State aid only if competition in the common market was not unduly affected. In practice this means that companies that receive State aid in order to return to viability must in return undertake to cut their production capacity so as to reduce the anti-competitive effect of the State aid received.
In the case of VAEG, no production will take place after 31 December 2002. In the years 1995 to 2002 production will be gradually reduced and so will the production aid that will cover the difference between revenues and costs.
This constitutes the essential element of the Austrian plan. The aid will therefore not lead to an unlimited continuation of operations or to an increase in production capacity and will moreover be digressive.
The State aid in the present case has to be seen in the context of the common market, where there is virtually no competition between Community producers. VAEG does not export iron ore, nor does Austria import it from other EU Member States.
Furthermore, it is clear that the process proposed by Austria will ease the social and regional problems of the territory concerned,
The following maximum amounts of aid which Austria plans to grant to Voest-Alpine Erzberg GmbH (VAEG) are compatible with the orderly functioning of the common market, subject to the condition that the production figures given below are not exceeded:
>TABLE>
The operating aid granted annually by Austria shall not exceed the upper limits specified in Article 1. It shall under no circumstances exceed the difference between income from the sale of iron ore and production costs. The price agreed with the customers of VAEG shall be in line with the average market price and shall not be lower than the price such customers pay for iron ore imported from third countries.
1. Austria shall cooperate fully in the implementation of the following arrangements for monitoring this Decision.
2. Austria shall supply the Commission twice a year, and not later than 15 March and 15 September respectively, with monitoring reports. The first report shall be presented to the Commission by 15 March 1996 and the last report by 15 March 2003.
3. The reports shall contain full information on the recipient company, the aid amounts paid to it for the different purposes as approved by the Commission, its closure activities, its production, the redundancies made and the switching of staff from production to closure activities.
The reports shall also contain all the information which the Commission requires for monitoring the closure of the iron ore mine and shall show sufficient financial data to allow the Commission to assess whether the aid is being used in accordance with the plan notified and whether the conditions specified in Articles 1 and 2 are being complied with.
4. Austria shall require the recipient company to disclose all relevant data, including those which are otherwise considered confidential.
The Commission shall, on the basis of the reports referred to in Article 3, draw up half-yearly reports which will be submitted to the Council not later than 1 May and 1 November of each year.
The Commission may have any necessary checks made on the recipient company in accordance with Article 47 of the ECSC Treaty in order to verify the accuracy of the information given in the monitoring reports and in particular compliance with the conditions laid down in this Decision.
Should Austria fail to fulfil its obligations under this Decision, Article 88 of the ECSC Treaty shall apply, without prejudice to any penalties the Commission may impose by virtue of the ECSC Treaty.
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32015R0352 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/352 of 2 March 2015 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 5.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 61/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/352
of 2 March 2015
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information issued in respect of the goods concerned by this Regulation which does not conform to this Regulation may, for a certain period, continue to be invoked by the holder in accordance with Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (2). That period should be set at three months.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31992D0057 | 92/57/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 January 1992 adopting the 1992 plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1992 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organizations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community
| COMMISSION DECISION of 27 January 1992 adopting the 1992 plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1992 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organizations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (92/57/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 of 10 December 1987 laying down the general rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organizations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87 of 14 December 1987 laying down the detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organizations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 583/91 (3), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (5), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,
Whereas in order to implement the scheme for the supply of such food to the most deprived section of the population, to be financed from resources available in the 1992 budget year, the Commission must adopt a plan; whereas this plan should indicate in particular the quantity of products by type that may be withdrawn from intervention stock for distribution in each Member State and the financial resources made available to implement the plan in each Member State; whereas this plan should also indicate the level of appropriations to be reserved to cover costs of intra-Community transport of intervention products as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87;
Whereas for the 1992 scheme all Member States, except Germany, have provided the information required in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87;
Whereas in order to facilitate the implementation of this scheme it is necessary to specify the rates of exchange to be employed in converting the ecu into national currencies and to do so at rates which reflect economic reality;
Whereas the Commission has already taken several decisions allocating resources to be charged to the 1992 budget to a number of Member States;
Whereas the appropriations available to implement the plan in 1992 are now known; whereas it is necessary in order to help optimize the utilization of budget appropriations to take account of the degree to which the various Member States used the resources allocated to them in 1989, 1990 and 1991 but to do so in a manner which does not prejudge any possible further allocations relating to 1992;
Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87 the Commission has sought the advice of major organizations familiar with the problems of the most deprived persons in the Community when drawing up this plan;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinions of the relevant management committees,
The plan referred to in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87 for 1992 is adopted as set out in the following Articles:
1. Subject to a limit of ECU 2 422 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Belgium:
- 1 800 tonnes of common wheat,
- 900 tonnes of milk powder,
- 600 tonnes of beef.
2. The quantities and the resources already allocated for 1992 to Belgium by Commission Decision 91/528/EEC (6) are included in this Article.
1. Subject to a limit of ECU 2 000 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Denmark:
- 30 tonnes of butter,
- 250 tonnes of beef.
2. The quantities and the resources already allocated for 1992 to Denmark by Commission Decision 91/529/EEC (7) are included in this Article.
Subject to a limit of ECU 12 000 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Greece:
- 4 000 tonnes of beef.
1. Subject to a limit of ECU 35 400 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Spain:
- 4 500 tonnes of rice,
- 25 500 tonnes of durum wheat,
- 5 000 tonnes of butter,
- 6 000 tonnes of beef,
- 2 000 tonnes of olive oil.
2. The quantities and the resources already allocated for 1992 to Spain by Commission Decision 91/530/EEC (8) are included in this Article.
1. Subject to a limit of ECU 28 560 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in France:
- 6 000 tonnes of common wheat,
- 7 000 tonnes of durum wheat,
- 4 000 tonnes of butter,
- 5 000 tonnes of beef,
- 2 000 tonnes of rice,
- 2 000 tonnes of milk powder.
2. The quantities and the resources already allocated for 1992 to France by Commission Decision 91/527/EEC (9) are included in this Article.
Subject to a limit of ECU 4 600 000 the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Ireland:
- 25 tonnes of butter,
- 1 450 tonnes of beef.
1. Subject to a limit of ECU 24 500 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Italy:
- 3 000 tonnes of common wheat,
- 8 000 tonnes of durum wheat,
- 2 000 tonnes of rice,
- 1 000 tonnes of butter,
- 7 000 tonnes of beef,
- 1 000 tonnes of olive oil.
2. The quantities and the resources already allocated for 1992 to Italy by Commission Decision 91/557/EEC (10) are included in this Article.
Subject to a limit of ECU 78 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Luxembourg:
- 30 tonnes of common wheat,
- 25 tonnes of milk powder,
- 15 tonnes of beef.
0
1. Subject to a limit of ECU 3 000 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in the Netherlands:
- 150 tonnes of butter,
- 538 tonnes of beef.
2. The quantities and the resources already allocated for 1992 to the Netherlands by Commission Decision 91/563/EEC (11) are included in this Article.
1
Subject to a limit of ECU 10 440 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Portugal:
- 1 500 tonnes of common wheat,
- 1 700 tonnes of durum wheat,
- 1 000 tonnes of rice,
- 1 200 tonnes of butter,
- 2 500 tonnes of beef,
- 700 tonnes of olive oil,
- 600 tonnes of milk powder.
2
Subject to a limit of ECU 25 000 000, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in the United Kingdom:
- 3 705 tonnes of butter,
- 2 965 tonnes of beef.
3
ECU 2 million are reserved to cover the costs of intra-Community transport referred to in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87.
4
1. The withdrawals referred to in Article 2 to 12 may be made from 1 October 1991 until 31 August 1992.
2. All amounts in ecus shall be converted into national currencies at the rates applicable on 2 January 1992 and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series on 4 January 1992.
5
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31989R1646 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1646/89 of 12 June 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 610/87 on the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1646/89
of 12 June 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 610/87 on the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 571/89 (2), and in particular Articles 12 (7) and 25 thereof,
Whereas the data available on the trend in cattle numbers indicate that the coefficients used in calculating the price of adult bovine animals on the representative Community markets should be adjusted;
Whereas, having regard to the trend in deliveries to certain markets in the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, the list of representative markets should be amended;
Whereas the development of the marketing system for beef and veal in the Netherlands has induced that Member State to amend the former national method for classifying adult bovine animals; whereas this should accordingly be based on the same scale;
Whereas under those circumstances Annexes I, II and III to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1547/88 (4), should be adopted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 is replaced by the Annex hereto.
In Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77:
1. Point C (1) is replaced by the following:
'C. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
1. Representative markets
1.2 // Markets // Qualities // Frankfurt am Main // All qualities // Freiburg im Breisgau // All qualities // Hamburg // All qualities // Munich // All qualities // Regensburg // All qualities // Augsburg // All qualities excepting "Ochsen A" and "Ochsen B" // Kassel // All qualities excepting "Ochsen A" and "Ochsen B" // Nuremberg // All qualities excepting "Ochsen A" and "Ochsen B" // Stuttgart // All qualities excepting "Ochsen 139, 4. 6. 1988, p. 22.
2. Point F (1) is hereby replaced by the following:
'F. IRELAND
1. Representative markets
1.2 // Markets // Qualities // Bandon // All qualities // Kilkenny // All qualities // Maynooth // All qualities // Roscommon // All qualities.'
3. Point I (2) is replaced by the following:
'I. NETHERLANDS
2. Categories, qualities and coefficients
1.2.3 // Categories and qualities // Live-weight conversion coefficients // Weighting coefficients // Stieren S // 66 // 1 // Stieren E // 61 // 5 // Stieren 1 // 57 // 18 // Stieren 2 // 54 // 6 // Stieren 3 // 50 // 2 // vrouwelijk vee S // 65 // 0 // vrouwelijk vee E // 60 // 1 // vrouwelijk vee 1 // 53 // 9 // vrouwelijk vee 2 // 49 // 46 // vrouwelijk vee 3 // 45 // 9 // vrouwelijk vee worst // 45 // 3.'
4. Point J (1) (a) is replaced by the following:
'J. UNITED KINGDOM
1. Representative markets
1.2 // Markets // Qualities
(a) Great Britain
1.2 // Aberdeen // Steers light, medium, heavy; Heifers light, medium/heavy; Cows I, II, III // Ashford // Heifers light, medium/heavy // Ayr // Heifers medium/heavy; Cows I, II, III // Banbury // Steers light, medium, heavy; Heifers light, medium/heavy; Cows I, II, III // Boroughbridge // Steers light, medium // Bridgnorth // Steers medium; Heifers light, medium/heavy // Bury St Edmunds // Steers light, medium // Carlisle // Steers light, medium, heavy; Heifers light, medium/heavy // Chelmsford // Cows I, II, III // Darlington // Heifers light, medium/heavy // Driffield // Steers light, medium // Edinburgh // Steers light, heavy; Heifers light // Exeter // Steers medium, heavy; Heifers light, medium/heavy // Gainsborough // Steers light, medium; Heifers light // Gisburn // Cows I, II, III // Gloucester // Steers light, medium, heavy; Heifers light, medium/heavy // Guildford // Cows I, II, III
(1) Only from July to December.'
Point C (1) of Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 is replaced by the following:
'C. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
1. Representative markets
1.2 // Markets // qualities // Frankfurt am Main // All qualities // Freiburg im Breisgau // All qualities // Hamburg // All qualities // Munich // All qualities // Regensburg // All qualities // Augsburg // All qualities // Kassel // All qualities // Nuremberg // All qualities // Stuttgart // All qualities.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall first apply for the purposes of calculting the levies in force from 3 July 1989.
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31985R1894 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1894/85 of 9 July 1985 fixing for the 1985/86 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the amount of production aid for dried figs
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1894/85
of 9 July 1985
fixing for the 1985/86 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the amount of production aid for dried figs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 746/85 (2), and in particular Articles 3b and 3c thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1277/84 of 8 May 1984 laying down general rules for the system of production aid for processed fruit and vegetables (3) contains provisions as to the methods for determining the production aid;
Whereas, under Article 3b (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77, the minimum price to be paid to producers is to be determined on the basis of:
(a) the minimum price applying during the previous marketing year;
(b) the movement of basic prices in the fruit and vegetable sector;
(c) the need to ensure the normal marketing of fresh products for the various uses;
Whereas Article 3c of the said Regulation lays down the criteria for fixing the amount of production aid; whereas account must be taken of the difference between the minimum price for the raw material and the third-country price adjusted on a flat-rate basis at the raw material stage;
Whereas Article 3b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 provides that the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs shall be increased each month during a certain period of the marketing year by an amount corresponding to storage costs; whereas, in fixing this amount, the technical storage costs and interest cost should be taken into consideration;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
For the 1985/86 marketing year:
(a) the minimum price referred to in Article 3b of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs of category C, and
(b) the production aid referred to in Article 3c of the same Regulation for dried figs of category C,
shall be as set out in the Annex.
The amount by which the minimum price for unprocessed dried figs is to be increased on the first of each month from 1 September until 1 June is fixed at 0,847 ECU per 100 kilograms net of category C.
For other categories the amount shall be multiplied by the coefficient applicable to the minimum price listed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 (4).
Where processing takes place outside the Member State in which the produce was grown, such Member State shall furnish proof to the Member State paying the production aid that the minimum price payable to the producer has been paid.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32007R0534 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 534/2007 of 15 May 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 16.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 128/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 534/2007
of 15 May 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May 2007.
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31991D0002 | 91/2/ECSC: Commission Decision of 20 June 1990 approving aid from Portugal to the coal industry during 1989 (only the Portuguese text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 June 1990 approving aid from Portugal to the coal industry during 1989 (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (91/2/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 2064/86/ECSC of 30 June 1986 establishing Community rules for State aid to the Coal industry (1),
Whereas:
I
By letters of 15 September and 30 November 1989 the Portuguese Government informed the Commission, in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of the financial measures it intends to take to support the coal industry in 1989.
By letter of 5 March 1990 the Portuguese Government submitted further information following the Commission's request of 6 December 1989. Aid to cover operating losses of the 'Carbonifera do Douro' undertaking totalling Esc 796 400 000 for production of about 0,22 million tonnes is submitted for the approval of the Commission under the abovementioned Decision.
II
The increase in aid compared with 1988 must be viewed in the light of the objectives of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, in particular those of Article 2 (1) thereof.
For several years, the 'Carbonifera do Douro' undertaking has been implementing a modernization and rationalization plan which has led to some improvement in productivity. However, this has not been fully reflected in the production costs owing to the increase in the cost of certain production factors, such as salaries.
The aid will cover the difference between projected average costs and projected average revenue for each tonne produced. The aid will not exceed expected operating losses and hence complies with the conditions of Article 3 (1) of the Decision.
The purpose of the aid is to prevent premature closure of the pit and forms part of a regional industrial diversification policy designed to create new employment outside the coal industry. It hence contributes to solving the social and regional problems related to developments in the coal industry, in accordance with the third indent of Article 2 (1).
III
In view of the temporary nature of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC which expires on 31 December 1993, and the need to ensure the economic viability of the Community's coal industry in the long term, Community aid must be scheduled on a declining scale.
To enable the Commission to check whether the conditions of application of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC are fulfilled, Portugal should be requested to submit, by 31 December 1990, information relating to the business strategy of the undertaking 'Carbonifera do Doura'.
In view of the above and of the information supplied by the Portuguese authorities, the aid to be granted to the current production of the Portuguese coal industry in 1989 is compatible with the objectives of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC and with the proper functioning of the common market.
IV
Pursuant to Article 11 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, the Commission must ensure that the direct aid to current production which it authorizes is used exclusively for the purposes set out in Articles 3 to 6 thereof. It must therefore be informed of the amounts of the payments and the manner in which they are apportioned,
Article 1
Portugal is hereby authorized to grant aid totalling Esc 796 400 000 to the coal industry to cover operating losses for the 1989 calendar year. Article 2
Portugal shall provide the Commission by 31 December 1990 with the requested information on the business strategy of the undertaking 'Carbonifera do Douro'. Article 3
Portugal shall inform the Commission at the latest by 30 September 1990 of the actual amounts of aid paid in 1989. Article 4
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32002D0483 | 2002/483/EC: Commission Decision of 24 June 2002 amending Decision 1999/120/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of animal casings, with respect to Ukraine (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2226)
| Commission Decision
of 24 June 2002
amending Decision 1999/120/EC drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of animal casings, with respect to Ukraine
(notified under document number C(2002) 2226)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/483/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 Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs(1), as last amended by Decision 2001/4/EC(2), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Provisional lists of establishments in third countries producing animal casings have been drawn up by Commission Decision 1999/120/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2000/80/EC(4).
(2) Ukraine has provided the name of an establishment producing animal casings for which the competent authorities certify that the establishment is in accordance with the Community rules.
(3) A provisional listing of this establishment can thus be drawn up for Ukraine. Decision 1999/120/EC 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 1999/120/EC, the following row is added for Ukraine:
País: Ucrania/Land: Ukraine/Land: Ukraine/Χώρα: Ουκρανία/Country: Ukraine/Pays: Ukraine/Paese: Ucraina/Land: Oekraïne/País: Ucrânia/Maa: Ukraina/Land: Ukraina
>TABLE>
This Decision shall apply as from the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R0192 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2002 of 31 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for issuing import licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumulation of origin
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2002
of 31 January 2002
laying down detailed rules for issuing import licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumulation of origin
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community(1), and in particular Article 6(4) of Annex III thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Decision 2001/822/EC, ACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumulation of origin is allowed for the quantities laid down in that Decision for the products falling within CN Chapter 17 and CN codes 1806 10 30 and 1806 10 90.
(2) A system of licences should be introduced for the products in question and the rules for issuing them laid down so as to permit the requisite controls on imports of the quantities provided for in the abovementioned Decision.
(3) Save where this Regulation provides otherwise, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001(3), should apply.
(4) With a view to ensuring orderly management, preventing speculation and providing for effective controls, detailed rules should be laid down for submitting licence applications and the documents that the interested parties must produce.
(5) The specific features of the licence application form for importing the products in question should be laid down. In order to ensure that such imports are administered strictly, it should be laid down in particular that rights deriving from licences are not transferable and that the release for free circulation of quantities of products exceeding those covered by licences issued is prohibited.
(6) A timetable should be laid down for the submission of applications, the issue of licences by the competent authorities of the Member States and for the fixing of a single reducing coefficient where the maximum annual quantity is exceeded. Provision should be made for operators to be able, in such cases, to withdraw their licence applications and for their securities to be released immediately. Lastly, special time limits should be set for the submission of licence applications and the issuing of the licences at the beginning of 2002.
(7) Since the import arrangements established by Council Decision 97/803/EC of 24 November 1997 amending, at mid-term, Decision 91/482/EEC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community(4) have been replaced by the arrangements established by Decision 2001/822/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 of 17 December 1997 on rules for issuing import licences for certain products covered by CN codes 1701, 1702, 1703 and 1704 and qualifying as ACP/OCT originating products(5) should be repealed,
1. Importation of products falling within CN Chapter 17 and CN codes 1806 10 30 and 1806 10 90 with ACP/OCT or EC/OCT cumulation of origin shall be subject to production of an import licence issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, save where this Regulation provides otherwise.
2. Import licences issued under this Regulation shall bear the serial number 09.4652.
For the purposes of this Regulation the concept of "originating products" and the relevant administrative methods shall be those set out in Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC.
1. Import licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States.
2. Import licence applications shall relate to a quantity of not less than 25 tonnes and not more than the maximum quantity authorised by Article 6(4) of Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC.
3. Import licence applications shall be accompanied by the following documents:
(a) the export licence issued by the OCT authorities in accordance with the model form set out in the Annex, issued by the bodies responsible for issuing EUR 1 certificates;
(b) proof that the applicant is a natural or legal person who has been engaged in trade in sugar for at least six months;
(c) a written declaration by the applicant to the effect that he has not submitted more than one application during the application submission period. Where an applicant submits more than one import licence application, all applications from the same person shall be inadmissible;
(d) proof that the party concerned has lodged a security of EUR 12 per 100 kilograms.
Import licence applications and import licences shall show:
(a) in section 7, the OCT of provenance, the word "yes" being marked with a cross;
(b) in section 8, the OCT of origin, the word "yes" being marked with a cross. Import licences shall be valid only for products originating in the OCT shown in that section;
(c) in section 20 of the licence, one of the following:
- Exención de derechos de importación (Decisión 2001/822/CE, artículo 35) número de orden ...
- Fritages for importafgifter (artikel 35 i afgørelse 2001/822/EF), løbenummer ...
- Frei von Einfuhrabgaben (Beschluss 2001/822/EG, Artikel 35), Ordnungsnummer ...
- Δασμολογική απαλλαγή (απόφαση 2001/822/ΕΚ, άρθρο 35), αύξων αριθμός ...
- Free from import duty (Decision 2001/822/EC, Article 35), serial number ...
- Exemption du droit d'importation (Décision 2001/822/CE, article 35), numéro d'ordre ...
- Esenzione dal dazio all'importazione (Decisione 2001/822/CE, articolo 35), numero d'ordine ...
- Vrij van invoerrechten (Besluit 2001/822/EG, artikel 35), volgnummer ...
- Isenção de direitos de importação (Decisão 2001/822/CE, artigo 35.o), número de ordem ...
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1. Notwithstanding Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the quantity released into free circulation may not exceed that indicated in sections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure "0" shall be entered to that effect in section 19 of the licence.
2. Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, rights deriving from import licences shall not be transferable.
1. Licence applications shall be submitted to the competent authorities of the Member States in the first five working days of January, April, July and October of each year.
However, for the year 2002, instead of the first five working days of January applications shall be submitted in the first ten working days of February.
The licences shall be issued within 13 working days of the closing date for submitting licence applications.
2. Within two working days of the closing date for submitting licence applications, the Member States shall notify the Commission of:
(a) the quantities of products, broken down by eight-digit CN code and by OCT of origin, covered by import licence applications lodged and the relevant dates;
(b) the quantities of products, broken down by eight-digit CN code and by OCT of origin, covered by unused or partly used import licences, corresponding to the difference between the quantities attributed on the back of licences and those for which the latter were issued.
If no import licence applications have been lodged in a Member State during the periods referred to in paragraph 1, that Member State shall so inform the Commission on the day referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
3. Where licence applications exhaust or exceed the annual maximum quantity referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 6(4) of Annex III to Decision 2001/822/EC, within ten working days of the closing date for submitting licence applications the Commission shall suspend the submission of further applications for the current year and fix, where appropriate, the single reducing coefficient to be applied to each of the applications submitted.
The single reducing coefficient shall be in proportion to the difference between the maximum quantity still available and the quantity covered by the licence applications in question.
If a single reducing coefficient is applied, licence applications may be withdrawn within twelve working days of the closing date for submitting licence applications. The security shall be released immediately.
4. Where the quantity for which the import licence is issued is less than that applied for, the amount of the security referred to in Article 3(3)(d) shall be reduced proportionately.
Import licences shall be valid from their actual date of issue until 31 December of the year of issue.
Regulation (EC) No 2553/97 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 February 2002.
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32012D0428 | 2012/428/EU: Council Decision of 23 July 2012 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas
| 26.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 July 2012
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas
(2012/428/EU)
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), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (1) entered into force on 1 January 2008.
(2) On 11 April 2011, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Ukraine on amendments to that Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas. The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (‘the Agreement’) in February 2012.
(3) The Agreement should be signed subject to its conclusion.
(4) This Decision 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 of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(2); the United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(5) This Decision 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 of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(3); Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(6) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol (No 22) on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,
The signing of the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas is hereby authorised on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement (4).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
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31991R0513 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 513/91 of 25 February 1991 laying down general rules for imports of olive oil originating in Tunisia
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 513/91 of 25 February 1991 laying down general rules for imports of olive oil originating in Tunisia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 4 of the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia (1), signed on 26 May 1987, provides that for each marketing year during the period between the date of entry into force of the Protocol and 31 December 1990, within the limit of a quantity of 46 000 tonnes per marketing year, a special levy should be charged on untreated olive oil falling within CN code 1509 10 10 or 1509 10 90 wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported direct from that country to the Community;
Whereas the abovementioned provisions were extended until 31 December 1993 pursuant to the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia laying down the arrangements applicable from 1 January 1991 to imports into the Community of untreated olive oil originating in Tunisia (2);
Whereas, in the light of the present situation and outlook as regards supplies of olive oil on the Community market, that quantity can be disposed of without any risk of market disruption, provided that imports are not concentrated within a limited period each year;
Whereas it is advisable to provide that import licences should be issued at a monthly rate to be determined, without this situation being able to jeopardize the offer made by the Community to Tunisia to export the abovementioned quantity of olive oil to the Community;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the quota system is applied correctly, the Commission should be responsible for its administration;
Whereas Spain and Portugal, under Articles 97 and 295 of the Act of Accession, apply, from 1 January 1991, a special levy calculated in accordance with the said provisions to olive oil originating in Tunisia as referred to in the abovementioned Additional Protocol; whereas measures should therefore be provided for to prevent the olive oil in question from being released for consumption in Spain or Portugal without the corresponding levy being collected; whereas those measures should be specified in the detailed rules for the application of this Regulation,
Untreated olive oil falling within CN code 1509 10 10 or 1509 10 90, wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported direct from that country to the Community, and which qualifies for the special levy referred to in Article 4 of the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia or for the levy applicable in Spain and Portugal under Articles 97 and 295 of the Act of Accession, shall be imported at a rate to be determined.
The Commission shall be responsible for the administration of the imports. It shall authorize Member States to issue import licences, on the basis of the timetable laid down, up to a maximum quantity of 46 000 tonnes per marketing year.
The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, in particular those designed to prevent any deflection of trade, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (4).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32009R1239 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1239/2009 of 15 December 2009 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Crudo di Cuneo (PDO))
| 17.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/50
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1239/2009
of 15 December 2009
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Crudo di Cuneo (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) and in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Crudo di Cuneo’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the Register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0025 | Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza and movements of pet birds accompanying their owners into the Community (notified under document number C(2006) 6958) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 13.1.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 8/29
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 December 2006
as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza and movements of pet birds accompanying their owners into the Community
(notified under document number C(2006) 6958)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/25/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 (1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the outbreak of avian influenza in south-eastern Asia in 2004, caused by a highly pathogenic strain of the virus, the Commission adopted several protection measures in relation to that disease. Those measures include in particular Commission Decision 2005/759/EC of 27 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain third countries and the movement from third countries of birds accompanying their owners (2). Decision 2005/759/EC currently applies until 31 December 2006.
(2) Avian influenza outbreaks caused by the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 are still detected on a regular basis in certain member countries of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), including countries not affected before. The disease is therefore not yet contained. Furthermore, human cases and even deaths resulting from close contact with infected birds continue to occur in countries around the globe.
(3) Following a request by the Commission, the EFSA Panel on animal health and welfare (AHAW) adopted during its meeting on 26 and 27 October 2006 a Scientific Opinion on the Animal health and welfare risks associated with the import of wild birds other than poultry into the Community. This opinion points to the risks of the spreading of viral diseases such as avian influenza and Newcastle Disease via the import of birds other than poultry and identifies possible tools and options which can reduce any identified animal health risk related to the import of these birds. Furthermore the opinion points out that it is seldom possible to distinguish with certainty between birds ‘caught in the wild’ and ‘captive bred’ birds, since methods of marking can be applied to the different types of birds without it being possible to distinguish between them.
(4) These conclusions can also be applied to the movement of pet birds from third countries. In order to guarantee a clear distinction between captive birds caught in the wild for commercial importation and pet birds, movement of live pet birds should continue to be subjected to strict conditions, without distinction in country of origin, in order to ensure the status of the pet birds and to prevent the spreading of those viral diseases. It is therefore appropriate to extend the application of the measure established by Decision 2005/759/EC until 31 December 2007.
(5) Since its coming into force Decision 2005/759/EC has been amended several times. For the sake of clarity of Community legislation, Decision 2005/759/EC should be repealed and replaced by this Decision.
(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,
Movement from third countries
1. Member States shall authorise the movement from third countries of live pet birds solely where the consignment consists of not more than five birds and:
(a) the birds come from an OIE member country falling within the competence of a Regional Commission listed in Part A of Annex I, or
(b) the birds come from an OIE member country falling within the competence of a Regional Commission listed in Part B of Annex I on condition that the birds:
(i) have undergone isolation for 30 days prior to export at the place of departure in a third country listed in Council Decision 79/542/EEC (3), or
(ii) undergo quarantine for 30 days after import in the Member State of destination on premises approved in accordance with Article 3(4) of Commission Decision 2000/666/EC (4), or
(iii) have, within the last six months and not later than 60 days prior to dispatch from the third country, been vaccinated, and at least on one occasion revaccinated, against avian influenza using an H5 vaccine approved for the species concerned in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, or
(iv) have been in isolation for at least 10 days prior to export and have undergone a test to detect the H5N1 antigen or genome as laid down in Chapter 2.1.14 of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals carried out on a sample taken not earlier than the third day of isolation.
2. Compliance with the conditions in paragraph 1 shall be certified by an official veterinarian, in the case of the conditions provided for in paragraph 1(b)(ii) based on owner’s declaration, in the third country of dispatch in accordance with the model certificate provided for in Annex II.
3. The veterinary certificate shall be complemented by a declaration of the owner or the representative of the owner in accordance with Annex III.
Veterinary checks
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that pet birds moved into Community territory from a third country are subject to documentary and identity checks by the competent authorities at the traveller’s point of entry into Community territory.
2. Member States shall designate the authorities referred to in paragraph 1 which is responsible for such checks and immediately inform the Commission thereof.
3. Each Member State shall draw up a list of points of entry as referred to in paragraph 1 and forward it to the other Member States and to the Commission.
4. Where such checks reveal that the animals do not meet the requirements laid down in this Decision, the third subparagraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 shall apply.
This Decision shall not apply to the movement onto Community territory of birds accompanying their owners from Andorra, Croatia, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland and the Vatican City State.
Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Decision 2005/759/EC is repealed.
This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2007.
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32006R1944 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1944/2006 of 19 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
| 22.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 367/23
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1944/2006
of 19 December 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 37 and 299(2) 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 European Economic and Social Committee (2),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas:
(1) Article 69(6) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (3) fixes the ceiling of total annual allocations of Community structural spending for any Member State and Article 70(3) and (4) of that Regulation set out the EAFRD contribution rates.
(2) In the Financial Framework 2007-2013 agreed upon by the European Council in December 2005, the ceilings of annual appropriations of Community structural spending, which are to be applicable to each individual Member State, were fixed at a level different from that of the ceiling fixed in Article 69(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
(3) In accordance with the Financial Framework 2007-2013, an amount of EUR 320 million, which may not be subject to the national co-financing requirement as provided for in Article 70(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, was allocated to Portugal.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 should be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 shall be amended as follows:
1. In Article 69 paragraph 6 shall be replaced by the following:
— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per capita (PPS) is below 40 % of the EU-25 average: 3,7893 % of their GDP,
— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per capita (PPS) is equal to or above 40 % and below 50 % of the EU-25 average: 3,7135 % of their GDP,
— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per capita (PPS) is equal to or above 50 % and below 55 % of the EU-25 average: 3,6188 % of their GDP,
— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per capita (PPS) is equal to or above 55 % and below 60 % of the EU-25 average: 3,5240 % of their GDP,
— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per capita (PPS) is equal to or above 60 % and below 65 % of the EU-25 average: 3,4293 % of their GDP,
— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per capita (PPS) is equal to or above 65 % and below 70 % of the EU-25 average: 3,3346 % of their GDP,
— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per capita (PPS) is equal to or above 70 % and below 75 % of the EU-25 average: 3,2398 % of their GDP,
— thereafter, the maximum level of transfer is reduced by 0,09 percentage points of GDP for each increment of 5 percentage points of average 2001-2003 per capita GNI (PPS) as compared to the EU-25 average.
2. The following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 70:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31981D0553 | 81/553/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Dionex auto ion TM system 12 S analyzer' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| Commission Decision
of 6 July 1981
establishing that the apparatus described as "Dionex auto ion TM system 12S analyzer" may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(81/553/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 21 January 1981, the United Kingdom 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 "Dionex auto ion TM system 12S analyzer", to be used for research into the chemical structure of temperate ice cores and into the environmental chemistry, 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 28 April 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an analyzer; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision and the sensitivity of the ionic analysis, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as "Dionex auto ion TM system 12S analyzer", which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 21 January 1981, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32002R0468 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 468/2002 of 15 March 2002 fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 93rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 468/2002
of 15 March 2002
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 93rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 93rd individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994R2472 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2472/94 of 10 October 1994 suspending certain elements of the embargo on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2472/94 of 10 October 1994 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 Council Decision 94/673/CFSP of 10 October 1994 concerning the common position defined on the basis of Article J.2 of the Treaty on European Union and regarding 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 943 (1994),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the United Nations Security Council, in view of the support by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to the proposed territorial settlement for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in view of the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations with regard to the closure of the border between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the areas of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina under the control of the Bosnian Serb forces, has decided in its Resolution 943 (1994) to suspend certain elements of the embargo on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro);
Whereas, under these conditions, the Community has to adapt the existing legislation accordingly, and in particular Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 of 26 April 1993 concerning trade between the European Economic Community and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (2),
Article 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 is suspended, in so far as civilian passenger flights, carrying only passengers and personal effects and no cargo, to and from Belgrade airport are concerned.
Article 1 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 is suspended, in so far as the ferry service, carrying only passengers and personal effects and no cargo, between Bar in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), and Bari in Italy is concerned.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 of this Regulation, the competent authorities of the Member States may, in accordance with the decisions and procedures of the committee established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 724 (1991), authorize the carrying of cargo on the flights or ferry service concerned.
All restrictions with regard to the provision of goods and services to the Federtal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and in particular the provisions of Article 1 (1) (a), (b), (d) and (e) of Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 are suspended as far as the flights and ferry service permitted pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 are concerned.
The provisions of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 are suspended with regard to aircraft or vessels which had not been impounded at 23 September 1994 and to vessels, in so far as such aircraft or vessels are used for the purpose of flights or the ferry service permitted pursuant to this Regulation.
The provisions of this Regulation are applicable without prejudice to the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1733/94 of 11 July 1994 prohibiting the satisfying of claims with regard to contracts and transactions the performance of which was affected by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (1992) and related resolutions (3).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall have effect from 5 October 1994 until 12 January 1995.
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