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32003R0178 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 178/2003 of 30 January 2003 on the issuing of system B export licences for fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 178/2003
of 30 January 2003
on the issuing of system B export licences for 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 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1886/2002(3) fixed the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export licences in the fruit and vegetable sector other than those requested in the context of food aid.
(2) The rate of refund for table grapes covered by licences applied for under system B between 16 November 2002 and 14 January 2003 should be the indicative rate,
1. The percentages for the issuing of system B export licences, as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001, and applied for between 16 November 2002 and 14 January 2003, by which the quantities applied for and the rates of refund applicable must be multiplied, are as fixed in the Annex hereto.
2. Paragraph 1 does not apply to licences applied for in connection with food-aid operations as provided for in Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R2145 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2145/2003 of 8 December 2003 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2145/2003
of 8 December 2003
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2011/2003(2) and in particular Articles 6, 7 and 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, maximum residue limits must be established progressively for all pharmacologically active substances which are used within the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for administration to food-producing animals.
(2) Maximum residue limits should be established only after the examination within the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products of all the relevant information concerning the safety of residues of the substance concerned for the consumer of foodstuffs of animal origin and the impact of residues on the industrial processing of foodstuffs.
(3) In establishing maximum residue limits for residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, it is necessary to specify the animal species in which residues may be present, the levels which may be present in each of the relevant meat tissues obtained from the treated animal (target tissue) and the nature of the residue which is relevant for the monitoring of residues (marker residue).
(4) For the control of residues, as provided for in appropriate Community legislation, maximum residue limits should usually be established for the target tissues of liver or kidney. However, the liver and kidney are frequently removed from carcasses moving in international trade, and maximum residue limits should therefore also always be established for muscle or fat tissues.
(5) In the case of veterinary medicinal products intended for use in laying birds, lactating animals or honey bees, maximum residue limits must also be established for eggs, milk or honey.
(6) Cefquinome and Imidocarb should be inserted into Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.
(7) An adequate period should be allowed before the entry into force of this Regulation in order to allow Member States to make any adjustment which may be necessary to the authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market which have been granted in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC(3) of the European Parliament and of the Council to take account of the provisions of this Regulation.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the 60th day following its publication.
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32007R0346 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 346/2007 of 29 March 2007 fixing the export refunds on milk and milk products
| 30.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 90/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 346/2007
of 29 March 2007
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), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of 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 milk and milk products, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(3) The second subparagraph of 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 according to destination.
(4) In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Dominican Republic on import protection for milk powder in the Dominican Republic (2) approved by Council Decision 98/486/EC (3), a certain amount of Community milk products exported to the Dominican Republic can benefit from reduced customs duties. For this reason, export refunds granted to products exported under this scheme should be reduced by a certain percentage.
(5) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Export refunds as provided for in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the conditions provided for in Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 (4).
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 March 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31992D0625 | 92/625/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1992 on the provisional application of agreements between the European Economic Community and certain third countries on international trade in textiles
| COUNCIL DECISION of 21 December 1992 on the provisional application of agreements between the European Economic Community and certain third countries on international trade in textiles (92/625/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community agreements on trade in textile products with certain third countries;
Whereas these agreements should be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1993, pending the completion of procedures required for their conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the partner countries,
The agreements and protocols on the trade in textile products with third countries, a list of which is annexed, shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1993, pending their formal conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the partner countries.
The texts of the initialled agreements are attached to this Decision. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0313 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 313/2004 of 20 February 2004 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 313/2004
of 20 February 2004
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001(3). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling EUR 29,291/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February 2004.
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32004D0602 | 2004/602/EC: Commission Decision of 18 August 2004 on the inventory of wine production potential presented by the Slovak Republic under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (notified under document number C(2004) 3123)
| 19.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/41
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 August 2004
on the inventory of wine production potential presented by the Slovak Republic under Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
(notified under document number C(2004) 3123)
(Only the Slovak text is authentic)
(2004/602/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 23(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) As a prior condition for access to the increase in planting rights and support for restructuring and conversion, Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides for the compilation of an inventory of wine production potential by the Member State concerned. The inventory must be presented in accordance with Article 16 of that Regulation.
(2) Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 of 31 May 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards production potential (2) details how the information included in the inventory is to be presented.
(3) By letter of 4 June 2004, the Slovak Republic sent the Commission the information referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. Examination of this information shows that the Slovak Republic has compiled the inventory.
(4) This Decision does not entail recognition by the Commission of the accuracy of the information contained in the inventory or of the compatibility of the legislation referred to in the inventory with Community law. It is without prejudice to any future Commission decision on these points.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The Commission notes that the Slovak Republic has compiled the inventory of wine production potential in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
This Decision is addressed to the Slovak Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32015R0520 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/520 of 26 March 2015 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 27.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 82/105
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/520
of 26 March 2015
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 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
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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31992R0334 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 334/92 of 11 February 1992 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 334/92 of 11 February 1992 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 Economic Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1577/81 of 12 June 1981 establishing a system of simplified procedures for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3334/90 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1577/81 provides that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in the Annex;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in that same Regulation to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 1 (2) of that Regulation is that the unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
Article 1
The unit values provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1577/81 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto. Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31964D0301 | 64/301/EEC: Council Decision of 8 May 1964 on co- operation between Member States in the field of international monetary relations
| COUNCIL DECISION of 8 May 1964 on co-operation between Member States in the field of international monetary relations (64/301/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 105 (1) and the first indent of Article 145 thereof;
Having regard to the Recommendation of the Commission of 19 June 1963;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament 1;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee 2;
Whereas there should be close co-ordination of the policies of the Member States in the field of international monetary relations and the most appropriate method of ensuring such co-ordination is for the necessary consultations to be held within the Monetary Committee;
Consultations shall take place within the Monetary Committee in respect of any important decision or position taken by Member States in the field of international monetary relations and concerning in particular: - the general working of the international monetary system:
- recourse by a Member State to resources which can be mobilised within the framework of international agreements;
- participation by one or more Member States in substantial monetary support operations in favour of third countries.
The Member States shall take the aforesaid decisions or positions only after the consultations referred to in Article 1 have been held, unless circumstances and in particular the time limits for taking them require otherwise. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R2591 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2591/93 of 22 September 1993 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of bone-in beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export, repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1231/93
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2591/93 of 22 September 1993 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of bone-in beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for export, repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1231/93
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 125/93 (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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1759/93 (4), has provided for the possibility of applying a two-stage procedure when selling beef from intervention stocks;
Whereas certain intervention agencies hold stocks of bone-in 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 outlets exist in certain third countries for the products in question; whereas it is appropriate therefore to offer this meat for sale in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84;
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 2292/93 (6);
Whereas in order to ensure that beef sold is exported, the lodging of security, as specified at (a) of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84, should be required;
Whereas products held by intervention agencies and intended for export are subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1938/93 (8);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1231/93 (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:
(a) 10 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the German intervention agency,
10 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the French intervention agency,
2 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Italian intervention agency,
5 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Danish intervention agency,
58 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the Belgian intervention agency;
(b) 10 000 tonnes of bone-in beef, to be sold as 'compensated' quarters, held by the German intervention agency,
10 000 tonnes of bone-in beef, to be sold as 'compensated' quarters, held by the French intervention agency.
This meat shall be for export to the destinations indicated at 02 and 03 in footnote 7 to the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1067/93 (10).
Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 2539/84 and (EEC) No 3002/92.
The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 985/81 (11) 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.
2. Tenders submitted under paragraph 1 (b) must relate to an equal number of forequarters and hindquarters and must quote a single price per tonne for the whole quantity of bone-in meat covered by the tender.
3. The qualities and the minimum prices referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 are given in Annex I hereto.
4. Only those tenders shall be taken into consideration which reach the intervention agencies concerned not later than 12 noon on 29 September 1993.
5. Particulars of the quantities and the places where the products are stored shall be available to interested parties at the addresses given in Annex II.
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.
1. In respect of meat sold under this Regulation no export refund shall be granted.
On the removal order referred to in Article 3 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, the export declaration, and, where appropiate, the T5 control copy shall be entered:
Productos de intervención sin restitución [Reglamento (CEE) no 2591/93];
Interventionsvarer uden restitution [Forordning (EOEF) nr. 2591/93];
Interventionserzeugnisse ohne Erstattung [Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2591/93];
Proionta paremvaseos choris epistrofi [Kanonismos (EOK) arith. 2591/93];
Intervention products without refund [Regulation (EEC) No 2591/93];
Produits d'intervention sans restitution [Règlement (CEE) no 2591/93];
Prodotti d'intervento senza restituzione [Regolamento (CEE) n. 2591/93];
Produkten uit interventievoorraden zonder restitutie [Verordening (EEG) nr. 2591/93];
Produtos de intervençao sem restituiçao [Regulamento (CEE) no 2591/93].
2. With regard to the security provided for in Article 3 (2), compliance with the provisions of paragraph 1 shall constitute a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (12).
Regulation (EEC) No 1231/93 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 September 1993.
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31997D0779 | 97/779/EC: Commission Decision of 31 October 1997 amending Decision 97/778/EC drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on products and animals from third countries and laying down detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the veterinary experts of the Commission (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 31 October 1997 amending Decision 97/778/EC drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on products and animals from third countries and laying down detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the veterinary experts of the Commission (Text with EEA relevance) (97/779/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC (2), and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC, and in particular Article 6 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 97/778/EC (4) draws up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on products and animals from third countries;
Whereas, at the request of the competent authorities of Belgium, the Charleroi border post has been inspected by Commission staff, and whereas in view of the results of the inspection, Decision 97/778/EC must be amended to include the Charleroi border inspection post;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 97/778/EC is amended as follows:
In the section concerning Belgium, the following line is added:
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31982D0374 | 82/374/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 May 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Hewlett- Packard - Gas Chromatograph, model 5880A' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 May 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Hewlett-Packard - Gas Chromatograph, model 5880A' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/374/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 17 November 1981, Italy has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Hewlett-Packard - Gas Chromatograph, model 5880A', ordered in January 1980 and to be used for the study of the mechanisms of organic reactions, 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 19 April 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a chromatograph; whereas, although this apparatus may no longer be considered scientific, it had still to be so considered at the time when it was ordered because of its objective technical characteristics and the use made of it; whereas, moreover, at that time, apparatus of this type was used mainly for scientific activities;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, were being manufactured in the Community at the date of order; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus '5880A' manufactured by Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Postfach 1280, D-7517 Waldbronn 2, to the apparatus 'GC System 8200' manufactured by Kipp Analytica, Phileas Foggstraat 24, D-7800 AP Emmen, to the apparatus '429' and '430' manufactured by Packard Becker BV, Vulcanusweg 259, NL-Delft, to the apparatus 'Serie 130' manufactured by Intersmat, BP 25, F-77181 Courtry, to the apparatus 'Serie 3000' manufactured by Girdel, 51, rue de Verdun, F-92150 Suresnes, to the apparatus 'R 1010' manufactured by Ribermag SA, 48, Quai du Halage, F-92500 Rueil Malmaison, and to the apparatus 'Series 304' manufactured by Pye Unicam Ltd, York Street, UK-Cambridge CB1 2PX,
The apparatus described as Hewlett-Packard - Gas Chromatograph, model 5880A', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 17 November 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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31999R1565 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/1999 of 16 July 1999 fixing for the 1999/2000 marketing year the buying-in price to be paid by storage agencies for unprocessed dried grapes
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1565/1999
of 16 July 1999
fixing for the 1999/2000 marketing year the buying-in price to be paid by storage agencies for unprocessed dried grapes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organization of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97(2), and in particular Article 9(8) thereof,
(1) Whereas the criteria for fixing the prices at which storage agencies buy dried grapes are laid down in Article 9(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96; whereas the buying-in price for unprocessed dried grapes should be set for the 1999/2000 marketing year at the same level as for the 1998/1999 marketing year given the stability of the minimum import price;
(2) 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 1999/2000 marketing year, the buying-in price referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for unprocessed dried grapes shall be EUR 46,91 per 100 kg net.
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 September 1999.
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31986R2466 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2466/86 of 31 July 1986 derogating in respect of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba from Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 on the definition of the concept of originating products for the purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2466/86
of 31 July 1986
derogating in respect of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba from Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 on the definition of the concept of originating products for the purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85 of 17 December 1985 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1986 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3600/85 of 17 December 1985 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1986 to textile products originating in developing countries (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3601/85 of 17 December 1985 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1986 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Decision 85/553/ECSC of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 17 December 1985 applying for 1986 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries (4), stipulates that the definition of the origin of products shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1318/71 (6); whereas the rules to be applied in this connection must be the same as those provided for in respect of the other products;
Whereas, for the purpose of implementing the provisions concerning the tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community, in respect of certain products originating in developing countries, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1968/86 (8), established rules of origin governing the conditions under which such products may acquire the status of originating products, and also the procedures concerning proof of origin and verification of originating status;
Whereas trade cooperation has become established between the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba and certain developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences, as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85, hereinafter referred to as 'countries enjoying generalized tariff preferences'; whereas under this cooperation products originating in the said countries are imported into the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba and subjected to working insufficient to confer originating status before being forwarded to the European Economic Community; whereas this cooperation would be affected by the application of the provisions on the transport of originating products laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83; whereas the said provisions should therefore be amended so that the originating products in question will be eligible for the tariff preferences on presentation of a Form A certificate of origin issued in the Netherlands Antilles or in Aruba;
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Origin,
By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83, products originating in countries enjoying generalized tariff preferences shall be deemed to have been transported direct from any of those countries to the Community when they pass through the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba, whether or not they have entered into commerce there, provided that:
(a) the products have remained under the surveillance of the customs authorities of the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba;
(b) they have not undergone any operations other than those listed in Annex I;
(c) no product has been added in the course of those operations, except products needed for the packing of goods and the identification of packages.
Certificates of origin Form A issued in the countries referred to in Article 1 must specify in box 12 that the destination of the products is the European Economic Community.
1. By way of derogation from Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83, the products referred to in Article 1 shall be covered on entry into the Community by the provisions relating to the tariff preferences on presentation of a certificate of origin Form A issued by the customs authorities of the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba, replacing the previously issued certificate or certificates referred to in Article 2.
2. Replacement certificates as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made out in accordance with the Explanatory Notes in Annex II.
3. At the request of the authorities of the Member State in which the goods are declared for the purposes of release for free circulation, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba customs authorities shall send to them a certified copy of the certificates referred to in Article 2.
Application of this Regulation shall be subject to the necessary administrative cooperation being provided by the relevant Netherlands Antilles and Aruba authorities, as required by the Community for the purposes of checking the authenticity and correctness of certificates.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1986.
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32005R0071 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 71/2005 of 17 January 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 Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
| 18.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 14/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 71/2005
of 17 January 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 Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
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:
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 1b of Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 for a fortnightly period shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 January 2005.
It shall apply from 19 January to 1 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 |
32013R0429 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 429/2013 of 8 May 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 9.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 127/24
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 429/2013
of 8 May 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32006R2019 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2019/2006 of 21 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2058/96, 327/98 and 955/2005 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of rice
| 29.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 384/48
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2019/2006
of 21 December 2006
amending Regulations (EC) Nos 2058/96, 327/98 and 955/2005 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with Thailand under GATT Article XXIII (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (3), and in particular Articles 10(2) and 13(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (4) applies to import licences for tariff quota periods starting from 1 January 2007.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 lays down in particular detailed rules for applications for import licences, the status of applicants and the issue of licences. It limits the period of validity of import licences to the final day of the tariff quota period and applies without prejudice to additional conditions or derogations laid down by the sectoral regulations.
(3) Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 2058/96 of 28 October 1996 opening and providing for the management of a tariff quota for broken rice of CN code 1006 40 00 for production of food preparations of CN code 1901 10 (5), 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (6) and 955/2005 of 23 June 2005 opening a Community import quota for rice originating in Egypt (7) contain provisions which diverge from or repeat the common rules laid down by Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. Those Regulations should therefore be amended with a view to removing the differing or redundant rules, specifying the serial numbers of each quota and subquota and redefining the specific rules which apply, in particular to the drawing up of licence applications, their issue, their period of validity and the notification of information to the Commission.
(4) In the interests of harmonising and simplifying the above Regulations, provisions which are already contained in the horizontal or sectoral implementing regulations, that is, apart from Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 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 (8), and 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (9), should be deleted, as should provisions which no longer apply.
(5) In the interests of simplification, provision should be made for quantities of less than 20 tonnes allocated following the application of an award coefficient to be administered in the same way in Regulations (EC) Nos 2058/96, 327/98 and 955/2005.
(6) In the interests of improved administration of the tariff quotas opened by Regulations (EC) Nos 2058/96 and 955/2005, it is necessary to continue to allow operators to submit more than one licence application per quota period, and therefore to derogate from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. Moreover, in order to improve controls on these two quotas and to harmonise and simplify their administration, provision should be made for import licence applications to be submitted on a weekly basis.
(7) The import duty on broken rice is laid down in Article 11d of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003; therefore reference should no longer be made to the combined nomenclature and Regulation (EC) No 2058/96 should be amended accordingly.
(8) For those quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 327/98 which are administered on the basis of an export certificate, it is necessary to continue to allow operators with more than one export certificate to submit more than one import licence application per quota subperiod, and therefore to derogate from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, in order to ensure controls adapted to such imports. The amount of the security relating to the import licences for husked rice provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 327/98 should moreover be aligned with the amount of the security provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003.
(9) With regard to Regulation (EC) No 955/2005, the references to Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 should be made clearer and it should be specified that the period of validity of the licence is calculated from the actual day of issue of the licence.
(10) These measures should be applied from 1 January 2007, which is the date from which the measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 apply.
(11) However, the period for lodging the first applications referred to in Regulations (EC) Nos 2058/96 and 955/2005 falls on a public holiday in 2007; it should therefore be laid down that the first applications may be lodged by operators only from the first working day of 2007, and that this first period for lodging applications closes no later than Monday 8 January 2007. It should also be specified that import licence applications for this first period should be sent to the Commission no later than Monday 8 January 2007.
(12) Regulations (EC) Nos 2058/96, 327/98 and 955/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(13) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 2058/96 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1, the following second and third paragraphs are added:
2. Article 2 is amended as follows:
(a) In paragraph 1 the following second subparagraph is added:
(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
4. Article 4 is replaced by the following:
(a) on the final day for the submission of licence applications, no later than 18.00 (Brussels time), the information on the import licence applications referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a break-down by eight-digit CN code and by country of origin of the quantities covered by those applications;
(b) no later than the second working day following the issue of the import licences, information on the licences issued, as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a break-down by eight-digit CN code and by country of origin of the quantities for which import licences have been issued;
(c) no later than the last day of each month, the total quantities actually released for free circulation under this quota during the previous month but one, broken down by eight-digit CN code and by country of origin. If no quantities have been released for free circulation during the period, a “nil” notification shall be sent.’
5. In Article 5(1)(b), ‘set in the combined nomenclature’ is replaced by ‘fixed in Article 11d of Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 (13).
6. Article 6(2) is deleted.
Regulation (EC) No 327/1998 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1(1):
(a) The second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
(b) the following third subparagraph is added:
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
3. The third paragraph of Article 3 is replaced by the following:
4. Article 4 is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(b) the second indent of paragraph 2 is deleted;
(c) the following second sentence is added to paragraph 3:
(d) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
5. Article 5 is replaced by the following:
6. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
7. Article 7 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 3 is deleted;
(b) the second subparagraph of paragraph 4 is deleted.
8. Article 8 is replaced by the following:
(a) no later than the second working day following the final day for the submission of licence applications at 18.00 (Brussels time), the information on the import licence applications referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a break-down by eight-digit CN code and by country of origin of the quantities covered by those applications, specifying the number of the import licence and the number of the export licence where this is required;
(b) no later than the second working day following the issue of the import licences, information on the licences issued, as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a break-down by eight-digit CN code and by country of origin of the quantities for which import licences have been issued, specifying the number of the import licence and the quantities for which licence applications have been withdrawn in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 5;
(c) no later than the last day of each month, the total quantities actually released for free circulation under this quota during the previous month but one, broken down by eight-digit CN code and by country of origin, giving details of the packaging if that packaging is less than or equal to 5 kg. If no quantities have been released for free circulation during the period, a “nil” notification shall be sent.’
9. Article 10 is deleted.
10. Annex III is deleted.
11. In Annex IX, ‘tranches’ is replaced by ‘subperiods’.
12. Annex X is deleted.
Regulation (EC) No 955/2005 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is amended as follows:
(a) in the first paragraph, ‘in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003’ is replaced by ‘in accordance with Articles 11, 11a, 11c and 11d of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003’;
(b) the second paragraph is deleted;
(c) the following paragraph is added after the new second paragraph:
2. Article 2 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is deleted;
(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
3. Article 3 is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is deleted;
(b) in paragraph 3, ‘in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003’ is replaced by ‘in accordance with Articles 11, 11a, 11c and 11d of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003’.
4. Article 4 is replaced by the following:
5. Article 5 is replaced by the following:
(a) on the final day for the submission of licence applications, no later than 18.00 (Brussels time), the information on the import licence applications referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a break-down by eight-digit CN code of the quantities covered by those applications;
(b) no later than the second working day following the issue of the import licences, information on the licences issued, as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, with a break-down by eight-digit CN code of the quantities for which import licences have been issued;
(c) no later than the last day of each month, the total quantities actually released for free circulation under this quota during the previous month but one, broken down by eight-digit CN code. If no quantities have been released for free circulation during the period, a “nil” notification shall be sent.’
6. Article 6 is deleted.
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 January 2007.
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31991R1989 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1989/91 of 5 July 1991 on imports of preserved cultivated mushrooms from third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1989/91 of 5 July 1991 on imports of preserved cultivated mushrooms from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 of 30 June 1981 on measures applicable to imports of preserved cultivated mushrooms (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 lays down that the quantity which may be imported free from the additional amount must be allocated among the supplier countries, account being taken of traditional trade flows and of new suppliers;
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1707/90 of 22 June 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3718/90 (3), allocated the quantity which may be imported free from the additional amount among the supplier countries; whereas Article 3 (1) of the said Regulation provides for the possibility of reviewing the allocation on the basis of the certificates issued during the first six months of the year in question; whereas the supply situation as revealed by certificates issued at 30 June 1991 would justify a new allocation of the quantity concerned for the current year;
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,
Until 31 December 1991, the allocation of the overall quantity laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1796/81 and set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1707/90 shall be adjusted in accordance with the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006D0535 | 2006/535/EC: Council Decision of 29 April 2004 on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
| 16.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/8
COUNCIL DECISION
of 29 April 2004
on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
(2006/535/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
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 Article 300(2) first subparagraph, first sentence, thereof,
Having regard to the 2003 Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 8 December 2003, the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, to negotiate with the Republic of Moldova a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, and to provide for certain technical adjustments linked to the institutional and legal developments within the European Union.
(2) Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Protocol has been negotiated between the parties and should now be signed on behalf of the European Community and its Member States.
(3) The Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of accession, pending completion of the relevant procedures for its formal conclusion,
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, subject to possible conclusion at a later stage.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision (1).
Pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis from the date of accession. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0138 | 2013/138/EU: Council Decision of 18 March 2013 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Grains Council with respect to the extension of the Grains Trade Convention 1995
| 20.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 77/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 March 2013
establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Grains Council with respect to the extension of the Grains Trade Convention 1995
(2013/138/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
The Grains Trade Convention 1995 was concluded by Council Decision 96/88/EC (1) and was regularly extended for further periods of two years. That Convention was extended the last time by decision of the International Grains Council in June 2011 and remains in force until 30 June 2013. A further extension is in the interest of the Union. The Commission, which represents the Union within the International Grains Council, should therefore be authorised to vote in favour of such extension,
The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the International Grains Council shall be to vote in favour of the extension of the Grains Trade Convention 1995 for a further period of up to two years.
The Commission is hereby authorised to express that position within the International Grains Council.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R0482 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 482/2003 of 17 March 2003 on the supply of cereals as food aid
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 482/2003
of 17 March 2003
on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security(1), as modified by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organisations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage.
(2) Following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated cereals to certain beneficiaries.
(3) It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid(3). It is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs,
Cereals shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R2227 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2227/2002 of 13 December 2002 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2227/2002
of 13 December 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002
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 1896/2002(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 round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 9 to 12 December 2002 at 154,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 December 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 |
32013R0583 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 583/2013 of 18 June 2013 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Ternasco de Aragón (PGI))
| 21.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 169/37
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 583/2013
of 18 June 2013
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Ternasco de Aragón (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 repealed and replaced 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 (2).
(2) By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Spain’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Ternasco de Aragón’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 392/2008 (4).
(3) Since the amendments in question are not minor, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
(5), as required by Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. As no statement of objection under Article 7 of that Regulation has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31991D0220 | 91/220/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 March 1991 approving the plan for the eradication of brucellosis in sheep and goats presented by France (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 26 March 1991 approving the plan for the eradication of brucellosis in sheep and goats presented by France (Only the French text is authentic) (91/220/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/242/EEC of 21 May 1990 introducing a Community financial measure for the eradication of brucellosis in sheep and goats (1) and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 of Decision 90/242/EEC Member States, as appropriate, are to prepare plans for the eradication of brucellosis in sheep and goats in accordance with Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the same Decision;
Whereas by letter dated 1 October 1990 France notified the Commission of a three-year plan for the eradication of brucellosis in sheep and goats;
Whereas, after examination, the plan was found to comply with Decision 90/242/EEC;
Whereas the conditions for financial participation by the Community are therefore met, whereas it is available in relation to this question to apply the disposition of Article 9 (2) first indent;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee;
Article 1
The plan for the eradication of brucellosis in sheep and goats presented by France is hereby approved. Article 2
France shall bring into force by 1 March 1991 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the plan referred to in Article 1. Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0039 | 2003/39/EC: Council Decision of 10 December 2002 appointing a full member of the Committee of the Regions
| Council Decision
of 10 December 2002
appointing a full member of the Committee of the Regions
(2003/39/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 22 January 2002(1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas a seat as a full member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr J.W. van der SLUYS, notified to the Council on 22 August 2002,
Having regard to the proposal from the Netherlands Government,
Mr Bas VERKERK is hereby appointed a full member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr J.W. van der SLUYS for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R0991 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 991/2008 of 9 October 2008 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
| 10.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 269/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 991/2008
of 9 October 2008
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 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 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 980/2008 (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 (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October 2008.
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 |
32003R0528 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/2003 of 24 March 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/2003
of 24 March 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0207 | 2007/207/EC: Commission Decision of 29 March 2007 amending Decisions 2001/405/EC, 2002/255/EC, 2002/371/EC, 2004/669/EC, 2003/31/EC and 2000/45/EC in order to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to certain products (notified under document number C(2007) 532) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 3.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 92/16
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 March 2007
amending Decisions 2001/405/EC, 2002/255/EC, 2002/371/EC, 2004/669/EC, 2003/31/EC and 2000/45/EC in order to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to certain products
(notified under document number C(2007) 532)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/207/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) thereof,
After consulting the European Union Eco-labelling Board,
Whereas:
(1) The product group definition and the ecological criteria set out in Commission Decision 2001/405/EC of 4 May 2001 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to tissue paper products (2) expires on 4 May 2007.
(2) Commission Decision 2002/255/EC of 25 March 2002 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to televisions (3) expires on 31 March 2007.
(3) Commission Decision 2002/371/EC of 15 May 2002 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to textile products and amending Decision 1999/178/EC (4) expires on 31 May 2007.
(4) Commission Decision 2004/669/EC of 6 April 2004 establishing revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to refrigerators and amending Decision 2000/40/EC (5) expires on 31 May 2007.
(5) Commission Decision 2003/31/EC of 29 November 2002 establishing revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to detergents for dishwashers and amending Decision 1999/427/EC (6) expires on 31 December 2007.
(6) Commission Decision 2000/45/EC of 17 December 1999 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to washing machines (7) expires on 30 November 2007.
(7) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 a timely review has been carried out of the ecological criteria, as well as of the related assessment and verification requirements, established by those Decisions.
(8) In the light of the review of those criteria and requirements, it is appropriate in all six cases to prolong the period of validity of the ecological criteria and the requirements for a period of one year.
(9) Since the review obligation pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 concerns only the ecological criteria and assessment and verification requirements, it is appropriate that Decisions 2001/405/EC, 2002/255/EC, 2002/371/EC, 2004/669/EC, 2003/31/EC and 2000/45/EC remain in effect.
(10) Decisions 2001/405/EC, 2002/255/EC, 2002/371/EC, 2004/669/EC, 2003/31/EC and 2000/45/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee instituted by Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000,
Article 3 of Decision 2001/405/EC is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
The ecological criteria for the product group tissue paper, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid until 4 May 2008.’
Article 4 of Decision 2002/255/EC is replaced by the following:
‘Article 4
The ecological criteria for the product group televisions, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid until 31 March 2008.’
Article 5 of Decision 2002/371/EC is replaced by the following:
‘Article 5
The ecological criteria for the product group textile products, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid until 31 May 2008.’
Article 5 of Decision 2004/669/EC is replaced by the following:
‘Article 5
The ecological criteria for the product group refrigerators, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid until 31 May 2008.’
Article 5 of Decision 2003/31/EC is replaced by the following:
‘Article 5
The ecological criteria for the product group detergents for dishwashers, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid until 31 December 2008.’
Article 3 of Decision 2000/45/EC is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
The ecological criteria for the product group washing machines, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid until 30 November 2008.’
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985R2599 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2599/85 of 16 September 1985 amending for the fifth time Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 determining the classification of vine varieties
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2599/85
of 16 September 1985
amending for the fifth time Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 determining the classification of vine varieties
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 798/85 (2), and in particular Article 31 (4) thereof,
Whereas the classification of vine varieties approved for cultivation in the Community was last determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1871/85 (4);
Whereas experience has shown that wines obtained from certain wine grape vine varieties and certain table grape vine varieties listed for five years in the category of authorized or temporarily authorized varieties for certain French administrative units may be regarded as normally being of good quality; whereas it is appropriate, therefore, to include these varieites among the varieties recommended for the same administrative units in accordance with Article 11 (2) (a), second indent, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 347/79 of 5 February 1979 on general rules for the classification of vine varieties (5), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece;
Whereas the classification of wine grape and table grape vine varieties should now include, among the varieties recommended or authorized for certain French administrative units, certain varieties which have been listed for at least five years in the category for an administrative unit immediately bordering thereon and which therefore satisfy the condition laid down in the first indent of Article 11 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79;
Whereas the classification should now also include two wine grape vine varieties which have been examined and found to be satisfactory for cultivation; whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79, these varieties may be authorized on a provisional basis for the United Kingdom;
Whereas the suitability for cultivation of one authorized French wine grape vine variety is not satisfactory; whereas this variety should therefore be deleted from the classification in accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 347/79;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex 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 |
31984R2301 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2301/84 of 6 August 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2794/83 on the sale on the internal market of 450 000 tonnes of common wheat of bread-making quality held by the Italian intervention agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2301/84
of 6 August 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2794/83 on the sale on the internal market of 450 000 tonnes of common wheat of bread-making quality held by the Italian intervention agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1322/83 of 26 May 1983 on the transfer of 550 000 tonnes of common wheat of bread-making quality held by the French and German intervention agencies (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2153/84 (4), and in particular Article 1 (6) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1322/83, which was due to expire on 31 July 1984, has been extended to 31 October 1984; whereas a change should therefore be made in the implementing details contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2794/83 (5) in respect of the minimum selling price, which must be fixed with reference to the new situation on the cereals market in Italy;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The first indent in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2794/83 is hereby replaced by the following:
'- 190 ECU per tonne in August 1984,'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004D0252 | 2004/252/EC: Commission Decision of 10 March 2004 amending Decision 2001/106/EC as regards bovine semen storage centres (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 709)
| Commission Decision
of 10 March 2004
amending Decision 2001/106/EC as regards bovine semen storage centres
(notified under document number C(2004) 709)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/252/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 88/407/EEC of 14 June 1988 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species(1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Directive 88/407/EEC, as amended by Council Directive 2003/43/EC(2), intra-Community trade of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species is permitted from semen collection centres or semen storage centres approved by the competent authorities of the Member States where they are located and each Member State is to send a list of semen collection or storage centre(s) to the other Member States and to the Commission.
(2) Commission Decision 2001/106/EC of 24 January 2001 establishing a model for the lists of entities approved by Member States in accordance with various provisions of Community veterinary legislation, and the rules applying to the transmission of these lists to the Commission(3) lays down rules on how lists of semen collection centres that each Member State has approved on its territory are to be transmitted to the Commission. That Decision also provides for models to be used for those lists.
(3) To take account of the amendments made to Directive 88/407/EEC by Directive 2003/43/EC concerning semen storage centres the scope of Decision 2001/106/EC should be broadened in order to include bovine semen storage centres.
(4) Decision 2001/106/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annexes I and II to Decision 2001/106/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32015R0170 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/170 of 4 February 2015 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 imposing special conditions governing the import of certain products originating in or consigned from China Text with EEA relevance
| 5.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 29/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/170
of 4 February 2015
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 imposing special conditions governing the import of certain products originating in or consigned from China
(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 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular Article 53(1)(b)(ii) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the findings of high levels of melamine in infant milk, other milk products, soya and soya products and of ammonium bicarbonate intended for food and feed in China and at import into the EU, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 (2) imposes special conditions governing the import of these products originating in or consigned from China. On the basis of that Regulation, the import of products containing milk, milk products, soya and soya products intended for the particular nutritional use of infants and young children originating in or consigned from China is prohibited. Furthermore, identity and physical checks, including sampling and analysis to control the presence of melamine, are carried out on approximately 20 % of consignments originating in or consigned from China of ammonium bicarbonate intended for food and feed and of feed and food containing milk, milk products, soya and soya products.
(2) Since July 2009, only one non-compliant sample was reported by the competent authorities of the Member States. The findings in that sample, reported in 2011, slightly exceeded the maximum level of melamine in ammonium bicarbonate. As a result, it is appropriate to repeal the special conditions governing the import of infant milk, other milk products, soya and soya products and of ammonium bicarbonate intended for food and feed originating in or consigned from China.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Regulation (EC) No 1135/2009 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European 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 |
31987R2354 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2354/87 of 31 July 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres, unbleached or bleached, products of category No ex 3 (code 40.0033), originating in Brazil to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2354/87
of 31 July 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres, unbleached or bleached, products of category No ex 3 (code 40.0033), originating in Brazil to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected to individual ceilings not allocated among the Member States, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of its Annexes I or 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 3 of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of import of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres, unbleached or bleached category No ex 3 the relevant ceiling amounts to 12 500 tonnes; whereas on 15 July 1987 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Brazil, 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 Brazil,
As from 7 August 1987 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Brazil:
1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Code // Category // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1987) // Description // // // // // // // (1) // (2) // (3) // (4) // // // // // // // // // // // 40.0033 // ex 3 // ex 56.07 A // // Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste): A. Of synthetic textile fibres: Woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste) other than narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics (including terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics: // // // // 56.07-04, 10, 20, 30, 39, 45 // - Unbleached or bleached // // // // //
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 |
32004R1851 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1851/2004 of 25 October 2004 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits for veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal originText with EEA relevance
| 26.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 323/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1851/2004
of 25 October 2004
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits for veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (1), and in particular Articles 7 and 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, maximum residue limits should be established for all pharmacologically active substances that are used within the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for administration to food-producing animals.
(2) Maximum residue limits should be established only after the examination within the Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP) of all the relevant information concerning the safety of residues of the substance concerned for the consumer of foodstuffs of animal origin and the impact of residues on the industrial processing of foodstuffs.
(3) In establishing maximum residue limits for residues of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, it is necessary to specify the animal species in which residues may be present, the relevant food obtained from the treated animal (‘target tissue’) as well as the nature of the residue that is relevant for the monitoring of residues (‘marker residue’).
(4) For the control of residues, as provided for in appropriate Community legislation, maximum residue limits should usually be established for the target tissues of liver or kidney. However, liver and kidney are frequently removed from carcasses moving in international trade, and maximum residue limits should therefore also always be established for muscle or fat tissues.
(5) In the case of veterinary medicinal products intended for use in laying birds, lactating animals or honey bees, maximum residue limits must also be established for eggs, milk or honey.
(6) Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 provides that the establishment of maximum residue limits shall in no way prejudice the application of other relevant Community legislation.
(7) Based on an opinion of the CVMP, Annex III of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 was amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 997/1999 (2) to include provisional maximum residue limits for morantel, in order to allow for the completion of scientific studies, notably concerning the marker residue and the analytical method for the determination of residues of morantel in the target tissues. These maximum residue limits were subsequently extended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1322/2001 (3) to allow the applicant further time for completion of the requested studies.
(8) The requested data on the marker residue and the analytical method was evaluated by the CVMP and found to be not completely in accordance with the requirements laid down in Volume 8 of the Rules Governing Medicinal Products in the European Union. The method was nevertheless considered fully validated for muscle and milk and either kidney or liver for the species cattle and sheep. The CVMP subsequently proposed to insert morantel in Annex II of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90, with the motivation that residues of morantel depleted rapidly and therefore the establishment of maximum residue limits was not necessary for the protection of public health.
(9) As residues of morantel in foodstuff from treated animals may supersede the acceptable daily intake 24 hours after administration, it is considered necessary, for reasons of consumer safety and to allow adequate withdrawal periods to be established for veterinary medicinal products containing morantel, to establish maximum residues limits, taking account of the maximum residue limits previously established.
(10) Morantel is a pharmacologically active anthelmintic substance which has been in use in veterinary medicinal products for food-producing animal species for a considerable time for treatment against roundworms and tapeworms. In view of the possible development of resistance, it is considered that access to multiple choices for treatment should remain possible.
(11) According to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (4), risk management shall take into account the results of risk assessment and other factors legitimate to the matter under consideration, such as detection methods and feasibility of controls for the purpose of avoiding risks from such substances. The relevant Community Reference Laboratory has confirmed that the methods proposed by the applicant can be made applicable for confirmatory analyses of morantel in the target tissues.
(12) The Commission considers that it is appropriate to include morantel in Annex I for cattle and sheep to provide safeguards for the consumer and to allow relevant controls of morantel in foodstuffs of treated animals.
(13) A period of 60 days should be allowed before the entry into force of this Regulation in order to allow Member States to make any adjustments which may be necessary to the authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market which have been granted in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (5).
(14) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products.
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the sixtieth day following its publication.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0743 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 743/2004 of 21 April 2004 amending the import duties in the rice sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 743/2004
of 21 April 2004
amending the import duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2294/2003(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Import duties in the rice sector have been fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2004(5).
(2) Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 10 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 690/2004,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 690/2004 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32014D0703 | 2014/703/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 8 October 2014 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2004/558/EC as regards the approval of a control programme for eradicating infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in Belgium and the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis-free status of the Federal State of Thuringia in Germany (notified under document C(2014) 7113) Text with EEA relevance
| 10.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 294/43
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 8 October 2014
amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2004/558/EC as regards the approval of a control programme for eradicating infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in Belgium and the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis-free status of the Federal State of Thuringia in Germany
(notified under document C(2014) 7113)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/703/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Articles 9(2) and 10(2) thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules for trade within the Union in bovine animals. Article 9 thereof provides that a Member State which has a compulsory national control programme for one of the contagious diseases listed in Annex E(II) thereto, may submit its programme to the Commission for approval. That list includes infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis is the description of the most prominent clinical signs of the infection with the bovine herpes virus type 1 (BHV1).
(2) Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EEC also provides for the definition of the additional guarantees which may be required in intra-Union trade.
(3) In addition, Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC provides that where a Member State considers that its territory or part thereof is free from one of the diseases listed in Annex E(II) to that Directive, it is to present appropriate supporting documentation to the Commission. That Article also provides for the definition of the additional guarantees which may be required in intra-Union trade.
(4) Commission Decision 2004/558/EC (2) approves the programmes for the control and eradication of BHV1 presented by the Member States listed in Annex I thereto for the regions listed in that Annex and for which additional guarantees apply in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EEC.
(5) In addition, Annex II to Decision 2004/558/EC lists the regions of the Member States that are considered free of BHV1 and to which additional guarantees apply in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC.
(6) Belgium has submitted to the Commission a programme with the aim of eradicating BHV1 infection in the whole of its territory. That programme complies with the criteria set out in Article 9(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC. That programme also provides for rules for the national movement of bovine animals which are equivalent to those previously implemented in certain Member States or regions thereof, which were successful in eradicating the disease in those Member States or regions.
(7) Annex I to Decision 2004/558/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) All regions of Germany, with the exception of the Federal State of Bavaria, are currently listed in Annex I to Decision 2004/558/EC. The Federal State of Bavaria is free of BHV1 and is therefore listed in Annex II to that Decision.
(9) Germany has now submitted to the Commission supporting documentation for the Federal State of Thuringia to be considered free of BHV1 and for the additional guarantees in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC.
(10) Annex II to Decision 2004/558/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) Decision 2004/558/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Annexes I and II to Decision 2004/558/EC are replaced by the text in Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0421 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 421/2005 of 14 March 2005 on the issue of licences for the import of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) in the period from 11 April 2005 to 10 April 2006
| 15.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 68/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 421/2005
of 14 March 2005
on the issue of licences for the import of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) in the period from 11 April 2005 to 10 April 2006
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of 22 December 1994 on common rules for imports and repealing Regulation (EC) No 518/94 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for imports from certain third countries and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 1765/82, (EEC) No 1766/82 and (EEC) 3420/83 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/2004 of 7 April 2004 imposing definitive safeguard measures against imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) (3) and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The quantities for which licence applications have been lodged by traditional importers and by new importers under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 658/2004 exceed the quantities available for products originating in the People’s Republic of China.
(2) It is now necessary to fix, for each category of importer, the proportion of the quantity for which application is made which may be imported under licence,
Import licences applied for under Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 658/2004, shall be issued at the percentage rates of the quantities applied for as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 April 2005 and apply until 10 April 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988R1706 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1706/88 of 13 June 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota of 42 600 head of heifers and cows, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds, falling within subheading ex 01.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1706/88
of 13 June 1988
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota of 42 600 head of heifers and cows, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds, falling within subheading ex 01.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the European Economic Community undertook, within the framework of GATT, to open an annual Community tariff quota of 20 000 head at a duty of 6 % for heifers and cows, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds, falling within subheading ex 01.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas eligibility for such quota is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities of the Member State of destination; whereas, in an Exchange of Letters with Austria dated 21 July 1972, the Community undertook unilaterally to increase the size of the tariff quota from 20 000 to 30 000 head and to lower the quota duty from 6 to 4 %; whereas, subsequently, this quota was increased unilaterally to 38 000 head;
Whereas according to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters of 14 July 1986, which was adopted by Decision 86/555/EEC (1), the volume of this tariff quota was raised to 42 600 head as from 1 July 1986; whereas the abovementioned tariff quota for the period 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 should therefore be opened at a duty of 4 % in relation to a quantity of 42 600 head; whereas, however, under the terms of Article 282 of the 1985 Act of Accession, the Portuguese Republic is authorized to postpone, until the beginning of the second stage, the progressive application to imports of preferences granted, unilaterally or by agreement, by the Community to certain third countries;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure equal and continuous access for all Community importers to the abovementioned quota, and the uninterrupted application of the quota duties, to all imports of the animals in question until the quota is exhausted; whereas, having regard to the principles defined above, the Community nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the Community tariff quota among the Member States; whereas possibilities for the use of such mountain breeds are, however, limited by special factors, both geographical and zootechnical; whereas certain Member States do not have regions suitable for breeding this kind of cattle; whereas, however, in view of such special factors, the Community nature of the tariff quota in question should be preserved by making provision for requirements which may arise in these Member States; whereas, to this end, these Member States proceed to draw adequate shares from the Community reserve which has been set up; whereas, in order to reflect as closely as possible the actual trend of the market in question, the initial allocation must be made in proportion to the requirements of each of the Member States concerned, calculated in accordance with statistical data concerning imports from third countries during a representative reference period and with economic prospects for the quota period in question;
Whereas, since the animals in question belong to certain specific breeds which are not specified as such in the statistical nomenclatures of the Member States, no data on imports provided by the Member States could be considered to be sufficiently accurate and representative to be used as a basis for the allocation in question; whereas the extent to which Community tariff quotas for those animals in the Community have been exhausted and the estimates made by certain Member States enable the requirements of each of them as regards imports from third countries for the quota period envisaged to be assessed as follows:
Germany 20 000 head
France 1 800 head
Italy 16 000 head
Greece 3 000 head;
whereas in the absence of precise information, the needs of the Benelux countries, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain may be assessed at 100, 50, 50 and 100 head respectively;
Whereas, in order to take into account the possible trend of imports of the aforementioned animals into the said Member States, the quota amount of 42 600 head should be divided into two parts, the first being allocated among certain Member States, the second forming a reserve intended subsequently to cover the requirements of those Member States when their initial shares are exhausted and requirements which arise within other Member States; whereas, in order to ensure a certain degree of security for importers in the aforementioned Member States, the first part of the Community quota should be determined at a level which, under the present circumstances, may be approximately 76 % of the quota amount;
Whereas the initial shares of those Member States may be used up more or less rapidly; whereas, in order to take this fact into account and avoid any break in continuity, it is important that the Member States having used up almost the whole of its initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve; whereas this must be done by each of these Member States as and when each of its additional shares is almost entirely used up, and repeated as many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and additional shares must be available until the end of the quota period; whereas such method of administration calls for close cooperation between Member States and the Commission, which latter must, in particular, be able to observe the extent to which the quota are used and inform Member States thereof;
Whereas if, at a specified date within the quota period, a considerable balance of the initial share of one or other of the Member States is left over, it is essential that that State should return a considerable part of such balance to the reserve in order that part of the Community tariff quota should not remain unused in one Member State while it could be used in others;
Whereas it is possible that, during the period of applicability of the said quota, the nomenclature used by the Common Customs Tariff will be replaced by the combined nomenclature based on the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any measure concerning the administration of the shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,
1. From 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989, the duty applicable to the imports of the animals designated hereafter shall be suspended at the level indicated in Article 2 within the limit of the relevant Community tariff quota mentioned:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // Quota // // // // // 09.0001 // ex 0102 90 10 ex 0102 90 31 ex 0102 90 33 // Cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of the following mountain breeds: grey, brown, yelllow and mottled Simmental breed and mottled Pinzgau breed // 42 600 head // // // //
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the abovementioned cows and heifers shall be considered not intended for slaughter if they are not slaughtered within four months following the date of their importation.
Derogations may, however, be granted in the event of an act of Gold duly attested by a local authority certificate setting out the reasons for the slaughter.
3. The said quota shall be administered in accordance with the following Articles.
Within the framework of the quota referred to in Article 1 (1), the Common Customs Tariff duty for the animals referred to in the said paragraph shall be suspended at 4 %.
Within the limits of this tariff quota, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions in the Act of Accession.
1. A first part of 32 500 head shall be allocated among the Member States listed below. The shares shall apply from 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 subject to Article 7, and shall be as follows:
Benelux 100 head
Germany 16 000 head
Greece 2 600 head
Spain 100 head
France 1 600 head
Ireland 50 head
Italy 12 000 head
United Kingdom 50 head 2. The second part of 10 100 head shall be held as a Community reserve.
If an importer notifies an imminent importation of the animals in question in Denmark and requests the benefit of the quota, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding to these requirements to the extent that the available balance of the reserve permits this.
1. If 90 % or more of the initial quota share of one of the Member States referred to in Article 3, or of that share less the amount returned to the reserve, where Article 7 has been applied, has been used up, that Member State shall immediately, by notifying the Commission, draw a second share in so far as the reserve permits, equal to 10 % of its initial share, rounded off upwards, if necessary, to the next unit.
2. If, after the initial share has been exhausted, 90 % or more of the second share drawn by one of these Member States has been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance with paragraph 1, immediately draw a third share equal to 5 % of its initial share, rounded off upwards, if necessary, to the next unit.
3. If, after the second share has been exhausted, 90 % or more of the third share drawn by one of these Member States has been used up, that Member State shall in accordance with paragraph 1, draw a fourth share equal to the third.
The same method shall be applied until the reserve is exhausted.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, each of these Member States may draw shares lower than those fixed in these paragraphs if there are reasons to consider that such shares might not be exhausted. They shall inform the Commission of the grounds which led them to apply this paragraph.
The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 5 shall apply until 30 June 1989.
Member States shall return to the reseve, not later than 1 March 1989, the unused portion of their initial share in excess, on 15 February 1989, of 5 % of the initial amount. They may return a larger quantity if there are reasons to consider that such quantity may not be used.
However, amounts for which import certificates have been issued but not used shall not be returned to the reserve.
The Member States shall, not later than 1 March 1989, notify the Commission of the total imports of the animals in question effected, up to 15 February 1989 inclusive, and charged against the tariff quota, the amounts referred to in the second subparagraph and, where appropriate, the proportion of their initial share that they return to the reserve.
The Commission shall keep accounts of the amounts of the shares opened by Member States in accordance with Article 3, 4 and 5 and shall inform each of them of the extent to which the reserve has been exhausted as soon as it receives the notifications.
The Commission shall, not later than 5 March 1989, notify Member States of the amount in the reserve after the return of shares pursuant to Article 7.
The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which exhausts the reserve is limited to the balance available and, to this end, shall specify the amount thereof to the Member State making the last drawing.
Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that when additional shares are drawn pursuant to Articles 4 or 5 it is possible for imports to be counted without interruption against their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
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1. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that access to the tariff quota in question is restricted to cattle as specified in Article 1 (1) and (2).
2. They shall ensure free access to the shares allocated to them for importers.
3. The extent to which the shares of the Member States have been used up shall be recorded on the basis of imports submitted for customs clearance under cover of declaration that they have been made available for free circulation.
4. Where import documents are used for the administration of the quota, they shall be sent to the issuing body as soon as possible and at all events on their expiry.
1
On request by the Commission, Member States shall inform it of imports actually charged against their shares.
2
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that the provisions of this Regulation are observed.
3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1988. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31993D0117 | 93/117/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1992 approving the administrative arrangements foreseen in the agreements on transit traffic between the European Community and Austria, on the one hand, and between the European Community and Switzerland, on the other
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 December 1992 approving the administrative arrangements foreseen in the agreements on transit traffic between the European Community and Austria, on the one hand, and between the European Community and Switzerland, on the other
(93/117/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the agreements on transit traffic between the European Community and Austria, on the one hand, and between the European Community and Switzerland on the other, decisions to conclude which were taken by the Councils of 27 November 1992 and 30 November 1992,
Considering that administrative arrangements are necessary for the implementation of these agreements:
- the agreement with Austria foresees the introduction of a system of Ecopoints intended to balance economic and ecological interests,
- the agreement with Switzerland foresees and exception to the existing weight limit in Switzerland of 28 tonnes for heavy goods vehicles,
Article 1
The administrative arrangements on transit traffic between the European Community and Austria, on the one hand, and between the European Community and Switzerland on the other, are approved in the name of the Community.
The Member of the Commission responsible for transport or the person designated by him, is empowered to sign the administrative arrangements on behalf of the Commission. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R1981 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1981/87 of 6 July 1987 amending Regulation No 282/67/EEC on detailed rules for intervention for oil seeds
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1981/87
of 6 July 1987
amending Regulation No 282/67/EEC on detailed rules for intervention for oil seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1986 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/86 (2), and in particular Article 24a (3) thereof,
Whereas the characteristic feature of double zero rape seed is a lower glucosinolate content, which facilitates its incorporation in feedingstuffs; whereas the first subparagraph of Article 3 (4) of Commission Regulation No 282/67/EEC on detailed rules for intervention for oil seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1808/85 (4), lays down a maximum authorized content of 20 micromoles per gram of seed of that description; whereas, however, the second subparagraph of that paragraph provides for a temporary derogation until the end of the 1987/88 marketing year to enable operators to adjust to the new quality requirements; whereas experience has shown that a further marketing year would be necessary for such an adjustment; whereas the maximum permissible glucosinolate content in double zero rape seed of 35 micromoles per gram of seed should consequently be extended until the end of the 1988/89 marketing year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
In the second subparagraph of Article 3 (4) of Regulation No 282/67/EEC, '1986/87 and 1987/88 marketing years' is hereby replaced by '1986/87, 1987/88 and 1988/89 marketing years'.
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 |
32014R0212 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 212/2014 of 6 March 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of the contaminant citrinin in food supplements based on rice fermented with red yeast Monascus purpureus Text with EEA relevance
| 7.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 67/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 212/2014
of 6 March 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of the contaminant citrinin in food supplements based on rice fermented with red yeast Monascus purpureus
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs (2) sets maximum levels for mycotoxins in food.
(2) The Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (The Panel on Contaminants) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has, on a request from the Commission, adopted on 2 March 2012 an opinion on the risks for public and animal health related to the presence of citrinin in food and feed (3). The Panel on Contaminants decided to characterise the risk of citrinin on the available data on nephrotoxicity and determined a level of no concern for nephrotoxicity. Applying an uncertainty factor of 100 to the No Observed Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) of 20 μg/kg bodyweight (b.w.) per day results in a level of no concern for nephrotoxicity in humans of 0,2 μg/kg b.w. per day. The Panel on Contaminants concluded that based on the available data, a concern for genotoxicity and carcinogenicity could not be excluded as regards citrinin at the level of no concern for nephrotoxicity.
(3) The Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (The NDA Panel) of EFSA has, on request of the Competent Authority of the Netherlands following an application by Sylvan Bio Europe BV, adopted on 24 January 2013 an opinion on the substantiation of a health claim related to monacolin K in SYLVAN BIO red yeast rice and maintenance of normal blood LDL-cholesterol concentration pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 (4). The NDA Panel concluded that a cause and effect relationship has been established between the consumption of monacolin K in red yeast rice preparations and maintenance of normal blood LDL-cholesterol concentrations. The NDA Panel considers that the following wording reflects the scientific evidence: ‘Monacolin K from red yeast rice contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol concentrations’ and in order to obtain the claimed effect, 10 mg of monacolin K from fermented red yeast rice preparations should be consumed daily. The target population is adults in the general population. The health claim can be applied to all red yeast rice preparations on the market.
(4) Monacolin K is produced by Monascus purpureus of which some strains produce also citrinin. Data available on the presence of citrinin in certain red yeast rice preparations revealed high levels of citrinin in those preparations. The consumption of such red yeast rice preparations at the quantity necessary to obtain the claimed effect would result in an exposure significantly above the level of no concern for nephrotoxicity of citrinin. Therefore it is appropriate to establish a maximum level for citrinin in red yeast rice preparations. To obtain the necessary intake of monacolin K, 4-6 capsules of 600 mg of red yeast rice need to be consumed. A maximum level of 2 mg/kg for citrinin in red yeast rice preparation has been established in order to ensure that the possible exposure to citrinin from these red yeast rice preparations remains significantly below the level of nephrotoxicity of 0,2 μg/kg bw foe an adult. Given the gaps in knowledge as regards the presence of citrinin in other foodstuffs and the remaining uncertainties as regards the carcinogenicity and genotoxicity of citrinin, it is appropriate to review the maximum level within two years’ time once more information has been gathered as regards the toxicity of citrinin and the exposure from other foodstuffs.
(5) The addition of substances to or the use of substances in foodstuffs is governed by specific Union and national legislation, as is the classification of products as foodstuffs or medicinal products. The setting of a maximum level in such a substance or product does not constitute an authorisation to the marketing of the substance for which a maximum level is established, a decision on whether the substance can be used in foodstuffs, or a classification of a certain product as a foodstuff.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In section 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006, the following entries 2.8 and 2.8.1 are added:
Foodstuffs (1) Maximum levels (μg/kg)
‘2.8 Citrinin
2.8.1 Food supplements based on rice fermented with red yeast Monascus purpureus 2 000 (5)
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005D0130 | 2005/130/EC: Commission Decision of 30 December 2004 fixing the financial contribution from the Community towards the operational costs for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 (notified under document number C(2004) 5460)
| 16.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 45/13
COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 December 2004
fixing the financial contribution from the Community towards the operational costs for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001
(notified under document number C(2004) 5460)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2005/130/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 Article 3(3) and Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease occurred in the United Kingdom in 2001. The emergence of this disease represented a serious risk to the Community's livestock population.
(2) Under Commission Decisions 2001/654/EC (2) and 2003/23/EC (3), a Community financial contribution was granted towards the compensation of owners for value of animals compulsorily slaughtered under eradication measures relating to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001.
(3) Under Commission Decision 2003/676/EC (4) an additional financial contribution by the Community to the operational and other costs for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 was authorised.
(4) Pursuant to Article 1 of this latter Decision an advance payment of EUR 40 million to the additional financial contribution has been made.
(5) According to this same Decision, the balance of the financial contribution by the Community was to be based on the claim submitted by the United Kingdom on 27 February 2003, on detailed documents confirming the figures in the claim, and on the results of the on-the-spot checks by the Commission.
(6) Having taken into account the abovementioned elements, the financial contribution from the Community towards the operational costs for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 should now be fixed.
(7) 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 additional financial contribution by the Community towards the operational and other costs of the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 covered by Decision 2003/676/EC is fixed at EUR 156 972 555.
Having regard to the already paid advance of EUR 40 million, a balance of EUR 116 972 555 shall be paid as soon as the necessary credits are made available.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990R0453 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 453/90 of 22 February 1990 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of olive oil to Romania
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 453/90
of 22 February 1990
opening an invitation to tender for the supply of olive oil to Romania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2902/89 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 473/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down the general rules for the system of accession compensatory amounts for olive oil (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 282/90 of 22 January 1990 on emergency action for the supply of certain agricultural products to Romania (4), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof, the Community has made available to Romania 2 500 tonnes of olive oil intervention;
Whereas this quantity is held at present by the Spanish intervention agency; whereas the product made available to the Romanian authorities should be packaged and ready for consumption; whereas the costs of such supplies should be determined by tendering procedure;
Whereas it is necessary to verify that the olive oil is actually made available to Romania and to specify what evidence must be furnished as proof that the goods have been taken over;
Whereas the oil made available to the Romanian authorities under this Regulation must not qualify for the export refund provided for in Article 20 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC or for the consumption aid provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation;
Whereas neither monetary compensatory amounts nor accession compensatory amounts should be applied;
Whereas products held by intervention agencies for export are subject to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 431/90 (6); whereas the Annex to the said Regulation should be extended as regards the endorsements to be entered;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
1. The Servicio Nacional de Productos Agrarios (Spain), hereinafter called 'SENPA', shall open an invitation to tender in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation for the supply to Romania of 2 500 tonnes of olive oil as defined in point 3 of the Annex to Regulation No 136/66/EEC.
2. The following raw materials required for the preparation of 2 500 tonnes of olive oil shall be made available for this tendering procedure by the intervention agency:
- 250 tonnes of virgin olive oil other than lampante grade,
- the necessary quantity of lampante virgin olive oil to obtain 2 250 tonnes of refined olive oil in accordance with the formula laid down in Article 17 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/77 (7).
3. The end product must be put up in metal containers in accordance with Annex II. The words 'Olive oil - Product of the European Economic Community' must appear on the packaging in Romania and one of the official languages of the Community, together with a code number identifying the packaging plant. No other markings shall be permitted.
4. Offers submitted in response to the invitation to tender shall take account of all the costs involved in the operation, including the withdrawal, refining, mixing and packaging costs and the cost of loading the product delivered at factory on the means of transport provided by the Romanian authorities.
5. Tenders shall indicate the place at which the end product is to be made available to the Romanian authorities. One such place only shall be indicated in respect of each lot.
6. The packaged oil shall be made available to the Romanian authorities before 10 April 1990 and shall continue to be available to them until 10 May 1990.
The invitation to tender shall be published on 23 February 1990.
The lots of oil for which contracts are to be awarded, each corresponding to 500 tonnes of the end product, and the places where they are stored shall be displayed by 'SENPA' at its head office at Calle Beneficencia, 8, Madrid 28004, Spain.
A copy of the invitation to tender shall be forwarded forthwith to the Commission.
Tenders, for 500-tonne lots, must reach SENPA, Calle Beneficencia, 8, Madrid 28004, Spain not later than 2 p.m. (local time) on 2 March 1990. They shall not be accepted unless they are accompanied by evidence that a security of Ptas 2 800 per 100 kilograms has been lodged.
SENPA shall transmit to the Commission not later than three days after the expiry of the time limit fixed for the submission of tenders a list without names indicating the amounts tendered for each lot, expressed in national currency. The Commission shall award the lots in relation to the amounts.
Where several identical tenders are submitted a ballot shall be held. The Commission's decision shall be notified immediately to Spain and to the Member State of manufacture which is to make the product available.
1. Removal of the goods by the successful tenderers shall be subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 569/88.
2. The security to be lodged with SENPA by the successful tenderer prior to the removal of the goods shall be Ptas 25 600 per 100 kilograms of olive oil.
The competent authorities in the Member States shall verify that the oil is supplied as specified in this Regulation. The olive oil shall be made available to the Romanian authorities under the supervision of a representative of the authority responsible for the control. The control document shall be stamped when the above verification has taken place.
1. The principal requirements within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (1) shall be:
(a) in the case of the security referred to in Article 3:
- the continuation of the tender,
- the lodging of the security referred to in Article 5;
(b) in the case of the security referred to in Article 5:
the supply of the product in accordance with Articles 1 (3) and (4) and 9 and with the terms of the invitation to tender.
2. The tendering security shall be released:
- immediately if it is decided not to award a contract,
- immediately if the tender is not accepted,
- in cases where the tender is accepted, when the principal requirements referred to in paragraph 1 (a) have been met.
3. The security referred to in Article 5 shall be released when the obligations specified in Article 7 (1) (b) have been fulfilled and following the return to SENPA of the control document provided for in Article 10 (1), and on presentation by the authorized representative of the Romanian authorities of the certificate showing that the product has been taken over.
Products dispatched in accordance with this Regulation shall not qualify for export refunds or for consumption aid and shall not be subject to the arrangements governing monetary compensatory amounts or accession compensatory amounts.
1. Removal of the goods by the Romanian authorities from the successful tenderers shall be conditional on the advance lodging in the Member State in which the products are to be made available of a security, for an amount equal to the intervention price of the product concerned, applicable at the time of release from stock.
2. The products shall be made available to persons duly authorized by the Romanian authorities to transport the products or have them transported in Romania. A model of the authorization is shown in Annex III.
3. The products shall be made available:
- on presentation of the original authorization referred to in paragraph 2 drawn up in the official language of the Member State in which the goods are removed, and
- after a duly completed certificate showing that the goods have been taken over has been stamped by the authorized person.
4. The security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 569/88. Article 18 thereof shall not apply.
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As regards the application of the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 for the removal of stocks from intervention and the preparation of olive oil by the successful tenderer, the following item 33 and the relevant footnote are added to Part II of the Annex thereto entitled 'Products subject to a use and/or destination other than that mentioned under I':
'33. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 453/90 of 22 February 1990 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of olive oil to Romania (33):
- section 104 of the control copy T 5: for refining and export to Romania - Regulation (EEC) No 453/90,
- section 106 of the control copy T 5: product not subject to a monetary or accession compensatory amount or export refund;
(33) OJ No L 47, 23. 2. 1990, p. 15.'
2. As regards the application of the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 following the taking over of the products by the Romanian authorities, the following item 57 and the relevant footnote added to Part I of the Annex thereto entitled 'Products to be exported in the same state as that in which they were removed from intervention stock':
'57. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 453/90 of 22 February 1990 opening an invitation to tender for the supply of olive oil to Romania (57):
(57) OJ No L 47, 23. 2. 1990, p. 15.'
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32013R0079 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 79/2013 of 28 January 2013 making imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia subject to registration
| 29.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 79/2013
of 28 January 2013
making imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia subject to registration
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Articles 10(4) and 14(5) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
(1) On 29 August 2012, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(2) (‘notice of initiation’), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia (‘the countries concerned’) following a complaint lodged on 17 July 2012 by the European Biodiesel Board (‘the complainant’) on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of biodiesel.
A. PRODUCT CONCERNED
(2) The product concerned by this registration is the same as that defined in the notice of initiation, i.e. fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoils obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, in pure form or as included in a blend, currently falling within CN codes ex 1516 20 98, ex 1518 00 91, ex 1518 00 95, ex 1518 00 99, ex 2710 19 43, ex 2710 19 46, ex 2710 19 47, 2710 20 11, 2710 20 15, 2710 20 17, ex 3824 90 97, 3826 00 10 and ex 3826 00 90, and originating in Argentina and Indonesia.
B. REQUEST
(3) Following the publication of the notice of initiation, the complainant requested in September 2012 that imports of the product concerned are made subject to registration pursuant to Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation so that measures may subsequently be applied against those imports from the date of such registration.
C. GROUNDS FOR THE REGISTRATION
(4) According to Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, the Commission may, after consultation of the Advisory Committee, direct the customs authorities to take the appropriate steps to register imports, so that measures may subsequently be applied against those imports from the date of such registration. Imports may be made subject to registration following a request from the Union industry which contains sufficient evidence to justify such action.
(5) The complainant claimed that registration is justified as the product concerned was dumped and injury to the Union industry was caused by the surge in dumped imports in a relatively short period of time.
(6) As regards dumping, the Commission has at its disposal sufficient prima facie evidence that imports of the product concerned from the countries concerned are being dumped. In the anti-dumping complaint and request for registration, the evidence regarding export prices from both countries, based on Eurostat data, covers the period from April 2011 to March 2012. The evidence regarding normal value, contained in the anti-dumping complaint and request for registration, consists for both countries of domestic prices. The complainant also provided a constructed normal value based on total cost of production plus a reasonable amount for selling, general and administrative expenses and for profits. Indeed it has been argued that the export taxes on the soybean oil or palm oil, in Argentina and Indonesia respectively, distort the domestic market by lowering the raw materials prices. As a whole, and given the extent of the dumping margin alleged, this evidence provides sufficient support at this stage that the exporters in question practice dumping.
(7) As regards injury, the Commission has at its disposal sufficient prima facie evidence that the exporters’ dumping practices are causing material injury. This evidence consists of detailed data, contained in the anti-dumping complaint and request for registration and supported by information from the industry and public sources, concerning the key injury factors set out in Article 3(5) of the basic Regulation.
(8) The Commission also has at its disposal sufficient prima facie evidence, contained in the anti-dumping complaint and request for registration and supported by information from other sources, that the importers were aware, or should have been aware, that the exporters practice dumping injurious to or likely to be injurious to the Union. Several articles in the specialist press over an extended period of time suggested that the Union industry may have been suffering injury as a result of low priced imports from Argentina and Indonesia. Finally, given the extent of the dumping that may be occurring, it is reasonable to conclude that the importers would be aware, or should be aware, of the situation.
(9) Furthermore, the Commission has at its disposal sufficient prima facie evidence that such injury is being caused or would be caused by massive dumped imports in a relatively short time which in light of the timing and the volume of the dumped imports and other circumstances (such as the rapid build-up of inventories) would be likely to seriously undermine the remedial effect of any definitive anti-dumping duties, unless such duties would be applied retroactively. The level of imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia reaches a peak during spring and summer as, due to its physical and chemical properties, the use of these products is limited when temperatures are low. In view of the initiation of the current proceeding, it is likely that the exporting producers will negotiate contracts with EU importers for sales of increased volumes of biodiesel prior to the adoption of provisional measures, if any, and inventories will be rapidly built up by importers. The period prior to the initiation also showed a strong increase of imports.
D. PROCEDURE
(10) In view of the above, the Commission has concluded that the complainant provided sufficient evidence to justify making imports of the product concerned subject to registration in accordance with Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation.
(11) All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing and to provide supporting evidence. Furthermore, the Commission may hear interested parties, provided that they make a request in writing and show that there are particular reasons why they should be heard.
E. REGISTRATION
(12) Pursuant to Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned should be made subject to registration in order to ensure that, should the investigation result in findings leading to the imposition of anti-dumping duties, those duties, can, if the necessary conditions are fulfilled, be levied retroactively in accordance with applicable legal provisions.
(13) Any future liability would emanate from the findings of the anti-dumping investigation. The allegations in the complaint requesting the initiation of an investigation mentions dumping margins ranging between 18 and 29 % for Indonesia, between 40 and 50 % for Argentina, and injury margins between 28,5 and 29,5 % for Argentina and between 35,5 and 37,5 % for Indonesia.
(14) In order that the registration is sufficiently effective in view of eventual retroactive levying of an anti-dumping duty, the declarant should indicate on the customs declaration the proportion in blends, by weight, of the total content of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and of paraffinic gasoils obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin (biodiesel content).
F. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
(15) Any personal data collected in this investigation will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (3),
1. The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Union of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoils obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin, in pure form or as included in a blend, currently falling within CN codes ex 1516 20 98 (TARIC codes 1516209821, 1516209829 and 1516209830), ex 1518 00 91 (TARIC codes 1518009121, 1518009129 and 1518009130), ex 1518 00 95 (TARIC code 1518009510), ex 1518 00 99 (TARIC codes 1518009921, 1518009929 and 1518009930), ex 2710 19 43 (TARIC codes 2710194321, 2710194329 and 2710194330), ex 2710 19 46 (TARIC codes 2710194621, 2710194629 and 2710194630), ex 2710 19 47 (TARIC codes 2710194721, 2710194729 and 2710194730), 2710 20 11, 2710 20 15, 2710 20 17, ex 3824 90 97 (TARIC codes 3824909701, 3824909703 and 3824909704), 3826 00 10 and ex 3826 00 90 (TARIC codes 3826009011, 3826009019 and 3826009030), and originating in Argentina and Indonesia. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
The declarant shall indicate on the customs declaration the proportion in the blend, by weight, of the total content of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and of paraffinic gasoils obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin (biodiesel content).
2. All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing, to provide supporting evidence or to request to be heard within 20 days from the date of publication of this Regulation.
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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32010D0028 | Commission Decision of 28 July 2009 amending the list of herbal substances, preparations and combinations thereof for use in traditional herbal medicinal products (notified under document C(2009) 5804) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 16.1.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 11/12
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 July 2009
amending the list of herbal substances, preparations and combinations thereof for use in traditional herbal medicinal products
(notified under document C(2009) 5804)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/28/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (1), and in particular Article 16(f) thereof,
Having regard to the opinions of the European Medicines Agency, formulated on 10 January 2008 and 6 March 2008 by the Committee for Herbal Medicinal Products,
Whereas:
(1) Calendula officinalis L and Pimpinella anisum L comply with the requirements set out in Directive 2001/83/EC. Calendula officinalis L and Pimpinella anisum L can be considered as herbal substances, herbal preparations or combinations thereof.
(2) It is therefore appropriate to include Calendula officinalis L and Pimpinella anisum L in the list of herbal substances, preparations and combinations thereof for use in traditional herbal medicinal products established in Annex I to Commission Decision 2008/911/EC (2).
(3) Decision 2008/911/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 Medicinal Products for Human Use,
Decision 2008/911/EC is amended as follows:
1. Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.
2. Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.
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32000R0592 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 592/2000 of 17 March 2000 on the issuing of import licenses for bananas under the tariff quatas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas for the second quarter of 2000 and on the submission of new applications
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 592/2000
of 17 March 2000
on the issuing of import licenses for bananas under the tariff quatas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas for the second quarter of 2000 and on the submission of new applications
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas [1], as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 [2], and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 [3], as amended by Regulation (EC) No 756/1999 [4], lays down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 regarding imports of bananas into the Community.
(2) Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays down that where, in the case of a given quarter and for any one or more of the origins listed in Annex I, the quantities applied for appreciably exceed any indicative quantity fixed under Article 14 or exceed the quantities available, a percentage reduction to be applied to the amounts requested shall be fixed.
(3) The indicative quantities available for import under the tariff quatas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas are laid down for the second quarter of 2000 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2000 [5].
(4) In the case of the quantities covered by licence applications that are either less than or do not appreciably exceed the indicative quantities fixed for the given quarter, import licenses are issued for the quantities applied for. However, for certain origins, the quantities applied for appreciably exceed the indicative quantities. A reduction percentage should therefore be set to be applied to each licence application for the origin or origins involved.
(5) The maximum quantity for which licence applications may still be submitted in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 should be set, taking account of the applications accepted at the end of the application period and of the available quantities.
(6) This Regulation should apply immediately to permit licences to be issued as quickly as possible.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Import licences for bananas shall be issued under the tariff quatas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for the second quarter of 2000 for:
(a) the quantity indicated in the licence application multiplied by reduction coefficients of 0,6741, 0,7820, 0,7252 and 0,6533, for applications indicating origins "Columbia", "Costa Rica", "Ecuador" and "Other" respectively;
(b) the quantity indicated in the licence application for applications indicating origins other than those referred to in (a).
The quantities for which licence applications may still be lodged in respect of the second quarter of 2000 are laid down in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32000D0083 | 2000/83/EC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1999 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Pakistan (notified under document number C(1999) 4754) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 December 1999
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Pakistan
(notified under document number C(1999) 4754)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/83/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), as last amended by Council Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) a Commission expert team has conducted an inspection visit to Pakistan to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
(2) the provisions of legislation of Pakistan on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
(3) in Pakistan the Marine Fisheries Department (MFD) of the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force;
(4) the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in Article 11(4)(a) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to sign it;
(5) pursuant to Article 11(4)(b) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark should be affixed to packages of fishery products giving the name of the third country and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin;
(6) pursuant to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved/registration establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores must be drawn up; whereas a list of freezer vessels registered in the sense of Directive 92/48/EEC(3) must be drawn up; whereas these list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the MFD to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the MFD to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;
(7) the MFD has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC, and regarding the fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval or registration of establishments, factory vessels, cold stores of freezer vessels of origin;
(8) the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Marine Fisheries Department (MFD) of the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock shall be the competent authority in Pakistan for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Pakistan must meet the following conditions:
1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A hereto;
2. the products must come from approved establishments, factory vessels, cold stores or registered freezer vessels listed in Annex B hereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear the word "Pakistan" and the approval/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters.
1. Certificates as referred to in Article 2(1) must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.
2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the MFD and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.
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32005R0134 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 134/2005 of 27 January 2005 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
| 28.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 25/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 134/2005
of 27 January 2005
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 (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) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 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 (EC) No 1784/2003 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 (2) 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 (EC) No 1784/2003 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 28 January 2005.
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32014D0216 | Council Implementing Decision 2014/216/CFSP of 14 April 2014 implementing Decision 2014/119/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine
| 15.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 111/91
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2014/216/CFSP
of 14 April 2014
implementing Decision 2014/119/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2014/119/CFSP of 5 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 5 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/119/CFSP.
(2) Additional persons should be included in the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/119/CFSP.
(3) In addition, the identifying information for three persons listed in the Annex to Decision 2014/119/CFSP should be amended.
(4) The Annex to Decision 2014/119/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
The persons listed in Annex I to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/119/CFSP.
The Annex to Decision 2014/119/CFSP is hereby amended as set out in Annex II to this Decision.
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32006R0161 | Council Regulation (EC) No 161/2006 of 23 January 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 950/2001 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil originating, inter alia , in Russia
| 31.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 26/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 161/2006
of 23 January 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 950/2001 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil originating, inter alia, in Russia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the basic Regulation), and in particular Article 11(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
1. Measures in force
(1) Following an investigation (the original investigation), the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 950/2001 (2), imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty of 14,9 % on imports of certain aluminium foil (AHF) originating in Russia. Following the acceptance of an undertaking from the Russian exporting producer ‘United Company Siberian Aluminium’, joint stock company, which has since changed its name (3) to Open Joint Stock Company Rusal Sayanal (Sayanal), imports from this exporter were exempted from the anti-dumping duty by Commission Decision 2001/381/EC (4).
2. Request for an interim review
(2) A request for a partial interim review of Regulation (EC) No 950/2001 was received from Sayanal, an exporting producer of AHF subject to a price undertaking and part of the Russian Aluminium group of companies (Rusal).
(3) In its request pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation, Sayanal claimed that the circumstances with regard to dumping, on the basis of which the measures in force were established, had changed and that these changes were of a lasting nature. Sayanal further alleged and provided prima facie evidence to show that a comparison of normal value based on its own costs or domestic prices and export prices to the Community would lead to a reduction of dumping significantly below the level of the current measures (14,9 %). Therefore it claimed that the continued imposition of measures at the existing levels, which were based on the level of dumping previously established, was no longer necessary to offset dumping.
3. Initiation
(4) Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of a partial interim review, the Commission, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(5), initiated a partial interim review limited in scope to the examination of dumping in accordance with Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation and commenced its investigation.
(5) The Commission officially advised the applicant, as well as the representatives of the exporting country, of the initiation of the interim review. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing.
(6) The Commission also sent a questionnaire to the applicant and received a reply within the deadline. The Commission sought and verified all the information it deemed necessary for the determination of dumping and carried out verification visits at the premises of the following companies:
— Sayanal, Sayanogorsk, Russia, and its related companies within the Rusal group:
— SAZ, Sayanogorsk, Russia (aluminium smelter),
— Rusal Sayanskaya Folga, Dmitrov, Russia (processor of small rolls),
— Trading House Russian Foil, Moscow, Russia,
— Trading House Safoil, Moscow, Russia,
— Rual Trade (BVI) Limited, Moscow, Russia,
— Sibirsky Aluminium GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany.
4. Review investigation period
(7) The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 October 2003 to 30 September 2004 (the investigation period or IP).
B. PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
1. Product concerned
(8) The product concerned by the current review is the same as that defined in the original investigation, i.e. certain aluminium foil of a thickness of not less than 0,009 mm and not more than 0,018 mm, not backed, not further worked than rolled, in reels of a width not exceeding 650 mm originating in Russia, currently classifiable under CN code 7607 11 10.
2. Like product
(9) Unlike in the previous investigation, Sayanal and its related companies sold AHF also on the Russian domestic market. Whereas the product concerned sold to the EC is in the form of ‘jumbo reels’, sales on the Russian domestic market were in the form of ‘small rolls’. Small rolls are processed from jumbo reels, by cutting them to smaller lengths and packaging them for sale to end-users. However, it was found that AHF in jumbo reels and small rolls both shared the same physical and chemical characteristics and uses.
(10) Consequently, both AHF produced and sold on the Russian domestic market and that exported to the Community have the same basic physical and chemical characteristics and uses and are therefore considered to be alike within the meaning of Article 1(4) of the basic Regulation.
C. RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION
1. Normal value
(11) Sales on the domestic market are made by Sayanal via Trading House Russian Foil (THRF) to Rusal Sayanskaya Folga (RSF), which processes the jumbo reels into small rolls and then sells them to independent customers within Russia.
(12) There are no sales of jumbo reels to independent customers in Russia, and no representative sales of small rolls to independent customers in the Community. As such, no proper comparison on a model-to-model basis could be made. Therefore normal value was constructed according to Article 2(3) of the basic Regulation on the basis of the company’s cost of production plus a reasonable amount for selling, general and administrative costs (SG&A) and for profits.
(13) Article 2(5) of the basic Regulation provides for the cost of manufacturing to be adjusted where ‘costs associated with the production and sale of the product under investigation are not reasonably reflected in the records of the party concerned’.
(14) The investigation established that the related smelting company was charged a very low price for its electricity, which is generated at the Sayano-Shushenskoe Hydro-Electricity Plant, compared to prices charged in third countries with comparable hydro-electricity plants. The prices are set by the Regional Energy Commission. These prices were considered abnormally low and not reflecting the normal costs. Therefore they were adjusted on the basis of the 2004 price of electricity for energy-intensive manufacturing in another representative market, i.e. Norway, which was found to be EUR 14/MWh.
(15) As regards the SG&A, they were determined on the basis of the company’s own data pursuant to the chapeau of Article 2(6) of the basic Regulation. However, an adjustment was necessary in order to reflect the fact that, as pointed out in recital 12, the company does not sell the same type of AHF rolls on the EC and Russian markets and that, in addition, these types are sold at a different level of trade.
(16) For the same reason, the profit on domestic sales had to be adjusted as well. In order to make such adjustment, and given the existence of intra-group transfer prices, it was considered appropriate to determine the profit on the basis of the profit margin (32,1 %) found for the audited consolidated accounts of the Rusal Group, expressed as a percentage of total costs.
2. Export price
(17) Sales to the EU are made through a series of sales companies within the Rusal group: THRF, Trading House Safoil (Safoil), Rual Trade (BVI) Limited (Rual) and Sibirsky Aluminium GmbH (SAG).
(18) Where sales were made via a related importer in the Community, the export price was constructed on the basis of the resale prices to independent customers. Adjustments were made for all costs incurred between importation and resale by that importer, including SG&A expenses, and a reasonable profit margin, in accordance with Article 2(9) of the basic Regulation. The latter was based on the profit margin found for an unrelated importer in the previous investigation.
(19) For sales made through a related company outside the Community, the export price was established on the basis of the resale price paid by the first independent buyer in the Community.
3. Comparison
(20) The comparison of the export price with the constructed normal value was made on an ex-factory basis and at the same level of trade. In order to ensure a fair comparison, account was taken, in accordance with Article 2(10) of the basic Regulation, of differences in factors which were demonstrated to affect prices and price comparability. On this basis, allowances for differences in transport costs, handling costs, insurance and duty payments were made, where applicable, and justified. Adjustments were also made where the export sales were made via a related company located in a country other than the country concerned or the Community, pursuant to Article 2(10)(i) of the basic Regulation.
4. Dumping margin
(21) As provided for under Article 2(11) of the basic Regulation, the weighted average constructed normal value by type was compared with the weighted average net ex-works export price of the corresponding type of the product concerned.
(22) The comparison as described above did not show the existence of any dumping.
D. LASTING NATURE OF CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES
(23) In accordance with Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation it was also examined whether the changed circumstances could reasonably be said to be of a lasting nature.
(24) In this respect, it was considered first of all that Sayanal has complied with its price undertaking through its subsidiary sales company in the Community, Sibirsky Aluminium GmbH (SAG), since the imposition of measures. At the same time, Sayanal has retained a substantial share of the Community market, indicating that it is able to compete at non-dumped price levels.
(25) The prices of the product concerned sold on third-country markets were also examined in order to assess the behaviour of the company in markets where no trade defence measures are in force. It was found that these prices were only slightly below the current export prices to the Community, and no indications of dumping on these markets were found. It is therefore considered that there is no reason to believe that this change of circumstances and the findings on the absence of dumping would not be of a lasting nature.
E. ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
(26) As a result of the investigation it is considered appropriate to amend the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of AHF from Sayanal.
(27) Interested parties were informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it is intended to recommend an amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 950/2001 and were given an opportunity to comment. Their comments were considered and taken into account where appropriate,
In Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 950/2001 the table shall be replaced by the following:
‘Country Company Rate of duty TARIC additional code
The PRC All companies 15,0 —
Russia Open Joint Stock Company Rusal Sayanal, Promploshadka, Sayanogorsk, Republic of Khakasia 655600, Russia 0 A255
All other companies 14,9 A999’
Articles 1(3) and 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 950/2001 are hereby repealed.
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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31985R2576 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2576/85 of 12 September 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 as regards the time limits for payment for butter bought in by intervention agencies
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2576/85
of 12 September 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 as regards the time limits for payment for butter bought in by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1298/85 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (5) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 of 14 April 1969 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1767/85 (4), lays down the time limit for payment for butter bought in by intervention agencies;
Whereas, as part of the annual price fixing, the Council decided to reduce the intervention price for butter during the 1985/86 marketing year; whereas, moreover, the second year of application of the scheme for controlling milk production involves a further reduction in the reference quantities of purchasers or producers; whereas, generally speaking, in view of the overall situation in the milk sector, it appears desirable to relax the constraints affecting small milk producers for the 1985/86 milk year; whereas, with this in view, Member States should be entitled to bring forward the time limit for payment of intervention butter manufactured from deliveries by small milk producers;
Whereas, given the diversity of production and processing structures in the Community in the sector concerned and the fact that the financial consequences of the measure are borne by the Member States under Council Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2139/85 (6), Member States should be left to define small producers for the purpose of implementing the measure;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The following subparagraphs are hereby added to Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69:
'During the 1985/86 marketing year Member States shall be entitled to pay for butter manufactured from deliveries by small milk producers, and bought in by intervention agencies, from the 60th day after it is taken over.
Member States which make use of this entitlement shall communicate in good time to the Commission the steps which they envisage taking in order to apply the measure.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32006D0470 | 2006/470/EC: Council Decision of 29 May 2006 concerning the conclusion of consultations with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania under Article 96 of the revised Cotonou Agreement
| 8.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 187/28
COUNCIL DECISION
of 29 May 2006
concerning the conclusion of consultations with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania under Article 96 of the revised Cotonou Agreement
(2006/470/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) (hereinafter referred to as the ACP-EC Agreement), as amended by the Agreement signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2), 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 Agreement (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The essential elements referred to in Article 9 of the ACP-EC Agreement have been violated.
(2) On 30 November 2005, pursuant to Article 96 of the ACP-EC Agreement, consultations started with the ACP countries and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania during which the Mauritanian authorities gave specific undertakings designed to remedy problems identified by the European Union and to implement those undertakings during a period of intensive dialogue lasting 120 days.
(3) At the conclusion of this period some substantive initiatives have been taken in respect of some of the undertakings referred to above, and other undertakings have been fulfilled. Nevertheless several important measures concerning essential elements of the ACP-EC Agreement still have to be implemented,
Consultations with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania under Article 96 of the ACP-EC 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-EC Agreement.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
This Decision shall expire on 29 November 2007. It shall be reviewed regularly at least once every six months.
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31984R0629 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 629/84 of 9 March 1984 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on certain bovine cattle leather, falling within subheading 41.02 ex C and originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 629/84
of 9 March 1984
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on certain bovine cattle leather, falling within subheading 41.02 ex C and originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 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 C, other than those listed in column 4 of Annex A, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex A; 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 certain bovine cattle leather falling within subheading 41.02 ex C, the individual ceiling was fixed at 4 750 000 ECU; whereas, on 6 March 1984, imports of these products into the Community, originating in India, reached that ceiling after being charged thereagainst;
Whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against India,
As from 13 March 1984, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in India:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 41.02 (NIMEXE codes 41.02-21, 28, 31, 32, 35, 37, 98) // Bovine cattle leather (including buffalo leather) and equine leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06 or 41.08: // // ex C. Other, excluding leather not further prepared than tanned // //
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 |
32007D0712 | 2007/712/EC: Council Decision of 15 October 2007 on the signing, on behalf of the Community, of the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
| 21.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 339/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 15 October 2007
on the signing, on behalf of the Community, of the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
(2007/712/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 61(c) thereof, in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 16 September 1988, the Member States of the European Communities signed an international agreement with the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (1) (the Lugano Convention), thereby extending to Iceland, Norway and Switzerland the application of the rules of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on the same subject matter (2) (the Brussels Convention).
(2) Negotiations on a revision of the Brussels Convention and the Lugano Convention were undertaken during the years 1998-1999 within the framework of an ad hoc Working Party enlarged with Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. These negotiations led to the adoption of a text of a draft convention prepared by the Working Party, which was confirmed by the Council at its meeting on 27 and 28 May 1999.
(3) Subsequent negotiations within the Council on the basis of this text led to the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (3), which modernised the rules of the Brussels Convention and made the system of recognition and enforcement swifter and more efficient.
(4) In the light of the parallelism between the Brussels and the Lugano Convention regimes on jurisdiction and on recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, the rules of the Lugano Convention should be aligned with the rules of Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 in order to achieve the same level of circulation of judgments between the EU Member States and the EFTA States concerned.
(5) In accordance with the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark does not take part in the application of measures pursuant to Title IV of the Treaty establishing the European Community. In order for the rules of the Lugano Convention to apply to Denmark, Denmark should therefore participate as a Contracting Party to a new convention covering the same subject matter.
(6) By Decision of 27 September 2002, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate with a view to the adoption of a new Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
(7) The Commission has negotiated such a convention, on behalf of the Community, with Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark.
(8) In accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, the United Kingdom and Ireland are taking part in the adoption and application of this Decision.
(9) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark, Denmark does not take part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(10) The Convention, initialled at Brussels on 28 March 2007, should be signed,
The signing of the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, which will replace the Lugano Convention of 16 September 1988, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the conclusion of the said Convention.
The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the Community, the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994D0393 | 94/393/EC: Commission Decision of 8 July 1994 on certain protective measures with respect to bivalve molluscs, marine gastropods and echinoderms from Turkey
| COMMISSION DECISION of 8 July 1994 on certain protective measures with respect to bivalve molluscs, marine gastropods and echinoderms from Turkey (94/393/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 19 (1) thereof,
Whereas the presence of a toxin (DSP) has been recorded on several occasions in consignments of bivalve molluscs imported from Turkey;
Whereas the levels of toxin observed can constitute a serious danger to public health; whereas the necessary protective measures should be adopted rapidly at Community level;
Whereas in the absence of health guarantees from the Turkish authorities imports of bivalve molluscs marine gastropods and echinoderms from Turkey should be prohibited,
Member States shall prohibit the importation of consignments of bivalve molluscs, marine gastropods and echinoderms originating in Turkey.
Member States shall amend the measures which they apply to importation in order to bring them into conformity with the present Decision. They shall inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision shall apply until 30 October 1994.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R2027 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 of 15 June 1995 establishing a system for the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2027/95 of 15 June 1995 establishing a system for the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 on the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (2) establishes the criteria and procedures for the introduction of a system for the management of fishing effort in ICES divisions Vb, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 of the said Regulation, the Member States have submitted to the Commission lists of named vessels for each fishery, an assessment of the necessary fishing effort for each fishery and, where appropriate, details of the proposed arrangements for regulating fishing effort;
Whereas, on the basis of the information submitted by the Member States and in accordance with the criteria laid down in the abovementioned Regulation, the maximum fishing effort for each Member State and for each fishery as defined in Article 3 (1) of the said Regulation must be fixed to prevent any increase in the current total fishing effort in the areas in question;
Whereas the flag Member States are responsible for the management of fishing effort and whereas, for the purposes of the control of fishing effort, Member States should take account of the effect of exchanges of quota on fishing effort;
Whereas provision should be made for the Commission to lay down, at the request of a Member State, the application procedures provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95;
Whereas provision should be made for the Commission's to review the maximum fishing effort of a Member State at its request in accordance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 685/95;
Whereas the effectiveness of the measures for the management of fishing effort in each fishery is dependent on the measures for inspection and control as defined in the relevant provisions of the common fisheries policy and in particular those laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3),
This Regulation establishes a system for the management of fishery effort in ICES divisions Vb, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0.
The maximum annual fishing effort for each Member State and for each fishery shall be as indicated in the Annex.
1. The maximum fishing effort referred to in Article 2 shall be without prejudice to exchanges of quota carried out pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 and reallocations and/or deductions made pursuant to Articles 21 (4), 23 (1) and 32 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.
2. Where Member States decide to exchange all or part of the fishing availabilities allocated to them, they shall notify the Commission not only of that exchange but also of the fishing effort relating thereto as agreed between them.
In the event of reallocations and/or deductions of quotas, the Member States shall notify the Commission of the fishing effort corresponding to such reallocations and/or deductions.
3. The Member States concerned shall adjust the maximum level of their fishing effort corresponding to:
(a) exchanges of quota; and
(b) reallocations and/or deductions.
At the request of a Member State, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92, the Commission:
- may lay down the implementation measures referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95,
- shall take the appropriate measures in order for that Member State to be able to fish its quotas in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 685/95.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1996.
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32013R0096 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 96/2013 of 1 February 2013 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus buchneri NCIMB 30139 and of a preparation of Lactobacillus casei ATTC PTA 6135 as feed additives for all animal species Text with EEA relevance
| 2.2.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 33/21
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 96/2013
of 1 February 2013
concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus buchneri NCIMB 30139 and of a preparation of Lactobacillus casei ATTC PTA 6135 as feed additives 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. Article 10(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 10(1) to (4) thereof sets out specific provisions for the evaluation of products used in the Union as silage additives at the date that Regulation became applicable.
(2) In accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, a preparation of Lactobacillus buchneri NCIMB 30139 and a preparation of Lactobacillus casei ATTC PTA 6135 were entered in the Community Register of Feed Additives as existing products belonging to the functional group of silage additives, for all animal species.
(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 thereof, applications were submitted for the authorisation of those preparations as feed additives for all animal species, requesting those additives to be classified in the category ‘technological additives’ and in the functional group ‘silage additives’. Those applications were accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinions of 11 September 2012 (2) and 12 September 2012 (3) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparations concerned do not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. The Authority also concluded that the preparation of Lactobacillus buchneri NCIMB 30139 has the potential to improve the preservation of easy to ensile material by increasing acetic acid production and the preparation of Lactobacillus casei ATTC PTA 6135 has the potential to improve the production of silage from easy to ensile material 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 methods of analysis of the feed additives in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) The assessment of the preparations concerned shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of those preparations should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(6) Since safety reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the authorisation.
(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,
Authorisation
The preparations specified in the Annex belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, are authorised as additives in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Transitional measures
The preparations specified in the Annex and feed containing them, which are produced and labelled before 22 August 2013 in accordance with the rules applicable before 22 February 2013, may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
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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31975D0477 | 75/477/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 July 1975 on the reform of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Directive No 72/161/EEC (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 8 July 1975 on the reform of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Directive No 72/161/EEC (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (75/477/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Directive No 72/161/EEC (1) of 17 April 1972 concerning the provision of socio-economic guidance for and the acquisition of occupational skills by persons engaged in agriculture, and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof;
Whereas on 18 June 1975 the Belgian Government communicated, pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Directive No 72/161/EEC, a Royal Decree of 27 May 1975 granting an allowance to farmers and hired and family agricultural workers who successfully complete certain courses for improving their occupational skills;
Whereas Article 11 (3) of Directive No 72/161/EEC requires the Commission to determine whether, having regard to the objectives of that Directive and to the need for a proper connection between the various measures, the draft provisions communicated satisfy the conditions for financial contribution from the Community;
Whereas the allowances to be paid under Articles 1 and 4 of the said Royal Decree for attendance at the courses listed in Article 2 (5), which form the subject of Commission Decision No 75/152/EEC (2) of 25 February 1975 on the reform of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Directive No 72/161/EEC, are allowances within the meaning of the last indent of Article 6 (3) of Directive No 72/161/EEC for the attendance at such courses;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The allowance payable under Articles 1 and 4 of the Royal Decree of 27 May 1975 granting a social advancement allowance to farmers and hired and family agricultural workers following the training courses listed in Article 2 (5) of the said Royal Decree satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 8 of Directive No 72/161/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0256 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 256/2004 of 13 February 2004 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 256/2004
of 13 February 2004
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), 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 1875/2003(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 round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1875/2003 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 9 to 12 February 2004 at 124,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February 2004.
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32000D0579 | 2000/579/EC: Council Decision of 18 September 2000 appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions
| Council Decision
of 18 September 2000
appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions
(2000/579/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1998(1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas a seat as a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Gerd Walter, member, notified to the Council on 29 June 2000,
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Ms Heide Simonis is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Gerd Walter for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2002. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32015R0465 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/465 of 19 March 2015 establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 March 2015 and determining the quantities to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2015 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 in the poultrymeat sector
| 20.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 76/46
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/465
of 19 March 2015
establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 March 2015 and determining the quantities to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2015 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 in the poultrymeat sector
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 188 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 (2) opened annual tariff quotas for imports of poultrymeat products.
(2) For some quotas, the quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 March 2015 for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2015 exceed those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (3).
(3) The quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 March 2015 for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2015 are, for some quotas, less than those available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod.
(4) In order to ensure the efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
1. The quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged under Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2015 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The quantities for which import licence applications have not been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007, to be added to the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2015, 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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32004D0747 | 2004/747/EC: Commission Decision of 26 October 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/25/EEC on the statistical surveys to be carried out on sheep and goat stocks (notified under document number C(2004) 4092)Text with EEA relevance
| 4.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 329/14
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 October 2004
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/25/EEC on the statistical surveys to be carried out on sheep and goat stocks
(notified under document number C(2004) 4092)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/747/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 93/25/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on sheep and goat stocks (1), and in particular Articles 2(2), 3(2) and (3), 7, and 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Precise definitions are required in order to carry out the surveys provided for in Directive 93/25/EEC. This requires the definition of the agricultural holdings covered by the survey. The different categories for the breakdown of the survey results, and the herd size classes and the territorial subdivisions according to which the Member States draw up the survey results at regular intervals must also be precisely defined. A standard definition of carcass weight is necessary for the drawing-up of slaughtering statistics.
(2) Because of the accession of the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, it is necessary to make certain technical adaptations.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council (2) establishes a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) for the Member States; the regional levels previously defined for these must therefore be replaced by the new NUTS classification.
(4) Commission Decision 2003/597/EC of 4 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/25/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on sheep and goat population and production (3) should be repealed.
(5) This Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,
1. For the purposes of Article 2(2) of Directive 93/25/EEC, ‘agricultural holding’ means any technical and economic unit under single management which produces agricultural products.
2. The survey referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 93/25/EEC shall cover:
(a) agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of 1 ha or more;
(b) agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of less than 1 ha, if their production is to a certain extent intended for sale or if their production unit exceeds certain natural thresholds.
3. Member States wishing to apply a different survey threshold shall, however, undertake to determine that threshold in such a way that only the smallest holdings are excluded, and that together the holdings excluded account for 1 % or less of the total standard gross margin, within the meaning of Commission Decision 85/377/EEC (4), of the Member State concerned.
The definitions of the categories of sheep and goat referred to in Article 3(1) and Article 13(2) of Directive 93/25/EEC are set out in Annex I to this Decision.
For the territorial subdivisions referred to in Article 7(1) of Directive 93/25/EEC the Member States shall follow the level of the common classification of Territorial Units for Statistics set out in Annex II to this Decision.
They need not compile results for regions with herd populations of less than 1 % of the national population.
The herd size classes referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 93/25/EEC are set out in Annex III to this Decision.
The carcass weight referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 93/25/EEC is the weight of the slaughtered animal's cold body after having been bled, skinned and eviscerated, and after removal of the head (severed at the atlanto-occipital joint), of the feet (severed at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints), of the tail (severed between the sixth and seventh caudal vertebrae) and of the genital organs (including udder).
Kidneys and kidney fats are included in the carcass.
Decision 2003/597/EC is repealed.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.
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32001R1848 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/2001 of 20 September 2001 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/2001
of 20 September 2001
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector(1), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(2) limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.
(3) On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 19 September 2001, the quantity still available for the period until 15 November 2001, for zone (3) eastern Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 16 to 18 September 2001 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for the zone until 16 November 2001,
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 16 to 18 September 2001 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued for 48,67 % of the quantities requested for zone (3) eastern Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 19 September 2001 and the submission of export licence applications from 21 September 2001 for zone (3) eastern Europe shall be suspended until 16 November 2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2001.
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32010R0169 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 169/2010 of 1 March 2010 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
| 2.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 51/2
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 169/2010
of 1 March 2010
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 247 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 4k to 4t of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 312/2009 (3), provide that economic operators not established in the customs territory of the Community are to be registered by the customs authority or the designated authority of the Member State involved. However, it is necessary to specify that economic operators not established in the customs territory of the Community who lodge a customs declaration in the Community to place goods under the temporary importation procedure will not have to be registered for an economic operators registration and identification number (EORI number) if they discharge that procedure by re-exportation.
(2) Economic operators established in a contracting party to the Convention on a common transit procedure, approved by Council Decision 87/415/EEC (4), other than the European Union lodging a customs declaration to place goods under the common transit procedure and economic operators established in Andorra and San Marino lodging a customs declaration to place goods under the Community transit procedure are already assigned traders’ identification numbers that can be used to identify them. They should therefore be excluded from the obligation to be registered for an EORI number. However, that exception should be limited solely to cases where the data provided in the customs declaration is not used as an entry or exit summary declaration, as an EORI number is important for performing risk analyses in such cases.
(3) In view of Article 186 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 312/2009, Annex 30a to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should be adapted.
(4) In order to allow the customs office of the first port or airport of entry to forward, where relevant, information necessary to carry out an appropriate risk analysis to the customs office at any subsequent port or airport as provided for in Article 184e of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, it is necessary to add a new data requirement and the related data explanatory note to Annex 30a to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
(5) Annex 38 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should reflect the fact that in some specific cases duties are imposed under customs union agreements concluded by the European Union.
(6) Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4 March 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricultural products (5) has been repealed. Currently, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1741/2006 (6) lays down the conditions for granting the special export refund on boned meat of adult male bovine animals placed under the customs warehousing procedure prior to export while Commission Regulation (EC) No 1731/2006 (7) lays down special detailed rules for the application of export refunds in the case of certain preserved beef and veal products which require customs supervision and customs control during manufacturing prior to export. Annexes 37 and 38 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should be updated accordingly.
(7) Article 152(1)(a)a of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 215/2006 (8) provides for a system whereby unit prices notified by Member States and disseminated by the Commission may be used to determine the customs value of certain perishable goods imported on consignment. That system replaces specific rules for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods laid down in Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. Annex 38 to that Regulation should therefore be updated.
(8) Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (9) has been replaced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (10). That replacement should be reflected in Annex 38 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
(9) Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April 1999 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (11) has been replaced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 of 7 July 2009 on laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (12). Box 37 of Annex 38 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore be adjusted accordingly.
(10) In view of the provisions on simplified procedures set out in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1875/2006 (13), it is necessary to update the codes for ‘Additional information’ in Box 44 of Annex 38 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, accordingly.
(11) Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 648/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (14) contains an obligation to lodge entry summary declarations and Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1875/2006, provides for summary declarations for the purposes of temporary storage. Those two declarations should therefore be included in the ‘List of abbreviations for documents’ in Annex 38 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
(12) Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(13) In order to ensure a smooth implementation of this Regulation, it is necessary to provide Member States with time for the necessary adaptation of their computerised systems.
(14) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 41(3), point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) he lodges in the Community a summary or customs declaration other than any of the following:
(i) a customs declaration made in accordance with Articles 225 to 238;
(ii) a customs declaration made for temporary importation or for discharging this procedure by re-exportation;
(iii) a customs declaration made under the common transit procedure by an economic operator established in a contracting party to the Convention on a common transit procedure other than the European Union, where that declaration is not also used as an entry or exit summary declaration;
(iv) a customs declaration made under the Community transit procedure by an economic operator established in Andorra or in San Marino, where that declaration is not also used as an entry or exit summary declaration.’;
2. Annex 30a is amended as set out in Annex I to this Regulation;
3. Annex 37 is amended as set out in Annex II to this Regulation;
4. Annex 38 is amended as set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2010.
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31993D0052 | 93/52/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1992 recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1992 recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease
(93/52/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade on ovine and caprine animals (1), and in particular Annex A, Chapter 1.II thereof,
Whereas, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Federal Republic of Germany and certain regions in France, brucellosis (B. melitensis) has been a notifiable disease for at least five years; whereas no case has been confirmed officially there for at least five years and vaccination has been banned there for at least three years; whereas it should therefore be put on record that they comply with the conditions laid down in Annex A, Chapter 1.II (1) (b);
Whereas, in addition, the Member States or regions referred to above undertake to satisfy the provisions laid down in Annex A, Chapter 1.II (2); whereas, consequently, the Member States and regions in question should be accorded officially brucellosis (B. melitensis) free status;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Member States and regions referred to respectively in Annexes I and II satisfy the conditions laid down in Directive 91/68/EEC, Annex A, Chapter 1.II (1) (b).
The Member States and regions referred to respectively in Annexes I and II are recognized as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).
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31988R1643 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1643/88 of 13 June 1988 introducing private storage aid for Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1643/88
of 13 June 1988
introducing private storage aid for Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1109/88 (2), and in particular Article 9 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 508/71 of 8 March 1971 laying down general rules on private storage aid for long-keeping cheeses (3) permits the granting of private storage aid for sheep's-milk cheeses requiring at least six months for maturing where a serious market imbalance could be eliminated or reduced by seasonal storage;
Whereas the market in Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses is at present disturbed by the existence of stocks which are difficult to sell and which are causing a lowering of prices; whereas seasonal storage should therefore be introduced for these quantities to improve the situation and allow producers time to find outlets for their cheese;
Whereas the detailed rules for the application of such measure should essentially be the same as those laid down for a similar measure during previous years;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Aid shall be granted in respect of the private storage of 3 000 tonnes of Kefalotyri and Kasseri cheeses made from Community-produced ewes' milk and satisfying the requirements of Articles 2 and 3.
1. The intervention agency shall conclude storage contracts only when the following conditions are met:
(a) the quantity of cheese to which the contract relates is not less than two tonnes;
(b) the cheese was manufactured at least 90 days before the date specified in the contract as being the date of commencement of storage, and after 30 November 1987;
(c) the cheese has undergone tests which show that it meets the condition laid down in (b) and that it is of first quality;
(d) the storer undertakes:
- to keep the cheese during the entire period of storage in premises where the maximum temperature is +16 °C,
- not, during the term of the contract, to alter the composition of the batch which is the subject of the contract without authorization from the intervention agency. If the condition concerning the minimum quantity fixed for each batch continues to be met, the intervention agency may authorize an alteration which is limited to the removal or replacement of cheeses which are found to have deteriorated to such an extent that they can no longer be stored.
In the event of release from store of certain quantities:
(i) if the aforesaid quantities are replaced with the authorization of the intervention agency, the contract is deemed not to have undergone any alteration,
(ii) if the aforesaid quantities are not replaced, the contract is deemed to have been concluded ad initio for the quantity permanently retained.
Any supervisory costs arising from an alteration shall be met by the storer,
- to keep stock accounts and to inform the intervention agency each week of the quantity of cheese put into and withdrawn from storage during the previous week.
2. The storage contract shall be concluded:
(a) in writing, stating the date when storage covered by the contract begins; this may not be earlier than the day following that on which the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage were completed;
(b) after completion of the operations connected with putting the batch of cheese covered by the contract into storage and at the latest 40 days after the date on which the storage covered by the contract begins.
1. Aid shall be granted only for cheese put into storage during the period 1 June to 30 November 1988.
2. No aid shall be granted in respect of storage under contract for less than 60 days.
3. The aid payable may not exceed an amount corresponding to 150 days' storage under contract terminating before 31 March 1989. By way of derogation from the second indent of Article 2 (1) (d), when the period of 60 days specified in paragraph 2 has elapsed, the storer may remove all or part of the batch under contract. The minimum quantity that may be removed shall be 500 kilograms. The Member States may, however, increase this quantity to two tonnes.
The date of the start of operations to remove cheese covered by the contract shall not be included in the period of storage under contract.
1. The amount of aid shall be 2,28 ECU per tonne per day.
2. The amount of aid in ECU in relation to a storage contract shall be that applying on the first day of storage under contract. It shall be converted into national currency at the representative rate applicable on the last day of storage under contract.
3. Aid shall be paid not later than 90 days from the last day of storage under contract.
The periods, dates and time limits mentioned in this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 (1). However, Article 3 (4) of that Regulation shall not apply for determination of the duration of storage under contract.
The intervention agency shall take the necessary measures to ensure that checks are kept on the quantities covered by storage contracts. It shall in particular make provision for the marking of the cheeses covered by the contract.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission on or before the Tuesday of each week:
(a) the quantity of cheese for which storage contracts have been concluded during the previous week;
(b) any quantities in respect of which the authorization referred to in the second indent of Article 2 (d) has been given.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 June 1987.
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32005R0564 | Council Regulation (EC) No 564/2005 of 8 April 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating in the Czech Republic, Russia, Thailand and Turkey
| 15.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 97/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 564/2005
of 8 April 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating in the Czech Republic, Russia, Thailand and Turkey
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 11(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE
(1) On 5 May 2000, the Commission initiated an anti-dumping proceeding (2) on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating, inter alia, in Turkey.
(2) This proceeding ultimately resulted in a definitive anti-dumping duty being imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 (3) in order to eliminate the injurious effects of dumping.
B. REQUEST FOR AN INTERIM REVIEW
(3) A request for a partial interim review of Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 was received from Has Çelik ve Halat Sanayi Ticaret A.S. (‘Has Çelik’, or ‘the applicant’), a Turkish exporting producer of certain iron or steel ropes and cables subject to the anti-dumping measures in force.
(4) In this request pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation it was claimed that the circumstances with regard to dumping on the basis of which the measures in force were established have changed and that these changes are of a lasting nature.
(5) According to the request, the applicant has undergone structural changes which have had a significant impact on the normal value. Furthermore, it was claimed that a comparison of normal value based on its costs or domestic prices and export prices to the Community would lead to a reduction of dumping significantly below the level of the current measures applying to imports from the applicant, i.e. 17,8 %. Therefore, the continued imposition of measures at the existing levels, which were based on the level of dumping previously established, would no longer be necessary to offset dumping.
(6) Having determined, after consulting the Advisory Committee, that sufficient evidence existed for the initiation of a partial interim review, the Commission published a notice (‘Notice of Initiation’) (4) and commenced an investigation, limited in scope to the examination of dumping by the applicant.
C. PROCEDURE
(7) The Commission officially advised the representatives of the exporting country and the applicant of the initiation of the partial interim review and gave all the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. A submission was received from EWRIS, the Liaison Committee of E.U. Wire Rope Industries which was the complainant in the original case.
(8) The Commission also sent a questionnaire to the applicant, which replied within the time limits set in the Notice of Initiation.
(9) The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed necessary for the purpose of a determination of dumping and carried out a verification visit at the premises of the applicant.
(10) The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 July 2003 to 29 February 2004 (‘the investigation period’).
D. PRODUCT
Product concerned
(11) The product concerned is the same as in the investigation which lead to the imposition of the existing measures (‘the previous investigation’), i.e. iron or steel ropes and cables, including locked coil ropes, excluding ropes and cables of stainless steel, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 3 mm, with fittings attached or not (‘steel wire ropes’ or ‘SWR’), originating in Turkey, currently classifiable within CN codes 7312 10 82, 7312 10 84, 7312 10 86, 7312 10 88 and 7312 10 99.
Like product
(12) As in the previous investigation, this investigation has shown that the SWR produced in Turkey by the applicant and sold on the Turkish market or exported to the Community have the same basic physical characteristics and the same uses, and therefore are to be considered a like product within the meaning of Article 1(4) of the basic Regulation.
E. DUMPING
Normal value
(13) As far as the determination of normal value is concerned, it was first established whether the applicant's total domestic sales of the like product were representative in comparison with its total export sales to the Community. In accordance with Article 2(2) of the basic Regulation this was found to be the case since its domestic sales volume constituted at least 5 % of its total export sales volume to the Community.
(14) For each of the types sold by the applicant on its domestic market and found to be directly comparable to the types exported to the Community, it was examined whether domestic sales were sufficiently representative for the purposes of Article 2(2) of the basic Regulation. This was considered to be the case when, during the investigation period, the total domestic sales volume of a type represented 5 % or more of the total sales volume of the same type exported to the Community. For most of the types exported to the Community during the investigation period a comparable representative type sold on the domestic market was found.
(15) For the product types meeting the 5 % test, an examination was then made as to whether the domestic sales of each comparable type could be regarded as having been made in the ordinary course of trade, by establishing the proportion of sales to independent customers of the type in question not made at a loss. In all cases, sales of a type not made at a loss represented more than 80 % of the total domestic sales volume of that type and, therefore, normal value was based on a weighted average price of all domestic sales made during the investigation period.
(16) For the product types exported to the Community where no comparable types sold on the domestic market were found, normal value was constructed on the basis of the costs of manufacturing incurred by the applicant for the exported product types in question plus a reasonable amount for selling, general and administrative costs and profits in accordance with Article 2(3) and 2(6) of the basic Regulation. The general and administrative costs were based on the applicant's domestic sales of the like product. The profit margin was based on the applicant's domestic sales of the like product made in the ordinary course of trade.
Export price
(17) Since all export sales of the product concerned were made directly to independent customers in the Community, the export price was established on the basis of such prices paid or payable, in accordance with Article 2(8) of the basic Regulation.
Comparison
(18) The comparison of normal value with export price was made on an ex-factory basis and at the same level of trade. For the purpose of ensuring a fair comparison, account was taken, in accordance with Article 2(10) of the basic Regulation, of differences in factors which were claimed and demonstrated to affect prices and price comparability, i.e. transport costs, insurance costs, handling, loading and ancillary costs, credit costs and commissions.
Dumping margin
(19) The comparison was made between the weighted average adjusted normal value per product type and the weighted average net ex-works export price for the comparable product type, in accordance with Article 2(11) of the basic Regulation.
(20) The comparison as described above did not show the existence of any dumping.
F. LASTING NATURE OF CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES
(21) In accordance with Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation, it was also examined whether the changed circumstances could reasonably be said to be of a lasting nature.
(22) In this respect, the investigation revealed that the applicant has undergone structural changes affecting considerably the production structure and organisation, resulting in a substantially higher production efficiency that led to a drop in production costs and thus reduced normal value as compared to the investigation period used in the previous investigation (1 April 1999 until 31 March 2000). During the same period, export prices have increased and no reason was found to indicate that this increase was temporary.
(23) It is consequently concluded that the changed circumstances, in particular the increase in export prices to the Community combined with a substantial decrease in production costs, are of a lasting nature.
G. ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
(24) In the absence of dumping, it is therefore considered appropriate to repeal the measures insofar as they concern the applicant.
(25) The interested parties were informed of the facts and considerations on the basis of which it was intended to recommend an amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 and were given an opportunity to comment.
(26) Subsequently, EWRIS submitted some general comments relating mainly to increasing prices of raw materials after the investigation period. EWRIS did not put in question the findings concerning dumping as outlined above, but nevertheless expressed concern about the possibility that the applicant may resume dumping in the future.
(27) Concerning the prices of raw materials, it is noted that the prices of raw materials may have increased after the investigation period, but this could not have been taken into account in the dumping calculation for the applicant. In this case, the main raw material is wire rod, a basic steel product, which is a commodity with prices normally fluctuating within short periods. Therefore, any price increase of such raw material cannot be considered to be of a lasting nature, which could put into question the above findings.
(28) Finally, it should be noted that, since the repeal of the measures concerns only the applicant, and not Turkey as a whole, the applicant remains subject to the proceeding and may be reinvestigated in any subsequent review carried out for Turkey pursuant to Article 11(6) of the basic Regulation,
Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001 is hereby amended as follows:
In the table of Article 1(3) the rate of duty (%) for the company Has Çelik ve Halat Sanayi Ticaret A.S. (TARIC additional code A220) shall be replaced by the following:
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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32014D0646 | 2014/646/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision EUFOR RCA/5/2014 of 24 July 2014 on the acceptance of third States' contributions to the European Union military operation in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA)
| 6.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 267/8
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUFOR RCA/5/2014
of 24 July 2014
on the acceptance of third States' contributions to the European Union military operation in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA)
(2014/646/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2014/73/CFSP of 10 February 2014 on a European Union military operation in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA) (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Decision 2014/73/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to take the relevant decisions on acceptance of proposed contributions by third States.
(2) Following the recommendation on a contribution from Serbia by the EUFOR RCA Operation Commander and the advice from the European Union Military Committee, the contribution from Serbia should be accepted.
(3) In accordance with Article 5 of 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 does not participate in the elaboration and the implementation of decisions and actions of the Union which have defence implications,
1. The contribution from Serbia to the European Union military operation in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA) is accepted and is considered to be significant.
2. Serbia is exempted from financial contributions to the budget of EUFOR RCA.
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31999R1070 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1070/1999 of 25 May 1999 amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1070/1999
of 25 May 1999
amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/97(2), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,
(1) Whereas the name Φέτα (Feta) notified by the Greek Government pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 was registered as a protected designation of origin by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 590/1999(4);
(2) Whereas, as a result of the Court of Judgement ruling of 16 March 1999, this Regulation has been annulled in so far as it registers Φέτα (Feta) as a protected designation of origin; whereas, as a result, the name in question is deleted from the "Register of protected designations of origin and geographical indications" and the Annex thereto,
1. The name Φέτα (Feta) is deleted from the "Register of protected designations of origin and geographical indications".
2. In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 under the headings "Cheeses" and "Greece" in Part A, "Products listed in Annex II to the EC Treaty, intended for human consumption", the name "Φέτα (Feta) (PDO)" is deleted.
3. In accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, the name Φέτα (Feta) remains protected at national level until such time as a decision is taken in this regard.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006D0020 | 2006/20/EC: Commission Decision of 23 December 2005 amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs is to be implemented in Slovakia (notified under document number C(2005) 5632)
| 20.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 15/48
COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 December 2005
amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs is to be implemented in Slovakia
(notified under document number C(2005) 5632)
(Only the Slovak text is authentic)
(2006/20/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (1), and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission adopted Commission Decision 2005/59/EC of 26 January 2005 approving the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of such pigs in Slovakia (2) as one of a number of measures to combat classical swine fever.
(2) The Slovak authorities have informed the Commission about the recent evolution of the disease in feral pigs. This information indicates that classical swine fever in feral pigs has been successfully eradicated in the territories of the District Veterinary and Food Administrations of Trnava (comprising Trnava, Piešť any and Hlohovec districts) and Banská Bystrica (comprising Banská Bystrica and Brezno districts). The approved eradication plan does not need to be applied anymore in these areas.
(3) Decision 2005/59/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,
Point 1 of the Annex to Decision 2005/59/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Slovak Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31981D0634 | 81/634/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 July 1981 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg pursuant to Title II of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 17 July 1981 on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg pursuant to Title II of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the French text is authentic) (81/634/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas the Luxembourg Government has communicated the following legal provisions: - Ministerial Decree of 11 May 1977 granting a compensatory allowance to farmers in 1977,
- Ministerial Decree of 3 November 1978 granting a compensatory allowance to farmers in 1978;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Directive 75/268/EEC in conjunction with Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC, the Commission has to decide whether, having regard to the objectives of Directive 75/268/EEC and the need for a proper connection between the various measures, the conditions for a financial contribution by the Community are satisfied as regards conformity of the legal provisions communicated with the said Directive;
Whereas the said Ministerial Decrees of 11 May 1977 and 3 November 1978, which lay down rules for granting a compensatory allowance pursuant to Title II of Directive 75/268/EEC for 1977 and 1978 respectively, having regard to the rules for 1976 and 1979, which are the subject of Commission Decisions 76/698/EEC (2) and 79/538/EEC (3), satisfy the conditions and are consistent with the objectives of Title II of the said Directive;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The Ministerial Decrees of 11 May 1977 and 3 November 1978 granting a compensatory allowance to farmers, communicated by the Luxembourg Government, satisfy the conditions for a financial contribution by the Community towards the common measures referred to in Article 13 of Directive 75/268/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0486 | 2003/486/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 2003 definitively allocating between the Member States for 2003 Community Tobacco Fund resources for financing the measures indicated in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 (notified under document number C(2003) 1997)
| Commission Decision
of 30 June 2003
definitively allocating between the Member States for 2003 Community Tobacco Fund resources for financing the measures indicated in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002
(notified under document number C(2003) 1997)
(2003/486/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 14a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 13 and 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 of 6 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 with regard to the Community Tobacco Fund(3) specify measures to promote switching of production. These are to be financed from the Community Tobacco Fund set up under Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92.
(2) Total resources available from the Community Tobacco Fund for 2003 amount to EUR 19 million, 50 % of which is to be allotted to specific measures relating to switching by tobacco growers to other crops or other economic activities generating employment, and to studies on these topics.
(3) In line with Articles 17(4) and 26 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 the amount available for 2003 should therefore be allocated between the Member States before 30 June 2003 on the basis of the plans notified by them for granting assistance in response to the applications received.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
The definitive allocation between Member States for 2003 of the Community Tobacco Fund resources for financing the measures indicated in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 is annexed hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990D0007 | 90/7/EEC: Commission Decision of 15 December 1989 approving the programme of measures submitted by the Greek Government for 1990 on the restructuring of the system for agricultural surveys in Greece (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 December 1989
approving the programme of measures submitted by the Greek Government for 1990 on the restructuring of the system for agricultural surveys in Greece
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(90/7/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 85/360/EEC of 16 July 1985 on the restructuring of the system for agricultural surveys in Greece (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, as required by Article 4, paragraph 1, of Decision 85/360/EEC, the Greek Government has submitted the annual programme of measures planned for 1990;
Whereas the programme that has been submitted is such as to attain the objectives of organizing in Greece a system of surveys on agricultural matters which will satisfy Community requirements in respect of statistical information in this field;
Whereas the Greek Government has submitted also a report on the execution of the preceding annual programme;
Whereas the measures provided for by this Decision comply with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,
The programme of measures on the restructuring of the system for agricultural surveys in Greece submitted by the Greek Government for 1990 is approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0531 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 531/2006 of 31 March 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 1.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 94/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 531/2006
of 31 March 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31991D0365 | 91/365/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1991 authorizing the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany to permit temporarily the marketing of black medick seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 27 June 1991 authorizing the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany to permit temporarily the marketing of black medick seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC (91/365/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Directive 86/109/EEC of 27 February 1986, limiting the marketing of seed of certain species of fodder plants and oil and fibre plants to seed which has been officially certified as 'basic seed' or 'certified seed' (3), as last amended by Directive 89/424/EEC (4), and in particular Article 2a thereof,
Having regard to the requests submitted by the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany,
Whereas Directive 86/109/EEC provides that from 1 July 1990, it shall not be permitted to place on the market seed of black medick (Medicago lupulina L.) unless it has been officially certified as 'basic seed' or 'certified seed';
Whereas the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany do not have a sufficient supply of 'basic seed' or 'certified seed' of the abovementioned species to satisfy the present demand;
Whereas it is not possible to cover this demand satisfactorily with such seed from other Member States or from third countries satisfying all the requirements laid down in Directive 66/401/EEC;
Whereas the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany should therefore be authorized to permit for a period expiring on 16 September 1991 the marketing of seed of the abovementioned species which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in the said Directive;
Whereas, moreover, other Member States, which are able to supply the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany with such seed not satisfying the requirements of the said Directive should be authorized to permit the marketing of such seed provided it is intended for the United Kingdom or the Federal Republic of Germany;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
1. The United Kingdom is authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 16 September 1991, the marketing in its territory of a maximum of 9 300 kilograms of commercial seed of black medick (Medicago lupulina L.). The official label shall state: 'Intended exclusively for the United Kingdom'.
2. The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 16 September 1991, the marketing in its territory of a maximum of 100 000 kilograms of commercial seed of black medick (Medicago lupulina L.). The official label shall state: 'Intended exclusively for the Federal Republic of Germany'.
3. Before 15 July 1991 it shall be determined whether it is necessary to postpone the date of 16 September 1991 in paragraphs (1) and (2) above to 31 October 1991.
The other Member States are hereby authorized to permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1, the marketing in their territory of a total amount of 109 300 kilograms of commercial seed of black medick (Medicago lupulina L.) provided that it is intended exclusively for the United Kingdom or the Federal Republic of Germany. The official label shall state: 'Intended exclusively for the United Kingdom' or 'Intended exclusively for the Federal Republic of Germany', as the case may be.
Member States shall notify the Commission before 30 November 1991 of the quantities of seed marketed in their territory pursuant to this Decision. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
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31984R2244 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2244/84 of 31 July 1984 on the grant of re-storage aid for table wine for which a storage contract was concluded during the 1983/84 wine-growing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2244/84
of 31 July 1984
on the grant of re-storage aid for table wine for which a storage contract was concluded during the 1983/84 wine-growing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/84 (2), and in particular Articles 10 and 65 thereof,
Whereas detailed implementing rules relating to storage contracts for table wine, in particular rules for the conclusion of such contracts, were laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1997/84 (4);
Whereas the quantities of table wine in stock are large for the time of year; whereas this is due to the fact that stocks during the current wine-growing year are substantially higher than usual in some regions while the forecasts for the coming harvest give little hope of a reduction;
Whereas the wine under storage contracts is stored in containers which may be required to store the next harvest;
Whereas, in order that producers may store their next vintage under normal conditions, aid should be granted for the re-storage of table wine, subject to a limitation as to distance;
Whereas, in order to limit this measure to cases where it appears economically justified, only storage contracts concluded or extended by the intervention agencies during a given period should be considered; whereas, in order to ensure that the measure operates correctly, provisions should also be adopted in respect of the nature of the transport and the date of submission of the application;
Whereas, since there is little time for administrative implementation and since the quantities involved are often small and the transport costs minimal by comparison with total costs, a standard amount of aid should be fixed;
Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
On application and subject to the conditions laid down in Article 2, aid may be granted for the re-storage, in another location or another warehouse belonging to a third party, of table wine covered by a storage contract under Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83.
Aid may be granted only where:
- the distance to the new place of storage is not greater than 150 kilometres; however, where storage capacity is not available within this distance and in the case of transport by sea, the intervention agency may authorize transport to the nearest appropriate place of storage,
- the storage contracts in question have either been concluded or had their validity extended by the intervention agencies under Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 prior to 1 July and expire on or after 15 September 1984,
- re-storage takes place between 1 August and 31 October 1984 where the wine is covered by a long-term contract and the transport is carried out, following receipt of the authorization referred to in Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83, in one or more vehicles,
- applications for aid and supporting documents in respect of the aid are submitted not later than 15 December 1984 to the intervention agency of the Member State concerned.
The aid for all table wines shall be 1,45 ECU per hectolitre.
The intervention agency shall pay the aid to the producer not later than four months after the submission of the application for aid and of the supporting documents referred to in the last indent of Article 2.
Conversion into national currencies of the aid referred to in Article 1 shall be carried out at the representative rate applicable for the sector on 1 August 1984.
1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the necessary controls; they shall, in particular, check that the re-storage of the wine has actually taken place.
2. Member States shall notify the Commission not later than 31 January 1985 of the quantities of wine which have been re-stored.
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 1 August 1984.
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 |
32007D0342 | 2007/342/EC: Commission Decision of 15 May 2007 on the allocation to Belgium of additional days at sea within the ICES zones IV, VIIa and VIId (notified under document number C(2007) 2072) (Text with EEA relevance )
| 17.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 129/61
COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 May 2007
on the allocation to Belgium of additional days at sea within the ICES zones IV, VIIa and VIId
(notified under document number C(2007) 2072)
(Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/342/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of stocks, applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular point 10 of Annex IIA thereto,
Having regard to the request made by Belgium,
Whereas:
(1) Point 8 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 specifies the maximum number of days on which Community vessels of an overall length equal to or greater than 10 meters carrying on board beam trawls of mesh sizes equal to or larger than 80 mm may be present within Skagerrak, ICES zones IV and VIId, and EC waters of ICES zone IIa, within ICES zone VIIa, and within ICES zone VIa from 1 February 2007 to 31 January 2008.
(2) Point 10 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 enables the Commission to allocate, on the basis of a request made by Member States, an additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be present within the geographical area when carrying on board such beam trawls, on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2002.
(3) Belgium has submitted on 19 December 2006 and 30 January 2007 data demonstrating that a group of vessels, which ceased activities since 1 January 2002, deployed 11,11 % of the fishing effort deployed in 2001 by Belgian vessels present within the geographical area and carrying on board beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm. As the requested additional days can no longer be allocated for the period requested, the additional days must be allocated for the period 1 February 2007 to 31 January 2008 on basis of Regulation (EC) No 41/2007.
(4) In view of the data submitted, 15 additional days at sea for vessels carrying on board beam trawls of the grouping of fishing gears 4.1.b.i and 16 additional days at sea for vessels carrying on board beam trawls of groupings of fishing gears 4.1.b.ii, 4.1.b.iii and 4.1.b.iv should be allocated to Belgium during the period of application of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, i.e. from 1 February 2007 to 31 January 2008.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
1. The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the flag of Belgium and carrying on board beam trawls listed in point 4.1.b.i of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 may be present in the ICES zones IV, VIIa and VIId, as laid down in Table I of that Annex shall be increased by 15 days at sea.
2. The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the flag of Belgium and carrying on board beam trawls listed in point 4.1.b.ii, 4.1.b.iii and 4.1.b.iv of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 may be present in the ICES zones IV, VIIa and VIId, as laid down in Table I of that Annex for cases in which no special condition listed in point 8.1 of the same Annex applies, shall be increased by 16 days at sea.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R1914 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1914/2004 of 29 October 2004 fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from 1 to 30 November 2004
| 30.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/95
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1914/2004
of 29 October 2004
fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from 1 to 30 November 2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the fifth indent of Article 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, production refunds may be granted on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f) of that Regulation, on syrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof and on chemically pure fructose covered by CN code 1702 50 00 as an intermediate product, that are in one of the situations referred to in Article 23(2) of the Treaty and are used in the manufacture of certain products of the chemical industry.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (2) provides that these refunds shall be determined according to the refund fixed for white sugar.
(3) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 provides that the production refund on white sugar is to be fixed at monthly intervals commencing on the first day of each month.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The production refund on white sugar referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 shall be equal to 39,120 EUR/100 kg net for the period from 1 to 30 November 2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 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 |
31987R2211 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2211/87 of 24 July 1987 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1560/78 on notification of the prices of certain varieties of peaches
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2211/87
of 24 July 1987
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1560/78 on notification of the prices of certain varieties of peaches
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1926/87 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 17 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that where, in the case of peaches throughout the marketing year and in the case of pears during the period 1 July to 31 August the prices of products having the same characteristics as those by reference to which the basic price is fixed cannot be determined for a given representative market on a given day, the Member States are to communicate to the Commission the prices recorded for other products to be defined;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1560/78 (3) defined the varieties of peaches to which reference should be made. Whereas in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1927/87 (4) the varieties by reference to which the basic price and the purchase price of peaches are to be fixed with effect from the 1987/88 marketing year make it possible to record the products market prices for peaches on a regular basis; whereas there is, therefore, no further need to define products other than those to which reference is made;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Regulation (EEC) No 1560/78 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31997D0796 | 97/796/ECSC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 17 November 1997 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community of the Interim Agreement between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part, on trade and trade-related matters (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 17 November 1997 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community of the Interim Agreement between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part, on trade and trade-related matters (Text with EEA relevance) (97/796/ECSC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Company, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed in Brussels on 9 February 1995, it is necessary to approve the Interim Agreement signed in Brussels on 28 November 1996 between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part, on trade and trade-related matters;
Whereas the conclusion of the Interim Agreement is necessary to attain the objectives of the Community set out in Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and whereas the Treaty did not make provision for all the cases covered by this Decision,
Having consulted the Consultative Committee and with the assent of the Council, given on 22 July 1997,
The Interim Agreement between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Kyrgyz Republic, of the other part, on trade and trade-related matters, together with the Protocol and the declarations, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
These texts are attached to this Decision (1).
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31992D0330 | 92/330/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1991 on aid by Germany to the Deggendorf textile works (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1991 on aid by Germany to the Deggendorf textile works (Only the German text is authentic) (92/330/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having given notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments in accordance with Article 93,
Whereas:
I
On 25 February 1991, pursuant to Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, the German Permanent Representation notified the Commission of a plan to grant aid to the firm Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH. The firm is mainly active in the production of synthetic fibres, a sector in which the relevant Community rules require the prior notification of all aid proposals.
The aid was to be financed by the 'Bayerisches regionales Foerderprogramm', approved by the Commission by letter dated 21 December 1988.
Further information regarding the proposed investment are requested from the German authorities by letter dated 14 March 1991. The reply was received by the Commission on 8 May 1991.
By letter dated 27 June 1991 the Commission informed the German Government that it had decided to initiate Article 93 (2) proceedings in respect of the aid and asked the German Government to submit its comments.
Interested third parties were informed of the Commission's decision through publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities (1).
The aid relates to investment to be carried out in the firm Pietsch, whose capital was bought by Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH for DM 1 when it was threatened with closure in 1989.
Pietsch, which specializes exclusively in the manufacture of textile curtains, has been subjected by its new owner to a take-over and modernization plan to be supported financially by the Land of Bavaria.
The investment to be aided, amounting to DM 11,95 million, will allow the maintenance of the 134 existing jobs and the creation of 15 new jobs in Pietsch.
The take-over and modernization plan, which was initiated in July 1989 when the firm's assets were taken over, is to extend over three years and to involve the carrying-out of DM 11,95 million in investment, including DM 2 million for real estate investment and DM 4 million for the purchase of machinery specifically designed for the manufacture of curtains.
Deggendorf is to receive from the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs two soft loans (4,5 % interest) financed under the regional programme of the Land and with a three-year grace period. The first loan, amounting to DM 2,8 million, is to be for 15 years and the second, amounting to DM 3 million, for eight years.
The net grant equivalent of the interest rate subsidy may be put at 3,46 % in the case of the first loan and 2,77 % in the case of the second. The public loans will finance 48,53 % of the investment, to be completed by July 1992.
On the basis of the information available to it, the Commission examined the competition policy impact of the financial and accounting relationship between Deggendorf and Pietsch.
The Commission was not able to determine whether a perfectly clear distinction could be established between the production of synthetic fibres and the new investment. However, it took the view that the aid was liable indirectly to favour Deggendorf, which manufactures products that may not in principle receive aid under the Community rules applicable to synthetic fibres.
The Commission also took account of the fact that, on 21 May 1986, it took a negative Decision on aid incompatible with the common market that had been granted to Deggendorf between 1981 and 1983. The Decision 86/509/EEC (2) required the repayment of the DM 6,12 million subsidy and the DM 11 million soft loan which had been granted. These have still not been repaid, and Deggendorf is therefore still the recipient of illegal aid which artificially enhances its competitiveness.
Lastly, the Commission took the view that, on the Community market for polyamide and polyester yarn, which is at the same time highly competitive, with several producers on each of the national markets, and characterized by stagnant demand, highly capital-intensive investment and reduced profit margins, the aid threatens to distort competition and to affect trade between Member States. Consequently, the aid does not fulfil the conditions that would allow it to qualify for one of the exemptions provided for in Article 92 (1) to (3) and is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the Treaty.
In reaching this view, the Commission carried out an analysis similar to that which it had carried out several months previously when examining aid granted to the same firm Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH for investment to rationalize the production of stockings and polyamide yarn.
The Commission had concluded that that aid was compatible with the common market, but made its decision subject to the requirement that the German authorities should not actually disburse the aid until the incompatible aid granted illegally from 1981 to 1983 had been repaid.
In its decision to initiate proceedings in respect of the plan to grant restructuring aid to Pietsch (3), the Commission referred to this requirement, stating that 'if this procedure should result in a positive decision authorizing grant of the aid, the aid should be actually paid only once the illegal aid covered by the Decision of 21 May 1986 has been reimbursed'.
II
The German Government, in submitting its comments under the Article 93 (2) procedure by letter dated 30 July 1991, confirmed and amplified the position taken in the notification, thus providing the Commission with additional information enabling it to assess - taking account of its effects on competition - the link between Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH, the undisputed recipient of the aid, and Pietsch, the firm in which the aided investment will be carried out.
The German authorities regarded as negligible the effects of the aid on synthetic fibre production in the context of Textilwerke Deggendorf's overall budget.
The Danish and Dutch Governments and the British Textile Confederation sent the Commission brief comments, which were transmitted to the German Government, eliciting no further comments on its part. The German Government presented its reactions to the Commission's decision by letter of 30 July 1991.
III
The subsidized DM 5,8 million loan granted to Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH under the 'Bayerisches regionales Foerderprogramm' approved by the Commission by letter dated 27 December 1988 constitutes aid within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty in that it enables the firm to carry out investment without bearing the full costs.
The aid was properly notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty and with the prior notification requirement provided for in the Community rules applicable to all aid proposals, of whatever form, in favour of companies in the synthetic fibres sector.
The Commission was thus enabled to formulate its views and assess the proposed aid.
The financial and accounting relationship between Textilwerke Deggendorf and Pietsch appears to the Commission to have no effect on fibre production in the context of the overall budget of the parent company. However, the link increases Textilwerke Deggendorf's market since Pietsch uses synthetic yarn in the manufacture of its curtains.
In its decision of 26 March 1991 the Commission took the view that an additional market for the production of synthetic yarn helped to reduce the general surplus of supply existing in the sector.
Thus, the link between synthetic yarn and fibre production and the new investment to be financed partly from public funds does not prompt the Commission to assess the planned aid by reference to the unfavourable a priori position contained in the rules applicable to the synthetic fibres sector.
With specific regard to the firm Pietsch, which manufactures only textile curtains, the Commission notes that the Land of Bavaria intends to support its take-over and modernization plan. The proposed aid is to be granted under a regional aid scheme approved by the Commission, under the terms provided for by the scheme (aid in the form of an interest rate subsidy on loans, the intensity of the aid being limited to 8 % net grant equivalent). The Commission is in a position to take the view that, by aiming to maintain the 134 existing jobs in Pietsch and to create 15 additional permanent jobs in Deggendorf's area, the proposed aid facilitates the development of the economic area under consideration and may consequently be considered to be compatible with the common market pursuant to Article 92 (3) (c).
IV
However, the Commission notes that, until such time as Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH has repaid all the aid which it improperly received from 1981 to 1983, its competitiveness will continue to be enhanced by an advantage that is not without impact on trading conditions.
Contrary to the comments made by the German authorities after the Commission decided to initiate proceedings, the Commission does not reproach Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH for having appealed to a German court to have an administrative decision relating to it annulled.
However, the Commission notes on the one hand that the actual recovery of the illegal and incompatible aid has not yet taken place and on the other that it does not have any means of coercion at its disposal to accelerate or enforce the implementation of its decision of 21 May 1986. In that decision, in which it found that aid granted to the company between 1981 and 1983 was illegal, the Commission requested the repayment of subsidies amounting to DM 6,12 million and soft loans amounting to DM 11 million.
Since that negative Decision was not appealed against before the Court of Justice, it has become final. On the other hand, the German Government appealed to the Court of Justice for annulment of the Commission's decision of 26 March 1991. The Commission has already pointed out to the German Government in its decision of 26 March 1991 concerning Textilwerke Deggendorf that, in its examination of aid cases, it has to take account of all the circumstances that may influence the impact of the aid on trading conditions within the Community.
In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice held that, when the Commission examines the compatibility of aid with the common market, it must take account of all the relevant factors, including where appropriate the context already assessed in a previous decision and the requirements which such previous decision may have imposed on a Member State (4). Accordingly, the Commission may legitimately base a subsequent decision on failure to comply with a condition laid down in a previous decision relating to the same firm, which is the situation applying in this case.
The antecedents of the case reinforce such an analysis and prompt the Commission to reaffirm on this point the argument put forward in its decision of 26 March 1991; the improper advantage which Textilwerke Deggendorf has enjoyed since 1981/83 has conferred on the firm an unjustified financial gain which will continue until such time as the illegal and incompatible aid previously received is actually paid back.
Consequently, the Commission is justified in taking the view that the aid in question, which is incompatible with the common market, may not actually be granted to Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH until the firm has repaid the incompatible aid referred to in its Decision of 21 May 1986.
The aid illegally granted, which Deggendorf has refused to repay since 1986, and the new aid for the investment currently under consideration would have the combined effect of giving the firm an excessive and improper advantage that would adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Consequently, even if the aid of DM 744 485 currently planned through the granting of subsidized loans amounting to DM 5,8 million must be considered to be compatible with the common market, the Commission considers that its disbursement should be suspended pending the repayment of the incompatible aid referred to in its 1986 decision.
This situation has arisen as a result of the negligent behaviour of the German Government and of Deggendorf, who have acted in infringement of the mandatory rules laid down in Article 93 (3). Suspension of the disbursement of the current aid is made all the more necessary by the fact that the Commission does not have any other means of coercion at its disposal to accelerate or enforce implementation of its 1986 decision.
Furthermore, it should be borne in mind that, in its notice pursuant to Article 93 (2) of the Treaty, the Commission already drew attention to the double distorsion of competition resulting from the non-repayment of the previous incompatible aid by Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH. Neither the German Government nor the firm have put forward any arguments or remarks that might change the Commission's assessment on this point.
In conclusion, the aid amounting to DM 744 485 which the German Government proposes to grant to Deggendorf is compatible with the common market, but may be granted only when Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH has repaid the aid illegally received between 1981 and 1983 and referred to in Decision 86/509/EEC.
The Commission is obliged to draw this conclusion because Textilwerke Deggendorf has since 1981/83 been improperly benefiting from aid totalling DM 17,12 million and since it still persists in refusing to comply with the requirements incumbent upon it under Community law by not repaying the relevant aid. It should be stressed that the suspensory condition laid down in this Decision does not conflict with the suspensory clause laid down in the decision of 26 March 1991: firstly, because the desired effect is the same both cases, namely to prevent Textilwerke Deggendorf, through its attitude, from continuing to benefit from advantages deriving from an unjustified financial gain, and secondly because the present suspensory clause will cease to have effect as soon as the firm has complied with its repayment obligations as laid down in the decision of 21 May 1986. (The same applies to the suspensory clause laid down in the decision of 26 March 1991),
The aid in the form of two subsidized loans of DM 2,8 million and DM 3 million granted to Textilwerke Deggendorf GmbH for 15 years and eight years respectively at 4,5 % interest with a three-year grace period and notified to the Commission by letter dated 25 February 1991 from the German authorities is compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the EEC Treaty.
The German authorities shall suspend payment to Deggendorf of the aid referred to in Article 1 of this Decision until such time as they have recovered the incompatible aid referred to in Article 1 of Decision 86/509/EEC.
The German Government shall inform the Commission within two months of the date of notification of this Decision of the measures taken to comply therewith.
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32004R0606 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2004 of 31 March 2004 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards the term of validity of export licences in the milk and milk products sector
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2004
of 31 March 2004
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards the term of validity of export licences in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), and in particular Article 31(14) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products(2) lays down the term of validity of export licences.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 67/2004 of 15 January 2004 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards the term of validity of export licences in the milk and milk products sector(3) has limited the validity period of export licences up to 30 April 2004. As the measures required for the management of export refunds in the new situation of the market in milk products that will be created by the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the Community on 1 May 2004 are not yet fully in place, it is necessary to provide for continuity of applications for export licences after 31 March 2004 and to maintain the limit on their validity period. However, in order not to compromise the successful functioning of the new tender system provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products(4), this limitation should not apply to export licences issued in this context.
(3) The potential impact of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia on 1 May 2004, subject to the entry into force of the Act of Accession of 2003 on the Community milk market and the need to monitor developments in the Community and world markets should be taken into account. It is therefore appropriate to derogate from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and to provide that the term of validity of export licences for milk products for which an application has been lodged from 15 April 2004 on should be limited to 30 June 2004.
(4) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
1. By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, the term of validity of export licences with advance fixing of the refund, which are applied for in the period from 1 to 14 April 2004, in respect of the products referred to in points (a) to (d) of that Article, shall expire on 30 April 2004.
2. However, the term of validity of export licences with advance fixing of the refund, applied for in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) 580/2004 shall expire on 30 June 2004.
By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, the term of validity of export licences with advance fixing of the refund, which are applied for from 15 April 2004, in respect of the products referred to in points (a) to (d) of that Article, shall expire on 30 June 2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31988D0113 | 88/113/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 January 1988 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Belgium (Wallonia) pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 January 1988
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Belgium (Wallonia) pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(88/113/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), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87 (2), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas, on 9 April 1987, the Belgian Government forwarded, in accordance with Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Order of the Regional Executive of Wallonia of 20 November 1986 granting farms and horticulturists an additional setting-up premium;
Whereas, under Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether the conditions are met for a financial contribution from the Community in the light of the compatibility of the said provisions with the abovementioned Regulation, and bearing in mind the objectives of the latter and the need to ensure that the various measures are properly related;
Whereas the additional setting-up gremium provided for by the Region of Wallonia satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures,
Account being taken of the Order of the Regional Executive of Wallonia of 20 November 1986, the measures taken in Belgium pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 continue to satisfy the conditions governing a Community financial contribution to the common measure provided for in Article 1 of that Regulation.
The Compensatory financial contribution to the additional setting-up premium of the Region of Wallonia may be granted, however, only to the extent that the application of the setting-up premium at national level, as provided for in Article 13 of the Belgian Royal Decree of 3 March 1986, leaves a margin for an additional Community contribution, account being taken of the maximum amount eligible pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85.
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32005R0837 | Council Regulation (EC) No 837/2005 of 23 May 2005 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
| 2.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 139/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 837/2005
of 23 May 2005
amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
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), and in particular Article 247 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Decision No 210/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 adopting an action programme for customs in the Community (Customs 2000) (2), the Community transit system has been computerised. The system has been fully operational in the Member States since 1 July 2003 and has been proven to be reliable and satisfactory both for customs administrations and for economic operators.
(2) Under those circumstances it is no longer economically justified to permit formalities to be carried out on the basis of a transit declaration made in writing, the use of which implies that the customs authorities are obliged to enter manually the declaration data into the computerised system. In general, all transit declarations should therefore be lodged using a data-processing technique.
(3) The use of transit declarations made in writing should only be permitted in exceptional cases, where customs’ computerised transit system or the principal’s application are not functioning, in order to allow economic operators to carry out transit operations.
(4) In order to allow travellers to carry out transit operations the customs authorities should authorise the use of transit declarations made in writing where the travellers cannot directly access the computerised transit system.
(5) Since some Member States need to develop and implement necessary tools and links in order to allow all economic operators to be linked to the computerised transit system, a transitional period permitting the use of transit declarations made in writing should be envisaged.
(6) Except in cases where the customs’ computerised transit system or the principal’s application are not functioning, the customs authorities accepting transit declarations made in writing should ensure that the transit data is exchanged between the customs authorities using information technology and computer networks.
(7) In the absence of an opinion delivered by the Customs Code Committee, it is up to the Council to adopt the necessary measures.
(8) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (3) should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 353 shall be replaced by the following:
(a) the customs authorities’ computerised transit system is not functioning,
(b) the principal’s application is not functioning.
2. Article 354 shall be deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2006.
However, the customs authorities may continue to accept transit declarations made in writing until 31 December 2006 at the latest.
Where the customs authorities decide to accept transit declarations made in writing after 1 July 2005, the decision shall be communicated to the Commission in writing before 1 July 2005. In this case the customs authorities of these Member States shall ensure that the transit data is exchanged between the customs authorities using information technology and computer networks.
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32005R1725 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1725/2005 of 20 October 2005 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
| 21.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1725/2005
of 20 October 2005
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10 December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 of 19 December 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 to 10 October 2005, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 November 2005 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52 100 t.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (4),
The following Member States shall issue on 21 October 2005 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:
United Kingdom:
— 160 t originating in Botswana,
— 350 t originating in Namibia;
Germany:
— 350 t originating in Namibia.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003, during the first 10 days of November 2005 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
Botswana: 12 226 t,
Kenya: 142 t,
Madagascar: 7 579 t,
Swaziland: 3 337 t,
Zimbabwe: 9 100 t,
Namibia: 3 605 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 2005.
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31993R0810 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 810/93 of 2 April 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of aid for dried fodder
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 810/93 of 2 April 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of aid for dried fodder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the market in dried fodder (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2275/89 (2), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 provides that aid for sun-dried fodder is to be equal to the aid for dehydrated fodder minus an amount fixed taking account of the difference in the production costs of the products concerned; whereas that difference was fixed at ECU 32,94 per tonne in Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1757/90 (4); whereas the production costs of those products have tended to converge and whereas that difference should be fixed at ECU 25;
Whereas, in order to avoid any risk of disturbance on the market in dried fodder, the measure should apply with effect from the beginning of the marketing year;
Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 is hereby amended as follows:
In Article 4, 'ECU 32,94` is replaced by 'ECU 25`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 May 1993.
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32006R1770 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1770/2006 of 30 November 2006 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 1.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/24
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1770/2006
of 30 November 2006
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products 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 1255/1999 of 15 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(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 II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(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) However, in the case of certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, there is a danger that, if high refund rates are fixed in advance, the commitments entered into in relation to those refunds may be jeopardised. In order to avert that danger, it is therefore necessary to take appropriate precautionary measures, but without precluding the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of specific refund rates for the advance fixing of refunds in respect of those products should enable those two objectives to be met.
(5) Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account is to be taken, where appropriate, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Regulation on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 or to assimilated products.
(6) Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions.
(7) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter (3), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2006.
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31978L0891 | Commission Directive 78/891/EEC of 28 September 1978 adapting to technical progress the Annexes to Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 76/211/EEC on prepackaging
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 28 September 1978 adapting to technical progress the Annexes to Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 76/211/EEC on prepackaging (78/891/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (1), as amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Articles 17, 18 and 19 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/106/EEC of 19 December 1974 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to the making-up by volume of certain prepackaged liquids (3),
Having regard to Council Directive 76/211/EEC of 20 January 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain prepackaged products (4),
Whereas the implementation of the provisions of Directive 76/211/EEC has shown the need for a revision of the tolerable negative errors and the classification of products;
Whereas a simpler classification of prepackaged products is bound to facilitate their preparation for sale and offer the consumer a wider choice of prepackaged products;
Whereas the markings on small prepackages can in certain cases be less than the height specified in Directives 75/106/EEC and 76/211/EEC and yet still be sufficiently visible and legible;
Whereas modern statistical control methods make it possible to reduce the extent of the sampling plans specified in these two Directives;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of Directives Designed to Eliminate Technical Barriers to Trade in the Measuring Instruments Sector,
Sections 3.1, 4 and 5 of Annex I to Directive 75/106/EEC are replaced by the corresponding sections in Annex I to this Directive.
Sections 2.4, 3.1 and 5 of Annex I to Directive 76/211/EEC are replaced by the corresponding sections in Annex II to this Directive.
Sections 2.5 and 2.6 are deleted.
Annexes II to Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 76/211/EEC are replaced, up to and including Sections 2.2, by the text set out in Annex III to this Directive.
1. The Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed in order to comply with this Directive in such a way that these take effect on 1 January 1980.
They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall ensure that the text of the provisions of internal law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive is communicated to the Commission.
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32006R0862 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 862/2006 of 13 June 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 14.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 160/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 862/2006
of 13 June 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 June 2006.
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31984R1038 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1038/84 of 10 April 1984 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for new potatoes falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1984)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1038/84
of 10 April 1984
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for new potatoes falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1984)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3700/83 of 22 December 1983 laying down the arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond 31 December 1983 (1), provides for the opening of a Community tariff quota of 60 000 tonnes of new potatoes, originating in Cyprus and falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff, at a rate of customs duty equal to 45 % of the customs duty in the Common Customs Tariff, for the period 16 May to 30 June 1984, whereas it is necessary to open this Community tariff quota for the period in question;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up; whereas, having regard to the above principles, the Community nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the Community tariff quota among the Member States; whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as possible the true trend of the market in the products in question, such allocation should be in proportion to the requirements of the Member States, calculated by reference to the statistics for imports from Cyprus over a representative reference period and also to the economic outlook for the quota period in question;
Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics are available, the corresponding imports by each of the Member States represent the following percentages of the imports into the Community from Cyprus of the products concerned:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // Member States // 1981 // 1982 // 1983 // // // // // Benelux // 4,0 // 4,0 // 6,2 // Denmark // - // - // - // Germany // 3,5 // 4,4 // 1,9 // Greece // - // - // - // France // - // - // - // Ireland // 0,1 // - // 0,2 // Italy // - // - // - // United Kingdom // 92,4 // 91,6 // 91,7 // // // //
Whereas, in view of these factors of market forecasts for the products in question and in particular of the estimates submitted by certain Member States, initial quota shares may be fixed approximately at the following percentages:
Benelux 5,0
Denmark 0,1
Germany 4,2
Greece 0,1
France 0,1
Ireland 0,2
Italy 0,1
United Kingdom 90,2
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for the products concerned in the various Member States, the quota amount should be divided into two instalments, the first being shared among the Member States and the second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the requirements of the Member States which have used up their initial quota shares; whereas,
in order to give importers in each Member State a certain degree of security, the first instalment of the Community quota should under the circumstances be fixed at 94 % of the quota volume;
Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be used up at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact into account and avoid any break in continuity, any Member State which has almost used up its initial quota share should draw an additional share from the corresponding reserve; whereas this must be done by each Member State as and when each of its additional shares is almost used up, and repeated as many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and additional shares must be valid until the end of the quota period; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, and the latter must be in a position to monitor the extent to which the quota volume has been used up and to inform the Member States thereof;
Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a substantial quantity remains unused in any Member State, it is essential that that Member State should return a significant proportion to the reserve to prevent a part of any tariff quota from remaining unused in one Member State when it could be used in others;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any operation relating to the administration of the quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any of its members,
From 16 May to 30 June 1984, the Common Customs Tariff duty for new potatoes falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at 9,4 % within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 60 000 tonnes.
Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall apply the customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions in the 1979 Act of Accession and the Protocol of Adaptation.
The protocol on the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and on methods of administrative cooperation (1), annexed to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Cyprus, shall be applicable.
1. The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be divided into two instalments.
2. A first instalment amounting to 56 300 tonnes shall be allocated among the Member States; the respective shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be valid until 30 June 1984 shall be as follows:
1.2 // // (tonnes) // Benelux // 2 800 // Denmark // 50 // Germany // 2 390 // Greece // 50 // France // 50 // Ireland // 110 // Italy // 50 // United Kingdom // 50 800
3. The second instalment of 3 700 tonnes shall constitute the reserve.
1. If 90 % or more of a Member State's initial share as specified in Article 2 (2) or 90 % of that share minus the portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 has been applied, has been used up, then, to the extent permitted by the amount of the reserve, that Member State shall forthwith, by notifying the Commission, draw a second share equal to 15 % of its initial share, rounded up where necessary to the next unit.
2. If, after its initial share has been used up, 90 % or more of the second share drawn by a Member State has been used up, then, to the extent permitted by the amount of the reserve, that Member State shall, in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a third share equal to 7,5 % of its initial share, rounded up where neccessary to the next unit.
3. If, after its second share has been used up, 90 % or more of the third share drawn by a Member State has been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a fourth share equal to the third.
This process shall continue until the reserve is used up.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, a Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe that they might not be used up. It shall inform the Commission of its reasons for applying this paragraph.
The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until 30 June 1984.
The Member States shall return to the reserve, not later than 15 June 1984, such unused portion of their initial share as, on 10 June 1984, in excess of 20 % of the initial volume. They may return a larger quantity if there are grounds for believing that this quantity may not be used.
The Member States shall notify the Commission, not later than 15 June 1984, of the total quantities of the products in question imported up to 10 June 1984 and charged against the tariff quota and of any quantity of the initial shares returned to the reserve.
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and, as soon as it is notified, shall inform each Member State of the extent to which the reserve has been used up.
It shall inform the Member States, not later than 20 June 1984, of the amount in the reserve after quantities have been returned thereto pursuant to Article 5.
It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the reserve does not exceed the balance available and, to this end, 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 additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of the tariff quota.
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 the imports of the products concerned against their shares as and when the products are entered with customs authorities for free circulation.
4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its shares shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
At the Commission's request, the 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 to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May 1984.
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31991R1435 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1435/91 of 30 May 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 899/87 laying down quality standards for cherries and strawberries as regards the sizing of strawberries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1435/91 of 30 May 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 899/87 laying down quality standards for cherries and strawberries as regards the sizing of strawberries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3920/90 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 899/87 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3594/89 (4), lays down the quality standards for strawberries;
Whereas the sizing requirements applying to strawberries have been changed to take account of the development of production techniques and marketing needs; whereas the special characteristics of the Primella variety have been taken into consideration; whereas an examination of the agronomic characteristics of the Gariguette variety enables it to be concluded that that variety also deserves special treatment; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 899/87 should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committe for Fruit and Vegetables,
Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 899/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Part III ('Provisions concerning sizing'), the second indent of the second paragraph is replaced by:
'- Classes I and II (except for the Primella and Gariguette varieties): 22 mm; Primella and Gariguette varieties: 18 mm,'.
2. In Part VI ('Provisions concerning marking'), under B ('Nature of produce'), the second indent is replaced by:
'- name of the variety (optional, except for the Primella and Gariguette varieties for which this information is compulsory).' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1991. 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 |
32008R0587 | Council Regulation (EC) No 587/2008 of 16 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 on a regime under Article 2 of Protocol 10 to the Act of Accession concerning rules on goods, services and persons crossing the Green Line in Cyprus
| 24.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 163/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 587/2008
of 16 June 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 on a regime under Article 2 of Protocol 10 to the Act of Accession concerning rules on goods, services and persons crossing the Green Line in Cyprus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Protocol No 10 on Cyprus (1) to the 2003 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Protocol No 3 on the Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Cyprus (2) to the 2003 Act of Accession, in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 (3) lays down special rules concerning goods, services and persons crossing the line between the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control and those areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control.
(2) Trade and economic interaction on the island need to be enhanced in the light of experience gained since Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 including the previous amendment entered into force.
(3) To that end, the duties on agricultural products originating in the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control should be generally removed. To allow for that, the safeguard clause in Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 needs to be strengthened.
(4) The temporary introduction of goods from the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control into the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control should be regulated, in order to encourage the provision of services by companies established in the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control across the line and in order to facilitate participation by those companies in trade fairs or similar events in areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control. Furthermore, goods destined to be repaired in the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control should be allowed to cross the line.
(5) Reasonable evidence should be provided that the introduction of such goods is effected on a temporary basis. The customs authorities of the Republic of Cyprus or the authorities of the Eastern Sovereign Base Area may ask for a guarantee to cover any potential customs or fiscal debts if certain temporarily introduced goods are not returned to the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control.
(6) In connection with persons crossing the line from the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control into the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which that Government exercises effective control, it should be clarified that their personal effects shall be considered to have been declared for temporary introduction. The same should apply to means of transport.
(7) The total value of goods contained in the personal luggage of persons crossing the line from the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control into the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which that Government exercises effective control needs to be substantially increased so as to encourage economic development in the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 4, paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
2. the following Article shall be inserted:
(a) the personal effects of persons crossing the line reasonably required for the journey and goods for sport purposes;
(b) means of transport;
(c) professional equipment;
(d) goods destined to be repaired;
(e) goods to be exhibited or used at a public event.
(a) the goods shall be accompanied by a declaration by the person introducing them stating the purpose of the temporary introduction and supporting documentation, as appropriate, providing reasonable evidence that the goods fall into one of the three categories listed in points (c), (d) and (e) of paragraph 1 of this Article;
(b) the goods shall be registered by the customs authorities of the Republic of Cyprus or by the authorities of the Eastern Sovereign Base Area when they enter and leave the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control or the Eastern Sovereign Base Area;
(c) the customs authorities of the Republic of Cyprus and the authorities of the Eastern Sovereign Base Area may make the temporary introduction of the goods conditional upon the provision of a guarantee in order to ensure that any customs or fiscal debt which may be incurred in respect of those goods will be paid.
3. In Article 6, paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
4. in Article 11(4), the second sentence shall be replaced by the following:
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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32013R0995 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2013 of 16 October 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 17.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 995/2013
of 16 October 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31995R0919 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 919/95 of 26 April 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1055/94 deferring the final date for sowing oil seeds in certain areas
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 919/95 of 26 April 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1055/94 deferring the final date for sowing oil seeds in certain areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 (1) (c) and (d) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2294/92 of 31 July 1992 on detailed rules for the application of the support system for producers of the oil seeds referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2203/94 (3), sets 15 May as the final date that may be fixed by Member States for the sowing and submission of applications in respect of oil seeds, pursuant to Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1055/94 (4) defers the final date for sowing oil seeds in certain areas;
Whereas, owing to the climatic conditions in Finland and Sweden, sowings of rape seed and colza seed in certain regions of those Member States take place after 15 May; whereas provision should therefore be made to extend the time limit for the sowing of rape seed and colza seed; whereas the extended time limits should not, however, compromise the efficiency of support system for producers of certain arable crops, nor prejudice the controls relating to this system; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 1055/94;
Whereas the regions in Finland listed in the Annexes correspond to the regions in its regionalization plan;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,
Regulation (EC) No 1055/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
1. The final date for sowing the specified oil seed crops, pursuant to Article 2 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2294/92, shall be postponed until 31 May prior to the marketing year in question in areas to be defined by the Member States but located within the regions listed in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. In Finland the final date for sowing rape seed and colza seed shall be postponed until 15 June prior to the marketing year in question in areas to be defined by Finland but located within the regions listed in Annex II.`
2. The Annex is supplemented by the information given in Annex I hereto and shall be re-titled 'Annex I`.
3. Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex II.
Finland and Sweden shall notify the Commission, by 12 May 1995 at the latest, of the areas defined by them pursuant to Article 1 and of the measures taken to apply this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32008D0096 | 2008/96/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 2007 granting a derogation requested by Belgium referred to the region of Wallonia 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) 6643)
| 6.2.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 32/21
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2007
granting a derogation requested by Belgium referred to the region of Wallonia 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) 6643)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2008/96/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) Belgium submitted to the Commission a request for a derogation under third subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC referred to the region of Wallonia.
(3) The requested derogation concerns the intention of Belgium to allow the application in Wallonia of up to 230 kg nitrogen per hectare per year from livestock manure in specific holdings with more than 48 % of acreage as grassland. The nitrogen application from livestock manure on grassland would not exceed 230 kg per hectare per year, while on arable crops of these farms it would not exceed 115 kg/ha nitrogen per hectare per year.
(4) The designation of nitrates vulnerable zones in respect to Wallonia, in conformity with paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 3 of Directive 91/676/EEC, covers approximately 42 % of this region’s territory and 54 % of utilised agricultural land.
(5) Approximately 500 farms, corresponding to 5,6 % of total number of farms in nitrate vulnerable zones, and 3 % of the Utilised Agricultural Land are estimated to be encompassed by the derogation.
(6) The legislation implementing Directive 91/676/EEC in Wallonia ‘Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 15 février 2007 modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement constituant le Code de l’Eau en ce qui concerne la gestion durable de l’azote en agriculture’ has been adopted and applies equally to the requested derogation.
(7) Water quality data submitted show that in Wallonia in 2005 average nitrate concentration in surface water in nitrate vulnerable zones was 16,7 mg/L, with stable or decreasing trends in 84 % of monitoring sites in the period from 2001 to 2005. Median groundwater concentration in 2005 was 24,8 mg/L nitrates, with stable or decreasing trends in 74 % of monitoring sites in the period from 2001 to 2005.
(8) Average nitrogen input per hectare from livestock manure decreased by 12 % since 1990 and in 2004 was 101 kg/ha of Utilised Agricultural Land, of which 94 % from cattle manure, 3 % from pig manure and 2 % from poultry manure. Average application of chemical fertilisers decreased for both nitrogen and phosphate since 1990, respectively by 19 % and by 49 % and in 2004 was on average of 109 kg/ha and 28 kg/ha respectively for nitrogen and phosphate.
(9) The supporting documents presented in the notification show that the proposed amount of 230 kg per hectare per year of nitrogen from manure is justified on the basis of objective criteria such as long growing seasons and crops with high nitrogen uptake.
(10) The Commission after examination of the request considers that the proposed amount of 230 kg per hectare per year nitrogen from manure will not prejudice the achievement of the objectives of Directive 91/676/EEC, subject to certain strict conditions being met.
(11) This Decision should be applicable in connection with the second action programme in force for the region of Wallonia for the period 2007 to 2010.
(12) 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 Belgium referred to the region of Wallonia by letter of 19 October 2006, 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) ‘cattle farms’ means holdings with more than three livestock units, where at least two-thirds of livestock are cattle;
(b) ‘grassland’ means acreage of the cattle farm cultivated with permanent or temporary grassland (generally temporary lies 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 cattle 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 subject 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 and the application shall be considered to be refused.
Application of manure and other fertilisers
1. The amount of livestock manure applied each year on cattle farms, including by the animals themselves, shall not exceed the amount of manure containing 230 kg of nitrogen per hectare, subject to the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 to 8.
2. The amount of livestock manure applied on grassland each year shall not exceed 230 kg of nitrogen per hectare. The amount of livestock manure applied on other farmland each year shall not exceed 115 kg of nitrogen per hectare.
3. A fertilisation plan shall be kept for each farm describing the crop rotation, the planned application of manure and nitrogen and phosphate fertilisers. It shall be available in the farm each calendar year by 31 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 acreage for grassland and for 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 and to the farm;
(f) nitrogen and phosphorus application from manure over each field;
(g) 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 shall be prepared by each farm. They shall be submitted to the competent authority for each calendar year.
5. Each 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. Phosphorous analysis in soil shall be performed for each farm which benefits from an individual derogation at least once every four years for each homogeneous area of the farm, with regard to crop rotation and soil characteristics. At least one analysis every five hectares of farmland shall be required.
7. Nitrate concentration in soil shall be measured every year in each farm which benefits from an individual derogation. At least five samples per year shall be analysed for each farm.
8. Manure shall not be spread in the autumn before grass cultivation.
Land management
1. 48 % or more of the acreage available for manure application on the cattle holding shall be cultivated with grass.
2. Farmers benefiting from an individual derogation shall carry out the following measures:
(a) Temporary grassland shall be ploughed in spring.
(b) Grassland shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen. This will however not apply to leguminous in grassland with less than 50 % leguminous.
Other measures
1. This derogation shall be applied without prejudice to the measures needed to comply with other Community environmental legislation.
2. Each farmer benefiting from an individual derogation shall be provided with technical assistance through an advisory service, which shall ensure the evaluation of the results of soil analysis, fertilisation plans and fertilisation accounts. Results of evaluation shall be transmitted to the competent authorities in charge of compliance checking in respect to the conditions set out in Articles 5 and 6.
Monitoring
1. Maps showing the percentage of farms, percentage of livestock and percentage of agricultural land covered by individual derogation in each agricultural zone 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 the end of 2007.
2. A monitoring network for sampling of surface and shallow groundwater shall be established and maintained to assess the impact of the derogation on water quality.
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 230 kg nitrogen per hectare per year from livestock manure is applied.
4. Monitoring sites shall be established in order to provide data on nitrogen concentration in soil water and corresponding nitrogen losses through the root zone into groundwater, as well as on nitrogen losses by surface and subsurface runoff, both under derogation and non derogation conditions.
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, evaluation of nitrate residue in soil in autumn in farms benefiting from a derogation 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 the results of administrative and field inspections. The first report shall be transmitted by June 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 a derogation.
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Application
This Decision shall apply in the context of the second action programme 2007-2010 for the Region of Wallonia. ‘Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 15 février 2007 modifiant le Livre II du Code de l’Environnement constituant le Code de l’Eau en ce qui concerne la gestion durable de l’azote en agriculture’. It shall expire on 31 December 2010.
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31994R1093 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1093/94 of 6 May 1994 setting the terms under which fishing vessels of a third country may land directly and market their catches at Community ports
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1093/94 of 6 May 1994 setting the terms under which fishing vessels of a third country may land directly and market their catches at Community ports
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, as far as the Treaty is concerned, the authority of the coastal State as regards access by third country vessels to internal waters and ports is exercised by the Member State; whereas, however, as regards access to such ports by fishing vessels for direct landing and marketing of their catches, it is necessary to enact additional uniform measures at Community level so that such operations are effected in a manner not liable to affect operation of the common fisheries policy, including health and marketing standards which are applicable to Community production, and so lead to a situation in which competition is distorted to the detriment of Community production and having regard to imports consigned by other means of transport;
Whereas, in particular, landing should be permitted only at ports where health and veterinary checking facilities are available, and masters of the fishing vessels concerned should be required to produce a specific landing statement;
Whereas the access for direct landing by fishing vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, a third country must not impair the market balance sought for certain products by means of the price mechanisms introduced as part of the market organization; whereas sales of these products must therefore respect price levels set by the Community;
Whereas, moreover, the common organization of the market of these products rests to a large extent on the capacity of producers' organizations to promote price regularization, by imposing on their members compliance with the rules they adopt, in order, in accordance with the objectives of the Treaty, to ensure in particular that fishermen enjoy a fair standard of living; whereas the advantage linked to the direct landing by the vessels concerned should not lead, in the areas of activities of producers' organizations, to any jeopardizing of the effectiveness of the measures adopted and implemented by these organizations in the application of the mechanisms of the common organization of the markets; whereas therefore, except where products are intended for processing, it is necessary to make the marketing of catches by fishing vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, a third country subject to such measures;
Whereas the application of this Regulation will require adequate provision of information at ports where direct landing and marketing by vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, a third country are permitted;
Whereas after a certain time it will be necessary to examine the results of the application of this Regulation,
On the terms set out in this Regulation, fishing vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, a third country are authorized to land their fishery products directly at ports of Community Member States, for release for free circulation and marketing.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1. fishery products: all products brought directly from the catch location, possibly after transhipment at sea from another vessel, and covered by Chapter 3 of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (4);
2. fishing vessel:
- a vessel, whatever its dimensions, used primarily or secondarily to take fishery products;
- a vessel that, even if not itself used to make catches by its own means, takes the fishery products referred to in Article 1 by transhipment from other vessels;
- a vessel aboard which fishery products referred to in Article 1 are subject to one or more of the following operations prior to packaging: filleting or slicing, skinning, mincing, freezing and/or processing.
1. Without prejudice to Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (5) and Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (6), fishing vessels mentioned in Article 1 may not land their catches for release for free circulation and marketing except at ports designated by the Member States. The latter shall ensure that all the health and veterinary checks provided for by the rules in force for the fishery products referred to in Article 1 are carried out at those ports.
2. Before the date on which this Regulation becomes applicable, Member States shall send the Commission a list of the ports referred to in paragraph 1. They shall notify the Commission of any subsequent changes to that list.
The Commission shall publish the list of ports and charges thereto in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.
1. Without prejudice to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (7), the master of a fishing vessel referred to in Article 1 must draw up and deliver to the competent authorities of the Member State where he wishes to use landing facilities a statement specifying, for all the products which he intends to land:
- the origin and, where applicable, the vessel or vessels from which those products have been transhipped,
- the quantities, broken down by species,
- the intended method of marketing.
2. The fishery products referred to in Article 1 landed by a fishing vessels referred to in Article 1 may not be released for free circulation until the statement referred to in paragraph 1 has been lodged with the competent authorities.
1. The marketing of fishery products landed directly from a fishing vessel referred to in Article 1 which are not intended for processing shall be subject to the following conditions:
- where the products are listed in Annexes I or VI to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (8) and are marketed within the area of activity for which a producers' organization is recognized, they may be marketed only in compliance with the rules set by that producers' organization on withdrawal or selling price, on quality or, for the purpose of regulating supply;
Where the release for free circulation takes place outside such an area, products listed in Annex I.A, D or E to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 may not be sold at a free-at-frontier price below the Community withdrawal or selling price set for the current marketing year under Articles 11 or 13 of that Regulation;
- where the products are listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, they may not be released for free circulation at a free-at-frontier price below the threshold price set by Article 16 (2) of that Regulation for triggering private storage aid;
- where the products are listed in Annexes IV.B or V to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, they may not be released for free circulation at a free-at-frontier price below the price set under Article 22 (1) of that Regulation.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the free-at-frontier price shall correspond to the recognized customs value.
Customs clearance may be effected only following production of evidence, to the satisfaction of the customs authorities, that the products concerned have met the conditions laid down in this Regulation.
Member States shall take suitable action to guarantee compliance with this Regulation, inform masters of the vessels concerned of their obligations and publish at ports the prices that must be complied with under Article 5.
Before 1 July 1996, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report on the results of the application of this Regulation, accompanied, if need be, by appropriate proposals.
This Regulation shall enter into force seven days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 15 May 1994.
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32007R1412 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1412/2007 of 30 November 2007 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 December 2007
| 1.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1412/2007
of 30 November 2007
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 December 2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3) Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 December 2007, and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,
From 1 December 2007, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2007.
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32005L0089 | Directive 2005/89/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning measures to safeguard security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment (Text with EEA relevance)
| 4.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 33/22
DIRECTIVE 2005/89/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 18 January 2006
concerning measures to safeguard security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity (3), has made a very important contribution towards the creation of the internal market for electricity. The guarantee of a high level of security of electricity supply is a key objective for the successful operation of the internal market and that Directive gives the Member States the possibility of imposing public service obligations on electricity undertakings, inter alia, in relation to security of supply. Those public service obligations should be defined as precisely and strictly as possible, and should not result in the creation of generation capacity that goes beyond what is necessary to prevent undue interruption of distribution of electricity to final customers.
(2) Demand for electricity is usually forecast over a medium-term period on the basis of scenarios elaborated by transmission system operators or by other organisations capable of constructing them at the request of a Member State.
(3) A competitive single EU electricity market necessitates transparent and non-discriminatory policies on security of electricity supply compatible with the requirements of such a market. The absence of such policies in individual Member States, or significant differences between the policies of the Member States would lead to distortions of competition. The definition of clear roles and responsibilities of the competent authorities, as well as of Member States themselves and all relevant market actors, is therefore crucial in safeguarding security of electricity supply and the proper functioning of the internal market while at the same time avoiding creating obstacles to market entrants, such as companies generating or supplying electricity in a Member State that have recently started their operations in that Member State, and avoiding creating distortions of the internal market for electricity or significant difficulties for market actors, including companies with small market shares, such as generators or suppliers with a very small share in the relevant Community market.
(4) Decision No 1229/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), sets out a series of guidelines for Community policy on trans-European energy networks. Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity (5) sets out, inter alia, the general principles and detailed rules relating to congestion management.
(5) When promoting electricity from renewable energy sources, it is necessary to ensure the availability of associated back-up capacity, where technically necessary, in order to maintain the reliability and security of the network.
(6) In order to meet the Community’s environmental commitments and to reduce its dependence on imported energy, it is important to take account of the long-term effects of growth of electricity demand.
(7) Cooperation between national transmission system operators in issues relating to network security including definition of transfer capacity, information provision and network modelling is vital to the development of a well-functioning internal market and could be further improved. A lack of coordination regarding network security is detrimental to the development of equal conditions for competition.
(8) The main intention of the relevant technical rules and recommendations, such as those contained in the Union for the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE) Operation handbook, similar rules and recommendations developed by Nordel, the Baltic Grid Code and those for the United Kingdom and Irish systems, is to provide support for the technical operation of the interconnected network, thus contributing to meeting the need for continued operation of the network in the event of system failure at an individual point or points in the network and minimising the costs related to mitigating such supply disruption.
(9) Transmission and distribution system operators should be required to deliver a high level of service to final customers in terms of the frequency and duration of interruptions.
(10) Measures which may be used to ensure that appropriate levels of generation reserve capacity are maintained should be market-based and non-discriminatory and could include measures such as contractual guarantees and arrangements, capacity options or capacity obligations. These measures could also be supplemented by other non-discriminatory instruments such as capacity payments.
(11) In order to ensure that appropriate prior information is available, Member States should publish measures taken to maintain the balance between supply and demand among actual and potential investors in generation and among electricity consumers.
(12) Without prejudice to Articles 86, 87 and 88 of the Treaty, it is important for Member States to lay down an unambiguous, appropriate and stable framework which will facilitate security of electricity supply and is conducive to investments in generation capacity and demand management techniques. It is also important that appropriate measures are taken to ensure a regulatory framework that encourages investment in new transmission interconnection, especially between Member States.
(13) The European Council in Barcelona on 15 and 16 March 2002 agreed on a level of interconnection between Member States. Low levels of interconnection have the effect of fragmenting the market and are an obstacle to the development of competition. The existence of adequate physical transmission interconnection capacity, whether cross-border or not, is crucial but it is not a sufficient condition for competition to be fully effective. In the interest of final customers, the relation between the potential benefits of new interconnection projects and the costs for such projects should be reasonably balanced.
(14) While it is important to determine the maximum available transfer capacities without breaching the requirements of secure network operation, it is also important to ensure full transparency of the capacity calculation and allocation procedure in the transmission system. In this way, it could be possible to make better use of existing capacity, and no false shortage signals will be given to the market, which will support the achievement of a fully competitive internal market as envisaged in Directive 2003/54/EC.
(15) Transmission and distribution system operators need an appropriate and stable regulatory framework for investment, and for maintenance and renewal of the networks.
(16) Article 4 of Directive 2003/54/EC requires Member States to monitor and submit a report on security of electricity supply. This report should cover short, medium and long-term factors relevant for security of supply including transmission system operators’ intention to invest in the network. In compiling such a report, Member States will be expected to refer to information and assessments already being undertaken by transmission system operators both on an individual and collective basis, including at European level.
(17) Member States should ensure the effective implementation of this Directive.
(18) Since the objectives of the proposed action, namely secure electricity supplies based on fair competition and the creation of a fully operational internal electricity market, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Scope
1. This Directive establishes measures aimed at safeguarding security of electricity supply so as to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market for electricity and to ensure:
(a) an adequate level of generation capacity;
(b) an adequate balance between supply and demand;
(c) an appropriate level of interconnection between Member States for the development of the internal market.
2. It establishes a framework within which Member States are to define transparent, stable and non-discriminatory policies on security of electricity supply compatible with the requirements of a competitive internal market for electricity.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions contained in Article 2 of Directive 2003/54/EC shall apply. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘regulatory authority’ means the regulatory authorities in Member States, as designated in accordance with Article 23 of Directive 2003/54/EC;
(b) ‘security of electricity supply’ means the ability of an electricity system to supply final customers with electricity, as provided for under this Directive;
(c) ‘operational network security’ means the continuous operation of the transmission and, where appropriate, the distribution network under foreseeable circumstances;
(d) ‘balance between supply and demand’ means the satisfaction of foreseeable demands of consumers to use electricity without the need to enforce measures to reduce consumption.
General provisions
1. Member States shall ensure a high level of security of electricity supply by taking the necessary measures to facilitate a stable investment climate and by defining the roles and responsibilities of competent authorities, including regulatory authorities where relevant, and all relevant market actors and publishing information thereon. The relevant market actors include, inter alia, transmission and distribution system operators, electricity generators, suppliers and final customers.
2. In implementing the measures referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take account of:
(a) the importance of ensuring continuity of electricity supplies;
(b) the importance of a transparent and stable regulatory framework;
(c) the internal market and the possibilities for cross-border cooperation in relation to security of electricity supply;
(d) the need for regular maintenance and, where necessary, renewal of the transmission and distribution networks to maintain the performance of the network;
(e) the importance of ensuring proper implementation of Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market (6) and Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market (7), insofar as their provisions are related to security of electricity supply;
(f) the need to ensure sufficient transmission and generation reserve capacity for stable operation;
(g) the importance of encouraging the establishment of liquid wholesale markets.
3. In implementing the measures referred to in paragraph 1, Member States may also take account of:
(a) the degree of diversity in electricity generation at national or relevant regional level;
(b) the importance of reducing the long-term effects of the growth of electricity demand;
(c) the importance of encouraging energy efficiency and the adoption of new technologies, in particular demand management technologies, renewable energy technologies and distributed generation;
(d) the importance of removing administrative barriers to investments in infrastructure and generation capacity.
4. Member States shall ensure that any measures adopted in accordance with this Directive are non-discriminatory and do not place an unreasonable burden on the market actors, including market entrants and companies with small market shares. Member States shall also take into account, before their adoption, the impact of the measures on the cost of electricity to final customers.
5. In ensuring an appropriate level of interconnection between Member States, as referred to in Article 1(1)(c), special consideration shall be given:
(a) each Member State’s specific geographical situation;
(b) maintaining a reasonable balance between the costs of building new interconnectors and the benefit to final customers;
(c) ensuring that existing interconnectors are used as efficiently as possible.
Operational network security
(a) Member States or the competent authorities shall ensure that transmission system operators set the minimum operational rules and obligations on network security.
(b) notwithstanding the first subparagraph of point (a), Member States may require transmission system operators to submit such rules and obligations to the competent authority for approval;
(c) Member States shall ensure that transmission and, where appropriate, distribution system operators comply with the minimum operational rules and obligations on network security;
(d) Member States shall require transmission system operators to maintain an appropriate level of operational network security.
(e) Member States shall, in particular, ensure that interconnected transmission and, where appropriate, distribution system operators exchange information relating to the operation of networks in a timely and effective fashion in line with the minimum operational requirements. The same requirements shall, where appropriate, apply to transmission and distribution system operators that are interconnected with system operators outside the Community.
2. Member States or the competent authorities shall ensure that transmission and, where appropriate, distribution system operators set and meet quality of supply and network security performance objectives. These objectives shall be subject to approval by the Member States or competent authorities and their implementation shall be monitored by them. They shall be objective, transparent and non-discriminatory and shall be published.
3. In taking the measures referred to in Article 24 of Directive 2003/54/EC and in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003, Member States shall not discriminate between cross-border contracts and national contracts.
4. Member States shall ensure that curtailment of supply in emergency situations shall be based on predefined criteria relating to the management of imbalances by transmission system operators. Any safeguard measures shall be taken in close consultation with other relevant transmission system operators, respecting relevant bilateral agreements, including agreements on the exchange of information.
Maintaining balance between supply and demand
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to maintain a balance between the demand for electricity and the availability of generation capacity.
In particular, Member States shall:
(a) without prejudice to the particular requirements of small isolated systems, encourage the establishment of a wholesale market framework that provides suitable price signals for generation and consumption;
(b) require transmission system operators to ensure that an appropriate level of generation reserve capacity is available for balancing purposes and/or to adopt equivalent market based measures.
2. Without prejudice to Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty, Member States may also take additional measures, including but not limited to the following:
(a) provisions facilitating new generation capacity and the entry of new generation companies to the market;
(b) removal of barriers that prevent the use of interruptible contracts;
(c) removal of barriers that prevent the conclusion of contracts of varying lengths for both producers and customers;
(d) encouragement of the adoption of real-time demand management technologies such as advanced metering systems;
(e) encouragement of energy conservation measures;
(f) tendering procedures or any procedure equivalent in terms of transparency and non-discrimination in accordance with Article 7(1) of Directive 2003/54/EC.
3. Member States shall publish the measures to be taken pursuant to this Article and shall ensure the widest possible dissemination thereof.
Network investment
1. Member States shall establish a regulatory framework that:
(a) provides investment signals for both the transmission and distribution system network operators to develop their networks in order to meet foreseeable demand from the market;
(b) facilitates maintenance and, where necessary, renewal of their networks.
2. Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003, Member States may allow for merchant investments in interconnection.
Member States shall ensure that decisions on investments in interconnection are taken in close cooperation between relevant transmission system operators.
Reporting
1. Member States shall ensure that the report referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2003/54/EC covers the overall adequacy of the electricity system to supply current and projected demands for electricity, comprising:
(a) operational network security;
(b) the projected balance of supply and demand for the next five-year period;
(c) the prospects for security of electricity supply for the period between five and 15 years from the date of the report;
(d) the investment intentions, for the next five or more calendar years, of transmission system operators and those of any other party of which they are aware, as regards the provision of cross-border interconnection capacity.
2. Member States or the competent authorities shall prepare the report in close cooperation with transmission system operators. Transmission system operators shall, if appropriate, consult with neighbouring transmission system operators.
3. The section of the report relating to interconnection investment intentions, referred to in paragraph 1(d), shall take account of:
(a) the principles of congestion management, as set out in Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003;
(b) existing and planned transmission lines;
(c) expected patterns of generation, supply, cross-border exchanges and consumption, allowing for demand management measures,
(d) regional, national and European sustainable development objectives, including those projects forming part of the Axes for priority projects set out in Annex I to Decision No 1229/2003/EC.
Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators provide information on their investment intentions or those of any other party of which they are aware as regards the provision of cross-border interconnection capacity.
Member States may also require transmission system operators to provide information on investments related to the building of internal lines that materially affect the provision of cross-border interconnection.
4. Member States or the competent authorities shall ensure that the necessary means for access to the relevant data are facilitated to the transmission system operators and/or to the competent authorities where relevant in the development of this task.
The non-disclosure of confidential information shall be ensured.
5. On the basis of the information referred to in paragraph 1(d), received from the competent authorities, the Commission shall report to the Member States, the competent authorities and the European Regulators Group on Electricity and Gas established by Commission Decision 2003/796/EC (8) on the investments planned and their contribution to the objectives set out in Article 1(1).
This report may be combined with the reporting provided for in point (c) of Article 28(1) of Directive 2003/54/EC and shall be published.
Transposition
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 24 February 2008. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. By 1 December 2007, Member States shall notify the Commission of the text of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Reporting
The Commission shall monitor and review the application of this Directive and submit a progress report to the European Parliament and the Council by 24 February 2010.
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Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31989R0760 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 760/89 of 22 March 1989 on the issue of STM licences for rose bushes and amending Regulation (EEC) No 643/86
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 760/89
of 22 March 1989
on the issue of STM licences for rose bushes and amending Regulation (EEC) No 643/86
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accesion of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 252 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 643/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3998/88 (4), lays down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to certain live plants and floricultural products imported into Portugal and in particular the Annex thereto fixes the target ceiling, as provided for in Article 251 (1) of the Act of Accesion, applicable to imports of ornamental plants into Portugal from the other Member States of the Community for the year 1989;
Whereas the abovementioned target ceiling has been reached; whereas the continuation of imports at the rate observed would be likely to bring about a serious disturbance of the Portuguese market at the very time that domestic produce is placed on the market; whereas the quantities imported have to a large extent not yet been marketed but stocks thereof are already depressing the market and compete directly with local production; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 595/89 (5), the Commission suspended the interim protective mesures, the issue of STM licences until 31 March 1989,
Whereas an increase in the target ceiling may however be contemplated for the current year and imports of given quantities may be permitted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Live Plants,
In the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 643/86, under the target ceiling for rose bushes falling within CN codes 0602 40 90, '363 822' is hereby replaced by '472 968' units.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31989D0271 | 89/271/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 March 1989 approving the plan relating to the examination for residues of substances other than those having a hormonal action submitted by Portugal (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 March 1989 approving the plan relating to the examination for residues of substances other than those having a hormonal action submitted by Portugal (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (89/271/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/469/EEC of 16 September 1986 concerning examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, by letter of 22 June 1988, Portugal sent the Commission a plan setting out the national measures taken on the examination for residues of the substances referred to in Annex I, Groups A.III and B to Directive 86/469/EEC;
Whereas examination of this plan, as modified, has shown that it conforms to the provisions laid down in Directive 86/469/EEC, and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The plan relating to the examination for residues of the substances referred to in Annex I, Groups A.III and B to Directive 86/469/EEC submitted by Portugal is hereby approved.
Portugal shall adopt the necessary laws, regulations and administrative provisions for the implementation of the plan referred to in Article 1.
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