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31981D0839 | 81/839/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 October 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Virtis homogenizer, model 45' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION of 8 October 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as "Virtis homogenizer, model 45" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/839/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 8 April 1981, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Virtis homogenizer, model 45", to be used for research into diseases caused by fungal and bacterial pathogens and in particular for the maceration of plant samples or culture media to very fine levels, should be considered as 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 9 July 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a homogenizer;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus ; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as "Virtis homogenizer, model 45", which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 8 April 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
32002R1610 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1610/2002 of 10 September 2002 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1610/2002
of 10 September 2002
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002(4). 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 24,119/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 September 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32008R0323 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 323/2008 of 8 April 2008 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 10.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 98/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 323/2008
of 8 April 2008
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The Customs Code Committee has not issued an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32003R1088 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1088/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Lithuania
| Council Regulation (EC) No 1088/2003
of 18 June 2003
adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Lithuania
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and Lithuania, approved by Decision 98/150/EC, ECSC, Euratom of the Council and the Commission of 19 December 1997 on the conclusion of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part(1), provides for tariff concessions for processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania. Protocol 2 was amended by the Protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the "Adjusting Protocol", approved by Council Decision 98/677/EC(2), and by Decision No 5/2001 of the EU-Lithuania Association Council(3).
(2) A trade agreement has recently been concluded which amends the Adjusting Protocol. The agreement aims to improve economic convergence in preparation for the accession of Lithuania to the European Union and is scheduled to enter into force not later than 1 July 2003. On the Community side that agreement lays down concessions in the form of complete liberalisation of trade for certain processed agricultural products and duty-free quotas for others. For imports outside of those quotas the provisions laid down in Protocol 2 continue to apply.
(3) The procedure for adopting a decision to amend the Adjusting Protocol will not be completed in time for it to enter into force on 1 July 2003. It is therefore necessary to provide for the application of the tariff concessions made to Lithuania on an autonomous basis as from 1 July 2003.
(4) For the imports of certain agricultural products no duties should be applied and for others duty-free quotas should be opened.
(5) On processed agricultural products covered by Protocol 2 but not listed in this regulation or for which the quotas opened by this Regulation are exhausted the trade provision laid down in Protocol 2 should continue to apply.
(6) Processed agricultural products not covered by Annex I to the Treaty should not be eligible for export refunds under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of 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(4).
(7) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(5) provides for a system for managing tariff quotas. The tariff quotas opened by this Regulation should be managed by the Community authorities and the Member States in accordance with that system.
(8) The measures necessary to implement this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(6),
From 1 July 2003 no duties shall be applied on imports of processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania listed in Annex I.
The tariff quotas referred to in Annex II shall be open for 2003 from 1 July 2003 to 31 December 2003 and for 2004 under the conditions laid down therein.
Processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty which are exported to Lithuania shall not be eligible for export refunds under Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000.
For processed agricultural products which are not covered by Annex I and Annex II or for which the quotas referred to in Annex II are exhausted, the provisions laid down in Protocol 2 shall apply.
The Commission may suspend the measures provided for in Articles 1, 2 and 3 in case of non-application of the reciprocal preferences agreed by Lithuania, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2).
The tariff quotas referred to in Annex II shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee referred to in Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products(7), hereinafter referred to as "the Committee".
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
3. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 1 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31987R4131 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4131/87 of 9 December 1987 determining the conditions of entry of port, Madeira, sherry, Setubal muscatel and Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni) wines falling within subheadings 2204 21 41, 2204 21 51, 2204 29 41, 2204 29 45, 2204 29 51 and 2204 29 55 of the combined nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) N° 4131/87
of 9 December 1987
determining the conditions of entry of port, Madeira, sherry, Setubal muscatel and Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni) wines falling within subheadings 2204 21 41, 2204 21 51,
2204 29 41, 2204 29 45, 2204 29 51 and 2204 29 55 of the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 950/68 of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3529/87 (3), established the Common Customs Tariff on the basis of the nomenclature of the Convention of 15 December 1950 concerning the nomenclature to be used for the classification of goods in customs tariffs;
Whereas on the basis of Council Regulation (EEC) N° 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for the
uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 2055/84 (5), Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 1120/75 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3391/83 (7), determined the conditions for the entry of port, Madeira, sherry, Setubal muscatel and Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni) wines falling within subheadings 22.05 C III
a) 1, 22.05 C III b) 1, 22.05 C III b) 2, and 22.05 C IV a) 1
and b) 1 and 2 of the Common Customs Tariff;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 has repealed and replaced, on the one hand, Regulation (EEC) N° 950/68 in adopting the new tariff and statistical nomenclature (combined nomenclature) based on the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and, on the other hand, Regulation (EEC) N° 97/69; whereas it is consequently appropriate, for reasons of clarity, to replace Regulation (EEC) N° 1120/75 by a new regulation taking over the new nomenclature as well as the new legal base; whereas, for the same reasons, it is appropriate to incorporate in this new text all the amendments made to date;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 covers
- port, Madeira, sherry and Setubal muscatel wines falling within subheadings 2204 21 41 and 2204 21 51, and
- Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni) wine falling within subheadings 2204 29 45 and 2204 29 55;
- port, Madeira, sherry and Setubal Muscatel wines falling within subheadings 2204 29 41 and 2204 29 51
of the combined nomenclature;
Whereas entry under these subheadings is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions; whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature, provisions specifying those conditions must be laid down;
Whereas identification of the above wines presents certain difficulties; whereas it can be considerably simplified if the exporting country gives an assurance that the product exported corresponds to the description of the product in question; whereas, consequently, entry of a product under the subheadings mentioned above should be authorized only where such product is accompanied by a certificate of designation of origin which is issued by an authority acting under the responsibility of the exporting country and which provides such assurance;
Whereas it is appropriate to specify the form which such certificates must take and the conditions for their use; whereas, furthermore, measures must be introduced to enable the Community to keep check upon the conditions of issue of the said certificates and to prevent falsification; whereas accordingly certain obligations should be imposed on the issuing authority;
Whereas the certificate of authenticity should be drawn up in one of the official Community languages and, where appropriate, an official language of the exporting country;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Nomenclature Committee,
The admission under combined nomenclature subheading 2204 21 41, 2204 21 51, 2204 29 41, 2204 29 45,
2204 29 51 and 2204 29 55 of port, Madeira, sherry, Setubal muscatel and Tokay (Aszu and Szamorodni) wines shall be subject to presentation of a certificate of designation of origin meeting the requirements specified in this Regulation.
1. The certificate shall be in one of the forms set out in Annexes I to V to this Regulation, as indicated in the following table:
>TABLE>
The certificate shall be printed and drawn up in one of the official languages of the European Economic Community and, where appropriate, in an official language of the exporting country.
The competent authority of the Member State in which the products are presented may require a translation of the certificate.
2. The paper used shall be white, free of mechanical pulp, dressed for writing purposes and weigh not less than 55 g/m$ and not more than 65 g/m$. The front of the certificate shall have a printed guilloche pattern background in pink, such as to reveal any falsification by mechanical or chemical means.
3. The size of the certificate shall be 210 × 297 mm. The borders of the certificate may bear decorative designs on their outer edge in a band not exceeding 13 mm in width.
4. Each certificate shall bear an individual serial number given by the issuing authority.
The certificate shall be completed either in typescript or in manuscript. In the latter case, it must be completed in ink and in block letters.
The certificate shall be submitted to the customs authorities
of the importing Member State within three months of its date of issue, together with the goods to which it relates.
1. A certificate shall be valid only if it is duly authenticated by an authority appearing on the list in
Annex VI.
2. A duly authenticated certificate is one which shows
the place and date of issue and bears the stamp of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or persons authorized to sign it.
1. An issuing authority may appear on the list only if:
(a) it is recognized as such by the exporting country;
(b) it undertakes to verify the particulars shown in certificates;
(c) it undertakes to provide the Commission and Member States, on request, with all appropriate information to enable an assessment to be made of the particulars shown in the certificates.
2. The list shall be revised when the condition specified in paragraph 1 (a) is no longer satisfied or when an issuing authority fails to fulfil one or more of the obligations incumbent upon it.
Invoices produced in support of import declarations shall bear the serial number of the corresponding certificate.
The countries listed in Annex VI shall send the Commission specimens of the stamps used by their issuing authorities. The Commission shall forward this information to the customs authorities of the Member States.
Regulation (EEC) N° 1120/75 is hereby repealed.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
However, until 31 December 1988, the wines specified in Article 1 shall be admitted under the subheadings listed in that Article on presentation alternatively of a certificate of the kind used before 31 December 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31986R1051 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1051/86 of 10 April 1986 concerning the stopping of fishing for plaice, sole, cod, whiting and hake by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1051/86
of 10 April 1986
concerning the stopping of fishing for plaice, sole, cod, whiting and hake by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities by vessels of the Member States (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3723/85 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3721/85 of 20 December 1985, fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, total allowable catches for 1986 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 114/86 (4), provides for plaice, sole, cod, whiting and hake quotas for 1986;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas the quotas allocated to the Netherlands for plaice and sole in the waters of ICES divisions VII h, j, k, of plaice, sole, cod and whiting in the waters of ICES divison VII a and of hake in the waters of ICES division V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII, XIV have been exhausted by an exchange of quotas; whereas the Netherlands have prohibited fishing for these stocks as from 1 January 1986; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
The quotas of plaice and sole in the waters of ICES divisions VII h, j, k, of plaice sole, cod and whiting in the waters of ICES division VII a and of hake in the waters of ICES division V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII, XIV allocated to the Netherlands for 1986 are deemed to be exhausted.
Fishing for plaice and sole in the waters of ICES divisions VII h, j, k, of plaice, sole, cod and whiting in the waters of ICES division VII a and of hake in the waters of ICES division V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stocks captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R1076 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1076/2010 of 22 November 2010 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 24.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 308/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1076/2010
of 22 November 2010
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of 3 months, continue to be invoked by the holder, pursuant to Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of 3 months pursuant to Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32001R0957 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 957/2001 of 16 May 2001 on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 957/2001
of 16 May 2001
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 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 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 (EEC) No 715/90(1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 May 2001, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 June 2001 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52100 tonnes.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(3), as last amended by Directive 97/79/CE(4),
The following Member States shall issue on 21 May 2001 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:
- 2700 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 730 tonnes originating in Namibia,
- 250 tonnes originating in Zimbabwe;
Germany:
- 660 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 230 tonnes originating in Namibia.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of June 2001 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31988R2761 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2761/88 of 5 September 1988 fixing the level of estimated rape seed production and the abatement to be applied to the aid for rape seed for the 1988/89 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2761/88
of 5 September 1988
fixing the level of estimated rape seed production and the abatement to be applied to the aid for rape seed for the 1988/89 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 36/66/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 2210/88 (2), and in particular Article 27a (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 32a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 of 21 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oil seeds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2586/88 (4), specifies the factors which must be fixed in order to implement the system of maximum guaranteed quantities; whereas, for the 1988/89 marketing year, the estimated production of rape seed and the abatement to be applied to the aid should be fixed on the basis of available data;
Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
For the 1988/89 marketing year estimated production of rape seed is hereby fixed at:
- 12 000 tonnes for Spain,
- 0 tonnes for Portugal,
- 5 300 000 tonnes for the other Member States.
For the 1988/89 marketing year the abatement to be applied to the subsidy for rape seed is hereby fixed at:
- 0 ECU per 100 kilograms for Spain,
- 0 ECU per 100 kilograms for Portugal,
- 3,44 ECU per 100 kilograms for the other Member States.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988.
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 |
32011R0856 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 856/2011 of 23 August 2011 establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in VIIb, VIIc, VIIe-k, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
| 26.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 220/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 856/2011
of 23 August 2011
establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in VIIb, VIIc, VIIe-k, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters (2), lays down quotas for 2011.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2011.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2011 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32004R1349 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1349/2004 of 23 July 2004 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 2004 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for Bulgaria and Romania
| 24.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 250/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1349/2004
of 23 July 2004
determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 2004 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for Bulgaria and Romania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 of 19 June 1998, laying down rules for the application of the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Council Decisions 2003/286/EC and 2003/18/EC for Bulgaria and Romania (2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
The following percentages of quantities covered by import licence applications submitted in respect of the period 1 July to 31 December 2004 under the quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 are accepted in full may be allowed:
(a) 8,3333 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Bulgaria;
(b) 100 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of products falling within CN codes 0201, 0202, 1602 50, 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91, 0210 20 and 0210 99 51 originating in Romania.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 July 2004.
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32013R1189 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1189/2013 of 21 November 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 22.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 313/49
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1189/2013
of 21 November 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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32008D0798 | 2008/798/EC: Commission Decision of 14 October 2008 imposing special conditions governing the import of products containing milk or milk products originating in or consigned from China, and repealing Commission Decision 2008/757/EC (notified under document number C(2008) 6086) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 15.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 273/18
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 October 2008
imposing special conditions governing the import of products containing milk or milk products originating in or consigned from China, and repealing Commission Decision 2008/757/EC
(notified under document number C(2008) 6086)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/798/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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(2), second subparagraph, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 provides for the possibility to adopt appropriate Community emergency measures for food and feed imported from a third country in order to protect human health, animal health or the environment, where the risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by means of measures taken by the Member States individually.
(2) The European Commission was recently made aware that high levels of melamine were found in infant milk and other milk products in China. Melamine is a chemical intermediate used in the manufacture of amino resins and plastics and is used as a monomer and as an additive for plastics. High levels of melamine in food can result in very severe health effects.
(3) Imports of milk and milk products, including milk powder, originating from China are not allowed into the Community; however, certain composite products (i.e. products which contain at the same time a processed product of animal origin and a product of non-animal origin) containing processed milk components might have reached the European Union's markets.
(4) Although factual information available indicates that no composite products are imported which are intended for the particular nutritional uses of infants or young children, certain such composite products, depending of their specific formulation and in particular on the proportion of milk product content, could have been presented for import without undergoing systematic border checks pursuant to Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (2). Taking into account that such products represent the primary, and in some cases sole, source of nourishment for infants and young children, it is appropriate to prohibit the import into the Community of any such products originating from China. Member States should ensure that any such products which were to be found on the market should be destroyed without delay.
(5) As regards other composite products (such as biscuits and chocolate), which are only a minor part of a varied diet, after a request from the European Commission for an assessment of the risks related to the presence of melamine in composite product, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a statement in which it concludes that the highest risk would be represented by a worst case scenario according to which children with high daily consumption of biscuits and chocolate containing the highest proportion of milk powder (which varies between 16 % and more than 20 %), with a contamination equal to the highest level found in milk powder from China, could potentially exceed the tolerable daily intake (TDI) of melamine (0,5 mg/kg body weight).
(6) In order to counter the risk for health that may result from exposure to the melamine content of such composite products, Member States are required under Commission Decision 2008/757/EC (3) to ensure that all composite products containing at least 15 % of milk product, originating from China, are systematically tested before import into the Community and that all such products which are shown to contain melamine in excess of 2,5 mg/kg are immediately destroyed. Melamine from different sources, such as migration from food contact materials, pesticide use, etc. can be present in feed and food. Taking into account the available occurrence data, the level of 2,5 mg/kg is the appropriate level to distinguish between the unavoidable background presence of melamine and unacceptable adulteration. This level responds also to the need to ensure a large margin of safety. Member States have reported significant difficulties in establishing the exact milk or milk product content of composite products. As a consequence, the value of 15 % above is largely devoid of relevance for deciding whether a consignment is subject to control requirements prior to import. In order to streamline and simplify import controls procedures, it is therefore appropriate to establish the requirement of controls irrespective of the exact amount of milk or milk products in the composite products.
(7) Member States should also ensure that composite products which are already present in the Community are appropriately tested and withdrawn from the market if necessary. The costs of tests at import and of official measures taken as regards products found to be non-compliant with the maximum level in question should be borne by the feed and food business operator responsible for the products.
(8) In order for the Commission to be able to reassess appropriateness of these measures in due time, Member States should inform the Commission of unfavourable results through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and should report favourable results on a two weeks basis.
(9) The measure provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
For the purposes of this Decision, references to China shall be intended to the People's Republic of China.
Control measures
1. Member States shall prohibit the import into the Community of composite products containing milk or milk products, intended for the particular nutritional use of infants and young children within the meaning of Council Directive 89/398/EEC (4) on foods for particular nutritional uses, originating or consigned from China. Member States shall also ensure that any such product found after the entry into force of this Decision on the market shall be immediately withdrawn and destroyed.
2. Member States shall carry out documentary, identity and physical checks, including laboratory analysis, on all consignments originating in or consigned from China of composite products, including feed, containing milk products.
Member States may carry out random checks prior to importing other feed and food products with a high protein content originating from China.
Such checks shall in particular aim at ascertaining that the level of melamine, if any, does not exceed 2,5 mg/kg product. Consignments shall be detained pending the availability of the results of the laboratory analysis.
3. The checks referred to in paragraph 2, first subparagraph, shall be carried out at points of control specifically designated by the Member States for that purpose. Member States shall make the list of points of control available to the public and communicate it to the Commission.
4. Member States shall report any unfavourable result of the laboratory analysis referred to in paragraph 2 through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed. They shall report to the Commission on favourable results on a two weeks basis.
5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that products referred to in paragraph 2, and feed and food products with a high protein content, as appropriate, which are already placed on the market are subject to an appropriate level of controls aimed at ascertaining the level of melamine.
6. Any product found to contain melamine in excess of 2,5 mg/kg product, following controls performed in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 5, shall be destroyed without delay.
7. Member States shall ensure that the costs incurred in the implementation of paragraph 2 are borne by the operators responsible for the import, and that the cost of official measures taken as regards products found not to be in compliance with this Decision are borne by the feed and food business operator responsible for that product.
Prior notification
Feed and food business operators or their representatives shall give prior notification to the point of control referred to in Article 2(3) of the estimated date and time of arrival of all consignments originating in or consigned from China of composite products, including feed, containing milk products.
Review of the measures
The measures laid down in this Decision shall be regularly reassessed in the light of the results of the controls carried out by the Member States.
Decision 2008/757/EC is repealed.
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32014D0035(01) | 2014/533/EU: Decision of the European Central Bank of 13 August 2014 on the identification of TARGET2 as a systemically important payment system pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 on oversight requirements for systemically important payment systems (ECB/2014/35)
| 20.8.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 245/5
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 13 August 2014
on the identification of TARGET2 as a systemically important payment system pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 on oversight requirements for systemically important payment systems
(ECB/2014/35)
(2014/533/EU)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 127(2) thereof,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 3.1, Article 22 and the first indent of Article 34.1 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 of the European Central Bank of 3 July 2014 on oversight requirements for systemically important payment systems (ECB/2014/28) (1), and in particular Article 1(2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The fourth indent of Article 127(2) of the Treaty and the fourth indent of Article 3.1 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter the ‘Statute of the ESCB’) empower the Eurosystem to promote the smooth operation of payment systems.
(2) The Eurosystem promotes the smooth operation of payment systems, inter alia, by conducting oversight.
(3) The European Central Bank (ECB) has implemented the principles for financial market infrastructures issued by the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) (hereinafter the ‘CPSS-IOSCO principles’), which harmonise and strengthen existing international oversight standards for, inter alia, systemically important payment systems (SIPS), by means of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28).
(4) In order to carry out the identification exercise pursuant to Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28) for TARGET2, the Governing Council is verifying that the criterion mentioned in point (a) of Article 1(3) of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28) is fulfilled, and two out of four of the criteria mentioned in point (b) of Article 1(3) of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28) are fulfilled, as described in the Annex to this Decision. For the verification exercise on which this Decision is based, public data for the calendar year 2012 has been used, combined with responses to ECB surveys.
(5) Under Guideline ECB/2012/27 (2) TARGET2 has a decentralised structure linking together a multiplicity of payment systems. The TARGET2 component systems are harmonised to the greatest extent possible, with certain exceptions in the event of national law constraints. TARGET2 is also characterised by a single technical platform called the Single Shared Platform. The Governing Council has final competence in relation to TARGET2 and safeguards its public function: this governance arrangement is reflected in the oversight of TARGET2 component systems,
Definitions
Terms used in this Decision have the same meaning as those in Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28).
Identification of SIPS and SIPS operator
1. TARGET2 component systems fulfilling the criterion of Article 1(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28) shall collectively be identified as a systemically important payment system for the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28).
2. Operators of the TARGET2 component systems referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure compliance with the requirements set out in Articles 3 to 21 of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28).
Competent authority
The ECB shall be the competent authority for the oversight of TARGET2.
Entry into force
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31984R1736 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/84 of 18 June 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 as regards the application of annual tariff quotas for certain types of cheese allotted to Finland and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3148/83
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1736/84
of 18 June 1984
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 as regards the application of annual tariff quotas for certain types of cheese allotted to Finland and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3148/83
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 856/84 (2), and in particular Article 14 (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1473/84 (4), provides in Annex II (c), (h) and (q) for annual tariff quotas in respect of Finland; whereas Finland and the Community have, with the aim of developing reciprocal trade, agreed to adjust the quantities and import duties valid for 1984 for certain types of cheese; whereas, to enable the Community to fulfil the undertakings it has made, there should be a derogation from the provisions governing the annual tariff quotas allotted to Finland in respect of the said cheeses and provision should be made, in Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79, for the possibility of importing in 1984, on special terms, a limited quantity of Tilsit cheese originating in Finland;
Whereas this derogation replaces that laid down in respect of 1984 in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3148/83 of 4 November 1983 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 in respect of the application of annual tariff quotas, for certain types of cheese, allotted to Finland (5); whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3148/83 should therefore be amended by making it apply in respect of 1983 only,
For 1984, by way of derogation from Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79, the quantities of cheese originating in Finland is hereby altered as follows:
1. the quantity of 2 950 tonnes appearing in the first indent under (b) of point (c), and that of 2 900 tonnes under point (q), shall together be replaced by 6 250 tonnes; Finlandia's quantity, appearing in point (q), may not exceed 2 900 tonnes;
2. the quantity of 1 350 tonnes appearing in the second indent under (b) of point (c), is replaced by 1 600 tonnes;
3. the quantity of 500 tonnes appearing under (b) of point (h) is replaced by 550 tonnes.
1. In Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79, 'Without prejudice to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4' which appear at the beginning of the first subparagraph is replaced by 'Without prejudice to paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5'.
2. The following paragraph is added to Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79:
'5. For 1984, the levy on 100 kilograms of a product appearing under "s" in Annex II shall be 55,0 ECU, provided it is established that the products correspond to the description appearing therein.'
3. The following point is added to Annex II of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // s) ex 04.04 E I b) 2 // Tilsit, matured for at least one month, originating in Finland, within the limit of an annual tariff quota of 100 tonnes in respect of 1984' // //
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3148/83, 'For 1983 and 1984' is replaced by 'For 1983'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003R1122 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2003 of 26 June 2003 fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2003
of 26 June 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 of 5 September 2002 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2329/2002(7), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland or Sweden to all third countries was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002, except for Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia und Hungary.
(2) Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal 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,
For tenders notified from 20 to 26 June 2003, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002, the maximum refund on exportation of oats shall be EUR 9,95/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June 2003.
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32009R0411 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2009 of 18 May 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (Text with EEA relevance)
| 20.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 124/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 411/2009
of 18 May 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (1), and in particular Article 22(3) and Article 24(2),
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (2), and in particular Article 9(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (3) lays down veterinary certification requirements for imports into, and transit through, the Community of poultry and certain poultry products. It provides that the commodities covered by that Regulation (‘the commodities’) are only to be imported into, and transit through, the Community from third countries, territories, zones or compartments which are free from disease and are listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto. In addition, model veterinary certificates are set out in Part 2 of that Annex. Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 also provides that where examination, sampling and testing for certain diseases are required for imports of the commodities, they are to be carried out in accordance with Annex III thereto.
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 provides that the commodities may only be imported into the Community where the third country informs the Commission of any initial outbreaks of Newcastle Disease or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and submits virus isolates to the Community reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
(3) Where an outbreak of avian influenza is detected on the territory of a third country, or a zone or compartment(s) thereof, the competent authority of that third country may no longer certify that its territory, zone or compartment(s) thereof, as listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, is free from that disease.
(4) In the interests of animal health and the prevention and monitoring of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) at Community level, it is appropriate that initial outbreaks of that disease be reported to the Commission. Article 7 of Regulation (EC) 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) Canada has demonstrated its capability to respond to outbreaks of LPAI in poultry holdings on its territory and to successfully prevent the spread of infection.
(6) Canada has also provided the Commission with detailed information on the epidemiological situation and the disease control measures taken by it, including a description of the areas placed under official restrictions in relation to outbreaks of LPAI.
(7) Council Decision 1999/201/EC of 14 December 1998 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products (4) approved that Agreement, which provides that each Party to it is to recognise a sanitary measure of the other Party as equivalent if the latter objectively demonstrates that its measure achieves the appropriate level of protection.
(8) In view of that Agreement and the disease control system put in place in Canada, it is appropriate to apply alternative certification provisions for day-old chicks and hatching eggs originating from areas outside those placed under official restrictions for LPAI. Accordingly, the model veterinary certificates for day-old chicks other than ratites and hatching eggs of poultry other than ratites should be amended to allow for alternative certification provisions for Canada in the case of future outbreaks of LPAI.
(9) The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has recently issued recommendations on certain treatment procedures for the commodities for the inactivation of disease agents. The model veterinary certificate for egg products should therefore be amended in order to take account of those recommendations.
(10) Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) In addition, the testing method for a Salmonella subspecies of animal health relevance should be amended to allow third countries to use laboratory methods as recommended by the OIE. Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(12) In addition, a footnote should be corrected in the model veterinary certificate for transit/storage of specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products. Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(13) Furthermore, it is appropriate to provide for a transitional period to permit Member States and industry to take the necessary measures to comply with the applicable veterinary certification.
(14) Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(15) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 7, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:
‘(a) informs the Commission of the disease situation within 24 hours of confirmation of any initial outbreaks of LPAI, HPAI or Newcastle disease;
(b) submits virus isolates from initial outbreaks of HPAI and Newcastle disease, without undue delay to the Community reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease (5); such virus isolates shall not be required for imports of eggs, egg products and specified pathogen-free eggs from third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which the import of such commodities into the Community is authorised;
2. Annexes I, III and XI are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Commodities in respect of which the relevant veterinary certificates have been issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 before the amendments introduced by the present Regulation may still be imported or transit through the Community until 15 July 2009.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32008R0289 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 289/2008 of 31 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue (Text with EEA relevance)
| 1.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 89/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 289/2008
of 31 March 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(c), Articles 11 and 12 and the third paragraph of Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 (2) lays down rules for the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of animals, in relation to bluetongue, in and from the restricted zones. It also establishes the conditions for exemptions from the exit ban applicable to movements of susceptible animals, their semen, ova and embryos provided for in Directive 2000/75/EC.
(2) Where exemptions from the exit ban applicable to movements of animals of susceptible species, their semen, ova an embryos from the restricted zones are applied to such animals or products intended for intra-Community trade or for export to a third country, health certificates provided for in Council Directive 64/432/EEC (3), Council Directive 91/68/EEC (4), Council Directive 92/65/EEC (5) and referred to in Commission Decision 93/444/EEC (6) are to include a reference to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007. On the basis of the experience gained, it is appropriate to provide for an additional wording to be added to all those health certificates in order to make more explicit the health conditions under which the animals, semen, ova and embryos are exempted from the exit ban.
(3) 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 (7), Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (8), Commission Decision 95/388/EC of 19 September 1995 determining the specimen certificate for intra-Community trade in semen, ova and embryos of the ovine and caprine species (9) and Decision 93/444/EEC provide that health certificates are to accompany the movements of semen, ova and embryos of bovine, ovine and caprine species.
(4) On the basis of the experience gained, where exemptions from the exit ban applicable to movements of semen, ova and embryos of animals of the susceptible species from the restricted zones are applied, those health certificates should also include a reference to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007. An additional wording should therefore be added to those health certificates in order to make more explicit the health conditions under which the semen, ova and embryos are exempted from the exit ban.
(5) In vivo derived embryos and ova of bovine animals do not pose any significant risk as regards bluetongue. Therefore exemptions from the exit ban should be applicable to them provided that the donor animals do not show any clinical signs of bluetongue on the day of collection of the embryos and ova.
(6) For clarity reasons, certain changes as regards the naturally immunised animals referred in points 6 and 7 of Annex III and the provisions reated to ova and embryos should be introduced in the text.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31985R3193 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3193/85 of 14 November 1985 re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3193/85
of 14 November 1985
re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1), and in particular Protocol 1 thereto,
Having regard to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3219/84 of 6 November 1984 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Yugoslavia (2);
Whereas Article 1 of the abovementioned Protocol provides that the products listed below, imported under reduced duty rates according to Article 15 of the Cooperation Agreement are subject to the annual ceiling indicated below, above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be re-established:
(tonnes)
1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Ceiling // // // // 79.03 // Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of zinc; zinc foil; zinc powders and flakes // 2 315 // // //
Whereas imports into the Community of those products originating in Yugoslavia have reached that ceiling; whereas the situation on the Community market requires that customs duties applicable to third countries on the products in question be re-established,
From 18 November to 31 December 1985, the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products:
1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Origin // // // // 79.03 // Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of zinc; zinc foil; zinc powders and flakes // Yugoslavia // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32012R0803 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 803/2012 of 7 September 2012 amending for the 177th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network
| 8.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 244/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 803/2012
of 7 September 2012
amending for the 177th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network, (1) and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and 7a(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 28 August 2012 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove two natural persons from its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.
(3) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31985R1454 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1454/85 of 31 May 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 443/77 as regards the quantities of skimmed-milk powder which may be taken over on being sold
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1454/85
of 31 May 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 443/77 as regards the quantities of skimmed-milk powder which may be taken over on being sold
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 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 443/77 of 2 March 1977 on the sale at a fixed price of skimmed-milk powder for use in feed for animals other than young calves and amending Regulations (EEC) No 1687/76 and (EEC) No 368/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 906/85 (4), provides that the quantity of skimmed-milk powder covered by a purchase contract must be 20 tonnes or more; whereas, for cases where the available quantity in store is less that 20 tonnes, provision should be made that a contract can cover that available quantity;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Article 2 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 443/77 is hereby replaced by the following:
'(a) in quantities of 20 tonnes and over. However, where the available quantity in store is less than 20 tonnes, a purchase contract may be concluded for such lesser quantity;'
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 |
32002R1240 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1240/2002 of 10 July 2002 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1240/2002
of 10 July 2002
on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 361/2002(2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).
(2) Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in and imported from the United States of America and Canada which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 at 11500 t.
(3) It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit,
1. All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 July 2002 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full.
2. Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of August 2002 for 1824,667 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32008R0773 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 773/2008 of 4 August 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 5.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 207/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 773/2008
of 4 August 2008
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 August 2008.
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31994L0031 | Council Directive 94/31/EC of 27 June 1994 amending Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 94/31/EC of 27 June 1994 amending Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130s (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189 c of the Treaty,
Whereas it has become apparent, through the work of the committee provided for in Article 18 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC (3) that it has not been possible, within the time limits fixed by Directive 91/689/EEC (4), to draw up a binding list of hazardous waste, but whereas the implementation of Directive 91/689/EEC depends on the Commission's establishing such a list;
Whereas it is necessary to ensure the implementation of Directive 91/689/EEC within the shortest possible time;
Whereas a Community list of hazardous waste must still be established in accordance with Article 1 (4) of Directive 91/689/EEC;
Whereas the repeal of Council Directive 78/319/EEC of 20 March 1978 on toxic and dangerous waste (5) must therefore be postponed,
Directive 91/689/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following shall be substituted for Article 10 (1):
'Article 10
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary for them to comply with this Directive by 27 June 1995. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.'
2. The following shall be substituted for Article 11:
'Annex 11
Directive 78/319/EEC shall be repealed with effect from 27 June 1995.'
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994R1267 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1267/94 of 1 June 1994 applying the agreements between the European Union and third countries on the mutual recognition of certain spirit drinks
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1267/94 of 1 June 1994 applying the agreements between the European Union and third countries on the mutual recognition of certain spirit drinks
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3280/92 (2), and in particular Article 11 (1) thereof,
Whereas the European Union has concluded an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters with the United States of America on the mutual recognition and protection of certain spirit drinks; whereas that agreement provides for the application, within a certain time, of the regulations and administrative measures necessary to fulfil the obligations set out therein; whereas, in order to provide the products concerned with the guarantees laid down with regard to control and protection, a list of the products covered by the agreements concluded by the European Union should be established;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Implementation Committee for Spirit Drinks,
1. The product descriptions given in the list in the Annex hereto, originating in the third countries referred to therein, may only be used for products produced in accordance with the laws and regulations of the third countries concerned.
2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be covered by the measures for the protection and control of spirit drinks referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 under the conditions laid down in the agreement with the third countries concerned.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994D0864 | 94/864/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1994 approving the programme concerning infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia submitted by Denmark for the farm Egebaek (Only the Danish text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1994 approving the programme concerning infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia submitted by Denmark for the farm Egebaek (Only the Danish text is authentic) (94/864/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1), as amended by Directive 93/54/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas Member States may submit to the Commission a programme designed to enable them, with regard to certain diseases affecting fish, to obtain the status of approved farm situated in a non-approved zone;
Whereas Denmark, by letter of 7 July 1994, has submitted a programme concerning infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS), with a view to obtain the status of approved farm for the farm 'Egebaek';
Whereas this programme specifies the geographical situation of the farm concerned, the measures to be taken by the official services, the procedures to be followed by the approved laboratories, the prevalence of the disease concerned and the measures to combat these diseases where detected;
Whereas these programmes, after scrutiny, appear to be in conformity with the requirements laid down in Article 10 of Directive 91/67/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The control programme for IHN and VHS in the farm 'Egebaek', presented by Denmark, is hereby approved.
Denmark shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the programmes referred to in Article 1.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997L0064 | Commission Directive 97/64/EC of 10 November 1997 adapting to technical progress for the fourth time Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (lamp oils) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 97/64/EC of 10 November 1997 adapting to technical progress for the fourth time Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (lamp oils) (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/16/EC (2), and in particular Article 2a thereof, introduced by Council Directive 89/678/EEC (3),
Whereas Council Directive 89/677/EEC (4) amending for the eighth time Directive 76/769/EEC prohibited the use of certain dangerous substances and preparations in ornamental objects, tricks and jokes, and games;
Whereas it has since become known that certain of these dangerous substances and preparations in the form of oils classified as presenting an aspiration hazard, notably when coloured, pose a risk to human health and specifically to the health of young children, especially when used in decorative lamps;
Whereas the marketing of such coloured oils for use in decorative lamps should be restricted;
Whereas the restrictions on the marketing of such coloured oils laid down by this Directive take into account the current state of knowledge and techniques regarding safer alternatives;
Whereas this Directive does not affect Community legislation laying down minimum requirements for the protection of workers contained in Council Directive 89/391/EEC (5) and in individual directives based thereon, in particular Council Directive 90/394/EEC (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the Directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in dangerous substances and preparations,
Annex I to Directive 76/769/EEC is hereby adapted to technical progress as set out in the Annex hereto.
Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 1998 at the latest and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply these provisions as from 31 December 1998.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31970L0373 | Council Directive 70/373/EEC of 20 July 1970 on the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feeding-stuffs
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 20 July 1970 on the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feeding-stuffs (70/373/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;
Whereas the production, marketing and use of feeding-stuffs occupy an extremely important place in the European Economic Community;
Whereas animal production in agriculture depends to a large extent on the use of appropriate good quality feeding-stuffs;
Whereas the existence of rules concerning feeding-stuffs is essential to an increase in agricultural productivity;
Whereas the introduction of Community measures concerning the quality and composition of feeding-stuffs used in the European Economic Community makes it necessary to establish uniform methods of sampling and analysis to be used by the authorities of the Member States for carrying out official controls;
Whereas, furthermore, the methods of sampling and analysis used for checking compliance with those national standards remaining in force must be the same throughout the Community;
Whereas certain Member States are already applying official methods of sampling and analysis and these differ to some extent as regards their basic principles ; whereas these methods directly affect the establishment and functioning of the common market and should therefore be harmonised;
Whereas the establishment of uniform methods is purely an implementing measure of a technical and scientific nature ; whereas a rapid procedure is needed to develop, improve and amplify those methods ; whereas, in order to facilitate the adoption of these measures, a procedure should be provided for establishing close co-operation between Member States and the Commission within a Standing Committee for Feeding-stuffs;
The Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that official controls of feeding-stuffs, for the purpose of checking compliance with requirements arising under provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action concerning the quality and composition of feeding-stuffs, are carried out using the Community methods of sampling and analysis to be established in the directives referred to in Article 2.
The methods referred to in Article 1 shall be established by directive and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3, account being taken of current scientific and technical knowledge and of proven methods.
These directives shall set appropriate time limits for incorporating those methods in national provisions.
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, matters shall be referred by the Chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State, to the Standing Committee for Feeding-stuffs (hereinafter called the "Committee") set up by the Council Decision of 20 July 19701.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be adopted. The Committee shall deliver its Opinion on the draft within a time limit set by he Chairman according to the urgency of the matter. Opinions shall be delivered by a majority of twelve votes, the votes of the Member States being weighted as provided in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The Chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged where they are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee.
(b) Where the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee, or if no Opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay propose to the Council the measures to be adopted. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.
(c) If, within three months of the proposal being submitted to it, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
The provisions of Article 3 shall apply for eighteen months from the date on which a matter was first referred to the Committee either under Article 3 (1) or under any other corresponding provision.
Member States shall, within a period of one year following notification thereof, bring into force by law, regulation or administrative action the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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31997D0831 | 97/831/EC: Council Decision of 27 November 1997 concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
| COUNCIL DECISION of 27 November 1997 concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (97/831/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 235, in conjunction with the second sentence of Article 228 (2) and the second subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, signed by way of Exchange of Letters on 29 April 1997, should be approved;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for action by the Community in certain areas covered by the Agreement, powers other than those of Article 235 of the Treaty,
The Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Declarations adopted by the Contracting Parties thereto are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The texts of the Agreement, a list of the Declarations and the Declarations are annexed to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, give the notification provided for in the second paragraph of Article 49 of the Agreement.
The Presidency of the Council, when the Council so decides, and otherwise the Commission, assisted by representatives of the members of the Council, shall represent the Community in the Cooperation Council set up by Article 33 of the Agreement. The Council shall act by a simple majority of its members.
The position to be taken by the Community within the Cooperation Council shall be adopted by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. The Council shall act unanimously when the position covers a field for which unanimity is required for the adoption of internal Community rules and by simple majority when the decision which the Cooperation Council proposes to take relates to the latter's rules of procedure.
Decisions taken by the Cooperation Council shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31986R1401 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86 of 6 May 1986 introducing a common action for the encouragement of agriculture in certain less-favoured areas of northern Italy
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1401/86
of 6 May 1986
introducing a common action for the encouragement of agriculture in certain less-favoured areas of northern Italy
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, pursuant to Article 39 (2) (a) of the Treaty, the social structure of agriculture and the structural and natural disparities between the various agricultural regions must be taken into account in working out the common agricultural policy;
Whereas, in order to achieve the objectives of the common agricultural policy referred to in Article 39 (1) (a) and (b) of the Treaty, special measures adapted to the situation in the less-favoured agricultural areas should be adopted at Community level;
Whereas in northern Italy the less-favoured agricultural areas, within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, are in a particularly difficult situation;
Whereas these areas are not covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean programmes (5);
Whereas the rural infrastructure of these areas is very inadequate as regards public services such as electricity, drinking water, farm roads and local roads, and the creation or improvement of such services is an important precondition for the improvement of agricultural structures;
Whereas given the existence of agricultural land subject to soil erosion it is especially vital to protect soil and watercourses;
Whereas a specific system of aids for forestry schemes is especially important in less-favoured areas; whereas forestry contributes to a better use of employment in agriculture and provides additional agricultural income;
Whereas measures for the consolidation of agricultural land reduces its fragmentation and enables farm machinery to be used more efficiently;
Whereas the prevention of soil erosion helps:
- to preserve the soil, the countryside and surface and ground water flow;
- to maintain the recreational potential of an area;
Whereas soil improvement can help to reduce production costs;
Whereas farmers' incomes can also be increased by supplementary activities in the field of rural tourism which require the provision of collective infrastructures by local authorities;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 provides for the adoption of specific measures to encourage agriculture as a whole in the region concerned, in harmony with any development schemes simultaneously undertaken in non-agricultural sectors and with the needs of environmental protection; whereas the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 of the Treaty, is to decide on these measures;
Whereas the achievement of these objectives should be encouraged by a measure which combines these various elements within programmes;
Whereas it is apparent from the foregoing that the abovementioned measures constitute a common measure within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 870/85 (7);
Whereas it is for the Commission, having received the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure, to decide whether to approve a programme submitted by the Italian Government,
TITLE I
Measures to accelerate agricultural development in certain less-favoured areas of northern Italy
1. In order to accelerate agricultural development in certain areas of northern Italy, a common measure within the meaning of Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 shall be introduced, to be implemented by Italy in order to improve the efficiency of agricultural structures in the areas concerned.
2. The common measure shall apply to less-favoured areas, within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC, in the regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Lombardy, Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont.
3. In accordance with Title II, the Community may contribute to the common measures by financing, through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, hereinafter referred to as 'the Fund', the measures in support of agriculture which are set out in one or more programmes drawn up by the Italian Government or other authorities designated at the relevant geographical level and approved by the Commission. The aim of such programmes shall be the joint and concerted use of the various Community and national financial instruments for structural purposes, so that they may be concentrated effectively on priority objectives.
The common measure shall concern schemes for:
1. improving the rural infrastructure, including:
- the supply of electricity and drinking water to farms and villages whose inhabitants are primarily dependent on agriculture,
- the construction and improvement of farm roads and local roads used principally for agriculture;
2. forestry improvements, including:
- afforestation,
- improvement of deteriorated woodlands,
- other supporting measures such as:
- terracing and other minor soil-stabilization measures,
- fire-prevention measures;
3. land consolidation including the voluntary reparcelling of agricultural land and involving:
- a lasting increase in the size of parcels so that, in general, they increase by a factor of at least three,
- related operations such as surface grading and the provision of drainage ditches;
4. the prevention of soil erosion involving:
- the construction of small dams, dykes or breakwaters,
- the construction or repair of banks,
- planting suitable varieties of saplings along watercourses to improve the soil's retaining capacity;
5. improving privately owned farmland under collective schemes, including:
- drainage,
- other soil improvement measures;
6. the improvement or setting up of collective infrastructure to encourage rural tourism in villages which depend chiefly on agriculture and which offer good potential for tourism.
1. Any programme as provided for in Article 1 (3) shall include at least the following details:
(a) a description of the problems in each sector, the areas affected and the various measures to be adopted under the common measure in order to solve them, an estimate of the costs involved and the method of financing;
(b) the expected timetable for completion of the various measures and evidence that the Community measures are in addition to national ones;
(c) the arrangements for coordinating the programme with all other programmes and provisions which may influence the development of agriculture in the area concerned;
(d) evidence that the measures contemplated are compatible with the protection of the environment.
2. The programme shall last at least for the duration of the common measure.
1. All programmes shall be forwarded to the Commission by the Italian Government.
2. All programmes and any amendments thereto shall be approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10 after the Fund Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects.
TITLE II
General and financial provisions
Expenditure on the prevention of soil erosion, forestry activities on agricultural land and the improvement of agricultural land which receive aid pursuant to Articles 17 or 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 or Article 3 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 (1) establishing a common measure for the adaptation and modernization of the structure of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat in Italy or which may receive Community aid in connection, with other common measures, within the meaning of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) 729/70, shall not be covered by this Regulation.
1. The common measure shall last no longer than six years from the date of approval of the first of the programmes referred to in Article 1 (3).
2. In the course of the third and fifth years, the Commission shall submit a report on the progress of the common measure. Before the six-year period expires, the Council shall decide, on a proposal from the Commission, whether the measure should be extended.
3. The cost of the common measure to be met by the Fund is estimated at 78,4 million ECU.
4. Article 6 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply.
1. Expenditure by the Italian Government or by the regions referred to under the common measure shall be eligible for aid from the Fund not exceeding the amounts specified in paragraph 2. The Fund shall refund to the Italian Government or the authorities designated at the relevant geographical level 40 % of the eligible expenditure.
2. The Fund shall refund to the Italian Republic its actual expenditure up to a maximum eligible of:
- 70 million ECU for improving the rural or forestry infrastructure pursuant to Article 2 (1). However, the financial contribution from the recipient must be at least 10 %,
- 40 million ECU for forestry improvements and supporting measures pursuant to Article 2 (2), within the eligibility limits per hectare set out in the first four indents of Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 269/79 of 6 February 1979 establishing a common measure for forestry in certain Mediterranean zones of the Community (2),
- 600 ECU per hectare affected within an overall limit of 15 000 hectares with respect to the land-consolidation operations referred to in Article 2 (3),
- 40 million ECU for the operations referred to in Article 2 (4),
- 900 ECU per hectare affected within a limit of 30 000 hectares with respect to the operations referred to in Article 2 (5);
- 10 million ECU with respect to the operations referred to in Article 2 (6); however, the financial contribution from the recipient municipalities must be no less than 20 %.
3. Should the Italian Republic request the updating of any programme, the Commission may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10, approve an amendment to the limits laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article, provided that it does not exceed the total amount referred to in Article 6 (3).
When approving the programme referred to in Article 1 (3), the Commission shall establish, by agreement with the Italian Republic, the procedures whereby it shall be informed of the progress of the development programme.
1. Applications for refunds shall relate to expenditure by the Italian Republic in the course of one calendar year and shall be submitted to the Commission before 1 July of the following year.
2. The contribution from the Fund shall be decided on in accordance with Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.
3. Advance payments may be granted by the Fund according to the financing procedures adopted by the Italian Republic and according to the progress made by the programme.
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.
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1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure, either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The chairman shall submit a draft of the measures to be taken. The Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by a majority of 54 votes, the votes of the Member States being weighted as provided for in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.
3. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure, they shall forthwith be communicated by the Commission to the Council. In that event the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has adopted for not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within one month.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001R1215 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1215/2001 of 20 June 2001 determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2001 for import licences for certain poultrymeat products under the regime provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1215/2001
of 20 June 2001
determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2001 for import licences for certain poultrymeat products under the regime provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 of 22 June 1994, laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
The applications for import licences lodged for the period 1 July to 30 September 2001 are greater than the quantities available and must therefore be reduced by a fixed percentage to ensure a fair distribution,
1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 July to 30 September 2001 submitted under Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 shall be met as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. Applications for import licences for the period 1 October to 31 December 2001 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2001.
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31989D0085 | 89/85/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 January 1989 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in the Federal Republic of Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 January 1989
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in the Federal Republic of Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the German text is authentic)
(89/85/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 1137/88 (2), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to the second indent of Article 24 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Government of the federal Republic of Germany has forwarded the provisions contained in the 'Richtlinien ueber die Gewaehrung von Zuwendungen fuer die Erhaltung und Pflege von Feuchtwiesenschutzgebieten fuer Zwecke des Naturschutzes zur Abwehr von unmittelbar drohenden Gefahren fuer den Naturhaushalt' on the application of Title V of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 in North Rhine-Westphalia;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community to the common measure provided for in Title V of that Regulation are satisfied in the light of the compatibility of the abovementioned provisions with the aforementioned Regulation and bearing in mind the objectives of the latter and the need to ensure that the various measures are properly related;
Whereas, under Title V of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Member States may introduce, in areas which are particularly sensitive from the viewpoint of environmental protection, natural resources and the maintenance of the countryside and the landscape, measures contributing to the introduction and maintenance of production practices complying with those special requirements;
Whereas those measures relate to the granting of an annual premium per hectare to farmers who undertake. for at least five years, to apply given production practices in the framework of a specific programme for a defined area;
Whereas the Community financial contribution to the aid scheme provided for is limited to only those cases satisfying the conditions, objectives and criteria laid down in Title V of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the provisions forwarded relate to measures which are not voluntary for farmers as provided for in Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The provisions of land North Rhine-Westphalia contained in the 'Richtlinien ueber die Gewaehrung von Zuwendungen fuer die Erhaltung und Pflege von Feuchtwiesenschutzgebieten fuer Zwecke des Naturschutzes zur Abwehr von unmittelbar drohenden Gefahren fuer den Naturhaushalt', forwarded by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to the second indent of Article 24 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, do not satisfy the conditions for a Community financial contribution to the measures provided for in Title V of that Regulation.
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31992R1694 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1694/92 of 29 June 1992 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain quality wines and sparkling wines, originating in Austria
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1694/92 of 29 June 1992 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain quality wines and sparkling wines, originating in Austria
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, in accordance with the Agreement with Austria, as extended by the exchange of letters (1) for the period from 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 regarding reciprocal creation of tariff quotas for certain quality wines, the Community is committed to suspending in full the customs duties applicable to quality wines and sparkling wines, originating in Austria, which conform to the wine and viticulture law of 1985 of the Republic of Austria, presented in containers not exceeding two litres, within the limits of annual tariff quotas of 85 000 and 2 000 hectolitres respectively; whereas this Agreement also provides that the quota period is from 1 July of each year to 30 June of the next year and whereas the duties applicable in Spain and Portugal are equal to those applied by Member States with respect to the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985; whereas it is necessary therefore to open for the period 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 the Community tariff quotas in question at the amounts provided for in the Agreement;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to allow all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; whereas it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to ensure efficient Community administration of these tariff quotas while offering the Member States the opportunity to draw from the quota volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must, in particular, be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are being used up and inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning, in particular, the administration of quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any of its members,
1. From 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 the customs duties applicable on importation of the following products originating in Austria shall, without prejudice to paragraph 3, be suspended at levels and within the limits of tariff quotas as indicated with respect to each product:
Order
No CN code
(1) Description Volume
of quota
(hl) Quota duty
(%) 09.0803 ex 2204 21 25
ex 2204 21 29
ex 2204 21 35
ex 2204 21 39
ex 2204 21 49 Quality wines presented in containers of a capacity not exceeding two litres 85 000 0 09.0805 ex 2204 10 19
ex 2204 10 90 Sparkling quality wines, and presented in containers of a capacity not exceeding two litres 2 000 0
(1) See Taric codes in the Annex.
2. Within the limits of the tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply the same duties as those they apply to similar products of the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985.
3. Admission under the tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reserved to wines accompanied by a document VI 1 or an extract VI 2, completed in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85 (2).
Document VI 1 must include in Box 15 one of the following endorsements, certified by the competent Austrian organization:
'This is to certify that the wines referred to in this document are quality wines/quality sparkling wines (*) originating in Austria and in conformity with the 1985 Wine Law of the Republic of Austria.
(*) Delete whichever entry is not applicable.'
Furthermore, the wines in question shall remain subject to observance of the free-at-frontier reference price. In order for these wines to benefit from the tariff quotas, Article 54 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (3) must be complied with.
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission, which may take all appropriate administrative measures in order to ensure effective administration thereof.
If an importer presents, in a Member State, a declaration of entry into free circulation, including a request for preferential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation and if this declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall draw from the tariff quota, by means of notification to the Commission, a quantity corresponding to these needs.
The drawing requests, with indication of the date of acceptance of the said declaration, must be communicated to the Commission without delay.
The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis of the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member State concerned to the extent that the available balance so permits.
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota.
If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the quota, allocation shall be made on a pro rata basis with respect to the requests. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the drawings made.
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and continuous access to the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volume so permits.
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
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31999R2502 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2502/1999 of 26 November 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2166/83 establishing a licensing system for certain fisheries in an area north of Scotland (Shetland area)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2502/1999
of 26 November 1999
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2166/83 establishing a licensing system for certain fisheries in an area north of Scotland (Shetland area)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1181/98(2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2166/83 of 29 July 1983 establishing a licensing system for certain fisheries in an area north of Scotland (Shetland area)(3) establishes the procedure for communicating the movements of Community fishing vessels operating in the area in question;
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1489/97 of 29 July 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 as regards satellite-based vessel monitoring systems(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2445/1999(5), determines the specific data that Community fishing vessels covered by satellite-based vessel monitoring systems (VMS) are required to transmit;
(3) in order to reduce the load on the fisheries concerned, vessels operating in the area north of Scotland (Shetland area) to which VMS apply and which transmit the requisite data via VMS should be exempt from the requirement to communicate their movements;
(4) Regulation (EEC) No 2166/83 must be amended accordingly;
(5) the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2166/83:
"3. However, Community fishing vessels operating in the area to which satellite-based vessel monitoring systems (VMS) apply and which transmit data via VMS in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1489/97(6) shall be exempt from the obligation to communicate their movements provided for in paragraph 1."
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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32004R2135 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/2004 of 14 December 2004 prohibiting fishing for Northern prawn by vessels flying the flag of Poland
| 16.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 369/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2135/2004
of 14 December 2004
prohibiting fishing for Northern prawn by vessels flying the flag of Poland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required lays down quotas for Northern prawn for 2004 (3).
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of Northern prawn in the waters of NAFO division 3L by vessels flying the flag of Poland or registered in Poland have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004.
Catches of Northern prawn in the waters of NAFO division 3L by vessels flying the flag of Poland or registered in Poland are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Poland for 2004.
Fishing for Northern prawn in the waters of NAFO division 3L by vessels flying the flag of Poland or registered in Poland is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011R0505 | Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 505/2011 of 23 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus
| 24.5.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 136/48
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 505/2011
of 23 May 2011
implementing Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus (1), and in particular Article 8a(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 18 May 2006, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus.
(2) In view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus and in accordance with Council Implementing Decision 2011/301/CFSP of 23 May 2011 implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus (2), additional persons should be included in the lists of persons subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006,
The persons listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0108 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 108/2004 of 22 January 2004 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 108/2004
of 22 January 2004
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on the Community and world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 28 of that Regulation. The same Article provides that the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into account.
(3) The refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of the standard quality. The latter is defined in Annex I, point II, to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 28(4) of that Regulation. Candy sugar is defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector(2). The refund thus calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content.
(4) In special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixed by other legal instruments.
(5) The refund must be fixed every two weeks. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) The first subparagraph of Article 27(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that refunds on the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation may vary according to destination, where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary.
(7) The significant and rapid increase in preferential imports of sugar from the western Balkan countries since the start of 2001 and in exports of sugar to those countries from the Community seems to be highly artificial.
(8) To prevent any abuse through the re-import into the Community of sugar products in receipt of an export refund, no refund should be set for all the countries of the western Balkans for the products covered by this Regulation.
(9) Import duties and export refunds still apply to certain sugar products traded between the Community, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, hereinafter referred to as "new Member States", of the other part, and the level of export refunds is appreciably greater than the level of import duties. In view of the accession of these countries to the Community on 1 May 2004, the appreciable gap between the level of import duties and the level of export refunds granted for the products in question may result in speculative trade flows.
(10) To prevent any abuse through the re-import or re-introduction into the Community of sugar products in receipt of an export refund, no refund or levy should be set for all the new Member States for the products covered by this Regulation.
(11) In view of the above and of the present situation on the market in sugar, and in particular of the quotations or prices for sugar within the Community and on the world market, refunds should be set at the appropriate amounts.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31986R2387 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2387/86 of 29 July 1986 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather, falling within subheadings 42.03 A, B II, III and C, originating in Pakistan, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2387/86
of 29 July 1986
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather, falling within subheadings 42.03 A, B II, III and C, originating in Pakistan, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85 apply
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 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather falling within subheadings 42.03 A, B II, III and C, the individual ceiling was fixed at 4 928 000 ECU; whereas, on 28 July 1986, imports of these products into the Community originating in Pakistan reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Pakistan,
As from 2 August 1986, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 42.03 (42.03-10, 25, 27, 28, 51, 59) // Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather: A. Articles of apparel B. Gloves, including mittens and mitts: II. Special for sports III. Other C. Other clothing accessories // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32001R2593 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2593/2001 of 28 December 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 909/2001 as regards registration of imports of glyphosate produced by one Malaysian and one Taiwanese exporting producer
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2593/2001
of 28 December 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 909/2001 as regards registration of imports of glyphosate produced by one Malaysian and one Taiwanese exporting producer
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000(2), and in particular Articles 13 and 14 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
(1) By Regulation (EC) No 368/98(3), the Council imposed an anti-dumping duty of 24 % on imports of glyphosate originating in the People's Republic of China ("the PRC"). By Regulation (EC) No 1086/2000(4), the rate of duty applicable was increased to 48 % as a result of the investigation into the absence of movement, or insufficient movement of, the resale prices or subsequent selling prices in the Community pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 ("the basic Regulation").
(2) On 26 March 2001, the Commission received a request pursuant to Article 13(3) of the basic Regulation from the European Glyphosate Association (EGA) to investigate the alleged circumvention of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of glyphosate originating in the PRC by imports of glyphosate consigned from Malaysia or Taiwan. The request was made on behalf of a major proportion of Community producers of glyphosate and contained sufficient evidence regarding the factors set out in Article 13(1) of the basic Regulation.
(3) The Commission initiated an investigation into the alleged circumvention by Regulation (EC) No 909/2001(5) ("the initiating Regulation").
(4) Pursuant to Articles 13(3) and 14(5) of the basic Regulation, Article 2 of the initiating Regulation instructed the customs authorities to register imports of glyphosate consigned from Malaysia or Taiwan, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or Taiwan or not, as of 10 May 2001.
(5) Article 2(3) of the initiating Regulation provided that imports should be exempted from registration if they were accompanied by a customs certificate certifying that the importation does not constitute, circumvention.
B. REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION
(6) In the course of the investigation, the Commission received requests for exemption from the registration or measures from four unrelated importers and two cooperating exporting producers, Crop Protection (M) Sdn Bhd. ("Crop Protection") and Sinon Corporation.
(7) Given that the alleged circumvention was taking place outside the Community, exemption of imports from registration or measures was dependent on the findings in respect of the exporters. No decision could therefore be taken by the Commission purely on the basis of the exemption requests presented by individual importers. The importers will however benefit from an exemption from registration or measures to the extent that their imports are from exporters which have been granted such an exemption.
(8) Any decision concerning exporters should be limited to exemption from registration at this stage. If the Council subsequently adopts a Regulation extending the anti-dumping measures pursuant to Article 13 of the basic Regulation, it may decide to exempt certain exporters from such extended measures.
C. FINDINGS IN RESPECT OF CROP PROTECTION AND SINON CORPORATION
(9) Among others, Crop Protection and Sinon Corporation replied to the questionnaire sent by the Commission to the producers and exporters in Malaysia and Taiwan named in the request, to the importers in the Community and to the exporters in the PRC known to the Commission as well as to other interested parties who came forward within the prescribed time limit. The Commission carried out verification visits at the premises of Crop Protection (Klang, Selangor D.E., Malaysia) and Sinon Corporation (Taichung, Taiwan).
(10) Crop Protection transformed purchased glyphosate acid, part of which was originating in the PRC, into salt or formulated products. However, their purchases of PRC origin acid increased less significantly than their purchases of non-PRC origin acid and did not show a constant movement (plunge in 1998, increase up to 2000, decrease within the IP). Moreover, most of the supply of PRC origin acid was caused by Monsanto (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)(6) due to its inability to supply Crop Protection with the US origin acid it had ordered. Direct purchases from another supplier in the PRC were minor. Additionally, to satisfy customers' requests, Crop Protection limited the use of acid originating in the PRC for production of glyphosate exported to the Community. It was therefore considered that Crop Protection demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Commission that the change in the pattern of trade in their respect had a due cause other than the imposition of the duty on imports of glyphosate originating in the PRC and did not constitute circumvention.
(11) Sinon Corporation produces glyphosate starting from the initial stage of producing glyphosate acid and also formulates purchased glyphosate acid which does not originate in the PRC, both operations being carried out in Taiwan. The investigation has shown that Sinon has exported to the Community its own produced product, with the exception of limited quantities of formulated glyphosate purchased from a Malaysian company and shipped directly from Malaysia to the Community. It was therefore considered that Sinon Corporation demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Commission that the change in the pattern of trade in their respect had a due cause other than the imposition of the duty on imports of glyphosate originating in the PRC and did not constitute circumvention.
(12) In the light of the above findings, registration of imports of glyphosate consigned from Malaysia and produced by Crop Protection and of glyphosate consigned from Taiwan and produced by Sinon Corporation should cease.
(13) Given that exemption from registration is made in respect of the exporting producers in this case, it was considered unnecessary and disproportionate to request each importer importing from Crop Protection or Sinon Corporation to apply for a customs certificate exempting their imports from registration. The Commission therefore considers it appropriate to amend its initiating Regulation in so far as it provides for the registration of imports of glyphosate consigned from Malaysia or Taiwan (whether declared as originating in Malaysia or Taiwan or not).
(14) This Regulation is based on findings specific to Crop Protection and Sinon Corporation and does not prejudge any decision which the Council may take to extend the existing anti-dumping measures on glyphosate originating in the PRC to the same product consigned from Malaysia or Taiwan (whether declared as originating in Malaysia or Taiwan or not).
(15) Interested parties were informed of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the Commission intended to cease registration of imports of glyphosate produced by Crop Protection and of glyphosate produced by Sinon Corporation and were given the opportunity to comment. No comments which were of a nature to change the above conclusions were received,
The following paragraph shall be added to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 909/2001: "4. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, imports of the product identified in Article 1 which are produced by the following companies shall not be subject to registration:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32005R1882 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1882/2005 of 17 November 2005 establishing a prohibition of fishing for Norway lobster in ICES zone IV (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
| 18.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 301/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1882/2005
of 17 November 2005
establishing a prohibition of fishing for Norway lobster in ICES zone IV (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2005.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2005.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2005 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996D0600 | 96/600/EC: Commission Decision of 9 October 1996 authorizing France to pay the processing premium provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal, for animals withdrawn from production before exceeding the age of 20 days (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 9 October 1996 authorizing France to pay the processing premium provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal, for animals withdrawn from production before exceeding the age of 20 days (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (96/600/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1588/96 (2), and in particular Article 4i (4) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4i (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the processing premium applies to animals withdrawn from production before passing the age of 10 days; whereas, however, pursuant to paragraph 4 of that provision, the Commission may authorize a Member State to pay the premium for animals withdrawn before exceeding the age of 20 days, on the basis of a duly substantiated request setting out appropriate control measures; France has submitted a request accompanied by a programme of control measures intended to prevent any abuse and to ensure in particular that these animals are excluded from human consumption; whereas, therefore, the authorization requested should be granted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
France is hereby authorized to grant the processing premium provided for in Article 4i of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 for animals withdrawn from production before exceeding the age of 20 days.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32011D0014 | 2011/14/EU: Commission Decision of 13 January 2011 amending Decision 97/556/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards external thermal insulation composite systems/kits with rendering (ETICS) (notified under document C(2011) 34) Text with EEA relevance
| 14.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 10/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 January 2011
amending Decision 97/556/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards external thermal insulation composite systems/kits with rendering (ETICS)
(notified under document C(2011) 34)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/14/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988, on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products (1), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,
After consulting of the Standing Committee on Construction,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/556/EC of 14 July 1997 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards external thermal insulation composite systems/kits with rendering (ETICS) (2) refers only to products in the scope of European technical approvals while some of those products may also be covered by harmonised European standards.
(2) Decision 97/556/EC should therefore be amended in order to apply also to products falling under the scope of harmonised European standards to be elaborated by CEN,
Decision 97/556/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
2. a new Annex III is added, as set out in 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 |
31997D0098 | 97/98/EC: Commission Decision of 23 January 1997 concerning the placing on the market of genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) with the combined modification for insecticidal properties conferred by the Bt-endotoxin gene and increased tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 23 January 1997 concerning the placing on the market of genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) with the combined modification for insecticidal properties conferred by the Bt-endotoxin gene and increased tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (97/98/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (1), as amended by Commission Directive 94/15/EC (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Articles 10 to 18 of Directive 90/220/EEC lay down a Community procedure enabling the competent authority of a Member State to give consent to the placing on the market of products consisting of genetically modified organisms;
Whereas a notification concerning the placing on the market of such a product has been submitted to the competent authority of a Member State (France);
Whereas the competent authority of France subsequently forwarded the dossier to the Commission with a favourable opinion; whereas the competent authorities of other Member States have raised objections to the said dossier;
Whereas, therefore, in accordance with Article 13 (3) of Directive 90/220/EEC, the Commission is required to take a decision in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 21 of that Directive;
Whereas, having examined each objection in the light of the provisions of Directive 90/220/EEC and analysed the information supplied in the dossier, the Commission reached the following conclusions:
- the applicant provided information on all the newly introduced genes, and not only those expressed,
- the risk assessment took account of all the introduced genes whether expressed or not. Assessment was also made in this case of the risks from the presence of the non-expressed â-lactamase gene with a bacterial promoter,
- in the case of products intended for use as human food or animal feed, risk assessment under Directive 90/220/EEC determines whether the genetic modification is liable to result in any toxic or other harmful effects for human health and the environment,
- there is no reason to believe that the introduction of these genes into maize will have any adverse effects on human health or the environment,
- possible development of resistance to the truncated CryIA(b) protein in insects cannot be considered an adverse environmental effect, as existing agricultural means of controlling such resistant species of insects will still be available,
- there are no safety grounds for mentioning on the label that the product has been obtained by genetic modification techniques,
- the label should indicate that the plants have increased tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium;
Whereas authorization of chemical herbicides, and assessment of how their use impacts on human health and the environment, are governed by Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 96/68/EC (4), and not by Directive 90/220/EEC;
Whereas the product under consideration has been notified for unrestricted use, including human food and animal feed;
Whereas this Decision does not exclude the application, in compliance with Community law, of Member State provisions on human food or animal feed safety to the extent that they are not specifically related to the genetic modification of the product or its components;
Whereas Article 11 (6) and Article 16 (1) of Directive 90/220/EEC provide additional safeguards if new information on risks presented by the product becomes available;
Whereas the committee set up by Article 21 of Directive 90/220/EEC and consulted by written procedure on 8 March 1996 has not delivered an opinion on the measures laid down in a draft Commission decision;
Whereas the Council did not take a decision on a proposal from the Commission within the time provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article 21 of Directive 90/220/EEC; whereas, consequently, it falls to the Commission to adopt the proposed measures;
Whereas the respective opinions of the Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition established by Commission Decision 76/791/EEC (5), that of the Scientific Committee for Food established by Commission Decision 95/273/EC (6) and finally that of the Scientific Committee for Pesticides established by Commission Decision 78/436/EEC (7), asked by the Commission to confirm that there is no reason to believe that the introduction of the genes concerned into the maize would have any adverse effects on human health or on the environment, did not identify any new elements which would justify any different decision,
1. Without prejudice to other Community legislation and subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the French authorities shall give consent to the placing on the market of the following product, notified by Ciba-Geigy Limited (Ref. C/F/94/11-03), in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 90/220/EEC.
The product consists of inbred lines and hybrids derived from a maize (Zea mays L.) line (CG 00256-176) which has been transformed using plasmids containing:
(i) one copy of the bar gene, from Streptomyces hygroscopicus, (encoding a phosphinothricin acetyltransferase), under the regulation of the 35S promoter and the 35S terminator from the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV);
(ii) two copies of a synthetic truncated gene encoding an insect control protein representing the active portion of the CryIA(b) ä-endotoxin, from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain HD1-9 and containing intron
9 from the maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene;
the first copy is under the regulation of a promoter from the maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene and the CaMV 35S terminator, and the second copy under the regulation of a promoter derived from a maize calcium-dependent protein kinase gene and the CaMV 35S terminator;
(iii) the prokaryotic gene bla (coding for a â-lactamase conferring resistance to ampicillin) under prokaryotic promoter.
2. The consent covers any progeny derived from crosses of this product with any traditionally bred maize.
3. Without prejudice to other labelling required by Community legislation, the label of each package of seeds shall indicate that the product:
- protects itself against corn borers, and
- has increased tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium.
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31969R1353 | Regulation (EEC) No 1353/69 of the Commission of 15 July 1969 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1098/68 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds on milk and milk products
| REGULATION (EEC) No 1353/69 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 July 1969 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1098/68 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (1) of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products, and in particular Article 17 (4) thereof;
Whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1098/68 (2) of 27 July 1968 on detailed rules for the application of export refunds on milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 849/69 (3) lists specific destination zones which may be taken into account when refunds are being fixed ; whereas it has become necessary to define these zones more precisely to facilitate application of the Regulation in question;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products;
The Annex to this Regulation shall be substituted for the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1098/68.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 July 1969.
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 |
31984R0577 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 577/84 of 5 March 1984 amending for the third time Council Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 577/84
of 5 March 1984
amending for the third time Council Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 of 3 December 1982 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3646/83 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas an amendment has been made to the Appendices to the Convention; whereas Appendices I and III to Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 should therefore be amended to incorporate this amendment which was agreed to by the Community;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora,
Appendices I and III to Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 are hereby amended as follows:
1. In Appendix I, under CARNIVORA, Ursidae, the following species is inserted before Helarctos malayanus:
'Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Giant panda'
2. In Appendix III the following is deleted:
1.2.3 // // // // 'Ursidae // Ailuropoda melanoleuca // China' // // Giant panda // // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 March 1984.
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32003R0363 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2003 of 27 February 2003 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 256/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2003
of 27 February 2003
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 256/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 256/2003(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 21 to 27 February 2003, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 256/2003, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 36,87 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 100400 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 February 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 |
32012D0041 | 2012/41/EU: Council Decision of 23 January 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning the setting-up of a Joint Working Group to monitor the implementation of Chapter IIa of Protocol 10 to the EEA Agreement on simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of carriage of goods and defining its rules of procedure
| 27.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 24/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 January 2012
on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning the setting-up of a Joint Working Group to monitor the implementation of Chapter IIa of Protocol 10 to the EEA Agreement on simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of carriage of goods and defining its rules of procedure
(2012/41/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 and Articles 207(2) and 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Protocol 10 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 76/2009 of 30 June 2009 (2), with a view to inserting a new Chapter IIa on customs security measures.
(2) Article 9b of Protocol 10 provides that, in bilateral trade between the Contracting Parties, the application of customs security measures shall be waived, provided that there is an equivalent level of customs security on their respective territories.
(3) Article 9f of Protocol 10 also provides that the EEA Joint Committee shall define the rules allowing the Contracting Parties to ensure the monitoring of the implementation of Chapter IIa of that Protocol and to verify whether the provisions of Chapter IIa of and Annexes I and II to that Protocol are complied with,
The position to be taken by the Union in the EEA Joint Committee on the setting-up of a Joint Working Group to monitor the implementation of Chapter IIa of Protocol 10 to the EEA Agreement on simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of carriage of goods and defining its rules of procedure shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0672 | 2003/672/EC: Commission Decision of 24 September 2003 conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for preaccession measures in agriculture and rural development in the Republic of Latvia in the preaccession period
| Commission Decision
of 24 September 2003
conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for preaccession measures in agriculture and rural development in the Republic of Latvia in the preaccession period
(2003/672/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 of 21 June 1999 on coordinating aid to the applicant countries in the framework of the preaccession strategy and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89(1), and in particular Article 12(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The special programme for agriculture and rural development for the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter "Sapard") was approved by Commission decision of 25 October 2000(2), and last amended by Commission decision of 18 February 2003 in accordance with Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21 June 1999 on Community support for preaccession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the preaccession period(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 696/2003(4).
(2) The Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Commission, acting on behalf of the Community, signed on 25 January 2001 the Multiannual Financing Agreement laying down the technical, legal and administrative framework for the execution of the Sapard programme, amended by the Annual Financing Agreements for 2001, signed on 11 February 2002, for 2002 signed on 4 February 2003, and for 2003 signed on 27 June 2003.
(3) A Sapard agency has been appointed by the competent authority of the Republic of Latvia for the implementation of some of the measures defined in Sapard. The Ministry of Finance National Fund has been appointed for the financial functions it is due to perform in the framework of the implementation of Sapard.
(4) On the basis of a case-by-case analysis of the national and sectorial programme/project management capacity, financial control procedures and structures regarding public finance, as provided for in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999, the Commission adopted Decision 2001/885/EC of 6 December 2001 conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for preaccession measures in agriculture and rural development in the Republic of Latvia in the preaccession period(5) with regard to certain measures provided for in Sapard.
(5) The Commission has since undertaken a further analysis under Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 in respect of the measure "Technical assistance" as provided for in Sapard. The Commission considers that, also with regard to those measures, the Republic of Latvia complies with the provisions of Articles 4 to 6 and of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 of 7 June 2000 laying down financial rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for preaccession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the preaccession period(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 188/2003(7) and with the minimum conditions set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999.
(6) It is therefore appropriate to waive the ex ante approval requirement provided for in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 and to confer, with regard to supporting measure 2 "Technical assistance", on the Sapard agency and on the Ministry of Finance National Fund in the Republic of Latvia, the management of aid on a decentralised basis.
(7) Since the verifications carried out by the Commission for supporting measure 2 "Technical assistance" are based on a system that is not yet fully operating with regard to all relevant elements, however, it is appropriate to confer the management of Sapard on the Sapard agency and on the Ministry of Finance National Fund according to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000, on a provisional basis.
(8) Conferral of management of Sapard is only envisaged after further verification to ensure that the system operates satisfactorily has been carried out and after any recommendations which the Commission may issue with regard to the conferral of management of aid on the Sapard agency and on the Ministry of Finance National Fund have been implemented.
(9) According to the second indent of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 expenditure with regard to feasibility and related studies and for technical assistance incurred by the beneficiary before the date of the Commission decision conferring management may be reimbursable. It is therefore appropriate to fix the date as of which such expenditure may be reimbursed,
The requirement of ex ante approval by the Commission of project selection and contracting for supporting measure 2 "Technical assistance" by the Republic of Latvia provided for in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 is hereby waived.
Management of the Sapard programme is conferred on a provisional basis to:
1. the Agency for Rural Support Service of the Republic of Latvia, Republikas Laukums 2, Riga LV 1981 for the implementation of supporting measure 2 "Technical assistance" as defined in the programme for agricultural and rural development that was approved in accordance with Commission Decision C(2000) 3097 of 25 October 2000;
and
2. the Ministry of Finance National Fund located at Smilsu Iela 1, Riga LV 1919, for the financial functions it is due to perform in the framework of the implementation of Sapard for supporting measure 2 "Technical assistance" for the Republic of Latvia.
Expenditure within the measure "Technical assistance" shall be eligible for Community cofinance from 25 October 2000, provided in all cases it has not been paid by the Sapard agency prior to the date of adoption of this decision. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32012R0550 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 550/2012 of 25 June 2012 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 for the 2011/12 marketing year
| 26.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/43
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 550/2012
of 25 June 2012
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 for the 2011/12 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2011/12 marketing year are fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 (3). Those prices and duties were last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 526/2012 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.
(3) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 for the 2011/12 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31984D0066 | 84/66/EEC: Commission Decision of 1 February 1984 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Thermo Electron - Analyzer, model 543' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 February 1984
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Thermo Electron - Analyzer, model 543' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(84/66/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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (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 22 July 1983, 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 'Thermo Electron - Analyzer, model 543', ordered on 9 November 1981 and intended to be used for the quantity determination of carcinogenic nitroso compounds, 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 26 January 1984 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an analyzer; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision of the organic analysis, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as 'Thermo Electron - Analyzer, model 543', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 22 July 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
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31985R1907 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1907/85 of 10 July 1985 on the list of vine varieties and regions providing imported wine for the making of sparkling wines in the Community
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1907/85
of 10 July 1985
on the list of vine varieties and regions providing imported wine for the making of sparkling wines in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 48a thereof,
Whereas Article 48a of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides that the wine imported into the Community which may be used in the making of sparkling wines must derive from vine varieties and wine-growing regions enabling it to be distinguished from wine produced in the Community; whereas a list of such varieties and regions should therefore be drawn up;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The wine imported into into the Community which may be used in making sparkling wines must derive from:
(a) the Feteasca neagra variety cultivated in the southern and eastern Sub-Carpathian foothills in Romania;
(b) the Feteasca and Feteasca regala varieties cultivated in the southern and eastern Sub-Carpathian foothills and Transylvania in Romania.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32013R0632 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 632/2013 of 28 June 2013 amending for the 194th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network
| 29.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/85
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 632/2013
of 28 June 2013
amending for the 194th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network, (1) and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and 7a(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 30 May 2013 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decided to amend one entry on the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.
(3) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to 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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32002D0510 | 2002/510/EC: Commission Decision of 22 March 2001 approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Midi-Pyrénées in France (notified under document number C(2001) 632)
| Commission Decision
of 22 March 2001
approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Midi-Pyrénées in France
(notified under document number C(2001) 632)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2002/510/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee pursuant to Article 147 of the Treaty and the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 13 et seq. of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 lay down the procedure for preparing and implementing Single Programming Documents.
(2) Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that, after consultation with the partners referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation, the Member State may submit to the Commission a development plan which is treated as a draft Single Programming Document, and which contains the information referred to in Article 16 of the Regulation.
(3) Under Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, on the basis of the regional development plan submitted by the Member State and within the partnership established in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation, the Commission is to take a decision on the Single Programming Document, in agreement with the Member State concerned and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles 48 to 51.
(4) The French Government submitted to the Commission on 28 April 2000 an acceptable draft Single Programming Document for the region of Midi-Pyrénées fulfilling the conditions for Objective 2 pursuant to Article 4(1) and qualifying for transitional support under Objectives 2 and 5(b) pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. As permitted by Article 40(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(2), the draft includes rural development measures other than those referred to in Article 35(1) of the Regulation. It also includes the information listed in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, in particular a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section.
(5) The date of submission of the draft which was considered acceptable by the Commission constitutes the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible. Under Article 52(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, as an acceptable plan was submitted between 1 January and 30 April 2000 the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible is 1 January 2000 in the case of the Structural Funds. In the case of the EAGGF Guarantee Section, Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/1999(3) provides that the expenditure is eligible only if it has actually been paid to the beneficiary after the date of submission of the programme. Under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, it is necessary to lay down the final date for the eligibility of expenditure.
(6) The rural development measures to be financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section are governed, in particular as regards their compatibility and consistency with common agricultural policy measures, by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.
(7) The Single Programming Document has been drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned and within the partnership.
(8) The Commission has satisfied itself that the Single Programming Document is in accordance with the principle of additionality.
(9) Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Commission and the Member State are required to ensure, in a manner consistent with the principle of partnership, coordination between assistance from the Funds and from the EIB and other existing financial instruments.
(10) The EIB has been involved in drawing up the Single Programming Document in accordance with the provisions of Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and has declared itself prepared to contribute to its implementation in conformity with its statutory provisions.
(11) The financial contribution from the Community available over the entire period and its year-by-year breakdown are expressed in euro. The annual breakdown should be consistent with the relevant financial perspective. Under Article 7(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Community contribution has already been indexed at a rate of 2 % per year. Under Article 7(7) and Article 44(2) of the Regulation, the Community contribution may be reviewed at mid-term, and not later than 31 March 2004, to take account of the effective level of inflation and the allocation of the performance reserve.
(12) Provision should be made for adapting the financial allocations of the priorities of this Single Programming Document within certain limits to actual requirements reflected by the pattern of implementation on the ground, in agreement with the Member State concerned,
The Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Midi-Pyrénées in France eligible under Objective 2 and qualifying for transitional support under Objectives 2 and 5(b) for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006 is hereby approved.
1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Single Programming Document includes the following elements:
(a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Structural Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategy of France.
The priorities are as follows:
1. structuring the region to promote economic activity;
2. promoting project areas;
3. introducing and developing activities by exploiting resources within a high-quality area;
4. supporting rural development;
5. implementing measures to support the development of mountain areas;
6. technical assistance;
(b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the priorities, including the information needed to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty;
(c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from each Fund and the other financial instruments, including the total amount from the EAGGF Guarantee Section and indicating separately the funding planned for the regions receiving transitional support in respect of Objectives 2 and 5(b) and the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribution from the Funds planned for each year for the Single Programming Document is consistent with the relevant financial perspective;
(d) the provisions for implementing the Single Programming Document including designation of the managing authority, a description of the arrangements for managing the Single Programming Document and the use to be made of global grants, a description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, including the role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for the participation of the partners in that Committee;
(e) the ex ante verification of compliance with additionality and information on the transparency of financial flows.
2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 1815603247 for the whole period, the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 404765608 and that from the EAGGF Guarantee Section at EUR 91572000.
The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 898608952 from the public sector and EUR 420656687 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and other lending instruments.
3. The rate of part-financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for each rural development measure is given in the Single Programming Document. The rate of part-financing by the EAGGF at the level of the sub-measure or action is given in the programme complement provided for in Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and shall be valid for at least one financial year.
1. The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted under the Single Programming Document amounts to EUR 404765608, to which the EAGGF Guarantee Section will contribute a further EUR 91572000.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds for the various priorities included in the Single Programming Document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision.
2. The indicative initial estimated breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
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3. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority may be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the Single Programming Document throughout the programme period, up to a maximum of EUR 30 million, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1.
This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which it has not yet approved. Submission of the application for assistance, the programme complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty.
Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls under the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 to certain categories of horizontal State aid(4). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its part-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.
Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of the Regulation for measures being part-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission.
By way of derogation from the preceding paragraphs, Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 shall apply in the context of rural development part financed by the EAGGF.
The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 1 January 2000 for the Structural Funds and 28 April 2000 for the EAGGF Guarantee Section.
The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2008. This date is extended to 30 April 2009 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure in the area receiving transitional support shall be 31 December 2007.
The final date for the EAGGF Guarantee Section to take account of payments made by the paying bodies under this programming document shall be 31 December 2006.
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31985R0615 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 615/85 of 8 March 1985 continuing the measures on the improvement of the quality of milk within the Community referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1271/78
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 615/85
of 8 March 1985
continuing the measures on the improvement of the quality of milk within the Community referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1271/78
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the markets in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1206/84 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas the measures first carried out pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1271/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2341/78 (4), and continued in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2936/79 (5), (EEC) No 1079/81 (6), (EEC) No 272/82 (7), (EEC) No 593/83 (8) and (EEC) No 283/84 (9) have proved an effective means of improving the quality of milk in the Community;
Whereas, major difficulties exist with regard to the quality of raw milk in Ireland, Italy and Greece compared with the other Member States, the measures presently being executed in these countries should be reinforced;
Whereas the organizations, institutions, undertakings and producer groups possessing the necessary qualifications and experience should therefore be invited again to propose detailed programmes which these organizations would themselves carry out;
Whereas, as regards the other arrangements, the main provisions of earlier Regulations, as amended in the light of relevant experience, may be repeated;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. Under the conditions laid down in this Regulation, measures shall be taken in Ireland, Italy and Greece to encourage:
(a) bacteriological analysis of raw milk;
(b) testing in relation to health aspects of raw milk;
(c) testing of milking machines;
(d) counselling of individual milk producers, directed in particular towards the obtaining of milk (cowshed hygiene, milking, animal health) and its treatment (cooling);
(e) counselling on the collection (jointly operated equipment, collection points) and transport of raw milk (specifications, equipment and operation of milk tankers);
(f) setting up of milk collection centres, if necessary with refrigeration facilities.
In properly justified exceptional cases, aids may also be granted to single farms;
(g) in certain properly justified cases, equipment for the transport of samples;
(h) training qualified personnel for quality control and milk collection.
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be eligible only if they are begun after 1 April 1985; they shall be completed within two years of the signature of the contract referred to in Article 5 (3) and in any case before 1 August 1987. In exceptional cases, however, a longer period may be agreed in accordance with Article 5 (2) to ensure maximum effectiveness of the measures concerned.
3. The time limit fixed by paragraph 2 shall not prevent subsequent agreement to an extension of that limit where the party to a contract, before the fixed expiry date, makes the appropriate application to the competent authority and proves that due to exceptional circumstances beyond his control, he is unable to meet the deadline originally stipulated.
1. Measures as referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be proposed and carried out by institutions, organizations, undertakings or producer groups which:
(a) have the necessary qualifications and experience;
(b) give guarantees that they are capable of ensuring the satisfactory completion of the work.
Proposals by individual firms will be considered only where they are particularly justified and where they would not prejudice the operations of regional organizations specializing in the field.
2. The Community contribution shall be limited to 90 % of expenditure incurred for the measures concerned. At the maximum 40 % of the Community contribution can be used for measures under point (f) of Article 1 (1) and at the maximum 10 % for those under point (h) of Article 1 (1).
3. In the case of the measures referred to in Article 1 (1) (a), (b) and (g), account shall be taken for purposes of Community contribution only of the first fitting-out of laboratories with:
- equipment (which may include incubators) for examining the bacteriological content of milk, including any combined data-processing equipment, but excluding software;
- equipment for detecting antibiotics, inhibitory substances and impurities in raw milk, including any combined data-processing equipment, but excluding software;
- equipment for detecting mastitis in raw milk.
In certain properly justified cases:
- equipment for taking samples, transporting, sorting, preserving and preparing the samples.
The technical first fitting-out of already existing laboratories with improved, more economic, equipment shall be regarded as a measure referred to in Article 1 (1) (a), (b) and (g).
Such equipment shall be financed only where its technical capacity will be effectively utilized.
4. When a proposal is submitted by an organization buying milk or by an organization representing such enterprises, the Community contribution shall be subject to an undertaking on the part of the applicant to introduce, in his area of operation, a system whereby payment for milk is varied according to its bacteriological quality within the period fixed in the contract for the completion of the approved measures.
In other cases, the applicant must undertake to promote in his area of operation before 1 April 1986 a system whereby payment for milk is varied according to its bacteriological quality or, if such a system already exists, to continue this system.
5. The financing of general expenses incurred for the measures referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be limited to 2 % of the total approved cost.
1. Those concerned are hereby invited to submit, before 1 April 1985, to the competent authority appointed by the Member States referred to in Article 1 (1) hereinafter called 'the competent authority', complete detailed proposals concerning the measures referred to in Article 1 (1).
Where this date is not complied with, the proposal shall be considered null and void.
2. Further details for submission of proposals shall be as set out in the notices from the competent authorities published in Official Journal of the European Communities No C 35 of 11 February 1982, page 8.
1. Complete proposals shall include:
(a) the name and address of the applicant;
(b) all details concerning the measures proposed, including the time required for completion, the expected results and details of any third parties to be involved;
(c) the total of these measures, net of tax, expressed in the currency of the Member State on whose territory the applicant is established, giving an itemized breakdown of this amount and setting out the source of finance;
(d) the desired form of payment of the Community contribution (Article 7 (1) (a) or (b));
(e) the most recent report available on the applicant's activities, unless this is already in the possession of the competent authority.
2. Proposals shall be valid only where:
(a) they are submitted by an applicant fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 (1);
(b) they are accompanied by an undertaking that the applicant will comply with the provisions of this Regulation, and in particular with the obligations under Article 2 (5). Article 5
1. Before 1 May 1985 the competent authorities shall:
(a) examine all proposals submitted and any supporting documents to check that they are in the correct form and contain the information required. They shall ensure that the proposals comply with the provisions of Article 4 and shall ask applicants for further details if necessary;
(b) compile a list of all the proposals received and send it to the Commission together with copies of each proposal and a reasoned opinion indicating whether or not the proposal conforms with the Regulation.
2. After consulting the relevant interest groups in the milk industry, and following examination of the proposals by the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products in accordance with Article 31 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (1), the Commission shall establish before 1 June 1985 a list of the proposals selected for financing.
3. The competent authorities shall conclude contracts with those parties whose proposals have been selected before 1 August 1985 in at least two copies and signed by the interested party and the competent authority.
The competent authorities shall for this purpose use standard form contracts to be provided by the Commission.
4. The competent authority shall inform each applicant as soon as possible of the decision taken in respect of this proposal.
1. The contract referred to in Article 5 (3) shall:
(a) include the details referred to in Article 4 (1) or make reference to them; and
(b) supplement these details, where necessary, by additional conditions resulting from the application of Article 5 (1).
2. The competent authority shall send a copy of the contract to the Commission without delay.
3. The competent authority shall ensure compliance with the agreed conditions in particular by means of on-the-spot checks.
1. The competent authority shall pay to the party in question, in accordance with the choice indicated in the latter's proposal, either:
(a) within six weeks of the date of signature of the contract, a single payment on account amounting to 60 % of the agreed Community contribution; or
(b) at four-monthly intervals, four equal instalments each amounting to 20 % of the agreed Community contribution, the first such instalment being paid within six weeks of the date of signature of the contract.
However, while a contract is being performed, the competent authority may:
- defer payment of an instalment either wholly or in part where it finds, in particular during the checks referred to in Article 6 (4), irregularities in carrying out the measures concerned or a substantial interval between the due date for payment of the instalment and the date when the party concerned will actually incur the forecast expenditure;
- in exceptional cases, advance payment of an instalment either wholly or in part if the party concerned submits a reasoned request and shows that he must incur a substantial part of the expenditure significantly earlier than the date laid down for payment of the Community contribution towards the said expenditure.
2. The payment of each instalment shall be conditional upon the lodging with the competent authority of a security equal to the amount of the instalment, plus 10 %.
3. The release of securities and payment of the balance by the competent authority shall be subject to:
(a) confirmation by the competent authority that the party concerned has fulfilled his obligations as laid down in the contract;
(b) transmission to the competent authority of the report referred to in Article 8 (1) and verification of the details contained in this report by the competent authority.
However, on reasoned request by the party concerned, the balance can be paid after the measure has been completed, and after submission of the report referred to in Article 8, and on condition that securities equal to the total amount of the Community contribution plus 10 % have been lodged;
(c) the competent authority finding that the party concerned, or any third party named in the contract, has spent his own contribution for the purposes laid down.
4. In so far as the conditions set out in paragraph 3 are not fulfilled, the securities shall be forfeit. In this event, the amount in question shall be deducted from the expenditure of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, and more particularly from that arising out of the measures referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77.
1. Each party responsible for one of the measures referred to in Article 1 (1) shall submit to the competent authority, within four months of the final date fixed in the contract for completion of the measures, a detailed report on the utilization of the Community funds allocated and on the results of the measures in question.
2. On performance of each contract, the competent authority shall send to the Commission a statement to this effect and a copy of the final report.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32003R0699 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 699/2003 of 16 April 2003 opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 699/2003
of 16 April 2003
opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under the Agreement on Agriculture(3) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the Community has undertaken to import a quantity of sorghum into Spain.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), lays down the special detailed rules necessary for implementing invitations to tender.
(3) In the light of current market needs in Spain, an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imports of sorghum should be opened.
(4) 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(6) provides in particular for a reduction of 60 % in the import duty applicable to grain sorghum up to a quota of 100000 tonnes per calendar year and of 50 % in excess of that quota. If that benefit is combined with the benefit resulting from the invitations to tender for the reduction in the import duty, this is likely to disturb the Spanish market for cereals. Such combined benefits should therefore be ruled out.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1. An invitation to tender is hereby opened for the reduction in the import duty referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on sorghum to be imported into Spain.
2. Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 shall apply save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
3. Under this invitation to tender, the reduction in the import duty on grain sorghum provided for in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 shall not apply.
The invitation to tender shall be open until 30 October 2003. During that period, weekly invitations shall be issued with quantities and closing dates as shown in the notice of invitation to tender.
Import licences issued under these invitations to tender shall be valid 50 days from the date they are issued within the meaning of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001R2069 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2069/2001 of 23 October 2001 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2069/2001
of 23 October 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 October 2001.
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31997D0562 | 97/562/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1997 laying down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Thailand (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1997 laying down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Thailand (Text with EEA relevance) (97/562/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve molluscs (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 (3) (b) thereof,
Whereas the legislation of Thailand makes the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries (Fish Inspection and Quality Control Division) (FIQCD) responsible for inspecting the health of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and for monitoring the hygiene and sanitary conditions of production; whereas the same legislation empowers FIQCD to authorize or prohibit the harvesting of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from certain zones;
Whereas the FIQCD and its laboratories are capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force in Thailand;
Whereas the competent authorities of Thailand have undertaken to communicate regularly and quickly to the Commission data on the presence of plankton containing toxins in the harvest zones;
Whereas the competent authorities of Thailand have provided official assurances regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/492/EEC and with requirements equivalent to those prescribed in that Directive for the classification of production and relaying zones, approval of dispatch and purification centres and public health control and production monitoring;
Whereas Thailand is eligible for inclusion in the list of third countries fulfilling the conditions of equivalence referred to in Article 9 (3) (a) of Directive 91/492/EEC;
Whereas Thailand wishes to export to the Community frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods which have been sterilized or heat-treated in accordance with the requirements of Commission Decision 93/25/EEC (2), amended by Decision 97/275/EC (3);
Whereas, for this purpose, the production areas from which bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods may be harvested and exported to the Community should be designated;
Whereas the special import conditions should apply without prejudice to decisions taken pursuant to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (4), as last amended by Directive 95/22/EC (5);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries - Fish Inspection and Quality Control Division - (FIQCD) shall be the competent authority in Thailand for verifying and certifying that bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods fulfil the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC.
Bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Thailand and intended for human consumption must originate in the authorized production areas listed in the Annex hereto.
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32014R0459 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 459/2014 of 29 April 2014 amending certain regulations on the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 6.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 133/43
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 459/2014
of 29 April 2014
amending certain regulations on the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 953/2013 (2) amended Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 and replaced CN codes 8528 59 10, 8528 59 40 and 8528 59 80 by CN codes 8528 59 20, 8528 59 31, 8528 59 39 and 8528 59 70.
(2) Certain Commission Regulations concerning the classification of goods, adopted in order to ensure the uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, make reference to CN codes which no longer exist. They should therefore be amended in order to take into account the appropriate CN codes in force.
(3) The Customs Code Committee has not issued an opinion on the item of Annex III of this Regulation within the time limit set by its Chairman, the measures provided for under Annex I, II and IV of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
1. The Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1156/2008 (3), as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2013 (4), is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. Item 1 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1172/2008 (5), as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 441/2013, is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. The Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1196/2011 (6) is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
4. The Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 698/2012 (7) is replaced by the text set out in the Annex IV to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31986D0351 | 86/351/EEC: Commission Decision of 4 July 1986 on the guidance programme for the fishing fleet submitted by Portugal for 1986 in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 July 1986
on the guidance programme for the fishing fleet submitted by Portugal for 1986 in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83
(Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
(86/351/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 of 4 October 1983 on a common measure for restructuring, modernizing and developing the fishing industry and for developing aquaculture (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3733/85 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 7 January 1986 the Portuguese Government submitted to the Commission a programme with the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83, hereinafter referred to as 'the programme'; whereas on 18 and 27 February 1986 it submitted the most recent supplementary information concerning the programme;
Whereas the period for implementing the programme is in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83;
Whereas the programme contains the information referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83;
Whereas the Portuguese fishing fleet comprises a majority of small inshore vessels and a small number of large distant-water vessels for fishing primarily in third-country waters; whereas its degree of obsolescence is considerable, notably as regards the age of the hulls;
Whereas this programme provides, in the short-term, for the stabilization of the existing global mainland fleet capacity, for a modest development of the capacity of the fleet in the Azores and in Madeira, for renewal of the fleet and to redeployment of the fishing effort towards deeper and less-exploited waters;
Whereas this overall programme should be accompanied by vessel withdrawal, particularly on the mainland, and its entry into force signifies merely a slight increase of the fleet's total tonnage; whereas it encourages the modernization and diversification of fishing methods;
Whereas in view of production prospects, the measures to conserve and manage fish stocks, the requirements of the products concerned and the guidelines of the common fisheries policy, the programme may constitute a framework for presenting projects which are liable to be eligible for Community financing;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry,
The guidance programme for the fishing fleet, applicable until 31 December 1986, submitted by the Portuguese Government on 7 January 1986 and supplemented most recently on 18 and 27 February 1986, and whose main points are set out in Annex I, is hereby approved subject to the provisions contained in Annex II.
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32014D0148 | 2014/148/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 17 March 2014 amending Decision 2011/130/EU establishing minimum requirements for the cross-border processing of documents signed electronically by competent authorities under Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market (notified under document C(2014) 1640) Text with EEA relevance
| 19.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 80/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 17 March 2014
amending Decision 2011/130/EU establishing minimum requirements for the cross-border processing of documents signed electronically by competent authorities under Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market
(notified under document C(2014) 1640)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/148/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Service providers whose services fall within the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC must be able to complete, through the Points of Single Contact and by electronic means, the procedures and formalities necessary for the access to and the exercise of their activities. Within the limits established in Article 5(3) of Directive 2006/123/EC, there may still be cases where service providers have to submit original documents, certified copies or certified translations when completing such procedures and formalities. In those cases, service providers may need to submit documents signed electronically by competent authorities.
(2) The cross-border use of advanced electronic signatures supported by a qualified certificate is facilitated through Commission Decision 2009/767/EC of 16 October 2009 setting out measures facilitating the use of procedures by electronic means through the ‘points of single contact’ under Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market (2) which, inter alia, imposes an obligation on Member States to carry out risk assessments before requiring these electronic signatures from service providers and establishes rules for the acceptance by Member States of advanced electronic signatures based on qualified certificates, created with or without a secure signature creation device. However, Decision 2009/767/EC does not deal with formats of electronic signatures in documents issued by competent authorities, that need to be submitted by service providers when completing the relevant procedures and formalities.
(3) As competent authorities in Member States currently use different formats of advanced electronic signatures to sign their documents electronically, the receiving Member States that have to process these documents may face technical difficulties due to the variety of signature formats used. In order to allow service providers to complete their procedures and formalities across borders by electronic means, it is necessary to ensure that at least a number of advanced electronic signature formats can be technically supported by Member States when they receive documents signed electronically by competent authorities from other Member States. Defining a number of advanced electronic signature formats that need to be supported technically by the receiving Member State would allow greater automation and improve the cross-border interoperability of electronic procedures.
(4) Initially only the basic level of ETSI standardised formats of advanced e-signatures were covered by the Decision. It is appropriate to add also longer term levels of ETSI standardised formats which facilitate the preservation of validity related information of e-signatures over time.
(5) New technical specifications have been published by ETSI for baseline profiles for advanced e-signatures that aim at limiting the choices in the relevant standards and thereby increase cross-border interoperability. These profiles cover all conformance levels, from the basic to long term level.
(6) Member States whose competent authorities use other electronic signature formats than those commonly supported, may have implemented validation means that allow their signatures to be verified also across borders. When this is the case and in order for the receiving Member States to be able to rely on these validation tools, it is necessary to make information on these tools available in an easily accessible way unless the necessary information is included directly in the electronic documents, in the electronic signatures or in the electronic document carriers.
(7) This Decision does not affect the determination by the Member States of what constitutes an original, a certified copy or a certified translation. Its objective is limited to facilitating the verification of electronic signatures if they are used in the originals, certified copies or certified translations that service providers may need to submit via the Points of Single Contact.
(8) For the purpose of allowing Member States to implement the necessary technical tools, it is appropriate that this Decision applies as of 1 December 2014.
(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Services Directive Committee,
Amendments to Commission Decision 2011/130/EU (3)
Decision 2011/130/EU is amended as follows:
(1) Paragraph 1 of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
(2) the Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Application
This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2014.
Addressees
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31982L0890 | Council Directive 82/890/EEC of 17 December 1982 amending the Directives on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 17 December 1982 amending the Directives on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (82/890/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas Article 1 of Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3), as amended by Directive 79/694/EEC (4), limits the scope of the said Directive to tractors equipped with pneumatic tyres and having two axles and a maximum design speed of between 6 and 25 km/h;
Whereas the same Directive provides that, where necessary, tractors with a maximum design speed in excess of 25 km/h shall be subject to special requirements ; whereas such tractors form part of the tractor fleet manufactured and used in the Community and offer advantages as regards the efficiency of agricultural holdings;
Whereas an increase of 20 % of the maximum design speed, which has hitherto been prescribed, is reasonable considering road safety and safety of working conditions on the land;
Whereas Member States may, nevertheless, restrict the speed at which a tractor may be driven on the road by imposing speed limits;
Whereas, moreover, tractors having more than two axles can be treated in the same way as those having two axles only, and can therefore be made subject to the same provisions;
Whereas it is therefore not necessary to lay down the specific rules envisaged by the framework Directive 74/150/EEC ; whereas it is sufficient that the field of application of that Directive be extended, together with that of the specific Directives containing an express definition of their field of application in relation to tractors with more than two axles and to tractors having a maximum design speed of between 25 and 30 km/h,
1. Article 1 (2) of Directives 74/150/EEC, 74/151/EEC (5), 74/152/EEC (6), 74/346/EEC (7), 74/347/EEC (8), 75/321/EEC (9), 75/322/EEC (10), 76/432/EEC (11), 77/311/EEC (12), 77/537/EEC (13), 78/933/EEC (14), 79/532/EEC (15), 79/533/EEC (16), and Article 9 (2) of Directive 78/764/EEC (17) shall be replaced by the following:
"2. This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1 which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and have at least two axles and a maximum design speed of between 6 and 30 km/h."
2. Article 1 (2) of Directive 80/720/EEC (18) shall be replaced by the following: (1) OJ No C 182, 19.7.1982, p. 112. (2) OJ No C 77, 29.3.1982, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 10. (4) OJ No L 205, 13.8.1979, p. 17. (5) OJ No L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 25. (6) OJ No L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 33. (7) OJ No L 191, 15.7.1974, p. 1. (8) OJ No L 191, 15.7.1974. p. 5. (9) OJ No L 147, 9.6.1975, p. 24. (10) OJ No L 147, 9.6.1975, p. 28. (11) OJ No L 122, 8.5.1976, p. 1. (12) OJ No L 105, 28.4.1977, p. 1. (13) OJ No L 220, 29.8.1977, p. 38. (14) OJ No L 325, 20.11.1978, p. 16. (15) OJ No L 145, 13.6.1979, p. 16. (16) OJ No L 145, 13.6.1979, p. 20. (17) OJ No L 255, 18.9.1978, p. 11. (18) OJ No L 194, 28.7.1980, p. 1.
"2. This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1 which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and which have at least two axles, a maximum design speed of between 6 and 30 km/h and a minimum fixed or variable drive-axle track width of 1 150 mm or more."
3. Article 1 (2) of Directive 76/763/EEC (1) shall be replaced by the following:
"2. This Directive shall apply only to tractors defined in paragraph 1, which are equipped with pneumatic tyres and which have at least two axles, a maximum design speed of between 6 and 30 km/h and a track width of 1 250 mm or more."
4. Point 1.5 of the Annex to Directive 74/152/EEC shall be replaced by the following:
"1.5. In order to take account of various unavoidable errors due, in particular, to the measuring technique and to the increase in running speed of the engine with a partial load, a result 10 % higher than the 30 km/h value shall be acceptable for the type-approval test."
1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive within 18 months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall ensure that the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive are communicated to the Commission.
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32011D0444 | 2011/444/EU: Council Decision of 12 July 2011 determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment and repealing Decision 2006/491/EC, Euratom
| 22.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 191/21
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 July 2011
determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment and repealing Decision 2006/491/EC, Euratom
(2011/444/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Union, as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular Article 2 of those Staff Regulations and Article 6 of those Conditions,
Whereas:
(1) Under the first subparagraph of Article 240(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the General Secretariat of the Council comes under the responsibility of a Secretary-General.
(2) A new decision should be adopted, determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment, and Decision 2006/491/EC, Euratom (2) should be repealed,
The powers conferred by the Staff Regulations of Officials on the appointing authority and by the Conditions of employment of other servants on the authority competent to conclude contracts of employment shall, as regards the General Secretariat of the Council, be exercised:
(a) by the Council for the Secretary-General;
(b) by the Council, on a proposal from the Secretary-General, for the application to Directors-General of Articles 1a, 30, 34, 41, 49, 50 and 51 of the Staff Regulations;
(c) by the Secretary-General in other cases.
Decision 2006/491/EC, Euratom is hereby repealed.
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31989L0429 | Council Directive 89/429/EEC of 21 June 1989 on the reduction of air pollution from existing municipal waste-incineration plants
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 21 June 1989
on the reduction of air pollution from existing municipal waste-incineration plants
(89/429/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130s thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the 1973 (4), 1977 (5), 1983 (6) and 1987 (7) European Community action programmes on the environment stress the importance of the prevention and reduction of air pollution;
Whereas the Council resolution of 19 October 1987 on the action programme on the environment for 1987 to 1992 (7) states that it is important for Community action to concentrate, inter alia, on implementation of appropriate standards in order to ensure a high level of public health and environmental protection;
Whereas Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (8) provides that waste must be disposed of without endangering human health and without harming the environment; whereas, to this end, the same Directive stipulates that any installation or undertaking treating waste must obtain a permit from the competent authority relating, inter alia, to the precautions to be taken;
Whereas Council Directive 84/360/EEC of 28 June 1984 on the combating of air pollution from industrial plants (9) provides that Member States shall apply policies and strategies, including appropriate measures, for the gradual adaptation of existing plants to the best available technology not entailing excessive costs; whereas these provisions apply, inter alia, with regard to existing municipal waste-incineration plants;
Whereas Directive 84/360/EEC stipulates that the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, shall, if necessary, fix emission limit values based on the best available technology not entailing excessive costs and suitable measurement techniques and mehtods;
Whereas incineration of municipal waste gives rise to emissions of substances which can cause air pollution and thereby harm public health and the environment; whereas in some cases this pollution may have transboundary features;
Whereas the techniques for reducing emissions of certain pollutants from municipal waste-incineration plants are well established; whereas they can be implemented in existing incineration plants on a gradual basis bearing in mind the technical features of the plants and the advisability of not entailing excessive costs; whereas they provide a means of attaining concentrations of pollutants in the combustion gases not exceeding certain limit values;
Whereas all the Member States have laws, regulations and administrative provisions concerning the combating of air pollution from stationary plants and whereas several Member States have specific provisions on municipal wast-incineration plants;
Whereas the Community, by fixing emission limit values and other pollution prevention requirements, helps to increase the effectiveness of the action taken by the Member States to combat air pollution from municipal waste-incineration plants;
Whereas, in order rapidly to ensure an effective protection of the environment, appropriate time limits should be laid down for adapting existing incineration plants to the best available technology not entailing excessive costs; whereas it is appropriate that in the end all existing municipal waste-incineration plants should comply with the same conditions as those which apply, according to their respective category, to new plants;
Whereas the requirements to be imposed on existing plants must include the obligation to comply with both the limit values for the emission of the most significant pollutants and appropriate combustion conditions; whereas, in fixing these combustion conditions, account must be taken of any major technical difficulties which might arise; whereas provision must be made for appropriate measurements and verifications at the incineration plants and whereas the public must be informed of the results obtaines;
Whereas account should be taken of the problem posed by the emission of dioxins and furans;
Whereas, as well as establishing emission limit values, it is important to encourage the development and dissemination of knowledge and use of clean technology as part of the preventive efforts to combat environmental pollution in the Community especially regarding waste disposal;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 130t of the Treaty, the adoption of such Community provisions does not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent measures for the protection of the environment compatible with the Treaty,
For the purposes of this Directive:
1. 'Air pollution' shall mean the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the air resulting in deleterious effects of such a nature as to endanger human health, harm living resources and ecosystems and material property and impair or interfere with amenities and other legitimate uses of the environment.
2. 'Emission limit value' shall mean the concentration and/or mass of polluting sustances which is not to be exceeded in emissions from plants during a specified period.
3. 'Municipal waste' shall mean domestic refuse, as well as commercial or trade refuse and other waste which, because of its nature or composition, is similar to domestic refuse.
4. 'Municipal waste-incineration plant' shall mean any technical equipment used for the treatment of municipal waste by incineration, with or without recovery of the combustion heat generated, but excluding plants used specifically for the incineration of sewage sludge, chemical, toxic and dangerous waste, medical waste from hospitals or other types of special waste, on land or at sea, even if these plants may burn municipal waste as well.
This definition covers the site and the entire installation comprising the incinerator, its waste, fuel and air-supply systems and the devices and systems for checking incineration operations and continuously recording and monitoring incineration conditions.
5. 'Existing municipal waste-incineration plant' shall mean a municipal waste-incineration plant for which the first authorization to operate is granted before 1 December 1990.
6. 'Nominal capacity of the incineration plant' shall mean the sum of the incineration capacities of the furnaces of which the plant is composed, as specified by the constructor and confirmed by the operator, with due account being taken, in particular, of the calorific value of the waste, expressed as the quantity of waste incinerated per hour.
In accordance with Article 13 of Directive 84/360/EEC, Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the operation of existing municipal waste-incineration plants are subject:
(a) in the case of plants with a nominal capacity equal to or more than 6 tonnes of waste per hour: by 1 December 1996, to the same conditions as those imposed on new incineration plants of the same capacity under the terms of Council Directive 89/369/EEC of 8 June 1989 on the prevention of air pollution from new municipal waste-incineration plants (1), except with regard to the provisions of Article 4, which shall be replaced by those of Article 4 of this Directive;
(b) in the case of other plants:
(i) by 1 December 1995, to the conditions laid down by Articles 3 to 7 of this Directive;
(ii) by 1 December 2000, to the same conditions as those imposed on new incineration plants of the same capacity under the terms of Directive 89/369/EEC, except with regard to the provisions of Article 4, which shall be replaced by those of Article 4 of this Directive.
The competent authorities shall see to it that any adaptation of existing plants, as decided upon on the basis of their remaining life span and of the time limits and conditions laid down by this Directive, is carried out as soon as possible.
1. By 1 December 1995, the following emission limit values, standardized at the following conditions: temperature 273 K, pressure 101,3 kPa, 11 % oxygen or 9 % CO2 and dry gas, shall apply to existing municipal waste incineration plants:
(a) plants whose nominal capacity is less than 6 tonnes of waste per hour but at least one tonne per hour:
- total dust 100 mg/nm3;
(b) plants whose nominal capacity is less than one tonne of waste per hour:
- total dust 600 mg/nm3.
2. In regard to plants with a capacity of less than one tonne per hour, the emission limit values may refer to an oxygen level of 17 %. In this case, the concentration values may not exceed those laid down in paragraph 1, divided by 2,5.
3. The competent authorities shall lay down emission limit values for pollutants other than those mentioned in paragraph 1 when they consider this to be appropriate because of the composition of the waste to be incinerated and of the characteristics of the incineration plant. For the purposes of laying down these emission limit values, the authorities shall take account of the potential harmful effects of the pollutants in question on human health and the environment and of the best available technology not entailing excessive costs. In particular, the competent authorities may fix emission limit values for dioxins and furans.
1. (a) By 1 December 1996, existing municipal waste-incineration plants with a capacity of a least 6 tonnes per hour must comply with the following combustion conditions: the gases resulting from the combustion of the waste must be raised, after the last injection of combustion air and even under the most unfavourable conditions, to a temperature of a least 850 °C for at least two seconds in the presence of at least 6 % oxygen. However, in the event of major technical difficulties, the provisions concerning the two-second period shall be implemented at the latest when the furnaces are replaced.
(b) By 1 December 1995, other existing municipal waste-incineration plants must comply with the following combustion conditions: the gases resulting from the combustion of the waste must be raised, after the last injection of combustion air and even under the most unfavourable conditions, to a temperature of at least 850 °C, in the presence of at least 6 % oxygen, for a sufficient period of time to be determined by the competent authorities.
2. Within the time limits laid down in paragraph 1 for each category of plant respectively, all existing municipal waste-incineration plants shall observe a limit value of 100 mg/nm3 for the carbon monoxide (CO) concentration in the combustion gases while in operation.
This limit value shall be standardized at the following conditions: temperature 273 K, pressure 101,3kPa, 11 % oxygen or 9 % CO2 and dry gas.
3. Conditions different from those laid down in paragraph 1 may be authorized if appropriate techniques are used in the incineration furnaces or combustion-gas treatment equipment, provided that the levels of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs) and of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) emitted are equivalent to, or lower than, those obtained with the technical conditions laid down in paragraph 1.
Decisions taken under this paragraph shall be communicated to the Commission by the competent authorities designated for this purpose by the Member States.
1. The temperature and oxygen content laid down in Article 4 (1) are minimum values to be observed at all times when the plant is in operation.
2. The carbon monoxide (CO) concentration laid down in Article 4 (2) is:
(a) in the case of plants of a nominal capacity of 6 tonnes per hour or more, the limit value for the hourly average. In addition, at least 90 % of all measurements taken in any 24-hour period must be below 150 mg/nm3;
(b) in the case of plants of a nominal capacity of less than 6 tonnes per hour at least 1 tonne per hour, the limit value for the hourly average;
(c) in the case of plants of a nominal capacity of less than 1 tonne per hour the limit value for the daily average. The above averages shall be calculated by taking into account only the hours in which the plant is actually in operation, including the start-up and shut-off periods.
3. In the case of dust to be continuously monitored under Article 6:
(a) none of the moving seven-day averages of the concentration values measured for these substances may exceed the corresponding limit values;
(b) none of the daily averages of the concentration values measured for these substances may exceed the corresponding limit value by more than 30 %.
For the purposes of calculating the abovementioned average values, only the periods in which the plant is actually in operation shall be taken into account, including the start-up and shut-off periods.
4. In the case of total dust, wherever periodic measurements are required under Article 6, the concentration values measured in accordance with the rules laid down by the competent authorities under Article 6 (3), (4) and (5) must not exceed the limit value.
1. By 1 December 1995, the following measurements shall be required for the existing plants referred to in Article 2 (b):
(a) concentrations of certain substances in the combustion gases:
(i) concentrations of total dust, CO and oxygen shall be continuously measured and recorded in the case of plants of a nominal capacity of 1 tonne per hour or more;
(ii) the following shall be measured periodically:
- at existing plants with a nominal capacity of less than 1 tonne of waste per hour, the concentration of total dust, oxygen and CO;
(b) operating parameters:
(i) the temperature of the gases in the area where the conditions imposed by Article 4 (1) are satisfied shall be continuously measured and recorded;
(ii) the reference time of the combustion gases at the minimum temperature of 850 °C specified in Article 4 (1), under the most unfavourable operating conditions envisaged for the plant, must be the subject of appropriate verifications at least once after any adaptation of the plant and, in any event, before 1 December 1995.
2. The results of the measurements referred to in paragraph 1 shall be standardized at the following conditions:
- temperature 273 K, pressure 101,3 kPa, 11 % oxygen or 9 % Co2, dry gas.
Where Article 3 (2) is applied, however, they may be standardized at the following conditions:
- temperature 273 K, pressure 101,3 kPa, 17 % oxygen, dry gas.
3. All the measurement results shall be recorded, processed and presented in an appropriate fashion so that the competent authorities can verify compliance with the conditions laid down, in accordance with procedures to be decided upon by those authorities.
4. The sampling and measurement procedures, methods and equipment used to satify the obligations imposed by paragraph 1 and the location of the sampling or measurement points shall require the prior approval of the competent authorities.
5. For the periodic measurements, the competent authorities shall lay down appropriate measurement programmes to ensure that the results are representative of the normal level of emissions of the substances concerned.
The results obtained must be suitable for verifying that the limit values applicable have been observed.
1. Should the measurements taken show that the limit values laid down in this Directive have been exceeded, the competent authority shall be informed as soon as possible. It shall ensure that the plant concerned does not continue to operate while failing to comply with emission standards and shall take the necessary measures to ensure it is modified or no longer operated.
2. The competent authorities shall lay down the maximum permissible period of any technically unavoidable stoppages of the purification devices during which the concentrations in the discharges into the air of the substances which these devices are intended to reduce exceed the limit values laid down. In case of a breakdown the operator shall reduce or close down operations as soon as practicable and until normal operations can be restored. Under no circumstances may the plant continue to operate more than 16 hours uninterrupted; moreover the cumulative duration over a year of operation in such conditions shall be less than 200 hours.
The dust content of the discharges shall under no circumstances exceed 600 mg/nm3 during the periods referred to in the preceding subparagraqph and all the other conditions, in particular the combustion conditions, shall be complied with. Article 8
In accordance with appropriate procedures and in the form decided upon by the competent authorities, information on the obligations imposed in respect of existing incineration plants pursuant to this Directive and on the results of the controls provided for in Articles 5 and 6 shall be made available to the public, subject to respect of provisions applicable in respect of commercial secrecy.
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that compliance with the conditions imposed on existing incineration plants pursuant to this Directive is verified by the competent authorities.
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1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 December 1990. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
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31987D0463 | 87/463/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 August 1987 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 August 1987
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(87/463/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), and in particular Article 25 thereof,
Whereas the Belgian Government notified, pursuant to Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Ministerial Order of 20 August 1985, as amended by the Ministerial Order of 2 May 1986, granting farmers in less-favoured areas an annual compensatory allowance to offset permanent natural handicaps;
Whereas under Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether, having regard to the provisions notified, the existing provisions in Belgium for the implementation of Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures with the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the abovementioned Ministerial Order satisfies the conditions and objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the Committee of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund 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 Strucure,
The provision existing in Belgium for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, having regard to the Ministerial Order of 20 August 1985, as amended by the Ministerial Order of 2 May 1986, granting farmers in less-favoured areas an annual compensatory allowance to offset permanent natural handicaps, to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to common measures within the meaning of Article 1 of the said Regulation.
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32004R0558 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 558/2004 of 25 March 2004 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 558/2004
of 25 March 2004
fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals(1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the market in rice(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regulations and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on the world market on the other. The same Articles provide that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on the markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports, and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market.
(3) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/95(3) on the import and export system for products processed from cereals and from rice defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund on these products is being calculated.
(4) The refund to be granted in respect of certain processed products should be graduated on the basis of the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch content of the individual product concerned, this content being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic product actually incorporated in the processed product.
(5) There is no need at present to fix an export refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of potential exports and in particular the nature and origin of these products. For certain products processed from cereals, the insignificance of Community participation in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export refund at the present time.
(6) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(7) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(8) Certain processed maize products may undergo a heat treatment following which a refund might be granted that does not correspond to the quality of the product; whereas it should therefore be specified that on these products, containing pregelatinized starch, no export refund is to be granted.
(9) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 2004.
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32000D0277 | 2000/277/EC: Commission Decision of 25 February 2000 listing the areas of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(2000) 435) (Only the French text is authentic)
| Commission Decision
of 25 February 2000
listing the areas of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006
(notified under document number C(2000) 435)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2000/277/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 4(4) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development and the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Whereas:
(1) Point 2 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that Objective 2 of the Structural Funds is to support the economic and social conversion of areas facing structural difficulties.
(2) The first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that the Commission and the Member States shall seek to ensure that assistance is genuinely concentrated on the areas most seriously affected and at the most appropriate geographical level.
(3) Commission Decision 1999/503/EC(2) establishes, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, a population ceiling for each Member State under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006. The ceiling for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is 118000 inhabitants.
(4) Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that the Commission, on the basis of proposals from the Member States and in close concertation with each Member State concerned, is to draw up a list of the areas eligible under Objective 2 with due regard to national priorities, without prejudice to the transitional support provided for in Article 6(2).
(5) Article 4(11) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that each list of areas is to be valid for seven years from 1 January 2000. However, where there is a serious crisis in a given region, the Commission, acting on a proposal from a Member State, may amend the list of areas during 2003 in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 10 of Article 4, without increasing the proportion of the population within each region referred to in Article 13(2) of that Regulation,
The areas of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 are listed in the Annex hereto.
This list may be amended in the course of 2003.
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32011R0155 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 155/2011 of 18 February 2011 on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of February 2011 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
| 19.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 46/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 155/2011
of 18 February 2011
on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of February 2011 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 of 13 July 2009 providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for high-quality beef (3) sets out detailed rules for the submission and issue of import licences.
(2) Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 provides that in cases where quantities covered by licence applications exceed the quantities available for the quota period, allocation coefficients should be fixed for the quantities covered by each licence application. The applications for import licences submitted pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 between 1 and 7 February 2011 exceed the quantities available. Therefore, the extent to which import licences may be issued and the allocation coefficient should be determined,
Import licence applications covered by the quota with order number 09.4449 and submitted between 1 and 7 February 2011 in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009, shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 76,386457 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32003R1821 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1821/2003 of 16 October 2003 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rice from the 1999 harvest held by the French intervention agency
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1821/2003
of 16 October 2003
opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rice from the 1999 harvest held by the French intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 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 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 75/91(3) provides among other things that rice held by intervention agencies is to be sold by tendering procedure at prices avoiding market disturbance.
(2) France still has intervention stocks of paddy rice from the 1999 harvest, the quality of which is in danger of deteriorating if kept in prolonged storage.
(3) Disposing of this rice on traditional markets inside the Community would inevitably trigger off - in the present production situation where concessions for rice imports are being granted under international agreements and subsidised exports restricted - the placing of an equivalent quantity in intervention, which must be avoided.
(4) This rice can be disposed of by processing it into either broken rice or products derived therefrom, or into some other form suitable for use in animal feed, on certain conditions.
(5) In order to ensure that the rice really is processed, the procedure should be specially monitored and the successful tenderer should provide a security, to be released on conditions to be laid down.
(6) The undertakings given by tenderers must be regarded as primary requirements within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1932/1999(5).
(7) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 770/96(7), lays down common detailed rules for verifying the use of products from intervention. Procedures should also be laid down to ensure the traceability of the products used for animal feed.
(8) So that the quantities awarded can be managed accurately, an allocation coefficient should be fixed for tenders offering the minimum selling price, while allowing tenderers to specify a minimum quantity awarded below which they do not wish their tender to stand.
(9) When the French intervention agency notifies the Commission, the tenderers should remain anonymous.
(10) While respecting the tenderers' anonymity, they should be identified by numbers so that it is evident which have submitted several tenders and what prices they have offered.
(11) For control purposes, tenders must be traceable by their reference numbers, while safeguarding anonymity.
(12) With a view to modernising management, the information required by the Commission should be sent by electronic mail.
(13) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The French intervention agency shall launch a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the internal market of the Community of quantities of rice from the 1999 harvest held by it and previously notified to the Commission under Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, as set out in Annex I hereto, with a view to its processing into either broken rice within the meaning of Annex A point 3 to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 or products derived therefrom, or into some other form suitable for use in animal feed (CN code 2309 ).
1. The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 75/91.
However, notwithstanding Article 5 of that Regulation:
(a) tenders shall be drawn up on the basis of the actual quality of the lot to which they apply;
(b) the minimum sale price shall be set at a level which does not disturb the cereals or rice market.
2. Tenderers shall give the following undertakings:
(a) where the rice is to be processed into broken rice or products derived therefrom:
(i) that they will carry out the treatment provided for in Annex II within two months of the date of award of the contract, under the supervision of the competent authorities and at a place determined in agreement with them;
(ii) that they will use the awarded products solely in the form of broken rice or products derived therefrom either without further processing or by incorporating them into another product or by processing them, within six months of the date of award of the contract, except in cases of force majeure or on the specific instructions of the intervention agency authorising a change in the deadline on account of exceptional circumstances;
(iii) if they sell the products on, that they will have the purchaser give the above undertaking;
(b) where the rice is to be processed into a form suitable for use in animal feed:
(i) where they are feed manufacturers:
- that they will carry out the treatments described in Annex III or IV within two months of the date of award of the contract, under the supervision of the competent authorities and at a place determined in agreement with them, with a view to verifying the use made of the rice and ensuring the traceability of the products,
- that they will ensure that this product is incorporated in feed within three months of the date of the award of the contract, except in cases of force majeure or on the specific instructions of the intervention agency authorising a change in the deadline on account of exceptional circumstances;
(ii) where they are rice mills:
- that they will carry out the treatments described in Annex IV within two months of the date of award of the contract, under the supervision of the competent authorities and at a place determined in agreement with them, with a view to verifying the use made of the rice and ensuring the traceability of the products,
- that they will ensure that this product is incorporated in feed within four months of the date of the award of the contract, except in cases of force majeure or on the specific instructions of the intervention agency authorising a change in the deadline on account of exceptional circumstances;
(c) that they will bear the costs of the processing and treatment of the products;
(d) that they will keep stock records demonstrating that they have respected their undertakings.
1. The French intervention agency shall publish a notice of invitation to tender at least eight days before the final day of the first period for the submission of tenders.
The notice, and any changes to it, shall be forwarded to the Commission before publication.
2. The notice of invitation to tender shall contain:
(a) the additional clauses and conditions of sale compatible with this Regulation;
(b) the places of storage and the name and address of the storer;
(c) the main physical and technological characteristics of the various lots established upon buying-in by the intervention agency or during checks carried out subsequently;
(d) the number of each lot;
(e) particulars of the competent authorities responsible for monitoring the operation.
3. The French intervention agency shall take all additional steps necessary to enable the parties concerned to assess the quality of the rice put up for sale before submitting their tenders.
1. Tenders shall indicate whether they relate to processing into broken rice or products derived therefrom or into a form suitable for animal feed.
Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by:
(a) evidence that the tenderer has lodged a security of EUR 15 per tonne;
(b) evidence that the tenderer is an animal feed manufacturer or a rice mill;
(c) a written undertaking by the tenderer to lodge a security, not later than two working days after the date of receipt of the notice of award of contract, for an amount equivalent to the difference between the intervention price for paddy rice applicable on the tender date plus EUR 15 and the price tendered per tonne of rice.
2. Once submitted, a tender may not be altered or withdrawn.
3. In case the Commission is required to fix an award coefficient for the quantities offered for sale as provided for in the second paragraph of Article 7, tenderers should indicate any minimum awarded quantity below which they do not wish their tender to stand.
1. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 28 October 2003 at 12.00 (Brussels time).
2. The time limit for submission of tenders in respect of subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be 12.00 (Brussels time) each Tuesday thereafter.
3. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 16 December 2003 at 12.00 (Brussels time).
Tenders must be lodged with the French intervention agency:
Office National Interprofessionnel des Céréales (ONIC) Service Intervention 21, avenue Bosquet F - 75341 Paris Cedex 07 Telephone: (33-1) 44 18 21 87 Fax: (33-1) 47 05 61 32.
1. Not later than 9.00 (Brussels time) on the Thursday following the closing date for the submission of tenders, the French intervention agency shall notify the Commission of the information provided for in Annex V hereto, broken down by type of processing.
2. For each type of processing and for each partial tendering procedure, the French intervention agency shall identify the tenderers by an individual number, starting at 1.
To ensure anonymity, the numbers shall be allocated randomly and separately for each type of processing and each partial tendering procedure.
The French intervention agency shall give each tender a reference number in such a way as to ensure that the tenderers remain anonymous. For the entire standing tendering procedure, each tender shall be identified by its own reference number.
3. The notification referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made by electronic mail to the address given in Annex V using the form provided to the French intervention agency by the Commission for that purpose.
The notification must be sent even if no tenders are submitted, in which case it must state that no tenders have been received within the deadline laid down.
4. The French intervention agency shall also notify the Commission of the information specified in Annex V for rejected tenders, stating why they were rejected.
For each type of processing, the Commission shall set the minimum sale price or decide not to award any quantities. In the event that tenders are submitted for the same lot and for a quantity larger than that available, the Commission may fix this price separately for each lot.
Where tenders are offering the minimum sale price, the Commission may fix an award coefficient for the quantities offered at the same time as it fixes the minimum sale price.
This decision shall be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
The intervention agency shall immediately notify all tenderers of the outcome of their participation in the tendering procedure.
Within three working days of the notification referred to in the first paragraph, it shall send notices of award of contract to successful tenderers by registered letter or written telecommunication.
Successful tenderers shall pay for the rice before it is removed, and at the latest within one month of the date of dispatch of the notice referred to in the second paragraph of Article 8. The risks and costs of storing rice that is not removed within the payment period shall be borne by the successful tenderers.
Following the expiry of the payment period, rice for which a contract is awarded and which is not removed shall be regarded for all purposes as having been removed from storage.
Where a successful tenderer fails to pay for the rice within the period referred to in the first paragraph, the contract shall be terminated by the intervention agency, where appropriate in respect of the quantity not paid for.
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1. The security referred to in Article 4(1)(a) shall be released
(a) in full for the quantities for which:
(i) no award is made;
(ii) the tender does not stand, in accordance with Article 4(3);
(iii) the sale price is paid within the period set and the security referred to in Article 4(1)(c) has been lodged;
(b) proportionately to the quantity not awarded where an award coefficient is set for the quantities offered in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 7.
2. The security referred to in Article 4(1)(c) shall be released in proportion to the quantities used only if the intervention agency has carried out all the checks necessary to ensure that the product is processed in accordance with this Regulation.
However, the security shall be released in full:
(a) on presentation of proof that the treatment referred to in Annex II has been carried out and that the undertakings provided for in Article 2(2)(a)(ii) and (iii) have been made;
(b) on presentation of proof that the treatment referred to in Annex III has been carried out, provided that not less than 95 % of the fine broken grains and/or fragments obtained has been used in compound feed;
(c) on presentation of proof that the treatment referred to in Annex IV has been carried out, provided that not less than 95 % of the milled rice obtained has been used in compound feed.
3. Proof that the rice has been incorporated in animal feed as referred to in this Regulation shall be provided in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92.
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The obligation set out in Article 2(2) shall be regarded as a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.
2
In addition to the particulars provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of the control copy T5 shall refer, where applicable, to the undertakings provided for in Article 2(2)(a)(ii) and (iii) and shall bear one or more of the following entries, together with the number of the Annex to this Regulation corresponding to the treatment required:
- Destinados a la transformación prevista en el anexo ... del Reglamento (CE) n° 1821/2003
- Til forarbejdning som fastsat i bilag ... til forordning (EF) nr. 1821/2003
- Zur Verarbeitung gemäß Anhang ... der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1821/2003 bestimmt
- Προορίζονται για μεταποίηση που προβλέπεται στο παράρτημα ... του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1821/2003
- For processing provided for in Annex ... to Regulation (EC) No 1821/2003
- Destinés à la transformation prévue à l'annexe ... du règlement (CE) n° 1821/2003
- Destinati alla trasformazione prevista all'allegato ... del regolamento (CE) n. 1821/2003
- Bestemd om te worden verwerkt overeenkomstig bijlage ... van Verordening (EG) nr. 1821/2003
- Para a transformação prevista no anexo ... do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1821/2003
- Tarkoitettu asetuksen (EY) N:o 1821/2003 liitteessä ... säädettyyn jalostukseen
- För bearbetning enligt bilaga ... till förordning (EG) nr 1821/2003.
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32013R0798 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 798/2013 of 21 August 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance pyrethrins Text with EEA relevance
| 22.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 798/2013
of 21 August 2013
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance pyrethrins
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular Article 13(2)(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The active substance pyrethrins was included in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (2) by Commission Directive 2008/127/EC (3) in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 24b of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004 of 3 December 2004 laying down further detailed rules for the implementation of the fourth stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC (4). Since the replacement of Directive 91/414/EEC by Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, this substance is deemed to have been approved under that Regulation and is listed in Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (5).
(2) In accordance with Article 25a of Regulation (EC) No 2229/2004, the European Food Safety Authority, hereinafter ‘the Authority’, presented to the Commission its view on the draft review report for pyrethrins (6) on 12 December 2012. The Authority communicated its view on pyrethrins to the notifier. The Commission invited it to submit comments on the draft review report for pyrethrins. The draft review report and the view of the Authority were reviewed by the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and finalised on 16 July 2013 in the format of the Commission review report for pyrethrins.
(3) It is confirmed that the active substance pyrethrins is to be deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
(4) In accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in conjunction with Article 6 thereof and in the light of current scientific and technical knowledge, it is necessary to amend the conditions of approval of pyrethrins. In particular, it is appropriate to require further confirmatory information.
(5) The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) A reasonable period of time should be allowed before the application of this Regulation in order to allow Member States, notifiers and holders of authorisations for plant protection products containing pyrethrins to meet the requirements resulting from amendment to the conditions of the approval.
(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,
Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
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 |
32003D0222 | 2003/222/CFSP: Council Decision 2003/222/CFSP of 21 March 2003 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the status of the European Union-led Forces (EUF) in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
| Council Decision 2003/222/CFSP
of 21 March 2003
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the status of the European Union-led Forces (EUF) in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Presidency,
Whereas:
(1) On 27 January 2003, the Council adopted Joint Action 2003/92/CFSP on the European Union military operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)(1).
(2) Article 12 of that Joint Action provides that the status of the EU-led forces in FYROM shall be the subject of an agreement with the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to be concluded on the basis of Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union.
(3) Following the Council Decision of 27 February 2003 authorising the Presidency to open negotiations, the Presidency negotiated an agreement with FYROM on the status of the EU-led forces in FYROM.
(4) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Union and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the status of the European Union-led forces in FYROM is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the European Union.
The Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R2196 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2196/2002 of 11 December 2002 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2196/2002
of 11 December 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 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 |
32012D0411 | 2012/411/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 17 July 2012 amending Decision 2010/472/EU as regards animal health requirements relating to Simbu viruses and epizootic haemorrhagic disease (notified under document C(2012) 4831) Text with EEA relevance
| 20.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/16
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 17 July 2012
amending Decision 2010/472/EU as regards animal health requirements relating to Simbu viruses and epizootic haemorrhagic disease
(notified under document C(2012) 4831)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/411/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 17(2)(b), the first indent of Article 18(1), and the introductory phrase and point (b) of Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2010/472/EU of 26 August 2010 on imports of semen, ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species into the Union (2) sets out a list of third countries or parts thereof from which Member States are to authorise the importation into the Union of consignments of semen, ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species. It also lays down additional guarantees as regards specific animal diseases to be provided by certain third countries or parts thereof listed in Annexes I and III thereto and establishes the model health certificates for such imports in Part 2 of Annexes II and IV thereto.
(2) The animal health requirements relating to bluetongue in the model health certificates set out in Part 2 of Annexes II and IV to Decision 2010/472/EU are based on the recommendations of Chapter 8.3 of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for animal Health (OIE) which deals with that disease. That Chapter recommends a whole range of risk mitigating measures aiming at either protecting the mammalian host from exposure to the infectious vector or at inactivating the virus by antibodies.
(3) In addition, the OIE has laid down a Chapter on Surveillance for arthropod vectors of animal diseases in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Those recommendations do not include the monitoring of ruminants for antibodies to Simbu viruses, such as the Akabane and Aino viruses of the Bunyaviridae family, which in the past was considered an economical method for determining the distribution of bluetongue competent vectors until more information on the spread of those diseases became available.
(4) Also, the OIE does not list Akabane and Aino diseases in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Consequently, the requirement for annual testing for those diseases to prove the absence of the vector should be deleted from Annexes I and III to Decision 2010/472/EU and from the model health certificates set out in Part 2 of Annexes II and IV thereto.
(5) In addition, the animal health requirements for epizootic haemorrhagic disease in the model health certificates in Part 2 of Annexes II and IV to Decision 2010/472/EU are not entirely consistent with the requirements laid down in Commission Implementing Decision 2011/630/EU of 20 September 2011 on imports into the Union of semen of domestic animals of the bovine species (3) and the recommendations of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals of the OIE. Those model health certificates should therefore be amended to take account of the requirements laid down in Implementing Decision 2011/630/EU and the recommendations of that Manual.
(6) The Annexes to Decision 2010/472/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) To avoid any disruption of trade, the use of health certificates issued in accordance with Decision 2010/472/EU in its version prior to the amendments introduced by this Decision should be authorised during a transitional period subject to certain conditions.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annexes to Decision 2010/472/EU are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
For a transitional period until 30 June 2013, Member States shall authorise imports from third countries of consignments of:
(a) semen of animals of the ovine and caprine species which are accompanied by a health certificate issued not later than 31 May 2013 in accordance with the model health certificate set out in Section A of Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2010/472/EU in its version prior to the amendments introduced by this Decision.
(b) ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species accompanied by a health certificate issued not later than 31 May 2013 in accordance with the model health certificate set out in Part 2 of Annex IV to Decision 2010/472/EU in its version prior to the amendments introduced by this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2013.
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31995D0205 | 95/205/CFSP: Council Decision of 1 June 1995 supplementing Decision 94/276/CFSP on a joint action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union, in support of the Middle East peace process
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 1 June 1995
supplementing Decision 94/276/CFSP on a joint action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union, in support of the Middle East peace process
(95/205/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article J.11 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the joint action adopted by the Council on 19 April 1994 on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union, in support of the Middle East peace process (1),
1. The European Union will provide support, in preparing for and observing the Palestinian elections provided for in Article III of the Declaration of Principles of 13 September 1993, of a maximum amount of ECU 10 million. That amount shall be charged to the general budget of the European Communities.
2. When circumstances permit, that contribution together with the practical arrangements for European Union support for preparing for and observing the elections in question, shall be the subject of a separate prior Council decision, in accordance with Article 5 of the joint action adopted on 19 April 1994.
3. The relevant preparatory provisions will be taken so that the decision referred to in paragraph 2 may, if appropriate, be implemented soon after it has been adopted.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009L0056 | Commission Directive 2009/56/EC of 12 June 2009 correcting Directive 2008/126/EC amending Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, as regards its date of transposition ((Text with EEA relevance))
| 13.6.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 150/5
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2009/56/EC
of 12 June 2009
correcting Directive 2008/126/EC amending Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, as regards its date of transposition
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC (1), and in particular Article 20(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 2 of Commission Directive 2008/126/EC of 19 December 2008 amending Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (2), Member States are to transpose Directive 2008/126/EC with effect from 30 December 2008.
(2) For technical reasons, Directive 2008/126/EC was not published in the Official Journal of the European Union before that date. Directive 2008/126/EC should therefore be corrected as regards its date of transposition.
(3) In order to avoid distortions of competition as well as different levels of safety, the amendments to Directive 2006/87/EC should be implemented as quickly as possible. Following the publication of Directive 2008/126/EC on 31 January 2009, a reasonable deadline must however be given for the transposition of that Directive.
(4) The measure provided for in this Directive is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 7 of Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the reciprocal recognition of national boatmasters′ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway (3),
In the first paragraph of Article 2 of Directive 2008/126/EC, ‘30 December 2008’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2009’.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States which have inland waterways as referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 2006/87/EC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32006D0684 | 2006/684/EC: Council Decision of 5 October 2006 amending Annex 2, Schedule A, to the Common Consular Instructions on the visa requirements for holders of Indonesian diplomatic and service passports
| 12.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 280/29
COUNCIL DECISION
of 5 October 2006
amending Annex 2, Schedule A, to the Common Consular Instructions on the visa requirements for holders of Indonesian diplomatic and service passports
(2006/684/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 789/2001 of 24 April 2001 reserving to the Council implementing powers with regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for examining visa applications (1),
Having regard to the initiative of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands,
Whereas:
(1) Annex 2, Schedule A, to the Common Consular Instructions contains the list of countries whose nationals are not subject to a visa requirement in one or more Schengen States when they are holders of diplomatic, official or service passports, but who are subject to this requirement when they are holders of ordinary passports.
(2) Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands wish to exempt holders of Indonesian diplomatic and service passports from visa requirements. The Common Consular Instructions should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision, and is not bound by it or subject to its application. Given that this Decision builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark shall, in accordance with Article 5 of the said Protocol, decide within a period of six months after the Council has adopted this Decision whether it will implement it in its national law.
(4) As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(2), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1(A) of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 (3) on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement.
(5) This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(4); the United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(6) This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
(5); Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(7) As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation, concerning the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, which fall within the area referred to in Article 4(1) of Council Decisions 2004/849/EC (6) and 2004/860/EC (7) on the signing on behalf of the European Union, and on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of that Agreement.
(8) This Decision constitutes an act building upon the Schengen acquis or otherwise related to it within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession,
Annex 2, Schedule A, to the Common Consular Instructions is hereby amended as follows:
Indonesia shall be added and the letters ‘DS’ shall be inserted against it in the ‘BNL’ column.
This Decision shall apply from 1 November 2006.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013D0773 | 2013/773/EU: Council Decision of 17 December 2013 appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions
| 19.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 343/41
COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 December 2013
appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions
(2013/773/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) A member's seat on the Committee of the Regions will become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Emilia MÜLLER,
The following is hereby appointed as member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
— Dr Beate MERK, Bayerische Staatsministerin für Europaangelegenheiten und regionale Beziehungen.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0451 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 451/2002 of 12 March 2002 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 451/2002
of 12 March 2002
establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 993/2001(4), and in particular Article 173(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation.
(2) The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994D0167 | 94/167/EC: Council Decision of 10 March 1994 concerning the amendments to the reservations entered by the Community in respect of some provisions of certain Annexes to the international Convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures
| 18.3.1994 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 76/28
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 March 1994
concerning the amendments to the reservations entered by the Community in respect of some provisions of certain Annexes to the international Convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures
(94/167/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, by Decision 75/199/EEC (1), the Community became a Contracting Party to the international Convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures;
Whereas, by the said Decision and Decisions 77/415/EEC (2), 78/528/EEC (3), 80/391 /EEC (4), 85/204/EEC (5), 86/103/EEC (6), 87/593/EEC (7), 87/594/EEC (8), 88/355/EEC (9) and 88/356/EEC (10), the Community has accepted 18 Annexes to the said Convention;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (1) of the said Convention, the Community has entered reservations on some ‘Standards and Recommended Practices’ defined in these Annexes in order to cover the special requirements of the customs union;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of the said Convention, the Community is required to review, once every three years at least, the Standards and Recommended Practices in respect of which it has entered reservations; whereas Article 5 (1) of the Convention allows Contracting Parties to enter reservations even after an Annex has been accepted,
The reservations entered by the Community in respect of Annexes A.1, A.2, B.1, B.2, B.3, C.1, D.1, D.2, E.1, E.3, E.4, E.5, E.6, E.8, F.1, F.2, F.3 and F.6 of the international Convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures shall be amended as a result of the review the outcome of which is set out in the Annex to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall designate the person authorized to notify the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council of the outcome of the review referred to in Article 1. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0262 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 262/2013 of 18 March 2013 approving a minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Melon du Quercy (PGI))
| 22.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 82/21
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 262/2013
of 18 March 2013
approving a minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Melon du Quercy (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 the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 entered into force on 3 January 2013. It 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) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined France’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Melon du Quercy’ registered in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1165/2004 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1040/2007 (4).
(3) The purpose of the application is to amend the specification by giving more detailed information on the product description, the proof of origin, the method of production, labelling, national requirements and the contact details of the control body.
(4) The Commission has examined the amendments in question and decided that they are justified. Since this is a minor amendment, the Commission may adopt it without using the procedure set out in Articles 50 to 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012,
The specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Melon du Quercy’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Annex II to this Regulation contains the Single Document setting out the main points of the specification.
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 |
31992D0594 | 92/594/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1992 on a multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of Ireland for the period 1993 to 1996 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1992 on a multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of Ireland for the period 1993 to 1996 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86 (Only the English text is authentic) (92/594/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3946/92 (2),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (3), and in particular Article 2 (d) thereof, lists as one of its objectives conservation measures consisting of restricting fishing effort;
Whereas the resolution of the European Parliament on the Commission's 1991 report on the common fisheries policy (4) refers to the structural adjustment of the fleet through the adoption of a new generation of MGPs ensuring a reduction in fishing capacity differentiated according to region and fishery;
Whereas at its meeting of 3 April 1992 the Council concluded that in order to ensure the continuity of fisheries, one of the objectives of the future common fisheries policy must be to re-establish the balance between resources and fishing effort, including capacity, and to maintain a balanced and rational management of resources;
Whereas the Economic and Social Committee, in its opinion on the 1991 report delivered on 27 May 1992, takes the view that the MGPs are an essential means of matching fishing capacity to exploitable resources and that further reduction of the Community's fleet must be differentiated;
Whereas on 30 April 1991 the Irish Government forwarded to the Commission a multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet for the period 1992 to 1996, herinafter called 'the programme`, in accordance with Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86; whereas it later forwarded additional information concerning the programme;
Whereas on examination the Irish Programme was found to meet the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86 and in particular paragraph 2 (a) thereof concerning the establishment of a viable fleet, in line with the economic and social needs of the regions concerned and with the foreseeable catch potential in the medium term, whereas taking into account that the quotas allocated to Ireland do not for all stocks correspond to the real catch potential, that the programme can constitute a framework for Community and national finance in the sector concerned;
Whereas the objectives for reducing fleet capacity fixed on 31 December 1991 in the previous programme constitute the reference basis for assessing the actual development recorded and the effort still needed to ensure that the objectives are achieved;
Whereas the Commission adopted a transitional programme for 1992 (5); whereas the objectives fixed in the Irish transitional programme should be included in the objectives of the present programme;
Whereas it is important that the overall reduction in fishing effort judged to be necessary in order to adapt the Community fleet to available resources should reflect significant reductions in particular segments of that fleet where an imbalance is most apparent; whereas coefficients for the reduction of fishing effort, differentiated according to fishery or group of fisheries, should therefore be applied to the segments of the fleet thus identified;
Whereas account must be taken of an annual increase of 2 % in fishing effort linked to technical progress;
Whereas available biological and economic analyses suggest that overall reduction in fishing effort, differentiated for the broad groups of target species, should be of 20 % for demersal species, 15 % for benthic species and zero growth in effort for pelagic species;
Whereas, in order to attain these objectives and improve fishing methods, reductions in effort should primarily be focused on segments of the fleet using non-selective gear, particularly those likely to catch large numbers of juveniles, while ensuring that there is no increase in segments using more selective gear;.
Whereas, in order to attain the objectives of the programme, it may be necessary to take steps to influence all the parameters connected with fishing mortality, particularly the capacity and activity of the fleet; whereas, however, structural measures must be focused chiefly on the elimination of excess capacity;
Whereas it is necessary to verify that the objectives fixed in the programme are progressively and coherently met; whereas intermediate and indicative annual objectives should therefore be determined as a basis for Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86;
Whereas in addition to the six-monthly transmission by Ireland of statements concerning development of the fishing fleet and, where applicable, its activity, it is necessary to ensure that these data tally with the information in the Community register of fishing vessels;
Whereas any development that does not comply with the programme objectives would run counter to the objectives of the common fisheries policy; whereas, therefore, certain specific measures undertaken under this programme may not warrant Community financial assistance;
Whereas to programme a concerted and balanced reduction in the overall fishing effort of the Community's fleets requires the Community aid scheme to be focused on measures enabling the objectives of the programme to be attained within the deadlines laid down; whereas priority should also be given to investments aimed at bringing the fleet into line with Community rules on hygiene and safety and to investments in the development of selective fisheries which cause minimum damage to the marine environment;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry,
The multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet for the period 1992 to 1996, as forwarded by the Irish Government on 30 April 1991 and supplemented by the Government at a later date, is hereby approved subject to the conditions laid down in this Decision and provided that those conditions are met.
In order to ensure a durable balance between fishery resources and the fishing effort of the Community fleet, Ireland has segmented its fishing fleet as shown in the Annex. The following coefficients shall be applied to the fishing capacity of the segments thus obtained:
- 20 % to segments practising bottom trawling in teams or using an otter trawl and fishing for demersal stocks,
- 15 % to dredgers and beam trawlers for benthic stocks,
- 0 %, i.e. zero growth in other segments.
These reductions shall apply to the objectives fixed on 31 December 1991 as the starting point for the transitional programme for 1992 adopted for Ireland and based on the situation of the fishing fleet at 1 January 1992 as presented by that Member State.
1. The reduction in fishing effort may result from the combined effect of reductions in capacity and reductions in activity.
2. At least 55 % of the overall objective of the programme, defined as the sum of the partial objectives for each segment, must be achieved by means of reductions in capacity.
3. The remainder may be achieved by means of measures to reduce activity, such as restrictions in time at sea, provided that they are based on permanent laws and administrative provisions accepted by the Commission and techniques approved by the Commission.
4. The final objectives for each segment and the annual intermediate indicative objectives shall be determined in accordance with points 2 and 4 of the additional provisions in the Annex.
At the latest by 15 February and 31 July of each year for the previous six-month periods ending on 31 December and 30 June respectively, Ireland shall forward to the Commission, in respect of each segment of the fishing fleet defined in the Annex, information on the number of vessels commissioned, the tonnage and engine power added and withdrawn, as the case may be, and the time at sea by homogeneous group of vessels, with their six-monthly variations, pursuant to the special provisions of the programme.
Such information shall tally with the information forwarded in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 163/89 (1) on the Community register of fishing vessels.
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31989R1385 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1385/89 of 22 May 1989 laying down detailed rules applicable on the purchase of cereals held by an intervention agency for the supply of Community food aid
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1385/89
of 22 May 1989
laying down detailed rules applicable on the purchase of cereals held by an intervention agency for the supply of Community food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1213/89 (2), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1581/86 of 23 May 1986 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 195/89 (4), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 4 thereof,
Whereas the second paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1581/86 provides that where cereals are purchased from intervention agencies for the purposes of fulfilling obligations arising from the award of Community food-aid supply contracts in connection with international conventions on food aid or other supplementary programmes, the conditions applicable with regard to prices and the detailed rules of application are to be determined in advance.
Whereas, in order to enable interested parties to take part under optimum conditions in the procedure for the award of food-aid supply contracts, they should be given the possibility of examining at their expense the quality and the characteristics of the product before the expiry of the closing date for the submission of tenders;
Whereas, in order to facilitate transactions, purchase applications must contain all information required to identify the product;
Whereas, in order to avoid disruption of the Community market and any distortion of competition between Community operators, the purchase price for the goods from public storage must be determined according to clear-cut criteria and be known to all tenderers in advance; whereas, in view of these requirements, provision should be made for goods purchased by the person awarded a Community food-aid supply contract to be paid at the buying-in price determined pursuant to Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75;
Whereas, in order that the conditions of competition existing when tenders are submitted for the award of the food-aid supply contract are not altered subsequent to the award of the contract, a derogation should be introduced from the application of certain procedures for adjusting the prices on the basis of the date of conclusion of the purchase contract or the date of removal of the goods;
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be supplied as Community food aid (5) makes provision for the successful tenderer to deliver with a view to a food-aid supply contract goods which are not from public stocks or, where appropriate, manufactured therefrom, but goods mobilized on the market or manufactured therefrom provided that he purchases the goods mentioned in the notice of invitation to tender; whereas compliance with this latter obligation is essential on the one hand to meet the objective of contributing towards reducing public stocks and on the other hand to ensure the equality of operators in the award of the supply contract; whereas provision should therefore be made for the lodging by the successful tenderer of a specific security to ensure compliance with the obligation to pay the purchase price to the intervention agency concerned within a short time; whereas, consequently, with a view to that objective, provision should be made for failure to lodge a purchase application with the intervention agency under the conditions laid down to result in the loss of the security for the supply of the food aid, lodged pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1181/87 (7), should be applied for the lodging and the release of that specific security;
Whereas the execution of Community food-aid supply contracts is the subject of specific surveillance arrangements; whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 of 16 February 1988 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1045/89 (9), should accordingly not apply;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
With a view to a given Community food-aid supply contract within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1581/86, carried out in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and the terms of the open or restricted invitation to tender for the award of the supply contract, cereals held by an intervention agency, shall be purchased in accordance with this Regulation.
With a view to the supply contract mentioned in Article 1, intervention agencies shall make available goods meeting the characteristics laid down in the notice of open or restricted invitation to tender.
Intervention agencies shall take the necessary steps so that all operators interested in submitting a tender for the invitation to tender for the supply contract may, on publication of the notice of invitation to tender or on receipt of the latter, examine at his own expense samples collected from the product to be mobilized. Applications to examine the goods may be submitted and samples may be collected only before the expiry of the closing date laid down for the submission of tenders.
1. Within six working days following the award of the food-aid supply contract, the operator concerned shall lodge with the intervention agency a purchase application by any means of written communication, relating to the quantity of the lot or lots for the supply of which he has been awarded the contract. Applications shall indicate:
(a) the name and address of the applicant;
(b) the reference to the Community food-aid operation, with the number of the specific lot or lots for the supply of which the operator has been awarded the contract.
2. Applications shall be accompanied by proof that the party concerned has been awarded the supply contract in question. Such proof shall be provided by a copy of the notification of award of the contract forwarded to him by the Commission.
3. Purchase applications shall be admissible only where they comply with the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 and are accompanied by proof that the applicant has lodged, pursuant to Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85, a security of an amount equal to the purchase price of the lots or lots of cereals in question, determined in accordance with Article 5.
4. Except in cases of force majeure, failure to submit a purchase application within the time limit mentioned in paragraph 1 shall result in the loss of the security lodged pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 under the conditions laid down in the notice of open or restricted invitation to tender.
Within three working days following the day of submission of the purchase application, the intervention agency shall inform the applicant by written telecommunication that his application has been accepted where it meets the conditions laid down in Article 3.
1. The purchase price to be paid for the cereals in question shall be the intervention price referred to in Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 applying to that cereal on the date laid down in the notice of open or restricted invitation to tender for the supply of the food aid, no adjustment being made for the quality of the product. In addition that price shall not be adjusted for the actual date of removal from the intervention agency. It shall be understood to relate to goods in bulk loaded on the means of transport outside the warehouse.
2. The conversion rate to be applied to the purchase price shall be the representative rate applicable on the closing date for the submission of tenders in the notice of open or restricted invitation to tender for the supply of the food aid.
1. The purchaser shall pay the intervention agency the purchase price for the cereals, before the goods are removed, within 15 days from the notification of acceptance of the application mentioned in Article 4.
Within the period referred to in the first subparagraph, the goods may be slit up for removal with the agreement of the intervention agency; in that case, payment shall be made in instalments to take account of the actual timetable for the removal of the goods.
Payment of the purchase price shall be a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.
2. Risks and storage costs for cereals not removed within the time limit referred to in paragraph 1 shall be borne by the operator.
The security referred to in Article 3 (3) shall be released in accordance with Title V of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85. Article 8
The Commission shall forward to the intervention agency concerned, within three working days from the award of the supply contract, all information necessary for the purchase operation, and in particular the name of the person or persons awarded the lots to be mobilized for the execution of a Community food-aid supply contract.
The provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 569/88 shall not apply to purchases from intervention agencies pursuant to this Regulation.
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32005R1928 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1928/2005 of 24 November 2005 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 25.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 307/42
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1928/2005
of 24 November 2005
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the differences between the prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex V to that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds, 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 V to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.
(3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month.
(4) Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in goods may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(5) The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in advance as the market situation over the next few months cannot be established at the moment.
(6) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 November 2005.
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32001R2439 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/2001 of 13 December 2001 prohibiting fishing for redfish by vessels flying the flag of Spain
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/2001
of 13 December 2001
prohibiting fishing for redfish by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2001(4), lays down quotas for redfish for 2001.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches to redfish in the waters of ICES divisions V, XII and XIV (Community fishing waters and areas beyond the fisheries jurisdiction of the coastal States) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. Spain has prohibited fishing for this stock from 22 October 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of redfish in the waters of ICES divisions V, XII and XIV (Community fishing waters and areas beyond the fisheries jurisdiction of the coastal States) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Spain for 2001.
Fishing for redfish in the waters of ICES divisions V, XII and XIV (Community fishing waters and areas beyond the fisheries jurisdiction of the coastal States) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 22 October 2001.
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32010D0726 | 2010/726/EU: Council Decision of 22 November 2010 on the conclusion of a Second Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
| 30.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 313/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 November 2010
on the conclusion of a Second Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
(2010/726/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) and Article 218(8), thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) The Second Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, was signed on behalf of the European Community and its Member States on 24 July 2007.
(2) As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community.
(3) The Second Additional Protocol should be concluded,
The Second Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (2), is hereby approved on behalf of the Union and its Member States.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, give the notification provided for in Article 10 of the Second Additional Protocol.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, make the following notification:
‘As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community. Therefore, references to “the European Community” in the text of the Protocol are, where appropriate, to be read as “the European Union”.’
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32014R0009 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 9/2014 of 20 December 2013 establishing a prohibition of fishing for haddock in areas VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of United Kingdom
| 8.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 3/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 9/2014
of 20 December 2013
establishing a prohibition of fishing for haddock in areas VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of United Kingdom
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 39/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2013.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2013.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2013 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31997D0132 | 97/132/EC: Council Decision of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products
| COUNCIL DECISION of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (97/132/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products provides an adequate means for putting into practice the provisions of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures as regards animal health measures;
Whereas the Agreement will contribute towards facilitating the trade between the European Community and New Zealand in live animals and animal products through the progressive recognition of the equivalence of sanitary measures, the acceptance of applying regionalization and the improvement of communication and cooperation;
Whereas the Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Community,
The Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement and the Annexes thereto are attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
The Commission, assisted by representatives of Member States' veterinary services, shall represent the Community in the Joint Management Committee referred to in Article 16 (1) of the Agreement.
The Community position with regard to the issues to be treated by that Committee, as referred to in the last sentence of Article 16 (2) of the Agreement, shall be established by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.
As regards fresh meat and meat based products, guarantees equivalent to those laid down by Directive 72/462/EEC (1) shall be established pursuant to the procedure laid down in Article 29 of that Directive for the purposes of implementing the Agreement.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R2303 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2303/2002 of 9 December 2002 amending Regulation No 230/2001 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating in the Czech Republic, Russia, Thailand and Turkey and accepting undertakings offered by certain exporters in the Czech Republic and Turkey
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2303/2002
of 9 December 2002
amending Regulation No 230/2001 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating in the Czech Republic, Russia, Thailand and Turkey and accepting undertakings offered by certain exporters in the Czech Republic and Turkey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1972/2002(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE
(1) On 5 May 2000, an anti-dumping proceeding was initiated by the Commission(3) on imports of certain iron or steel ropes and cables originating, inter alia, in Turkey. This proceeding resulted in a definitive anti-dumping duty being imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001(4) in August 2001 in order to eliminate the injurious effects of dumping.
(2) Provisional measures were imposed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 230/2001(5). In parallel, the Commission accepted, inter alia, a price undertaking from the Turkish exporting producer Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii AS by Article 2(1). Imports of products produced and directly exported by that company were, inter alia, exempted from the anti-dumping duty by Article 2(2).
B. VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNDERTAKING
(3) Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii AS advised the Commission that they wished to withdraw this undertaking. Accordingly, the name of Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii AS should be deleted from the list of companies from whom an undertaking has been accepted.
(4) In parallel to this Regulation, the Council, by Regulation (EC) No 2288/2002(6) has also removed the exemption from the definitive anti-dumping duty granted to Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii AS, by amending Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1601/2001,
The undertaking accepted from Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayii AS is hereby withdrawn.
1. The table in Article 2(1) of Regulation No 230/2001 is replaced by the following table.
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2. Article 2(2) of Regulation No 230/2001 is hereby replaced as follows:
"2. Imports declared for release into free circulation under Taric additional codes A216 and A220 shall be exempt from the anti-dumping duties imposed by Article 1 if they are produced and directly exported (i.e. invoiced and shipped) by a company mentioned in Article 2(1) to a company acting as an importer in the Community. Such imports shall also be accompanied by a commercial invoice containing at least the elements listed in the Annex."
This Regulation shall be applicable from the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32009R1095 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1095/2009 of 16 November 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 17.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 301/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1095/2009
of 16 November 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 November 2009.
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32012D0684 | 2012/684/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/021 NL/Zalco from the Netherlands)
| 7.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 307/78
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 25 October 2012
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/021 NL/Zalco from the Netherlands)
(2012/684/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to 30 December 2011 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(4) The Netherlands submitted an application on 28 December 2011 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Zalco Aluminium Zeeland Company NV and in two supplier firms (ECL Services Netherlands bv and Start), and supplemented it by additional information up to 18 June 2012. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 1 494 008.
(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by the Netherlands,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 494 008 in commitment and payment appropriations.
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32007R0798 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2007 of 5 July 2007 establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in ICES zone VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
| 6.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 176/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 798/2007
of 5 July 2007
establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in ICES zone VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2007.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2007.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2007 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32012R0395 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 395/2012 of 8 May 2012 opening a tariff quota for certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2012/2013 marketing year
| 9.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 123/32
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 395/2012
of 8 May 2012
opening a tariff quota for certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2012/2013 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 142, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure that the supply necessary for the production of the products referred to in Article 62(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is available at a price that corresponds to the world price, it is in the interest of the Union to suspend the import duties on sugar intended for the production of those products for the 2012/2013 marketing year, for a quantity that would correspond to half of its industrial sugar needs.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (2) provides for the administration of the tariff quotas for imports of sugar products under Article 142 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 with order number 09.4390 (industrial import sugar). However, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 the quantities of those products for which import duties are to be suspended has to be determined by a separate legal act.
(3) The import quantities of industrial sugar for which no import duties should apply for the 2012/2013 marketing year, need to be set accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
The import duties for industrial sugar falling within CN code 1701 and with order number 09.4390 shall be suspended for a quantity of 400 000 tonnes from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 October 2012.
It shall expire on 30 September 2013.
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32006R0100 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2006 19 January 2006 on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
| 20.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 15/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 100/2006
19 January 2006
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 18 January 2006, the quantity still available for the period until 15 March 2006, for destination zones (1) Africa, (2) Asia and (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 17 January 2006 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for these zones until 16 March 2006,
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 16 to 17 January 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 69,72 % of the quantities requested for zone (1) Africa, in concurrence with 58,71 % of the quantities requested for zone (2) Asia and in concurrence with 70,45 % 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 18 January 2006 and the submission of export licence applications from 20 January 2006 for destination zones (1) Africa, (2) Asia and (3) eastern Europe shall be suspended until 16 March 2006.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 January 2006.
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32005R0155 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 155/2005 of 28 January 2005 concerning tenders submitted under tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked long grain B rice to the island of Réunion referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004
| 29.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 155/2005
of 28 January 2005
concerning tenders submitted under tendering procedure for the refund on consignment of husked long grain B rice to the island of Réunion referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion (2), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004 (3) opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on rice exported to Réunion.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 2b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89, a maximum subsidy should not be fixed.
(4) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 24 to 27 January 2005 in response to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2033/2004 for the subsidy on exports to Réunion of husked long grain B rice falling within CN code 1006 20 98.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January 2005.
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31993D0463 | 93/463/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 July 1993 amending Commission Decision 93/402/EEC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from South American countries
| COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1993 amending Commission Decision 93/402/EEC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from South American countries
(93/463/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Council Directive 72/462/EEC, of 12 December 1972, on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (2), and in particular Articles 14, 15 and 16,
Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from Brazil, among others were established by Decision 93/402/EEC (3);
Whereas, the last check by Community inspectors carried out in Brazil revealed a significant deterioration in the disease situation in the States of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais;
Whereas the veterinary authorities in Brazil have undertaken actions to arrest this deterioration; whereas a time limit expiring on 1 November 1993 should be given to Brazilian authorities in order to assess the results obtained in the framework of these actions;
Whereas it is necessary to amend Commission Decision 93/402/EEC accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in conformity with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Member States shall not authorize the importation of fresh meat, originating from the states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais (Brazil) produced and certified after 1 November 1993.
Member States shall authorize the importation of fresh meat, originating from those States produced and certified before 2 November 1993, until the 15 November 1993.
Annex I of Commission Decision 93/402/EEC is replaced by the annex to this Decision.
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32010R0558 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 558/2010 of 24 June 2010 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance )
| 25.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 159/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 558/2010
of 24 June 2010
amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin
(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 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (1), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin. It provides, inter alia, that food business operators may place products of animal origin on the market only if they have been prepared and handled exclusively in establishments that meet the relevant requirements of Annex III thereto.
(2) Chapter VII of Section I of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 provides that meat of domestic ungulates may be transported before the temperature required under that Regulation is attained, if the competent authority so authorises to enable the production of specific products, subject to certain conditions.
(3) Accepted knowledge concerning appropriate microbiological and temperature criteria show that a similar provision would be beneficial for the production of foie gras to enable the use of traditional methods of production.
(4) Freezing carried out immediately after slaughter and chilling minimises the growth of bacteria and therefore the microbiological load upon thawing. Similarly to the provisions already established for meat of domestic ungulates, meat derived from poultry and lagomorphs intended for freezing should be frozen without undue delay after slaughter and chilling. Consequently, it is appropriate to amend Chapter V of Section II of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 accordingly.
(5) The rules laid down in Chapter II, of Section VII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 include specific requirements for live bivalve molluscs, live echinoderms, live tunicates and live marine gastropods, as regards the microbiological classification of production areas.
(6) Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides that the Member States are to ensure that the production and placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs, live echinoderms, live tunicates and live marine gastropods undergo official controls as provided for in Annex II thereto.
(7) Annex II to that Regulation provides that production areas are to be classified according to the level of faecal contamination. Filter feeder animals, such as bivalve molluscs, can accumulate micro-organisms representing a risk for public health.
(8) Marine gastropods are generally not filter feeder animals. Consequently, the risk of accumulation of micro-organisms related to faecal contamination may be considered to be remote. In addition, no epidemiological information has been reported to link the provisions for classification of production areas with risks for public health associated with marine gastropods which are not filter feeders. For this reason, such marine gastropods, should be excluded from provisions on the classification of production areas as laid down in Chapter II, of Section VII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
(9) Chapter VI of Section VII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 only provides that individual consumer-sized packages of live bivalve molluscs must be closed and remain closed when transported after leaving the dispatch centre until presented for sale to the final consumer. Accordingly, other packages of live bivalve molluscs are not covered by that requirement. In the interest of public health, it is appropriate to amend that requirement so that all such packages must remain closed until presented to the final consumer.
(10) Chapter IX of Section VII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 establishes specific requirements for pectinidae harvested outside classified production areas. Such requirements should also apply to live marine gastropods which are not filter feeders. Point 4 of that Chapter establishes specific rules for the packaging of pectinidae. It is appropriate that the requirements for packages of live bivalve molluscs when transported from the dispatch centre to retail sale be applicable also to pectinidae and marine gastropods which are not filter feeders harvested outside classified production areas.
(11) Point A of Chapter III of Section VIII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down requirements for handling of fresh fishery products. The definition of fresh fishery products set out in point 3.5 of Annex I to that Regulation does not include thawed unprocessed fishery products and fresh fishery products to which food additives have been added in accordance with the appropriate legislation to ensure preservation. For consistency of Union legislation, the same requirements as for fresh fishery products should apply to those products.
(12) Point 2 of Chapter VII and Point 1(b) of Chapter VIII of Section VIII of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 refers to a derogation for whole frozen fish in brine intended for canning from the general temperature requirement for frozen fishery products of not more than – 18 °C. For fish frozen in brine a temperature of not more than – 9 °C must be achieved for the product.
(13) When the whole fish frozen in brine intended for canning is removed from the brine solution used for the freezing process, it is unnecessary that the temperature must be further reduced by other means to not more than – 18 °C according with the common practice applied when using the brine method to freeze whole fish intended for canning.
(14) Point 1 of Chapter 1 of Section XIV and point 1 of Chapter I of Section XV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lay down requirements for raw material used for the production of gelatine and collagen intended for use in food.
(15) In January 2005, the European Food Safety Authority published a scientific opinion on the safety of collagen and a processing method for the production of collagen (3). According to this opinion, the use of bones for the production of collagen should not to be considered as a risk for public health It is therefore appropriate to lay down processing requirements in accordance with the opinion of EFSA and specify that the bones used as raw material have to be other than specified risk material as defined in Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (4). Point 1 of Chapter I of Section XV of Annex III should be amended accordingly.
(16) For consistency of Union legislation, point 1 of Chapter I, point 1 of Chapter III of Section XIV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 regarding raw materials for the production of gelatine should be amended accordingly.
(17) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001R2356 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2356/2001 of 30 November 2001 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2356/2001
of 30 November 2001
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 23 to 29 November 2001 at 192,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2001.
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32014R0766 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 766/2014 of 11 July 2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 16.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 209/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 766/2014
of 11 July 2014
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information issued in respect of the goods concerned by this Regulation which does not conform to this Regulation may, for a certain period, continue to be invoked by the holder in accordance with Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (2). That period should be set at three months.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32005D0444 | Council Decision 2005/444/CFSP of 13 June 2005 implementing Common Position 2004/161/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Zimbabwe
| 16.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 153/37
COUNCIL DECISION 2005/444/CFSP
of 13 June 2005
implementing Common Position 2004/161/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Zimbabwe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP (1) and in particular Article 6 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) By Common Position 2004/161/CFSP the Council adopted measures, inter alia, to prevent the entry into, or transit through, the territories of Member States of individuals who engage in activities which seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe and to freeze their funds and economic resources.
(2) On 21 February 2005 the Council adopted Common Position 2005/146/CFSP (2) extending Common Position 2004/161/CFSP.
(3) The list of persons subject to the restrictive measures annexed to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP should be updated following a government reshuffle in Zimbabwe,
The Annex to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP shall be replaced by the list set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31987R2620 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2620/87 of 27 August 1987 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of aid for the use of concentrated grape must for the manufacture in the United Kingdom and Ireland of certain products and fixing the aid for the 1987/88 wine year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2620/87
of 27 August 1987
laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of aid for the use of concentrated grape must for the manufacture in the United Kingdom and Ireland of certain products and fixing the aid for the 1987/88 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1972/87 (2), and in particular Articles 46 (5) and 81 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (4),
Having regard to the Council Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 of 11 June 1985 fixing the conversion rates to be applied in agriculture (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 409/87 (6),
Whereas, under the second and third indents of the first subparagraph of Article 46 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 an aid system was introduced for the use of grape musts and concentrated grape musts produced in wine-growing zones C III (a) and C III (b) for the preparation in the United Kingdom and Ireland of certain products, falling within heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs Tariff and for the use of concentrated grape musts produced in the Community for the manufacture of certain products marketed in the United Kingdom and in Ireland with instructions for obtaining from them a beverage in imitation of wine;
Whereas the products falling within heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs Tariff referred to in the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 46 (1) of the abovementioned Regulation are at the moment produced exclusively from concentrated grape must; whereas, at present, aid should therefore be fixed for the use of concentrated grape must alone;
Whereas implementation of the aid system requires administrative arrangements for checking both the origin of the products for which aid is given and the use to which they are put;
Whereas, to ensure that the aid system and the controls operate properly, operators concerned must be required to submit written applications giving the information necessary to identify the product and enable the operations to be checked;
Whereas, so that the aid system can have an appreciable effect on the quantity of Community products used, a minimum quantity for which applications may be submitted should be fixed;
Whereas it should also be stated that aid will be granted only for products having the minimum quality characteristics required for use for the purposes indicated in the second and third indents of the first subparagraph of Article 46 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87;
Whereas Article 46 (3) of that Regulation sets criteria for fixing the aid; whereas application of those criteria gives the aid amounts fixed below;
Whereas, to enable the competent authorities of the Member States to make the necessary checks, obligations on operators in regard to the keeping of stock records should be laid down in addition to the provisions of Title II of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75 (7) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 418/86 (8);
Whereas it should be laid down that entitlement to aid is established at the moment when the processing operations are completed; whereas, to allow for technical losses, the quantity actually used should be allowed to be up to 10 % less than that shown in the application;
Whereas for technical reasons operators lay in their stocks a long time before manufacturing the marketed products; whereas arrangements should accordingly be made to enable advance payment of the aid to be made to operators, the competent authorities being guaranteed by an appropriate security against the risk of incorrect payment; whereas the period within which advance payment is to be made and the procedure for release of the security should be specified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Aid shall be granted for the 1987/88 wine year in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Regulation:
- to manufacturers, hereinafter referred to as 'manufacturers', who use concentrated grape must made entirely from grapes produced within wine-growing zones C III (a) and C III (b) for the manufacture in the United Kingdom and Ireland, of products falling within heading No 22.07 of the Common Customs Tariff for which, by virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 72 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, the use of composite names including the word 'wine' may be permitted by those Member States,
- to processors, hereinafter referred to as 'processors' who use concentrated grape must made entirely from grapes produced within the Community as the main component in a range of products marketed in the United Kingdom and Ireland by the said processors, with clear instructions enabling the consumer to obtain therefrom a beverage in imitation of wine.
1. Manufacturers or processors who wish to qualify for the aid provided for in Article 1 shall submit a written appication, between 1 September 1987 and 31 August 1988, to the competent authority of the Member State in which the concentrated grape must is employed.
The application must be made at least seven working days before the manufacturing operations begin. However, the period of seven working days may be shortened provided the competent authority authorizes this in writing.
2. The application for aid shall show:
(a) the name or business name and the address of the manufacturer or processor;
(b) the wine-growing zone from which the concentrated grape must comes, as defined in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 822/87;
(c) the following technical particulars:
- the place of storage,
- the place where the operations referred to in Article 1 are carried out,
- the quantity (in kilograms and, if the concentrated grape must referred to in the second indent of Article 1 is packed in containers with contents not exceeding 5 kilograms, the number of containers),
- the density,
- the prices paid.
The Member States may require further particulars for the purposes of identifying the concentrated grape must.
3. A copy of the accompanying document(s) covering transport of the concentrated grape must from the producer's plant to the manufacturer's or processor's plant, drawn up by the competent agency of the Member State, shall be attached to the application for aid. The Member States may not make use of the provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75.
The wine-growing zone where the fresh grapes employed were harvested shall be entered in column 15 of the document.
1. Applications for aid shall cover a minimum quantity of 50 kilograms of concentrated grape must.
2. The concentrated grape must in respect of which aid is applied for must be of sound, fair and merchantable quality and suitable for use for the purposes listed in Article 1.
The aid shall be at a fixed rate of:
- 0,26 ECU per kilogram of concentrated grape must used for the purposes referred to in the first indent of Article 1,
- 0,26 ECU per kilogram of concentrated grape must used for the purposes referred to in the second indent of Article 1.
The manufacturer or processor shall be bound to use, for the purposes referred to in Article 1, the total quantity of the concentrated grape must in respect of which an aid application has been made. A shortfall of 10 % of the quantity of concentrated grape must stated in the application shall be tolerated.
The manufacturer or processor shall keep stock records in accordance with the provisions of Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 1153/75, showing in particular:
- the consignment of concentrated grape must purchased and brought each day into his plant, together with the particulars indicated in Article 2 (2) (b) and (c) and the name and address of the seller(s),
- the quantities of concentrated grape must used each day for the purposes listed in Article 1,
- the consignments of finished products listed in Article 1 obtained and dispatched each day from his plant, together with the name and address of the consignee(s).
The manufacturer or processor shall inform the competent authority in writing, within one month, of the date when all the concentrated grape must covered by an application for aid has been used for the purposes listed in Article 1 allowing for the shortfall provided for in Article 5. Article 8
1. Entitlement to the aid shall be acquired at the moment when the concentrated grape must has been used for the purposes indicated in Article 1.
2. The amount of aid shall be that applicable for the wine year during which it was applied for.
3. The amounts set out in Article 4 shall be converted into national currencies using the agricultural conversion applicable applying on 1 September 1987 in the wine sector.
1. The competent authority shall pay the aid for the quantity of concentrated grape must actually used not later than three months after receipt of the information indicated in Article 7.
2. Manufacturers and processors as referred to in Article 1 may apply for advance payment of an amount equal to the aid specified in Article 4 provided they have lodged a security for 110 % of the said amount in favour of the competent authority.
Such securities shall be lodged in the form of a guarantee by an establishment satisfying criteria set by the Member State to which the competent authority belongs.
3. The advance payment referred to in paragraph 2 shall be paid within three months of the security being lodged provided that evidence that the concentrated grape must has been paid for is provided.
4. When the information referred to in Article 7 has been received by the competent authority, the security mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be released in whole or in part depending on the amount of aid to be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 10.
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1. Except in case of force majeure, the aid shall not be payable if the manufacturer or processor does not fulfil the requirement set out in Article 5.
2. Except in case of force majeure, if the manufacturer or processor does not comply with any of the requirements of this Regulation other than those referred to in Article 5, the aid payable shall be reduced by an amount to be fixed by the competent authority depending on the seriousness of the infringement.
3. In cases of force majeure, the competent authority shall determine the measures which it deems necessary having regard to the circumstances invoked.
4. The Member States shall inform the Commission of cases in which paragraph 2 has been applied, and of how requests for recourse to the force majeure clause have been dealt with.
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1. The Member States concerned shall take all measures necessary for the application of this Regulation and, in particular, measures to ascertain the identity of the concentrated grape must in respect of which an application for aid is made and measures to prevent its being put to improper use.
2. To that end the competent authority shall:
- carry out a verification in the manufacturer's or processor's plant which shall consist of at least a spot check,
- inspect each manufacturer's or processor's stock records as referred to in Article 6.
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The Member States concerned shall notify to the Commission, before the 20th of each month, in respect of the preceding month, and for each intended use referred to in Article 1, of:
(a) the quantities of concentrated grape must in respect of which an application for aid has been made, with a breakdown to show the wine-growing zone from which they have come;
(b) the quantities of concentrated grape must in respect of which aid has been granted with a breakdown to show the wine-growing zone from which they have come;
(c) the prices to be paid by manufacturers and processors for the concentrated grape must.
3
The Member States concerned shall designate a competent authority to be responsible for applying this Regulation, and shall notify the Commission without delay of their names and addresses.
4
The provisions of this Regulation shall not apply to Portugal.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1987.
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32015R0404 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/404 of 11 March 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances beflubutamid, captan, dimethoate, dimethomorph, ethoprophos, fipronil, folpet, formetanate, glufosinate, methiocarb, metribuzin, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl and propamocarb Text with EEA relevance
| 12.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 67/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/404
of 11 March 2015
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances beflubutamid, captan, dimethoate, dimethomorph, ethoprophos, fipronil, folpet, formetanate, glufosinate, methiocarb, metribuzin, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl and propamocarb
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (2) sets out the active substances deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
(2) The approvals of the active substances captan, dimethoate, dimethomorph, ethoprophos, fipronil, folpet, formetanate, glufosinate, methiocarb, metribuzin, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl and propamocarb will expire on 30 September 2017 and that of the active substance beflubutamid will expire on 30 November 2017. Applications have been submitted for the renewal of the approval of those active substances. As the requirements laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 (3) apply to those active substances, it is necessary to provide for sufficient time to complete the renewal procedure in accordance with that Regulation. Consequently, the approvals of those active substances are likely to expire before a decision has been taken on their renewal. It is therefore necessary to extend their approval periods.
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) In view of the aim of the first paragraph of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, as regards cases where no supplementary dossier in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 is submitted no later than 30 months before the respective expiry date laid down in the Annex to this Regulation, the Commission will set the expiry date at the same date as before this Regulation or at the earliest date thereafter.
(5) In view of the aim of the first paragraph of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, as regards cases where the Commission will adopt a Regulation providing that the approval of an active substance referred to in the Annex to this Regulation is not renewed because the approval criteria are not satisfied, the Commission will set the expiry date at the same date as before this Regulation or at the date of the entry into force of the Regulation providing that the approval of the active substance is not renewed, whichever date is later.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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