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31993R2093 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2093/93 of 28 July 1993 fixing the buying-in prices, aids and certain other amounts applicable for the 1993/94 wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2093/93 of 28 July 1993 fixing the buying-in prices, aids and certain other amounts applicable for the 1993/94 wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 257 (1) thereof,
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 1566/93 (2), and in particular Articles 35 (8), 36 (6), 38 (5), 41 (10), 44, 45 (9) and 46 (5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 provides for a reduction in prices fixed in ecus at the commencement of the marketing year following a monetary realignment; whereas, in order to apply that reduction, which is equal to 25 % of the percentage change in the correcting factor referred to in Article 1 (c) of that Regulation, the reducing coefficient provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1331/93 (5), should be applied;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/93 (6) fixes the guide prices for wine for the 1993/94, wine year; whereas the prices, aids and other amounts for the various intervention measures to be adopted for that wine year should accordingly be fixed on that basis;
Whereas this Regulation applies to Portugal; whereas, however, since wine-growing zones have not been delimited in that country, the oenological practices authorized in accordance with the rules laid down under Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 should be defined;
Whereas, since enrichment is an exceptional practice, the same reduction in the buying-in price for wine provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and laid down in Annex VIII should be applied as in wine-growing zone C; whereas, in accordance with Article 341 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal the derogations in force for 'vinho verde' should be extended;
Whereas the aid for the use in wine-making of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must as provided for in Article 45 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 must be fixed taking into account the difference between the cost of enrichment achieved using concentrated grape must and using sucrose; whereas, in the light of the data available to the Commission, the amount of the aid should be varied with the product used for enrichment;
Whereas distillers may, in accordance with Articles 35 (6) and 36 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, either receive aid for the product to be distilled or deliver the product obtained from distillation to the intervention agency; whereas the amount of the aid must be fixed on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1567/93 (8);
Whereas the price of wine to be distilled under Articles 38 and 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 does not normally allow the marketing at market prices of products obtained from distillation; whereas provision must thereofre be made for aid, the amount of which is to be fixed on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89, account also being taken of the present uncertainty of prices on the market for distillation products;
Whereas some wine delivered for one of the distillation operations may be processed into wine fortified of distillation; whereas the amounts applicable to distillation in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 should be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas experience gained in sales by invitation to tender of alcohol held by intervention agencies shows that the difference between prices which may be obtained for neutral spirits and raw alcohol does not justify the takeover of the former; whereas, moreover, quantities of neutral spirits currently available are sufficient to satisfy, at least for one wine year, any demand for that product; whereas under these circumstances the possibility provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 should be used by producing for the buying-in of all alcohol at the price for raw alcohol;
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3105/88 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3186/92 (10), laying down detailed rules for the application of cumpulsory distillation as provided for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 sets a standard natural alcohol strength by volume to be applied in the various wine-growing zones for the purpose of determining the volume of alcohol to be delivered for distillation under Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87; whereas it has not been possible to fix this standard natural alcoholic strength in Portugual because the wine-growing zones in that country have not yet been delimited; whereas, therefore, a provisional standard natural alcohol strength should be fixed;
Whereas Article 46 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 lays down criteria for fixing the aid provided for in that Article; whereas, as regards the aid for the use of grapes, grape must and concentrated grape must for the manufacture of grape juice, paragraph 4 of that Article stipulates that a part of the aid should be set aside for the organization of campaigns to promote the consumption of grape juice and whereas the aid may be increased to that end; whereas, having regard to the criteria laid down and ot the need to finance those campaigns, the aid shoud be fixed at a level permitting sufficient quantities to be obtained for the effective promotion of the product;
Whereas the reduction in the buying-in price for wine provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 depends on the average increase in the natural alcoholic strength in each wine-growing zone; whereas experience shows that that increase corresponds on average to half the maximum increase authorized; whereas the reduction in the buying-in price must accordingly correspond to the added alcoholic strength as a percentage of the alcoholic strength of wine delivered for distillation;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 of 16 December 1981 determing the classification of vine varieties (11), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3369/91 (12), establishes the list of vine varieties recommended and authorized in Portugal; whereas, in assessing the production of wine in Portugal, reference should be made to those vine varieties;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
This Regulation fixes the buying-in prices, the aids and certain other amounts applicable for the 1993/94 wine year to intervention measures in the wine sector in the Community. As regards the measures provided for in Articles 38 and 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, those amounts shall be fixed subject to a subsequent decision on the activating of those measures.
1. The buying-in prices of the products and of wine delivered during the 1993/94 wine year for compulsory distillation as provided for in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and, for those products:
- aid to distillers,
- aid to fortifiers of wine of distillation,
- the buying-in prices of alcohol obtained, delivered to an intervention agency,
- the contribution form the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund towards the taking over of that alcohol,
shall be as set out in Annexes I and II hereto.
2. In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 35 (6), the second subparagraph of Article 36 (4) and the second subparagraph of Article 39 (7), the intervention agency shall pay the raw alcohol price for the alcohol delivered to it.
The buying-in prices for wine delivered during the 1993/94 wine year for voluntary distillation as provided for in Articles 38 and 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and, for those products:
- aid to distillers,
- aid to fortifiers of wine for distillation,
shall be as set out respectively in Annexes III and IV.
The aid for utilization during the 1993/94 wine year of concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must as provided for in Article 45 (1) and in the first subparagraph of Article 46 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 shall be as set out respectively in Annexes V, VI and VII hereto.
The reductions provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 applicable to the buying-in prices for wine delivered during the 1993/94 wine year for distillation as provided for in Articles 36, 38, 39 or 42 of that Regulation and, for that wine:
- to the aid to the distiller,
- to the buying-in prices of alcohol obtained, delivered to an intervention agency,
- to the contribution from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund to the taking over of that alcohol,
shall be as set out in Annex VIII hereto.
For the purposes of this Article, Portugal shall be considered to from part of wine-growing zone C.
1. The rules governing oenological practices and processes laid down in Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 shall apply to Portugal during the 1993/94 wine year subject to the following conditions:
(a) increase in alcoholic strength shall be limited to 2 % vol. Products eligible under this measure shall have a natural alcoholic strength by volume of at least 7,5 % vol, before enrichment and total alcoholic strength by volume of not more than 13 % after enrichment.
However, products upstream of table wine originating in the 'Vinho verde' region must have an alocholic strength by volume of at least 7 % before enrichment.
The addition of concentrated grape must or rectified concentrated grape must shall not have the effect of increasing the initial volume of fresh crushed grapes, grape must, grape must in fermentation or new wine still in fermentation by more than 6,5 %;
(b) fresh grapes, grape must, grape must in fermentation, new wine still in fermentation and wine may be the subject of acidification or deacidification.
2. The wine varieties which may be used to produce table wine shall be those listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81;
Without prejudice to Article 341 of the Act of Accession, 'vinho verde' may:
- be marketed with a minimum total alcoholic strength by volume 8,5 % for wines which have not been subject to enrichment,
- possess a total context of sulphine dioxide no greater than 300 milligramms per litre for white 'Vinho verde' wines with a residual sugar content not less than 5 g/l.
3. The quantity of alcohol wchih producers of table wine in Portugal must deliver for distillation in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 shall be calculalted on the basis of a standard natural alcoholic strength, to be taken into consideration for the assessment of the volume of alcohol contained in the wine produced, equal to 9 % by volume, with the exception of wines produced in the delimited 'Vinho verde' region, for which the alcohoic strength to be taken into consideration shall be 8,5 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1993.
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32004R1903 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1903/2004 of 29 October 2004, amending Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community
| 30.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1903/2004
of 29 October 2004,
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 of 10 December 1987 laying down the general rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organisations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 (2) lays down the application rules of Regulation (CEE) No 3730/87 for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community by charitable organisations designated by the Member States.
(2) In order to ensure more standardised implementation in the Member States participating in this scheme, the concepts of ‘beneficiaries’ and ‘final recipients’ of the measure need to be clarified. In order to facilitate the management and control of the implementation of the annual plan as laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 3149/92, the charitable organisations designated by the competent national authorities can be deemed final recipients if they are actually engaged in the local distribution of the foodstuffs (in various forms) where the most deprived persons live.
(3) Implementation of the plan in each participating Member State must be programmed, phased and regular both as regards withdrawals of the products from intervention stocks and the performance of the later phases until distribution to the beneficiaries or final recipients, in order to satisfy both the aim of the Community measure and the requirement to manage intervention stocks well. To this end, most withdrawals from intervention stocks should occur before 1 July of the year in which the plan is implemented. In the case of milk products, the characteristics of this sensitive market and in particular the impact of re-introducing products onto the market require provision to be made for limiting withdrawals of these products from public storage as part of the measure concerned, during periods when buying-in by intervention agencies is possible and, with effect from the implementation of the 2006 plan, even during the weeks preceding these buying-in periods. Appropriate measures must be implemented by the Member States, to include sanctions in line with the length of the delay in taking over the products.
(4) The most appropriate types of check of the implementation of the annual plan should be specified and in particular the rate of checks to be made by the competent authorities. The annual reports of plan implementation should include information allowing both the outcome of the checks and the plan’s implementation to be assessed. The checks must be carried out with due regard to the application of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (3).
(5) Regulation (EEC) No 3149/1992 should be amended accordingly. These amendments should apply from the start of the 2005 annual plan period.
(6) The relevant Management Committees have not delivered opinions within the time limits set down by their chairmen,
Regulation (EC) No 3149/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following paragraph is added to Article 1:
2. Article 3 is replaced by the following:
3. The following Article 5a is inserted:
4. Article 9 is replaced by the following:
(a) the intervention products and, where appropriate, grants for mobilising foodstuffs on the market, are put to the use and serve the purposes laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87;
(b) the goods which are not delivered in bulk to the beneficiaries have the following inscription on their packaging “EC aid”;
(c) the designated charitable organisations for implementing the measures maintain appropriate accounts and supporting documents and allow the competent authorities access to them to carry out whatever checks they deem necessary;
(d) the invitations to tender are in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 and the supplies are implemented in accordance with this Regulation; in particular, the Member States shall establish the applicable penalties if the products have not been withdrawn in the period laid down in Article 3(2).
5. The second paragraph of Article 10 is replaced by the following:
6. The following Article 10a is inserted:
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 the 2005 annual plan.
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31993R2569 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2569/93 of 17 September 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 on transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in 1993
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2569/93 of 17 September 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 on transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in 1993
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, of 13 February 1993, on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), and in particular Articles 20 and 30 thereof,
Whereas according to Article 3 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2396/93 (3), the competent authorities of the Member States have provided to the Commission data on operators' reference quantities;
Whereas in order to verify these data additional time is necessary;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 5 (1) '21 September 1993' is replaced by '28 September 1993';
2. paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
'3. Operators shall submit their application for licences to import under the tariff quota in the period 1 October to 31 December 1993 by 30 September 1993.
By 1 October the competent authorities of the Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of bananas covered by import licence applications in respect of each category defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93.
Licences to import under the tariff quota in the period 1 October to 31 December 1993 shall be issued no later than 6 October 1993.'
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 | 1 | 0 |
31993D0045 | 93/45/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1992 concerning the granting of financial support for pilot schemes to promote combined transport
| COMMISSION DECISION of 22 December 1992 concerning the granting of financial support for pilot schemes to promote combined transport
(93/45/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the present situation and expected development of transport in the Community makes it necessary to manage the Community's transport resources to optimum effect in accordance with environmental protection requirements; whereas this means encouraging the use of combined transport, as stated by the Council in its resolution of 30 October 1990 on setting up a European combined transport network (1);
Whereas the establishment of a combined transport network should be supplemented by measures concerning the organization of intermodal transport chains;
Whereas, since such measures constitute a new field, it is necessary to acquire the essential know-how in order to be able to explore the usefulness of a common policy in this sphere; whereas, therefore, pilot projects should be launched with the aim of gathering information on the feasibility of measures to organize intermodal transport chains;
Whereas, in accordance with the principle of the free choice of transport mode, these pilot projects must include financial support measures which will help develop good quality services through effective cooperation which observes the rules of competition between operators;
Whereas this financial support, which is intended to promote measures to organize the chain of the relevant modes of transport, must focus on a wide range of qualitative measures, excluding the financing of physical infrastructure or technological research projects, either in the form of studies, in particular feasibility studies, or of a financial contribution to innovative schemes aimed at improving the quality of the service;
Whereas the financial support must be provided for a limited period and act as a special incentive to encourage operators to develop services of this kind,
1. Community financial support may be granted for pilot combined transport schemes which run on existing routes or routes still to be established and which:
- try out measures:
- to improve the organization and operation of combined transport services on these routes,
- to integrate operators into the entire logistic chain, in a way which involves all operators,
- evaluate whether measures of this kind make it possible ultimately to achieve effective combined transport services which can compete with road haulage and are economically viable.
2. The financing of pilot schemes shall be spread over a five-year period.
1. For the purposes of this Decision, combined transport shall mean the transport between the Member States of road vehicles, containers or demountable bodies, without unloading the goods and using at least two modes of transport from among road, rail and inland waterways.
2. Where a sea crossing is the only possible means of access to Community territory for a given region of the Community, this sea route may be covered by the pilot scheme.
3. Pilot schemes may also cover combined transport routes outside the Community where this is justified by a large volume of traffic going to, or coming from, the Community.
1. Financial support may be provided for:
- preliminary studies on aspects common to all projects,
- feasibility studies on a specific pilot route,
- innovatory schemes aimed at improving the quality of the service.
2. The Commission shall finance pilot schemes as follows:
- up to 100 % for a preliminary study,
- up to 50 % for a feasibility study,
- up to 30 % for innovatory schemes.
The Community's financial support shall be granted on the basis of a contract concluded between the Commission and each beneficiary.
The procedures for submitting, selecting and evaluating projects are set out in the Annex. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 |
31984D0285 | 84/285/EEC: Commission Decision of 10 May 1984 approving a flood protection programme for the Hérault Valley submitted pursuant to Council Directive 79/174/EEC (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 May 1984
approving a flood protection programme for the Hérault Valley submitted pursuant to Council Directive 79/174/EEC
(Only the French text is authentic)
(84/285/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 79/174/EEC of 6 February 1979 concerning the flood protection programme in the Hérault Valley (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas the said programme, drawn up pursuant to the Directive referred to above, was submitted to the Commission by the French Government on 7 February 1984 and was followed, on 1 March, by a note, point III of which has been deleted;
Whereas, in accordance with the nature of the common measure provided for in Directive 79/174/EEC, the programme is designed to supplement the programme to accelerate the restructuring and conversion of vineyards in certain Mediterranean regions of France, as provided for in Directive 78/627/EEC (2), approved by Commission Decision 79/909/EEC of 18 October 1979 (3);
Whereas the said programme contains all the information specified in Article 3 of Directive 79/174/EEC; whereas it is therefore possible to achieve the common measure's objectives; whereas, however, approval of the programme should be conditional upon the irrigation water being used for purposes other than the irrigation of any vineyards which may remain in the area in question;
Whereas, under Article 7 of Directive 79/174/EEC, detailed rules should be laid down in agreement with the French Republic concerning the information to be approved on a regular basis on the programme's progress;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measure provided for in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
1. The flood protection programme for the Hérault Valley, submitted, pursuant to Directive 79/174/EEC, by the French Government on 7 February 1984 and supplemented by a note on 1 March 1984, is hereby approved.
2. Approval is conditional upon the irrigation water made available as a result of the measures provided for in the programme being used for purposes other than the irrigation of any vineyards which may remain in the area in question.
The detailed rules concerning the information to be provided by the French Republic on a regular basis, pursuant to Article 7 of Directive 79/174/EEC, on the implementation of the programme shall be as follows:
The French Government shall present before 1 November each year a report containing the following information:
1. In respect of flood protection work, information on:
1.1. the construction of the flood-control dam;
1.2. the construction of the flood-protection embankments;
1.3. floodwater disposal by re-routing the Hérault;
1.4. miscellaneous work.
2. In respect of vineyard conversion operations:
2.1. the number of hectares concerned, stating how much grubbing has been done;
2.2. the location of the areas concerned;
2.3. the number of hectares where irrigation facilities have been installed;
2.4. the location of the irrigated areas (stating whether grubbing has already been done or when it will be);
2.5. the total cost of irrigation.
3. In respect of the crops substituted:
3.1. the total number of hectares on which substitute crops are to be grown;
3.2. the number of hectares of open-grown vegetables;
3.3. the number of hectares of vegetables grown under cover;
3.4. the number of hectares of horticultural crops;
3.5. the number of hectares of seed crops, the number of hectares of protein crops;
3.6. the number of hectares of other crops (stating the location of the areas concerned).
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32003D0491 | 2003/491/EC: Commission Decision of 3 July 2003 on a financial contribution from the Community towards the eradication of classical swine fever in Luxembourg in 2002
| Commission Decision
of 3 July 2003
on a financial contribution from the Community towards the eradication of classical swine fever in Luxembourg in 2002
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2003/491/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 3(3) and Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Outbreaks of classical swine fever occurred in Luxembourg in 2002. The emergence of this disease represents a serious risk to the Community's livestock population.
(2) With a view to helping to eradicate the disease as rapidly as possible, the Community may contribute financially to eligible costs incurred by the Member State, as provided for in Decision 90/424/EEC.
(3) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(3), veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with Community rules shall be financed under the "Guarantee" section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. The auditing of these measures comes under Articles 8 and 9 of the said Regulation.
(4) The payment of the Community financial contribution must be subject to the condition that the planned activities were actually implemented and the authorities provide all the necessary information within certain deadlines.
(5) On 5 August 2002, Luxembourg submitted an official request for reimbursement for all the expenditure incurred on its territory.
(6) It is now time to set the amount of an advance on the Community financial contribution, pending checks carried out by the Commission. This advance must be 50 % of the Community contribution calculated on the basis of the number of pigs culled (19000) at a unit cost of EUR 100 and limiting, for the moment, the "other costs" to 10 % of the amount of this reimbursement.
(7) The terms "swift and adequate compensation of the livestock farmers" used in Article 3 of Decision 90/424/EEC, "reasonable payments" and "justified payments" and the categories of eligible expenditure under "other costs" associated with the compulsory slaughter must all be defined.
(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,
Granting of a financial contribution from the Community to Luxembourg
In order to eradicate classical swine fever in 2002, Luxembourg may benefit from a Community financial contribution of 50 % of the expenditure incurred for the:
(a) swift and adequate compensation of farmers forced to cull their animals as part of the measures to eradicate the outbreaks of classical swine fever in 2002, pursuant to the provisions of Article 3(2)(7) of Decision 90/424/EC and this Decision;
(b) operational expenditure associated with the destruction of contaminated animals and products, the cleaning and disinfecting of premises and the cleaning and disinfecting, or destruction if necessary, of contaminated equipment, under the conditions provided for in Article 3(2)(1), (2) and (3) of Decision 90/424/EEC and this Decision.
Definitions
In this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "swift and adequate compensation": the payment, without prejudice to Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96(4), within 90 days of the slaughter of the animals, of compensation corresponding to the market value that these animals had immediately prior to their contamination or slaughter;
(b) "reasonable payments": payments made for the purchase of equipment or services at proportionate prices compared to the market prices that applied before the outbreak;
(c) "justified payments": payments made for the purchase of equipment or services in accordance with Article 3(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, where their nature and direct link to the compulsory slaughter of animals on holdings have been demonstrated.
Arrangements for the payment of the financial contribution
1. Subject to the results of the checks referred to in Article 6, an advance of EUR 500000 shall be paid, as part of the Community financial contribution mentioned in Article 1, on the basis of supporting documents submitted by Luxembourg relating to the swift and adequate compensation of owners for the compulsory slaughter, the destruction of the animals and, if necessary, the products used for cleaning, disinfecting, disinsectisation of the holdings and equipment, as well as the destruction of contaminated feed and materials.
2. Once the checks referred to in Article 6 have been carried out, the Commission shall decide on the balance in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 41 of Decision 90/424/EEC.
Eligible operational expenditure covered by the Community financial contribution
1. The Community financial contribution referred to in Article 1(b) relates only to justified and reasonable payments for the eligible expenditure mentioned in Annex I.
2. This Community financial contribution referred to in Article 1 does not include:
(a) value added tax;
(b) officials' remuneration;
(c) the use of public equipment, with the exception of consumables.
Conditions for payment and supporting documents
1. The Community financial contribution referred to in Article 1 shall be paid on the basis of the following elements:
(a) an application submitted in accordance with Annexes II and III within the deadline laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article;
(b) the supporting documents referred to in Article 3(1), including an epidemiological report on each holding where animals were slaughtered and destroyed, as well as a financial report;
(c) the results of the in situ checks carried out by the Commission, referred to in Article 6.
The documents referred to in (b) must be made available for the in situ audits carried out by the Commission.
2. The application referred to in 1(a) must be submitted in the form of a computer file in line with Annexes II and III within 30 calendar days of the date of notification of this Decision. If this deadline is not met, the Community financial contribution shall be reduced by 25 % per month of delay.
In situ checks performed by the Commission
The Commission, in collaboration with the Luxembourg authorities, may perform in situ checks relating to the implementation of the measures referred to in Article 1 and the associated expenditure.
Recipients
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32006R0526 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 526/2006 of 30 March 2006 fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 582/2004
| 31.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/57
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 526/2006
of 30 March 2006
fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 582/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds for skimmed milk powder (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 28 March 2006.
(3) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 582/2004, for the tendering period ending on 28 March 2006, the maximum amount of refund for the product and destinations referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be 7,00 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 2006.
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32002D0209 | 2002/209/EC: Commission Decision of 11 March 2002 updating the conditions for the granting of authorisation for the removal of pigs from holdings located within the protection and surveillance zones established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever and establishing conditions for the marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 11 of Council Directive 2001/89/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 985)
| Commission Decision
of 11 March 2002
updating the conditions for the granting of authorisation for the removal of pigs from holdings located within the protection and surveillance zones established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever and establishing conditions for the marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 11 of Council Directive 2001/89/EC
(notified under document number C(2002) 985)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/209/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(1), and in particular Article 11(1)(f), Article 25(3) and Article 29(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In the last three months outbreaks of classical swine fever were declared in the Comarca of Osona, in the Province of Barcelona in Catalonia by the veterinary authorities of Spain.
(2) In accordance with Articles 9, 10 and 11 of Directive 2001/89/EC protection and surveillance zones were immediately established around outbreak sites in Spain.
(3) In relation to these outbreaks of disease, the Commission adopted: (i) Decision 2001/925/EC(2), as last amended by Decision 2002/162/EC(3), concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain; (ii) Decision 2002/33/EC(4), as last amended by Decision 2002/162/EC, on the use of two slaughterhouses, in accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Directive 2001/89/EC, by Spain; and (iii) Decision 2002/41/EC(5), as last amended by Decision 2002/162/EC, concerning certain further detailed conditions for the granting of authorisation for the removal of pigs from the holdings located within the protection and surveillance zones established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever.
(4) The provisions for the use of a health mark on fresh meat are given in Council Directive 64/433/EEC(6) on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat, as last amended by Directive 95/23/EC(7).
(5) In accordance with Article 11(1)(f) of Directive 2001/89/EC, Spain has submitted a request for the adoption of a derogation concerning the marking and use of pigmeat coming from pigs kept on holdings situated in the surveillance zones established in the Comarca of Osona and slaughtered in accordance with a specific authorisation issued by the competent authority.
(6) In the light of the Spanish request and of the evolution in the epidemiological situation, is appropriate to update the conditions for the granting of authorisation for the removal of pigs from holdings located in the protection and surveillance zones established in Spain in relation to classical swine fever and to introduce conditions on the marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 11 of Directive 2001/89/EC. For the sake of clarity it is appropriate to repeal Decision 2001/41/EC.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (section Animal Health and Welfare),
1. Spain is authorised to apply the mark described in Article 3(1)(A)(e) of Directive 64/433/EEC to pigmeat obtained from pigs originating from holdings situated in the surveillance zones established before 5 March 2002 in the Comarca of Osona in accordance with the provisions of Articles 9 and 11 of Directive 2001/89/EC on condition that the pigs in question:
(a) originate from a surveillance zone:
- where no outbreaks of classical swine fever have been detected in the previous 21 days and where at least 21 days have elapsed after the completion of the preliminary cleaning and disinfection of the infected holdings,
- established around a protection zone where clinical examinations for classical swine fever have been carried out in all pig holdings after the detection of classical swine fever, with negative results;
(b) originate from a holding:
- which has been subject to protection measures established in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of Directive 2001/89/EC,
- to which, following the epidemiological inquiry, no contact has been established with an infected holding,
- which has been subject to regular veterinary inspections, that have included all pigs kept on the holding, after the establishment of the zone;
(c) have been included in a programme for monitoring body temperature and clinical examination. The programme shall be carried out as given in Annex I;
(d) have been slaughtered within 12 hours of arrival at the slaughterhouse.
2. However, notwithstanding paragraph 1(a), first indent, for the surveillance zone established around the outbreaks confirmed on 22 February 2002 in the Municipality of Tona, the waiting periods concerning the absence of detection of a new outbreak, and following the completion of cleaning and disinfection, shall be fixed at 30 days.
Spain shall ensure that a certificate as given in Annex II is issued in respect of the pigmeat referred to in Article 1.
Pigmeat which complies with the conditions of Article 1 and enters into intra-Community trade must be accompanied by the certificate referred to in Article 2.
Spain shall ensure that abattoirs designated to receive the pigs referred to in Article 1 do not, on the same day, accept pigs for slaughter other than the pigs in question.
Spain shall provide Member States and the Commission with:
(a) the name and location of slaughterhouses designated to receive pigs for slaughter referred to in Article 1, before the slaughtering of these pigs; and,
(b) after the slaughtering of these pigs, on a weekly basis, a report which contains information on:
- the number of pigs slaughtered at the designated slaughterhouses,
- the identification system and movement controls applied to slaughter pigs,
- the instructions issued concerning the application of the programme for monitoring body temperature referred to in Annex I.
Whenever the provisions of Article 1(1) cannot be applied, Spain may grant authorisation for the removal of pigs from holdings located in the classical swine fever protection and surveillance zones established in the Comarca of Osona, to be moved to slaughterhouses in accordance with Article 10(2) and Article 11(2) of Directive 2001/89/EC, provided that, in addition to the measures laid down in Article 10(3) of the said Directive, the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) the pigs shall be moved only from holdings which:
- do not contain any pigs suspected to be infected with classical swine fever virus, or
- have not been recognised as contact holding in accordance with Article 7(1) of Directive 2001/89/EC;
(b) the pigs shall be moved to one of the slaughterhouses referred to in Decision 2002/33/EC. The fresh meat of these pigs shall be processed or marked and treated in accordance with Article 10(3)(f), fourth indent of Directive 2001/89/EC;
(c) before authorisation is given to move the pigs, the clinical examination to be carried out by an official veterinarian shall be carried out within the 24-hour period prior to moving the pigs and in accordance with the procedures laid down in part I of Annex III.
(d) samples for serological or virological tests from the pigs shall be taken at slaughter in accordance with the procedures laid down in part II of Annex III.
Spain shall ensure that abattoirs designated to receive the pigs referred to in Article 6 do not, on the same day, accept pigs for slaughter other than the pigs in question.
Decision 2002/41/EC is hereby repealed.
This Decision is applicable until 30 April 2002.
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32003R0180 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2003 of 31 January 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2003
of 31 January 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2003.
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32008D0828 | 2008/828/EC: Commission Decision of 22 October 2008 amending Decision 2007/716/EC as regards certain establishments in the meat and milk sectors in Bulgaria (notified under document number C(2008) 6044) (Text with EEA relevance)
| 1.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 294/11
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 October 2008
amending Decision 2007/716/EC as regards certain establishments in the meat and milk sectors in Bulgaria
(notified under document number C(2008) 6044)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/828/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 42 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2007/716/EC (2) lays down transitional measures for structural requirements of certain establishments in the meat and milk sectors in Bulgaria provided for in Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 (3) and (EC) No 853/2004 (4) of the European Parliament and of the Council. As long as those establishments are in transition, products originating from them should only be placed on the domestic market or used for further processing in Bulgarian establishments in transition.
(2) Decision 2007/716/EC has been amended by Commission Decisions 2008/290/EC (5), 2008/330/EC (6), 2008/552/EC (7) and 2008/678/EC (8).
(3) According to an official declaration from the Bulgarian competent authority, certain establishments in the meat and milk sectors have ceased their activities or have completed their upgrading process and are now in full compliance with Community legislation. Those establishments should therefore be deleted from the list of establishments in transition.
(4) The Annex to Decision 2007/716/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 2007/716/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
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32013R0081 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 81/2013 of 29 January 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1051/2011 as regards the micro-data files for the transmission of data Text with EEA relevance
| 30.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 28/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 81/2013
of 29 January 2013
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1051/2011 as regards the micro-data files for the transmission of data
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC (1), and in particular Article 9(2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The introduction of an updated classification system is central to the Commission’s ongoing efforts to maintain the relevance of European statistics, by taking into account developments and changes in the area of education.
(2) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has revised the version of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) used hitherto (ISCED 1997) with the objective of ensuring that it is consistent with developments in the policies and structures of education and training.
(3) The need for international comparability of educational statistics requires that the Member States and the institutions of the European Union use classifications of education which are compatible with the revised International Standard Classification of Education ISCED 2011 (ISCED 2011), as adopted by the Unesco Member States at their 36th General Conference in November 2011.
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1051/2011 (2) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1051/2011 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
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32012R0619 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 619/2012 of 10 July 2012 amending for the 173rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network
| 11.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 619/2012
of 10 July 2012
amending for the 173rd 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 2 July 2012 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove one natural person and one entity from its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply after considering the de-listing requests submitted by this person and this entity and the Comprehensive Reports of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1904(2009).
(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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32009D1008 | Council Implementing Decision of 7 December 2009 authorising the Republic of Latvia to extend the application of a measure derogating from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
| 24.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 347/30
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 7 December 2009
authorising the Republic of Latvia to extend the application of a measure derogating from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
(2009/1008/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 (1), and in particular Article 395(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By letter registered with the Secretariat-General of the Commission on 3 March 2009, the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter Latvia) requested an authorisation to continue to apply a measure derogating from the provisions of Directive 2006/112/EC governing the person liable for the payment of the VAT to the tax authorities.
(2) In accordance with Article 395(2) of Directive 2006/112/EC, the Commission informed the other Member States of the request made by Latvia in a letter dated 22 September 2009. By a letter dated 24 September 2009, the Commission notified Latvia that it had all the information that it deemed necessary to consider the request.
(3) The timber market in Latvia is dominated by small local companies and individual suppliers. The nature of the market and the businesses involved have generated tax fraud which the tax authorities have found difficult to control. Therefore, a special provision was included in Latvia’s law on VAT, laying down that, as regards timber transactions, the person liable to pay tax is the taxable person for whom the taxable supply of goods or services is carried out.
(4) The measure derogates from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC, stipulating that, under the internal system, the taxable person supplying goods or service is normally liable for the payment of the tax.
(5) The measure has previously been authorised in the 2003 Act of Accession (2), in particular in Chapter 7, point 1(b) of Annex VIII thereto, and by Decision 2006/42/EC of 24 January 2006 (3) under the then applicable Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (4).
(6) The Commission understands that the legal and factual situation which justified the current application of the derogating measure in question has not changed and continues to exist. Latvia should therefore be authorised to apply the measure during a further limited period.
(7) The derogation will not adversely affect the Union’s own resources accruing from VAT,
By way of derogation from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Latvia is authorised to continue to designate the recipient as the person liable to pay VAT in the case of timber transactions.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2012.
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32007R0214 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2007 of 28 February 2007 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
| 1.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 62/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 214/2007
of 28 February 2007
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
THE 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), and in particular Article 247 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2) lays down a management system for tariff quotas. To reduce the administrative burden and costs at importation and to promote uniformity of treatment, provision has been made that certain tariff quotas are to be considered as critical. Experience with the system and improved use of electronic exchange of data between the Member States and the Commission have shown that the criteria used in determining the critical status can be further relaxed without a risk to the Community's own resources. Accordingly a tariff quota should be considered as critical where 90 % of the initial quota volume, instead of 75 % as in the current system, has been used.
(2) The need to carry out surveillance of goods in order to obtain data related to imports and exports has increased considerably. As a consequence, in cases of surveillance of goods, Member States should provide to the Commission, more frequently than under the current system, data on customs declarations for release for free circulation or on export declarations. Where such data are not available or are only partially available on the date of the customs declaration under a simplified procedure, they should be provided afterwards.
(3) Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 308a(10), the term ‘ECU 10’ is replaced by ‘10 euro’.
2. Article 308c is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the percentage ‘75 %’ is replaced by ‘90 %’;
(b) in paragraph 3, the percentage ‘75 %’ is replaced by ‘90 %’.
3. Article 308d is replaced by the following:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31995R2030 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2030/95 of 22 August 1995 concerning the stopping of fishing for sprat by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2030/95 of 22 August 1995 concerning the stopping of fishing for sprat by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3362/94 of 20 December 1994 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1995 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 746/95 (3), provides for sprat quotas for 1995;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of sprat in the waters of ICES division III b, c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have reached the quota allocated for 1995; whereas Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 3 August 1995; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of sprat in the waters of ICES division III b, c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 1995.
Fishing for sprat in the waters of ICES division III b, c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transshipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 3 August 1995.
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31981D0789 | 81/789/ECSC: Commission Decision of 14 September 1981 on the joint formation of Eurocoal Sa, Brussels, by Etmofina SA, Brussels, and Krupp Handel GmbH, Düsseldorf (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 14 September 1981 on the joint formation of Eurocoal SA, Brussels, by Etmofina SA, Brussels, and Krupp Handel GmbH, Düsseldorf (Only the Dutch, French and German texts are authentic) (81/789/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 66 thereof,
Having regard to Decision No 24/54 of 6 May 1954 laying down in implementation of Article 66 (1) of the Treaty a Regulation on what constitutes control of an undertaking (1),
Having regard to the application made on 4 February 1981 by Petrofina SA, Brussels, and Krupp Handel GmbH, Düsseldorf, for authorization of the joint formation of Eurocoal SA, Brussels, by Etmofina SA, Brussels, and Krupp Handel GmbH, Düsseldorf,
Having obtained the comments of the Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Federal Republic of Germany,
Whereas:
I 1. Eurocoal is intended to handle in combination the coal trade interests of Krupp Handel and Etmofina in the common market, with the exception of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in a number of non-member countries.
It is further intended that Eurocoal will commence operations in the Federal Republic of Germany at an opportune moment.
The joint subsidiary is to trade in solid fuels, no express distinction having been made between supplies obtained from the Community and those obtained from non-member countries. It is estimated that its turnover will reach between one and two million tonnes after five years.
The founder undertakings will each have a 50 % stake in Eurocoal.
2. Etmofina is a wholly owned subsidiary of Petrofina and is combined with it. Petrofina is a multinational group engaged mainly in all spheres of the oil industry (discovery, extraction, transportation and refining of crude oil petrochemicals and the marketing of finished products). In 1979, the group achieved a turnover of some Bfrs 273 000 million (about 6 800 million ECU). Taking these circumstances into account, Etmofina is not an undertaking within the meaning of Article 80 of the Treaty.
3. Krupp Handel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fried. Krupp GmbH (Krupp Group). The Krupp Group, with which Krupp Handel is combined, is engaged in steel production, shipbuilding, industrial plant production, mechanical engineering, distribution and services (involving, amongst other things, coal). In 1979, the group's turnover amounted to some DM 13 000 million (about 5 150 million ECU). Krupp Handel is an undertaking within the meaning of Article 80 of the Treaty.
4. Both groups are convinced that the changes which have occurred on the world energy market since 1973, together with the ever-decreasing capacity of hydrocarbons to meet energy requirements, will lead to a continuing increase in solid fuel consumption.
In their view, this will involve not only the emergence of new requirements, but also requirements stemming from the changeover from fuel oil to solid fuel consumption.
II
The two groups' trade in solid fuels in the territory covered by the agreement will in future be carried out by the joint subsidiary alone. While Krupp Handel will withdraw from such activity, Petrofina will refrain from becoming active in this market. For the purposes of their joint activity in the field of solid fuels distribution, both groups possess tangible and intangible (1) Official Journal of the ECSC, 11.5.1954, p. 345. resources which are mutually complementary. These resources include the two parent companies' existing marketing networks and also their existing and potential customers and supply contracts. While Krupp Handel's customers are in some cases consumers of solid fuels and in others of mineral oil products, Petrofina, which trades in mineral oil products has customers who are potential converts from mineral oil products to coal or already use coal to cover part of their energy needs and who thus represent an ideal element of goodwill for Eurocoal as regards trade in coal. Wherever they can be of use, these resources will be transferred or made available to the joint subsidiary.
Under these conditions, the formation of Eurocoal does not constitute an agreement between the parent companies on the coordination of their market operations, but the creation of an autonomous business entity. The proposed transaction will therefore lead to a concentration within the meaning of Article 66 (1) of the Treaty in the form of group control. The agreements on the equal participation in Eurocoal and on its management will prevent either parent company from exercising individual control over the company. It will be controlled jointly by the parent companies, the latter acting as a group in the pursuit of their common business interests. The joint undertaking will therefore be merged with Petrofina and Fried. Krupp GmbH and with the undertakings controlled by them, without the two groups being merged with each other.
Such concentrations may be approved if it can be shown that certain restraints of competition are not involved. This condition is met for the following reasons:
The proposed transaction is of only limited significance in the territory of the common market. In 1980, consumption of solid fuels - excluding supplies to State railways and the steel industry, which are generally reserved for mining undertakings - amounted to some 225 million tonnes.
This amount is distributed partly by the producers, which in some cases fulfil a distributive function, and partly by a large number of wholesale coal distributors. The latter include several which each year sell more than two million tonnes of solid fuels.
Under the given circumstances, Eurocoal's planned turnover, even when increased to include Krupp Handel's supplies in the Federal Republic of Germany, is not likely to achieve a market share of more than some 2 % in solid fuels within the common market. Even in the future, there will thus be sufficient competition on this market. Even though it must be remembered that, through its stake in Eurocoal, Petrofina will cease to be a potential competitor in the marketing of solid fuels, it is clear that the parent companies will not be able, through Eurocoal, to determine prices, to control or restrict production or distribution or to hinder effective competition in a substantial part of the market in solid fuels. Nor will the proposed transaction enable them to evade the rules of competition, in particular by establishing an artificially privileged position involving a substantial advantage in access to supplies or markets.
A group effect between Fried. Krupp GmbH and Petrofina will not be created, since the latter has hitherto not been involved in the production or distribution of solid fuels.
Accordingly, the proposed transaction satisfies the conditions for authorization set out in Article 66 and may therefore be authorized,
The joint formation of the firm Eurocoal, Brussels, by Etmofina SA, Brussels, and Krupp Handel GmbH, Düsseldorf, is hereby authorized.
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32008D0982 | 2008/982/EC: Commission Decision of 8 December 2008 authorising the United Kingdom to conclude an agreement with the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man for transfers of funds between the United Kingdom and each of these territories to be treated as transfers of funds within the United Kingdom, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2008) 7812)
| 31.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 352/34
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 December 2008
authorising the United Kingdom to conclude an agreement with the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man for transfers of funds between the United Kingdom and each of these territories to be treated as transfers of funds within the United Kingdom, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document number C(2008) 7812)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2008/982/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds (1), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to the application from the United Kingdom,
Whereas:
(1) On 15 December 2006, the United Kingdom requested a derogation under Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 for the transfers of funds between the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom.
(2) In accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006, transfers of funds between the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Isle of Man respectively and the United Kingdom have been provisionally treated as transfers of funds within the United Kingdom from 1 January 2007.
(3) Member States were informed at the meeting of the Committee for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing of 18 April 2008 that the Commission considered that it had received the information necessary for appraising the request made by the United Kingdom.
(4) The Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and the Isle of Man do not form part of the territory of the Community as determined in accordance with Article 299 of the EC Treaty but form part of the currency area of the United Kingdom and therefore comply with the criterion set out in Article 17(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006.
(5) Payment services providers in the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man participate directly in payment and settlement systems in the United Kingdom, and will participate in the future ‘faster payments’ system. They therefore comply with the criterion set out in Article 17(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006.
(6) The Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man respectively have incorporated into their legal orders provisions corresponding to those of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 in particular through the ‘Community provisions (wire transfers) (Jersey) Regulations 2007’, the ‘Transfers of funds ordinances for Guernsey, Sark and Alderney (Bailiwick of Guernsey)’, the ‘Isle of Man’s European Communities (Wire Transfers Regulation) (application) Order 2007’ and the ‘Isle of Man’s EC Wire Transfer Regulations 2007’.
(7) The Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008 supplemented by the Handbook for the prevention and detection of money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the Bailiwick of Guernsey’s Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) Regulations 2007 supplemented by the Handbook for financial services businesses on countering financial crime and terrorist financing, and the Isle of Man’s Criminal Justice (Money Laundering) Code 2007 supplemented by the Anti-money laundering guidance notes handbook, respectively contribute to the building of a sound anti-money laundering regime in these three jurisdictions.
(8) The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) (Channel Islands) Order 2001 (SI 2001 No 3363) and The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) (Isle of Man) Order 2001 (SI 2001 No 3364) as well as the Al-Qa’ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) (Channel Islands) Order 2002 (SI 2002 No 258) and Al-Qa’ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) (Isle of Man) Order 2002 (SI 2002 No 259), in combination with the use of a consolidated list of asset freeze targets issued by the United Kingdom which covers the financial sanctions targets listed by the United Nations, the European Union and the United Kingdom, ensure that appropriate measures are in place in the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man to impose financial penalties vis-à-vis entities or persons listed by the United Nations or the European Union.
(9) Therefore, the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man have adopted the same rules as those established under Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 and require their respective payment services providers to apply them, thus fulfilling the criterion set out in Article 17(1)(c) of that Regulation.
(10) It is therefore appropriate to grant to the United Kingdom the requested derogation.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing,
The United Kingdom shall be authorised to conclude agreements with the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man respectively, to the effect that the transfers of funds between the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Isle of Man respectively and the United Kingdom are treated as transfers of funds within the United Kingdom for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006.
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32004D0750 | 2004/750/EC:Council Decision of 21 October 2004 on the opening of the negotiations on an agreement concerning monetary relations with the Principality of Andorra
| 6.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/15
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 October 2004
on the opening of the negotiations on an agreement concerning monetary relations with the Principality of Andorra
(2004/750/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2004/548/EC of 11 May 2004 on the position to be taken by the Community regarding an agreement concerning the monetary relations with the Principality of Andorra (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to the Recommendation of the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (3),
Whereas:
(1) The opening of the negotiations on an agreement with the Principality of Andorra (hereinafter, Andorra) on monetary matters should be conditional upon the fulfilment of the necessary conditions. The prior initialling by both parties of the agreement on the taxation of income from savings, as well as the undertaking by Andorra to ratify such agreement before a date agreed with the Community, should form part of those conditions.
(2) Andorra and the Commission have proceeded on 1 July 2004 with the initialling of the agreement providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 (4) on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments.
(3) By virtue of the verbal note from the Ambassador of Andorra to the Community of 1 July 2004, Andorra has undertaken to ratify such agreement before 30 April 2005. This date is acceptable to the Community.
(4) The absence of ratification by Andorra, before the agreed date, of the agreement on the taxation of income from savings should result in the suspension of the negotiations on the monetary agreement until such ratification has taken place,
The necessary conditions for the opening of the negotiations with the Principality of Andorra on an agreement on monetary matters, as laid down in Article 8 of Decision 2004/548/EC on the position to be taken by the Community regarding an agreement concerning the monetary relations with the Principality of Andorra, have been fulfilled.
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32004R0241 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 241/2004 of 12 February 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 241/2004
of 12 February 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 February 2004.
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32015D0163 | Commission Decision (EU) 2015/163 of 21 November 2014 on the compatibility with Union law of the measures to be taken by Poland pursuant to Article 14 of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)
| 3.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/37
COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2015/163
of 21 November 2014
on the compatibility with Union law of the measures to be taken by Poland pursuant to Article 14 of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (1), and in particular Article 14(2) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the committee established pursuant to Article 29 of Directive 2010/13/EU,
Whereas:
(1) By letter of 19 August 2014, Poland notified to the Commission certain measures to be taken, pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2010/13/EU.
(2) The Commission verified, within a period of 3 months from this notification, the compatibility of those measures with Union law, in particular with regard to the proportionality of the measures and the transparency of the national consultation procedure.
(3) In examining the measures, the Commission took into consideration the available data on the Polish audiovisual market, in particular as regards the impact on the television market.
(4) The list of events of major importance for society was drawn up by Poland in a clear and transparent manner, following a wide consultation.
(5) On the basis of detailed evidence and viewing figures provided by the Polish authorities, the Commission services verified that the list of designated events drawn up in accordance with Article 14(1) of Directive 2010/13/EU met at least two of the following criteria considered to be reliable indicators of the importance of events for society: (i) a special general resonance within the Member State, and not simply a significance to those who ordinarily follow the sport or activity concerned; (ii) a generally recognised, distinct cultural importance for the population in the Member State, in particular as a catalyst of cultural identity; (iii) involvement of the national team in the event concerned in the context of a competition or tournament of international importance; and (iv) the fact that the event has traditionally been broadcast on free television and has commanded large television audiences.
(6) The notified list of events of major importance for society contains both the events which are already on the statutory list foreseen by Article 20b of the Broadcasting Act of 29 December 1992, as modified by Act of 31 March 2000, and other events which are part of the draft regulation of the Broadcasting Council of the list of major events. A number of the designated events are generally considered as events of major importance for society such as the summer and winter Olympic Games, the final and semi-finals of the Football World Cup and the European Football Championship. The list also includes other football matches within those events involving the Polish national team, including qualifying games. As demonstrated by the Polish authorities, these events commanded large television audiences and have traditionally been broadcast on free-to-air television. In addition they have a special general resonance in Poland, as they are particularly popular with the general public, not just with those who usually follow sport events. Moreover, some matches within the Football World Cup and the European Football Championship including qualifying games, involve the Polish national team.
(7) These other football matches in official tournaments and the Champions League and UEFA Cup where the Polish national team or Polish club participate, command large television audiences and traditionally have been broadcast on free-to-air television and have special general resonance in Poland.
(8) The matches of world and European men's and women's volleyball championships where the Polish national team participates, including the qualifying tournaments and the men's volleyball World League, commanded large television audiences and have traditionally been broadcast on free-to-air television. Additionally, they generate a particular and widespread interest in Poland, even for audiences that do not usually follow this discipline. They also involve a national team in an international tournament of major importance. This interest is reinforced by the fact that Polish participants have earned significant achievements in these tournaments.
(9) The semi-finals and finals of world and European men's handball championships, apart from commanding large television audiences and being traditionally broadcast on free-to air television, generate a particular and widespread interest in Poland, even for audiences that do not usually follow this discipline. Other competitions during semi-finals and finals of world and European men's handball championships where the Polish national team was involved also commanded large television audiences and have traditionally been broadcast on free-to air television. In addition, they generate a particular and widespread interest in Poland even for audiences that do not usually follow this discipline. They also involve a national team in an international tournament of major importance where Polish participants have earned significant achievements.
(10) The Nordic Ski World Championships, Ski Jumping World Cup events and women's Cross-Country Ski World Cup events, apart from commanding large television audiences and being traditionally broadcast on free-to-air television, generate a particular and widespread interest in Poland even for audiences that do not usually follow this discipline. They also involve the Polish national team in an international tournament of major importance where the Polish participants have earned significant achievements.
(11) The World Championship in Athletics commanded large television audiences and have traditionally been broadcast on free-to-air television. Moreover, they have special and wide-spread resonance in Poland, even for audiences that do not usually follow the disciplines represented at this event. Polish competitors have earned significant achievements in pole vault, shot-put and discus throw.
(12) Taking into account the modalities according to which those events of major importance for society will be broadcast, the definition of a ‘qualifying broadcaster’, the role of the Broadcasting Council in the resolution of disputes mechanism in case of disputes in the course of the implementation of the measures, and the date foreseen for the entry into force of the final Polish measures (12 months after the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union), the designated measures do not go beyond what is necessary for the achievement of the aim pursued, namely the protection of the right to information and the wide access of the public to television coverage of national or non-national events of major importance for society. Therefore, it may be concluded that the effects on the right of property, as provided for in Article 17 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, do not go beyond those which are intrinsically linked to the inclusion of the events in the list provided for in Article 14(1) of Directive 2010/13/EU.
(13) For the same reasons, the Polish measures appear to be proportionate to justify, by the overriding reason of public interest in ensuring wide public access to broadcasts of events of major importance for society, the derogation from the fundamental freedom to provide services laid down in Article 56 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). In addition, the Polish measures do not constitute any discrimination or market foreclosure against other Member States' broadcasters, right holders or other economic operators.
(14) The designated measures are also compatible with Union competition rules in so far as the definition of the qualifying broadcasters for the broadcasting of listed events is based on objective criteria, which allow actual and potential competition for the acquisition of the rights to broadcast these events. In addition, the number of designated events is not disproportionate to an extent that would distort competition on the downstream free television and pay television markets. Therefore, it may be considered that the effects on the freedom of competition do not go beyond those which are intrinsically linked to the inclusion of the events in the list provided for in Article 14(1) of Directive 2010/13/EU.
(15) The Commission communicated the measures to be taken by Poland to the other Member States and presented the results of its verification to the committee established pursuant to Article 29 of Directive 2010/13/EU. The committee adopted a favourable opinion,
1. The measures to be taken by Poland, pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2010/13/EU, and notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 14(2) of that Directive are compatible with Union law.
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31998R0847 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 847/98 of 22 April 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 847/98 of 22 April 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2087/97 (2), and in particular Article 72(5) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1427/96 (4), lays down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2543/97 (6), lays down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts;
Whereas Slovenia has requested changes to Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 as regards the terms denoting superior quality and the names of vine varieties and their synonyms used to describe Slovenian wines; whereas that request should be acceded to;
Whereas Canada has requested that it be put on the list referred to in Article 29(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 as a third country using geographical ascriptions in accordance with the Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPs Agreement) and on the list of third countries that can use names of vine varieties on labelling; whereas that request should be acceded to by adding Canada to Annexes II A.1 and IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Regulation (EEC) No 3201/90 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Annex I, point 17 (SLOVENIA) is replaced by the following:
'17. SLOVENIA
- Kakovostno vino z geografskim poreklom / kakovostno vino ZGP
- Kakovostno vino s kontroliranim in za Oscitenim geografskim poreklom
- Vrhunsko vino z geografskim poreklom / vrhunsko vino ZGP
- Trgatev v polni zrelosti
- Pozna trgatev
- Izbor
- Izbor grozdov
- Jagodni izbor
- Trgatev suhih jagod
- Suhi jagodni izbor
- Ledeno vino
- Staro vino
- Arhivsko vino
- Kontrolirano poreklo
- Slamnato vino, slamno vino
- Penina
- Kakovostno penece vino z geografskim poreklom
- Mlado vino
- Vino iz su Osenega grozdja
- Teran
- Cvicek`
2. The following is added to Annex II A.1:
'12. CANADA`.
3. Annex IV is amended as follows:
(a) Point 33 (SLOVENIA) is replaced by the following:
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(b) The following point is added:
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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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31975D0460 | 75/460/EEC: Council Decision of 22 July 1975 adopting common research programmes and programmes for the coordination of research in the field of animal leucoses, livestock effluents, beef production and plant protein production
| COUNCIL DECISION of 22 July 1975 adopting common research programmes and programmes for the coordination of research in the field of animal leucoses, livestock effluents, beef production and plant protein production (75/460/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1);
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1728/74 (2) of 27 June 1974 on the coordination of agricultural research provides for the coordination at Community level of national agricultural research activities in order to further the attainment of the aims of the common agricultural policy;
Whereas Article 5 of the above Regulation provides that the Council shall decide on specific measures for the coordination of research activities designed to allow rational organization of means employed, efficient use of results and the orientation of such work towards the aims of the common agricultural policy and shall also decide on the implementation of joint projects designed to second or supplement work undertaken in the Member States in fields which are of particular importance to the Community;
Whereas progress in research on epizootics makes a direct contribution to the improvement of farm productivity and eliminates major obstacles to the harmonization of legislation and to trade in animals and animal products both inside the Community and with non-member countries ; whereas the lack of a differential diagnosis and of knowledge regarding the resistance process in the case of avian leucosis and Marek's disease represents a serious danger for poultry farms ; whereas the lack of a reliable method of diagnosis for bovine leucosis constitutes an impediment to the free movement of live cattle;
Whereas the trend towards the specialization and intensification of animal production has given rise to large and intensive livestock units very often without pasturage ; whereas the dumping of waste from these units presents serious problems as regards the pollution of the environment, particularly when, as frequently happens, these enterprises are near centres of population ; whereas, moreover, these livestock effluents can be very valuable manure ; whereas for this purpose farmers generally use mineral fertilizers which are expensive and the long-term availability of which is not guaranteed ; whereas the intensive usage of mineral fertilizers also presents a pollution risk;
Whereas the income for a large proportion of farms in the Community depends on the results of beef production ; whereas, independently of structural problems, the profitability of intensive beef production is inadequate ; whereas the necessary increase in productivity cannot be obtained by increasing prices ; whereas progress as regards breeding methods, meat quality and meat yield per animal are therefore necessary ; whereas progress in research is usually slower and harder to apply directly in the field of beef production;
Whereas the Community is confronted by a serious deficit in the supply of protein for animal feed ; whereas, at the same time, the cost of protein products is of increasing importance in the cost price of animal products ; whereas, it consequently appears essential to increase protein production in the Community ; whereas an important contribution can be made by improving the protein yield per unit of crops already grown in the Community ; whereas, at the same time the introduction of new species and varieties rich in protein should be studied ; whereas, at the same time, research is necessary on the use of proteins in animal feed;
Whereas the financial contribution of the Community shall be decided by the Council,
1. The common research programmes and the programmes for the coordination of research in the (1)OJ No C 157, 14.7.1975, p. 10. (2)OJ No L 182, 5.7.1974, p. 1.
field of animal leucoses and livestock effluents and the common research programmes in the field of beef production and plant protein production, contained in the Annex, are hereby adopted.
2. The programmes will begin in 1975.
The detailed rules for the application of this Decision, relating in particular to the scientific priorities to be followed within a common programme, the criteria for selecting the research centres and the institutes which will be invited to participate in the specific measures, and the orientation of a programme while it is being carried out shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1728/74.
The Commission shall assure the implementation of coordination programmes in the field of animal leucoses and livestock effluents, in particular by organizing seminars and conferences, study visits, exchanges between researchers, scientific workshops and the collation, analysis and publication of results.
Once the programmes have been completed, but not later than 31 July 1977, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the results of the research undertaken in the programmes governed by this Decision and on the use of the sums allocated in accordance with Article 5.
The Community's financial contribution to the execution of the programmes mentioned in Article 1 shall be:
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31993D0415 | 93/415/EEC: Commission Decision of 15 June 1993 authorizing Belgium, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, to permit temporarily the marketing of seed of field bean not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC
| COMMISSION DECISION of 15 June 1993 authorizing Belgium, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, to permit temporarily the marketing of seed of field bean not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC
(93/415/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 92/19/EEC (2) and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to the requests submitted by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom,
Whereas in the abovementioned countries the production of field bean seed satisfying the requirements of Directive 66/401/EEC has been insufficient in 1992 and therefore is not adequate to meet these countries' needs;
Whereas it is not possible to cover this demand satisfactorily with seed from other Member States, or from third countries, satisfying all the requirements laid down in the said Directive;
Whereas Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom should therefore be authorized to permit for a period expiring on 31 July 1993, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned species subject to less stringent requirements;
Whereas, moreover, other Member States, which are able to supply Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom with such seed not satisfying the requirements of the said Directive should be authorized to permit the marketing of such seed provided it is intended for Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
1. Belgium is authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July 1993, the marketing of 200 tonnes of seed of field bean (Vicia faba L. (partim)) of spring varieties of the category 'Certified seed of the first generation' which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive 66/401/EEC with regard to the minimum germination capacity provided that:
(a) the germination capacity is at least 75 % of pure seed;
(b) the official label bears the following endorsement:
'minimum germination capacity 75 %; intended exclusively for Belgium.'
2. Denmark is authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July 1993, the marketing of 40 tonnes tonne of seed of field bean (Vicia faba L. (partim)) of spring varieties of the category 'Certified seed of the second generation' which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive 66/401/EEC with regard to the minimum germination capacity provided that:
(a) the germination capacity is at least 75 % of pure seed;
(b) the official label bears the following endorsement:
'minimum germination capacity 75 %; intended exclusively for Denmark.'
3. The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July 1993, the marketing in its territory of 1 000 tonnes of seed of field bean (Vicia faba L. (partim)) of spring varieties of the category 'Certified seed of the first generation' which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive 66/401/EEC with regard to the minimum germination capacity provided that:
(a) the germination capacity is at least 80 % of pure seed;
(b) the official label bears the endorsement: 'minimum germination capacity 80 %; intended exclusively for Germany.'
4. Ireland is authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July 1993, the marketing of 20 tonnes of seed of field bean (Vicia faba L. (partim)) of spring varieties low in tannin of the category 'Certified seed of the first generation' which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive 66/401/EEC with regard to the minimum germination capacity provided that:
(a) the germination capacity is at least 75 % of pure seed;
(b) the official label bears the following endorsement:
'minimum germination capacity 75 %; intended exclusively for Ireland.'
5. The United Kingdom is authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July 1993, the marketing of 3 000 tonnes of seed of field bean (Vicia faba L. (partim)) of spring varieties of low in tannin of the category 'Certified seed of the second generation' which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive 66/401/EEC with regard to the minimum germination capacity provided that:
(a) the germination capacity is at least 75 % of pure seed;
(b) the official label bears the following endorsement:
'minimum germination capacity 75 %; intended exclusively for the United Kingdom.'
1. The other Member States are hereby authorized to permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 (1) the marketing in their territory of a maximum of 200 tonnes of seed of field bean provided that it is intended exclusively for Belgium. The official label shall bear the endorsement referred to in Article 1 (1) (b).
2. The other Member States are hereby authorized to permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 (2) the marketing in their territory of a maximum of 40 tonnes of seed of field bean provided that it is intended exclusively for Denmark. The official label shall bear the endorsement referred to in Article 1 (2) (b).
3. The other Member States are hereby authorized to permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 (3), the marketing in their territory of a maximum of 1 000 tonnes of seed of field bean provided that it is intended exclusively for Germany. The official label shall bear the endorsement referred to in Article 1 (3) (b).
4. The other Member States are hereby authorized to permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 (4), the marketing in their territory of a maximum of 20 tonnes of seed of field bean provided that it is intended exclusively for Ireland. The official label shall bear the endorsement referred to in Article 1 (4) (b).
5. The other Member States are hereby authorized to permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 (5) the marketing in their territory of a maximum of 3 000 tonnes of seed of field bean provided that it is intended exclusively for the United Kingdom. The official label shall bear the endorsement referred to in Article 1 (5) (b).
Member States shall notify the Commission before 30 September 1993 of the quantities of seed marketed in their territory pursuant to this Decision. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
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32005R0123 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 123/2005 of 26 January 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards ochratoxin AText with EEA relevance
| 28.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 25/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 123/2005
of 26 January 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards ochratoxin A
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community procedures for contaminants in food (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 (2), sets maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs.
(2) According to Regulation (EC) No 466/2001, the Commission shall review the provisions as regards ochratoxin A (OTA) in dried vine fruit and with a view to including a maximum level for OTA in green and roasted coffee and coffee products, wine, beer, grape juice, cocoa and cocoa products and spices taking into account the investigations undertaken and the prevention measures applied to reduce the presence of OTA in these products.
(3) The Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) concluded in its opinion on OTA, expressed on 17 September 1998, that OTA is a mycotoxin which possesses carcinogenic, nephrotoxic, teratogenic, immunotoxic and possibly neurotoxic properties. The Committee mentioned also that further studies are ongoing to elucidate the mechanisms involved in OTA carcinogenicity. It is anticipated that the European research project on the mechanisms of OTA induced carcinogenicity will be finished by the end of 2004. Once the comprehensive research results are available, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will be requested by the Commission to update the scientific opinion from SCF in the light of these new research results.
(4) An assessment of the dietary intake of OTA by the population of the Community has been performed in the framework of Council Directive 1993/5/EEC of 25 February 1993 on assistance to the Commission and cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food (3) (SCOOP). The main contributor to the OTA exposure is cereal and cereal products. Wine, coffee and beer were identified as significant contributors to the human OTA exposure. Dried vine fruit and grape juice contributed to a significant extent to the OTA-exposure for specific groups of vulnerable groups of consumers such as children.
(5) A maximum level for OTA has been established for cereal and cereal products and dried vine fruit by Regulation (EC) 466/2001. The level of OTA in beer is indirectly controlled as the OTA in beer originates from the presence of OTA in malt, for which a maximum level has been established. The setting of a maximum level for OTA in beer is therefore not immediately necessary to protect public health, but should be considered in the frame of the foreseen review.
(6) Given the significant contribution of wine and roasted coffee together with soluble coffee to the OTA human exposure and the significant contribution of grape juice to the OTA exposure of children, it is appropriate to set already at this stage for these foodstuffs maximum levels to protect public health by preventing the distribution of unacceptably highly contaminated foodstuffs.
(7) OTA has also been observed in dried fruit other than dried vine fruit, cocoa and cocoa products, spices and liquorice. The appropriateness of setting a maximum level for OTA in these foodstuffs, including green coffee, as well a review of the existing maximum levels will be considered after the availability of the EFSA assessment of the research results on OTA toxicology.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9) 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 466/2001 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 4(2) point (b), ‘and 2.2.2’ is replaced by ‘, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4 and 2.2.5’.
2. in Article 5, paragraph 2a is replaced by the following:
3. Annex I 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 April 2005.
This Regulation shall not apply to products which were placed on the market before 1 April 2005 in conformity with the provisions applicable. The burden of proving when the products were placed on the market shall be borne by the food business operator.
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31986D0018 | 86/18/EEC: Council Decision of 27 January 1986 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between the Member States and third countries
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 January 1986
authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between the Member States and third countries
(86/18/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 69/494/EEC of 16 December 1969 on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations between Member States and third countries and on the negotiation of Community agreements (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas extension or tacit renewal beyond the end of the transitional period was last authorized in the case of the Agreements and Protocols listed in the Annex by Council Decision 84/558/EEC (2);
Whereas the Member States concerned have, with a view to avoiding disruption of their commercial relations with the third countries concerned based on agreement, requested authorization to extend or renew the abovementioned Agreements;
Whereas, however, most of the areas covered by these national agreements are henceforth the subject of Community agreements; whereas in this situation there should be authorization for the maintenance of national agreements only for those areas not covered by Community agreements; whereas, in addition, such authorization should not therefore adversely affect the obligation incumbent upon the Member States to avoid and, where appropriate, to eliminate any incompatibility between such agreements and the provisions of Community law;
Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be either extended or tacitly renewed should not, furthermore, during the period under consideration, constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy;
Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the extension or tacit renewal of these agreements would neither constitute an obstacle to the opening of Community negotiations with the third countries concerned and the transfer of the commercial substance thereof to Community agreements nor, during the period under consideration, hinder the adoption of the measures necessary to complete the standardization of the import arrangements applied by the Member States;
Whereas at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2 of Decision 69/494/EEC it was established, as the aforesaid declarations by the Member States concerned confirm, that the provisions of the agreements to be extended or tacitly renewed would not, during the period under consideration, constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy;
Whereas, in these circumstances, the agreements concerned may be either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited period,
The Trade Agreements and Protocols between Member States and third countries listed in the Annex hereto may be extended or tacitly renewed up to the dates indicated for each of them for those areas not covered by agreements between the Community and the third countries concerned and in so far as their provisions are not contrary to existing common policies.
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31997R2307 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2307/97 of 18 November 1997 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2307/97 of 18 November 1997 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 938/97 (2), and in particular Article 19, paragraph 3, thereof,
Whereas at the tenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, held in Harare from 9 to 20 June 1997, amendments were made to Appendices I and II to the Convention; whereas amendments were made to Appendix III to the Convention; whereas Annexes A, B, C and D to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 should now be amended to incorporate these amendments;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora established pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97;
Annexes A, B C and D to Regulation (EC) No 338/97 are hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
31993R0104 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 104/93 of 18 January 1993 extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of deadburned (sintered) magnesia originating in the People' s Republic of China
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 104/93 of 18 January 1993 extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of deadburned (sintered) magnesia originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the Commission proposal,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2799/92 (2) imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of deadburned (sintered) magnesia originating in the People's Republic of China;
Whereas examination of the facts has not yet been completed and the Commission has informed the exporters known to be concerned of its intention to propose an extension of the validity of the provisional duty for an additional period of two months;
Whereas the exporters have raised no objections,
The validity of the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of deadburned (sintered) magnesia originating in the People's Republic of China imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2799/92 is hereby extended for a period of two months. It shall cease to apply if, before the expiry of that period, the Council adopts definitive measures or the proceeding is terminated under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31999R1437 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1437/1999 of 30 June 1999 on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1437/1999
of 30 June 1999
on the sale by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98(2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
(1) Whereas the application of intervention measures in respect of beef has created stocks in several Member States; whereas, in order to prevent an excessive prolongation of storage, part of these stocks should be sold by tender;
(2) Whereas the sale should be made subject to the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95(4), subject to certain special exceptions which are necessary;
(3) Whereas, with a view to ensuring a regular and uniform tendering procedure, measures should be taken in addition to those laid down in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79;
(4) Whereas provision should be made for derogations from Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in view of the administration difficulties which application of this point creates in the Member States concerned;
(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for beef and veal,
1. The sale shall take place of:
- approximately 600 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the German intervention agency,
- approximately 600 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Spanish intervention agency,
- approximately 600 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the French intervention agency,
- approximately 600 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Italian intervention agency,
- approximately 600 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Dutch intervention agency,
- approximately 80 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Austrian intervention agency, and stored in Germany,
- approximately 6320 tonnes of boneless beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency,
- approximately 457 tonnes of boneless beef held by the Irish intervention agency,
- approximately 500 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency.
Detailed information concerning quantities is given in Annex I.
2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sold in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, in particular Titles II and III thereof.
1. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the provisions of and Annexes to this Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitations to tender.
The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up a notice of invitation to tender which shall include the following:
(a) the quantities of beef offered for sale; and
(b) the deadline and place for submitting tenders.
2. Interested parties may obtain the details of the quantities available and the places where the products are stored from the addresses listed in Annex II to this Regulation. The intervention agencies shall, in addition, display the notice referred to in paragraph 1 at their head offices and may publish it in other ways.
3. For each product mentioned in Annex I the intervention agencies concerned shall sell first the meat which has been stored the longest.
4. Only tenders which reach the intervention agencies concerned by 12 noon on 12 July 1999 shall be considered.
5. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, a tender must be submitted to the intervention agency concerned in a closed envelope, bearing the reference to the Regulation concerned. The closed envelope must not be opened by the intervention agency before the expiry of the tender deadline referred to in paragraph 4.
6. Notwithstanding Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not indicate in which cold store or stores the products are held.
1. Member States shall provide the Commission with information concerning the tenders received not later than the working day following the deadline set for the submission of tenders.
2. After the tenders received have been examined a minimum selling price shall be set for each product or the sale will not proceed.
The security provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 shall be EUR 120/t.
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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32015R0188 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/188 of 6 February 2015 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 7.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 31/20
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/188
of 6 February 2015
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001R2320 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2320/2001 of 29 November 2001 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2320/2001
of 29 November 2001
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (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 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that the difference between quotations of prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each of those Regulations and the prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for 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(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1563/2001(6), specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate.
(3) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month.
(4) 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. Whereas it is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. Whereas the fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(5) Now that a settlement has been reached between the European Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States and has been approved by Council Decision 87/482/EEC(7), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 according to their destination.
(6) Pursuant to Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that a reduced rate of export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93(8), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1786/2001(9), for the basic product in question, used during the assumed period of manufacture of the goods.
(7) Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However, Protocol 19 of the Act of Accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark stipulates that the necessary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is necessary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals exported in the form of spirituous beverages.
(8) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds available in the budget.
(9) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to amended Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 respectively, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 November 2001.
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32006D0467 | Council Decision of 21 November 2005 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland on security procedures for the exchange of classified information
| 6.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 184/34
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 November 2005
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland on security procedures for the exchange of classified information
(2006/467/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 24 and 38 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Presidency,
Whereas:
(1) At its meeting on 27 and 28 November 2003, the Council decided to authorise the Presidency, assisted by the Secretary-General/High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (SG/HR), to open negotiations in accordance with Articles 24 and 38 of the Treaty on European Union with certain third states, in order for the European Union to conclude with each of them an Agreement on security procedures for the exchange of classified information.
(2) Following this authorisation to open negotiations, the Presidency, assisted by the SG/HR, negotiated an Agreement with the Republic of Iceland on security procedures for the exchange of classified information.
(3) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland on security procedures for the exchange of classified information 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(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the European Union.
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 | 0 | 0 |
32002R0348 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 348/2002 of 25 February 2002 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products and from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 348/2002
of 25 February 2002
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products and from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 31(14) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 156/2002(4), determines the term of validity of export licences. Article 18(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001(6), determines the rate of refund to be applied where the destination marked on the licence is not observed.
(2) Negotiations are under way between the European Union and Estonia on the liberalisation of trade. These negotiations relate to concessions to apply from 1 July 2002. In order to avoid disrupting trade with Estonia and without prejudice to the application of the concessions on the planned date, the term of validity of the licences should be limited and the necessary measures should be taken to prevent licences issued for other third countries from being used for exports to Estonia after 30 June.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Notwithstanding Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, the term of validity of export licences with advance fixing of the refund and specifying Estonia as the destination shall expire on 30 June 2002 at the latest.
Notwithstanding Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, no refund shall be payable on licences showing a destination other than Estonia in box 7 and used from 1 July 2002 for exports to Estonia.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to licences applied for from the date of its entry into force.
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31985R2561 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2561/85 of 11 September 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 laying down detailed implementing rules in respect of sugar production in excess of the quota
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2561/85
of 11 September 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 laying down detailed implementing rules in respect of sugar production in excess of the quota
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar market (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1482/85 (2), and in particular Article 26 (3) thereof,
Whereas, Article 26 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides in particular that C sugar must be exported in the natural state; whereas the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/84 (4), allows for substitution by other sugar white or raw in the natural state of C sugar to be exported on payment of a flat-rate amount by the producer to compensate for any advantage resulting from such a substitution; whereas the supply situation of the refineries of raw sugar in the Community, in particular with regard to the forthcoming accession of Portugal and of its particular supply of raw sugar, requires a limitation of the ability to substitute C sugar on export to white sugar only;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
In the first sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 the terms 'or raw' are deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R2375 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002 of 27 December 2002 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries and derogating from Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
of 27 December 2002
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other than high quality from third countries and derogating from Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
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,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 19 December 2002 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America, with a view to the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in schedule CXL annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)(3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 19 December 2002 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Canada pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), with a view to the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in EC schedule CXL annexed to the GATT(4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following trade negotiations, the Community has changed the conditions for the import of common wheat of low and medium quality, that is common wheat of a quality other than high quality, as defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996(5) on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1900/2002(6), by creating an import quota from 1 January 2003.
(2) This import quota relates to a maximum annual quantity of 2981600 tonnes, including 572000 tonnes for imports originating in the United States and 38000 tonnes for imports originating in Canada.
(3) The opening of this quota means that Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 has to be adapted. In order to enable the quota to be opened on 1 January 2003, provision should be made to derogate from Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 during a transitional period expiring on the date of entry into force of the amendment to that Regulation, but until 30 June 2003 at the latest.
(4) To ensure that imports of the common wheat covered by these tariff quotas are orderly and not speculative, they should be made subject to the issue of import licences. The licences are to be issued, within the quantities set, at the request of the interested parties, subject where appropriate to the fixing of a reduction coefficient in respect of the quantities applied for.
(5) To ensure the proper management of these quotas, deadlines for the lodging of licence applications should be laid down and the information to be included in applications and licences should be specified.
(6) To take account of supply conditions, a derogation should be made concerning the period of validity of the licences.
(7) With a view to the sound management of the quotas, provision should be made to derogate from Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products(7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001(8), as regards the transferable nature of the licences and the tolerance relating to the quantities released into free circulation.
(8) To ensure sound management of the quotas, the security on the import licences should be set at a relatively high level, notwithstanding Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 of 23 May 1995 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1322/2002(10).
(9) Rapid two-way communication should be established between the Commission and the Member States regarding the quantities applied for and imported.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Notwithstanding Article 10(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the import duty for common wheat falling in CN code 1001 90 99, of a quality other than high quality as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, shall be fixed in the framework of the quota opened by this Regulation.
0(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall apply to imports of the products referred to in this Regulation in excess of the quantities provided for in Article 3.
1. A tariff quota of 2981600 tonnes of common wheat falling in CN code 1001 90 99 of a quality other than high quality is hereby opened from 1 January 2003.
2. The tariff quota shall be opened on 1 January each year. Duties on imports within the tariff quota shall be levied at a rate of EUR 12 per tonne.
1. The annual tariff quota shall be divided into three subquotas:
(a) Subquota I: 572000 tonnes for the United States of America;
(b) Subquota II: 38000 tonnes for Canada;
(c) Subquota III: 2371600 tonnes for other third countries.
2. Where, in the course of a year, it emerges that there is a serious shortfall in the take-up of subquota I or II, the Commission may, with the agreement of the third country concerned, adopt arrangements to transfer the unused quantities to the other subquotas, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.
3. Subquota III shall be divided into four quarterly tranches of 592900 tonnes each for the following periods:
(a) Tranche No 1 - 1 January to 31 March;
(b) Tranche No 2 - 1 April to 30 June;
(c) Tranche No 3 - 1 July to 30 September;
(d) Tranche No 4 - 1 October to 31 December.
4. Unused quantities in any tranche except tranche No 4, referred to in subparagraph 3(d), shall be automatically allocated to the following tranche. Where a tranche is exhausted, the Commission may anticipate the opening of the following tranche in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1766/92.
All imports under the quota referred to in Article 2(1) shall be conditional upon the production of an import licence issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, subject to the provisions of this Regulation.
1. Applications for import licences shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States no later than 13.00 (Brussels time) every Monday.
Each licence application must be for a quantity that may not exceed the quantity available under the subquota for the import of the product concerned in the period concerned.
2. No later than 18.00 Brussels time on the day of lodging of licence applications, the competent authorities shall forward to the Commission by fax a notification in accordance with the model annexed hereto, and the total quantity resulting from the sum of all quantities indicated on the import licence applications. If the day for lodging the licence applications is a national holiday, the Member State concerned shall send the said notification no later than 18.00 Brussels time on the working day preceding the national holiday.
That information must be communicated separately from the information on other import licence applications for cereals.
3. If the total of the quantities since the start of the period and the quantity referred to in paragraph 2 exceeds the relevant subquota for the period concerned, the Commission shall set, no later than the third working day after the applications are lodged, single reduction coefficients to be applied to the quantities requested.
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, licences shall be issued on the fourth working day following the day on which the application was lodged. No later than 18.00 Brussels time on the day the licences are issued, the competent authorities shall fax the Commission, at the number mentioned in the Annex hereto, the total quantity resulting from the sum of the quantities for which import licences have been issued that same day.
Import licences shall be valid for 60 days from the day of issue. In accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the period of validity of the licence shall be calculated from the actual date of issue.
Notwithstanding Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the rights resulting from the import licences shall not be transferable.
Notwithstanding Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the quantity released into free circulation may not exceed that indicated in sections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure "0" shall be entered to that effect in section 19 of the licence.
The import licence application and the import licence shall contain the following information:
(a) in section 8, the name of the country of origin;
(b) in section 20, one of the following entries:
- Reglamento (CE) n° 2375/2002
- Forordning (EF) nr. 2375/2002
- Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2375/2002
- Κανονισμóς (EK) αριθ. 2375/2002
- Regulation (EC) No 2375/2002
- Règlement (CE) n° 2375/2002
- Regolamento (CE) n. 2375/2002
- Verordening (EG) nr. 2375/2002
- Regulamento (CE) n.o 2375/2002
- Asetus (EY) N:o 2375/2002
- Förordning (EG) nr 2375/2002
(c) in section 24, the words "EUR 12/tonne".
0
Notwithstanding Article 10(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95, the security for the import licences provided for in this Regulation shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
1
In the framework of the tariff quota, the release into free circulation in the Community of common wheat of a quality other than high quality originating in a third country shall be conditional upon production of a certificate of origin issued by the competent national authorities of that country, in accordance with Articles 55 to 65 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(11).
2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2003.
It shall apply until the date of entry into force of the Regulation amending Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, but until 30 June 2003 at the latest.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32006R0176 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 176/2006 of 31 January 2006 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| 1.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/2006
of 31 January 2006
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling 22,347 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32008R0969 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2008 of 2 October 2008 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
| 3.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 264/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 969/2008
of 2 October 2008
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 October 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994R2352 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2352/94 of 29 September 1994 increasing the tariff quota for 1994 and laying down an additional period during the fourth quarter for submitting applications for import licences for bananas in respect of that year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2352/94 of 29 September 1994 increasing the tariff quota for 1994 and laying down an additional period during the fourth quarter for submitting applications for import licences for bananas in respect of that year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3518/93 (2), and in particular Articles 18 (1) and 20 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1299/94 (4), lays down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community;
Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 provides for an increase in the annual tariff quota of 2 000 000 tonnes (net weight) in line with the demand for bananas in the Community as determined by a forecast supply balance; whereas latter shows the need for an increase in the tariff quota for 1994;
Whereas that increase in the tariff quota for 1994 calls for a new period to be set for the submission of applications and the issuing of import licences for bananas during the fourth quarter; whereas operators should also be given the possibility, during that period, of submitting licence applications for the reallocation of quantities covered by licences which have not been used;
Whereas, in the case of operators in categories A, B and C, additional import licence applications to be submitted in respect of the tariff quota in October 1994 cannot cover a quantity greater than the difference between the annual quantity allocated to the operator as revised following the adjustment in the corrective coefficients in accordance with Commission Regulations (EC) No 2350/94 (5) and (EC) No 2351/94 (6) and the sum of the quantities covered by licences issued for 1994;
Whereas this Regulation should enter into force immediately in order to permit additional licence applications to be submitted in respect of 1994;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The tariff quota for imports of third-country bananas and non-traditional ACP bananas provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be 2 118 000 tonnes for 1994.
1. During the fourth quarter of 1994, import licence applications in respect of the tariff quota shall be submitted by operators to the competent authorities of the Member State in which they submitted their registration applications as provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 during the period 10 to 14 October 1994.
2. During the same period, the operators may also submit licence applications under the tariff quota in respect of 1994 for the re-allocation of quantities covered by licences not used, in accordance with Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93.
The Member States shall notify the Commission by 20 October 1994 of the quantities covered by licence applications and, separately, of the quantities covered by applications for the re-allocation of unused quantities.
3. Import licences shall be issued by 31 October 1994 at the latest.
4. Import licences and re-allocation licences shall expire on 9 January 1995.
Pursuant to this Regulation, individual operators' import licence applications cannot cover a quantity greater than the difference between the quantity definitively allocated to each operator in respect of 1994 pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 and the sum of the quantities covered by import licences issued previously for 1994. Import licence applications shall be accompanied by a copy of the import licence(s) issued to the operator in respect of the quarters in question.
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 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31992R3763 | Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 3763/92 of 21 December 1992 adjusting the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in countries outside the Community (with effect from 1 July 1990)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 3763/92
of 21 December 1992
adjusting the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in countries outside the Community (with effect from 1 July 1990)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 571/92 (2), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas in adopting Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 572/92 (3) the Council adopted the new system for the collection of statistical data;
Whereas the findings of surveys conducted in accordance with this new system before 1 July 1990 should be taken into account,
With effect from 1 July 1990, the weightings applicable to remuneration payable in the currency of the country of employment shall be adjusted as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the date on which this Regulation enters into force.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989R2463 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2463/89 of 10 August 1989 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on trousers, knitted or crocheted, products of category 28 (order No 40.0280), babies'garments, products of category 68 (order No 40.0680), and nets and netting, cordage or rope, products of category 97 (order No 40.0970), originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2463/89
of 10 August 1989
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on trousers, knitted or crocheted, products of category 28 (order No 40.0280), babies' garments, products of category 68 (order No 40.0680), and nets and netting, cordage or rope, products of category 97 (order No 40.0970), originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 to textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of its Annex I and column 7 of its Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries of territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes; whereas Article 12 of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of trousers, knitted or crocheted, products of category 28 (order No 40.0280), babies' garments, products of category 68 (order No 40.0680), and nets and netting, cordage or rope, products of category 97 (order No 40.0970), the relevant ceiling amounts respectively to 104 000 pieces, 87 tonnes and 21 tonnes;
Whereas on 1 August 1989 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Thailand, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against the ceilings;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand,
As from 14 August 1989 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // Category (units) // CN code // Description // // // // // // // // // 40.0280 // 28 (1 000 pieces) // 6103 41 10 6103 41 90 6103 42 10 6103 42 90 6103 43 10 6103 43 90 6103 49 10 6103 49 91 6104 61 10 6104 61 90 6104 62 10 6104 62 90 6104 63 10 6104 63 90 6104 69 10 6104 69 91 // Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted, of wool, of cotton
(1) OJ No L 375, 31. 12. 1988, p. 83.
// // // // // Order No // Category (units) // CN code // Description // // // // // // 40.0680 // 68 (tonnes) // 6111 10 90 6111 20 90 6111 30 90 ex 6111 90 00 ex 6209 10 00 ex 6209 20 00 ex 6209 30 00 ex 6209 90 00 // Babies' garments and clothing accessories, excluding babies' gloves, mittens and mitts of categories 10 and 87, and babies stockings, socks and sockettes, other than knitted or crocheted of category 88 // 40.0970 // 97 (tonnes) // 5608 11 11 5608 11 19 5608 11 91 5608 11 99 5608 19 11 5608 19 19 5608 19 31 5608 19 39 5608 19 91 5608 19 99 5608 90 00 // Nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope, and made up fishing nets of yarn, twine, cordage or rope // // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32011R1374 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1374/2011 of 21 December 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 22.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/48
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1374/2011
of 21 December 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission 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:
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,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R1779 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1779/2004 of 13 October 2004 prohibiting fishing for ling by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
| 15.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 316/73
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1779/2004
of 13 October 2004
prohibiting fishing for ling 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2340/2002 of 16 December 2002 fixing for 2003 and 2004 the fishing opportunities for deep-sea fish stocks (2) lays down quotas for ling for 2004.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of ling in the waters of ICES sub-area III (EC waters and waters not subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark have exhausted the quota for 2004. Denmark has prohibited fishing for this stock from 1 August 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of ling in the waters of ICES sub-area III (EC waters and waters not subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark have exhausted the quota allocated to Denmark for 2004.
Fishing for ling in the waters of ICES sub-area III (EC waters and waters not subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R1560 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1560/96 of 30 July 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2568/95 concerning the transfer to Colombia, within the tariff quota for the import of bananas into the Community, of Nicaragua's country quota for 1996 and (EC) No 356/96 concerning the transfer to Colombia, within the tariff quota for the import of bananas into the Community, of part of Venezuela's country quota for 1996
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1560/96 of 30 July 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2568/95 concerning the transfer to Colombia, within the tariff quota for the import of bananas into the Community, of Nicaragua's country quota for 1996 and (EC) No 356/96 concerning the transfer to Colombia, within the tariff quota for the import of bananas into the Community, of part of Venezuela's country quota for 1996
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95 of 1 March 1995 on additional rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff quota arrangements for imports of bananas into the Community and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (4), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 478/95 establishes the detailed rules for the application of the Framework Agreement on Bananas concluded as part of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations; whereas Article 1 of that Regulation divides the tariff quota into specific shares allocated to the countries or groups of countries referred to in Annex I of that Regulation; whereas, in the event that a country listed in Annex I, Table 1 is not able to export all or some of the quantity allocated to it, Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides for the reallocation of that quantity;
Whereas, pursuant to that provision, the tariff quota shares allocated to Colombia, Nicaragua and Venezuela have been amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2568/95 (5) and (EC) No 356/96 (6) respectively;
Whereas Nicaragua has informed the Commission that it is now able to recommence exports of bananas to the Community in the last quarter of 1996; whereas, as a result, the shares for Nicaragua and Colombia for 1996 should be reallocated; whereas, as a result, Regulation (EC) No 356/96 should also be adapted;
Whereas this Regulation must enter into force immediately to enable applications for licences in respect of the fourth quarter of 1996 to be lodged,
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2568/95 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 1
Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 478/95, the shares of the tariff quota allocated to Colombia and Nicaragua are hereby changed for 1996 as follows:
>TABLE>
In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 356/96 the percentage of 24,6 % for Colombia is hereby replaced by 21,6 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall apply from the fourth quarter of 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31995R1535 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1535/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing, for the 1995/96 marketing year, the prices, aids and percentages of aid to be retained in the olive oil sector
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1535/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing, for the 1995/96 marketing year, the prices, aids and percentages of aid to be retained in the olive oil sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), and in particular Article 4 (4), 5 (1) and 11 (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the target price for olive oil production must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 8 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
Whereas the representative market price must be fixed according to the criteria laid down in Article 7 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;
Whereas, if producers are to receive a fair income, production aid must be fixed in the light of the impact which the consumption aid has on part only of production;
Whereas, in accordance with Articles 5 (4) and 20d (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the percentages of production aid to be allocated to finance measures to improve the quality of olive oil production and to finance expenditure incurred in the work done by recognized producer organizations or associations thereof in administering and controlling olive oil production aid, should be determined;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (5) and (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, a certain percentage of the consumption aid during each olive oil marketing year is to be used, on the one hand, to finance measures by the recognized trade organizations referred to in paragraph 3 of the abovementioned Article and, on the other hand, to finance measures to promote olive oil consumption in the Community; whereas the said percentages for the 1995/96 marketing year should be fixed; whereas having regard to the financing already laid down for the promotion actions referred to in the abovementioned Article 11 (6), the percentage relating thereto is set at zero for the marketing year 1995/96,
1. For the 1995/96 marketing year, the production target price and the intervention price for olive oil shall be as follows:
(a) production target price: ECU 383,77 per 100 kilograms;
(b) intervention price: ECU 191,92 per 100 kilograms.
2. The prices fixed in paragraph 1 shall be for ordinary virgin olive oil with a free fatty-acid content, expressed as oleic acid, of 3,3 grams per 100 grams.
For the 1995/96 marketing year, the representative market price for olive oil shall be ECU 229,50 per 100 kilograms.
For the 1995/96 marketing year, the production aid shall be as follows:
(a) production aid: ECU 142,20 per 100 kilograms;
(b) production aid for growers whose average production is less than 500 kilograms of olive oil per marketing year: ECU 151,48 per 100 kilograms.
1. For the 1995/96 marketing year, 1,4 % of the production aid earmarked for olive-oil producers shall be allocated to the financing of specific measures to improve the quality of olive oil in each producer Member State.
2. For the 1995/96 marketing year, the percentage of the production aid which may be withheld pursuant to Article 20d (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC for organizations of olive-oil producers or associations thereof recognized under the said Regulation shall be 0,8 %.
1. For the 1995/96 marketing year, the percentage of consumption aid referred to in Article 11 (5) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be 5,5 %.
2. For the 1995/96 marketing year, the percentage of consumption aid to be allocated to the measures referred to in Article 11 (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be zero.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 November 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002D0989 | 2002/989/EC: Commission Decision of 18 December 2002 concerning a specific financial contribution by the Community relating to the surveillance programme of campylobacter in broilers presented by Sweden for the year 2003 (notified under document number C(2002) 5086)
| Commission Decision
of 18 December 2002
concerning a specific financial contribution by the Community relating to the surveillance programme of campylobacter in broilers presented by Sweden for the year 2003
(notified under document number C(2002) 5086)
(only the Swedish text is authentic)
(2002/989/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), as last amended by Council Decision 2001/572/EC of 23 July 2001(2) and, in particular, Article 19 and Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The protection of human health against diseases and infections directly or indirectly transmissible from animals to man (zoonoses) is of paramount importance.
(2) The Community is currently in the process of reviewing its policy on the control and prevention of zoonoses.
(3) In this framework, the Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to Public Health was requested to express an opinion on the basis of zoonoses control policies, where special attention should be paid to the assessment of risks related to zoonotic diseases causing major concern to public health.
(4) In its conclusions of the opinion of 12 April 2000, the Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to Public Health identified campylobacter as one of the most important food-borne zoonoses currently, if referring to the number of reported human cases. It recognised that a number of gaps exist in the knowledge of the epidemiology of campylobacter as a food-borne zoonosis. It indicated in particular that the efficiency of establishing strict hygiene barriers at poultry farm level should be documented, and that the efficiency of procedures to lower the prevalence of Campylobacter at farm level needs further scrutiny.
(5) The Swedish authorities presented on 31 May 2000, with a view to obtain financial support from the Community, a multi-annual national surveillance programme of campylobacter in broilers, and a revised programme on 13 October 2000, to estimate the baseline prevalence both in primary production and in the food chain, and to progressively reinforce implementation of hygienic measures in farms with a view to lower the prevalence at farm level and subsequently along the food chain. The programme started from 1 July 2001.
(6) In the light of the importance of campylobacter as a zoonosis, it is useful to provide financial assistance for an appropriate period of time within a maximum of four years, to cover certain costs incurred by Sweden and to collect valuable technical and scientific information. For budgetary reasons, Community assistance is decided each year. By Commission Decisions 2001/29/EC(3) of 27 December 2000 and 2001/866/EC(4) of 3 December 2001, the Community provided financial assistance respectively for the second semester of the year 2001 and for the year 2002.
(7) The Swedish authorities have provided the necessary information on the implementation of the programme during the years 2001 and 2002 that shows its effective implementation.
(8) The Swedish authorities presented on 31 May 2002 a programme for Community financial assistance during 2003, and a revised programme on 2 September 2002. On this basis, it appears appropriate to fix the financial assistance provided by the Community for the period 1 January 2003 up to 31 December 2003 up to a maximum of EUR 160000.
(9) Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with Community rules shall be financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund; for financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 apply.
(10) A financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are effectively carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for.
(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
1. The surveillance programme for campylobacter in broilers presented by Sweden is hereby approved for a period of 12 months starting from 1 January 2003.
2. The financial assistance from the Community for the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 50 % of the costs (VAT excluded) incurred by Sweden for laboratory testing, up to SEK 155 per test and up to a maximum of EUR 160000.
The financial assistance referred to under Article 1(2) shall be granted to Sweden subject to:
(a) bringing into force by 1 January 2003 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme,
(b) forwarding an intermediate financial and technical evaluation covering the first five months of the programme, at the latest four weeks after the end of the reporting period. The report shall conform to the model as set out in the Annex,
(c) forwarding a final report by 31 March 2004 at the latest on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred and the results attained during the period from 1 January to 31 December 2003,
(d) these reports providing substantive and valuable technical and scientific information corresponding to the purpose of the Community intervention,
(e) implementing the programme effectively,
and provided that the relevant provisions of Community legislation have been respected.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2003.
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32003R1512 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1512/2003 of 27 August 2003 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 4000 tonnes of barley held by the Luxembourg intervention agency
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1512/2003
of 27 August 2003
opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 4000 tonnes of barley held by the Luxembourg intervention agency
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular Article 5(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 of 28 July 1993 laying down the procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2003(4), provides in particular that cereals held by intervention agencies is to be sold by tendering procedure at prices preventing market disturbance.
(2) Luxembourg still has intervention stocks of barley.
(3) Because of the difficult weather conditions in much of the Community, cereals production has been significantly reduced in the 2003/2004 marketing year. This situation has resulted in high prices locally, causing particular difficulties for livestock holdings and the feedingstuffs industry, which are finding it hard to obtain supplies at competitive prices.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to make stocks of barley held by the Luxembourg intervention agency available on the internal market, which had earlier been destined for export under Regulation (EC) No 1735/98(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1241/2000(6), and to repeal that Regulation.
(5) To take account of the situation on the Community market, provision should be made for the Commission to manage this invitation to tender; in addition, provision must be made for an award coefficient for tenders offering the minimum selling price.
(6) When the Luxembourg intervention agency notifies the Commission, the tenderers should remain anonymous.
(7) With a view to modernising management, the information required by the Commission should be sent by electronic mail.
(8) The Management Committee for Cereals has not issued an opinion by the time limit laid down by its Chairman,
1. The Luxembourg intervention agency shall open a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of 4000 tonnes of barley held by it.
2. The regions in which the barley is stored are listed in Annex I hereto.
The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.
However, notwithstanding the above Regulation:
(a) tenders shall be drawn up on the basis of the actual quality of the lot to which they apply;
(b) the minimum selling price shall be set at a level which does not disturb the cereals market.
Notwithstanding Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 the tender security shall be set at EUR 10 per tonne.
1. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the first partial tendering procedure shall be 18 September 2003 at 09.00 (Brussels time).
2. The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial tendering procedures shall be each Thursday at 09.00 (Brussels time).
3. The closing date for the submission of tenders for the last partial tendering procedure shall be 18 December 2003 at 09.00 (Brussels time).
Tenders must be lodged with the Luxembourg intervention agency: Service d'ĂŠconomie rurale, office du blĂŠ 113-115, rue de Hollerich L - 1741 Luxembourg Telex 2537 AGRIM L Fax (352) 45 01 78.
The Luxembourg intervention agency shall send the Commission the proposals received, no later than two hours after the expiry of the time limit for submitting tenders. They must be sent in accordance with the model and to the electronic address contained in Annex II hereto.
The Commission shall set the minimum selling 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 made at the minimum selling price, the Commission may fix an award coefficient for the quantities offered at the same time as it fixes the minimum selling price.
The Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1766/92.
Regulation (EC) No 1735/98 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32009R0021 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 21/2009 of 14 January 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 15.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 10/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 21/2009
of 14 January 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 15 January 2009.
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31990R1193 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1193/90 of 7 May 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the Common Organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1193/90
of 7 May 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas provision should be made for a simpler procedure for drawing up the list of products which are to be the subject of common quality standards;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) N° 1035/72 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1119/89 (5), lays down provisions regarding producers' organizations;
Whereas, with a view to making up for the shortcomings of the market for citrus fruit observed in certain regions of production in the Community, further conditions on the recognition of citrus producers' organizations should be laid down; whereas those conditions are likely to ensure that
such organizations contribute, in particular by improving
their efficiency, towards re-establishing balance between production and demand on the market; whereas, to
that end, those conditions must include in particular
total concentration of supply and adequate regulation of production and of placing on the market and the necessary provisions to ensure that such organizations provide proof
of sufficient economic activity; whereas, with a view to
that objective, such organizations must be required to incorporate in their rules of association precise clauses guaranteeing producers control of decisions and the operation of the organization and clauses penalizing infringements of the rules laid down; whereas recognized producers' organizations should be given a period to adapt to the new provisions; whereas it should therefore be specified that the Member States should verify compliance of the producers' organizations with the overall provisions applicable to them;
Whereas experience has shown that citrus fruit withdrawn from the market is normally not disposed of in accordance with the facilities provided for in Article 21 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72; whereas the citrus fruit harvest is staggered over the marketing year; whereas provision should be made for a structure to enable producers' organizations to plan, rationalize and check withdrawal operations where the production and market situations so require and to improve the conditions under which recourse is had to the possibilities of free disposal;
Whereas Article 15a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that preventive withdrawals of apples and pears may be authorized under certain conditions; whereas paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Article provide that those arrangements are to apply until 30 June 1990; whereas the Commission will forward to the Council before that date a report on the way those arrangements function; whereas such a report has been drawn up; whereas it shows that the arrangements have beneficial effects on the marketing years for the products concerned; whereas those arrangements should therefore be made permanent;
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 16 (4), 18 (1) and 19 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the prices at which products are bought in under Articles 19 and 19a and the financial compensation paid under Article 18 of that Regulation are to be calculated on the basis of the buying-in price multiplied by conversion factors;
Whereas producers must be encouraged to deliver their surplus products for processing;
Whereas the differences in upgrading of the product as a result of the application of the conversion factors were established for the needs of the market for products consumed fresh and are not relevant for processing;
Whereas there should no longer be varying withdrawal prices for lemons according to size or form of packaging and provision should be made for the withdrawal price of such products to be that of products of mixed sizings, in bulk in a means of transport;
Whereas withdrawals of citrus fruit in certain regions and in particular of mandarins and lemons have already attained a very high percentage of the marketable production of the members of certain producers' organizations; whereas the withdrawal system is only an exceptional instrument for monitoring the market and does not in itself constitute a method of disposal; whereas the financial compensation paid in respect of such withdrawals should be limited where it appears that a producers' organization has not fulfilled its basic objective of marketing the production of its members; whereas such a measure should be applied progressively in order to permit producers' organizations experiencing operating problems to adapt to it;
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) N° 1035/72 provides that certain classes of blood oranges, withdrawn from the market under Articles 15b and 18 thereof or bought in in accordance with Articles 19 and 19a thereof, may be disposed of to the processing industry under certain conditions; whereas that possibility has not been made use of since the 1979/80 marketing year; whereas the provisions of Regulation (EEC) N° 2601/69 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1123/89 (2), are better suited to encouraging the processing of such blood oranges; whereas the former provision should be amended;
Whereas, in order to improve the conditions under which recourse is had to possibilities of free disposal provided for in Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) N° 1035/72, on the one hand provision should be made for the possibility of the Community's defraying the costs of sorting and packaging the products in question and on the other hand
the Member States should be encouraged to organize contacts between producers' organizations and establishments or charitable organizations; whereas in view of the characteristics of the harvest and of marketing and of the level of withdrawals of apples and citrus fruit, those provisions should apply only to those products,
Title I of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The first subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Title I of Regulation (EEC) N° 1035/72 is replaced by the following:
'The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide to which products quality standards shall be applied.`
Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following Articles are inserted:
'Article 13a
1. Notwithstanding Article 13, producers` organizations whose main economic activity relates to the production and marketing of citrus fruit, hereinafter referred to as "citrus fruit producers' organizations'', must meet the following conditions:
(a) they must provide evidence that they have a minimum quantity of marketable production and have as members a minimum number of producers;
(b) their articles of association must include provisions:
- requiring producers to have their whole citrus fruit production placed on the market by the producers' organizations,
- ensuring producers control of the producers' organization and of its decisions,
- penalizing any infringement by member producers of the rules laid down by the producers' organizations,
- requiring members to pay contributions in particular for the establishment and maintenance of the intervention fund referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 15 (1),
- concerning the admission of new members;
(c) they must lay down rules on recording production, rules on production and rules on marketing;
(d) they must keep specific accounts for their activities involving citrus fruit.
2. Citrus fruit producers' organizations recognized
by the Member States at 1 June 1990 must meet the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 by 1 June 1993 at the latest.'
'Article 13b
1. Member States shall check compliance by citrus fruit producers` organizations with the obligations laid down in Articles 13 and 13a and shall withdraw recognition where these are not complied with.
2. By means of checks on documents and on-the-spot checks, the Commission may ensure that the provisions of Articles 13 and 13a are complied with.
3. Detailed rules for the application of Articles 13 and 13a shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33.'
2. The following paragraphs shall be added to Article 15:
'4. Citrus fruit withdrawal centres may be set up at the instigation of and managed by one or more citrus fruit producers` organizations with a view to:
- centralizing, rationalizing and checking technical and administrative operations connected with withdrawals,
- facilitating and planning the disposal of withdrawn products for the purposes laid down in Article 21.
The competent national authorities shall be notified forthwith of the establishment of withdrawal centres. The Member State concerned shall forward to the Commission before the beginning of each marketing year a list of withdrawal centres and relevant information on the way they operate.
5. The Commission shall adopt, as and when required, detailed rules for the application of this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33.'
3. Article 15a (3) and (4) are deleted.
Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following subparagraph is inserted after the third subparagraph of Article 16 (4):
'As regards lemons:
- the factor defined for "mixed sizings" shall be applied whatever the size,
- the factor defined for products "in bulk in a means of transport'' shall be applied whatever the form of packaging.'
2. The following paragraph is inserted in Article 18:
'3a. In the case of citrus fruit, the financial compensation shall be paid to each producers` organization in respect only of withdrawn quantities not exceeding the following percentages of marketed production, including withdrawals:
- 70 % for the 1990/91 marketing year,
- 65 % for the 1991/92 marketing year,
- 60 % for the 1992/93 marketing year,
- 50 % for the 1993/94 marketing year,
- 40 % from the 1994/95 marketing year.'
3. The following Article is inserted:
'Article 19c
1. Producers producing citrus fruit on Community territory shall declare the quantities of citrus fruit harvested on their holdings for each marketing year.
2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33.`
4. In Article 21 (1), point (c) of the first and second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'(c) in addition, for all products referred to in this paragraph, it may be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 to dispose of certain categories of such products to the processing industry on condition that there is no resulting distortion of competition for the industries concerned within the Community;`.
5. The following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph of Article 21 (3):
'Member States shall organize contacts between producers` organizations and establishments or charitable organizations which may be interested
in using citrus fruit and apples withdrawn from the
market within those States' territory with a view to
one of the forms of free distribution referred to in paragraph 1 (a)'.
6. The following paragraph 3a is inserted in Article 21:
'3a. The Commission shall defray, under conditions to be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) N° 729/70, the costs of sorting and packaging connected with the free distribution of apples and citrus fruit where the latter is staggered under contractual agreements concluded between producers` organizations and establishments or charitable organizations as referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32002R1670 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1670/2002 of 19 September 2002 on the issue of import licences for rice with cumulative ACP/OCT origin against applications submitted in the first five working days of September 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1670/2002
of 19 September 2002
on the issue of import licences for rice with cumulative ACP/OCT origin against applications submitted in the first five working days of September 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
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),
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (Overseas Association Decision)(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules of application for the import of rice from the ACP States and for the import of rice from the overseas countries and territories (OCT)(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 174/2002(4), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days of the final date for notification by the Member States the extent to which applications can be granted and must fix the available quantities for the following tranche and, where appropriate, the additional tranche for October.
(2) The quantities for which applications have been submitted show that licences for the September 2002 tranche exceed the quantities available for that tranche. This shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by reduction percentages,
1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first five working days of September 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.
2. The available quantities under the additional tranche for October are set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September 2002.
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32008R0343 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2008 of 17 April 2008 fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
| 18.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 108/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 343/2008
of 17 April 2008
fixing the export refunds on beef and veal
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), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 33(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 33(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the market in beef and veal, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and criteria provided for in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.
(3) The second subparagraph of Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund according to destination.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that bear the health mark as provided for in Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (2). Those products should also comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (3), and of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (4).
(5) Pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 of 20 July 1982 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals (5), the special refund is to be reduced if the quantity of boned meat to be exported amounts to less than 95 %, but not less than 85 %, of the total weight of cuts produced by boning.
(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 36/2008 (6) should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. Export refunds as provided for in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 shall be granted on the products and for the amount set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the conditions provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
2. The products eligible for a refund under paragraph 1 must meet the relevant requirements of Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 and 853/2004, notably preparation in an approved establishment and compliance with the health marking requirements laid down in Annex I, Section I, Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
In the case referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82 the rate of the refund on products falling within product code 0201 30 00 9100 shall be reduced by 7 EUR/100 kg.
Regulation (EC) No 36/2008 is repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 April 2008.
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31994R2978 | Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 of 21 November 1994 on the implementation of IMO Resolution A.747(18) on the application of tonnage measurement of ballast spaces in segregated ballast oil tankers
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2978/94 of 21 November 1994 on the implementation of IMO Resolution A.747(18) on the application of tonnage measurement of ballast spaces in segregated ballast oil tankers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 84 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Hving regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189c of the Treaty (3),
Whereas operational and accidental pollution by sea-going oil tankers is still occurring and the transport of oil by tankers of conventional oil tank design poses a continuous threat to the marine environment;
Whereas internationally agreed rules for the design and operation of environmentally-friendly oil tankers were established under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO);
Whereas the operation of environmentally-friendly oil tankers benefits both coastal States and the industry;
Whereas international conventions contain requirements for the certification of oil tankers; whereas the method of measuring the tonnage of segregated ballast tanks in oil tankers has been developed further by the IMO;
Whereas all but one of the Member States have ratified and implemented the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 and the Protocol of 1978 related thereto (Marpol 73/78); whereas all Member States have ratified and implemented the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969;
Whereas Resolution A.722(17) adopted by the Assembly of IMO on 6 November 1991 and its successor, Resolution A.747(18) on the application of tonnage measurement of segregated ballast tanks in oil tankers, adopted by the Assembly of IMO on 4 November 1993, express a general desire to encourage the design of environmentally-friendly tankers and the use of segregated ballast tanks in oil tankers;
Whereas in Resolution A.747(18) the IMO Assembly (i) invited Governments to advise the port and harbour authorities to apply its recommendation of deducting the tonnage of the segregated ballast tanks when assessing fees based on the gross tonnage for all tankers with segregated ballast capacity in accordance with Regulation 13 of Annex I of Marpol 73/78 and (ii) invited Governments also to advise pilotage authorities to take action in accordance with the recommendation;
Whereas the Council recognized the need for intensified action, as appropriate, at Community or national level to ensure an adequate response to the requirements of maritime safety and the prevention of marine pollution; whereas it is desirable to promote the use of double hull oil tankers or oil tankers of an alternative design fulfilling the requirements of Regulation 13F of Annex I of Marpol 73/78 as amended on 6 March 1992, as well as segregated ballast oil tankers;
Whereas double hull oil tankers and oil tankers of an alternative design should be treated for the purpose of this Regulation as if their segregated ballast tanks complied with Regulation 13 of Annex I of Marpol 73/78;
Whereas it is inappropriate to penalize shipowners and operators for using oil tankers which are environmentally-friendly in design and operation;
Whereas, in particular, the charging of dues on the tonnage of segregated ballast tanks of oil tankers, where those tanks are not used for the carriage of cargo, constitutes a financial disadvantage for those who have taken an important step towards a cleaner environment;
Whereas, for economic reasons, individual harbour authorities are reluctant to be placed at a disadvantage by being the only ones to implement the IMO Resolution;
Whereas IMO Resolutions A.722(17) and A.747(18) have been agreed, but not implemented by all Member States;
Whereas for the purpose of protecting the marine environment from pollution by oil tankers of a conventional design, there should be unified implementaion in the Community of internationally agreed rules concerning the charging of levies on oil tankers by port and harbour authorities and pilotage authorities;
Whereas, in order to avoid distortion of competition within the Community and to reach efficient and cost-effective solutions, concerted action for unified implementation of the internationally agreed rules, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, can best be established by means of a Regulation;
Whereas the flag State or other bodies issuing the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate and the International Tonnage Certificate (1969), as well as the shipowners and persons who charge levies on oil tankers must work togehter in implementing IMO Resolution A.747(18) in order to enhance protection of the marine environment;
Whereas systems have already been established in some Member States for reducing levies on environmentally-friendly vessels on a basis other than IMO Resolution A.747(18); whereas in accordance with the spirit of that Resolution, an alternative scheme for tonnage-based fees should be provided for consisting in a percentage differential from the normal tariff, so that the average difference will be at least the same as that which is envisaged by the Resolution; whereas it should furthermore be ensured that segregated ballast oil tankers are always given no less favourable treatment even where fees are not caculated on the basis of tonnage,
Port and harbour authorities and pilotage authorities within the Community shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation:
(a) implement within the Community IMO Resolution A.747(18) on the application of tonnage measurements of segregated ballast tanks in oil tankers, adopted by the Assembly of the Intenational Maritime Organization (IMO) on 4 November 1993, whose Annex is contained in Annex I to this Regulation, in order to encourage the use of oil tankers with segregated ballast tanks, including double hull oil tankers and oil tankers of an alternative design; or
(b) apply reduction schemes for levies charged on segregated ballast oil tankers different from, but in the spirit of, IMO Resolution A.747(18).
This Regulation shall apply to oil tankers which:
- can carry segregated ballast in specially appointed tanks,
- are designed, built adapted, equipped and operated as segregated ballast oil tankers including double hull oil tankers and oil tankers of an alternative design,
- meet the requirements of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969, and
- hold the International Tonnage Certificate, (1969).
1. For the purpose of this Regulation:
(a) 'oil tanker' means a ship which complies with the definition of an oil tanker in Regulation 1 (4) of Annex I to Marpol 73/78;
(b) 'segregated ballast' means the ballast which complies with the definition of segregated ballast in Regulation 1 (17) in Annex I to Marpol 73/78;
(c) 'segregated ballast tank' means a tank exclusively used for the carriage of segregated ballast;
(d) 'segreagated ballast oil tanker' means an oil tanker provided with segregated ballast tanks and certified by the government of the flag State or by other bodies entitled to do so on its behalf as an oil tanker provided with segregated ballast tanks. This compliance must be clearly stated by such authority in the relevant paragraph of the supplement to the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate;
(e) 'double hull oil tanker' means a segregated ballast oil tanker built in accordance with the requirements laid down in Regulation 13F (3) of Annex I to Marpol 73/78;
(f) 'oil tanker of an alternative design' means a segregated ballast oil tanker built in accordance with the requirements laid down in Regulation 13 F (4) and (5) of Annex I to Marpol 73/78;
(g) 'Marpol 73/78' means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto together with the amendments thereto in force at the date of adoption of this Regulation;
(h) 'port and harbour authority' is a public or private person which charges fees to ships for providing facilities and services to shipping;
(i) 'pilotage authority' is a public or private person entitled to render pilotage services to shipping;
(j) 'gross tonnage' means the measure of the overall size of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969;
(k) 'reduced gross tonnage' is the gross tonnage of an oil tanker arrived at when the gross tonnage of the segregated ballast tanks, as determined in accordance with the formula given in paragraph 4 of Annex I to this Regulation is deducted from the entire gross tonnage of the vessel.
2. Annex II contains the defintions given by Marpol 73/78 to the terms in paragraph 1 (a), (b), (e) and (f).
When issuing the International Tonnage Certificate (1969) for a segregated ballast oil tanker, which has been measured in accordance with the rules of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, the competent body shall insert, for the purpose of this Regulation, under the heading 'Remarks' a statement conforming to paragraph 3 of Annex I to this Regulation and specifying:
(i) the tonnage of the segregated ballast tanks of the ship; this tonnage shall be calculated in accordance with the method and the procedure set out in paragraph 4 of Annex I to this Regulation; and
(ii) the reduced gross tonnage of the vessel.
1. When assessing fees for oil tankers fully or partly based on the figure of gross tonnage (GT) of the vessel, port and harbour authorities and pilotage authorities shall exclude the tonnage of the segregated ballast tanks of an oil tanker, so as to base their calculations on the reduced gross tonnage indicated under the heading 'Remarks' of the International Tonnage Certificate (1969) of the vessel.
2. Alternatively, port and harbour authorities and pilotage authorities shall ensure that the fee for an oil tanker falling within the scope of this Regulation as provided for in Article 2 is at least 17 % lower than the fee for a tanker without segregated ballast tanks of the same gross tonnage.
Port and harbour authorities and pilotage authorities already applying, on 13 June 1994, a flat rate system as provided for in the first subparagraph, but based on a lower percentage, shall apply the figure of 17 % as a minimum not later than 1 January 1997.
3. Where the fees are assessed other than on the basis of gross tonnage, port and harbour authorities as well as pilotage authorities shall ensure that segregated ballast oil tankers receive treatment no less favourable than when fees are calculated in accordance with paragraphs 1 or 2.
4. Port and harbour authorities and pilotage authorities shall apply, for all segregated ballast oil tankers, only one of the systems mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.
Annex I to this Regulation may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 in order to take into account amendments to Resolution A.747(18) of the IMO and to relevant international Conventions which have entered into force.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. This committee shall be called by the Commission whenever it is necessary for the application of this Regulation.
2. The committee shall draw up its rules of procedure.
3. The following procedure shall apply to matters covered by Article 6:
(a) The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
(b) The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the committee.
(c) If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measure to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority. If, within three months from the date of referral to it, the Council has not acted, the proposed measure shall be adopted by the Commission.
1. Member States shall, in due time, but before 31 December 1995, adopt such laws, regulations or adminstrative provisions as may be necessary for the implementation of this Regulation.
Such measures shall cover, inter alia, the organization, procedure and means of control.
2. The Member States shall send to the Commission annually all available information concerning the application of this Regulation, including breaches committed by their port and harbour authorities and pilotage authorities.
3. When Member States adopt measures as referred to in paragraph 1, they shall contain a reference to this Regulation or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
4. The Member States shall immediately communicate to the Commission all provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by this Regulation. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
1. The Commission shall review the implementation of this Regulation annually after receiving reports from Member States as prescribed in Article 8.
2. The Commission shall present an evaluation report on the operation of the system as provided for in Article 5 (2) to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 December 1998.
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32013R1043 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1043/2013 of 24 October 2013 establishing a prohibition of fishing for ling in EU and international waters of V by vessels flying the flag of France
| 26.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 284/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1043/2013
of 24 October 2013
establishing a prohibition of fishing for ling in EU and international waters of V by vessels flying the flag of France
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 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 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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32001R0937 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 937/2001 of 11 May 2001 concerning the authorisation of new additive uses, new additive preparation, the prolongation of provisional authorisations and the 10 year authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 937/2001
of 11 May 2001
concerning the authorisation of new additive uses, new additive preparation, the prolongation of provisional authorisations and the 10 year authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2697/2000(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 70/524/EEC provides that new additives and new uses of additives may be authorised following the review of an application made in accordance with Article 4 of the Directive.
(2) Article 9e(1) of the Directive provides that provisional authorisation of a new additive or new use of an additive may be given if the conditions of Article 3a(b) to (e) are satisfied and if it is reasonable to assume, in view of the available results, that when used in animal nutrition it has one of the effects referred to in Article 2(a). Such provisional authorisation may be given for a period up to four years in the case of additives referred to in Part II of Annex C to the Directive.
(3) The assessment of the dossiers submitted in respect of the new uses of the enzyme and micro-organism preparations described in Annexes I and II shows that they satisfy the abovementioned conditions and may therefore be authorised on a provisional basis for a four-year period.
(4) New data were submitted to extend the authorisation of an enzyme preparation provisionally listed under No 11 to a new physical form. The assessment of the dossier submitted shows that the new physical form may be provisionally authorised.
(5) On 1 October 2000, the authorisation of the micro-organism preparation No 1 Bacillus cereus var. toyoi (NCIMB 40 112) was provisionally renewed for a limited period, in order to provide sufficient time for the safety reassessment of the strain with regard to production of toxins, as requested in the opinion of the Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition (SCAN) on the safety of use of bacillus species in animal nutrition adopted on 17 February 2000.
(6) According to the SCAN opinion on Bacillus cereus var. toyoi (NCIMB 40 112) adopted on 21 March 2001, the assessment of the dossiers submitted shows that the product may be considered safe as regard toxin production. The provisional authorisation of the product may therefore be resumed.
(7) Article 2(aaa) of Directive 70/524/EEC requires authorisations for coccidiostats to be linked to the person responsible for putting them into circulation.
(8) Article 9b of Directive 70/524/EEC provides that the authorisations of such substances shall be given for a period of 10 years from the date on which final authorisation takes effect, if all conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC are met.
(9) The assessment of the dossier submitted shows that the coccidiostat described in Annex IV satisfies all the requirements of Article 3a, when used in the animal category and under the conditions described in the said Annex.
(10) The assessment of the dossier shows that certain procedures may be required to protect workers from exposure to the additives. Such protection should however be assured by the application of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work(3).
(11) The Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition has delivered a favourable opinion with regard to the safety of the enzyme and micro-organism preparations and of the coccidiostat, and with regard to the favourable effect on animal production of the latter, under the conditions described in the said Annex.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,
The preparations belonging to the group "Enzymes" listed in Annex I to the present Regulation are authorised for use as additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in the Annex.
The preparations belonging to the group "Micro-organism" listed in Annex II to the present Regulation are authorised for use as additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in the Annex.
The provisional authorisations of the preparation belonging to the group "Micro-organisms" listed in Annex III are resumed under the conditions laid down in the Annex.
The additive belonging to the "Coccidiostats and other medicinal substances" listed in Annex IV to the present Regulation is authorised for use as additive in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 June 2001.
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32004R1283 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1283/2004 of 13 July 2004 prohibiting fishing for yellowtail flounder by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
| 14.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 242/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1283/2004
of 13 July 2004
prohibiting fishing for yellowtail flounder by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required lays down quotas for yellowtail flounder for 2004 (2).
(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 yellowtail flounder in the waters of NAFO zone 3LNO by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. The Community has prohibited fishing for this stock from 30 March 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of yellowtail flounder in the waters of NAFO zone 3LNO by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Community for 2004.
Fishing for yellowtail flounder in the waters of NAFO zone 3LNO by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transshipment 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 that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 30 March 2004.
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31987R3694 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3694/87 of 10 December 1987 fixing, for 1988, the quota for imports into Spain of meat of domestic rabbits from third countries and certain detailed rules for the application thereof and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 176/87
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3694/87
of 10 December 1987
fixing, for 1988, the quota for imports into Spain of meat of domestic rabbits from third countries and certain detailed rules for the application thereof and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 176/87
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 491/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down detailed rules concerning quantitative restrictions on imports into Spain of certain agricultural products from third countries (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas the 1987 quota for imports into Spain of meat of domestic rabbits from third countries is set out in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 176/87 (2); whereas this quota should be increased for 1988 by the minimum rate of increase of 10 % laid down in Article 3 of the said Regulation;
Whereas to ensure proper management of the quota, applications for import authorizations should be subject to the lodging of a security to cover, as a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (3), the effective importation of the goods; whereas provision should also be made for the quotas to be staggered over the year;
Whereas provision should be made for Spain to communicate information to the Commission on the application of the quota;
Whereas this Regulation replaces certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 176/87 whereas for the sake of clarity the said Regulation should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Eggs and Poultrymeat,
The quota for 1988 that the Kingdom of Spain may apply, pursuant to Article 77 of the Act of Accession, to imports of meat and edible offals of rabbit meat falling within subheading 0208 10 10 of the Combined Nomenclature from third countries shall be 484 tonnes.
1. The Spanish authorities shall issue import authorizations so as to ensure a fair allocation of the available quantity between the applicants.
The quota shall be staggered over the year as follows:
- 50 % during the period from 1 January to 30 June 1988,
- 50 % during the period from 1 July to 31 December 1988.
2. Applications for import authorizations shall be subject to the lodging of a security. The primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 covered by the security shall consist in the effective importation of the goods.
The minimum rate of progressive increase in the quota shall be 10 % applicable at the beginning of each year.
The increase shall be added to each quota and the next increase calculated on the basis of the figure thus obtained.
1. The Spanish authorities shall inform the Commission of the measures which they adopt for the implementation of Article 2 above.
2. They shall transmit, not later than the 15th of each month, the following information concerning the import authorizations issued in the preceding months:
- the quantities covered by the import authorizations issued, by country of provenance,
- the quantities imported, by country of provenance.
Regulation (EEC) No 176/87 is hereby repealed.
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 January 1988.
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31993R3401 | COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3401/93 of 7 December 1993 amending, with respect to sprats and cod, Regulation (EEC) No 3919/92 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1993 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3401/93 of 7 December 1993 amending, with respect to sprats and cod, Regulation (EEC) No 3919/92 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1993 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas under the terms of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 it is incumbent upon the Council to determine the total allowable catches (TACs) by fishery or group of fisheries; whereas fishing opportunities should be distributed to Member States in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 8 (4) (ii);
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3919/92 (2) fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the TACs for 1993 and certain conditions under which they may be fished;
Whereas the International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission has recommended an increase of the part of the sprat TAC allocated to the Community for 1993;
Whereas, by virtue of the application of the recommendations agreed during the 18th session of the Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission, the Community has obtained an additional quota of cod in the Baltic Sea for 1993;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3919/92 should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding items of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3919/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31997R0910 | Council Regulation (EC) No 910/97 of 14 May 1997 on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period from 3 May 1996 to 2 May 1999, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off the coast of Angola
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 910/97 of 14 May 1997 on the conclusion of the Protocol defining, for the period from 3 May 1996 to 2 May 1999, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off the coast of Angola
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, in conjunction with Article 228 (2) and (3) first subparagraph thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, in accordance with the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola (3), the Contracting Parties held negotiations with a view to determining amendments to be made to that Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol attached to the said Agreement;
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol defining for the period from 3 May 1996 to 2 May 1999 the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the abovementioned Agreement was initialled on 2 May 1996; whereas, pending the procedures necessary for its conclusion, this Protocol has been provisionally applied by an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters approved by Decision 96/569/EC (4);
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve this Protocol;
Whereas the allocation of fishing possibilities among the Member States should be determined on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing possibilities under the fisheries agreement,
The Protocol defining, for the period from 3 May 1996 to 2 May 1999, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (5).
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
- Shrimp vessels: 6 550, per month, as an annual average, Spain,
- Demersal trawlers: 2 000, per month, as an annual average, Spain,
- Bottom longliners: 1 750, per month, as an annual average, Portugal,
- Freezer tuna seiners: nine vessels France,
- Surface longliners: two vessels Portugal, 10 vessels Spain.
If licence applications from these Member States do no exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol the Commission may entertain licence applications from any other Member State.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31987R4151 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4151/87 of 22 December 1987 amending certain Regulations concerning customs procedures with economic impact consequent on the entry into force of the combined nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) N° 4151/87 of 22 December 1987 amending certain Regulations concerning customs procedures with economic impact consequent on the entry into force 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) as amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3985/87(2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas by the abovementioned Regulation the Council has adopted, with effect from 1 January 1988, a combi- ned nomenclature of goods replacing the existing nomenclature; whereas it is therefore necessary to adapt the classification of goods indicated in the following Regulations concerning customs procedures with economic impact:
-Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3677/86 of 24 N°vember 1986 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) N° 1999/85 on inward processing relief arrangements(3),
-Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 2458/87 of 31 July 1987 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2473/86 on outward processing relief arrangements and the standard exchange system(4),
-Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2763/83 of 26 September 1983 on arrangements permitting goods to be processed under customs control before being put into free circulation(5),
-Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 2656/87 of 1 September 1987 concerning the application of Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) N° 1999/85 on inward processing relief arrangements(6),
-Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 2657/87 of 1 September 1987 derogating from the prohibition on the use of equivalent compensation for durum wheat(7).
Regulation (EEC) N° 3677/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1.In Article 29 (2) the words 'subheading 17.01 B of the Common Customs Tariff' are replaced by 'subheadings 1701 11 or 1701 12 of the combined nomenclature'.
2.Article 53 is replaced by the following:
'Article 53 1. Where the import goods are olive oils falling within headings 1509 and 1510 of the combined nomenclature and their release for free circulation either in the unaltered state or in the form of compensating products falling within subheadings 1509 90 00 or 1510 00 90 of the combined nomenclature has been authorized, the agricultural levy to be charged shall be:
-the agricultural levy indicated on the import licence issued under the tendering procedure, subject to the provisions of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 3136/78,
or -the last minimum agricultural levy fixed by the Commission before the date of acceptance of the entry for free circulation, when the licence referred to in Article 6 of the said Regulation is submitted or when the quantity released for free circulation does not exceed 100 kilograms.
2. Paragraph 1 shall also apply where the import goods are olives falling within subheadings 0709 90 39 or 0711 20 90 of the combined nomenclature and the release for free circulation of compensating products falling within tariff subheading 1509 90 00 or 1510 00 90 of the combined nomenclature has been authorized.' 3.In Annex III, the title of the first column is replaced by 'combined nomenclature Chapter' and the figure '73' by '72'.
4.Annex IV is amended as follows:
(a)The first paragraph of the section relating to rice is replaced by the following:
'Rice Rice falling within subheading 1006 10 (excluding subheading 1006 10 10), 1006 20 or 1006 30 of the combined nomenclature shall not be deemed equivalent to imported rice falling within the same combined nomenclature subheading unless it is in the same category as the imported rice and has a length/width ratio falling within the same subdivision.' (b)In the section relating to ash and residues of copper and copper alloys, the title is replaced by the following:
'Ash and residues of copper and copper alloys falling within heading ex 2620 and waste and scrap of copper and copper alloys falling within subheading 7404 00 of the combined nomenclature.' (c)The first paragraph of the section relating to wheat is replaced by the following:
'Wheat Equivalent compensation may not be used between common wheat falling within subheading 1001 90 99 of the combined nomenclature and harvested in the Community, all durum wheat falling within subheading 1001 10 90 of the combined nomenclature and harvested in the Community, and imported wheat falling within the same subheadings of the combined nomenclature and harvested in a third country.' 5.Annex V is replaced by the text appearing in Annex I to this Regulation.
6.Annex VII is replaced by the text appearing in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 2458/87 is hereby replaced by the following:
'2. Paragraph 1 shall not affect decisions allowing ashes and residues of copper and copper alloys of heading N° 26 20 of the combined nomenclature and waste of copper and copper alloys falling within subheading 7404 00 of the combined nomenclature, not to be charged against export quotas.'
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) N° 2763/83 is hereby replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) N° 2656/87 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 1 In respect of the application of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) N° 1999/85, the economic conditions shall be considered as being fulfilled, as regards durum wheat falling within subheading 1001 10 90 of the combined nomenclature where the inward processing arrangements concern processing into pasta products falling within subheading 1902 11 00 or 1902 19 of the combined nomenclature to be exported to the United States of America for home use there.'
'Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) N° 2657/87 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 1 N°twithstanding the prohibition contained in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) N° 3677/86, equivalent compensation may be used between durum wheat falling within subheading 1001 10 90 of the combined nomenclature which meets the requirements of Article 9 of the Treaty and imported wheat falling within the same subheading of the combined nomenclature, provided it is used to produce pasta products falling within subheadings 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 of the combined nomenclature and the said products are exported to the United States of America and cleared for home use there.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1988.
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32001R1625 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1625/2001 of 9 August 2001 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the third partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1625/2001
of 9 August 2001
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the third partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 of 13 July 2001 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(2) requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the third partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the third partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at 41,453 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 August 2001.
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31988R3813 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3813/88 of 7 December 1988 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties applicable to nuts of iron or steel falling within CN codes 7318 16 30, 7318 16 91 and 7318 16 99 originating in Singapore to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3813/88
of 7 December 1988
re-establishing the levying of the customs duties applicable to nuts of iron or steel falling within CN codes 7318 16 30, 7318 16 91 and 7318 16 99 originating in Singapore to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 of 17 November 1987 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1988 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87, duties on certain products originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 15;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 15 where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, threatens to cause, economic difficulties in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may be re-established, once the Commission has has an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered shall be, as a general rule, equal to 5 % of the total importations into the Community, originating from third countries in 1986;
Whereas, in the case of nuts of iron or steel falling within CN codes 7318 16 30, 7318 16 91 and 7318 16 99 the reference base is fixed at ECU 3 425 000; whereas, on 28 November 1988 imports of these products into the Community originating in Singapore reached the reference base in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas the exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community; whereas, therefore, customs duties in respect of the products in question must be re-established against Singapore,
As from 11 December 1988, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Singapore:
1.2 // // // CN code // Description // // // 7318 16 30 7318 16 91 7318 16 99 // Nuts, of iron or steel // //
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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31986L0267 | Commission Directive 86/267/EEC of 20 May 1986 amending Directive 72/169/EEC determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for inspecting vine varieties
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 20 May 1986
amending Directive 72/169/EEC determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for inspecting vine varieties
(86/267/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 5d (2) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Directive 68/193/EEC, Member States are obliged to compile a catalogue of the varieties accepted for certification and inspection on their territory of standard propagating material;
Whereas the acceptance of varieties is subject to Community conditions which must be enforced by means of official inspections and in particular by crop inspections;
Whereas the inspections must cover a sufficient number of characteristics to enable the varieties to be described;
Whereas those characteristics were fixed by Commission Directive 72/169/EEC (3);
Whereas Annex I to that Directive contains a list of vine varieties to be used as control varieties for establishing phenological dates;
Whereas it is now necessary to specify control varieties for Greece and Spain;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Annex I (B) (1) to Directive 72/169/EEC is hereby amended by the insertion of the following after item 1.1.1:
1.2.3 // '1.1.1a. // as regards Greece: // // // 1.1.1a.1. white grape varieties // - Savatiano, Zoumiatiko, Vilana, Assyrtiko, Chardonnay // // 1.1.1a.2. black grape varieties // - Mandilaria, Xynomavro, Cabernet Sauvignon, Korinthiaki // // 1.1.1a.3. table grape varieties // - Razaki, Cardinal, Italia, Soultanina, Perlette // 1.1.1b. // as regards Spain: // // // 1.1.1b.1. white grape varieties // - Airen, Palomino, Pedro XimĂŠnez, Viura-Macabeo // // 1.1.1b.2. black grape varieties // - Bobal, Garnacha, Mazuela, Tempranillo // // 1.1.1b.3. table 1985, p. 8. (3) OJ No L 103, 2. 5. 1972, p. 25.
Member States shall bring into force not later than 1 January 1987 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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31989R2033 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2033/89 of 6 July 1989 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, products of category No 33 (order No 40.0330), originating in Thailand, and binder and baler twine for agricultural machines, products of category No 146 A (order No 42.1461), originating in Mexico, to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2033/89
of 6 July 1989
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, products of category No 33 (order No 40.0330), originating in Thailand, and binder and baler twine for agricultural machines, products of category No 146 A (order No 42.1461), originating in Mexico, to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 to textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 12 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, products of category No 33 (order No 40.0330), originating in Thailand and binder and baler twine for agricultural machines, products of category No 146 A (code 42.1461) originating in Mexico, the relevant ceiling amounts respectively to 230 and 234 tonnes;
Whereas on 21 June 1989 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Thailand for category No 33 and Mexico for category No 146 A, countries covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand for category No 33 and Mexico for category No 146 A,
As from 11 July 1989, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand for category No 33 and Mexico for category No 148 A:
// // // // // // Order No // Category // CN code // Description
// Origin // // // // // // 40.0330 // 33
(tonnes) // 5407 20 11
6305 31 91
6305 31 99 // Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn obtained from strip or the like of polyethylene or polypropylene, less than 3 m wide; sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods, not knitted or crocheted, obtained from strip or the like // Thailand // // // // // // 42 1461 // 146 A
(tonnes) // ex 5607 21 00 // Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not
- Binder and baler twine for agricultural machines, of sisal and other fibres of the Agave family // Mexico // // // // // Article 2
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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31999R2098 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2098/1999 of 1 October 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 on arrangements for issuing export licences for wine sector products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2098/1999
of 1 October 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 on arrangements for issuing export licences for wine sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999(2), and in particular Articles 52(3) and 55(8) thereof,
(1) Whereas, in order to reassess the export refund arrangements and revise the arrangements for managing export licences, an assessment must be made of the situation on the market in wine at the beginning of the 1999/2000 wine year and a detailed evaluation made of the refund arrangements and the system for requesting and issuing export licences in the sector. A sufficiently long period for reflection should be allowed before export licence applications can be submitted so that the wine year in question does not commence before the adjustments to the arrangements can be made. The date for the submission of new applications should be put back from 8 to 15 October 1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/95(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1610/1999(4), should be amended accordingly;
(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
In the final sentence of Article 1a(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1685/95, the date "8 October 1999" is replaced by "15 October 1999".
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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32011R0836 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 836/2011 of 19 August 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin, 3-MCPD and benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs Text with EEA relevance
| 20.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 215/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 836/2011
of 19 August 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin, 3-MCPD and benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs
(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 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (1), in particular Article 11(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs (2) established, inter alia, maximum levels for the contaminant benzo(a)pyrene.
(2) The Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) adopted an opinion on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Food on 9 June 2008 (3). The EFSA concluded that benzo(a)pyrene is not a suitable marker for the occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in food and that a system of four specific substances or eight specific substances would be the most suitable markers of PAH in food. The EFSA also concluded that a system of eight substances would not provide much added value compared to a system of four substances.
(3) As a consequence Commission Regulation (EU) No 835/2011 (4) amended Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 in order to set maximum levels for the sum of four polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzo(a)pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and chrysene).
(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 (5) lays down analytical performance criteria only for benzo(a)pyrene. It is therefore necessary to lay down analytical performance criteria for the other three substances for which maximum levels are now set out in Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006.
(5) The European Union Reference Laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (EU-RL PAH) in collaboration with the national reference laboratories carried out a survey among official control laboratories to assess which analytical performance criteria would be achievable for benzo(a)pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and chrysene in relevant food matrices. The outcome of this survey was summarised by the EU-RL PAH in the Report on ‘Performance characteristics of analysis methods for the determination of 4 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in food’ (6). The results of the survey show that the analytical performance criteria currently applicable to benzo(a)pyrene are also suitable for the other three substances.
(6) Experience acquired while implementing Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 revealed that in some cases the current sampling provisions may be impracticable or may lead to unacceptable economic damage to the sampled lot. For such cases, departure from the sampling procedures should be allowed, provided that sampling remains sufficiently representative of the sampled lot or sublot and that the procedure used is fully documented. For sampling at the retail stage, flexibility to depart from the sampling procedures existed already. The provisions for sampling at retail stage should be aligned with the general sampling procedures.
(7) More detailed provisions are needed as regards the material of sampling containers when samples are taken for PAH analysis. Plastic containers are widely used by enforcement authorities, but they are not suitable when sampling is carried out for PAH analysis, as the PAH content of the sample can be altered by these materials.
(8) Clarification is needed for some aspects of the specific requirements for analytical methods, in particular the requirements regarding the use of the performance criteria and the ‘fitness-for-purpose’ approach. Furthermore, the presentation of the tables with the performance criteria should be modified to appear more uniform across all analytes.
(9) Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly. Since Regulation (EU) No 835/2011 and this Regulation are inter-linked, both Regulations should become applicable on the same date.
(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and neither the European Parliament nor the Council have opposed them,
Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 is amended as follows:
(1) the title is replaced by the following:
(2) in Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(3) the Annex 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.
It shall apply from 1 September 2012.
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32003R1142 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1142/2003 of 27 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 as regards the tariff quota for preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus allocated to Bulgaria
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1142/2003
of 27 June 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 as regards the tariff quota for preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus allocated to Bulgaria
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002(2), and in particular Article 15 (1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) 2125/95(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 225/2003(4), has opened and provided for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms.
(2) Council Decision 2003/286/EC of 8 April 2003 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the Parties on new mutual agricultural concessions(5), has approved the arrangements for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Bulgaria.
(3) These arrangements entered into force on 1 June 2003.
(4) The allocation of quotas for preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus covered by CN codes 0711 51 00, 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30 originating in Bulgaria set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 should be amended accordingly.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 is replaced by the following text:
"Article 1
1. Tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus falling within CN codes 0711 51 00, 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30, shown in Annex I, shall be opened subject to the conditions laid down in this Regulation.
2. The rate of duty applicable shall be 12 % ad valorem in the case of products falling within CN code 0711 51 00 (Serial No 09.4062) and 23 % in the case of products falling within CN codes 2003 10 20 and 2003 10 30 (Serial No 09.4063). However, a single rate of 8,4 % shall apply in the case of the above products originating in Romania (Serial No 09.4726), and no duty shall apply in the case of the above products originating in Bulgaria (Serial No 09.4725)."
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
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 from 1 June 2003.
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31978R1853 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1853/78 of 25 July 1978 adopting general rules in connection with special measures for castor seeds
| 2.8.1978 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 212/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1853/78
of 25 July 1978
adopting general rules in connection with special measures for castor seeds
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2874/77 of 19 December 1977 laying down special measures in respect of castor seeds (1), and in particular Article 2 (4) and Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2874/77 requires the adoption of general rules for granting aid, detailed rules for checking entitlement to the aid and the necessary conditions which seed processing undertakings must meet in order to be entitled to aid; whereas Article 3 thereof requires that the criteria for determining the world market price be laid down;
Whereas the world market price must be determined on the basis of the most favourable purchasing possibilities on that market;
Whereas the relevant figures should be those recorded during the marketing period for Community seed for offers on the world market and prices quoted on the major international exchanges; whereas, however, those offers which cannot be considered representative of the true trend of the market should be disregarded;
Whereas, if there are no representative offers or prices for castor seed, the world market price for castor seed should be determined on the basis of the value of the products resulting from its processing; whereas if the offers and prices for castor seed on the world market might jeopardize the sale of Community-produced castor seed, the world market price should be determined on the basis of the value of the average quantities of oil and oil-cake derived from the processing of castor seed less the processing costs; whereas, if there are no offers and no prices for castor seed, oil and oilcake, the world market price for castor seed should be determined at the same level as the guide price;
Whereas, to ensure the proper operation of the aid system, the world market price must be recorded for a Community frontier crossing point; whereas in fixing this point account should be taken of the extent to which it is representative for imports of such seed and therefore the port of Rotterdam should be chosen; whereas offers and prices will have to be adjusted if they relate to a different frontier crossing point;
Whereas such adjustments should also be made to the offers and prices adopted in order to compensate for any variation from the presentation and quality criteria used when fixing the guide price;
Whereas, with an eye to the proper operation of the aid system, it should be specified that aid shall be granted for the exact quantity of castor seed harvested and processed in the Community and to undertakings whose stock accounts allow the quantity of Community processed seed to be verified if the contract between such undertakings and producers has been lodged with the competent agency in the Member State in which the seed is produced;
Whereas the right to aid is acquired at the time of processing of the seed; whereas, however, it should be specified that the aid may be advanced to the interested parties before the products are processed; whereas in order to prevent fraud it is necessary to specify that a guarantee must be given to ensure the processing of the products for which the aid is paid;
Whereas the producer Member States and the Member States in which the seed will be processed should be required to set up the control arrangements necessary to ensure the proper operation of the aid system; whereas the control arrangements should be in particular allow checks to be made upon the observance of the minimum price referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2874/77 and unjustified applications for aid to be prevented; whereas for the purposes of control Member States shall assist each other;
Whereas special provision should be made for checks upon seed which is processed in a Member State other than that in which it is produced,
1. The world market price for castor seed shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.
2. During the most representative period for the sale of seed of Community origin the world market price shall be determined periodically. The last price determined during the said period shall be used for fixing the aid to apply for the remainder of the marketing year.
3. In determining the world market price, account shall only be taken of the offers made on the world market for delivery during the period referred to in paragraph 2 and the prices quoted for delivery during the same period on the major international exchanges.
4. The world market price shall be determined on the basis of the actual most favourable purchasing possibilities disregarding offers and prices which cannot be considered as representative of the actual market trend.
Where no offer and no price can be used to determine the world market price of castor seed, the price shall be determined on the basis of the offers and prices on the world or Community markets for castor oil and oil-cake. For that purpose account shall be taken of the value of the average quantities of oil and oil-cake obtained in the Community from processing 100 kilograms of castor seed less an amount representing the cost of processing the seed into oil and oil-cake.
Where no offer and no price can be used to determine the world market price for castor seed and, further, where it is impossible to establish the value of the oil-cake or oil processed from such seed, the world market price shall be equal to the guide price for castor seed.
The world market price shall be determined for seed in bulk delivered to Rotterdam of the standard quality in respect of which the guide price was fixed.
Where the offers and prices do not fulfil the conditions set out in the first subparagraph above the necessary adjustments shall be made.
The aid provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2874/77 shall be granted under the conditions set out in that Article for castor seed harvested and processed in the Community with a view to the production of oil.
1. Aid shall be granted to undertakings processing castor seed:
(a) if, not later than a specified date, a contract fulfilling the conditions referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2874/77 and those to be laid down in accordance with paragraph 5 of the same Article has been lodged with the agency which the Member State in which the seed is produced has designated for that purpose; and
(b) if they have requested the competent authority to take over the inspection of the castor seed at the oil mill; and
(c) if, with a view to checking entitlement to the aid:
— they keep separate stock accounts for seed harvested within and outside the Community, which show, at least, the quantities and the quality of the castor seed taken in by them, its date of entry and the quantity of oil produced and dispatched,
— they furnish, where appropriate, any other supporting documents necessary to check entitlement to the aid.
2. Where the seed is to be processed in a Member State other than that in which it is produced, aid shall be granted if the processing undertaking submits to the agency designated by the Member State in which the seed is processed a document prepared in its name in accordance with Article 10 (3).
The amount of the aid shall be that valid on the day on which the interested party requests the competent agency to take over the inspection of the seed at the oil mill where it is processed.
Entitlement to the aid arises at the time of processing the seed with a view to the production of oil. The aid may, however, be paid in advance once the product has been made subject to inspection, provided that a guarantee is lodged against its processing.
1. The weight of the seed referred to in Article 5 shall be determined and samples taken on arrival at the oil mill where it is processed.
2. The amount of the aid shall be calculated on the basis of the weight, this being adjusted in accordance with such differences as may exist between the percentages of moisture and of impurities recorded and the percentages applying to the standard quality for which the guide price is fixed.
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1. The producer Member States shall verify that the contract fulfils the conditions laid down.
2. The producer Member States shall make random on-the-spot checks to determine that the areas indicated in the contracts lodged are correct.
3. When applying Article 6 (2) a document shall be drawn up in the producer Member State certifying that the contract conforms to the conditions laid down and stating that the seed referred to in the document is eligible for aid.
4. The Member State in which the seed referred to in Article 5 is processed shall make checks upon the entry and processing of this seed at the oil mill in order to ensure that the aid is granted only in respect of seed qualifying for it.
5. Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission, before their entry into force, the provisions which it is adopting in order to ensure that the checks provided for in paragraph 4 are made.
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Member States shall assist each other in applying this Regulation.
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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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31984L0500 | Council Directive 84/500/EEC of 15 October 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 15 October 1984
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
(84/500/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/893/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 3 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 Article 2 of Directive 76/893/EEC provides that materials and articles must not transfer their constituents to foodstuffs in quantities which could endanger human health;
Whereas Article 3 of the same Directive provides that the Council, under the procedure provided for in Article 100 of the Treaty, shall adopt by means of Directives special provisions applicable to certain groups of materials and articles (specific Directives);
Whereas in most of the Member States ceramic articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs are subject to mandatory provisions for protecting human health which lay down limits for the extractable quantities of lead and cadmium;
Whereas these provisions vary from one Member State to another, thus creating obstacles to the establishment and functioning of the common market;
Whereas these obstacles may be eliminated if the placing of ceramic articles on the Community market is made subject to uniform rules; whereas it is therefore necessary to harmonize the limit values and the test and analysis methods for such articles;
Whereas the appropriate instrument for attaining this objective is a specific Directive within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 76/893/EEC the general provisions of which also become applicable in this particular case;
Whereas the adaptation to technical progress of certain checking and analysis measures provided for in the Directive is an implementing measure the adoption of which should be entrusted to the Commission in order to simplify and expedite the procedure;
Whereas, in all cases where the Council grants the Commission powers to implement provisions concerning materials and articles intended to come into
contact with foodstuffs, a procedure should be established to ensure close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission in the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs set up by the Council Decision of 13 November 1969,
1. This Directive is a specific Directive within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 76/893/EEC.
2. This Directive concerns the possible migration of lead and cadmium from ceramic articles which, in their finished state, are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, or which are in contact with foodstuffs, and are intended for that purpose.
3. 'Ceramic articles' means articles manufactured from a mixture of inorganic materials with a generally high argillaceous or silicate content to which small quantities of organic materials may have been added. These articles are first shaped and the shape thus obtained is permanently fixed by firing. They may be glazed, enamelled and/or decorated.
1. The quantities of lead and cadmium transferred from ceramic articles shall not exceed the limits laid down below.
2. The quantities of lead and cadmium transferred from ceramic articles shall be determined by means of a test, the conditions of which are specified in Annex I, using the method of analysis described in Annex II.
3. Where a ceramic article consists of a vessel fitted with a ceramic lid, the lead and/or cadmium limit which may not be exceeded (mg/dm2 or mg/litre) shall be that which applies to the vessel alone.
The vessel alone and the inner surface of the lid shall be tested separately and under the same conditions.
The sum of the two lead and/or cadmium extraction levels thus obtained shall be related as appropriate to the surface area or the volume of the vessel alone.
4. A ceramic article shall be recognized as satisfying the requirements of this Directive if the quantities of lead and/or cadmium extracted during the test carried out under the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II do not exceed the following limits:
1.2.3 // // Pb // Cd // - Category 1: // // // Articles which cannot be filled and articles which can be filled, the internal depth of which, measured from the lowest point to the horizontal plane passing through the upper rim, does not exceed 25 mm // 0,8 mg/dm2 // 0,07 mg/dm2 // - Category 2: // // // All other articles which can be filled // 4,0 mg/l // 0,3 mg/l // - Category 3: // // // Cooking ware; packaging and storage vessels having a capacity of more than three litres // 1,5 mg/l // 0,1 mg/l
5. However, where a ceramic article does not exceed the above quantities by more than 50 %, that article shall nevertheless be recognized as satisfying the requirements of this Directive if at least three other articles with the same shape, dimensions, decoration and glaze are subjected to a test carried out under the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II and the average quantities of lead and/or cadmium extracted from those articles do not exceed the limits set, with none of those articles exceeding those limits by more than 50 %.
The amendments to be made to the Annexes in the light of developments in scientific and technical knowledge, with the exception of sections 1 and 2 of Annex I, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 10 of Directive 76/893/EEC.
1. Within three years of notification (1) of this Directive, the Council shall determine in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 100 of the Treaty:
(a) the limitations to be imposed on those areas of ceramic articles with which the mouth is intended to come into contact;
(b) the methods for checking that the limitations provided for in (a) are complied with.
2. Within the same period, the Commission shall, on the basis of toxicological and technological data, re-examine the limits laid down in Article 2, with a view to reducing them, and the lighting conditions for the test specified in Annex I, and shall, if appropriate, submit to the Council proposals for amendments to the Directive.
1. The Member States shall, if necessary, amend their national laws to comply with this Directive so that:
- three years after the notification of this Directive, trade in ceramic articles which comply with its provisions is permitted,
- five years after the notification of this Directive, the placing on the market of ceramic articles which do not comply with its provisions is prohibited.
They shall forthwith inform the Commission of any such amendment.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States may prohibit or continue to prohibit the manufacture of ceramic articles which do not comply with this Directive.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31995R1165 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1165/95 of 23 May 1995 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
| 24.5.1995 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 117/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1165/95
of 23 May 1995
concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3115/94 (2), and in particular Article 9,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and those rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is acceptance that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the combined nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12 (6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), for a period of three months by the holder;
Whereas the tariff and statistical nomenclature section of the Customs Code Committee has not delivered an opinion with the time limit set by its chairman as regards products Nos 4 and 7 in the annexed table;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the tariff and statistical nomenclature section of the Customs Code Committee as regards products Nos 1, 3, 5 and 6 in the annexed table,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information isued by the customs authorities of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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 |
32002D0410(01) | Council Decision of 25 March 2002 appointing a member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency
| Council Decision
of 25 March 2002
appointing a member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency
(2002/C 86/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second and third paragraphs of Article 54 thereof,
Having regard to Article X of the Statutes of the Euratom Supply Agency(1), as last amended by Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC of 1 January 1995(2),
Having regard to the Council Decision of 14 June 1999 appointing the members of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency(3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) A member's seat on the aforementioned Committee has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Eric PROUST, which was brought to the Council's attention on 7 February 2002.
(2) That vacancy should be filled.
(3) Having regard to the nomination submitted by the French Government on 7 February 2002,
Ms Caroline CHEVASSON is hereby appointed a member of the Advisory Committee of the Euratom Supply Agency for the remainder of the Committee's term of office, i.e. until 28 March 2003. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32002R1220 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1220/2002 of 5 July 2002 determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2002 for import rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1220/2002
of 5 July 2002
determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2002 for import rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/2002 of 11 June 2002 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003) [1], and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 995/2002 fixes the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be imported under special terms in the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.
(2) Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 995/2002 lays down that the quantities applied for may be reduced. The applications lodged for "A" products relate to total quantities which exceed the quantities available. Under these circumstances and taking care to ensure an equitable distribution of the available quantities, it is appropriate to reduce proportionally the quantities applied for. The quantities for "B" products covered by import rights applications are such that import licenses may be granted for the full quantities applied for,
Every application for import rights lodged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 995/2002 for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 shall be granted to the following extent, expressed as bone-in beef:
(a) 88,0903 % of the quantity requested for beef imports intended for the manufacture of "preserves" as defined by Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 995/2002;
(b) 100 % of the quantity requested for beef imports intended for the manufacture of products as defined by Article 1(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 995/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32008R0713 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/2008 of 24 July 2008 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
| 25.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 197/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 713/2008
of 24 July 2008
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July 2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2007/08 marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 24 July 2008, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 24 July 2008, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 shall be 30,558 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 July 2008.
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 |
32002L0076 | Commission Directive 2002/76/EC of 6 September 2002 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues (metsulfuron methyl) in and on cereals and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables (Text with EEA relevance)
| Commission Directive 2002/76/EC
of 6 September 2002
amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues (metsulfuron methyl) in and on cereals and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2002/71/EC(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27 November 1990 on fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin including fruit and vegetables(3), as last amended by Directive 2002/71/EC, and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(4), as last amended by Commission Directive 2002/64/EC(5), and in particular Article 4(1)(f) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The existing active substance metsulfuron methyl, was included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by Commission Directives 2000/49/EC(6), for use as herbicides, but without specifying particular conditions having an impact on crops which may be treated with plant protection products containing this active substance.
(2) The inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC of the active substance concerned was based on the assessment of the information submitted concerning the proposed use. Information relating to this use has been submitted by certain Member States in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC. The information available has been reviewed and is sufficient to allow certain maximum residue levels (MRLs) to be fixed.
(3) Where no Community MRL or provisional MRL exists, Member States are to establish a national provisional MRL in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC before plant protection products containing this active substance may be authorised.
(4) With respect to the inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC of the active substance concerned, the related technical and scientific evaluations were finalised in the form of Commission review report. The report was finalised on 16 June 2000. The report fixed the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for metsulfuron methyl at 0,22 mg/kg bw/day. The lifetime exposure of consumers of food products treated with the active substance concerned has been assessed and evaluated in accordance with Community procedures. Account has also been taken of guidelines published by the World Health Organisation(7) and the opinion of the Scientific Committee for Plants(8) on the methodology employed. It is concluded that MRLs proposed will not lead to those ADIs being exceeded. No acute toxic effects requiring the setting of an Acute Reference Dose were noted during the evaluation and discussion preceding the inclusion of metsulfuron methyl in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC.
(5) In order to ensure that the consumer is adequately protected from exposure to residues in or on products for which no authorisations have been granted, it is prudent to set provisional MRLs at the lower limit of analytical determination for all such products covered by Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC.
(6) The setting at Community level of such provisional MRLs does not prevent the Member States from establishing provisional maximum residue levels for metsulfuron methyl in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC and Annex VI thereto. It is considered that a period of four years is sufficient to permit further uses of the active substance concerned. The provisional MRL should then become definitive.
(7) The Annexes to Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The Commission notified this Directive in draft form to the World Trade Organisation and the comments received have been considered in finalising the Directive. The possibility of fixing import tolerance MRLs for specific pesticide/crop combinations will be examined by the Commission on the basis of the acceptable data submitted.
(9) This Directive is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The following maximum pesticide residue level is added to Part A of Annex II to Directive 86/362/EEC: ""
The maximum pesticide residue levels for metsulfuron methyl as shown in the Annex to this Directive are added to Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2002 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply these provisions with effect from 1 January 2003.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993R3051 | COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3051/93 of 4 November 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 2933 71 00, originating in Poland, to which the tariff ceilings set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3918/92 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3051/93 of 4 November 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 2933 71 00, originating in Poland, to which the tariff ceilings set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3918/92 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3918/92 of 28 December 1992 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings for certain agricultural and industrial products and establishing a reduced variable component for certain processed agricultural products originating in Hungary, Poland and the territory of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR) (1993) (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2232/93 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3918/92, Hungary, Poland and the territory of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR) shall benefit from preferential tariff arrangements, in particular the preferential tariff ceilings laid down in column 6 of Annex I to that Regulation; whereas, pursuant to Article 6, as soon as the ceilings have been reached, the Commission may adopt a Regulation re-establishing the customs duties applicable to the third countries in question until the end of the calendar year;
Whereas that ceiling was reached by charges of imports of the products listed in the Annex, originating in Poland, to which the tariff preferences apply;
Whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Poland,
As from 8 November 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended for 1993 pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3918/92, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the products listed in the Annex, originating in Poland.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 |
31999R2562 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2562/1999 of 3 December 1999 linking the authorisation of certain additives belonging to the group of antibiotics in feedingstuffs to persons responsible for putting them into circulation (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2562/1999
of 3 December 1999
linking the authorisation of certain additives belonging to the group of antibiotics in feedingstuffs to persons responsible for putting them into circulation
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/1999(2), and in particular Article 9h(3)(b) and Article 9i(3)(b), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) because of the risk for human and animal health posed by the circulation in the Community of poor copies of zootechnical additives, Directive 70/524/EEC, as amended by Council Directive 96/51/EC(3), provides for the linking of the authorisation of certain classes of additives to the person responsible for putting them into circulation;
(2) in particular Article 9h of Directive 70/524/EEC provides for the replacement of the provisional authorisations of additives included in Annex I after 31 December 1987 and belonging to the group of antibiotics and transferred to Chapter II of Annex B, by authorisations linked to the person responsible for putting them into circulation for a period of ten years;
(3) in particular Article 9i of Directive 70/524/EEC provides for the replacement of the provisional authorisations of additives included in Annex II before 1 April 1998 and belonging to the group of antibiotics and transferred to Chapter III of Annex B by provisional authorisations linked to the person responsable for putting them into circulation;
(4) the additives listed in the Annexes to this Regulation were the subject of new applications for authorisation by the person responsible for the dossier on the basis of which the former authorisations were given or by their successors. The applications relating to those additives were accompanied by the required monographs and identification notes;
(5) the linking of the authorisation to a person responsible for putting the additive into circulation is based on a purely administrative procedure and did not entail a fresh assessment of the additives. Although the authorisations under this Regulations are granted for a specified period, they may be withdrawn at any time in accordance with Article 9m and Article 11 of Directive 70/524/EEC. They may be withdrawn in particular in the light of the following: the Scientific Steering Committee has issued an opinion on antimicrobial resistance on 28 May 1999; a re-evaluation of the use of certain antibiotics as additives in feedingstuffs is currently being undertaken under Article 9g of Directive 70/524/EEC; the Kingdom of Sweden has prohibited the use on its territory of all antibiotics as additives in feedingstuffs on the basis of Article 11 of Directive 70/524/EEC. Moreover, the Commission is examining the data provided and the more general question of whether the use of antibiotics as additives in feedingstuffs meets the conditions set out in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for the authorisation of additives;
(6) the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,
The provisional authorisations of the additives listed in the Annex I to this Regulation are replaced by authorisations granted to the person responsible for putting the additive in circulation, inserted in the second column of the Annex I.
The provisional authorisations of the additives listed in Annex II to this Regulation are replaced by provisional authorisations granted to the person responsible for putting the additive into circulation, inserted in the second column of Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1275 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2001 of 27 June 2001 fixing the production aid for tinned pineapple and the minimum price to be paid to pineapple producers for the 2001/02 marketing year
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2001
of 27 June 2001
fixing the production aid for tinned pineapple and the minimum price to be paid to pineapple producers for the 2001/02 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 of 14 March 1977 establishing a system of production aid for tinned pineapple(1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1699/85(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2077/85(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1631/2000(4), lays down detailed rules for applying the system of production aid established by Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 and in particular specifies the products on which the aid is payable.
(2) The minimum price and the production aid for tinned pineapple should be fixed for the 2001/02 marketing year in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 525/77.
(3) Article 1(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2077/85 defines two types of tinned pineapple on which the aid is payable. On the basis of the Commission's information, Community production of tinned pineapple as defined in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation will be nil for the 2001/02 marketing year. As a consequence, aid should accordingly be fixed solely for tinned pineapple covered by Article 1(1)(b) of that Regulation.
(4) The Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
For the 2001/02 marketing year:
(a) the minimum price referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 to be paid to pineapple producers shall be EUR 414,13 per tonne net ex-producer's plant;
(b) the production aid for tinned pineapple referred to in Article 5 of that Regulation shall be EUR 2400,67 per tonne net for products referred to in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2077/85.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001L0023 | Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses
| Council Directive 2001/23/EC
of 12 March 2001
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 94 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:
(1) Council Directive 77/187/EEC of 14 February 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses(3) has been substantially amended(4). In the interests of clarity and rationality, it should therefore be codified.
(2) Economic trends are bringing in their wake, at both national and Community level, changes in the structure of undertakings, through transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses to other employers as a result of legal transfers or mergers.
(3) It is necessary to provide for the protection of employees in the event of a change of employer, in particular, to ensure that their rights are safeguarded.
(4) Differences still remain in the Member States as regards the extent of the protection of employees in this respect and these differences should be reduced.
(5) The Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers adopted on 9 December 1989 ("Social Charter") states, in points 7, 17 and 18 in particular that: "The completion of the internal market must lead to an improvement in the living and working conditions of workers in the European Community. The improvement must cover, where necessary, the development of certain aspects of employment regulations such as procedures for collective redundancies and those regarding bankruptcies. Information, consultation and participation for workers must be developed along appropriate lines, taking account of the practice in force in the various Member States. Such information, consultation and participation must be implemented in due time, particularly in connection with restructuring operations in undertakings or in cases of mergers having an impact on the employment of workers".
(6) In 1977 the Council adopted Directive 77/187/EEC to promote the harmonisation of the relevant national laws ensuring the safeguarding of the rights of employees and requiring transferors and transferees to inform and consult employees' representatives in good time.
(7) That Directive was subsequently amended in the light of the impact of the internal market, the legislative tendencies of the Member States with regard to the rescue of undertakings in economic difficulties, the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Council Directive 75/129/EEC of 17 February 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies(5) and the legislation already in force in most Member States.
(8) Considerations of legal security and transparency required that the legal concept of transfer be clarified in the light of the case-law of the Court of Justice. Such clarification has not altered the scope of Directive 77/187/EEC as interpreted by the Court of Justice.
(9) The Social Charter recognises the importance of the fight against all forms of discrimination, especially based on sex, colour, race, opinion and creed.
(10) This Directive should be without prejudice to the time limits set out in Annex I Part B within which the Member States are to comply with Directive 77/187/EEC, and the act amending it,
CHAPTER I
Scope and definitions
1. (a) This Directive shall apply to any transfer of an undertaking, business, or part of an undertaking or business to another employer as a result of a legal transfer or merger.
(b) Subject to subparagraph (a) and the following provisions of this Article, there is a transfer within the meaning of this Directive where there is a transfer of an economic entity which retains its identity, meaning an organised grouping of resources which has the objective of pursuing an economic activity, whether or not that activity is central or ancillary.
(c) This Directive shall apply to public and private undertakings engaged in economic activities whether or not they are operating for gain. An administrative reorganisation of public administrative authorities, or the transfer of administrative functions between public administrative authorities, is not a transfer within the meaning of this Directive.
2. This Directive shall apply where and in so far as the undertaking, business or part of the undertaking or business to be transferred is situated within the territorial scope of the Treaty.
3. This Directive shall not apply to seagoing vessels.
1. For the purposes of this Directive:
(a) "transferor" shall mean any natural or legal person who, by reason of a transfer within the meaning of Article 1(1), ceases to be the employer in respect of the undertaking, business or part of the undertaking or business;
(b) "transferee" shall mean any natural or legal person who, by reason of a transfer within the meaning of Article 1(1), becomes the employer in respect of the undertaking, business or part of the undertaking or business;
(c) "representatives of employees" and related expressions shall mean the representatives of the employees provided for by the laws or practices of the Member States;
(d) "employee" shall mean any person who, in the Member State concerned, is protected as an employee under national employment law.
2. This Directive shall be without prejudice to national law as regards the definition of contract of employment or employment relationship.
However, Member States shall not exclude from the scope of this Directive contracts of employment or employment relationships solely because:
(a) of the number of working hours performed or to be performed,
(b) they are employment relationships governed by a fixed-duration contract of employment within the meaning of Article 1(1) of Council Directive 91/383/EEC of 25 June 1991 supplementing the measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of workers with a fixed-duration employment relationship or a tempory employment relationship(6), or
(c) they are temporary employment relationships within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Directive 91/383/EEC, and the undertaking, business or part of the undertaking or business transferred is, or is part of, the temporary employment business which is the employer.
CHAPTER II
Safeguarding of employees' rights
1. The transferor's rights and obligations arising from a contract of employment or from an employment relationship existing on the date of a transfer shall, by reason of such transfer, be transferred to the transferee.
Member States may provide that, after the date of transfer, the transferor and the transferee shall be jointly and severally liable in respect of obligations which arose before the date of transfer from a contract of employment or an employment relationship existing on the date of the transfer.
2. Member States may adopt appropriate measures to ensure that the transferor notifies the transferee of all the rights and obligations which will be transferred to the transferee under this Article, so far as those rights and obligations are or ought to have been known to the transferor at the time of the transfer. A failure by the transferor to notify the transferee of any such right or obligation shall not affect the transfer of that right or obligation and the rights of any employees against the transferee and/or transferor in respect of that right or obligation.
3. Following the transfer, the transferee shall continue to observe the terms and conditions agreed in any collective agreement on the same terms applicable to the transferor under that agreement, until the date of termination or expiry of the collective agreement or the entry into force or application of another collective agreement.
Member States may limit the period for observing such terms and conditions with the proviso that it shall not be less than one year.
4. (a) Unless Member States provide otherwise, paragraphs 1 and 3 shall not apply in relation to employees' rights to old-age, invalidity or survivors' benefits under supplementary company or intercompany pension schemes outside the statutory social security schemes in Member States.
(b) Even where they do not provide in accordance with subparagraph (a) that paragraphs 1 and 3 apply in relation to such rights, Member States shall adopt the measures necessary to protect the interests of employees and of persons no longer employed in the transferor's business at the time of the transfer in respect of rights conferring on them immediate or prospective entitlement to old age benefits, including survivors' benefits, under supplementary schemes referred to in subparagraph (a).
1. The transfer of the undertaking, business or part of the undertaking or business shall not in itself constitute grounds for dismissal by the transferor or the transferee. This provision shall not stand in the way of dismissals that may take place for economic, technical or organisational reasons entailing changes in the workforce.
Member States may provide that the first subparagraph shall not apply to certain specific categories of employees who are not covered by the laws or practice of the Member States in respect of protection against dismissal.
2. If the contract of employment or the employment relationship is terminated because the transfer involves a substantial change in working conditions to the detriment of the employee, the employer shall be regarded as having been responsible for termination of the contract of employment or of the employment relationship.
1. Unless Member States provide otherwise, Articles 3 and 4 shall not apply to any transfer of an undertaking, business or part of an undertaking or business where the transferor is the subject of bankruptcy proceedings or any analogous insolvency proceedings which have been instituted with a view to the liquidation of the assets of the transferor and are under the supervision of a competent public authority (which may be an insolvency practioner authorised by a competent public authority).
2. Where Articles 3 and 4 apply to a transfer during insolvency proceedings which have been opened in relation to a transferor (whether or not those proceedings have been instituted with a view to the liquidation of the assets of the transferor) and provided that such proceedings are under the supervision of a competent public authority (which may be an insolvency practioner determined by national law) a Member State may provide that:
(a) notwithstanding Article 3(1), the transferor's debts arising from any contracts of employment or employment relationships and payable before the transfer or before the opening of the insolvency proceedings shall not be transferred to the transferee, provided that such proceedings give rise, under the law of that Member State, to protection at least equivalent to that provided for in situations covered by Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer(7), and, or alternatively, that,
(b) the transferee, transferor or person or persons exercising the transferor's functions, on the one hand, and the representatives of the employees on the other hand may agree alterations, in so far as current law or practice permits, to the employees' terms and conditions of employment designed to safeguard employment opportunities by ensuring the survival of the undertaking, business or part of the undertaking or business.
3. A Member State may apply paragraph 20(b) to any transfers where the transferor is in a situation of serious economic crisis, as defined by national law, provided that the situation is declared by a competent public authority and open to judicial supervision, on condition that such provisions already existed in national law on 17 July 1998.
The Commission shall present a report on the effects of this provision before 17 July 2003 and shall submit any appropriate proposals to the Council.
4. Member States shall take appropriate measures with a view to preventing misuse of insolvency proceedings in such a way as to deprive employees of the rights provided for in this Directive.
1. If the undertaking, business or part of an undertaking or business preserves its autonomy, the status and function of the representatives or of the representation of the employees affected by the transfer shall be preserved on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as existed before the date of the transfer by virtue of law, regulation, administrative provision or agreement, provided that the conditions necessary for the constitution of the employee's representation are fulfilled.
The first subparagraph shall not supply if, under the laws, regulations, administrative provisions or practice in the Member States, or by agreement with the representatives of the employees, the conditions necessary for the reappointment of the representatives of the employees or for the reconstitution of the representation of the employees are fulfilled.
Where the transferor is the subject of bankruptcy proceedings or any analoguous insolvency proceedings which have been instituted with a view to the liquidation of the assets of the transferor and are under the supervision of a competent public authority (which may be an insolvency practitioner authorised by a competent public authority), Member States may take the necessary measures to ensure that the transferred employees are properly represented until the new election or designation of representatives of the employees.
If the undertaking, business or part of an undertaking or business does not preserve its autonomy, the Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the employees transferred who were represented before the transfer continue to be properly represented during the period necessary for the reconstitution or reappointment of the representation of employees in accordance with national law or practice.
2. If the term of office of the representatives of the employees affected by the transfer expires as a result of the transfer, the representatives shall continue to enjoy the protection provided by the laws, regulations, administrative provisions or practice of the Member States.
CHAPTER III
Information and consultation
1. The transferor and transferee shall be required to inform the representatives of their respective employees affected by the transfer of the following:
- the date or proposed date of the transfer,
- the reasons for the transfer,
- the legal, economic and social implications of the transfer for the employees,
- any measures envisaged in relation to the employees.
The transferor must give such information to the representatives of his employees in good time, before the transfer is carried out.
The transferee must give such information to the representatives of his employees in good time, and in any event before his employees are directly affected by the transfer as regards their conditions of work and employment.
2. Where the transferor or the transferee envisages measures in relation to his employees, he shall consult the representatives of this employees in good time on such measures with a view to reaching an agreement.
3. Member States whose laws, regulations or administrative provisions provide that represenatives of the employees may have recourse to an arbitration board to obtain a decision on the measures to be taken in relation to employees may limit the obligations laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 to cases where the transfer carried out gives rise to a change in the business likely to entail serious disadvantages for a considerable number of the employees.
The information and consultations shall cover at least the measures envisaged in relation to the employees.
The information must be provided and consultations take place in good time before the change in the business as referred to in the first subparagraph is effected.
4. The obligations laid down in this Article shall apply irrespective of whether the decision resulting in the transfer is taken by the employer or an undertaking controlling the employer.
In considering alleged breaches of the information and consultation requirements laid down by this Directive, the argument that such a breach occurred because the information was not provided by an undertaking controlling the employer shall not be accepted as an excuse.
5. Member States may limit the obligations laid down in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 to undertakings or businesses which, in terms of the number of employees, meet the conditions for the election or nomination of a collegiate body representing the employees.
6. Member States shall provide that, where there are no representatives of the employees in an undertaking or business through no fault of their own, the employees concerned must be informed in advance of:
- the date or proposed date of the transfer,
- the reason for the transfer,
- the legal, economic and social implications of the transfer for the employees,
- any measures envisaged in relation to the employees.
CHAPTER IV
Final provisions
This Directive shall not affect the right of Member States to apply or introduce laws, regulations or administrative provisions which are more favourable to employees or to promote or permit collective agreements or agreements between social partners more favourable to employees.
Member States shall introduce into their national legal systems such measures as are necessary to enable all employees and representatives of employees who consider themselves wronged by failure to comply with the obligations arising from this Directive to pursue their claims by judicial process after possible recourse to other competent authorities.
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The Commission shall submit to the Council an analysis of the effect of the provisions of this Directive before 17 July 2006. It shall propose any amendment which may seem necessary.
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Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
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Directive 77/187/EEC, as amended by the Directive referred to in Annex I, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States concerning the time limits for implementation set out in Annex I, Part B.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.
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This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31997D0851 | 97/851/EC: Commission Decision of 3 December 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Luxembourg pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the French text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 3 December 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Luxembourg pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the French text is authentic) (97/851/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/27/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas the request submitted by Luxembourg on 8 April 1997, which reached the Commission on 14 April 1997, contains the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the fitting of one type of vehicle with one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No 7 carried out in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48;
Whereas the reasons given in the request, according to which the fitting of the stop lamps and the stop lamps themselves do not meet the requirements of Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/30/EC (4), and of Council Directive 76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/28/EC (6), are well founded; whereas the descriptions of the tests, the results thereof and their compliance with ECE Regulations No 7 and No 48 ensure a satisfactory level of safety;
Whereas the Community Directives concerned will be amended in order to permit the production and fitting of such stop lamps;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The request submitted by Luxembourg for an exemption concerning the production and fitting of one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE Regulation No 7 and the fitting thereof in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48 on the type of vehicle for which it is intended is hereby approved.
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32011L0088 | Directive 2011/88/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 amending Directive 97/68/EC as regards the provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme Text with EEA relevance
| 23.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 305/1
DIRECTIVE 2011/88/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 16 November 2011
amending Directive 97/68/EC as regards the provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery (3) concerns exhaust emissions and emission limits of air pollutants from engines installed in non-road mobile machinery and contributes to the protection of human health and the environment. Directive 97/68/EC provided that emission limits applicable to type-approval of the majority of compression ignition engines under Stage III A were to be replaced by the more stringent limits under Stage III B. Those limits apply from 1 January 2010 as regards the type-approval for those engines and from 1 January 2011 with regard to the placing on the market of those engines.
(2) The revision of Directive 97/68/EC is currently being prepared by the Commission in line with the requirements of Article 2 of Directive 2004/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 amending Directive 97/68/EC (4). In order to ensure that the revised Directive is in line with Union standards for good air quality, and in the light of experience, scientific findings and available technologies, the Commission should, in the upcoming revision of Directive 97/68/EC and subject to impact assessment, consider:
— establishing a new emission stage – Stage V – that should be based, subject to technical feasibility, on the requirements of Euro VI standards for heavy-duty vehicles,
— introducing new requirements for the reduction of particulate matter, namely a particulate number limit that applies for all compression ignition engine categories, where technically feasible, so as to ensure an effective reduction of ultra-fine particles,
— taking a comprehensive approach to promoting emission-reducing provisions and retrofitting of after-treatment systems on the existing fleet of non-road mobile machinery on the basis of the currently ongoing discussions under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe regarding harmonised requirements for retrofit emission control devices; this approach should support Member States’ efforts to improve air quality and to promote the protection of workers,
— establishing a method providing for the periodic testing of non-road mobile machinery and vehicles, in particular to establish whether their emissions performance complies with the values given at registration,
— the possibility of authorising, under certain conditions, replacement engines that do not comply with Stage III A requirements for railcars and locomotives,
— the possibility of harmonising the specific emission standards for rail with relevant standards at international level so as to ensure the availability of affordable engines that comply with the emission limits set.
(3) The transition to Stage III B involves a step change in technology requiring significant implementation costs for redesigning the engines and for developing advanced technical solutions. However, the current global financial and economic crisis or any conjunctural economic fluctuations should not lead to a lowering of environmental standards. This revision of Directive 97/68/EC should therefore be considered to be exceptional. Furthermore, investments in environmentally friendly technologies are important for the promotion of future growth, jobs and health security.
(4) Directive 97/68/EC provides for a flexibility scheme to allow equipment manufacturers to purchase, in the period between two emission stages, a limited number of engines that do not comply with the emission limits applicable during that period, but which are approved in accordance with the requirements of the stage immediately preceding the applicable one.
(5) Point (b) of Article 2 of Directive 2004/26/EC provides for the evaluation of the possible need for additional flexibilities.
(6) During Stage III B, the maximum number of engines used for applications other than the propulsion of railcars, locomotives and inland waterways vessels that may be placed on the market under the flexibility scheme should be increased, in each engine category, from 20 % to 37,5 % of the annual quantity of equipment with engines in that category that is placed on the market by the equipment manufacturer. An optional alternative of placing a fixed number of engines on the market under the flexibility scheme should be available. That fixed number of engines should also be revised and should not exceed the ceilings laid down in Section 1.2.2 of Annex XIII to Directive 97/68/EC.
(7) The rules applicable to the flexibility scheme should be adapted to extend the application of that scheme to engines for use in the propulsion of locomotives for a strictly limited period of time.
(8) Improving air quality is a major Union goal pursued through Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (5). Tackling emissions at source is essential for meeting that goal, including reducing emissions from the non-road mobile machinery sector.
(9) Enterprises operating with machines that fall within the scope of this Directive should benefit from European financial support programmes or any relevant support programmes provided by Member States. Those support programmes should be aimed at favouring the early introduction of the highest emission standards.
(10) Directive 97/68/EC provides for an exemption for replacement engines, which does not apply to railcars and locomotives. However, considering weight and dimensional constraints, it is necessary to provide for a limited exemption also for replacement engines in railcars and locomotives.
(11) The measures set out in this Directive reflect a temporary difficulty faced by the manufacturing sector, resulting in no permanent adaptation, and as such, the application of those measures should be restricted to the duration of Stage III B or, where no subsequent stage exists, to 3 years.
(12) Taking into account the special infrastructure of the United Kingdom rail network, which results in a different structural gauge and consequently weight and dimensional constraints, and therefore requires a longer adaptation period for the new emission limits, it is appropriate to provide for more flexibility for this particular market in engines for use in locomotives.
(13) Directive 97/68/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
Amendments to Directive 97/68/EC
Directive 97/68/EC is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Article 4(6) is replaced by the following:
(2) Article 10 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1a, the second subparagraph is deleted;
(b) the following paragraphs are inserted:
(a) replacement engines that meet the Stage III A limits, where they are to replace engines for railcars and locomotives that:
(i) do not meet the Stage III A standard; or
(ii) meet the Stage III A standard but do not meet the Stage III B standard;
(b) replacement engines that do not meet Stage III A limits, where they are to replace engines for railcars without driving control and not capable of independent movement, so long as such replacement engines meet a standard no lower than the standard met by engines fitted to existing railcars of the same type.
(c) paragraph 7 is replaced by the following:
(3) Annex XIII is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Transposition
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 24 November 2012 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those measures.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Addressees
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32011D0074 | 2011/74/EU: Commission Decision of 2 February 2011 amending Decision 2003/248/EC as regards the extension of the duration of temporary derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of plants of strawberry ( Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina (notified under document C(2011) 447)
| 3.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 29/32
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 February 2011
amending Decision 2003/248/EC as regards the extension of the duration of temporary derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of plants of strawberry (Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina
(notified under document C(2011) 447)
(2011/74/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Directive 2000/29/EC, plants of strawberry (Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in non-European countries, other than Mediterranean countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the continental states of the United States of America, may not in principle be introduced into the Union. However, that Directive permits derogations from that rule, provided that it is established that there is no risk of spreading harmful organisms.
(2) Commission Decision 2003/248/EC (2) authorises Member States to provide for temporary derogations from certain provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC to permit the import of plants of strawberry (Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina.
(3) The circumstances justifying the authorisation provided for in Decision 2003/248/EC are still present and there is no new information giving cause for revision of the specific conditions.
(4) By Commission Directive 2008/64/EC (3)
Colletotrichum acutatum Simmonds was removed from point (c) of Section II of Part A of Annex II to Directive 2000/29/EC. Therefore this organism should no longer be included in the Annex to Decision 2003/248/EC.
(5) Based on the experience gained with the application of Decision 2003/248/EC it is appropriate to extend the period of validity of that authorisation for 10 years.
(6) Decision 2003/248/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Decision 2003/248/EC is amended as follows:
(1) the second paragraph of Article 1 of Decision 2003/248/EC is replaced by the following:
(2) the following Article 3a is inserted:
(3) the second indent of point 1(c) of the Annex is deleted.
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31996D0660 | 96/660/EC: Commission Decision of 14 November 1996 adapting pursuant to Article 42 (3), Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community (Text with EEA relevance)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 14 November 1996 adapting pursuant to Article 42 (3), Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community (Text with EEA relevance) (96/660/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community (1), as amended by Commission Decision 94/721/EC (2) and in particular Article 42 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 (3) on waste, as last amended by Commission Decision 94/350/EC (4), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas in accordance with Article 42 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 Annexes II, III and IV have to be adapted to reflect only those changes already agreed under the review mechanism of the OECD,
Whereas the Council of the OECD (5) has decided in the framework of the review mechanism to modify the green list of wastes,
Whereas it is necessary to modify Annex II of the Regulation to reflect these modifications,
Whereas the Commission, in order to adapt Annexes II, III and IV to the Regulation is assisted in this task by the Committee established pursuant to Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC on waste, as amended,
Whereas the measures envisaged by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion expressed by the aforementioned Committee,
Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 is hereby replaced by the Annex to the present Decision.
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32004R0168 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 168/2004 of 29 January 2004 concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 168/2004
of 29 January 2004
concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003, laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(3), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 provides, where this paragraph is specifically referred to when an export refund is fixed, for an interval of three working days between the day of submission of applications and the granting of export licences with advance fixing of the refund and provides that the Commission is to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if applications for export licences exceed the quantities which may be exported. Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2004(4) fixes refunds under the procedure provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 2000 tonnes for all the destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex to that Regulation.
(2) For all the destinations R02 and R03, quantities applied for on 28 January 2004 are in excess of the available quantity. A percentage reduction should therefore be fixed for export licence applications submitted on 28 January 2004.
(3) In view of its purpose, this Regulation should take effect from the day of its publication in the Official Journal,
For all the destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 33/2004, applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund submitted pursuant to that Regulation on 28 January 2004 shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for to which a percentage reduction of 5,24 % has been applied.
For all the destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 33/2004, applications for export licences for rice and broken rice submitted from 29 January 2004 shall not give rise to the issue of export licences pursuant to that Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 January 2004.
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32000D0647 | Decision No 647/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 February 2000 adopting a multiannual programme for the promotion of energy efficiency (SAVE) (1998 to 2002)
| Decision No 647/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 28 February 2000
adopting a multiannual programme for the promotion of energy efficiency (SAVE) (1998 to 2002)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions(2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3), and in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 9 December 1999,
Whereas:
(1) Article 174 of the Treaty provides that one of the objectives of Community action is to ensure a prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources.
(2) At its meeting on 29 October 1990 the Council set an objective of stabilising total CO2 emissions by the year 2000 at the 1990 level in the Community as a whole.
(3) The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change contains further commitments for the Community and its Member States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(4) To achieve significant reductions in Community CO2 emissions further efforts will have to be made, particularly since CO2 emissions due to energy consumption are expected to increase by about 3 % between 1995 and 2000, assuming normal economic growth; therefore, additional measures are indispensable.
(5) Council Decision 93/389/EEC(4) established a monitoring mechanism of Community CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions.
(6) The Commission, in its communication of 8 February 1990 on energy and the environment, highlighted energy efficiency as the cornerstone of future efforts to reduce the negative impact of energy on the environment. The communication of the Commission of 29 April 1998 on "Energy efficiency in the European Community - Towards a strategy for the rational use of energy" underlined the economic potential for energy efficiency with the aim of refocusing attention on promoting energy efficiency,
(7) Improvement in the management of energy, above all enabling the extensive potential for reduction of energy intensity to be exploited, is urgently needed in order to contribute to the protection of the environment, to a better security of energy supply and to sustainable development.
(8) The Commission has communicated to the European Parliament and the Council, by means of the Green Paper of 11 January 1995 and the White Paper of 13 December 1995, its views on the future of energy policy in the Community, and the role of energy-saving and energy efficiency measures.
(9) Article 158 of the Treaty provides that the Community is to develop and pursue its actions leading to the strengthening of its economic and social cohesion, and that it should, in particular, reduce disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least-favoured regions; those actions cover, inter alia, the energy sector.
(10) By Decision 91/565/EEC(5) and Decision 96/737/EC(6), the Council adopted a Community energy efficiency programme (SAVE) aimed at strengthening energy efficiency infrastructures within the Community.
(11) The SAVE programme is an important and necessary instrument for promoting increased energy efficiency.
(12) Provision should therefore be made within the multiannual framework programme for actions in the energy sector (1998 to 2002) adopted by Council Decision 1999/21/EC, Euratom(7) for a specific programme for the encouragement of rational and efficient use of energy resources; this specific programme would replace the corresponding instrument currently in force.
(13) The Community recognised the SAVE programme as an important element of the Community's CO2 reduction strategy. The communication of the Commission of 8 May 1991 on the European Community's energy programming activities at regional level, the conclusion of the Council on this communication, and the Resolution of the European Parliament of 16 July 1993(8) stated that those activities should be pursued, amplified and utilised as a support for the energy strategy of the Community; this initiative for regional actions should now be totally incorporated.
(14) In implementing Decision No 182/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 1998 concerning the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998 to 2002)(9), Council Decision 1999/170/EC of 25 January 1999 adopting a specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on energy, environment and sustainable development (1998 to 2002)(10) devotes particular attention to efficient and renewable energy technologies; the SAVE programme represents a policy instrument which complements that programme.
(15) The SAVE programme aims at improving energy intensity of final consumption by a further one percentage point per annum over that which would have been otherwise attained.
(16) At its meeting on 15 and 16 December 1994 the Council stated that the target of stabilising CO2 emissions can only be achieved by a coordinated package of measures to improve energy efficiency and the rational use of energy which are based on supply and demand at all levels of energy production, conversion, transport and consumption and to exploit renewable energies, and that local energy management programmes are amongst these measures;
(17) In its Resolution of 10 October 1999 on the Commission's Green Paper on energy policy(11), the European Parliament called for the formulation of objectives and a common programme for energy efficiency and savings compatible with the objectives concerning the emissions of greenhouse gases as agreed in Rio de Janeiro (1992), Berlin (1995) and subsequently in Kyoto (1997), called for a SAVE II programme endowed with considerably more resources than the SAVE I programme and requested that the Commission clarify the role which it intends to play in energy savings and efficiency by creating practical projects.
(18) Improved energy efficiency will have a positive impact on both the environment and the security of energy supplies which are global in nature; a high level of international cooperation is needed to produce the most positive results.
(19) Between 180 and 200 million tonnes of CO2 emissions could be avoided by the year 2000 by an improvement of 5 % in the energy intensity of final demand additional to the conventional expectations; such figures could be increased by a more efficient and rational use of energy sources.
(20) It is politically and economically desirable to open the programme to the associated central and eastern European countries, in accordance with the conclusions of the Copenhagen European Council of 21 and 22 June 1993 and confirmed by subsequent European Councils, and as outlined in the Commission communication on that subject in May 1994, and also to Cyprus.
(21) In order to ensure that Community aid is used efficiently and duplication of work avoided, the Commission will ensure that projects are subject to thorough prior appraisal; it will systematically monitor and evaluate the progress and results of supported projects and of complementary activities in the field of renewable energy sources.
(22) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision 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(12);
(23) This Decision lays down for the entire duration of the programme, a financial framework constituting the principal point of reference, within the meaning of point 33 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 May 1999(13), on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure, for the budgetary authority during the budgetary procedure.
(24) This Decision replaces Council Decision 96/737/EC which should accordingly be repealed,
1. Within the framework programme for actions in the energy sector, a specific programme in support of legislative and non-legislative measures to encourage the rational use of energy resources, (hereinafter referred to as "the SAVE programme") shall be implemented by the Community for the period 1998 to 2002.
In addition to the priority objectives listed in Article 1(2) of Council Decision 1999/21/EC, Euratom the SAVE programme shall:
(a) stimulate energy efficiency measures in all sectors;
(b) encourage investments in energy conservation by private and public consumers and by industry;
(c) create the conditions for improving the energy intensity of final consumption.
2. Community financing shall be provided under the SAVE programme for actions and measures which fall within the objectives of this Decision.
The following categories of energy efficiency actions and measures shall be financed under the SAVE programme:
(a) studies and other related actions designed to introduce, implement, supplement and assess the effects of Community measures (such as voluntary agreements, including associated objectives and their monitoring, mandates to standardisation bodies, cooperative procurements and legislation) for improving energy efficiency, studies concerning the effects of energy pricing on energy efficiency, studies with a view to establishing energy efficiency as a criterion within Community programmes, and studies involving coordination at the international level;
(b) targeted sectoral pilot actions aimed at accelerating investment in energy efficiency and/or improving energy use patterns, to be carried out by public and private enterprises or organisations, including where appropriate, local independent energy centres or agencies, and existing Community networks or temporary groupings of organisations and/or enterprises formed to carry out the projects;
(c) measures proposed by the Commission for fostering exchanges of experience aimed at improving coordination between international, Community, national, regional and local activities, using appropriate means for information dissemination;
(d) measures such as those described in (c) but proposed by entities other than the Commission;
(e) monitoring of energy efficiency progress in the Community and in individual Member States and ongoing evaluation and monitoring of the actions and measures undertaken under the SAVE programme, including, inter alia, actual measurements (for example, energy auditing) before and after the implementation of measures, interventions, incentives, etc;
(f) specific actions to improve energy management at regional and urban level with a view to achieving greater cohesion between Member States and regions in the field of energy efficiency.
1. All the costs relating to the actions and measures referred to in Article 2(a), (c) and (e) shall be borne by the general budget of the European Union.
2. The level of funding for the actions and measures referred to in Article 2(b), (d) and (f) shall be set at a maximum of 50 % of their total cost.
3. The balance of the funding of the actions and measures referred to in Article 2(b), (d) and (f) may be made up from either public or private sources or from a combination of the two.
1. The financial framework for implementation of the SAVE programme for the period specified in Article 1 is hereby set at EUR 66 million.
2. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.
1. The Commission shall be responsible for the financial execution and implementation of the SAVE programme.
The Commission shall also ensure that actions under the SAVE programme are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation, which, on completion of the project, shall include assessment of impact, implementation and whether their original objectives have been achieved.
2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit reports to the Commission on a six-monthly basis and on completion.
3. The conditions and guidelines to be applied for the support of all actions and measures referred to in Article 2 shall be defined each year taking into account:
- the cost-effectiveness criteria, the savings potential and environmental impact, in particular the reduction of CO2 emissions,
- the list of priorities referred to in Article 7,
- the cohesion of Member States in the field of energy efficiency.
The committee referred to in Article 6 shall assist the Commission in defining these conditions and guidelines.
The Commission shall be assisted, for the purposes of implementing the SAVE programme, by the committee referred to in Article 4 of Council Decision 1999/21/EC, Euratom.
Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
The committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure.
The Commission shall formulate, on an annual basis, a list of priorities for funding under the SAVE programme. This list shall take into account complementarity between the SAVE programme and the national programmes on the basis of annual information in a summary form supplied by each Member State. Priority shall be given to those areas where such complementarity is greatest.
The committee referred to in Article 6 shall assist the Commission in defining the list of priorities.
Examination and internal and external assessment of the implementation of the SAVE programme shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions in Article 5 of Council Decision 1999/21/EC, Euratom.
The SAVE programme shall be open to participation by associated central and eastern European countries in accordance with the conditions, including financial provisions, laid down in the additional protocols to the Association Agreements, or in the Association Agreements themselves, relating to participation in Community programmes.
The SAVE programme shall also be open to participation by Cyprus on the basis of additional appropriations, under the same rules as those applied to the EFTA/EEA countries, in accordance with procedures to be agreed with that country.
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This Decision shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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Council Decision 96/737/EC shall be repealed.
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32011R0565 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 565/2011 of 14 June 2011 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
| 15.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 156/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 565/2011
of 14 June 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 549/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June 2011.
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 |
32004R2155 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2155/2004 of 16 December 2004 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
| 17.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 370/52
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2155/2004
of 16 December 2004
fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 15 December 2004.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 15 December 2004, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990D0293 | 90/293/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1989 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under objective 2 in the province of Hainaut (Belgium) (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 1989
on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under objective 2 in the province of Hainaut (Belgium)
(Only the French and the Dutch text is authentic)
(90/293/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), and in particular Article 9 (9) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Commission, on the basis of the regional and social conversion plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, the Community support frameworks for Community structural operations;
Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of that provision, Community support frameworks shall cover in particular the priorities, the forms of assistance, the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount of assistance and its source, and the duration of the assistance;
Whereas Title III, Articles 8 et seq. of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (2) sets out the conditions for the preparation and implementation of Community support frameworks;
Whereas the Belgian Government submitted to the Commission on 12 June 1989, pursuant to Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the regional and social conversion plan for the areas in the province of Hainaut which, as decided by the Commission on 21 March 1989 (3) in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 9 (3) of the said Regulation, are eligible under objective 2;
Whereas the plan submitted by the Member State includes a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the use to be made of assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and the European Social Fund (ESF) in implementing the plan;
Whereas this Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas the European Investment Bank (EIB) has also been involved in the preparation of the Community support framework in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas it has declared its readiness to help implement the framework on the basis of the estimated loan arrangements indicated in this Decision and in accordance with the provisions of its Statute;
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this framework in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas this Decision is consistent with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and of the European Social Fund Committee;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, this Decision is to be sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the budgetary comitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned,
The Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the areas eligible under objective 2 in the province of Hainaut (Belgium), covering the period from 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1991, is hereby approved.
The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of this Community support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the rules and guidelines of the Structural Funds and the other financial instruments.
The Community support framework shall include the following essential information:
(a) a statement of the priorities for joint action:
- priority 1: improving conditions for the development of small and medium-sized firms,
- priority 2: promoting technological innovation,
- priority 3: making the areas concerned and the environment more attractive,
- priority 4: improving the transport infrastructure and encouraging economic expansion;
(b) an outline of the forms of assistance to be provided, in the form of operational programmes;
(c) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1989 prices, the total cost of the priorities adopted for joint action by the Community and the Member State concerned and, in addition, of existing multiannual initiatives, that is ECU 74 300 000 for the whole period, and the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:
(in ecus)
1.2 // // // ERDF // 20 500 000 // ESF // 1 500 000 // // // Total for Structural Funds: // 22 000 000 // //
The resultant national financing requirement, that is approximately ECU 30 million for the public sector and ECU 22 million for the private sector, may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other lending instruments.
This declaration of intent is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 |
31984D0006 | 84/6/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 December 1983 amending Decision 83/123/EEC granting financial assistance within the framework of the special energy development programme (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 December 1983
amending Decision 83/123/EEC granting financial assistance within the framework of the special energy development programme
(Only the English text is authentic)
(84/6/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 625/83 of 15 March 1983 establishing specific measures of Community interest relating to energy strategy (1), and in particular Articles 1 and 4 thereof,
Whereas a supplementary amount of 111 954 640 ECU is to be granted, by way of financial assistance, to the projects and measures submitted by the United Kingdom within the framework of Commission Decision 83/123/EEC (2);
Whereas the conditions set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 625/83 for granting financial assistance are met;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up under Article 7 of the said Regulation,
Decision 83/123/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1, '400 million ECU' is replaced by '511 954 640 ECU'.
2. The table annexed to the aforesaid Decision is replaced by the table annexed hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R0303 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 303/2003 of 17 February 2003 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 303/2003
of 17 February 2003
re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions for the application of a preferential customs duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 786/2002(4), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for fresh cut flowers and flower buds originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 300/2003(5) fixed Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for application of the arrangements for importation from the countries in question.
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(7), laid down detailed rules for the application of these arrangements.
(5) The preferential customs duty fixed for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 23/2003(8).
(6) On the basis of price recordings made as specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down in Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel. The preferential customs duty should be reintroduced.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
1. For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN code ex 0603 10 20 ) originating in Israel the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is reintroduced.
2. Regulation (EC) No 23/2003 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32013D0343 | 2013/343/EU: Council Decision of 1 July 2013 appointing the Croatian members of the European Economic and Social Committee
| 2.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 183/9
COUNCIL DECISION
of 1 July 2013
appointing the Croatian members of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2013/343/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Government of the Republic of Croatia,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).
(2) Following the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, the European Economic and Social Committee should be enlarged by the appointment of nine members to be chosen from among representatives of organisations of employers, of the employed and of other parties representative of civil society, notably in socio-economic, civic, professional and cultural areas,
The following persons are hereby appointed as members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 1 July 2013 to 20 September 2015:
— Mr Davor MAJETIĆ, Director General HUP (Croatian Employers Association)
— Ms Dragica MARTINOVIĆ DŽAMONJA, Director, Representative Office in Brussels, Croatian Chamber of Economy
— Ms Violeta JELIĆ, General Secretary of the Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts
— Ms Marija HANŽEVAČKI, General Secretary, Independent Trade Unions of Croatia
— Ms Anica MILIĆEVIĆ-PEZELJ, Executive Secretary, UATUC (Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia)
— Mr Vilim RIBIĆ, President of the Great Council of Independent Union of Research and Higher Education Employees of Croatia
— Ms Lidija PAVIĆ-ROGOŠIĆ, Director, ODRAZ — Sustainable Community Development
— Ms Marina ŠKRABALO, Senior advisor, GONG (Citizens Supervising Voting in an organized manner)
— Mr Toni VIDAN, Coordinator of the Energy and Climate programme of Zelena akcija/ FoE Croatia.
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 |
31990R2245 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2245/90 of 31 July 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements applicable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91 and 0714 90 11 and originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2245/90
of 31 July 1990
laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements applicable to products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91 and 0714 90 11 and originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1), and in particular Article 27 thereof,
Whereas, under Article 14 (1) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not charged on imports of products falling within CN codes 0714 10 90 and 0714 90 11 originating in the ACP States or in the OCT; whereas the detailed rules for the application of such arrangements should be limited to imposing an obligation to import from the ACP State or OCT indicated in the import licence the product released for free circulation and exempted from the levy, and to setting up a regular notificaiton system;
Whereas, under Article 24 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not applied to direct imports into the French overseas departments (ODs) of products falling within CN code 0714 90 11 within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 2 000 tonnes; whereas the detailed rules for the application of such arrangements should relate to the lodging of applications for import licences and the issue of such licences and guarantee direct importation into the ODs and observance of the maximum quantity laid down; whereas, in order to comply with the objective of the measure and to ensure the management and supervision of the quota, the use of licences for release for free circulation into the abovementioned departments should be strictly limited; whereas these detailed rules either supplement or derogate from, as the case may be, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1599/90 (3), or Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 of 5 April 1989 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1105/90 (5);
Whereas, so that the actual use made of licences can be monitored better, the provision of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 on early submission of proof of release for free circulation should apply;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for importing:
- into the Community products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91 and 0714 90 11 originating in the ACP States or the OCT (Title I),
- into the French overseas departments products falling within CN code 0714 90 11 originating in the ACP States and the OCT (Title II).
TITLE I
1. For the purposes of Article 14 (1) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 and with a view to the release for free circulation into the Community of products falling within CN codes 0714 10 91 and 0714 90 11, the licence application and the import licence shall contain in box 8 the name of the ACP State or OCT in which the product originates. The licence shall constitute an obligation to import from that country and/or territory.
2. The licence shall contain one of the following entries in box 24:
- Producto ACP/PTU:
- no hay lugar a exacción reguladora
- apartados 1 y 3 del artículo 14 y apartado 2 del artículo 1 del Reglamento (CEE) no 715/90;
- AVS/OLT-produkt:
- fritagelse for afgift
- forordning (EOEF) nr. 715/90: artikel 1, stk. 2, og artikel 14, stk. 1 og 3;
- Erzeugnis AKP/UELG:
- Freistellung von der Abschoepfung
- Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 715/90, Artikel 1 Absatz 2 und Artikel 14 Absaetze 1 und 3;
- Proïón AKE/YCHE:
- apallagí apó tin eisforá
- kanonismós (EOK) arith. 715/90, árthro 1 parágrafos 2 kai árthro 14 parágrafoi 1 kai 3;
- ACP/OCT product:
- exemption from the levy
- Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, Article 1 (2) and Article 14 (1) and (3);
- Produit ACP/PTOM:
- exemption du prélèvement
- règlement (CEE) no 715/90: article 1er paragraphe 2 et article 14 paragraphes 1 et 3;
- Prodotto ACP/PTOM:
- esenzione dal prelievo
- regolamento (CEE) n. 715/90, articolo 1, paragrafo 2 e articolo 14, paragrafi 1 e 3;
- Produkt ACS/LGO:
- vrijstelling van heffing
- Verordening (EEG) nr. 715/90: artikel 1, lid 2, en artikel 14, leden 1 en 3;
- Produto ACP/PTU:
- isenção do direito nivelador
- Regulamento (CEE) nº 715/90: nº 2 do artigo 1º e nºs 1 e 3 do artigo 14º
Member States shall notify the Commission before the end of each month of the quantities in respect of which import licences for products originating in the ACP States/OCT have been applied for, during the preceding four weeks, broken down by tariff nomenclature code and country of origin.
TITLE II
With a view to the release for free circulation into the French overseas departments in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of products falling within CN code 0714 90 11, the following special provisions shall apply:
1. Licence applications shall be for a quantity not exceeding 500 tonnes per individual applicant acting on his own account.
2. The licence application and the import licence shall contain in box 8 the name of the ACP State or the overseas country or territory (OCT) in which the product originates. The licence shall constitute an obligation to import from that country or territory.
3. The licence shall contain one of the following entries in box 24:
- Producto ACP/PTU:
- no ha lugar a exacción reguladora
- apartado 1 del artículo 24 del Reglamento (CEE) no 715/90
- exclusivamente válido para el despacho a libre práctica en los D.U.;
- AVS/OLT-produkt:
- fritagelse for afgift
- forordning (EOEF) nr. 715/90: artikel 24, stk. 1
- gaelder udelukkende for overgang til fri omsaetning i de oversoeiske departementer;
- Erzeugnis AKP/UELG:
- Freistellung von der Abschoepfung
- Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 715/90, Artikel 24 Absatz 1
- gilt ausschliesslich fuer die Abfertigung zum freien Verkehr in den franzoesischen ueberseeischen Departements;
- Proïón AKE/YCHE:
- apallagí apó tin eisforá
- kanonismós (EOK) arith. 715/90, árthro 24 parágrafos 1
- ischýei apokleistiká gia thési se eléftheri kykloforía sta yperpóntia diamerísmata;
- ACP/OCT product:
- exemption from the levy
- Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, Article 24 (1)
- valid only for release for the circulation in the OD;
- Produit ACP/PTOM:
- exemption du prélèvement
- règlement (CEE) no 715/90: article 24 paragraphe 1
- exclusivement valable pour une mise en libre pratique dans les départements d'outre-mer;
- Prodotto ACP/PTOM:
- esenzione dal prelievo
- regolamento (CEE) n. 715/90: articolo 24, paragrafo 1
- valido solamente per l'immissione in libera practica nei DOM;
- Produkt ACS/LGO:
- vrijstelling van heffing
- Verordening (EEG) nr. 715/90: artikel 24, lid 1
- geldt uitsluitend voor het in het vrije verkeer brengen in de Franse overzeese departementen; - Produto ACP/PTU:
- isenção do direito nivelador
- Regulamento (CEE) nº 715/90: nº 1 do artigo 24º
- válido exclusivamente para uma introdução em livre prática nos DU.
1. Licence applications shall be lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States every Monday before 1 p.m. or, if that day is not a working day, on the first working day following.
2. Member States shall, by telex not later than 1 p.m. on the working day following the day on which the application is lodged, notify the Commission of the origin of the product, the quantity applied for and the name of the applicant.
3. Not later than the third working day following the day on which the applications are lodged, the Commission shall determine and inform the Member States by telex to what extent the licence applications are accepted.
4. Subject to paragraph 3, licences shall be issued on the fifth working day following the day on which the applications were lodged, in the case of applications notified in accordance with paragraph 2.
5. The licences issued shall be valid exclusively for the release for free circulation into the French overseas departments from the day of effective issue until the end of the second month following that date. However, they shall not be valid beyond 31 December of the year in which they are issued.
Notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the quantity released for free circulation may not be greater than that entered in boxes 17 and 18 of the import licence; the figure 0 shall be entered for this purpose in box 19 of the licence.
Article 33 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply.
TITLE III
General Provisions
1. Notwithstanding Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 891/89, the amount of the security in respect of the import licence shall be ECU 0,5 per tonne.
2. In cases where, as a result of the application of Article 5 (3), the quantity for which the licence is issued is less than that for which it was applied for, the amount of the security corresponding to the difference shall be released.
3. The fourth indent of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall not apply.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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32013R0652 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 652/2013 of 9 July 2013 amending for the 195th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network
| 10.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 189/4
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 652/2013
of 9 July 2013
amending for the 195th 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 1 July 2013 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decided to remove one natural person from its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply after considering a de-listing request submitted by this person and the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1904(2009). Furthermore, on 25 June 2013, the Sanctions Committee of the UNSC decided to amend one entry on the list.
(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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31986D0331 | 86/331/EEC: Commission Decision of 23 June 1986 approving an addendum to the programme relating to potato marketing in the land of North Rhine Westphalia pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 June 1986
approving an addendum to the programme relating to potato marketing in the land of North Rhine Westphalia pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the German text is authentic)
(86/331/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed and marketed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3827/85 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 25 October 1985 the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany forwarded an addendum to the programme approved by Commission Decision 81/323/EEC (3) relating to the promotion of potato marketing in the land of North Rhine Westphalia and on 24 April 1986 submitted supplementary information;
Whereas the purpose of this addendum is to permit the expansion and improvement of facilities for the treatment, reception, grading, storage and marketing of potatoes, so as to ensure satisfactory storage conditions for this fragile product and thereby help to improve the situation in the sector and upgrade the products; whereas it therefore constitutes a programme within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77;
Whereas the addendum contains sufficient information, as required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, to show that the objectives of Article 1 of the Regulation can be achieved in respect of potato marketing in the land of North Rhine Westphalia; whereas the estimated time required for execution of the addendum does not exceed the limits laid down in Article 3 (1) (g) of the Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The addendum to the programme relating to potato marketing in the land of North Rhine Westphalia forwarded by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 on 25 October 1985 concerning which supplementary information was submitted on 24 April 1986 is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0128 | 2014/128/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 10 March 2014 on the approval of the light emitting diodes low beam module ‘E-Light’ as an innovative technology for reducing CO 2 emissions from passenger cars pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance
| 11.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 70/30
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 10 March 2014
on the approval of the light emitting diodes low beam module ‘E-Light’ as an innovative technology for reducing CO2 emissions from passenger cars pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/128/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 setting emissions performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community’s integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (1), and in particular Article 12(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The supplier Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH (the ‘Applicant’) submitted an application for the approval of the light emitting diodes (LEDs) low beam module, ‘E-Light’, as an innovative technology on 9 July 2013. The completeness of the application was assessed in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 (2). The application was found to be complete and the period for the Commission’s assessment of the application started on the day following the date of official receipt, i.e. 10 July 2013.
(2) The application has been assessed in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 and the Technical Guidelines for the preparation of applications for the approval of innovative technologies pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 (the Technical Guidelines) (3).
(3) The application refers to the LED low beam module ‘E-Light’, which is a lighting technology based on a so called refraction-reflection system. The E-Light module uses the reflection and refraction of light through lenses to concentrate the light produced by small number of LED lamps. This technology is significantly different from the LED lighting system approved as an eco-innovation in Commission Implementing Decision 2013/128/EU (4). It should also be noted that the application by Automotive Lighting is based on the simplified approach described in the Technical Guidelines, whereas the previously approved application was based on the comprehensive approach.
(4) The Commission finds that the information provided in the application demonstrates that the conditions and criteria referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 and in Articles 2 and 4 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011 have been met.
(5) The Applicant has demonstrated that the use of the E-Light module in passenger cars did not exceed 3 % of the new passenger cars registered in the reference year 2009. In support of this the Applicant has referred to the Technical Guidelines, which provides for the summary of the CLEPA LIGHT Sight Safety report. The Applicant has used predefined functions and averaged data in line with the simplified approach specified in the Technical Guidelines.
(6) The Applicant has in accordance with the simplified approach described in the Technical Guidelines used halogen lighting as baseline technology for demonstrating the CO2 reducing capacity of the ‘E-Light’ module.
(7) The Applicant has provided a methodology for testing the CO2 reductions which includes formulae that are consistent with the formulae described in the Technical Guidelines for the simplified approach with regard to lighting functions. The Commission considers that the testing methodology will provide testing results that are verifiable, repeatable and comparable and that it is capable of demonstrating in a realistic manner the CO2 emissions benefits of the innovative technology with strong statistical significance in accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011.
(8) Against that background the Commission finds that the Applicant has demonstrated satisfactorily that the emission reduction achieved by the innovative technology is at least 1 g CO2/km.
(9) Since the activation of the lighting in the low beam is not required for the CO2 emissions type approval test referred to in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (6), the Commission is satisfied that the lighting functions in question are not covered by the standard test cycle.
(10) The activation of the lighting functions concerned is mandatory to ensure the safe operation of the vehicle and as a consequence not dependant on the choice of the driver. On that basis the Commission finds that the manufacturer should be considered accountable for the CO2 emission reduction due to the use of the LEDs.
(11) The Commission finds that the verification report has been prepared by FAKT S.r.l. which is an independent and certified body and that the report supports the findings set out in the application.
(12) Against that background, the Commission finds that no objections should be raised as regards the approval of the innovative technology in question.
(13) Any manufacturer wishing to benefit from a reduction of its average specific CO2 emissions for the purpose of meeting its specific emissions target by means of the CO2 savings from the use of the innovative technology approved by this Decision, should in accordance with Article 11(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2011, refer to this Decision in its application for an EC type-approval certificate for the vehicles concerned,
1. The LED low beam module ‘E-Light’ intended for use in M1 vehicles is approved as an innovative technology within the meaning of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 443/2009.
2. The CO2 emissions reduction from the use of the LED low beam module ‘E-Light’ referred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined using the methodology set out in the Annex.
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32010R0607 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 607/2010 of 9 July 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1542/2007 on landing and weighing procedures for herring, mackerel and horse mackerel
| 10.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 175/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 607/2010
of 9 July 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 1542/2007 on landing and weighing procedures for herring, mackerel and horse mackerel
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 5(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Procedures for landing and weighing have been developed in close cooperation between the Community and Norway and the Faeroe Islands. These are established in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1542/2007 (2). The scope of those rules was limited to the stocks which were subject to cooperation with Norway and the Faeroe Islands. However, the zones corresponding to the southern component of mackerel and horse mackerel, as well as other zones subject to catch limitations were not covered. It is appropriate to extend the scope of those rules to all zones where catch limitations are established and where the conservation status of the stocks and the need to ensure effective control so require.
(2) According to Article 9 paragraph 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1542/2007, a weighing logbook is to be kept by the party weighing the fish, but there is no indication as to the time-frame for complying with this obligation. In order to avoid any uncertainty in the interpretation of this provision, a clear deadline for the completion of the logbook should be specified.
(3) According to Article 9 paragraph 3(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1542/2007, each tanker load used to transport fish from the quayside to the processing plant is to be weighed and recorded separately. However, to avoid undue delay to the discharge of the cargo, it should be made possible to only record the total weight of all tanker loads from the same vessel provided that these tanker loads are weighed consecutively and without interruption.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1542/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) Article 60 of 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 (3) establishes the general rules for the weighing of fisheries products and empowers the Commission to adopt detailed rules for its application. Considering that this Article will only apply from 1 January 2011 and having regard to the urgency for the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1542/2007 to apply during the 2010 fishing season, it is appropriate to make use of Article 5(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 as legal basis for this amendment.
(6) The Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture has not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down by its Chairman,
Regulation (EC) No 1542/2007 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:
(a) for herring in ICES zones (4) I, II, IIIa, IV, Vb, VI and VII;
(b) for mackerel in ICES zones: IIa, IIIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV and EU waters of CECAF (5);
(c) for horse mackerel: ICES zones IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV and EU waters of CECAF.
2. in Article 9, paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:
(a) the name and registration number of the vessel from which the fish has been landed;
(b) the identity number of the tankers in cases where fish has been transported from the port of landing before weighing in accordance with Article 7. Each tanker load shall be weighed and recorded separately. However, the total weight of all the tanker loads from the same vessel may be recorded as a whole in case these tanker loads are weighed consecutively and without interruption;
(c) the species of fish;
(d) the weight of each landing;
(e) the date and time of the beginning and end of the weighing.’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32001D0525 | 2001/525/EC: Commission Decision of 28 June 2001 amending Decision 2000/680/EC approving contingency plans for the control of avian influenza and of Newcastle disease (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1685)
| Commission Decision
of 28 June 2001
amending Decision 2000/680/EC approving contingency plans for the control of avian influenza and of Newcastle disease
(notified under document number C(2001) 1685)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/525/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza(1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and in particular Article 17(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease(2), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and in particular Article 21(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Avian influenza and Newcastle disease are diseases which both affect avian species.
(2) The criteria to be applied when drawing up contingency plans for the control of avian influenza and for Newcastle disease are laid down in Annex VI to Directive 92/40/EEC and in Annex VII to Directive 92/66/EEC, respectively.
(3) The criteria for contingency plans listed in the two Annexes referred to above are identical.
(4) Disease control measures to be applied in the event of outbreaks of avian influenza or Newcastle disease follow the same principles and involve poultry producers, operators of slaughterhouses and rendering plants, veterinarians in the field and diagnostic laboratories. It is therefore possible to prepare a contingency plan which covers at the same time avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
(5) Member States have submitted for approval national contingency plans which list and specify the measures to be carried out in the event of outbreaks of avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
(6) By Commission Decision 2000/680/EC of 30 October 2000 approving contingency plans for the control of avian influenza and Newcastle disease(3), contingency plans submitted by 10 Member States were approved.
(7) Contingency plans submitted by all Member States have been examined and fulfil the criteria laid down.
(8) The measures provided for in this decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 2000/680/EC is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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31989R3788 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3788/89 of 15 December 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 314/88 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the olive oil storage contract arrangements
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3788/89
of 15 December 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 314/88 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the olive oil storage contract arrangements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2902/89 (2), and in particular Article 20d (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 314/88 (3) lays down detailed rules on the implementation of the storage contract arrangements;
Whereas, in view of experience gained, the conditions laid down for the conclusion of storage contracts should be eased in order to obtain quicker activation of the measures in question; whereas the arrangements should also be adapted more closely to the specific situation of each producer Member State;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 314/88 should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The first paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 314/88 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Where prices to producers on the main markets of one or more producer Member States are close to the intervention price applying in the Member State or Member States in question during a period of at least 15 days for one or more qualities of olive oil which may be offered for intervention and are likely, in view of the quantities of the product available, to fall below the intervention price, a decision may be taken to allow storage contracts for the qualities concerned to be concluded during the marketing year in progress in the Member State or Member States in question.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010D0316 | 2010/316/: Council Decision of 3 June 2010 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Food Aid Committee as regards the extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999
| 10.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 142/7
COUNCIL DECISION
of 3 June 2010
establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Food Aid Committee as regards the extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999
(2010/316/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 214(4) and Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Food Aid Convention 1999 was concluded on behalf of the European Community by Council Decision 2000/421/EC (1) and extended by decisions of the Food Aid Committee in June 2003, June 2005, June 2007, June 2008 and June 2009 so as to remain in force until 30 June 2010.
(2) The Grains Trade Convention 1995 remains in force until 30 June 2011.
(3) The Food Aid Convention 1999 expires on 30 June 2010 and the question of its renewal will be formally addressed at the 102nd Session of the Food Aid Committee on 4 June 2010.
(4) At the 101st Session of the Food Aid Committee, on 9 December 2009, some members expressed their willingness to extend the Food Aid Convention 1999 for another year until 30 June 2011. The European Union took the position that it would work towards taking a decision in June 2010 as to the future of the Food Aid Convention 1999 and that preparations could be started immediately without any prejudice to the formal position that would be communicated at the 102nd Session of the Food Aid Committee in June 2010.
(5) There are two possible scenarios for which the European Union should prepare a position in view of the 102nd Session of the Food Aid Committee:
(a) discussions among members of the Food Aid Committee on the future of the Food Aid Convention 1999 have achieved significant progress (i.e. there is reasonable expectation that renegotiation of the Food Aid Convention 1999/negotiation of a future Convention will start in the course of 2010), by the 102nd Session of the Food Aid Committee, in which case an extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999 for one more year would be most appropriate. The Commission would then initiate the procedure laid down in Article 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union recommending that the Council authorise the opening of negotiations and adopt negotiating directives; or
(b) discussions among members of the Food Aid Committee on the future of the Food Aid Convention 1999 have not achieved significant progress by the 102nd Session of the Food Aid Committee, in which case an extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999 for one more year would not be appropriate, and the Commission, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, should formally oppose the emergence of a consensus in the Food Aid Committee favouring an extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999.
(6) The Commission, which represents the European Union in the Food Aid Committee, should therefore be authorised by a Council Decision to either favour an extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999 for one year, i.e. until 30 June 2011, if the condition set out in paragraph 5(a) is met, or, if that is not the case, oppose a consensus in the Food Aid Committee favouring such an extension,
The position of the European Union within the Food Aid Committee shall be to favour the extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999 for a period of one year, i.e. until 30 June 2011, provided that discussions among members of the Food Aid Committee on the future of the Food Aid Convention 1999 have achieved significant progress (i.e. there is a reasonable expectation that renegotiation of the Food Aid Convention 1999/negotiation of a future Convention will start in the course of 2010), by the 102nd Session of the Food Aid Committee on 4 June 2010.
If that condition is not met, the position of the European Union shall be formally to oppose the emergence of a consensus in the Food Aid Committee favouring an extension of the Food Aid Convention 1999, pursuant to Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure of the Food Aid Committee.
The Commission is hereby authorised to express one of the positions set out in Article 1 within the Food Aid Committee. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0439 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 439/2014 of 29 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics, as regards the definitions of characteristics and the technical format for the transmission of data Text with EEA relevance
| 30.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 128/72
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 439/2014
of 29 April 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics, as regards the definitions of characteristics and the technical format for the transmission of data
(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 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statistics (1), and in particular Article 11(1)(a) and (c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council established a common framework for the collection, transmission and evaluation of European statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Union.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 (2) established the definitions of characteristics and the technical format for the transmission of data.
(3) It is necessary to specify definitions for the characteristics of the demography of enterprises with at least one employee to respond to the need for increased international comparability of results, especially for statistics on entrepreneurship. These definitions should be added in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 250/2009. The technical format for the transmission of data as set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 250/2009, including the list of data set identifiers, the series and the list of variables should therefore be updated accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997D0502 | 97/502/EC: Commission Decision of 3 July 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 3 July 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the English text is authentic) (97/498/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas the request submitted by the United Kingdom on 25 July 1996, which reached the Commission on 31 July 1996, contains the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the fitting of one type of vehicle with one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No 7 carried out in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48;
Whereas the reasons given in the request, according to which the fitting of the stop lamps and the stop lamps themselves do not meet the requirements of Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/516/EEC (4), and of Council Directive 76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 91/663/EEC (6), are well founded; whereas the descriptions of the tests, the results thereof and their compliance with ECE Regulations No 7 and No 48 ensure a satisfactory level of safety;
Whereas the Community Directives concerned will be amended in order to permit the production and fitting of such stop lamps;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The request submitted by the United Kingdom for an exemption concerning the production of one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE Regulation No 7 and the fitting thereof in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48 on the type of vehicle for which it is intended is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998R1186 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1186/98 of 8 June 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1028/98
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1186/98 of 8 June 1998 fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1028/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas tenders have been invited for certain quantities of beef fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1028/98 (3);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (5), the minimum selling prices for meat put up for sale by tender should be fixed, taking into account tenders submitted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The minimum selling prices for beef for the invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1028/98 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 25 May 1998 are 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 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 |
31996R1999 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1999/96 of 18 October 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 109/96 on arrangements for the import of grape juice and must from third countries
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1999/96 of 18 October 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 109/96 on arrangements for the import of grape juice and must 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 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1592/96 (2), and in particular Articles 53 (3) and 75 thereof,
Whereas the application of Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/96 (3) has given rise to difficulties with the calculation of the exact date of validity of import licences because of the period of reflection before the actual issue of licences; whereas, in order to solve those difficulties, the beginning of the period of validity of all licences issued under the Regulation should be specified; whereas that provision should apply from the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 109/96 in order to maintain the legitimate confidence of all those involved;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Regulation (EC) No 109/96 is hereby amended as follows:
- in Article 3 (2), the words 'with the exception of Article 6` are replaced by 'with the exception of Articles 3 and 6`,
- in Article 4, the following paragraph 6 is added:
'6. Notwithstanding Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3388/81 and pursuant to Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the licence shall be valid from the date of its actual issue until the end of the fourth month following.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 29 January until 31 August 1996.
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32001R2009 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001 of 12 October 2001 opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled, medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001
of 12 October 2001
opening an invitation to tender for the refund on export of wholly milled, medium grain and long grain A rice to certain third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Examination of the balance sheet shows that exportable amounts of rice are currently held by producers. This situation could affect the normal development of producer prices during the 2001/02 marketing year.
(2) In order to remedy this situation, it is appropriate to make use of export refunds to zones which may be supplied by the Community. The special situation of the rice market makes it necessary to limit the refunds, and therefore to apply Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 enabling the refund amount to be fixed by tendering procedure.
(3) It should be stated that the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 of 6 March 1975 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of tendering for export refunds on rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(4), apply to this invitation to tender.
(4) In order to avoid disturbances on the markets of the producing countries, the invitation to tender should be limited to certain zones specified in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92(5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3304/94(6).
(5) Pursuant to Article 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture(7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2452/2000(8), amounts quoted in tenders submitted in response to invitations to tender organised under an instrument forming part of the common agricultural policy must be expressed in euro. Article 5(1) of that Regulation provides that in such cases the operative event for the agricultural exchange rate is the final day for the submission of tenders. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Article specify the operative events applicable to advances and securities.
(6) 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 opened for the refund on export of wholly milled, medium grain and ling grain A rice falling within CN codes 1006 30 63, 1006 30 65, 1006 30 94 and 1006 30 96, as referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, for Zones I to VI (except Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary and Turkey) and for Zone VIII (except for Guyana, Madagascar and Surinam), as specified in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.
2. The invitation to tender shall be open until 27 June 2002. During that period weekly invitations to tender shall be issued and the date for submission of tenders shall be determined in the notice of invitation to tender.
3. The invitation to tender shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 and with the following provisions.
A tender shall be admissible only if it covers a quantity for export of at least 50 tonnes but not more than 3000 tonnes.
The security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 shall be EUR 30 per tonne.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 23(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000(9), export licences issued within this invitation to tender shall, for the purposes of determining their period of validity, be considered as having been issued on the day the tender was submitted.
2. The licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1, until the end of the fourth month following.
Tenders submitted must reach the Commission through the Member States not later than one and a half hours after expiry of the deadline for weekly submission of tenders as laid down in the notice of invitation to tender. They must be transmitted in accordance with the table given in the Annex.
If no tenders are submitted, the Member States shall inform the Commission accordingly within the same deadline as that given in the above subparagraph.
The time set for submitting tenders shall be Belgian time.
1. On the basis of tenders submitted, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95:
- either to fix a maximum export refund, taking account of the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95,
- or not to take any action on the tenders.
2. Where a maximum export refund is fixed, an award shall be made to the tenderer or tenderers whose tenders are at or below the maximum export refund level.
The deadline for submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to tender shall be 10 a.m. on 25 October 2001.
The final date for submission of tenders is hereby fixed at 27 June 2002.
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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