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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 17 April 1996 giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 1994 financial year as regards Sections I - Parliament, II - Council, III - Commission, IV - Court of Justice, V - Court of Auditors and VI - Economic and Social Committee/Committee of the Regions (96/377/ECSC, EC, Euratom)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
- Having regard to the ECSC Treaty, and in particular Article 78g thereof,
- Having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 206 thereof,
- Having regard to the EAEC Treaty, and in particular Article 180b thereof,
- Having regard to the budget for the 1994 financial year,
- Having regard to the revenue and expenditure accounts and the financial statement of the European Communities for the 1994 financial year (SEC(95) 252-255),
- Having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors for the 1994 financial year and the replies of the institutions (1),
- Having regard to the Statement of Assurance concerning activities financed from the general budget for the financial year 1994 and the relevant special report (2),
- Having regard to the Council recommendation of 11 March 1996 (C4-0200/96),
- Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the Committees on Research, Technological Development and Energy, on External Economic Relations, on Social Affairs and Employment, on Regional Policy, on Culture, Youth, Education, and the Media, on Development and Cooperation, on Women's Rights, on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on Transport and Tourism and on Fisheries (A4-0098/96),
1. Notes that the authorized revenue and expenditure for the 1994 financial year amounted to:
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2. Gives the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the following amounts:
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3. Accepts that final checks still have to be made of EAGGF expenditure reported by the Member States and that corrections to the figures may yet have to be made;
4. Reserves, therefore, the right to re-examine the amounts above in so far as they relate to expenditure in the EAGGF Guarantee Section in the light of the clearance of accounts decision for the 1994 financial year, which shall be forwarded to the European Parliament for a decision complementary to this discharge decision;
5. Records its comments in the resolution which forms an integral part of this decision;
6. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution containing its comments to the Commission, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (L series).
The Secretary-General
Enrico VINCI
The President
Klaus HÄNSCH
(1) OJ No C 303, 14. 11. 1995.
(2) OJ No C 352, 30. 12. 1995, pp. 5 and 11.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/2002
of 12 March 2002
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 March 2002, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 April 2002 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52100 tonnes.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(4),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following Member States shall issue on 21 March 2002 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:
Germany:
- 50 tonnes originating in Namibia.
United Kingdom:
- 200 tonnes originating in Namibia,
- 50 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
Article 2
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of April 2002 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
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Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 March 2002.
Council Regulation (EC) No 722/2001
of 4 April 2001
on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37, in conjunction with Article 300(2) and (3), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire(3), the two Parties conducted negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol annexed thereto.
(2) As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol setting out, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the above Agreement was initialled on 26 May 2000.
(3) It is in the Community's interests to approve that Protocol.
(4) The method of allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing opportunities under the Fisheries Agreement,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Protocol setting out, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation.
Article 2
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a) demersal species
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(b) tuna fishing
(i)
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(ii)
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(iii)
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If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State.
Article 3
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
Article 4
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.
Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/97 of 3 February 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 3163/93 establishing the forecast supply balance as part of the specific arrangements for the supply of milk products to the smaller Aegean islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, with a view to applying the provisions of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 in the milk products sector, Commission Regulation (EC) No 3004/94 (3) establishes the annual forecast supply balance for milk products for the islands concerned for 1995; whereas, on the basis of information supplied concerning the islands' requirements, the forecast supply balance for 1997 should be established;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 3163/93 (4) is hereby replaced by the following:
'1. With a view to the application of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the quantities of milk products in the forecast supply balance for the smaller Aegean islands that are eligible for Community aid are as follows for 1997:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 February 1997.
COUNCIL DECISION of 20 December 1985 amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, Decision 85/356/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (85/588/EEC)
THE COUNCIL 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 396 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas in Decision 85/356/EEC (1) the Council determined that the seed of certain species harvested in 21 third countries was equivalent to the corresponding seed harvested in the Community;
(1) OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1985, p. 20.
whereas the said determination of equivalence includes Spain and Portugal; Whereas, by virtue of Article 2 (3) of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal, the institutions of the Communities may adopt before accession the measures referred to in Article 396 of the Act of Accession,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal, the Annex to Council Decision 85/356/EEC shall be amended as follows with effect from 1 March 1986:
1. In Part I, Title 1, point 1.1 the following entries shall be deleted:
'E = Spain', and 'P = Portugal'.
2.In the table in Part I, Title 2, the following additions shall be made to the table headings:
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3. The eighth section of the table relating to Spain shall be deleted.
4.In the 12th section of the table (relating to New Zealand), the following shall be added to footnote (1) on Beta vulgaris:
'Solamente para remolacha azucarera.
Unicamente para a beterraba açucareira.'
5.In the 12th section of the table (relating to New Zealand), the following shall be added to footnote (1) on Linum usitatissimum:
'Solamente para el lino oleaginoso.
Unicamente para ó linho oleaginoso.'
6.The 13th section of the table (relating to Portugal) shall be deleted.
7.In the 14th section of the table (relating to Poland), the following shall be added to footnote (1) on Brassica rapa (partim), Brassica napus spp. oleifera and Sinapis alba:
'Destinadas a obtención de forraje.
Destinada à produção de forragem.'
8.In the 18th and 19th sections of the table (relating to Turkey and the United States of America respectively), the following shall be added to the footnote on Beta vulgaris:
'Solamente para remolacha azucarera.
Unicamente para a beterraba açucareira.'
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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 1985.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2461/2001
of 14 December 2001
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 260th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999(4), the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter; Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of the tenders received in response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.
(2) In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-use security determined accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 260th special invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90, the maximum aid and the amount of the end-use security shall be as follows:
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1881/92
of 6 July 1992
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of categories 58, 59 and 66 (order Nos 40.0580, 40.0590 and 40.0660), originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended into 1992 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3587/91 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of products of categories 58, 59 and 66 (order Nos 40.0580, 40.0590 and 40.0660), originating in China, the relevant ceilings amount to 57 tonnes, 62 tonnes and 4 tonnes respectively;
Whereas on 17 January 1992 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in China, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to China,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 12 July 1992 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in China:
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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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 July 1992.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1339/95 of 13 June 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3262/94 fixing, for the 1995 fishing year, the withdrawal and selling prices for fishery products listed in Annex I (A), (D) and (E) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992, on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Articles 12 and 13 (1) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1299/95 (5) amends the guide price for herring and fixes the guide price for deep-water prawns for the 1995 fishing year;
Whereas Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that the withdrawal price may be weighted by an adjustment coefficient in landing areas which are very far away from the principal consumption centres; whereas this is the case for herring;
Whereas, with regard to sardines, the price for size 3 of this product in the relevant landing areas in Spain and Portugal requires the setting of a special adjustment coefficient; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3262/94 (6) needs to be amended in consequence;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1299/95 is to apply from 1 January 1995; where, therefore, the same date should also apply to this Regulation;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3516/93 (7) establishes the operative events for the conversion rates to be applied when calculating certain amounts provided for by the mechanisms of the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products; whereas for the period 1 to 31 January 1995, therefore, the agricultural conversion rate in question is multiplied by an adjustment factor of 1,207509; whereas the reference prices for that period should be set accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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1. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 3262/94 is amended as follows:
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2. Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 3262/94 is supplemented as follows:
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3. Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 3262/94 is amended and supplemented as follows:
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4. Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 3262/94 is amended and supplemented as follows:
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Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 June 1995.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2002
of 16 July 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 establishing the supply balances and Community aid for the outermost regions under Council Regulations (EC) Nos 1452/2001, 1453/2001 and 1454/2001 with regard to eggs, poultry and rabbit sector for the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (Poseican)(1), amended by Regulation (EC) No 1195/2002(2), and in particular Article 3(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 21/2002(3), as last modified by Regulation (EC) No 679/2002(4), establishes the supply balances and Community aid for the outermost regions under Council Regulations (EC) Nos 1452/2001(5), 1453/2001(6) and 1454/2001.
(2) Evidence shows that the quantities of grandparent and parent female chicks provided in Annex III(11), (CN code ex 0105 11 ) are not used due to the fact that the aid has not been sufficient to compensate the relatively high transport costs. It is therefore necessary to increase the aid.
(3) For the purpose of setting the aid for supply to the Canary Islands of the products listed in Annex III(11) and in the interests of simplification, there should be a permanent reference to the Regulations fixing the export refund for similar products whenever such refunds are granted.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the meeting of the Management Committee poultrymeat and eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex III (Canary Islands) to Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 is amended as follows:
- Part 11 is replaced by the following: "Part 11
Eggs, poultry, rabbits
Forecast supply balance and Community aid for the supply of Community products per calendar year
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 July 2002.