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Commission Regulation (EC) No 354/2002
of 25 February 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 2228/2001 fixing, for 2002, the reduction percentages to be applied to applications for an allocation by non-traditional operators under the tariff quotas for imports of bananas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2587/2001(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 of 7 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 349/2002(4), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, by Regulation (EC) No 2228/2001(5) the Commission fixed a reduction percentage to apply for 2002 to applications for allocations from non-traditional operators A/B and C, in the light of the Member States' notifications of the sum of allocations applied for by non-traditional operators A/B and C. Those provisions were adopted without prejudice to any measures that could be adopted subsequently by the Council or the Commission and cannot be invoked by operators as grounds for legitimate expectations.
(2) Following the changes in tariff quotas B and C pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2587/2001 and in the allocation of tariff quota C among traditional and non-traditional operators pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 349/2002, the percentage reduction to apply to the allocations requested by non-traditional operators under tariff quotas A/B and C should be adjusted.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 2228/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(4) This Regulation must enter into force immediately, having regard to the time limits laid down in Regulation (EC) No 896/2001.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2228/2001 is hereby replaced by the following: "Article 1
For the tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, the allocation to be granted to each non-traditional operator shall be the following percentage of the allocation applied for:
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By 28 February 2002 at the latest the competent authorities of the Member States shall notify the operators concerned of the quantities allocated to them pursuant to this Article."
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 February 2002.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2557/85
of 11 September 1985
regarding the application of Decisions No 1/85, No 2/85 and No 3/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products'
THE COMMISSION 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 81/968/EEC of 24 November 1981 on the application of derogations from the definition of originating products under the second ACP-EEC Convention (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 485/85 of 26 February 1985 concerning the application of Decision No 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on transitional measures valid from 1 March 1985 (2),
Whereas the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee set up under the second ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé on 31 October 1979, adopted pursuant to Articles 28 (3) and 30 (1) of Protocol 1 to that Convention, Decisions No 1/85, 2/85 and 3/85 derogating from the definition of the concept of 'originating products',
Whereas it is necessary in accordance with Article 33 of the said Protocol 1 to take the measure required to implement those Decisions,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Decisions No 1/85, 2/85 and 3/85 of the ACP-EEC Customs Cooperation Committee annexed to this Regulation shall apply in the Community.
Article 2
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.
Done at Brussels, 11 September 1985.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2002
of 17 May 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 May 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 June 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 May 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:
- 200 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 300 tonnes originating in Namibia;
United Kingdom:
- 1000 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 730 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 June 2002 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
TABLE
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 May 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 May 2002.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2615/97 of 18 December 1997 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) and the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau (2), the two Parties have conducted negotiations to determine any amendments and additions to be made to that Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol annexed thereto;
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the abovementioned Agreement for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001 was initialled on 4 June 1997;
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve that 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,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (3).
Article 2
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a) shrimps
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(b) cephalopods/fin-fish
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If licence applications from those Member States do no exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State.
Article 3
The President of the Council is hereby authorized 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 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.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 1997.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 344/96 of 26 February 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 28 and 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Whereas residues from the manufacture of starch from maize fall within heading 2303 of the Combined Nomenclature as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (2); whereas some imports comprise a blend of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize with certain other types of residue, in particular screenings from maize and residues of maize steep-water used for the manufacture of alcohol or of other starch derived products; whereas those mixtures must be classified under heading 2309;
Whereas, in accordance with the outcome of the negotiations with the United States, some of these blends may be imported into the Community free of duty; whereas they should be described in an additional note to Chapter 23 and an appropriate subheading should also be created; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the following additional note is hereby incorporated in Chapter 23:
'5. Subheading 2309 90 20 (*) includes only residues from the manufacture of starch from maize, and does not cover blends of such residues with products derived from other plants or products derived from maize otherwise than in the course of the production of starch by the wet process, containing:
- screenings from maize used in the wet process in a proportion not exceeding 15 % by weight,
and/or,
- residues of maize steep-water, from the wet process, including residues of steep-water used for the manufacture of alcohol or of other starch derived products.
These products may also contain residues from the extraction of maize germ oil by the wet milling process.
Their starch content may not exceed 28 % by weight on the dry product in accordance with the method contained in Annex I.1 to Commission Directive 72/199/EEC, their fat content may not exceed 4,5 % by weight on the dry product determined in accordance with method A contained in Annex I to Commission Directive 84/4/EEC and their protein content may not exceed 40 % on the dry product determined in accordance with the method contained in Annex I.2 to Commission Directive 72/199/EEC.
(*) Taric code 1996: 2309 90 31 * 05
2309 90 41 * 25.`;
2. the subheadings in heading 2309 are hereby amended 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 July 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 February 1996.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 496/2003
of 19 March 2003
temporarily derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2), and in particular Article 29(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/2003(4), export licences are to be issued on the fifth working day following that on which the application was lodged provided that no specific action has been taken by the Commission in the meantime.
(2) Because of the public holidays in 2003 and the irregular appearance of the Official Journal of the European Union during those holidays, the period for reflection of five working days will be too brief to guarantee proper administration of the market. It should therefore be extended temporarily.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
By derogation from Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, licences for which applications are lodged during the periods specified below shall be issued on the corresponding dates provided that no specific action as indicated in paragraph 2 of that Article has been taken prior to those dates:
TABLE
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 March 2003.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1453/78 of 19 June 1978 on the application of Decisions No 1/78 and No 2/78 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - on the amendment of the Appendices to the Agreement
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 16 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit (1), signed on 23 November 1972, empowers the Joint Committee set up under that Agreement to adopt Decisions making certain amendments to the Agreement and to its Appendices;
Whereas the Joint Committee has adopted the amendments to Appendix III to that Agreement made necessary by the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Economic Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Republic of Austria on the extension of the application of the rules on Community transit (2), signed on 12 July 1977;
Whereas the Joint Committee decided at the same time to add a new Appendix IIA to the Agreement of 23 November 1972 as a result of amendments made to the rules on Community transit;
Whereas these amendments are the subject of Decisions No 1/78 and No 2/78 of the Joint Committee ; whereas it is necessary to take the measures required to implement the abovementioned Decisions,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Decisions No 1/78 and No 2/78 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - of 8 May 1978 on the amendment of the Appendices to the Agreement shall apply in the Community.
The texts of the Decisions are annexed to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1978.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 19 June 1978.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2262/2002
of 18 December 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 December 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 January 2003 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 December 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:
- 15 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 55 tonnes originating in Namibia.
United Kingdom:
- 153 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 194 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 January 2003 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
TABLE
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2002.
Commission Decision
of 27 February 2001
amending Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community
(notified under document number C(2001) 451)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/184/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 92/452/EEC(2), as last amended by Decision 2000/557/EC(3) establishes a list of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for the export of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community.
(2) The competent veterinary services of Canada have forwarded a request for amendment to the list of teams officially approved in their territories for the export of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species to the Community. It is therefore necessary to amend the list of approved teams. Guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 8 of Directive 89/556/EEC have been received by the Commission.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In the Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC, in the list concerning Canada the following teams are added:
TABLE
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 February 2001.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 March 1975
concluding an international convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures and accepting the Annex thereto concerning customs warehouses
(75/199/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing European Economic Community;
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission;
Whereas the international convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures negotiated within the Customs Cooperation Council can effectively contribute to the development of international trade;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 of that convention, each Contracting Party must, when concluding the convention, also accept one of the Annexes thereto; whereas the Community should therefore accept the Annex concerning customs warehouses;
Whereas that convention should therefore be concluded and that Annex thereto be accepted,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The international convention on the simplification and harmonization of customs procedures and the Annex thereto concerning customs warehouses are hereby respectively concluded and accepted on behalf of the Community.
The texts of the convention and of the Annex are contained in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the convention referred to in Article 1 and to accept the Annex also referred to in Article 1 and to confer on them the powers required to bind the Community.
These persons shall also inform the Secretary-General of the Customs Cooperation Council that, for the application of the aforesaid Annex, the customs territories of the Member States of the European Economic Community are to be considered as a single territory.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 1975.