# Official Journal L 226/1 Se

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| English edition | Legislation | Volume 481 September 2005 |

ISSN 1725-2555

Official Journal

of the European Union

L 226

English edition

Legislation

Volume 481 September 2005

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| Contents | | I   Acts whose publication is obligatory | page |
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| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2005 of 31 August 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables | 1 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2005 of 31 August 2005 fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from 1 to 30 September 2005 | 3 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/2005 of 31 August 2005 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 September 2005 | 4 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/2005 of 31 August 2005 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1389/2005 | 7 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1433/2005 of 31 August 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton | 9 |

Contents

I   Acts whose publication is obligatory

page

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2005 of 31 August 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

1

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2005 of 31 August 2005 fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from 1 to 30 September 2005

3

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/2005 of 31 August 2005 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 September 2005

4

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/2005 of 31 August 2005 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1389/2005

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1433/2005 of 31 August 2005 determining the world market price for unginned cotton

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| | | II   Acts whose publication is not obligatory |
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| | | Commission |
| | * | Commission Decision of 30 August 2005 on the allocation of one additional day absent from port to Germany in accordance with Annex IVa to Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005
  (notified under document number C(2005) 3153) | 10 |
| | | EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA |
| | | EFTA Surveillance Authority |
| | * | EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 39/04/COL of 17 March 2004 amending for the 42nd time the Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid by introducing a new Chapter 25A: Review of the guidelines on national regional aid for the period after 1 January 2007 | 12 |

II   Acts whose publication is not obligatory

Commission

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Commission Decision of 30 August 2005 on the allocation of one additional day absent from port to Germany in accordance with Annex IVa to Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005
  (notified under document number C(2005) 3153)

(notified under document number C(2005) 3153)

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

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EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 39/04/COL of 17 March 2004 amending for the 42nd time the Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid by introducing a new Chapter 25A: Review of the guidelines on national regional aid for the period after 1 January 2007

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| EN | Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.
  The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. |
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Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.

The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk.

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I Acts whose publication is obligatory

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1429/2005

of 31 August 2005

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. |
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(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, |
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(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 August 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17).

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ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 31 August 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

| (EUR/100 kg) |
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| CN code | Third country code (1) | Standard import value |
| 0702 00 00 | 052 | 76,6 |
| 999 | 76,6 |
| 0707 00 05 | 052 | 69,3 |
| 068 | 40,9 |
| 999 | 55,1 |
| 0709 90 70 | 052 | 72,0 |
| 999 | 72,0 |
| 0805 50 10 | 382 | 61,0 |
| 388 | 58,8 |
| 524 | 60,3 |
| 528 | 60,5 |
| 999 | 60,2 |
| 0806 10 10 | 052 | 89,3 |
| 220 | 167,2 |
| 400 | 195,8 |
| 624 | 128,7 |
| 999 | 145,3 |
| 0808 10 80 | 388 | 83,0 |
| 400 | 69,1 |
| 508 | 61,7 |
| 512 | 82,9 |
| 528 | 68,3 |
| 720 | 27,9 |
| 804 | 77,0 |
| 999 | 67,1 |
| 0808 20 50 | 052 | 94,0 |
| 388 | 114,6 |
| 512 | 9,6 |
| 528 | 37,7 |
| 624 | 114,6 |
| 800 | 152,8 |
| 999 | 87,2 |
| 0809 30 10 , 0809 30 90 | 052 | 83,3 |
| 999 | 83,3 |
| 0809 40 05 | 052 | 105,3 |
| 066 | 76,4 |
| 093 | 49,2 |
| 098 | 53,9 |
| 624 | 112,8 |
| 999 | 79,5 |

(EUR/100 kg)

CN code

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

0702 00 00

052

76,6

999

76,6

0707 00 05

052

69,3

068

40,9

999

55,1

0709 90 70

052

72,0

999

72,0

0805 50 10

382

61,0

388

58,8

524

60,3

528

60,5

999

60,2

0806 10 10

052

89,3

220

167,2

400

195,8

624

128,7

999

145,3

0808 10 80

388

83,0

400

69,1

508

61,7

512

82,9

528

68,3

720

27,9

804

77,0

999

67,1

0808 20 50

052

94,0

388

114,6

512

9,6

528

37,7

624

114,6

800

152,8

999

87,2

0809 30 10 , 0809 30 90

052

83,3

999

83,3

0809 40 05

052

105,3

066

76,4

093

49,2

098

53,9

624

112,8

999

79,5

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(1)  Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12). Code ‘
  999
  ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1430/2005

of 31 August 2005

fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry for the period from 1 to 30 September 2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the fifth indent of Article 7(5) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, production refunds may be granted on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f) of that Regulation, on syrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof and on chemically pure fructose covered by CN code 1702 50 00 as an intermediate product, that are in one of the situations referred to in Article 23(2) of the Treaty and are used in the manufacture of certain products of the chemical industry. |
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(1)

Pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, production refunds may be granted on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f) of that Regulation, on syrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof and on chemically pure fructose covered by CN code 1702 50 00 as an intermediate product, that are in one of the situations referred to in Article 23(2) of the Treaty and are used in the manufacture of certain products of the chemical industry.

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (2) provides that these refunds shall be determined according to the refund fixed for white sugar. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (2) provides that these refunds shall be determined according to the refund fixed for white sugar.

| (3) | Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 provides that the production refund on white sugar is to be fixed at monthly intervals commencing on the first day of each month. |
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(3)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 provides that the production refund on white sugar is to be fixed at monthly intervals commencing on the first day of each month.

| (4) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar, |
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(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The production refund on white sugar referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 shall be equal to 34,551 EUR/100 kg net for the period from 1 to 30 September 2005.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 August 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL

Member of the Commission

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(1)  
  OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

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(2)  
  OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 63.

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1431/2005

of 31 August 2005

fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 September 2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff. |
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(1)

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.

| (2) | Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market. |
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(2)

Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards import duties in the cereals sector. |
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(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.

| (4) | The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. |
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(4)

The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force.

| (5) | In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties. |
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(5)

In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.

| (6) | Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in Annex I to this Regulation, |
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(6)

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in Annex I to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 August 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.

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(2)  
  OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 12).

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ANNEX I

Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 applicable from 1 September 2005

| CN code | Description | Import duty (1)

  (EUR/tonne) |
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| 1001 10 00 | Durum wheat high quality | 0,00 |
| medium quality | 0,00 |
| low quality | 0,00 |
| 1001 90 91 | Common wheat seed | 0,00 |
| ex 1001 90 99 | Common high quality wheat other than for sowing | 0,00 |
| 1002 00 00 | Rye | 41,87 |
| 1005 10 90 | Maize seed other than hybrid | 64,97 |
| 1005 90 00 | Maize other than seed (2) | 64,97 |
| 1007 00 90 | Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing | 46,86 |

CN code

Description

Import duty (1)

(EUR/tonne)

1001 10 00

Durum wheat high quality

0,00

medium quality

0,00

low quality

0,00

1001 90 91

Common wheat seed

0,00

ex 1001 90 99

Common high quality wheat other than for sowing

0,00

1002 00 00

Rye

41,87

1005 10 90

Maize seed other than hybrid

64,97

1005 90 00

Maize other than seed (2)

64,97

1007 00 90

Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing

46,86

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(1)  For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal (Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96), the importer may benefit from a reduction in the duty of:

| — | EUR 3/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or |
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EUR 3/t, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or

| — | EUR 2/t, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden or the Atlantic coasts of the Iberian peninsula. |
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EUR 2/t, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden or the Atlantic coasts of the Iberian peninsula.

(2)  The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 24/t, where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met.

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ANNEX II

Factors for calculating duties

period from 17.8.2005-30.8.2005

1.

| Exchange quotations | Minneapolis | Chicago | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minneapolis |
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| Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity) | HRS2 | YC3 | HAD2 | Medium quality (*1) | Low quality (*2) | US barley 2 |
| Quotation (EUR/t) | 118,87  (*3) | 67,04 | 172,2 | 162,2 | 142,2 | 91,31 |
| Gulf premium (EUR/t) | — | 12,49 | — | | | — |
| Great Lakes premium (EUR/t) | 31,68 | — | — | | | — |

Exchange quotations

Minneapolis

Chicago

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Product (% proteins at 12 % humidity)

HRS2

YC3

HAD2

Medium quality (*1)

Low quality (*2)

US barley 2

Quotation (EUR/t)

118,87  (*3)

67,04

172,2

162,2

142,2

91,31

Gulf premium (EUR/t)

—

12,49

—

—

Great Lakes premium (EUR/t)

31,68

—

—

—

2.

Freight/cost: Gulf of Mexico–Rotterdam: 17,52 EUR/t; Great Lakes–Rotterdam: 23,85 EUR/t.

3.

| Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96: | 0,00  EUR/t (HRW2)
  0,00  EUR/t (SRW2). |
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Subsidy within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96:

0,00  EUR/t (HRW2)

0,00  EUR/t (SRW2).

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(*1)  A discount of 10 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

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(*2)  A discount of 30 EUR/t (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

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(*3)  Premium of 14 EUR/t incorporated (Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96).

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1432/2005

of 31 August 2005

altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1389/2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | The export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1389/2005 (2). |
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(1)

The export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1389/2005 (2).

| (2) | Since the data currently available to the Commission are different to the data at the time Regulation (EC) No 1389/2005 was adopted, those refunds should be adjusted, |
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(2)

Since the data currently available to the Commission are different to the data at the time Regulation (EC) No 1389/2005 was adopted, those refunds should be adjusted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1389/2005 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 August 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL

Member of the Commission

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(1)  
  OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

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(2)  
  OJ L 221, 26.8.2005, p. 14.

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ANNEX

AMENDED AMOUNTS OF REFUNDS ON WHITE SUGAR AND RAW SUGAR EXPORTED WITHOUT FURTHER PROCESSING APPLICABLE FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2005 (*1)

| Product code | Destination | Unit of measurement | Amount of refund |
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| 1701 11 90 9100 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 34,58  (1) |
| 1701 11 90 9910 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 33,36  (1) |
| 1701 12 90 9100 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 34,58  (1) |
| 1701 12 90 9910 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 33,36  (1) |
| 1701 91 00 9000 | S00 | EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg product net | 0,3759 |
| 1701 99 10 9100 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 37,59 |
| 1701 99 10 9910 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 36,27 |
| 1701 99 10 9950 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 36,27 |
| 1701 99 90 9100 | S00 | EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg of net product | 0,3759 |
| NB: The product codes and the ‘A ’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).
  The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11).
  The other destinations are:







  S00 | : | all destinations (third countries, other territories, victualling and destinations treated as exports from the Community) with the exception of Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo, as defined in UN Security Council Resolution No 1244 of 10 June 1999), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, save for sugar incorporated in the products referred to in Article 1(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 (OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29). |

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

1701 11 90 9100

S00

EUR/100 kg

34,58  (1)

1701 11 90 9910

S00

EUR/100 kg

33,36  (1)

1701 12 90 9100

S00

EUR/100 kg

34,58  (1)

1701 12 90 9910

S00

EUR/100 kg

33,36  (1)

1701 91 00 9000

S00

EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg product net

0,3759

1701 99 10 9100

S00

EUR/100 kg

37,59

1701 99 10 9910

S00

EUR/100 kg

36,27

1701 99 10 9950

S00

EUR/100 kg

36,27

1701 99 90 9100

S00

EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg of net product

0,3759

NB: The product codes and the ‘A ’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).

The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11).

The other destinations are:

S00

:

all destinations (third countries, other territories, victualling and destinations treated as exports from the Community) with the exception of Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo, as defined in UN Security Council Resolution No 1244 of 10 June 1999), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, save for sugar incorporated in the products referred to in Article 1(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 (OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29).

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(*1)  The amounts set out in this Annex are not applicable with effect from 1 February 2005 pusrsuant to Council Decision 2005/45/EC of 22 December 2004 concerning the conclusion and the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products (OJ L 23, 26.1.2005, p. 17).

(1)  This amount is applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %. Where the yield for exported raw sugar differs from 92 %, the refund amount applicable shall be calculated in accordance with Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1433/2005

of 31 August 2005

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. |
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(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. |
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(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, |
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(3)

The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling 19,891 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 August 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 3.

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(3)  
  OJ L 210, 3.8.2001, p. 10. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002 (OJ L 223, 20.8.2002, p. 3).

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II Acts whose publication is not obligatory

Commission

| 1.9.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 226/10 |
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1.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 226/10

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 August 2005

on the allocation of one additional day absent from port to Germany in accordance with Annex IVa to Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005

(notified under document number C(2005) 3153)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(2005/633/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular point 6(e) of Annex IVa,

Whereas:

| (1) | Point 6(a) of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 specifies the number of days on which certain Community fishing vessels may be absent from port in the geographical areas defined in point 2 of that Annex from 1 February 2005 to 31 December 2005. |
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(1)

Point 6(a) of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 specifies the number of days on which certain Community fishing vessels may be absent from port in the geographical areas defined in point 2 of that Annex from 1 February 2005 to 31 December 2005.

| (2) | Point 6(e) of that Annex enables the Commission to allocate an additional day on which a vessel may be absent from port while carrying on board fishing gears referred to in point 4(a) of mesh size greater than 120 mm, on the basis of a request from a Member State and on the condition that the Member State concerned has developed a system of automatic suspensions of fishing licences in respect of infringements. |
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(2)

Point 6(e) of that Annex enables the Commission to allocate an additional day on which a vessel may be absent from port while carrying on board fishing gears referred to in point 4(a) of mesh size greater than 120 mm, on the basis of a request from a Member State and on the condition that the Member State concerned has developed a system of automatic suspensions of fishing licences in respect of infringements.

| (3) | Germany has submitted a request and provided information on a system of automatic suspensions of fishing licences in respect of infringements for fishing vessels carrying on board demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size greater than 120 mm except beam trawls. |
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(3)

Germany has submitted a request and provided information on a system of automatic suspensions of fishing licences in respect of infringements for fishing vessels carrying on board demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size greater than 120 mm except beam trawls.

| (4) | In the view of the information submitted, one additional day should be allocated to Germany for fishing vessels carrying on board fishing gears referred to in point 4(a) of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of mesh size greater than 120 mm, |
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(4)

In the view of the information submitted, one additional day should be allocated to Germany for fishing vessels carrying on board fishing gears referred to in point 4(a) of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of mesh size greater than 120 mm,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

One additional day, in relation to those set out in point 6(a) of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005, shall be allocated in each calendar month for vessels from Germany carrying on board demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size greater than 120 mm except beam trawls.

Article 2

A vessel to which one additional day is allocated pursuant to Article 1 may not transfer this day to any other vessel unless:

| (a) | the recipient vessel uses at all times a fishing gear of mesh size greater than 120 mm; |
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(a)

the recipient vessel uses at all times a fishing gear of mesh size greater than 120 mm;

| (b) | the conditions set out in point 10 of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 are fulfilled. |
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(b)

the conditions set out in point 10 of Annex IVa to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 are fulfilled.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 30 August 2005.

For the Commission

Joe BORG

Member of the Commission

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(1)  
  OJ L 12, 14.1.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/2005 (OJ L 207, 10.8.2005, p. 1).

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA Surveillance Authority

| 1.9.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 226/12 |
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1.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 226/12

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EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY DECISION

No 39/04/COL

of 17 March 2004

amending for the 42nd time the Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid by introducing a new Chapter 25A: Review of the guidelines on national regional aid for the period after 1 January 2007

THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY,

HAVING REGARD TO the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), in particular to Articles 61 to 63 and Protocol 26 thereof,

HAVING REGARD TO the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (2), in particular to Article 24, Article 5(2)(b) and Article 1 in Part I of Protocol 3 thereof (3),

WHEREAS under Article 24 of the Surveillance and Court Agreement, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall give effect to the provisions of the EEA Agreement concerning State aid,

WHEREAS under Article 5(2)(b) of the Surveillance and Court Agreement the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall issue notices or guidelines on matters dealt with in the EEA Agreement, if that Agreement or the Surveillance and Court Agreement expressly so provides or if the EFTA Surveillance Authority considers it necessary,

RECALLING the Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid (4) adopted on 19 January 1994 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority (5),

WHEREAS, on 8 May 2003, the Commission of the European Communities (hereinafter the EC Commission) published a communication on the review of the guidelines on national regional aid for the period after 1 January 2007
   (6),

WHEREAS this communication is also of relevance for the European Economic Area,

WHEREAS a uniform application of the EEA State Aid Rules is to be ensured throughout the European Economic Area,

WHEREAS, according to point II under the heading ‘GENERAL’ at the end of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement, the EFTA Surveillance Authority is to adopt, after consultation with the EC Commission, acts corresponding to those adopted by the EC Commission,

HAVING consulted the EC Commission,

RECALLING that the EFTA Surveillance Authority has consulted the EFTA States in a multilateral meeting on 3 February 2004 on the subject,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

| 1. | The State Aid Guidelines are amended by adding a new Chapter 25A ‘Review of the guidelines on national regional aid for the period after 1 January 2007’. The new Chapter 25A can be found in the Annex to this Decision. |
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| 2. | The EFTA States shall be informed by means of a letter, including a copy of this Decision and including the Annex. |
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2.

| 3. | The EC Commission shall be informed, in accordance with point (d) of Protocol 27 of the EEA Agreement, by means of a copy of this Decision, including the Annex. |
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| 4. | The Decision, including the Annex, shall be published in the EEA Section of and in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. |
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| 5. | The Decision is authentic in the English language. |
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5.

Done at Brussels, 17 March 2004.

For the EFTA Surveillance Authority

Hannes HAFSTEIN

President

Einar M. BULL

College Member

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(1)  Hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement.

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(2)  Hereinafter referred to as the Surveillance and Court Agreement.

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(3)  Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement as amended by the EFTA States on 10 December 2001. The amendments entered into force on 28 August 2003.

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(4)  Hereinafter referred to as the State Aid Guidelines.

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(5)  Initially published in OJ L 231, 3.9.1994, p. 1, and in the EEA Supplement thereto No 32 on the same date, as last amended by College Decision No 15/04/COL of 18 February 2004 (not yet published).

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(6)  Commission communication — Review of the guidelines on national regional aid for the period after 1 January 2007 (OJ C 110, 8.5.2003, p. 24).

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ANNEX

‘25A.   REVIEW OF THE GUIDELINES ON NATIONAL REGIONAL AID FOR THE PERIOD AFTER 1 JANUARY 2007

| 1. | The EFTA Surveillance Authority (hereinafter the Authority) published the guidelines on national regional aid in April 1999 (1). |
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| 2. | On the basis of the guidelines, the Authority approved the regional aid maps of the EFTA States for the period from 2000 to 2006 and several regional aid schemes expiring at the end of that period. |
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| 3. | The guidelines were adopted for an unlimited period. However, it is stipulated that the Authority will review them within five years of their becoming applicable. |
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| 4. | The Authority has carried out such a review and concluded that a revision of the guidelines does not appear to be necessary. |
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| 5. | The Authority, however, has decided to carry out such revision in due course in order to give the EFTA States and the Authority time before the end of 2006 to draw up, notify and approve the regional maps for the period after 1 January 2007. |
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5.

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(1)  College Decision No 316/98/COL of 4 November 1998 (OJ L 111, 29.4.1999, p. 46) and EEA Supplement No 18.’
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