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I Acts whose publication is obligatory

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1823/2005

of 9 November 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:

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 10 November 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 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 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).

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ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 9 November 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

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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 1824/2005

of 9 November 2005         

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 2005.

For the Commission

Eneko LANDÁBURU            

Director-General for External Relations

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(1)OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1.

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ANNEX

                     ‘ANNEX I

List of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 2

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1825/2005

of 9 November 2005         

amending for the 57th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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.

Done at Brussels, 9 November 2005.

For the Commission

Eneko LANDÁBURU            

Director-General of External Relations

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(1)OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1797/2005 (OJ L 288, 29.10.2005, p. 44).

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ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

The entry ‘Lashkar e-Tayyiba (alias (a) Lashkar-e-Toiba, (b) Lashkar-i-Taiba, (c) al Mansoorian, (d) al Mansooreen, (e) Army of the Pure, (f) Army of the Righteous, (g) Army of the Pure and Righteous, (h) Paasban-e-Kashmir (i) Paasban-i-Ahle-Hadith, (j) Pasban-e-Kashmir, (k) Pasban-e-Ahle-Hadith, (l) Paasban-e-Ahle-Hadis)’ under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’ shall be replaced by the following:

            ‘Lashkar e-Tayyiba (alias (a) Lashkar-e-Toiba, (b) Lashkar-i-Taiba, (c) al Mansoorian, (d) al Mansooreen, (e) Army of the Pure, (f) Army of the Righteous, (g) Army of the Pure and Righteous, (h) Paasban-e-Kashmir (i) Paasban-i-Ahle-Hadith, (j) Pasban-e-Kashmir, (k) Pasban-e-Ahle-Hadith, (l) Paasban-e-Ahle-Hadis, (m) Pashan-e-ahle Hadis, (n) Lashkar e Tayyaba, (o) LET).’         

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II Acts whose publication is not obligatory

Commission

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            COMMISSION DECISION         

of 8 November 2005         

on the purchase and storage of foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens

(2005/780/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), and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (2), and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1.   The Commission shall purchase foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens in the quantities and subtypes specified in the Annex.

2.   The Commission shall ensure that the antigens are distributed for storage between the two designated sites of the premises of the manufacturer in accordance with the Annex.

3.   The measures mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be carried out by the Commission in cooperation with the supplier of the relevant antigens already stored in the European antigen bank.

4.   The measures provided for in Article 1 shall be completed by 31 December 2005 at the latest.

Article 2

1.   The Commission shall bear the full cost of the measures referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) which shall not exceed a maximum set up to EUR 2 500 000.

2.   The Commission shall conclude a contract on the purchases provided for in paragraph 1 in accordance with Article 80(4) of Directive 2003/85/EC.

3.   The Commission shall ensure that the antigens referred to in Article 1(1) are included in the scope of existing contracts concerning the storage of antigens as well as the formulation, production, bottling, labelling and delivery of vaccines reconstituted from such antigens.

4.   The Director-General of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection is hereby authorised to sign the contract provided for in paragraph 2 on behalf of the Commission.

Article 3

In accordance with Article 80(3) of Directive 2003/85/EC the Annex to this Decision shall not be published.

Done at Brussels, 8 November 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 31).

(2)OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1. Directive as amended by Commission Decision 2005/615/EC (OJ L 213, 18.8.2005, p. 14).

(3)OJ L 368, 31.12.1991, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

(4)OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/28/EC (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 58).

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EFTA Surveillance Authority

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EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY DECISION         

No 144/05/COL

of 17 June 2005         

amending, for the 50th time, the Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid, by re-enacting Chapter 17a: short-term export-credit insurance

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 and Article 5(2)(b) thereof and Article 1 in Part I of Protocol 3 thereof,

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 (3) adopted on 19 January 1994 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority (4);

WHEREAS, on 11 December 2004, the Commission of the European Communities (5) published a communication concerning the prolongation of the Communication on short-term export-credit insurance (6);

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

WHEREAS the rules corresponding to the Communication on short-term export-credit insurance were taken into Chapter 17A of the State Aid Guidelines;

WHEREAS Chapter 17A of the State Aid Guidelines expired on 31 December 2004;

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 letters on the subject to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway dated 22 April 2005,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 17 June 2005.

For the EFTA Surveillance Authority

Einar M. BULL            

President

Bernd HAMMERMANN            

College Member

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(1)  Hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement.

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

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

(4)  Guidelines on the application and interpretation of Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA Agreement, adopted and issued by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 19 January 1994, published in OJ L 231, 3.9.1994, p. 1, and EEA Supplement to the OJ No 32, 3.9.1994, last amended by the Authority’s Decision No 371/04/COL, published in the OJ L 63, 10.3.2005, p. 29, and EEA Supplement to the OJ No 11, 10.3.2005; hereinafter the ‘State Aid Guidelines’.

(5)  Hereinafter referred to as the EC Commission.

(6)  Commission communication concerning the prolongation of the Communication from the Commission to the Member States pursuant to Article 93(1) of the EC Treaty applying Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty to short-term export-credit insurance, published in OJ C 307, 11.12.2004, p. 12.

(7)  The Annex to this Decision is not published in the Official Journal of the European Union. For a full text of the unchanged Chapter 17A of the State Aid Guidelines, please refer to the publication in OJ L 120, 23.4.1998, p. 27.

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