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I Acts whose publication is obligatory

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1347/2006

of 13 September 2006         

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 14 September 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY            

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 13 September 2006 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 1348/2006

of 13 September 2006         

setting the allocation coefficient for issuing licences to import sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for importing and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2005/914/EC of 21 November 2005 on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a tariff quota for the imports of sugar and sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community (3),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2151/2005 of 23 December 2005 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quota for sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as provided for in the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part (4), in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of applications for import licences submitted from 4 to 8 September 2006, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 September 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

(2)OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1.

(3)OJ L 333, 20.12.2005, p. 44.

(4)OJ L 342, 24.12.2005, p. 26.

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ANNEX

ACP-INDIA preferential sugar

Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2006/07 marketing year

Complementary sugar

Title V of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2006/07 Marketing year

CXL concessions sugar

Title VI of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2006/07 marketing year

Balkans sugar

Title VII of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006

2006/07 marketing year

Marketing year 2006

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1349/2006

of 13 September 2006         

amending Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 as regards the quantities covered by standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States

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), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.

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, 13 September 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2)OJ L 179, 1.7.2006, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2006 (OJ L 205, 27.7.2006, p. 15).

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ANNEX

                     ‘ANNEX I

LIST OF INVITATIONS TO TENDER

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1350/2006

of 13 September 2006         

imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain tungsten electrodes originating in the People's Republic of China

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the basic Regulation), and in particular Articles 8, 9, 11(2) and 11(3) thereof,

Whereas:

A.   PROCEDURE

1.   Initiation

2.   Parties concerned by the proceeding

3.   Investigation period

B.   PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT

1.   Product concerned

2.   Like product

C.   DUMPING

1.   Market economy treatment (MET)

2.   Individual treatment (IT)

3.   Normal value

(a)   Determination of normal value for the exporting producer in the PRC granted MET

(b)   Determination of normal value for the exporting producers in the PRC not granted MET

(i)   Analogue country

(ii)   Normal value

4.   Export prices

5.   Comparison

6.   Dumping margins

(a)   For the cooperating exporting producer granted MET

(b)   For the cooperating exporting producers granted IT

(c)   For all other exporting producers

D.   INJURY

1.   Community production

2.   Definition of the Community industry

3.   Community consumption

4.   Imports into the Community from the country concerned

(a)   Volume and market share of the imports concerned

(b)   Prices of imports and undercutting

5.   Situation of the Community industry

(a)   Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation

(b)   Stocks

(c)   Sales volume, market shares, growth and average unit prices in the Community

(d)   Profitability and cash flow

(e)   Investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital

(f)   Employment, productivity and wages

(g)   Magnitude of the actual margin of dumping and recovery from past dumping

6.   Conclusion on injury

E.   CAUSATION

1.   Preliminary remark

2.   Effect of the imports from the PRC

3.   Effect of other factors

(a)   Imports from other third countries

(b)   Export performance of the Community industry

(c)   Other Community producers

(d)   Increase in raw material prices

4.   Conclusion on causation

F.   COMMUNITY INTEREST

1.   General considerations

2.   Interest of the Community industry

3.   Competition and trade distorting effects

4.   Interest of users

5.   Interest of unrelated importers/traders in the Community

6.   Conclusion on Community interest

G.   PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES

1.   Injury elimination level

2.   Provisional measures

3.   Special monitoring

H.   FINAL PROVISION

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.   A provisional anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of certain tungsten electrodes (including tungsten bars and rods for electrodes), other than those obtained simply by sintering, whether or not cut to length, falling within CN codes ex 8101 95 00 and ex 8515 90 90 (TARIC codes 8101950010 and 8515909010) and originating in the People's Republic of China.

2.   The rate of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, of the products manufactured by the companies below shall be:

3.   The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the customs authorities of the Member States of a valid commercial invoice, which shall conform to the requirements set out in the Annex. If no such invoice is presented, the duty rate applicable to all other companies shall apply.

4.   The release for free circulation in the Community of the product referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to the provision of a security, equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.

5.   Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

Article 2

Without prejudice to Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, interested parties may request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which this Regulation was adopted, make their views known in writing and apply to be heard orally by the Commission within one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Pursuant to Article 21(4) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96, the parties concerned may comment on the application of this Regulation within one month of the date of its entry into force.

Article 3

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

Article 1 of this Regulation shall apply for a period of six months.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2006.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 17).

(2)OJ C 322, 17.12.2005, p. 12.

(3)              European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Direction B, 1049 Brussels, Belgium.

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ANNEX

The valid commercial invoice referred to in Article 1(3) of this Regulation must include a declaration signed by an official of the company, in the following format:

Date and signature

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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1351/2006

of 13 September 2006         

fixing a single allocation coefficient to be applied to the tariff quota for corn under Regulation (EC) No 573/2003

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 573/2003 of 28 March 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Decision 2003/18/EC as regards the concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas on certain cereal products originating in Romania and amending Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 (2), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each application for an import licence in respect of the ‘Romania’ quota for corn lodged and sent to the Commission on Monday 11 September 2006 in accordance with Article 2(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 573/2003 shall be accepted at a rate of 2,85706 % of the quantities applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 September 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2)OJ L 82, 29.3.2003, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1024/2006 (OJ L 184, 6.7.2006, p. 7).

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