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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1224/2013
of 29 November 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 as regards its period of application
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 108(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty establishing the European Community to certain categories of horizontal State aid (1),
After consulting the Advisory Committee on State Aid,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 (2) will expire on 31 December 2013.
(2)
In its Communication on EU State Aid Modernisation (3) of 8 May 2012 the Commission launched a wide review of State aid rules. In the context of that review, Regulation (EC) No 994/98 has already been amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 733/2013 (4). A number of other State aid instruments are still in the process of revision, such as those regarding research and development and innovation, environmental aid, risk capital and rescue and restructuring of firms in difficulties. It will not be possible to finalise the adaptation of those instruments before Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 expires. In order to ensure a consistent approach across all State aid instruments, it is therefore appropriate to extend the period of application of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 until 30 June 2014.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
In the light of the extension of the period of validity of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008, some Member States may wish to prolong measures on which summary information has been provided in accordance with Article 9 of that Regulation. In order to reduce the administrative burden, it is appropriate that summary information regarding the prolongation of those measures should be deemed to have been communicated to the Commission, provided no substantive amendment is made to measures concerned.
(5)
This Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union to allow for the extension of the period of application of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 before it expires,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘It shall apply until 30 June 2014’.
Article 2
Where a Member State wishes to prolong, as a consequence of the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008, measures in respect of which summary information was submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008, summary information regarding the prolongation of those measures shall be deemed to have been communicated to the Commission, provided no substantive amendment is made to the measures concerned.
Article 3
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 the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 2013.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 July 2014
on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak for vessels flying the flag of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
(2014/505/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat (‘1966 Agreement’) between Denmark, Norway and Sweden was signed on 19 December 1966 and entered into force on 7 August 1967.
(2)
The 1966 Agreement allowed for reciprocal access between Denmark, Norway and Sweden to fish in the area up to four nautical miles from their respective baselines in the Skagerrak and Kattegat. It also established that, for the purposes of such fishing, the area in question was deemed to constitute the high seas and that therefore flag State jurisdiction applied in matters such as control.
(3)
With the accession of Denmark and Sweden to the Union in 1973 and 1995 respectively, the Union became responsible for the management of the 1966 Agreement on behalf of those two Member States.
(4)
On 29 July 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway notified Denmark, the depositary of the 1966 Agreement, that they wished to terminate the 1966 Agreement with a formal denunciation in accordance with that Agreement and consequently, the 1966 Agreement expired on 7 August 2012.
(5)
The Council authorised the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Union, a new agreement with the Kingdom of Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak and Kattegat.
(6)
As a result of those negotiations, the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrakfor vessels flying the flag of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (‘Agreement’) was initialled on 24 October 2013.
(7)
The Agreement should be signed.
(8)
In order to guarantee the continuation of access by Union vessels for fishing activities, the Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis up to two years from the date of its signature, pending its entry into force,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak for vessels flying the flag of Denmark, Norway and Sweden is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
Article 3
The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis up to two years from the date of its signature (1), pending its entry into force.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 23 July 2014.
EUROPEAN COUNCIL DECISION
of 30 August 2014
electing the President of the European Council
(2014/638/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,
Having regard to the Treaty on the European Union, and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 30 November 2014, the term of office of the current President of the European Council Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY will come to an end.
(2)
A new President of the European Council should therefore be elected,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Mr Donald TUSK is hereby elected President of the European Council for the period from 1 December 2014 until 31 May 2017.
Article 2
This Decision shall be notified to Mr Donald TUSK by the Secretary-General of the Council.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 30 August 2014.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/185
of 2 February 2015
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2)
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3)
Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4)
It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information issued in respect of the goods concerned by this Regulation which does not conform to this Regulation may, for a certain period, continue to be invoked by the holder in accordance with Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (2). That period should be set at three months.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Article 2
Binding tariff information which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 2 February 2015.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 380/2014
of 14 April 2014
amending Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP of 25 October 2010 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea (1),
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 (2) imposed certain restrictive measures in respect of the Republic of Guinea, in accordance with Council Common Position 2009/788/CFSP (3) (replaced by Decision 2010/638/CFSP). Those measures included a prohibition on the provision of technical and financial assistance and other services related to military equipment and an embargo on the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might be used for internal repression.
(2)
On 14 April 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/213/CFSP (4) amending Decision 2010/638/CFSP lifting the arms embargo and the embargo concerning equipment which might be used for internal repression.
(3)
Certain aspects of the lifting of those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them.
(4)
Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 is amended as follows:
(1)
In Article 1, points (a), (b) and (c) are deleted.
(2)
Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 are deleted.
(3)
Article 7 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 7
The prohibition set out in Article 6(2) shall not give rise to any liability of any kind on the part of the natural and legal persons, entities or bodies who made funds or economic resources available if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe the prohibition in question.’
(4)
Annex I is deleted.
(5)
Annex III is replaced by the text 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 Luxembourg, 14 April 2014.
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 22 October 2014
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2013/010 ES/Castilla y León from Spain)
(2014/812/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (1), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 (2), and in particular Article 23, second paragraph, thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (3), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 2 December 2013 on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (4), and in particular point 13 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2)
The EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices), as laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013.
(3)
Spain submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in three enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 16 (Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials) in the NUTS II region of Castilla y León (ES 41), on 5 December 2013 and supplemented it by additional information up to 25 March 2014. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 700 000.
(4)
The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Spain,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 700 000 in commitment and payment appropriations.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Strasbourg, 22 October 2014.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 June 2014
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta/Central Bank of Malta
(2014/370/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Protocol (No 4) on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,
Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2014/20 of the European Central Bank of 17 April 2014 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta (1),
Whereas:
(1)
The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2)
The mandate of the current external auditors of the Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta/Central Bank of Malta expired after the audit for the financial year 2013. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2014.
(3)
The Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta/Central Bank of Malta has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers as its external auditors for the financial years 2014 to 2018.
(4)
The Governing Council of the ECB has recommended that PricewaterhouseCoopers be appointed as the external auditors of the Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta/Central Bank of Malta for the financial years 2014 to 2018.
(5)
It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Article 1(15) of Decision 1999/70/EC is replaced by the following:
‘15. PricewaterhouseCoopers are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta/Central Bank of Malta for the financial years 2014 to 2018’.
Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.
Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2014.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1362/2013
of 11 December 2013
laying down the methods for the sensory testing of uncooked seasoned poultry meat for the purposes of its classification in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Additional Note 6(a) to Chapter 2 of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 defines ‘uncooked seasoned meat’ as ‘uncooked meat that has been seasoned either in depth or over the whole surface of the product with seasoning either visible to the naked eye or clearly distinguishable by taste’.
(2)
In order to ensure that customs authorities apply a uniform approach for the purposes of customs classification, it is necessary to lay down methods for determining whether or not uncooked poultry meat is seasoned within the meaning of Additional Note 6(a) to Chapter 2 of the Combined Nomenclature.
(3)
In the light of studies carried out by the Group of European Customs Laboratories, the methods to verify whether uncooked poultry meat is seasoned or not should consist of, firstly, a visual examination and, secondly, the tasting of a sample.
(4)
The method consisting in the tasting of a sample should be applied only where the visual examination method does not lead to conclusive results.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The methods used to determine whether or not uncooked poultry meat is seasoned for the purposes of classification in the Combined Nomenclature shall be laid down in the Annex.
Article 2
1. The visual examination of poultry meat shall be carried out by means of the method and under the conditions set out in Part I of the Annex.
The aim of the visual examination is to establish whether or not the poultry meat has been seasoned over the whole surface and whether the seasoning is visible to the naked eye.
2. The tasting of poultry meat shall be carried out by means of the method and under the conditions set out in Part II of the Annex.
The tasting shall only be undertaken in cases where, based on the results of the visual examination, it is not established that the sample has been seasoned over the whole surface and that the seasoning is visible to the naked eye.
The aim of the tasting is to establish whether the poultry meat has been seasoned in depth or over the whole surface and whether the seasoning is clearly distinguishable by taste.
The preparations of the tasting shall be carried out only on the premises fulfilling the minimum equipment requirements set out in point (2) of Part II of the Annex.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 11 December 2013.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1283/2013
of 10 December 2013
correcting the French language version of Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (1), and in particular Article 19(2), (3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
There is an error in the French language version of Annex VII to Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 of 4 May 2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (2). The error, which does not affect the validity of permits and certificates or permit and certificate applications, concerns the code assigned to the description of the specimen ‘Caviar’.
(2)
Regulation (EC) No 865/2006 should therefore be corrected accordingly.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Concerns only the French language version.
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, 10 December 2013.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 2/2014
of 3 January 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2)
The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in 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, 3 January 2014.