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COMMISSION DECISION of 8 July 1981 on applications for reimbursement of premiums for the temporary or permanent abandonment of certain areas under vines and for the renunciation of re-planting (81/625/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 of 18 February 1980 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of re-planting (1), and in particular Article 14 (2) thereof,
Whereas applications for reimbursement of the premiums paid under the scheme introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 must provide certain data so that the compliance of the expenditure with the provisions of the said Regulation may be verified;
Whereas, if controls are to be effective, Member States must keep supporting documents at the Commission's disposal for a period of three years after payment of the last reimbursement in respect of a project;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The applications for reimbursement referred to in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 must conform to the specimens shown in the Annexes to this Regulation.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, with their first application for reimbursement, the texts of the national implementing provisions and administrative instructions, together with the forms and any other documents relating to the administration of the measure.
Article 2
Member States shall keep at the Commission's disposal, for a period of three years after the payment of the last reimbursement in respect of a project, all the supporting documents or certified copies which are in its possession and on the basis of which the premiums provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 have been granted.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 1981.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 118/2002
of 23 January 2002
fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1516/96(2), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95(4), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2916/95, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2420/2001(7), fixes detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixes representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin.
(2) It results from regular monitoring of the information providing the basis for the verification of the import prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin that the representative prices for imports of certain products should be amended taking into account variations of prices according to origin. Therefore, representative prices should be published.
(3) It is necessary to apply this amendment as soon as possible, given the situation on the market.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 January 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 640/91 of 15 March 1991 amending for the first time Regulation (EEC) No 1524/71 laying down detailed rules concerning private storage aid for flax and hemp fibres
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3995/87 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1524/71 (3) contains certain provisions concerning payment of the aid; whereas in order to improve the efficiency of the storage scheme, the contracting party should be enabled to receive an advance payment of aid subject to the lodging of a security;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following shall be added to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1524/71:
'At the contracting party's request, a single advance payment on the amount of aid may be made, provided that he lodges a security equal to the advance payment, plus 10 %.
The advance payment shall not exceed the amount of aid corresponding to the actual period of storage.
The security shall take one of the forms provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (1). The security shall be released pro rata to the quantities for which the contracting party's obligations under his storage contract are fulfilled. It shall be released once it has been ascertained that those obligations have been fulfilled. The security shall be forfeited pro rata to the quantities for which those obligations are not fulfilled, except in cases of force majeure. In such cases, the security shall also be released pro rata to the quantities in respect of which the force majeure applies.
(1) OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.'
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 March 1991.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1936/2005
of 21 November 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 27/2005, as concerns herring, Greenland halibut and octopus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 (2) fixes for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required.
(2)
Pursuant to new scientific advice, the International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission has adopted a recommendation increasing the Community’s fishing opportunities for herring in Subdivisions 30 and 31 of the Baltic Sea by 15 000 tonnes to 86 856 tonnes. The increase should be implemented.
(3)
In accordance with corrected catch statistics, Lithuania should have access to fishing opportunities of 10 tonnes of Greenland halibut in Division IIa (Community waters) and Sub-areas IV, VI (Community waters and international waters). The corrected figure should therefore be implemented.
(4)
In order to contribute to the conservation of octopus and in particular to protect the juveniles, it is necessary to establish, in 2005, a minimum size of octopus from the maritime waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and situated in the CECAF region pending the adoption of a Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (3).
(5)
Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
Given the urgency of the matter, it is imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period referred to in paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes IA, IB and III to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 21 November 2005.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) N° 4003/87
of 23 December 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) N° 569/76 laying down special measures for linseed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3985/87 (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 establishes, with effect from 1 January 1988, a combined goods nomenclature based on the Harmonized System which will meet the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and the nomenclature of goods for the external trade statistics of the Community;
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which appear in Council Regulation (EEC) N° 569/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1071/77 (4), according
to the terms of the combined nomenclature; whereas these adaptations do not call for any amendment of substance,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) N° 569/76 is replaced by the following:
'1. Each year before 1 August a guide price for linseed of subheading 1204 00 90 of the combined nomenclature shall be fixed for the Community for the marketing year beginning in the following calendar year, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty. This price shall be fixed at a level which is fair to producers, account being taken of the supply requirements of the Community.'
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 December 1987.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 February 2005
appointing two German members and two German alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2005/157/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Whereas:
(1)
On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC (1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions.
(2)
Two seats as members of the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the expiry of the mandates of Ms Barbara RICHSTEIN and Mr Manfred LENZ, notified to the Council on 12 January 2005, one seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr Wolfgang KLEIN, notified to the Council on 7 December 2004, and one seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Hans-Georg KLUGE, notified to the Council on 21 December 2004,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions
(a)
as members:
Mr Gerd HARMS
Bevollmächtigter des Landes Brandenburg für Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten,
Staatssekretär in der Staatskanzlei
in place of Ms Barbara RICHSTEIN
Ms Barbara RICHSTEIN
Abgeordnete des Landtages Brandenburg
in place of Mr Manfred LENZ
(b)
as alternate members:
Mr Markus KARP
Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur
in place of Mr Hans-Georg KLUGE
Mr Steffen REICHE
Mitglied des Landtages
in place of Mr Wolfgang KLEIN
for the remainder of their term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006.
Done at Brussels, 17 February 2005.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 302/2003
of 17 February 2003
re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions for the application of a preferential customs duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2002(4), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip respectively.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 300/2003(5) fixed Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for application of the arrangements for importation from the countries in question.
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(7), laid down detailed rules for the application of these arrangements.
(5) The preferential customs duty fixed for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 25/2003(8).
(6) On the basis of price recordings made as specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down in Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The preferential customs duty should be reintroduced.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN code ex 0603 10 20 ) originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is reintroduced.
2. Regulation (EC) No 25/2003 is hereby repealed.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 February 2003.
COUNCIL DECISION of 30 March 1992 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing, for the period from 1 January 1992 to 30 September 1993, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique on fisheries relations (92/219/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique on fisheries relations (1), signed in Maputo on 30 September 1988,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the People's Republic of Mozambique held negotiations with a view to determining amendments or additions to be made to the Protocol to the Agreement on fisheries relations at the end of the period of application of the first Protocol;
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 15 October 1991;
Whereas, under this Protocol, Community fishermen will enjoy fishing opportunities in the waters falling within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the People's Republic of Mozambique for the period from 1 January 1992 to 30 September 1993;
Whereas, in order to avoid interruption of fishing activities by Community vessels, both parties initialled an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters providing for the provisional application of the initialled Protocol on expiry of the Protocol previously in force; whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters should be concluded pending a definitive decision under Article 43 of the Treaty and the subsequent entry into force of the Protocol,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol defining, for the period from 1 January 1992 to 30 September 1993, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique on fisheries relations is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the Community.
Done at Brussels, 30 March 1992.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 June 2007
amending for the second time Decision 2005/263/EC authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Council Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road
(notified under document number C(2007) 2587)
(Only the Danish, English, Finnish, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/447/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (1), and in particular Article 6(9) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Pursuant to Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC, Member States must give the Commission advance notification of their derogations for the first time by 31 December 2002 or up to two years after the last date of application of the amended versions of the Annexes to the Directive.
(2)
By Commission Decision 2005/263/EC of 4 March 2005 authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (2), the Commission authorised Member States to adopt the derogations listed in Annexes I and II to that Decision.
(3)
Commission Directive 2006/89/EC adapted for the sixth time Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC. By virtue of that Directive, Member States have to bring into force the necessary national legislation no later than 1 July 2007, as the last date of application referred to in Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC is 30 June 2007.
(4)
Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Portugal and the United Kingdom notified the Commission by 31 December 2006 that they wished to adopt new derogations and to amend their existing derogations in Annexes I and II to Decision 2005/263/EC. The Commission has examined these notifications for compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC and has approved them. Those Member States should therefore be authorised to adopt the derogations in question.
(5)
It is therefore necessary to amend the Annexes to Decision 2005/263/EC.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods set up under Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2005/263/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1.
Annex I shall be amended as set out in Annex I to this Decision.
2.
Annex II shall be amended as set out in Annex II to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Portugal and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 26 June 2007.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1921/88
of 30 June 1988
fixing, for the 1988/89 marketing year, the flat-rate amount provided for under the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1107/88 (2), and in particular Article 12 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 of 30 June 1981 laying down general rules concerning the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector (3),
Whereas Articles 3 (b) and 6 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 provide for the reimbursement of the pecuniary advantage included in the intervention price on account of the costs involved in maintaining the minimum stock;
Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences on 1 July 1988; whereas the price factors determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1912/88 (4) should accordingly be taken into account for the calculation in order to ensure that the import arrangements continue to operate in the sector concerned;
Whereas, in order to determine that pecuniary advantage, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 of 28 January 1977 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1920/81 (6), provides for a flat-rate amount to be fixed for each marketing year;
Whereas 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
For the 1988/89 marketing year, the flat-rate amount referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 shall be 0,165 ECU per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988.