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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2205/2004
of 21 December 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 on the mutual recognition of procedures for the complete denaturing of alcohol for the purposes of exemption from excise duty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (1), and in particular Article 27(4) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Excise Duties,
Whereas:
(1)
Pursuant to Article 27(1)(a) of Directive 92/83/EEC, Member States are required to exempt from excise duty alcohol which has been completely denatured in accordance with the requirements of any Member State, provided that such requirements have been duly notified and accepted in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Article.
(2)
Italy has communicated some changes to the denaturing processes authorised by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 (2).
(3)
The Commission transmitted the said communication to the other Member States on 26 November 2003.
(4)
Neither the Commission nor any Member State having requested that the matter be raised in the Council within the time limit prescribed, the Council is deemed, pursuant to Article 27(4) of Directive 92/83/EEC, to have authorised, with effect from 26 January 2004, the changes to the denaturing processes notified by Italy.
(5)
Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 should, therefore, be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The paragraph concerning Italy in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3199/93 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘Italy
The ethyl alcohol to be denatured must have a ethyl alcohol content of at least 83 % by volume and a strength measured on the EC alcoholmeter of at least 90 % by volume. Per anhydrous hectolitre, add:
(a)
125 grams of thiophene,
(b)
0,8 grams of denatonium benzoate,
(c)
3 grams of CI reactive red 24 (red colorant), solution at 25 % w/w,
(d)
2 litres of methyl ethyl ketone.
In order to ensure the complete solubility of all the components, the denaturant mixture must be prepared in ethyl alcohol below 96 % by volume measured on the EC alcoholmeter.
Denaturation is achieved by the substances listed at points (a), (b) and (d). Thiophene and denatonium benzoate alter the organoleptic characteristics of the product, making ingestion impossible, while methyl ethyl ketone, with a boiling point (79,6 °C) close to that of ethyl alcohol (78,9 °C), is difficult to eliminate except by non-economic techniques. This facilitates checks by the financial authorities to identify possible misuse.
The purpose of CI reactive red 24 is to give the product a characteristic red colour, which makes the purpose of the product immediately identifiable.’
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, 21 December 2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2207/2003
of 17 December 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000, by simplifying the concept of net mass
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 of 7 November 1991 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States(1), and in particular Article 23(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The quantity of goods is a reliable and stable item of information which is necessary for comparisons on international trade.
(2) The units of quantity are used for checking the reliability of the data collected and for calculating indices.
(3) Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000(2), laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91, of the units of quantity, net mass, in kilograms, is the main indicator and should in principle be mentioned for every type of goods; however, for certain products, it is not the most appropriate unit of measurement; the party responsible for providing information should therefore be exempted from indicating net mass in such cases.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000 has drawn up a list of products for which the parties responsible for providing information are exempted from indicating net mass; that list must be adapted to take account of the changes deriving from the annual update of the Combined Nomenclature.
(5) For the sake of clarity, adaptations of this type should henceforth be implemented in each case by means of a regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000 must therefore be amended.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are consonant with the opinion of the Committee on Statistics relating to the Trading of Goods between Member States,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000 shall be amended as follows:
1. In Article 23(a), the sentence "In order to inform the party responsible for providing the information about possible updates of the Annex, resulting from the annual changes in the Combined Nomenclature, an explanatory note will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (C series)" shall be deleted.
2. Annex II shall be replaced by the text appearing in 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.
It shall apply from 1 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 392/2008
of 30 April 2008
approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Ternasco de Aragón (PGI))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the second sentence of Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) and Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined the application from Spain for approval of an amendment to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Ternasco de Aragón’ registered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).
(2)
The purpose of this application is to amend the specification concerning the description of the product by increasing the carcase weight range of ‘Ternasco de Aragón’ from 8,5-11,5 kg to 8-12,5 kg. The reference to live weight at slaughter has also been deleted since this quality parameter duplicates the checked measurement of the carcase weight.
(3)
The Commission has examined the amendment in question and decided that it is justified. Since this is a minor amendment within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission may adopt it without using the procedure set out in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of that Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Ternasco de Aragón’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
A consolidated version of the summary containing the main points of the specification is given in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 30 April 2008.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2527/95 of 27 October 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 35a thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 656/95 (4), defines, inter alia, the organoleptic characteristics of virgin olive oil and the methods for evaluating those characteristics;
Whereas a degressive tolerance has been laid down for the grading of certain types of virgin olive oil; whereas that tolerance is allowed for the statistical difference in repeatability and reproducibility values between the analysis findings and the limits laid down by the rules; whereas, on the basis of experience and in view of current studies, particularly those carried out by the International Olive Oil Council, the tolerance currently in force should be applied until the completion of the said studies;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In point 10.2 of Annex XII to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, the seventh subparagraph is hereby replaced by the following:
'Expression of results: on the basis of the average grading, the panel supervisor shall determine the category in which the sample is to be classified, in accordance with the limits laid down in Annex I. To that end, where the average grading is five points or more, the supervisor shall allow:
- a tolerance of +1,5 during the 1992/93 marketing year,
- a tolerance of +1 from the 1993/94 marketing year.`
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 27 October 1995.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 981/98 of 7 May 1998 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2509/97 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and those rules also apply 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 Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is accepted that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), for a period of three months by the holder;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Article 2
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following 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, 7 May 1998.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2797/93 of 12 October 1993 rectifying Regulation (EEC) No 1282/93 establishing projected regional reference amounts, and the value of the advance payments to be made to producers of soya beans, rape seed, colza seed and sunflower seed, for the 1993/94 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1552/93 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 specifies that the Commission shall establish a projected regional reference amount for each region identified in a Member State's regionalization planb on the basis of a comparison between the cereals yield for that region and the Community's average cereals yield or between the oil seeds yield for that region and the Community's average oil seeds yield;
Whereas the projected regional reference amounts established by Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1282/93 (3) for certain regions of Italy were, because of an administrative error, incorrect and should be rectified; whereas producers should not be disadvantaged by this administrative error;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The section headed 'Italy' in the column headed 'Member State' in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1282/93 shall be rectified as follows:
(a) the order in which the region names 'Lucca Montagna litoranea' and 'Lucca Montagna interna' appear in the column headed 'Region' shall be reversed; and
(b) the order in which the region names 'Benevento Montagna interna' and 'Benevento Collina interna' appear in the column headed 'Region' shall be reversed.
Article 2
Notwithstanding Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, those producers who have received an advance payment which, as a result of the amendments in Article 1, is more than 50 % of the projected regional reference amount shall be entitiled to retain such advance payments. Nevertheless, the balance payable to such producers shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 be calculated on the basis of the difference between the amount of the advance and the final regional reference amount for the region concerned.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 23 September 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 October 1993.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1490/2001
of 19 July 2001
on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2000(2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1185/2001(3) fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences other than those sought in the context of food aid.
(2) In the light of the information available to the Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities laid down for the current export period for oranges will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.
(3) To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences for oranges exported after 19 July 2001 should be rejected until the end of the current export period,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Applications for system B export licences for oranges submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2001, export declarations for which are accepted after 19 July 2001 and before 17 September 2001 are hereby rejected.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 July 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 767/2005
of 19 May 2005
fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 115/2005
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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 115/2005 (2).
(2)
In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3)
The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For tenders notified on 13 to 19 May 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 115/2005, the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat shall be 6,50 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 May 2005.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2143/2003
of 8 December 2003
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), 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.
(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 9 December 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 December 2003.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 December 2004
concerning the common position of the Community on a Decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture amending point B(9) of Appendix 1 to Annex 7 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
(2005/9/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (1), most notably the Agreement on trade in agricultural products (2), and in particular the fourth indent of Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (hereinafter referred to as the Agriculture Agreement) entered into force on 1 June 2002.
(2)
Article 6 of the Agriculture Agreement sets up a Joint Committee on Agriculture to be responsible for the administration of the Agreement and its proper functioning.
(3)
In accordance with Article 6(4) and (7) of the Agriculture Agreement, on 21 October 2003 the Joint Committee on Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Committee) adopted its Rules of Procedure (3) and set up the working groups required to manage the Annexes to the Agriculture Agreement (4). The Working Group on ‘Wine-Sector Products’ met to examine questions relating to Annex 7 and its implementation, in accordance with Article 27(1) of Annex 7 to the Agreement, and to put forward proposals to the Joint Committee with a view to adapting the Appendices to Annex 7, in accordance with Article 27(2) of Annex 7 to the Agreement. Article 11 of the Agreement provides that the Joint Committee may decide to amend Annexes 1 and 2 and the Appendices to the other Annexes to the Agreement.
(4)
The Community must decide on the position to be adopted by the Commission in the Joint Committee as regards the amendments to the Appendices.
(5)
The Commission is competent to adopt the common position on the amendments to the Appendices to Annex 7.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
DECIDES:
Article 1
The Community position to be adopted by the Commission in the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by Article 6 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee, which is annexed to this Decision.
Article 2
The Head of the Community Delegation within the Joint Committee on Agriculture is hereby authorised to adopt the Decision on behalf of the Community. For matters falling within the competence of the Directorate-General for Agriculture, this authorisation shall also apply to the Unit Head responsible for bilateral relations with Switzerland.
Done at Brussels, 29 December 2004.