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Commission Decision
of 27 November 2001
amending Decision 93/452/EEC authorising the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC, in respect of plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., respectively, originating in Japan
(notified under document number C(2001) 3760)
(2001/841/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants and plant products and against their spread within the Community(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2001/33/EC(2), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,
Having regard to the request made by the United Kingdom,
Whereas:
(1) Under Directive 2000/29/EC, plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., other than fruits and seeds, originating in non-European countries, may in principle not be introduced into the Community.
(2) Commission Decision 93/452/EEC of 15 July 1993 authorising the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC, in respect of plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., respectively, originating in Japan(3), as last amended by Decision 98/641/EC(4), authorises Member States to provide for derogations for such plants provided that certain technical conditions are satisfied.
(3) Since the circumstances justifying the authorisation still obtain and there is no new information giving cause for revision of the technical conditions, the authorisation should be extended.
(4) Decision 93/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 93/452/EEC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 1(2)(h), fourth indent, "98/641/EC" is replaced by "2001/841/EC".
2. Article 3 is replaced by the following: "Article 3
The authorisation granted in Article 1 shall apply from 1 June 1993 until 31 December 2002 in the case of Pinus and Chamaecyparis plants and from 1 December 2001 until 31 March 2002 in the case of Juniperus plants. It shall be revoked earlier, if it is established that the conditions laid down under Article 1(2) are not sufficient to prevent the introduction of harmful organisms, or have not been complied with."
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1585/2001
of 2 August 2001
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 1498/98(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 3 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 August 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2749/95 of 28 November 1995 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1762/95 (3), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 1995.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 23/2003
of 6 January 2003
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel
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 lays down the conditions for applying a preferential 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 into the Community of fresh cut flowers.
(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 19/2003(5) fixes the Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for the application of the import arrangements.
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(7), lays down the detailed rules for the application of the arrangements.
(5) On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must be concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel. The Customs duty should be re-established.
(6) The quota for the products in question covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2003. As a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up to the end of that period at the latest.
(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
For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN code ex 0603 10 20 ) originating in Israel, the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 January 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1298/2003
of 22 July 2003
supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designation of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs "Φοινίκι Λακωνίας" (Finiki Lakonias)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 6(3), (4) and (5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Greece has sent the Commission an application for the registration of the name "ΦΟΙΝΙΚΙ ΛΑΚΩΝΙΑΣ" (Finiki Lakonias) as a protected designation of origin.
(2) In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the application has been found to meet all the requirements laid down therein and in particular to contain all the information required in accordance with Article 4 thereof.
(3) A statement of objection has been received by the Commission from Italy under Article 7 of that Regulation following publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities(3). This statement of objection concerning the provision in the product specification allowing bottling to take place outside the defined geographical area was not found admissible within the meaning of Article 7(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 as it did not show non-compliance with the conditions referred to in Article 2 of that Regulation. No other statement of objection has been notified to the Commission in respect of the name Φοινίκι Λακωνίας (Finiki Lakonias) following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(4) The name should therefore be entered in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications and hence be protected throughout the Community as a protected designation of origin.
(5) The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1291/2003(5).
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The name in the Annex hereto is added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as a protected designation of origin (PDO) in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.
Article 2
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, 22 July 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 511/96 of 22 March 1996 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 Regulation (EC) No 334/96 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in 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 these rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivisions to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff or 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 this 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 appropriate that, subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information in the matter of classification of goods in the combined nomenclature issued by the customs authorities of the Member States which do not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992, establishing the Community Customs Code (3), for a period of 60 days 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
Subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information in the matter of classification of goods in the combined nomenclature issued by the customs authorities of the Member States which no longer conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of 60 days.
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, 22 March 1996.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 January 1988
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1987 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the German text is authentic)
(88/152/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87 (2), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has forwarded the laws, regulations and administrative provisions listed in the Annex to this Decision;
Whereas, under Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community are satisfied in the light of the compatibility of the stated laws, regulations and administrative provisions with Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 and bearing in mind the objectives of the latter and the need to ensure that the various measures are properly related;
Whereas the said laws, regulations and administrative provisions are consistent with the conditions and objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 so that, with due regard to the extent to which they comply with that Regulation, it is justified to conclude that the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community in respect of measures eligible under that Regulation are satisfied;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The laws, regulations and administrative provisions set out in the Annex to this Decision which were forwarded by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 satisfy the conditions governing a financial contribution from the Community in 1987 in respect of the measures eligible under the Regulation.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 19 January 1988.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 96/2005
of 20 January 2005
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
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 barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004 (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 14 to 20 January 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be 17,97 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 January 2005.
COUNCIL DECISION of 29 September 1989 concerning notification of the application by the Community of the International Coffee Agreement 1983 as extended until 30 September 1991 (89/550/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 116 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas in accordance with Decision 87/485/EEC (1), the Community approved the International Coffee Agreement 1983, which came into force on 1 October 1983 for a period of six years, expiring on 30 September 1989;
Whereas by resolution No 347 of 4 July 1989, the International Coffee Council decided to extend the International Coffee Agreement 1983 for a period of two years until 30 September 1991;
Whereas the Community and its Member States should notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization of their intention to apply the Agreement as extended until 30 September 1991,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1 The extension of the International Coffee Agreement 1983 until 30 September 1991, in accordance with the
International Coffee Council resolution No 347 of 4 July 1989, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the resolution is attached to this Decision.
The European Economic Community and its Member States, once they have completed the necessary internal procedures, shall notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization of their intention to apply, in the capacity as importing Members, the International Coffee Agreement 1983 as extended until 30 September 1991.
Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to deposit the notification of the European Economic Community.
Done at Brussels, 29 September 1989.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM) No 2176/88
of 18 July 1988
adjusting the weightings applicable in third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 3784/87 (2), and in particular Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the first adjustment to the weightings laid down by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2175/88 (3) to take account of changes in the cost of living should take effect from 1 January 1988,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
With effect from 1 January 1988 the weightings to be applied to remuneration payable in the country of employment shall be as laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.
The exchange rates for payment of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the date mentioned in the first paragraph.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 18 July 1988.