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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2010/21/EU
of 12 March 2010
amending Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the specific provisions relating to clothianidin, thiamethoxam, fipronil and imidacloprid
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1), and in particular the second indent of the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The active substances clothianidin, thiamethoxam, fipronil and imidacloprid were included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC by Commission Directives 2006/41/EC (2), 2007/6/EC (3), 2007/52/EC (4) and 2008/116/EC (5) respectively.
(2)
Accidental releases of those active substances recently reported by several Member States have resulted in substantial losses of honey bee colonies. As a consequence, the Member States concerned have taken precautionary measures to temporarily suspend the placing on the market of plant protection products containing those substances.
(3)
Clothianidin, thiamethoxam, and imidacloprid may only be authorised for uses as insecticide, including the use as seed treatment. Fipronil, however, may only be authorised for uses as insecticide for use as seed treatment. The accidents reported by Member States concern the inappropriate use of those active substances to treat seeds.
(4)
To avoid future accidents, additional provisions, including appropriate risk mitigation measures, should be laid down for clothianidin, thiamethoxam, fipronil and imidacloprid.
(5)
Directive 91/414/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
The measure provided for in this Directive is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
Member States shall adopt and publish by 31 October 2010 at the latest the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 November 2010.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
Article 3
Member States shall in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC, where necessary, amend or withdraw existing authorisations for plant protection products containing clothianidin, thiamethoxam, fipronil and imidacloprid as active substances by 31 October 2010.
Article 4
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 March 2010.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1044/2002
of 14 June 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(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
The maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 7 to 13 June 2002 at 109,00 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 June 2002.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 December 2007
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus
(2007/882/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to Article 27,1 thereof,
Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2007/12 of the European Central Bank of 15 November 2007 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus (1),
Whereas:
(1)
The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2007/503/EC of 10 July 2007 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Cyprus of the single currency on 1 January 2008 (2), Cyprus now fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro and the derogation in favour of Cyprus referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession should be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2008.
(3)
Pursuant to Section 60(1)(a) of Law 34(I) of 2007 amending the Central Bank of Cyprus Laws of 2002 and 2003, which enters into force on 1 January 2008, the annual financial statements of the Central Bank of Cyprus are audited in accordance with Article 27 of the ESCB Statute.
(4)
Following the abrogation of the derogation for Cyprus, the Governing Council of the ECB recommended that the Council approve Pricewaterhouse Coopers Limited as the external auditors of the Bank of Cyprus for the financial years 2008 to 2012.
(5)
It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (3) accordingly,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC:
‘14. PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus for the financial years 2008 to 2012.’
Article 2
This Decision shall be communicated to the ECB.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1061/93 of 30 April 1993 adopting derogatory arrangements in the beef and veal sector as a result of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Italy
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 125/93 (2), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Whereas the first indent of Article 6 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3619/92 of 15 December 1992 introducing management measures for imports of certain bovine animals for 1993 (3) provides for the issue of a certain number of import licences between 15 and 26 February 1993; whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 179/93 of 29 January 1993 specifying the extent to which applications lodged in January 1993 for import licences in respect of young male bovine animals for fattening may be accepted (4) also provides for the issue of a certain number of import licences for live animals; whereas the first indent of Article 3 (5) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3589/92 of 11 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for the year 1993 for the application of the import arrangements for fresh, chilled or frozen beef provided for in the Interim Association Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic for 1993 (5) provides for the issue on 25 January 1993 of the import licences for part of the meat covered by those Association Agreements; whereas the term of validity of the licences referred to above is restricted to 90 days in accordance with Article 4 (b) and (c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3662/92 (7); whereas, in the light of the situation as regards imports resulting from the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Italy, the term of validity of the said licences may be suitably extended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4 (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, the term of validity of the licences issued in accordance with the first indent of Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3619/92, Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 179/93 and the first indent of Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3589/92 shall be extended by 60 days at the request of the operator in question.
2. The request referred to in paragraph 1 above must be accompanied by the original of the licence concerned.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 30 April 1993.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 521/2003
of 21 March 2003
suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2003(4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2003 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States(5) establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by Sweden under Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 378/2003 should be repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Austria, Luxembourg and Finland.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 378/2003 is hereby repealed.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 March 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2277/2001
of 22 November 2001
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(3) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds.
(3) That calculation must also take account of the cereal products content. In the interest of simplification, the refund should be paid in respect of two categories of "cereal products", namely for maize, the most commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and maize products, and for "other cereals", these being eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize products. A refund should be granted in respect of the quantity of cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4) Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also take into account the possibilities and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market and the economic aspect of the export.
(5) However, in fixing the rate of refund it would seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference in the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound feedingstuffs as the Community and world markets, allowing more accurate account to be taken of the commercial conditions under which such products are exported.
(6) The refund must be fixed once a month; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period.
(7) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 November 2001.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1014/81 of 17 February 1981 implementing Decisions No 1/80, No 2/80 and No 3/80 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit and its Appendices
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 16 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit (1), signed on 23 November 1972, empowers the Joint Committee set up under that Agreement to adopt by decision certain amendments to the said Agreement and the Appendices thereto;
(1) OJ No L 294, 29.12.1972, p. 1.
Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to amend the Agreement and the Appendices thereto in order, in particular, to take account of technical adjustments to the rules on Community transit following the accession of Greece, and in order that the text in the Greek language of the Agreement may be equally authentic;
Whereas, moreover, the Joint Committee has decided, in particular, to make provision for the possibility of producing and completing Community transit documents by modern reproduction techniques and, at the same time, to extend to carriage by means of large containers the simplified procedures at present available when goods are transported by rail;
Whereas the Joint Committee has, moreover, laid down special provisions which make it possible, as long as customs duties and other charges have not been eliminated in intra-Community trade, to distinguish goods according to whether they have acquired Community status in the Community of Nine or in Greece;
Whereas the said amendments are, respectively, the subject of Decisions No 1/80 and No 2/80 of 18 September 1980 and of Decision No 3/80 of 24 November 1980 of the Joint Committee ; whereas it is necessary to adopt implementing measures in respect of the said Decisions,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Decisions No 1/80, No 2/80 and No 3/80 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit and Appendices shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decisions is attached to this Regulation.
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, 17 February 1981.
Council Decision
of 21 January 2002
appointing a Netherlands member of the Economic and Social Committee
(2002/115/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 258 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 166 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 15 September 1998 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1998 to 20 September 2002(1),
Whereas a member's seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr J. J. van DIJK, of which the Council was informed on 15 October 2001;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the Netherlands Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
Mr E. van VELSEN is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr J. J. van DIJK for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 20 September 2002.
Done at Brussels, 21 January 2002.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 31 March 1998 giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1996 (98/330/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
- Having regard to the EC Treaty,
- Having regard to the fourth ACP-EEC Convention (1),
- Having regard to the balance sheets and revenue and expenditure accounts of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds for the 1996 financial year (SEC(97) 0938 - C4-0274/97),
- Having regard to the report and the Statement of Assurance of the Court of Auditors concerning the financial year 1996 and the replies of the institutions (2),
- Having regard to the Recommendation of the Council of 9 March 1998 (C4-0166/98),
- Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0091/98),
1. Gives discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1996 on the basis of the following amounts:
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2. Records its observations in the resolution which forms part of this Decision;
3. Instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution containing its observations to the Commission, the Council, the Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (L series).
The Secretary-General
Julian PRIESTLEY
The President
José María GIL-ROBLES
(1) OJ L 229, 17. 8. 1991.
(2) JO C 348, 18. 11. 1997 (Volume I, Chapter 12 and Volume II, Part II).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1455/2002
of 8 August 2002
fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(8) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which application for an export licence is made must be applied on request to exports to be effected during the period of validity of the export licence. In this case, a corrective amount may be applied to the refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the products listed in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92. That corrective amount must be calculated taking account of the factors referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(3) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the corrective amount according to destination.
(4) The corrective amount must be fixed at the same time as the refund and according to the same procedure; it may be altered in the period between fixings.
(5) It follows from applying the provisions set out above that the corrective amount must be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(6) 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
The corrective amount referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 which is applicable to export refunds fixed in advance except for malt shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 August 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 August 2002.