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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/28/EEC of 4 June 1993 amending Annex I to the third Directive 72/199/EEC establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/373/EEC of 20 July 1970 on the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas the third Commission Directive 72/199/EEC of 27 April 1972 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (3), as last amended by Directive 84/4/EEC (4), specifies the method to be used for determining crude protein;
Whereas the method should be amended to reflect advances in scientific and technical progress; whereas in particular the provisions of Council Directive 80/1107/EEC of 27 November 1980 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work (5), as amended by Directive 88/642/EEC (6), should be taken into account, in particular those on prevention of exposure to mercury and its compounds;
Whereas it is accordingly necessary to remove mercury and mercuric oxide from the list of catalysts for use under the crude protein determination method;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annex I to Directive 72/199/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive as from 1 July 1994. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 June 1993.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2471/96 of 20 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 789/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products (1996)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and, in particular, Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 789/96 (1), the Council opened, for 1996, Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products; whereas the volume of the quota for cod (Order No 09.2753) should be increased,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Regulation (EC) No 789/96, the table shown in the Annex shall be replaced, for Order No 09.2753, by the table shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 20 December 1996.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 230/94 of 24 January 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the market in milk and milk products (3) expired on 1 April 1993; whereas if a Member State wishes to strengthen, on its territory, the measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2073/92 of 30 June 1992 on promoting consumption in the Community and expanding the markets for milk and milk products (4) provision should be made for the possibility of introducing a promotional levy on milk producers at national level;
Whereas such a provision has no implications for existing promotional levies authorized under Articles 92 and 93 of the Treaty,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following Article is hereby added to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (5):
'Article 24a
Without prejudice to the application of Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty, a Member State may impose a promotional levy on its milk producers in respect of marketed quantities of milk or milk equivalent in order to finance the measures on promoting consumption in the Community, expanding the markets for milk and milk products and improving quality.'
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 24 January 1994.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1003/2007
of 30 August 2007
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), 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 31 August 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 August 2007.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 4 October 2004
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement renewing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America
(2004/756/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 170, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1)
By its Decision of 13 October 1998 (2), the Council approved the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America.
(2)
Article 12(b) of the Agreement provides as follows: ‘This Agreement is concluded for an initial period ending of five years. Subject to review by the Parties in the final year of each successive period, the Agreement may be extended with possible amendments, thereafter for additional periods of five years by mutual written agreement by the Parties’.
(3)
The authorities of the United States of America have informed the services of the Commission that they would favour the renewal of the abovementioned Agreement for five more years. Rapid renewal would therefore be in the best interests of both parties.
(4)
The material content of the renewed Agreement will be identical to the material content of the Agreement, which expired on 13 October 2003.
(5)
The Agreement renewing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America should be approved on behalf of the Community,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement renewing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America for an additional period of five years is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to express the consent of the Community to be bound thereby.
Done at Luxembourg, 4 October 2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1822/2003
of 16 October 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 concerning the implementation of a programme for cross-border cooperation in the framework of the Phare programme
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 of 18 December 1989 on economic aid to certain countries of central and eastern Europe(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Copenhagen European Council of 12 and 13 December 2002 concluded the accession negotiation with Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia and set the accession date as 1 May 2004. Therefore those acceding countries should be removed from the list of borders eligible for the Phare cross-border cooperation programme.
(2) The Copenhagen European Council adopted roadmaps for Bulgaria and Romania to support the efforts of those two applicant countries to achieve their objective of joining the European Union in 2007.
(3) Commission Communication of 1 July 2003 on paving the way for a new Neighbourhood Instrument(3) proposes, for the period 2004 to 2006, the introduction of neighbourhood programmes covering the external borders of the enlarged Union. Consequently Romanian and Bulgarian borders with the neighbouring non-applicant countries should be included in the list of eligible borders.
(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2760/98(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1596/2002(5), envisages the extension of the Phare cross-border cooperation programme to borders with other neighbouring countries benefiting from other Community assistance programmes; it is appropriate to extend the Phare cross-border cooperation programme to cover also the Bulgarian border with Turkey.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 should, therefore, be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Economic Restructuring in certain countries of central and eastern Europe,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 is replaced by the following:
"1. The eligible borders are those between
(a) Romania and Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine, Romania and Moldova, Romania and Serbia and Montenegro;
(b) Bulgaria and Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia and Montenegro."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 October 2003.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 July 1999
concerning protective measures with regard to imports of certain animals from Bulgaria due to an outbreak of bluetongue
(notified under document number C(1999) 2492)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/542/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991, laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC(1), as last amended by Directive 96/43/EC(2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
(1) Whereas outbreaks of bluetongue have been confirmed, on July 1999, in the region of Bourgas in Bulgaria;
(2) Whereas the situation is capable of constituting a grave danger to animal health within the Community;
(3) Whereas it is necessary therefore to prohibit the importation of animals of bovine, ovine, and caprine species originating in Bulgaria;
(4) Whereas some measures must be taken in order to ensure that live animals of bovine, ovine and caprine species do not pass through the part of Bulgaria comprising the provinces of Bourgas, Jambol, Sliven, Starazagora, Hasskovo and Kardjali;
(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
(a) Member States shall not authorise the importation of live animals of bovine, ovine and caprine species originating in Bulgaria.
(b) Member States receiving live animals of bovine, ovine and caprine species which have been transported via the territory of Bulgaria, shall ensure that the animals have not passed through the part of Bulgaria comprising the provinces of Bourgas, Jambol, Sliven, Starazagora, Hasskovo and Kardjali.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.
COMMISSION DECISION of 4 October 1990 amending Decision 73/262/EEC establishing provisions for statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States on bovine livestock, forecasts on the availability of bovine animals for slaughter and statistics on slaughtered bovine animals (90/501/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Communities,
Having regard to Council Directive 73/132/EEC of 15 May 1973 on statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States on bovine livestock, forecasts on the availability of bovine animals for slaughter and statistics on slaughtered bovine animals (1), as last amended by Directive 88/659/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 73/262/EEC (3),
Whereas the carrying out of surveys requires the establishment of definitions of the categories of animals envisaged in Decision 73/262/EEC;
Whereas experience has shown that in order to avoid any ambiguity it is desirable that the definition of categories of cows be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The definitions of "dairy cows" and "other cows" which appear in Annex I to Decision 73/262/EEC are hereby replaced by the definitions contained in Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 October 1990.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2523/95 of 27 October 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the poultrymeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Articles 3 (2) and 8 (12) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 (3) has laid down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the poultrymeat sector;
Whereas the specific conditions of access to export licences for certain traditional markets during a transitional period should be amended in order to facilitate access for certain products;
Whereas experience has shown that the Commission should be allowed, where particular measures have to be taken in the event of excessive applications, to adjust these measures according to the category of product and to destination;
Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by the chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 3:
(a) the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
'As regards exports of whole chickens falling under the codes 0207 21 10 900 and 0207 21 90 190 of the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds to countries referred to in Annex IV, until 30 June 1996 export licences may be applied for only by natural or legal persons who are able to prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities in the Member States that they have exported not less than 1 000 tonnes of products falling within CN codes 0207, 1602 20, 1602 31 and 1602 39 in each of the two calendar years preceding the year in which the licence application was lodged.` (b) the last subparagraph of paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
'These measures may be adjusted according to the category of product and to destination.` 2. Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 is replaced by the Annex 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, 27 October 1995.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 264/2009
of 31 March 2009
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 April 2009
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2)
Article 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3)
Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4)
Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 April 2009 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 1 April 2009, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2009.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 908/2006
of 20 June 2006
establishing the list of representative markets for pigmeat in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), and in particular Article 4(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89 of 14 July 1989 establishing the list of representative markets for pigmeat in the Community (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.
(2)
Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides for determination of the Community market price of slaughtered pigs from prices recorded on the representative markets.
(3)
In order to enable Article 4(2) of that Regulation to be applied, a list of representative markets must be drawn up. Reference must be made in fixing the prices of pig carcases to quotations obtained directly from the markets or from the slaughterhouses, as well as from quotations established in the quotation centres and of which the entirety forms a representative market for each Member State.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative markets within the meaning of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 shall be the markets listed in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
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, 20 June 2006.