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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3022/93 of 29 October 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium system for raw tobacco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas the securities to be provided by first processors in the case of the payment of advances may be very large; whereas the risk of subsequent recovery of the advance is considerably diminished where tobacco deliveries have been provisionally verified and certified by the competent authorities and the corresponding premiums paid by the first processors to the entitled producers; whereas, in that case, a partial release of the security may be permitted, providing that sufficient security is retained to safeguard against subsequent recovery when all deliveries have been verified; whereas Article 15 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1668/93 (3), should accordingly be amended,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following subparagraph is added to Article 15 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92:
'On presentation of a provisional control certificate issued by the competent control authority certifying the take-over of the quantity of tobacco in question by the first processor, the delivery of that quantity under the cultivation certificates or quota statements to which the producer is entitled, the conformity of the operations with the provisions in force and the payment of the amount equal to the premium to the entitled producer in accordance with Article 10, a proportion of the security equal to 70 % of the amount covered by the provisional control certificate may be released. The Member States shall determine any further conditions, notably the tobacco delivery periods or the minimum quantities in respect of wich a provisional control certificate may be issued.'
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, 29 October 1993.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 100/2010
of 4 February 2010
granting no export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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), and in particular Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 2 February 2010.
(3)
The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 2 February 2010, no export refund shall be granted for the products and destinations referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1 and in Article 2 of that Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 February 2010.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1053/95 of 11 May 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 on detailed rules for determining and applying the agricultural conversion rates
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (2) and 12 thereof,
Whereas the operative events for the agricultural conversion rates referred to in Articles 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 157/95 (4) may have occurred before 1995 for amounts to be converted into Austrian schillings, Finnish marks or Swedish crowns; whereas the agricultural conversion rates for the currencies in question were not determined before 1 January 1995, the date of accession of the Member States concerned; whereas, under the circumstances, provision should be made to use the conversion rate fixed on the date closest to that of the operative event;
Whereas it is necessary to specify that the provisions laid down in this Regulation apply in the case of the accessions of 1 January 1995;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant Management Committees,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following Article 12a is hereby added to Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93:
'Article 12a Where the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate occurs before the date of accession of a Member State, the applicable agricultural conversion rate for the currency concerned shall be that in force on the date of accession.`
Article 2
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 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 May 1995.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3077/78 of 21 December 1978 on the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from non-member countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1170/77 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas it is specified in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 that hops and hop products from non-member countries may be imported only if their quality standards are at least equivalent to the minimum limits for marketing adopted for hops or hop products harvested in the Community or their derivatives ; whereas it is however specified that these products shall be considered as being of the standard referred to above if they are accompanied by an attestation issued by the authorities of their country of origin recognized as equivalent to the certificate required for the marketing of hops and hop products of Community origin;
Whereas in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78 on the importation of hops from non-member countries (3) provisions were adopted with which the attestations referred to above must conform;
Whereas the United States of America, Poland, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, the People's Republic of China, Czechoslovakia and Australia have undertaken to comply with the requirements prescribed for the marketing of hops and hop products and have authorized certain agencies to issue attestations of equivalence ; whereas these attestations should therefore be recognized as equivalent to Community certificates and the products covered by them admitted to free circulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Attestations accompanying hops and hop products imported from non-member countries issued in conformity with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3076/78 by an agency appearing in the Annex to this Regulation shall be recognized as equivalent to the certificate prescribed in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1979.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1978.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 39/2005
of 13 January 2005
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 14 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 January 2005.
COMMISSION DECISION of 14 December 1995 amending Decision 80/862/EEC authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC, in respect of potato breeding material (96/7/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 95/41/EC (2), and in particular Article 14 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by the Member States,
Whereas, in principle, pursuant to Directive 77/93/EEC, potato material intended for planting, other than tubers, may not be introduced into any Member State and potato tubers intended for planting may only be introduced into the Member States where they belong to officially accepted varieties or to advance selections;
Whereas, in the Member States, there is a need to import potato material, including tubers, for work on varietal selection, or for gene conservation or official scientific research purposes;
Whereas the Commission has established that, on the basis of the information currently available, there is, under such circumstances, no risk of spreading harmful organisms provided that certain technical conditions are satisfied;
Whereas by Decision 80/862/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 91/22/EEC (4), the Commission has already granted such a derogation to the Member States for a period which expires on 31 December 1995;
Whereas no information has been received in the meantime giving cause for the derogation to be restricted to the abovementioned period;
Whereas the Member States should therefore be authorized to provide for derogations in respect of potato breeding material for a further period;
Whereas the authorization will be extended unless new information gives cause for its revision;
Whereas 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
In the first sentence of Article 2 of Decision 80/862/EEC, '1995` is hereby replaced by '1996`.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 1995.
COMMISSION DECISION of 12 October 1998 amending Decision 97/20/EC establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods (notified under document number C(1998) 2967) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/571/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by the Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 9(3)(a) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 97/20/EC (3) of 17 December 1996, last amended by Decision 97/565/EC (4), establishes the list of third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form are authorised for human consumption;
Whereas Commission Decision 98/569/EC (5) lays down special conditions for the import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Tunisia;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to add Tunisia on the list of third countries from which importation of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods are authorized;
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
The Annex to Decision 97/20/EC is replaced by the Annex of the present Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 October 1998.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 3 June 2004
recognising the fully operational character of the Maltese database for bovine animals
(notified under document number C(2004) 1964)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/588/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Malta has presented a request for recognition of the fully operational character of the database that forms part of the Maltese system for the identification and registration of bovine animals pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (1).
(2)
The European Union took note of Malta’s request and considered that the request should be dealt with under the appropriate procedures prior to accession.
(3)
The Maltese authorities have submitted appropriate information that was updated to 25 March 2004.
(4)
The Maltese authorities have undertaken to improve the reliability of this database ensuring in particular that: (i) additional measures, including inspections, shall be implemented to improve the observation of the seven days deadline for notification by the keeper of births and deaths, (ii) additional measures shall be implemented to allow rapid correction of errors or omissions detected automatically or during on-the-spot inspections, (iii) the event database shall be re-enforced by developing an automatic alarm system to detect deficiencies and violations of restrictive measures, (iv) notification of premium shall be introduced in the database as well as on passports, (v) measures shall be implemented to ensure that controls on identification and registration of bovine animals are carried out in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1082/2003 (2).
(5)
The Maltese authorities undertook the commitment to implement the agreed improvement measures at the latest by 30 April 2004.
(6)
In view of the above, it is appropriate to recognise the fully operational character of the Maltese database for bovine animals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Maltese database for bovine animals is recognised as fully operational from 1 May 2004.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Malta.
Done at Brussels, 3 June 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1144/79 of 11 June 1979 amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of aid for dried fodder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the market in dried fodder (1), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 14 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 449/79 (3), provides that, where a processing undertaking uses dried fodder for the purposes of a farming enterprise belonging to it, the dried fodder produced during a month shall be considered to have left the processing undertakings on the last day of the month in question ; whereas, when such enterprises market part of their output, this provision has proved difficult to apply ; whereas the said provision should accordingly be adapted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Dried Fodder,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 14 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"3. Dried fodder used during a month for the purposes of a farm belonging to a processing undertaking and coming from that undertaking shall be considered to have left that undertaking on the last day of the month in question."
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, 11 June 1979.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 4 December 2006
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning adjustments of trade preferences in cheese undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/909/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 19(1) of the Agreement on the European Economic Area foresees that the contracting parties shall examine any difficulties that might arise in their trade in agricultural products and shall endeavour to seek appropriate solutions.
(2)
The Kingdom of Norway and the European Community held bilateral consultations, on the basis of the aforesaid Article 19(1), which were concluded satisfactorily on 7 June 2006, giving rise to an Agreement.
(3)
That Agreement, in the form of an Exchange of Letters, should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway, concerning adjustments of trade preferences in cheese undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, 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(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Done at Brussels, 4 December 2006.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 March 2006
amending Decision 1999/217/EC as regards the register of flavouring substances used in or on foodstuffs
(notified under document number C(2006) 899)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/252/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 1996 laying down a Community procedure for flavouring substances used or intended for use in or on foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 lays down the procedure for the establishment of rules in respect of flavouring substances used or intended to be used in foodstuffs. That Regulation provides for the adoption of a register of flavouring substances (the register) following notification by the Member States of a list of the flavouring substances which may be used in or on foodstuffs marketed in their territory and on the basis of scrutiny by the Commission of that notification. That register was adopted by Commission Decision 1999/217/EC (2).
(2)
In addition, Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 provides for a programme for the evaluation of flavouring substances in order to check whether they comply with the general criteria for the use of flavouring substances set out in the Annex to that Regulation.
(3)
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) concluded during its 65th meeting of 7 to 16 June 2005 that the acetamide (FL 16.047) is clearly carcinogenic in both mice and rats, and although the mechanism of tumour formation is unknown, the possibility of a genotoxic mechanism can not be discounted. The JECFA considered it inappropriate for such a compound to be used as a flavouring agent. Accordingly acetamide does not comply with the general criteria set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 and should be deleted from the register.
(4)
Decision 1999/217/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In Part A of the Annex to Decision 1999/217/EC, the row set out in the table for the substance attributed with FL-number 16.047 (acetamide) is deleted.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 March 2006.