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COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 June 2005
granting Italy the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals
(notified under document number C(2005) 1826)
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/458/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/102/EEC of 27 November 1992 on the identification and registration of animals (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 3(2) of Council Directive 92/102/EEC provides for the possibility to authorise Member States to exclude from the list of holdings required by Article 3(1) those holdings with no more than three sheep or goats for which no premiums are sought, or one pig, provided that the animals are intended for use or consumption by the owner, and that they are subject to the controls required by the Directive before any movement.
(2)
The Italian authorities have requested this authorisation as regards holdings with no more than one pig and have given the appropriate assurances in respect of veterinary controls.
(3)
Therefore Italy should be authorised to apply the derogation.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Italy is authorised to apply the derogation provided for in Article 3(2) of Directive 92/102/EEC as regards holdings with no more than one pig.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 21 June 2005.
Commission Decision
of 16 December 2002
on the continuation of Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting material of Prunus domestica under Council Directive 92/34/EEC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/983/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/34/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants, intended for fruit production(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2002/112/EC(2),
Having regard to Commission Decision 2001/896/EC of 12 December 2001 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting material of fruit plants under Council Directive 92/34/EEC(3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2001/896/EC sets out the arrangements for the comparative trials and tests to be carried out under Directive 92/34/EEC as regards Prunus domestica from 2002 to 2006.
(2) Tests and trials carried out in 2002 should be continued in 2003,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2002 on propagating and planting material of Prunus domestica shall be continued in 2003 in accordance with Decision 2001/896/EC.
Done at Brussels, 16 December 2002.
COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1997 amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorized for human consumption (Text with EEA relevance) (97/564/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorized to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as amended by Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas Surinam and the Fiji Islands satisfy the requirements of Article 2 (2) of Decision 95/408/EC;
Whereas Surinam and the Fiji Islands should accordingly be added to the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorized, established by Commission Decision 97/296/EC (3);
Whereas Turkey is not yet covered by a specific Decision under Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (4), as last amended by Directive 96/23/EC (5); whereas it should accordingly be deleted from Part I and added to Part II of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC;
Whereas Article 3 (4) (b) of Directive 91/493/EEC provides that processed bivalve molluscs, before being processed, must satisfy the requirements of Council Directive 91/492/EEC (6), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; whereas, accordingly, the list of third countries which meet the conditions of Directive 91/492/EEC shall apply also to imports of processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods;
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 97/296/EC is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 July 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 298/2000
of 8 February 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 35(11) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1303/1999(4), lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables.
(2) As for other destinations, a limit should be placed on the period of validity of licences for the export of apples to Sri Lanka.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In the second subparagraph of Article 4(5) and the third subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, the words "Costa Rica and Japan" are replaced by the words "Costa Rica, Japan and Sri Lanka".
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, 8 February 2000.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 48/2006
of 12 January 2006
fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
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)
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 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 in the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2)
The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of 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 measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2).
(3)
As far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of cereals required for their manufacture. These quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4)
The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5)
The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6)
It follows from applying the detailed rules set out above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7)
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 export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, excluding malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 January 2006.
Commission Decision
of 24 January 2003
amending Decision 2000/258/EC designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines, as regards the approval of laboratories in third countries
(notified under document number C(2003) 325)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/60/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC, of 20 March 2000, designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines(1), and, in particular, Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Afssa Nancy is the reference laboratory for post-antirabies-vaccination serological testing and is in charge of the organisation of the inter-laboratories aptitude test for the approval of laboratories willing to perform those serological tests.
(2) Afssa Nancy has proposed to the Commission that laboratories in third countries which have passed the proficiency test should be approved.
(3) It is therefore necessary to provide for a procedure for the communication of the approval of laboratories in third countries.
(4) Decision 2000/258/EC should 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 Annex II to Decision 2000/258/EC, the fifth indent is replaced by the following:
"- collaborate with the laboratories responsible for carrying out these analyses in third countries and communicate to the Commission the list of these laboratories which have passed the inter-laboratory aptitude test (proficiency test). These lists will be published on the following website:
http://forum.europa.eu.int/ Public/irc/sanco/vets/information".
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 January 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1435/2002
of 6 August 2002
fixing, for the 2002/03 marketing year, the buying-in price to be applied by storage agencies for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002(2), and in particular Article 9(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The criteria for fixing the price at which storage agencies buy in unprocessed dried figs and unprocessed dried grapes are laid down in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and the conditions on which the storage agencies buy in and manage the products are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the scheme for the storage of unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs(3). The buying-in price should therefore be fixed for the 2002/03 marketing year on the basis, for dried grapes, of the evolution in world prices and, for dried figs, of the minimum price laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/2002 of 6 August 2002 fixing the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs for the 2002/03 marketing year(4).
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 2002/03 marketing year, the buying-in price referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:
- EUR 423,37 per tonne net for unprocessed dried grapes,
- EUR 542,70 per tonne net for unprocessed dried figs.
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, 6 August 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2691/93 of 29 September 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 58 (order No 40.0580), originating in Iran, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for 1993 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of products of category 58 (order No 40.0580), originating in Iran, the relevant ceiling amounts to 283 tonnes;
Whereas on 26 January 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Iran, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Iran,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 4 October 1993, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Iran:
"" ID="01">40.0580> ID="02">58
(tonnes)> ID="03">5701 10 10
5701 10 91
5701 10 93
5701 10 99
5701 90 10
5701 90 90> ID="04">Carpets, carpeting and rugs, knotted (made up or not) ">
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, 29 September 1993.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 June 1988
concerning the areas referred to in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 328/88 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of steel areas (Resider)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(88/444/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 328/88 of 2 February 1988 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of steel areas (Resider programme) (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 328/88 provides that the Community programme shall apply to those areas which meet the criteria laid down in Article 3 (1) and the thresholds laid down in Article 4 (1) of that Regulation;
Whereas the areas likely to be eligible to benefit from the Community programme must be the subject of an application by the Member State in question; whereas the United Kingdom has submitted such an application to the Commission;
Whereas the employment basin comprising the county of South Yorkshire (including the travel-to-work area of Sheffield) and the travel-to-work area of Scunthorpe in the counties of Humberside and Lincolnshire conforms to the abovementioned criteria and thresholds,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The employment basin comprising the county of South Yorkshire (including the travel-to-work area of Sheffield) and the travel-to-work area of Scunthorpe in the counties of Humberside and Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom satisfies the criteria stated in Article 3 (1) and the thresholds stated in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 328/88. The Community programme instituted by the Regulation in question shall therefore apply to that area.
2. The references to travel-to-work areas in paragraph 1 are to those areas as constituted on 27 September 1984.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 29 June 1988.
Commission Decision
of 25 April 2002
amending Decision 94/278/EC as regards imports of honey
(notified under document number C(2002) 1523)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/337/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/724/EC(2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 94/278/EC of 18 March 1994 drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2001/700/EC(4), specifies from which third countries Member States shall authorise imports of honey.
(2) Tanzania has provided the Commission with the necessary guarantees with regard to the monitoring of residues and contaminants covered by Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC(5), and was given provisional approval under Commission Decision 2000/159/EC of 8 February 2000 on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC(6), as last amended by Decision 336/2002/EC(7). Tanzania should therefore be included in the list contained in the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC.
(3) As a result of Commission Decision 2002/69/EC of 30 January 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China(8), China should be removed from the list contained in the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC.
(4) Decision 94/278/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
The Annex to Decision 94/278/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 April 2002.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 December 2005
concluding the Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
(2006/166/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310, in conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1)
The Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the 10 new Member States to the European Union, was signed on behalf of the Community and the Member States on 25 June 2005 in accordance with Council Decision 2005/206/EC (2).
(2)
Pending its entry into force, the Additional Protocol has been applied on a provisional basis as from 1 May 2004.
(3)
The Additional Protocol should be concluded,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community and its Member States.
The text of the Additional Protocol (3) is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, give the notification provided for in Article 9(2) of the Additional Protocol.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 2005.