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Council Decision
of 6 November 2003
appointing a Swedish member and three Swedish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2003/794/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Swedish Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC(1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions.
(2) A seat as a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Rune HJÄLM and two seats as alternate members of the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the resignation of Mr Hans KLINTBOM and Mr Bengt-Anders JOHANSSON, notified to the Council on 6 October 2003, and one seat as an alternate member has become vacant following the proposal of Ms Mona-Lisa NORRMAN as member,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
(a) The following person is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions:
Ms Mona-Lisa NORRMAN
in place of Mr Rune HJÄLM.
(b) The following persons are hereby appointed alternate members of the Committee of the Regions:
1. Ms Ulla NORGREN
in place of Mr Bengt-Anders JOHANSSON,
2. Ms Ewa-May KARLSSON
in place of Mr Hans KLINTBOM,
3. Mr Kent PERSSON
in place of Ms Mona-Lisa NORRMAN,
for the remainder of their term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006.
Done at Brussels, 6 November 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1789/2003
of 11 September 2003
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
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(1), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter called the "Combined Nomenclature", to meet, at one and the same time, the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff, the external trade statistics of the Community and other Community policies concerning the importation or exportation of goods.
(2) The Combined Nomenclature is reproduced in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, together with the autonomous and the conventional duty rates and the statistical supplementary units.
(3) It is appropriate to modernise and to simplify Annex I as envisaged by the SLIM initiative (simpler legislation for the internal market).
(4) It is necessary to amend the Combined Nomenclature to take account of:
(i) changes in requirements relating to statistics and to commercial policy;
(ii) technological or commercial developments;
(iii) the need for alignment or clarification of texts.
(5) Annex I to this Regulation includes adjustments of duty rates resulting from measures adopted by the Council, including Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986 to 1994)(2), as well as measures adopted by the Council or the Commission(3).
(6) In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the Commission is to adopt a regulation which reproduces the complete version of the Combined Nomenclature, together with the autonomous and conventional rates of duty, resulting from measures adopted by the Council or by the Commission. Such a regulation is to be published not later than 31 October in the Official Journal of the European Union, to apply from 1 January of the following year.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 11 September 2003.
Commission Decision
of 25 February 2002
prolonging the period of validity of Decision 1999/427/EC establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to detergents for dishwashers
(notified under document number C(2002) 463)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/173/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme(1), and in particular Articles 4 and 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides for the award of an eco-label to a product possessing characteristics which enable it to contribute significantly to improvements in relation to key environmental aspects.
(2) According to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000, specific eco-label criteria should be established according to product groups, and a review of the eco-label criteria as well as of the assessment and verification requirements related to the criteria should take place in due time before the end of the period of validity of the criteria specified for each product group, resulting in a proposal for prolongation, withdrawal or revision.
(3) By Decision 1999/427/EC(2) the Commission established ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to detergents for dishwashers, which, according to Article 3 thereof, expire on 31 May 2002.
(4) Following the review, it is considered appropriate to prolong the period of validity of the definition of the product group and the ecological criteria, unchanged, for a period of eighteen months, in particular to allow those companies that have been awarded the eco-label to continue using the eco-label at least until the revision of Decision 1999/427/EC is completed.
(5) The period of validity set out in Article 3 of Decision 1999/427/EC should therefore be extended.
(6) The measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up under Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The period of validity set out in Article 3 of Decision 1999/427/EC for the product group definition and the criteria of the product group bearing the administrative code number 15 is prolonged until 30 November 2003.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 February 2002.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2029/2002
of 15 November 2002
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 1947/2002(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 16 November 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 November 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 54/2006
of 13 January 2006
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the first individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
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), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies may sell by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter from intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of that Regulation lays down that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further laid down that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure. The amount of the processing security as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should be fixed accordingly.
(2)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the first individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the minimum selling prices for butter from intervention stocks and the amount of the processing security, as referred to in Articles 25 and 28 of that Regulation respectively, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 January 2006.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1631/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 establishing a Community vineyard register
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1) and in particular Article 80 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Whereas the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 (3) should be sufficiently flexible to allow for adaptation to developments in the common organisation of the market in wine; whereas the technical difficulties encountered respectively by Spain, Greece and Portugal in setting up a vineyard register warrant an extension of the deadline provided for in Article 4(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following sentence shall be added to the first subparagraph of Article 4(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86:
'The final date for establishment of the register shall be 31 December 1999 in Spain and 31 December 2000 in Greece and Portugal.`
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 July 1998.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 306/2002
of 18 February 2002
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 February 2002, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 March 2002 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52100 tonnes.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(4),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following Member States shall issue on 21 February 2002 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:
Germany:
- 150 tonnes originating in Namibia.
United Kingdom:
- 200 tonnes originating in Namibia,
- 60 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
Article 2
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of February 2002 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
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Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 February 2002.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2491/88
of 8 August 1988
concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3983/87 of 15 December 1987, allocating, for 1988, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters (2), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1345/88 (3), provides for cod quotas for 1988;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of NAFO zone 1 (Greenland waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom have reached the quota allocated for 1988,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of cod in the waters of NAFO zone 1 (Greenland waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the United Kingdom for 1988.
Fishing for cod in the waters of NAFO zone 1 (Greenland waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of 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, 8 August 1988.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 December 2009
amending Decision 2007/716/EC as regards certain establishments in the meat and milk sectors in Bulgaria
(notified under document C(2009) 9906)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/953/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 42 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 2007/716/EC (2) lays down transitional measures for structural requirements of certain establishments in the meat and milk sectors in Bulgaria provided for in Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 (3) and (EC) No 853/2004 (4) of the European Parliament and of the Council. As long as those establishments are in transition, products originating from them are only to be placed on the domestic market or used for further processing in Bulgarian establishments in transition.
(2)
According to an official declaration from the Bulgarian competent authority, certain establishments in the meat and milk sectors have ceased their activities or have completed their upgrading process and are now in full compliance with Union legislation. Those establishments should therefore be deleted from the list of establishments in transition.
(3)
The Annex to Decision 2007/716/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
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 2007/716/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2009.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 293/2009
of 8 April 2009
fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
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), 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 standing invitation to tender procedure.
(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 to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 7 April 2009.
(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 7 April 2009, the maximum amount of refund for the products and destinations referred to in Article 1(a) and (b) and in Article 2 respectively of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 April 2009.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 54/91 of 9 January 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 on the determination of prices of fresh or chilled sheep carcases on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other qualities of sheep carcases in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 4 (5) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the price recorded on the representative markets of the Community must be derived from the prices recorded on the representative markets of each quotation area after taking into account the relative volume of sheep production in each quotation area;
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3983/89 (4), should therefore be replaced;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Commitee for Sheep and Goats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1
Article 1
of Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
The price of sheep carcases on the representative Community markets referred to in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 shall be the average, weighted by the coefficients laid down in Annex 1 of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets of each quotation area'. Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 7 January 1991.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 January 1991.