coastalcph/lex_glue huggingface dataset:
Council Decision
of 28 January 2002
on the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership with Estonia
(2002/86/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 622/98 of 16 March 1998 on assistance to the applicant States in the framework of the pre-accession strategy, and in particular on the establishment of Accession Partnerships(1), and in particular to Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Luxembourg European Council stated that the Accession Partnership is a new instrument and the key feature of the enhanced pre-accession strategy.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 622/98 sets out that the Council is to decide, by a qualified majority and following a proposal from the Commission, on the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions contained in the individual Accession Partnerships, as they are submitted to each applicant State, as well as on subsequent significant adjustments applicable to them.
(3) Community assistance is conditional on the fulfilment of essential elements, and in particular on the respect of the commitments contained in the Europe Agreements and on progress towards fulfilment of the Copenhagen criteria. Where an essential element is lacking, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may take appropriate steps with regard to any pre-accession assistance.
(4) The Luxembourg European Council decided that the implementation of the Accession Partnership and progress in adopting the acquis will be examined in the Europe Agreement bodies.
(5) The 2001 Commission's regular report presents an objective analysis on Estonia's preparations for membership and identifies a number of priority areas for further work.
(6) In order to prepare for membership, Estonia should continue to update its national programme for the adoption of the acquis; this programme should set out a timetable for achieving the priorities and intermediate objectives established in the Accession Partnership.
(7) Estonia needs to ensure that the appropriate legal and administrative structures needed for the programming, coordination, management, control and evaluation of Community pre-accession funds are in place,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 622/98, the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions in the Accession Partnership for Estonia are set out in the Annex hereto, which forms an integral part of this Decision.
Article 2
The implementation of the Accession Partnership shall be examined in the Europe Agreement bodies and by the appropriate Council bodies to which the Commission shall report regularly.
Article 3
This Decision shall take effect on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 28 January 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 173/2007
of 22 February 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 23 February 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 February 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 592/91 of 12 March 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/89 on the accompanying documents for carriage of wine products and the relevant records to be kept
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 71 (3) thereof,
Whereas the application of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 986/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2776/90 (4), should be facilitated by easing the administrative burden on consignors of wine products without this prejudicing the scope for the competent authorities to monitor the entry into free circulation of the products in question;
Whereas, with this in mind, batches of wine products of different categories, such as table wine or quality wine produced in a specified region, that are put up in accordance with Community rules in small containers should be allowed to be accompanied by a single approved commercial document or by a single commercial document;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The second subparagraph of Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/89 is hereby replaced by the following:
'A single approved commercial document or a single commerical document may be drawn up to accompany the joint carriage from any one consignor to any one consignee of:
- two or more batches of the same category of products, or
- two or more batches of different categories of product, provided they are put up in labelled containers of a nominal volume of not more than five litres fitted with a recognized non-reusable closing device bearing an indication enabling the bottler to be identified.' 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, 12 March 1991.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1269/2006
of 24 August 2006
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 15th 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 15th 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 25 August 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 August 2006.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 June 2009
on the intention of the United Kingdom to accept Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations
(notified under document number C(2009) 4427)
(2009/451/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular to Article 11a thereof,
Having regard to the letter from the United Kingdom to the Council and the Commission of 15 January 2009,
Whereas:
(1)
On 18 December 2008, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations (1).
(2)
Pursuant to Article 1 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, the United Kingdom did not participate in the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 4/2009.
(3)
In accordance with Article 4 of that Protocol, the United Kingdom notified the Council and the Commission by letter of 15 January 2009, received by the Commission on 17 January 2009, of its intention to accept Regulation (EC) No 4/2009.
(4)
On 21 April 2009 the Commission gave a positive opinion to the Council on the United Kingdom’s intention to accept Regulation (EC) No 4/2009,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 shall apply to the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 2.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 shall enter into force in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2009.
Article 2(2), Article 47(3) and Articles 71, 72 and 73 of the Regulation shall apply from 18 September 2010.
The other provisions of the Regulation shall apply from 18 June 2011, subject to the 2007 Hague Protocol on the law applicable to maintenance obligations being applicable in the Community by that date. Failing that, the Regulation shall apply from the date of application of that Protocol in the Community.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 June 2009.
*****
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1854/88
of 29 June 1988
concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Germany
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 Regulations (ECC) No 3806/87 (2) and (EEC) No 930/88 (3), allocating, for 1988, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Swedish waters, 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 ICES division III d (Swedish waters) by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany have reached the quota allocated for 1988,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES division III d (Swedish waters) by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Germany for 1988.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES division III d (Swedish waters) by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany 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 application 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, 29 June 1988.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1807/2003
of 14 October 2003
prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1754/2003(4), lays down quotas for cod for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIb, by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Portugal has prohibited fishing for this stock from 7 October 2003. This date should consequently be adopted in this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIb, by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Portugal for 2003.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIb, by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 7 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 October 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 986/2007
of 23 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 24 August 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 August 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 379/1999 of 19 February 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (2), and in particular Article 35a thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2248/98 (4), defined the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and the relevant methods of analysis;
Whereas, in order to harmonise the conditions for preparing samples of olive oil for analysis as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, that Regulation should require the international standard EN ISO 5555 to be used in addition to standard EN ISO 661, which already applies;
Whereas in order to allow a period of adjustment to the new standards and to give time for introducing the means of applying them, the applicability of this Regulation should be deferred;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 is replaced by the following:
'3. Samples for determining the characteristics of oil as provided for in Annex I shall be taken in accordance with international standards EN ISO 661 on the preparation of test samples and EN ISO 5555 on sampling.`
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 from the first day of the fourth month following its entry into force.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 February 1999.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1781/2002
of 7 October 2002
correcting Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2), in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) There is an error in the second subparagraph of Article 2(g) of the German, Dutch and Danish versions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2002(4). The necessary correction should therefore be made to the German, Dutch and Danish versions of that subparagraph.
(2) 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
The word "steers" in the second subparagraph of Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be translated as follows:
(concerns only the German, Dutch and Danish language versions).
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, 7 October 2002.
COUNCIL DECISION of 21 June 1989 on the conclusion of a Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden concerning the elimination of existing and prevention of new quantitative restrictions affecting exports or measures having equivalent effect (89/547/EEC)
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 the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden (1), signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, does not provide for the prohibition of quantitative restrictions affecting exports and measures having equivalent effect;
Whereas it is in the interest of the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden to promote the free circulation of raw materials and goods by abolishing any such restrictions and measures and by preventing the creation of new restrictions or measures affecting their mutual trade;
Whereas it is necessary both to make arrangements for a phased abolition of current restrictions affecting certain products or measures having equivalent effect and to provide for safeguard measures in the event either of re-export towards third countries against which the exporting Contracting Party maintains restrictions or measures having equivalent effect or in the event of serious shortage of a particular product;
Whereas under Article 32 (1) of the Agreement, the Contracting Parties may, in the interest of their economies, develop the relations established by the Agreement by extending it to fields not covered thereby;
Whereas the Commission has held negotiations with the Kingdom of Sweden, which have resulted in a Protocol,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden concerning the elimination of existing and prevention of new quantitative restrictions affecting exports or measures having equivalent effect is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 4 of the Supplementary Protocol.
Article 3
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 1989.