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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1843/2003
of 17 October 2003
fixing depreciation percentages to be applied when agricultural products are bought in for the 2004 financial year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96(2), and in particular the second sentence of Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, depreciation of agricultural products stored in public intervention warehouses must take place when they are bought in. The depreciation percentage must not exceed the difference between the buying-in price and the foreseeable disposal price for each of these products.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, the Commission may restrict depreciation at the time of buying-in to a proportion of this depreciation percentage, but such proportion may not be less than 70 % of total depreciation. Coefficients should be fixed for certain products for the 2004 financial year, to be applied by the intervention agencies to the monthly buying-in values of these products, so that the agencies can establish the depreciation amounts.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. In respect of the products listed in the Annex, which, having been bought in by public intervention, have entered storage or been taken over by the intervention agencies between 1 October 2003 and 30 September 2004, the authorities shall depreciate their value to account for the difference between the buying-in prices and the foreseeable selling prices of the relevant products.
2. To establish the amounts of the depreciation, the intervention agencies shall apply to the values of the products bought in every month the coefficients set out in the Annex.
3. The expenditure amounts determined in this way shall be notified to the Commission under the declarations established pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96(3).
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 October 2003.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1758/92 of 30 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 laying down general rules for distillation operations involving wine and the by-products of wine-making
THE COUNCIL 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), and in particular Articles 35 (7), 36 (5), 38 (4), 39 (8), 41 (8), 42 (4) and 79 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 (3) provides that Member States may regard associations of wine-growers as producers for the purposes of the compulsory distillation; whereas paragraph 4 of that Article provides for the submission of a report in that regard; whereas the proposed measures should be consistent with others which the Commission is to draw up in the near future; whereas, for that purpose, the deadline laid down in abovementioned paragraph 4 should be put back,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 is hereby replaced by the following:
'4. Paragraph 3 shall apply until 31 August 1993.
Before 31 March 1993, the Commission shall submit to the Council a report on application of the said paragraph, accompanied, if necessary, by an appropriate proposal. The Council shall act on any measures to apply as from 1 September 1993.'
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 Luxembourg, 30 June 1992.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 95/83
of 17 January 1983
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3303/82 with regard to certain coefficients to be applied to milk products incorporated in compound feed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member States (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3439/82 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas the monetary compensatory amounts introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1235/82 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 88/83 (4);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3303/82 (5) provides, with effect from 20 December 1982, for new coefficients to apply to skimmed-milk powder and animal feed containing skimmed-milk powder sold on the special terms set out in Commission Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 (6) and (EEC) No 443/77 (7), both as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 85/83 (8), because of the substantial change in the selling price of skimmed-milk powder on 3 November 1982; whereas some skimmed-milk powder bought in before that date and placed in remote storage facilities could not be transported before 20 December 1982;
whereas, therefore, provision should be made in respect of these quantities for dealers, on certain conditions and at their request, to benefit from the former coefficients;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of the Management Committee for Cereals and the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following is hereby added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3303/82:
‘3. However, the coefficients 0·30 and 0·53 shall continue to apply, on application by dealers, in respect of quantities of products for which evidence is produced that the skimmed-milk powder was bought before 3 November 1982.’
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 20 December 1982.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 January 1983.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 167/2004
of 29 January 2004
fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular Article 13(8),
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(8) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which application for an export licence is made, adjusted for the threshold price in force during the month of exportation, must be applied on request to exports to be effected during the period of validity of the export licence. In this case, a corrective amount may be applied to the refund.
(2) 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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1431/2003(4), allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the malt referred to in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92. That corrective amount must be calculated taking account of the factors referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(3) It follows from applying the provisions set out above that the corrective amount must be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(4) 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 corrective amount referred to in Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 which is applicable to export refunds fixed in advance in respect of malt shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 January 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1198/2009
of 8 December 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 Annex XV, Part A thereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 December 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 December 2009.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 503/86 of 25 February 1986 fixing, for the period 1 March to 31 December 1986, the guide prices for certain fishery products listed in Annex I A and E of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81, and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3602/85 as regards the guide price for Atlantic sardines and anchovies
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Article 26, in conjunction with Annex I, Part XV, Section 4 of the Act of Accession, extended the price arrangements laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 to cover Spanish mackerel, megrim, Ray's bream, monkfish, edible crabs and Norway lobsters; Whereas Article 10 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 provides that, for each of the products listed in Annex I (A) and (E) of the said Regulation, a guide price shall be fixed at a level such that it helps to stabilize market prices while avoiding the formation of surpluses in the Community; whereas this price level must also help support producers' incomes whilst taking consumers' interests into consideration; whereas, consequently, the guide prices for the abovementioned new species should be fixed on the basis of the same criteria; Whereas, with regard to Atlantic sardines and anchovies, Articles 169 and 356 of the Act provide for a particular price alignment regime over a period of 10 years for the former and five years for the latter; whereas alignment of the guide prices for Atlantic sardines must be implemented towards the level of the guide price for Mediterranean sardines; whereas the first stage of this price alignment must take place on 1 March 1986 and, therefore, guide prices applicable to Spain and Portugal should be fixed for the period 1 March to 31 December 1986 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3602/85 of 17 December 1985 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I (A) and (D) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1986 fishing year (2) should be amended in respect of the guide prices for these two species, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For the fishing year from 1 March to 31 December 1986, the guide prices for the products included by the Act of Accession in the price arrangements laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and the categories to which they relate shall be as shown in Annex I. 2. The guide prices for Atlantic sardines and anchovies, fixed for the 1986 fishing year by Regulation (EEC) No 3602/85, shall be adjusted as shown in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 February 1986.
COMMISSION DECISION of 17 July 1991 approving the programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis presented by Spain and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (91/433/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as amended by Decision 91/133/EEC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas by letter dated 11 March 1991, Spain has submitted a three-year programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 on laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3);
Whereas a Community financial contribution will be given provided the abovementioned conditions are fulfilled, and the authorities will provide all necessary information in conformity with Article 24 (8) of Decision 90/424/EEC, and whereas it is appropriate to fix the Community financial participation at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred by way of compensation to owners for the slaughter of cattle because of bovine tuberculosis;
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 programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis presented by Spain is hereby approved for a period of three years.
Article 2
Spain shall bring into force by 1 April 1991 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
Article 3
Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred in Spain by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of cattle because of bovine tuberculosis.
Article 4
The Community financial contribution shall be granted after the supporting documents have been supplied.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. Done at Brussels, 17 July 1991.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 661/2002
of 17 April 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 April 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 May 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 April 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:
- 230 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 130 tonnes originating in Namibia;
United Kingdom:
- 1200 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 800 tonnes originating in Namibia,
- 50 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 May 2002 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
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Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 April 2002.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1897/2000
of 7 September 2000
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community concerning the operational definition of unemployment
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community(1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98, the definition of the variables and a list of principles for the formulation of questions concerning the labour status is to be drawn up.
(2) The international comparability of labour statistics requires that the Member States and the Community institutions measure employment and unemployment according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition of employment and unemployment.
(3) The Commission needs comparable indicators to monitor and assess progress as an effect of the implementation of the Employment Guidelines(2).
(4) A common definition of unemployment in all Member States, combined with a greater harmonisation of labour force survey questionnaires, is therefore needed.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom(3),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The definition of unemployment is laid down in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. The principles for the formulation of the questions on the labour status are laid down in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 2
1. The questions on the labour status for the purposes of the Community labour force sample survey shall comply with the principles laid down in Annex II to this Regulation, and allow the measurement of unemployment as defined in Annex I therein.
2. However, paragraph 1 may not apply during the time needed to adapt the labour force sample survey. In such case, Member States shall accompany the transmission to Eurostat of the Community labour force sample survey results with a clear identification of the deviations from the definition and principles referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 September 2000.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 June 2008
on a financial contribution from the Community towards emergency measures to combat avian influenza in Germany in 2007
(notified under document number C(2008) 2345)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2008/441/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Articles 3(3) and 3a(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution towards specific veterinary measures, including emergency measures. Pursuant to Article 3a of that Decision, Member States may obtain a Community financial contribution towards the costs of certain measures to eradicate avian influenza.
(2)
Article 3a(3) of Decision 90/424/EEC lays down rules on the percentage of the costs incurred by Member States that may be covered by the Community’s financial contribution.
(3)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 of 28 February 2005 laying down rules on the Community financing of emergency measures and of the campaign to combat certain animal diseases under Council Decision 90/424/EEC (2), following the amendment of Decision 90/424/EEC by Council Decision 2006/53/EC (3), no longer covers avian influenza. It is therefore necessary to expressly provide in the present Decision that the granting of a Community financial contribution to Germany is subject to compliance with certain rules laid down in that Regulation.
(4)
Outbreaks of avian influenza occurred in Germany in 2007. The emergence of that disease represents a serious risk to the Community’s livestock population. Germany took the measures, as referred to in Article 3a(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, to combat those outbreaks.
(5)
Germany has fully complied with its technical and administrative obligations as set out in Articles 3(3) and 3a(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC and Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.
(6)
Germany submitted to the Commission information on the costs incurred on 30 August 2007, and has continued to provide all necessary information on costs of compensation and operational expenditure.
(7)
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
Financial contribution from the Community to Germany
1. A financial contribution from the Community may be granted to Germany towards the costs incurred by that Member State in taking the measures referred to in Article 3a(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, to combat avian influenza in 2007.
2. For the purposes of this Decision, Articles 2 to 5 and Article 7 and Article 9(2), (3) and (4) and Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 2
Payment arrangements
A first tranche of EUR 320 000 shall be paid as part of the Community financial contribution provided for in Article 1.
Article 3
Addressee
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 4 June 2008.