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Commission regulation (EC) No 204/2002
of 19 December 2001
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 on the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) in the European Economic Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 of 29 October 1993 on the statistical classification of products by activity in the European Economic Community(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1232/98(2), and in particular Articles 5(b) and 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 established a statistical classification of products by activity, hereinafter called CPA, to meet the requirement of statistics within the Community.
(2) The update of the statistical classification of economic activities (commonly known as NACE rev. 1) in the Community necessitates amendments to the CPA.
(3) The revision of the Harmonised System and the Combined Nomenclature (HS/CN), pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(3) necessitates amendments to the CPA and an alignment and clarification of the texts.
(4) It is necessary to amend the CPA, to maintain the international linked system, as well as to bring about convergence at world level.
(5) Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall apply as from 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2004
of 13 February 2004
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(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 maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 9 to 12 February 2004 at 124,00 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 February 2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1773/2001
of 6 September 2001
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
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 organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid(5) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) 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
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 September 2001.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2502/86
of 5 August 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 as regards the fixing of the correcting factor to be used to calculate the monetary compensatory amounts applicable for certain agricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2062/86 (2), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 provides that a correcting factor fixed at 1,033651 is to be applied for the purposes of calculating the monetary compensatory amounts; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1013/86 (3) fixed this coefficient at 1,083682; whereas, as provided for in the last subparagraph of the said paragraph, this factor must be altered whenever parities are realigned within the European Monetary System, on the basis of the revaluation of the central rate of that currency among the currencies maintained among themselves within a maximum spread at any given time of 2,25 %, the revaluation of which vis-à-vis the ECU is the highest;
Whereas a realignment of central rates under the European Monetary System has occurred with effect from 4 August 1986;
Whereas the greatest revaluation against the ECU is 1,304 %, whereas the correcting factor should be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant Management Committees,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The coefficient referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 is replaced by 1,097805.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 6 August 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 August 1986.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 294/1999 of 9 February 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/98 laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87, (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EC) No 1372/95 as regards poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular Article 3(2), Article 8(12) and Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2334/98 (3) introduces special measures for regularising certain export transactions in the wake of the problems arising on the market in Russia since the second half of August 1998;
Whereas the difficulties on the market in Russia are continuing and whereas the situation thereby created has seriously affected operators' possibilities of exporting to that destination; whereas the damaging consequences of this must accordingly be limited by the adoption of special measures enabling the export licences and certain customs procedures already initiated to be cancelled and certain time limits to be extended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Eggs and Poultrymeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2334/98 is amended as follows:
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'Article 2
1. On application by the holder submitted before 1 March 1999, export licences issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 (*) and applied for prior to 29 August 1998, with the exception of licences the term of validity of which expired before 1 August 1998, are hereby cancelled and the securities shall be released.
2. On application by the operator, the latter shall reimburse any refund paid in advance on products the customs export formalities for which were completed by 29 August 1998 at the latest but which have not yet left the customs territory of the Community or which have been placed under any of the arrangements provided for in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 and the various securities relating to such operations shall be released.
(*) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 26.`
2. In Article 4, '150 days` is replaced by '210 days`.
3. Article 5 is replaced by the following:
'Article 5
Each Thursday, Member States shall notify the quantities of products covered during the preceding week by the measures referred to in Article 2(1) and (2), specifying the date of issue of the licences and the category concerned.`
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, 9 February 1999.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1147/2008
of 31 October 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty, as regards Part III.10 of its Annex 1
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (1), and in particular Article 27 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (2) established a compulsory comprehensive State aid notification form.
(2)
Following the adoption by the Commission of new guidelines on State aid for environmental protection (3) it is necessary to modify a part of the notification form annexed to Regulation (EC) No 794/2004.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Part III.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 October 2008.
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 22 October 2008
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
(2008/818/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
having regard to the Commission proposal,
Whereas:
(1)
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (the Fund) was created to provide additional support to workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market.
(2)
The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(3)
On 6 February 2008 Spain submitted an application to deploy the Fund in respect of redundancies in the automobile sector, specifically for workers made redundant by Delphi Automotive Systems España, S.L.U. The application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.
(4)
On 8 May 2008 Lithuania submitted an application to deploy the Fund in respect of redundancies in the textile sector, specifically for workers made redundant by Alytaus Tekstile. The application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.
(5)
The Fund should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution in respect of the applications,
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 10 770 772 in commitment and payment appropriations.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Strasbourg, 22 October 2008.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2003
of 5 March 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 of 14 December 1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries(1), and in particular Articles 5 and 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the purpose of implementing measures forming part of the programmes referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999, Article 9(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1854/2002(3), lays down 30 April of each year as the deadline for Member States to notify the Commission of programmes and implementing bodies.
(2) Given the low uptake of the funding available under support measures for information and promotion in previous applications, the bodies concerned should be permitted to present new programmes of measures twice a year.
(3) The list of target markets should be revised to take account of the coming enlargement of the Union. In view of the date for the adoption of programmes in 2003, those countries due to join the Union the following year should be removed from the list.
(4) The list of products that may be covered by promotional measures in third countries should be revised. The list should be extended to cover fibre flax, past promotional measures for which have been evaluated positively.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 should consequently be amended.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Meeting of Management Committees - Promotion of Agricultural Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 is hereby amended as follows.
1. Article 9 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the first sentence is replaced by the following:"No later than 15 June and 15 December of each year, the Member States shall send the Commission the provisional list of programmes and implementing bodies they have selected and a copy of each programme.";
(b) in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, "30 September" is replaced by "15 September and 28 February".
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 March 2003.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 472/88
of 19 February 1988
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on urea, falling within combined nomenclature code 3102 10 10, originating in Mexico, to which the preferential tariff arangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 of 17 December 1987 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1988 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 14 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 14 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of urea, falling within combined nomenclature code 3102 10 10, originating in Mexico, the individual ceiling was fixed at 380 000 ECU; whereas, on 16 February 1988, imports of these products into the Community originating in Mexico reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Mexico,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 23 February 1988, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Mexico:
1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // // // // 10.0400 // 3102 10 10 // Urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product // // //
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, 19 February 1988.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3434/93 of 15 December 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1445/93 as regards the operative events applicable in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3119/93 of 8 November 1993 laying down special measures to encourage the processing of certain citrus fruits (2) replaces Council Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3848/89 (4), laying down special measures to encourage the processing of mandarins, satsumas, clementines and oranges; whereas, as a result, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1445/93 of 11 June 1993 determining the operative events applicable to products in the fruit and vegetables sector, to processed fruit and vegetable products and partly to live plants and floricultural products (5), should be adapted;
Whereas 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
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1445/93 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 3
The operative event for the agricultural conversion rate for:
- the financial compensation and aid referred to in Articles 1 and 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3119/93 (6)() and Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77, and
- the minimum prices referred to in Articles 3 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 3119/93 and Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77,
shall be the first day of the month in which the products are taken over by the processor in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 3119/93 and (EEC) No 1035/77.
'.
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, 15 December 1993.