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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 910/84
of 3 April 1984
derogating from the quality standards for cucumbers for the 1984 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2004/83 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas the quality standards for cucumbers were laid down in Annex I/2 to Council Regulation No 183/64/EEC (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 845/76 (4); whereas class III cucumbers were defined in Annex VII to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 (5); whereas these standards do not permit the marketing of certain sizes for which demand exists;
Whereas the quality standards should take this fact into account; whereas sufficient experience should, however, be gained before the standards are definitively changed; whereas, therefore, temporary derogations from the quality standards for cucumbers should be introduced;
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
For the 1984 marketing year, the following derogation from Annex I/2 to Regulation No 183/64/EEC shall apply:
1. The following point is hereby added to title III 'Sizing':
'(iv) The above provisions shall not apply to cucumbers of the "short" type.'
2. The following is added to title VI 'Marking', under B 'Nature of produce':
' "Short" type in all cases for this type of cucumber.'
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, 3 April 1984.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 January 2006
amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in Canada and the United States of America
(notified under document number C(2005) 5795)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/8/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 92/452/EEC of 30 July 1992 establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community (2) provides that Member States are only to import embryos from third countries where they have been collected, processed and stored by embryo collection teams listed in that Decision.
(2)
Canada and the United States of America have requested that amendments be made to the entries for those countries on those lists as regards certain embryo collection and production teams.
(3)
Canada and the United States of America have provided guarantees regarding compliance with the appropriate rules set out in Directive 89/556/EEC and the embryo collection teams concerned have been officially approved for exports to the Community by the veterinary services of those countries.
(4)
Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 14 January 2006.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 January 2006.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 February 2000
listing the areas of Germany eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006
(notified under document number C(2000) 310)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2000/201/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 4(4) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development and the Committee on Structures for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Whereas:
(1) Point 2 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that Objective 2 of the Structural Funds is to support the economic and social conversion of areas facing structural difficulties.
(2) The first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that the Commission and the Member States shall seek to ensure that assistance is genuinely concentrated on the areas most seriously affected and at the most appropriate geographical level.
(3) Commission Decision 1999/503/EC(2) lays down, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, a population ceiling for each Member State under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006. The ceiling for Germany is 10296000 inhabitants.
(4) Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that the Commission, on the basis of proposals from the Member States and in close concertation with each Member State concerned, is to draw up a list of the areas eligible under Objective 2 with due regard to national priorities, without prejudice to the transitional support provided for in Article 6(2) of that Regulation.
(5) Article 4(11) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that each list of areas eligible under Objective 2 is to be valid for seven years from 1 January 2000; however, where there is a serious crisis in a given region, the Commission, acting on a proposal from a Member State, may amend the list of areas during 2003 in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 10 of Article 4, without increasing the proportion of the population within each region referred to in Article 13(2) of that Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The areas in Germany eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 are listed in the Annex hereto.
This list may be amended in the course of 2003.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 9 February 2000.
COMMISSION DECISION of 17 February 1995 establishing, for the period 1995 to 1999 in Austria and Finland, the list of rural areas under Objective 5b as defined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 (Text with EEA relevance) (95/37/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and the coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (2), and in particular Article 11a (3) thereof,
Whereas in accordance with Article 11a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the new Member States concerned have proposed to the Commission the list of areas which they consider should be eligible under Objective 5b and have provided the Commission with all the information necessary to this end;
Whereas the areas that may receive Community assistance under Objective 5b must meet the criteria laid down in Article 11a of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas the Commission and the Republics of Austria and Finland must ensure that the aid is effectively concentrated on the areas suffering from the most severe rural development problems;
Whereas the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision meet the selection criteria of Article 11a of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88; whereas they have been identified as the areas suffering from the most severe rural development problems;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the period 1995 to 1999 in Austria and Finland, the rural areas eligible under Objective 5b as defined by Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 shall be those listed in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 February 1995.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1917/97 of 30 September 1997 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1427/97 (4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 October 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 September 1997.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 9 July 1999
on the referral of the case of Mr Bangemann to the Court of Justice
(1999/494/EC, ECSC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 126 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 213(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, the third subparagraph of Article 9(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the third subparagraph of Article 126(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC), the Members of the Commission, when entering upon their duties, give a solemn undertaking that, both during and after the term of office, they will respect the obligations arising therefrom and in particular their duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after they have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits;
(2) by letter of 29 June 1999, Mr Martin Bangemann, Member of the Commission of the European Communities, informed Mr Gerhard Schröder, President of the Conference of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, of his intention of taking up an appointment with the Telefonica Company;
(3) Mr Martin Bangemann is the Member of the Commission responsible, since 1992, for the information technology and telecommunications sectors, and the duty of discretion deriving from his responsibilities should have induced Mr Bangemann to decline the appointment which he has accepted with the Telefonica Company;
(4) under these circumstances the Council should refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Communities pursuant to the last sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 213(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the corresponding provisions of the ECSC and EAEC Treaties,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The case of Mr Bangemann shall be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Communities pursuant to the last sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 213(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the corresponding provisions of the ECSC and EAEC Treaties.
Article 2
This Decision shall be communicated to Mr Bangemann, to the President of the Commission of the European Communities and to the Governments of the Member States of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 9 July 1999.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 135/2008
of 15 February 2008
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 February 2008
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2)
Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3)
Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4)
Import duties should be fixed for the period from 16 February 2008, and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5)
However, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2008 of 20 December 2007 temporarily suspending customs duties on imports of certain cereals for the 2007/08 marketing year (3), the application of certain duties set by this Regulation is suspended,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 16 February 2008, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 February 2008.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/48/EC
of 26 July 2007
amending Directive 2003/90/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Directive 2003/90/EC (2) was adopted to ensure that the varieties the Member States include in their national catalogues comply with the guidelines established by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining the varieties, as far as such guidelines had been established. For other varieties that Directive provides that the guidelines of the International Union for the Protection of new Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are to apply.
(2)
The CPVO and UPOV have since established further guidelines for a number of other species or have updated existing ones.
(3)
Directive 2003/90/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annexes I and II to Directive 2003/90/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
For examinations started before 1 November 2007 Member States may apply Directive 2003/90/EC in the version applying before its amendment by this Directive.
Article 3
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 October 2007 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 November 2007.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
Article 4
This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 July 2007.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1047/2002
of 14 June 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001
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 2010/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(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 long grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2010/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 7 to 13 June 2002 at 250,00 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 June 2002.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 635/87
of 2 March 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; light-emitting diodes; electronic micro-circuits; parts, falling within subheadings 85.21 D and E, originating in South Korea, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 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 13 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 diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; light-emitting diodes; electronic micro-circuits; parts, falling within subheadings 85.21 D and E, originating in South Korea, the individual ceiling was fixed at 3 300 000 ECU; whereas, on 24 February 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in South Korea 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 South Korea,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 7 March 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in South Korea:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 85.21 (NIMEXE code 85.21-47, 51, 53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 69, 71, 73, 75, 79, 81, 91, 99) // D. Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; light-emitting diodes; electronic micro-circuits E. Parts // //
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, 2 March 1987.