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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1269/2004
of 9 July 2004
suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.
(2)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1230/2004 (3) establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by Sweden pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 1230/2004 should be repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Sweden.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 1230/2004 is hereby repealed.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 July 2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1590/2001
of 2 August 2001
fixing for the 2001/02 marketing year the amount of aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the production of certain varieties of dried grapes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1239/2001(2), and in particular Article 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 establishes the criteria for fixing the aid for the cultivation of grapes intended for the production of dried grapes of the sultana and Muscatel varieties and currants.
(2) The third subparagraph of Article 7(1) of that Regulation states that the amount of aid may be differentiated according to grape variety and other factors which may affect yields. In the case of sultanas an additional differentiation should be provided for, between areas affected by phylloxera and other areas.
(3) Verification of the areas used to grow those grapes has revealed no overrun of the maximum guaranteed area fixed in Article 2(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1621/1999 of 22 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid for the cultivation of grapes to produce certain varieties of dried grapes(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2256/1999(4).
(4) The aid to be granted to producers replanting their vineyards in order to combat phylloxera under the conditions provided for in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 should be determined.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 2001/02 marketing year:
(a) the cultivation aid referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:
- EUR 2400 per hectare for areas under sultana grapes affected by phylloxera or replanted within the last five years,
- EUR 3290 per hectare for other areas under sultana grapes,
- EUR 3080 per hectare for areas under currant grapes,
- EUR 880 per hectare for areas under Muscatel grapes;
(b) the replanting aid referred to in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 3917 per hectare. In this case point (a) shall not apply.
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 1 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 August 2001.
COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1993 derogating from High Authority recommendation No 1/64 on tariff protection in order to enable the generalized tariff preferences to be applied to certain iron and steel products originating in the developing countries (159th derogation)
(93/478/ECSC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to High Authority recommendation No 1/64 of 15 January 1964 to the Governments of the Member States concerning an increase in the protective duty on iron and steel products at the external frontiers of the Community (1), as last amended by recommendation 88/27/ECSC (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, for a number of years, the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council have granted non-member countries covered by the generalized preferences scheme tariff advantages in respect of imports into the Community of certain ECSC iron and steel products in the form of total tariff suspensions without quantitative limits for certain types of product or total tariff suspensions within the limits of quotas fixed for other types of product;
Whereas the Commission is involved in the negotiation of such concessions and in the decisions of the representatives of the Governments implementing them; whereas the decisions in question are taken with the Commission's full agreement;
Whereas such concessions are covered by Article 3 of High Authority recommendation No 1/64, under which the Commission, after consulting the Member States, can for reasons of commercial policy derogate from the tariff obligations laid down by the recommendation;
Whereas Decision 92/584/ECSC (3) establishing tariff concessions was taken by the Member States with the Commission's agreement; whereas it meets the requirements laid down in Article 3 of the recommendation for the granting of a derogation; whereas as a consequence it is appropriate to grant the derogation for the concessions in question;
Whereas the Member States have been consulted on the draft of this Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member States are hereby authorized to derogate from obligations arising pursuant to Article 1 of High Authority recommendation No 1/64 to the extent necessary to apply, on imports from non-member countries of iron and steel products covered by the ECSC Treaty, originating in those countries, the duty suspensions resulting from Decision 92/584/ECSC of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
It shall apply from 1 January 1993 until 31 December 1993.
Done at Brussels, 28 July 1993.
COUNCIL DECISION of 12 April 1994 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning fish, amending the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, and the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part (94/682/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjuction with Article 228 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas it is desirable to amend by means of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters with the Czech Republic the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part (1), and the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, so as to provide for duty-free quotas for the importation into the Community of live trout and carp originating in the Czech Republic, and for the importation into the Czech Republic of frozen mackerel originating in the Community,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Czech Republic concerning fish, amending Article 17 of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, and Article 24 of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, and adding an Annex XVa and an Annex XVb to those Agreements is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Done at Luxembourg, 12 April 1994.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2246/96 of 25 November 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Finland
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 amended by Regulation (EC) No 2870/95 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 of 22 December 1995 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1952/96 (4), provides for cod quotas for 1996;
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 b, c, d (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland have reached the quota allocated for 1996; whereas Finland has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 6 November 1996; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES III b, c, d (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Finland for 1996.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES III b, c, d (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland 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.
It shall apply with effect from 6 November 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 November 1996.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 February 1990
amending Decision 88/150/EEC on the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet (1987 to 1991) forwarded by Portugal pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86
(Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
(90/107/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector (1), and in particular Articles 4 and 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas the outcome of the meetings held with the Portuguese authorities on the progress of the multiannual guidance programme as defined by Commission Decision 88/150/EEC (2) have been taken into account;
Whereas on the entry into service of new fishing vessels it became apparent that, in Portugal as a whole, a net decrease in fishing capacity as expressed in tonnage (GRT) and power (kW) had taken place in 1987 and in the first six months of 1988;
Whereas Portugal has forwarded, within the prescribed time the new particulars of the Portuguese fishing fleet as required by Decision 88/150/EEC;
Whereas the process of fleet adjustment which has now been started and the implementation by Portugal of measures for the effective control of fishing fleet capacity will require some time;
Whereas the Commission intends to support Portugal's efforts to restructure its fleet when the administrative or legislative measures taken show results which confirm that structural change is taking place as planned and leading to the achievement of the objectives set by Decision 88/150/EEC by 31 December 1991 at the latest;
Whereas, to deal with derogations from the principle that Stade aid in the fisheries sector is incompatible with the common market, the Commission has adopted guidelines for the examination of national aid in the fisheries sector (3);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 88/150/EEC is amended as follows:
1. Article 3, second paragraph is replaced by the following:
'The Commission shall on the basis of its assessment of the information provided on a regular basis as specified in Article 2 or where this information is not supplied, inform the Member State, if necessary, at the end of one six month period that it has been found that the conditions to which approval of the programme was made subject have not been fulfilled.'
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
Done at Brussels, 9 February 1990.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 724/78 of 10 April 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 679/77 and fixing the coefficients for the 1978 financial year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 474/77 of 8 March 1977 on the use of a separate heading in the Communities' budget for the financial effect of the different conversion rates applied for measures financed by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF(1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 474/77, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 679/77 of 31 March 1977 on the method and detailed rules of application for the use of a separate heading in the Communities' budget for the financial effect of the different conversion rates applied for measures financed by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF(2) fixed the said method and detailed rules of application and the coefficients applicable for the 1977 financial year;
Whereas the budget also provides for the 1978 financial year for the use of a separate heading for the said financial effect ; whereas the coefficients applicable for the 1978 financial year should therefore be fixed;
Whereas in the detailed rules of application account must be taken of the amendments made to the 1978 budget headings;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 679/77 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"1. The expenditure to be entered under Titles 6 and 7 of the budget and also under the budget headings for monetary compensatory amounts and accession compensatory amounts shall be calculated by applying coefficients to the expenditure declared by the Member States."
Article 2
The coefficients applicable for the 1978 financial year are laid down in the Annex hereto.
The coefficients may be revised, in particular where the representative rates are changed during the financial year.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply in respect of expenditure incurred from the beginning of the 1978 financial year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 April 1978.
COMMISSION DECISION of 17 July 1998 amending Decision 94/652/EC establishing the inventory and distribution of tasks to be undertaken within the framework of cooperation by Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food (notified under document number C(1998) 2055) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/479/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 93/5/EEC of 25 February 1993 on assistance to the Commission and cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 94/458/EC (2) has laid down rules on the administrative management of cooperation in the scientific examination of questions relating to food;
Whereas Commission Decision 94/652/EC (3) has established the inventory and distribution of tasks to be undertaken within the framework of cooperation by Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food; whereas Article 3 of Directive 93/5/EEC provides for the updating at least every six months of the inventory and distribution of tasks;
Whereas the inventory of tasks should be established and updated having regard to the need for the protection of public health within the Community and the requirements of Community legislation in the foodstuffs sector;
Whereas the tasks should be distributed having regard to the scientific expertise and resources available within the Member States and in particular, within the institutes which will be participating in the scientific cooperation;
Whereas the measures provided for by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Food,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 94/652/EC establishing the inventory and distribution of tasks to be undertaken within the framework of cooperation by Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 July 1998.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2001
of 14 August 2001
correcting Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 of 14 December 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Lithuania(1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1006/2001(3), lays down the detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part. Product group L1 was inserted in Annex I.A when the Regulation was amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2867/2000(4). That product group should therefore also be inserted in the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2305/95. This Regulation must be corrected in consequence.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 is reworded as follows: "All imports into the Community under the arrangements provided for in Article 14(2) and (3) of the Agreements on free trade between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part, or under the arrangements provided for in Article 13(2) and (3) of the Agreement on free trade between the Community, and Estonia, of the other part, of products falling within groups L1, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 provided for in Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 14 August 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2208/2004
of 21 December 2004
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled and medium and long grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004 (2).
(2)
Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3)
On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 14(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003, a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(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
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 13 to 16 December 2004 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled rand, medium and long grain A rice to certain third European countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 2004.