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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 872/2008
of 3 September 2008
establishing a prohibition of fishing for anglerfish in VIIIc, IX and X; EC waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.
(2)
According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.
(3)
It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 3 September 2008.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 February 1989
approving aid from the Portuguese Republic to the coal-mining industry during 1986
(Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
(89/177/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision 528/76/ECSC of 25 February 1976 regarding the Community system of measures taken by the Member States to assist the coal-mining industry (1),
Having consulted the Council,
Whereas:
I
The Government of the Portuguese Republic has informed the Commission pursuant to Article 2 of the Decision, of the financial measures which it intends to take for the direct or indirect benefit of the coal industry in 1986; whereas of these measures the following may be approved pursuant to that Decision:
Aid to cover pit operating losses: Esc 667,2 million.
This aid meets the criteria laid down in the Decision for the admissibility of such State assistance.
The aid totalling Esc 667 200 000 to cover pit operating losses completely covers the difference between the average costs and returns for every tonne of coal produced by Carbonifera do Douro in 1986; whereas the aid is granted to preclude serious economic and social upheaval in the employment area of the Dúrico-Beira coalfield in which adequate alternative employment for redundant mineworkes is not yet available; whereas the aid therefore complies with the first subparagraph of Article 12 (1) and the second subparagraph of Article 12 (2) of the Decision.
II
Pursuant to Article 3 (2) of the Decision, an examination of the compatibility of the proposed aid with the proper functioning of the common market must also extend to all other financial measures to support current production in 1986.
On this basis of assessment, the total amount of aid proposed is ECU 4,5 million, i. e. ECU 18 per tonne.
The following observations can be made on the compatibility of the proposed aid for current production with the proper functioning of the common market:
- no deliveries of Portuguese coal to other Community countries were made in 1986,
- industrial consumers of coal did not receive indirect aid in 1986 as a result of the prices of Portuguese coal.
It may therefore be concluded that the Portuguese aid for current production in the coal industry in 1986 is compatible with the proper functioning of the comon market.
III
Pursuant to Article 14 (1) of the Decision, the Commission must ensure that the aid authorized is exclusively used for the purposes set out in Article 12 of this Decision; whereas the Commission must therefore be informed of the amounts of the payments and of the manner in which they are apportioned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Portuguese Republic is hereby authorized in respect of 1986 to grant the following aid to the coal-mining industry:
Aid not exceeding Esc 667 200 000 to cover pit operating losses.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1282/2007
of 30 October 2007
derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 as regards the end of the implementation period for the annual plan for the distribution of food for 2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 of 10 December 1987 laying down the general rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organisations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Under Article 3(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 of 29 October 1992 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community (2), the implementation period for the annual plan for the distribution of food finishes on 31 December of the year following its adoption.
(2)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 (3) adopted the plan for the period ending on 31 December 2007.
(3)
Exceptional circumstances on the markets in cereals and milk products which developed during the 2006/2007 marketing year have, in the case of 61 232,50 tonnes of cereals, 1 618 tonnes of butter and EUR 10 991 578 for the mobilisation on the market of skimmed-milk powder allocated to Italy, and in the case of 4 000 tonnes of butter and EUR 10 million for the mobilisation on the market of skimmed-milk powder allocated to France under the 2007 plan, complicated the implementation of the delivery contracts concluded with operators. To allow the implementation of the annual plan as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006, the implementation period for the annual plan should, in these cases, be extended to 29 February 2008.
(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
By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92, the 2007 plan may, in the case of 61 232,50 tonnes of cereals, 1 618 tonnes of butter and EUR 10 991 578 for the mobilisation on the market of skimmed-milk powder allocated to Italy, and 4 000 tonnes of butter and EUR 10 million for the mobilisation on the market of skimmed-milk powder allocated to France under that plan, be implemented until 29 February 2008.
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, 30 October 2007.
Council decision
of 15 July 2003
amending Article 23 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice
(2003/527/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 245(2) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 160(2) thereof,
Having regard to the request of the Court of Justice of 12 February 2003,
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission of 17 June 2003,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament of 3 June 2003,
Whereas:
(1) Article 20 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, as amended by Council Decision 2002/653/EC(1), permits non-member States to participate in preliminary-ruling proceedings before the Court of Justice where an agreement, relating to a specific subject matter, concluded by the Council with one or more non-member States, provides for such participation where a court or tribunal of a Member State refers to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling, a question falling within the scope of the agreement.
(2) Article 7 of the Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts(2), signed at Nice on 26 February 2001, repeals the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and replaces it by the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty establishing the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.
(3) Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice reproduces the provisions of Article 20 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Communities but has not been able to take account of the amendment made by Decision 2002/653/EC and it is therefore necessary to amend Article 23 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
In Article 23 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice, the following paragraph shall be added:
"Where an agreement relating to a specific subject matter, concluded by the Council and one or more non-member States, provides that those States are to be entitled to submit statements of case or written observations where a court or tribunal of a Member State refers to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling a question falling within the scope of the agreement, the decision of the national court or tribunal containing that question shall also be notified to the non-member States concerned. Within two months from such notification, those States may lodge at the Court statements of case or written observations."
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 15 July 2003.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 July 1999
on the basic parameters for the command-and-control and signalling subsystem relating to the trans-European high-speed rail system
(notified under document number C(1999) 2475)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/569/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system(1), and in particular Article 21 thereof,
(1) Whereas, the problem of the frequency and of the radiation intensity of the spot ground-to-train transmission interface, known as Eurobalise, was raised by Sweden at the meeting held on 10 July 1997 of the Committee set up under Article 21 of Directive 96/48/EC;
(2) Whereas, the European Association for Railway Interoperability (AEIF) confirmed, during the session held on 16 October 1997, that the Eurobalise interface is a basic parameter for the command-and-control and signalling subsystem;
(3) Whereas the AEIF presented an analysis at the Committee meeting held on 19 February 1998 and several Member States requested that the situation be summed up in terms of all of the radio frequencies needed for the command-and-control and signalling subsystem;
(4) Whereas there is a need to avoid any interference with the frequency band for the ECPT PR 27 radio equipment (see ERC Decision of 7 March 1996), while at the same time retaining the same level of telepowering;
(5) Whereas there is an urgent need to lay down the value for the Eurobalise spot interface and the GSM-R ground-to-train radio in order not to jeopardise the planning of ERTMS project tests, which in turn would cause delays that would adversely affect the placing in service of several lines within the trans-European high-speed network;
(6) Whereas this Decision has no impact on signalling systems already in service, provided that they have not been brought back into service following a reorganisation; whereas the AEIF will have to take account of the existing system when drafting the "command-and-control and signalling" technical specification for interoperability (TSI);
(7) Whereas Recommendation T/R 25-09 E (Chester 1990, revised at Budapest 1995) related to reserved railway frequencies in the 900 MHz band; whereas the decision by the ECPT Working Group on FM related to Eurobalise (Tallinn 1998) and the updating of Recommandation 70/03 resulting therefrom;
(8) Whereas the provisions of this Decision are in keeping with the opinion of the Committee on Directive 96/48/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The frequency used to telepower (downlink) Eurobalise-type beacons shall be 27095 MHz and the radiation intensity at 10 metres shall be less than 42 dBμA/m.
Article 2
The frequency bands used for GSM-R radio links shall be 876-880 MHz for the train-to-ground link and 921/925 MHz for the ground-to-train link.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.
COMMISSION DECISION of 17 January 1997 deferring, as regards the importation of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, from third countries, the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of Council Directive 92/33/EEC (97/109/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/33/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 95/25/EC (2), and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,
Whereas, by virtue of Decision 95/25/EC the date in Article 16 (2) of the said Directive was deferred until 31 December 1996;
Whereas the Commission is required pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Directive 92/33/EEC to decide whether vegetable and planting material other than seed produced in a third country and affording the same guarantees as regards obligations on the supplier, identity, characteristics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspection arrangements, marking and sealing, are equivalent in all these respects to vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed produced in the Community and complying with the requirements and conditions of the Directive;
Whereas, however, the information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is still not sufficient to enable the Community to make any such decision in respect of any third country at this stage;
Whereas it is known that, Member States have imported vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed produced in certain third countries; whereas, in order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted Member States should be allowed to continue to apply to the importation of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed from third countries conditions equivalent to those applicable to the production and marketing of products obtained in the Community, in accordance with Article 16 (2) of the said Directive;
Whereas vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed imported by a Member State in accordance with a decision taken by that Member State pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 16 (2) of the said Directive should be subject to no marketing restrictions as regards the matters referred to in Article 16 (1) of the said Directive in other Member States;
Whereas accordingly the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of the said Directive should be further deferred;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Materials for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The date referred to in Article 16 (2), first subparagraph of Directive 92/33/EEC is hereby deferred until 31 December 1998.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 January 1997.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1208/87
of 30 April 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1071/77 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2888/86 (4), provides that growers of seed flax shall submit their crop declarations by 31 December each year; whereas, for reasons of administrative convenience, 15 December would be a more appropriate deadline;
Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 provides that producer Member States shall before 31 December each year inform the Commission of the areas of flax harvested; whereas maintaining that deadline would allow insufficient time for producer Member States to assemble the information from growers' crop declarations; whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 should be amended in consequence;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 9 (1) is replaced by the following:
'Every grower of seed flax shall, by 15 December each year, submit a crop declaration.'
2. In Article 17 (1), '31 December' is replaced by '15 February'.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 April 1987.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1498/97 of 29 July 1997 amending for the eighth time Regulation (EC) No 413/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas exceptional measures to support the market in pigmeat were adopted for the Netherlands in Commission Regulation (EC) No 413/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1293/97 (4), in response to the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in that country;
Whereas, as a result of capacity problems in the rendering plants, the average weight of eligible piglets was temporarily increased; whereas these problems have persisted and the extension of this provision is therefore justified;
Whereas the aid granted for the delivery of the different categories of piglets should be adjusted to the current market situation, taking account of the fall in market prices;
Whereas, since the veterinary and trade restrictions adopted by the Dutch authorities continue to apply, the number of fattening pigs, piglets, young piglets and very young piglets that may be delivered to the competent authorities should be increased, so that the exceptional measures can continue in the coming weeks;
Whereas it is necessary to include the protection and surveillance zone around Oirlo from 20 June 1997 and the protection and surveillance zones around Stramproy and Gulpen from 1 July 1997 in the exceptional measures by replacing Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 413/97 by a new Annex;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 413/97 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in the second subparagraph of Article 1 (2), '3 August 1997` is replaced by '28 September 1997`;
2. in Article 4 (4), 'ECU 45`, 'ECU 37`, 'ECU 30` and 'ECU 28` are replaced by 'ECU 40`, 'ECU 34`, 'ECU 25` and 'ECU 23`;
3. Annex I replaced by Annex I hereto;
4. Annex II is replaced by Annex II hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
However, point 3 of Article 1 shall apply from 16 July 1997 and point 4 of Article 1 from 20 June 1997 as regards Oirlo and from 1 July 1997 as regards Stramproy and Gulpen.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 July 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2030/2005
of 13 December 2005
opening for the year 2006 a tariff quota applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain goods originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and, in particular, Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 96/753/EC of 6 December 1996 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (2), and, in particular, Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, approved by Decision 96/753/EC, provides for an annual tariff quota for imports originating in Norway of chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa. It is necessary to open that quota for 2006.
(2)
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), lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff quota opened by this Regulation is to be managed in accordance with those rules.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed products not listed in Annex I,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 1 January to 31 December 2006, the goods originating in Norway and imported into the Community which are listed in the Annex shall be subject to the duties set out in that Annex within the limits of the annual quota indicated therein.
Article 2
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall be applicable from 1 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2005.