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COUNCIL DECISION
of 28 November 2008
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine
(2009/49/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and Article 300(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine (1), approved by Council Decision 94/184/EC (2), provides that further negotiations are required regarding the transitional periods for the names referred to in Articles 8 and 11 of that Agreement.
(2)
On 23 October 2000, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate a new Agreement on trade in wine between the Community and Australia.
(3)
Those negotiations have been concluded and the new Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) was initialled by both Parties on 5 June 2007.
(4)
The Agreement should therefore be approved.
(5)
In order to facilitate the implementation and possible amendment of the Annexes to the Agreement, the Commission should be authorised to adopt the necessary measures in accordance with the procedure referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine (3).
(6)
As from the date of entry into force of the Agreement, the previous Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine, its Protocol and the related Exchange of Letters, signed at Brussels and Canberra on 26 January 1994 and 31 January 1994, shall be terminated,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine including its Annexes, Protocol, Declarations and Consolidated Exchange of Letters (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Article 3
For the purpose of applying Article 29(3) of the Agreement, the Commission is hereby authorised to adopt, in accordance with the procedure referred to, as appropriate, in Article 113(1) or Article 113(2) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008, the measures necessary to implement the Agreement and to amend its Annexes and the Protocol, in accordance with Articles 29 and 30 of the Agreement.
Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 2008.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3021/78 of 21 December 1978 amending for the 16th time Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1260/78 (2), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Whereas the minimum quantity of rice for which a special period of validity of export licence may be granted was fixed at 50 000 tonnes by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2524/78 (4) ; whereas this quantity is too great in relation to the quantity available for export ; whereas the minimum quantity should therefore be reduced to a level which is better matched to the actual state of the Community rice market;
Whereas 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
In Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75, as regards rice, "50 000 tonnes" is hereby replaced by "15 000 tonnes".
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, 21 December 1978.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2306/2001
of 27 November 2001
on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 of 23 June 1995 on implementing rules for export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugars(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1962/2001(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2029/2001(3) specifies the quantities which may be covered by applications submitted for export licences with advance fixing of the refund other than those applied for in connection with food aid.
(2) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 lays down the conditions under which special measures may be taken by the Commission to prevent an overrun in the quantities for which export licence applications may be submitted.
(3) In view of the information available to the Commission as of today, the quantity of 300 tonnes of orange juice with a sugar content of not less than 10° Brix but less than 22° Brix in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2029/2001, reduced or increased by the quantities referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95, would be exceeded if licences were issued with advanced fixing of refunds without restriction in response to applications submitted since 22 November 2001. A reducing factor should accordingly be applied to the quantities applied for on 22 November 2001, and applications for export licences with advance fixing of refunds submitted subsequently with a view to such licences being issued during the current period should be rejected,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for orange juice with a sugar content of not less than 10° Brix but less than 22° Brix for which applications were submitted on 22 November 2001 pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2029/2001 shall be issued for 88,9 % of the quantities applied for.
Applications for export licences with advance fixing of refunds for the above product submitted after 22 November 2001 and before 22 February 2002 shall be rejected.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 November 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2001.
Commission Decision
of 26 February 2003
amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include the whole territory of Germany in the list of Member States and regions free of Aujeszky's disease and certain departments of France in the lists of Member States and regions free of this disease and regions where approved eradication programmes are in place
(notified under document number C(2003) 622)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/130/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002(2), and in particular Article 9(2) and Article 10(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky's disease, and the lists of territories in the Member States which are free from this disease and where approved disease control programmes are in place, are laid down in Commission Decision 2001/618/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/270/EC(4).
(2) A programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease has been implemented in France for several years. Several French departments are recognised as disease-free by Decision 2001/618/EC.
(3) Pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC, France has now submitted supporting documentation to the Commission as regards the Aujeszky's disease-free status of the departments of Hautes-Alpes, Drôme, Hérault, Orne, Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, Var, Haute-Vienne, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, Réunion.
(4) The eradication programme is regarded to have been successful in eradicating this disease from those French departments.
(5) Pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 64/432/EC, France has also submitted documentation as regards the eradication programme in place in the department of Pas-de-Calais and requested the approval of this programme.
(6) A programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease has been implemented in Germany for several years. Several German Länder are recognised as disease-free by Decision 2001/618/EC.
(7) Pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC, Germany has now submitted supporting documentation to the Commission as regards the Aujeszky's disease-free status of Lower-Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The whole territory of Germany can be now considered as free from this disease.
(8) Decision 2001/618/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9) 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
Annexes I and II to Decision 2001/618/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 15 March 2003.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 February 2003.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 September 1988
concerning the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Canada on the involvement of Canada in the European Atomic Energy Community contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Conceptual Design Activities, by the Commission for and on behalf of the Community
(88/528/Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
Whereas the Council, in its decision of 25 July 1988, approved the conclusion of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Canada on the involvement of Canada in the European Atomic Energy Community contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Conceptual Design Activities,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Memorandum of Understanding between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Canada on the involvement of Canada in the European Atomic Energy Community contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Conceptual Design Activities shall be concluded on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Memorandum of Understanding is appended to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Commission is empowered to designate the person authorized to sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of committing the European Atomic Energy Community.
Done at Brussels, 29 September 1988.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 37/2006
of 11 January 2006
on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (3), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the delivery obligations at zero duty of products of CN code 1701, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.
(2)
Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the zero duty tariff quotas for products of CN code 1701 11 10, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.
(3)
Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 opens tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne for products of CN code 1701 11 10 for imports originating in Brazil, Cuba and other third countries.
(4)
In the week of 2 to 6 January 2006 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding a country's delivery obligation quantity of ACP-India preferential sugar determined pursuant to Article 9 of that Regulation.
(5)
In the week 2 to 6 January 2006 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding the contingent stipulated in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for special preferential sugar.
(6)
In these circumstances the Commission must set reduction coefficients to be used so that licences are issued for quantities scaled down in proportion to the total available and must indicate that the limit in question has been reached,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In the case of import licence applications presented from 2 to 6 January 2006 in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 licences shall be issued for the quantities indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 January 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 777/2009
of 26 August 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 575/2009 fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export-licence applications and suspending the lodging of export-licence applications for out-of-quota sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 7e in conjunction with Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
According to Article 61, first subparagraph, point (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 the sugar produced during a marketing year in excess of the quota referred to in Article 56 of that Regulation may be exported only within the quantitative limit to be fixed.
(2)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 924/2008 of 19 September 2008 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2008/2009 marketing year (3) has fixed the quantitative limit at 650 000 tonnes.
(3)
The quantities of sugar covered by applications for export licences exceeded that quantitative limit. Therefore Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2009 (4) suspended the lodging of applications for out-of-quota sugar export licences for the period 6 July 2009 to 30 September 2009.
(4)
By amendment of Regulation (EC) No 924/2008, introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 776/2009 (5), the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar in respect of marketing year 2008/2009 was increased by 300 000 tonnes.
(5)
As the quantitative limit in respect of marketing year 2008/2009 is increased the lodging of applications should once again be possible.
(6)
Regulation (EC) No 575/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 575/2009, paragraph 3 is deleted.
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, 26 August 2009.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 466/2009
of 4 June 2009
fixing the maximum buying-in price for skimmed milk powder for the 4th individual invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EC) No 310/2009
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 310/2009 (2) has opened buying-in of skimmed milk powder by a tendering procedure for the period expiring on 31 August 2009, in accordance with the conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2001 of 12 January 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in skimmed milk powder (3).
(2)
In the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed or a decision to make no award is to be taken, in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 214/2001.
(3)
In the light of the tenders received for the 4th individual invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price should be fixed.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 4th individual invitation to tender for the buying-in of skimmed milk powder within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EC) No 310/2009, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 2 June 2009, the maximum buying-in price shall be EUR 167,90/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 June 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 June 2009.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2329/2002
of 23 December 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden
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 Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Negotiations with a view to adopting trade agreements between the Community and Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and the total liberalisation of trade in other agricultural products have recently been concluded. The abolition of refunds in the cereals sector is one of the concessions provided for. The abolition relates in particular to oats.
(2) With a view to adopting these agreements and in order to clarify the export terms at the start of 2003 for all operators in the cereals sector, especially given the period of validity of the export licences, the refunds for oats should be abolished from 1 January 2003.
(3) The destinations laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002(3) should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1582/2002 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The first subparagraph of Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:
"1. A special intervention measure in the form of an export refund shall be implemented in respect of 400000 tonnes of oats produced in Finland and Sweden and intended for export from Finland and Sweden to all third countries, except Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia."
2. Article 2(2) is replaced by the following:
"2. The invitation to tender shall relate to the quantity of oats referred to in Article 1(1) for export to all third countries, except Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia."
3. The title of Annex I is amended as follows:
"Tender for the refund for the export of oats from Finland and Sweden to all third countries, except Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 December 2002.
COMMISSION DECISION of 21 May 1992 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 December 1991 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in non-member countries (92/312/EEC, Euratom, ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of the Officials of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3830/91 (2), and in particular the second paragraph of
Article 13
of Annex X thereto,
Whereas, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 572/92 (3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 July 1991 to the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country of employment;
Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjustments to these weightings in recent months, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations (4);
Whereas some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 December 1991 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain non-member countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
DECIDES:
Sole Article
With effect from 1 December 1991 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the date on which this Decision takes effect. Done at Brussels, 21 May 1992.