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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/2003
of 19 August 2003
setting the minimum price to be paid to producers for dried plums and the production aid for prunes for the 2003/2004 marketing year
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 markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 453/2002(2), and in particular Article 6b(3) and Article 6c(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/2001 of 2 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme in the sector in products processed from fruit and vegetables(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1426/2002(4), lays down the dates of the marketing years.
(2) The criteria for setting the minimum price and the production aid are laid down in Articles 6b and 6c respectively of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.
(3) The products for which the minimum price and the aid are to be set are listed in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 464/1999 of 3 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards aid arrangements for prunes(5) and the characteristics that these products must possess are laid down in Article 2 of that Regulation. The minimum price and the production aid should therefore be set for the 2003/2004 marketing year.
(4) 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 2003/2004 marketing year:
(a) the minimum price referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for dried "d'Ente" plums shall be EUR 1935,23 per tonne net ex-producer's premises;
(b) the production aid referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation for prunes shall be EUR 804,15 per tonne net.
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, 19 August 2003.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 March 1986
concerning the zones referred to in Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 instituting a specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructuring of the steel industry
(Only the English text is authentic)
(86/116/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 of 7 October 1980 instituting a specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructuring of the steel industry (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 216/84 (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas the specific measure instituted by Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 already applies to the zones referred to in Article 2 (2) of that Regulation;
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 provides that the specific measure shall also apply to those zones which in principle meet the criteria laid down in Article 2 (1) (a), (b) and (f) of that Regulation each time the Commission has adopted a position on the restructuring programmes for the steel industry forwarded by the Member States in accordance with Commission Decision No 2320/81/ECSC of 7 August 1981 establishing Community rules for aids to the steel industry (3);
Whereas the United Kingdom has forwarded its restructuring programme for the steel industry, and the Commission has adopted a position on that programme;
Whereas the zones likely to benefit from the specific measure must be the subject of a request by the Member State in question; whereas the United Kingdom has submitted such a request to the Commission;
Whereas the counties of Cleveland, Clwyd, Gwent, Humberside (together with that part of the travel-to-work area of Scunthorpe situated in the county of Lincolnshire), South Yorkshire (including the travel-to-work area of Sheffield) and the region of Strathclyde conform to the abovementioned criteria,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The zones referred to in Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2616/80 are, in the case of the United Kingdom, as follows: the counties of Cleveland, Clwyd, Gwent, Humberside (together with that part of the travel-to-work area of Scunthorpe situated in the county of Lincolnshire), South Yorkshire (including the travel-to-work area of Sheffield) and the region of Strathclyde.
2. The references to travel-to-work areas in point 1 are to those areas as constituted on 18 January 1984.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 7 March 1986.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2297/2001
of 26 November 2001
on the supply of white sugar as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security(1), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organisations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage.
(2) Following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated white sugar to certain beneficiaries.
(3) It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid(2). It is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
White sugar shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
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, 26 November 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3079/94 of 16 December 1994 on the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of the Council of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 (2), and in particular
Article 41
thereof,
Whereas Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 requires certain data to be compiled according to the current version of the country nomenclature given in Annex C thereto;
Whereas Article 36 of the said Regulation requires the Commission to publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities the country nomenclature in the version thereof valid as from 1 January of each year;
Whereas the version thereof valid on 1 January 1994 was annexed to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3478/93 (3); whereas from 1 January 1995 account will have to be taken of the changes resulting from the coming into force of the agreement on the European Economic Area (4); whereas minor amendments should be introduced to meet new statistical and technical requirements;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on External Trade Statistics,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The version valid on 1 January 1995 of the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States is set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 December 1994.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2017/97 of 15 October 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of the stabilizer to the yields used for the calculation of the compensatory payments referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1422/97 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas, in order to prevent complicated regionalization plans resulting in actual yields which significantly exceed historical yields, Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides for the reduction of compensatory payments during the following marketing year in proportion to the overrun of the average historical yield resulting from the 1993 regionalization plans or, in the case of Austria, Finland and Sweden, the plan implemented in 1995;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 769/96 (4), lays down the procedure to be used for determining such overruns and lays down, inter alia, the historical reference yields;
Whereas, following a request from Germany to be permitted to apply a national base area with a view to the possible application of Article 2 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, an average historical yield should also be set for that Member State; whereas Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1237/95, against 'Germany`, a yield of '5,66 t/ha` is hereby inserted accompanied by the following footnote: 'Where Article 2 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 is applied.`
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 from the 1997/98 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 October 1997.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1997/2002
of 8 November 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 296/96 on data to be transmitted by the Member States and the monthly booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(1), and in particular Articles 5(3) and 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(2) provides that the budget shall be drawn up and implemented in euro and the accounts shall be presented in euro.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1934/2001(4), should be amended so as to bring it in line with this new provision.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 4(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96 is hereby deleted.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 November 2002.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 24 April 1997 giving discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1994 financial year (97/386/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
- Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 206 thereof,
- Having regard to the statement of accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and the report of the Court of Auditors on this subject (C4-0564/95),
- Having regard to the Council recommendation of 11 March 1996 (C4-0196/96),
- Having regard to its resolution of 17 April 1996 informing the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training of the reasons why the discharge cannot be given in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1994 financial year (1),
- Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A4-0138/97),
1. Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Centre for the Development for Vocational Training:
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2. Gives discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development for Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1994 financial year.
The Secretary-General
Julian PRIESTLEY
The President
José María GIL-ROBLES
(1) OJ No C 141, 13. 5. 1996, p. 125.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 11 February 1986
amending Decision 83/421/EEC as regards the list of establishments in Norway approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
(86/55/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals, swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 18 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/96/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the examination for trichinae (Trichinella spiralis) upon importation from third countries countries fresh meat derived from domestic swine (3), as last amended by Directive 84/319/EEC (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas a list of establishments in Norway, approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community, was drawn up initially by Commission Decision 83/421/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 85/493/EEC (6);
Whereas a routine inspection pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 72/462/EEC and Article 3 (1) of Commission Decision 83/196/EEC of 8 April 1983 concerning on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals, swine and fresh meat from non-member countries (7) has revealed that the level of hygiene of one establishment has altered since the last inespection;
Whereas this same inspection has shown that a further establishment complies with the conditions of Article 2 of Directive 77/96/EEC; whereas, therefore, this establishment may be authorized to carry out the examination to detect the presence of trichinae in fresh pigmeat;
Whereas the list of establishments should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 83/421/EEC shall be replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 February 1986.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1589/2006
of 24 October 2006
establishing a prohibition of fishing for redfish in NAFO zone 3M by vessels flying the flag of Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and 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 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 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 2006.
(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 States referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(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 States referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 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 States 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 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, 24 October 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2062/93 of 27 July 1993 laying down detailed rules for the financial monitoring of programmes approved under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 of 30 June 1992, on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas a reliable system must be established for the financial monitoring of the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92;
Whereas, to that end, the system of monitoring must be based on the individual undertakings made under the programmes approved under Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92; whereas monitoring will be considerably less effective if the information communicated is not updated regularly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Member States shall communicate information on the progress made in implementing the scheme provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 as at 15 April and 15 October of each financial year using the table given in the Annex hereto.
This information must reach the Commission within 45 days of the stated dates. By way of exception, information on the implementation of the scheme as at 15 April 1993 must reach the Commission at the latest 30 days from the entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day followin 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, 27 July 1993.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 52/2000
of 10 January 2000
on the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying-in, storage and disposal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 of 12 February 1988 on the method and the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying-in, storage and disposal(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2623/1999(4), lays down that the uniform interest rate used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures is to correspond to the three months' and twelve months' forward Euribor rates with a weighting of one third and two thirds respectively;
(2) the Commission fixes this rate before the beginning of each EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year on the basis of the rates recorded in the six months preceding fixing;
(3) Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 lays down that if the rate of interest costs borne by a Member State is lower for at least six months than the uniform interest rate fixed for the Community a specific interest rate is to be fixed for that Member State; the Member State notified these costs to the Commission before the end of the accounting year; where no costs are notified by a Member State, the rate to be applied is determined on the basis of the reference interest rates set out in the Annex to the said Regulation;
(4) the interest rates for the 2000 accounting year must be set, in line with those provisions;
(5) the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For expenditure incurred during the 2000 EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year:
1. the interest rate referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be 2,9 %;
2. the specific interest rate referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be 2,6 % for Ireland, and 2,7 % for Austria.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 October 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 January 2000.