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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 19/98 of 7 January 1998 suspending the sale of butter from public stocks pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 on the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter and the granting of aid pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 6 (6) and 7a (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4), provides for the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter in the Community; whereas those arrangements are to continue to apply as long as the quantities of butter in public storage so allow; whereas, given the current level of butter in intervention stocks and the need to maintain sales of such butter for other purposes, sales pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 should be suspended; whereas the notice of expiry referred to in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation was issued on 1 July 1989;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95, provides for the granting by invitation to tender of aid for concentrated butter made from butter or cream from the market and intended for direct consumption in the Community; whereas those arrangements were introduced to supplement and continue the measure provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85; whereas, in view of the situation on the market for butter, where butter production and stocks are currently lower, the aid scheme provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 should be suspended;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The sale of butter from public stocks pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 is hereby suspended.
2. The granting of aid pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 is hereby suspended.
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 January 1998.
However, it shall not apply to quantities of butter or concentrated butter covered by bids already submitted under an invitation to tender at its date of entry into force.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 March 2000
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks
(2000/223/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and in particular to Article 27(1) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation of the European Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as the ECB) of 21 February 2000,
Whereas:
(1) The accounts of the ECB and of the national central banks are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2) The Governing Council of the ECB recommended the Council to approve the replacement, starting from the financial year 2000, of one of the external auditors for the Deutsche Bundesbank who were approved by the Council in its Decision 1999/70/EC(1).
(3) It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Article 1(2) of Decision 1999/70/EC shall be replaced by the following:
"2. KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG and Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Deutsche Bundesbank for the annual accounts starting from the financial year 2000."
Article 2
This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 13 March 2000.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 574/87
of 26 February 1987
fixing the monetary coefficient applicable on imports of dried grapes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1838/86 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/85 of 30 July 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of the minimum import price system for dried grapes (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2237/85 provides that the Commission shall fix a monetary coefficient equal to the real monetary gap between the agricultural conversion rate for the currency of a Member State and the central rate, or, where applicable, the market rate when that gap is equal to or more than 2,5 percentage points;
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2237/85 provides that the monetary coefficient shall be fixed before the commencement of the marketing year and, subsequently, on the first Monday of the months of November, January, March, May and July;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2382/86 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/87 (5), fixes the minimum import price applicable to dried grapes during the marketing year 1986/87 as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that price is not observed; whereas the import prices as set out in Annex II of that Regulation are calculated as specific percentages of the minimum import price; whereas as a result the monetary coefficient should apply both to the minimum import prices and the import prices,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
After having converted the minimum import prices and the import prices as set out in Annexes I and II of amended Regulation (EEC) No 2382/86 into one of the following national currencies by applying the agricultural conversion rate, the resulting amount shall be multiplied by the following coefficient:
- for the German mark: 0,972
- for the Dutch guilder: 0,972
- for the Greek drachma: 1,438
- for the pound sterling: 1,317
- for the Portuguese escudo: 1,163
- for the Spanish peseta: 1,118
- for the French franc: 1,095
- for the Irish pound: 1,105
- for the Danish krone: 1,035
- for the Italian lire: 1,059
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 February 1987.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1934/2003
of 31 October 2003
fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 48th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2002(4), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2) According to Article 30 of the said Regulation, in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award. The amount of the processing security shall also be fixed taking account of the difference between the market price of skimmed-milk powder and the minimum selling price.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, the minimum selling price should be fixed at the level specified below and the processing security determined accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 48th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 28 October 2003, the minimum selling price and the processing security are fixed as follows:
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 October 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2003
of 23 December 2003
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1949/2003(2), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that, subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of 60 days by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The good described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column 2.
Article 2
Subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of 60 days, under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 23 December 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 571/96 of 29 March 1996 fixing advance payments in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector for the 1995/96 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1101/95 (2), and in particular Article 28 (8) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 of 8 June 1982 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 392/94 (4), provides for the fixing before 1 April and the collection before the following 1 June, of the unit amounts to be paid by sugar producers, isoglucose producers and inulin syrup producers as advance payments of the production levies for the current marketing year; whereas the estimate of the basic production levy and of the B levy, referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82, gives an amount which is more than 60 % of the maximum amounts indicated in Article 28 (3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82, the unit amounts for sugar and inulin syrup should therefore be fixed at 50 % of the maximum amounts concerned and for isoglucose the unit amount of the advance payment should therefore be fixed at 40 % of the unit amount of the basic production levy estimated for sugar;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The unit amounts referred to in Article 5 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 in respect of the 1995/96 marketing year are hereby fixed as follows:
(a) the advance payment of the basic production levy for A sugar and B sugar shall be ECU 0,632 per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
(b) the advance payment of the B levy for B sugar shall be ECU 11,848 per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
(c) the advance payment of the basic production levy for A isoglucose and B isoglucose shall be ECU 0,506 per 100 kilograms of dry matter;
(d) the advance payment of the basic production levy for A inulin syrup and B inulin syrup shall be ECU 0,632 per 100 kilograms of dry matter equivalent sugar/isoglucose;
(e) the advance payment of the B levy for B inulin syrup shall be ECU 11,848 per 100 kilograms of dry matter equivalent sugar/isoglucose.
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, 29 March 1996.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 770/2007
of 29 June 2007
on the allocation of import rights for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 529/2007 for frozen meat of bovine animals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 529/2007 of 11 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008) (3) opens an import tariff quota for beef and veal products.
(2)
The applications for import rights lodged for the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 relate to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import rights may be allocated should therefore be determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quantities for which import right applications covered by the quota with the serial number 09.4003 have been lodged for the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 under Regulation (EC) No 529/2007 shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 14,840062 %.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 June 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1391/2007
of 27 November 2007
laying down special measures concerning the application of Regulation (EC) No 1267/2007 in the pigmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3444/90 of 27 November 1990 laying down detailed rules for granting private storage aid for pigmeat (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,
Whereas:
An examination of the situation has indicated a risk that there will be an excessively large number of applications for the private storage aid scheme introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1267/2007 (2). Therefore, it is necessary to suspend application of the Regulation and reject the applications in question,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Application of Regulation (EC) No 1267/2007 is hereby suspended for the period 28 November to 4 December 2007.
2. Applications submitted from 27 November 2007, for which acceptance decisions would have had to be taken during that period, are hereby rejected.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 November 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2007.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2303/2003
of 29 December 2003
on specific labelling rules for wines imported from the United States of America
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), and in particular Article 53 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products(2) contains certain derogations as regards the labelling of wines imported from the United States of America which expire on 31 December 2003.
(2) Since the bilateral negotiations in progress with the United States of America will not end before the end of the year, in order to prevent any disruption of trade, the rules applicable to wines imported from the United States of America should be extended in the light of the progress of the negotiations.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Wine imported from the United States of America may be identified by the name of a Federal State supplemented, where relevant, by the name of a county or wine-growing region even if only 75 % of the wine concerned is made from grapes harvested in that State or a single county whose name it bears, provided the wine is made entirely from grapes harvested in the United States of America.
2. Wine imported from the United States of America may use the name of a variety even if only 75 % of the wine in question is made from grapes of the variety whose name it bears, provided that that variety determines the character of the wine in question.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2004 until the entry into force of the agreement resulting from the negotiations with the United States of America with a view to concluding no later than 31 December 2005 an agreement on trade in wine and on oenological practices in particular and on the protection of geographical indications.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 December 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2003
of 21 October 2003
implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the sampling and tracing rules
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 on Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC)(1), and in particular Article 15(2)(d) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on income and living conditions, encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and European Union levels.
(2) Pursuant to Article 15(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003, implementing measures are necessary to harmonise methods and definitions concerning the sampling aspects and tracing rules.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The rules and guidelines governing sampling and tracing and the definitions to be applied to Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) shall be as laid down in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 20 October 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2/2004
of 2 January 2004
amending the import duties in the cereals sector
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 1104/2003(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2348/2003(5).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 2348/2003,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes I and II to the amended Regulation (EC) No 2348/2003 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 January 2004.