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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1718/2003
of 29 September 2003
establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the first quarter of 2004 under the arrangements provided for by the Free Trade Agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 of 29 September 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1853/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
In order to ensure distribution of the quantities available, the quantities carried forward from the period 1 October to 31 December 2003 should be added to the quantities available for the period 1 January to 31 March 2004,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quantity available for the period 1 January to 31 March 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 is set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 September 2003.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 886/87
of 27 March 1987
on the notification by the Member States to the Commission of the information relating to imports of dessert apples
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1351/86 (2), and in particular Article 38 (1) thereof,
Whereas, in view of the upward trend in imports of dessert apples into the Community and in view of the expected levels of such imports in 1987 which threaten to disrupt an already difficult market, the trend in imports from third countries should be monitored regularly and the information notified very promptly;
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 144 and 280 of the Act of Accession, Spain and Portugal may apply quantitative restrictions to imports from third countries of the products in question; whereas the provisions concerning notification of information should, therefore, not be applied in those countries;
Whereas the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) is considered, for statistical purposes, as a single territory; whereas, with regard to the information to be notified to the Commission, it should be considered as a single Member State;
Whereas the measures provides for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Member States shall notify to the Commission:
the quantities and values of the dessert apples falling within heading No 08.06 A II of the Common Customs Tariff which have been released for free circulation,
- in accordance with the NIMEXE nomenclature and
- according to their country of origin.
The abovementioned information shall be notified at intervals as follows:
- every Friday in the case of dessert apples released for free circulation on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday,
- every Tuesday in the case of dessert apples released for free criculation on Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday of the previous week.
Where no apples have been released for free circulation during one of the aforesaid periods, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission to that effect by telex sent on the days stated above.
Article 2
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union shall be considered as a single Member State.
2. This Regulation shall not apply to Spain or Portugal.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the eighth 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, 27 March 1987.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3528/92 of 7 December 1992 amending Regulation No 470/67/EEC as regards the criteria to be used for the taking over of paddy rice by intervention agencies
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 674/92 (2), and in particular Article 5 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation No 470/67/EEC of 21 August 1967 on the taking over of paddy rice by intervention agencies, and fixing the corrective amounts, price increases and reductions applied by them (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2151/91 (4), sets lower limits for processing yields; whereas section B in Annex II thereto indicates basic yields after processing; whereas the updating of the value of the yields from milling certain varieties is called for as a result of an improvement in technical conditions;
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
Annex II to Regulation No 470/67/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 7 December 1992.
COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1990 amending Decision 84/248/EEC authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to adopt, when introducing into its territory plants or plant products, special plant health provisions for home-grown production of certain fruit plants intended for planting (Only the German text is authentic) (91/41/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 21/27/EEC (2), and in particular Article 18 (2) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (1) of Directive 77/93/EEC, plants, plant products or other objects are not subject, at the time of their introduction into the territory of a Member State from another Member State, to prohibitions or restrictions relating to plant health measures, except where provided for in that Directive;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 18 (2) of the abovementioned Directive, the Member States may be authorized to adopt, when introducing into their territory plants or plant products, special health provisions in so far as such measures are also laid down for home-grown production;
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany by the Verordnung zur Bekaempfung von Viruskrankheiten im Obstbau of 26 July 1978 (3), as last amended by the Verordnung of 1 December 1989 (4), has introduced special plant health measures for the marketing of certain fruit plants intended for planting;
Whereas by Decision 84/248/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 90/111/EEC (6), the Commission authorized the Federal Republic of Germany to apply the measures also to products introduced into its territory from other Member States;
Whereas this authorization was granted on a temporary basis for a period expiring on 31 December 1990, but subject to a possible extension, pending the definition of a Community certification scheme for fruit-plant propagating material;
Whereas the Community certification scheme has not yet been defined; whereas the other circumstances which justified this authorization have not changed;
Whereas therefore the authorization should be extended for a further period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1
In Article 2 of Decision 84/248/EEC, '31 December 1990' is hereby replaced by '1 July 1992'. Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1990.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 296/2010
of 8 April 2010
granting no export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a standing invitation to tender procedure.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 6 April 2010.
(3)
The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 6 April 2010, no export refund shall be granted for the product and destinations referred to in point (c) of Article 1 and in Article 2 respectively of that Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 April 2010.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3624/82 of 21 December 1982 on the application of Decision No 1/82 of the EEC-Portugal Joint Committee amending, in relation to heading No 84.59, List A annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic [1] was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;
[1] OJ No L 301, 31.12.1972, p. 165.
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 1/82 amending, in relation to heading No 84.59, List A annexed to that Protocol;
Whereas this Decision shall be applied in the Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic, Joint Committee Decision No 1/82 shall apply in the Community.
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 1982.
Commission Decision
of 24 April 2001
amending Decision 2001/257/EC laying down the conditions for the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in application of Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC
(notified under document number C(2001) 1148)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/326/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measure for the control of foot-and-mouth disease(3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The competent authorities of the United Kingdom have presented to the Commission a programme to employ protective vaccination in bovine animals under certain clearly defined conditions as an additional instrument to control and eradicate foot-and-mouth disease in connection with the pre-emptive killing of animals of other susceptible species in defined densely populated livestock areas.
(2) The Commission adopted Decision 2001/257/EC laying down the conditions for the control and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in application of Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC(4).
(3) It is necessary to adapt the area in which vaccination could be carried out to the current epidemiological situation by amending Annex II to Decision 2001/257/EC.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In Annex II to Commission Decision 2001/257/EC the words "Administrative areas in the counties of Cumbria and Devon in Great Britain" are replaced by "Administrative areas in the counties of Cumbria, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset in Great Britain".
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 April 2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2123/2002
of 29 November 2002
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid(5) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) 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
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1889/95 of 28 July 1995 concerning the transfer to Colombia, within the tariff quota for the import of bananas into the Community, of part of Venezuela's country quota for 1995 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95 of 1 March 1995 on additional rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff quota arrangements for imports of bananas into the Community and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (4), and in particular Article 2 (2) second subparagraph thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 478/95 establishes the detailed rules for the application of the Framework Agreement on Bananas concluded as part of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations; whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 478/95 divides the tariff quota into specific shares allocated to the countries or groups of countries referred to in Annex I of the same Regulation; whereas in the event that a country listed in Annex I, Table 1 is not able to export all or some of the quantity allocated to it, Article 2 (2) provides for the reallocation of that quantity;
Whereas Venezuela has informed the Commission that it will be unable to export all of its quantity of bananas to the Community in 1995; whereas Venezuela and Colombia have jointly requested that part of the quantity allocated to Venezuela be reallocated to Colombia; whereas this reallocation should take effect as from the fourth quarter of 1995,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In application of Article 2 (2) second subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 478/95, the shares of the tariff quota allocated to Colombia and Venezuela are hereby changed for 1995 as follows:
'Colombia: 25.3 % Venezuela: 0.7 %` This change applies as from the fourth quarter of 1995.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 28 July 1995.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 November 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'SPEX - Compudrive Czerny-Turner Spectrometer, model 1704' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/842/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 9 June 1982, the United Kingdom requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'SPEX - Compudrive Czerny-Turner Spectrometer, model 1704', ordered on 27 January 1982 and to be used for research in plasma emission spectroscopy with microwave and radio-frequency sources and in particular for the measurement of selected wavelengths of light emitted by the plasma sources employed, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 22 October 1982, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrometer;
Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the resolution power, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'JY38P' manufactured by Jobin Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, F-91163 Longjemeau,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as 'SPEX - Compudrive Czerny-Turner Spectrometer, model 1704', which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 9 June 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 November 1982.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1054/2002
of 17 June 2002
on the supply of split peas 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), 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 split peas 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 under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid(3). It is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs.
(4) In order to ensure that the supplies are carried out, provision should be made for tenderers to be able to mobilise either green split peas or yellow split peas,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Split peas shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97, and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
Tenders shall cover either green split peas or yellow split peas. Tenders shall be rejected unless they specify the type of peas to which they relate.
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, 17 June 2002.