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Commission Regulation (EC) No 201/2001
of 31 January 2001
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 25th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1527/2000(2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 18(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 of 13 July 2000 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(3), requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the 25th partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) 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
For the 25th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at 44,162 EUR/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 January 2001.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 835/2007
of 10 July 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 as regards the introduction of the euro in Cyprus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 123(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (1),
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro (2) provides for the substitution of the euro for the currencies of the Member States which fulfilled the necessary conditions for the adoption of the single currency at the time when the Community entered the third stage of economic and monetary union.
(2)
Council Regulation (EC) No 2596/2000 (3) amended Regulation (EC) No 974/98 to provide for the substitution of the euro for the currency of Greece.
(3)
Council Regulation (EC) No 2169/2005 (4) amended Regulation (EC) No 974/98 in order to prepare for subsequent introductions of the euro in Member States which have not yet adopted the euro as the single currency.
(4)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1647/2006 (5) amended Regulation (EC) No 974/98 to provide for the substitution of the euro for the currency of Slovenia.
(5)
According to Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession, Cyprus is a Member State with a derogation as defined in Article 122 of the Treaty.
(6)
Pursuant to Council Decision 2007/503/EC of 10 July 2007 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Cyprus of the single currency on 1 January 2008 (6), Cyprus fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the single currency and the derogation in favour of Cyprus is to be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2008.
(7)
The introduction of the euro in Cyprus requires the extension to Cyprus of the existing provisions on the introduction of the euro set out in Regulation (EC) No 974/98.
(8)
Cyprus' changeover plan specifies that euro banknotes and coins should become legal tender in that Member State on the day of the introduction of the euro as its currency. Consequently, the euro adoption date and the cash changeover date should be 1 January 2008. No ‘phasing-out’ period should apply.
(9)
Regulation (EC) No 974/98 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 974/98 shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.
Done at Brussels, 10 July 2007.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1172/87
of 28 April 1987
allocating additional catch quotas among Member States for vessels fishing in Swedish waters
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the Kingdom of Sweden have initialled an agreement on their mutual fishing rights for 1987 which provides inter alia for the allocation of certain catch quotas for Community vessels in Swedish waters; whereas those catch quotas were allocated by Regulation (EEC) No 4036/86 (3);
Whereas, in order to take account of the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community, the Community and the Kingdom of Sweden have inter alia concluded an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning agriculture and fisheries (4); whereas, under that Agreement, the Kingdom of Sweden undertook in particular to grant the Community catch quotas for cod and herring in the Swedish fishing zone in the Baltic Sea, in addition to the fishing possibilities agreed annually under the Agreement on fisheries between the Community and the Kingdom of Sweden;
Whereas the Government of Sweden, by notification dated 20 January 1987, informed the Community of the supplementary catch quotas for 1987;
Whereas, under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 170/83, it is for the Council to lay down in particular the specific conditions for taking those catches; whereas, under Article 4 of the said Regulation, the quantity available to the Community is to be distributed among the Member States;
Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the control measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4027/86 (6),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Vessels flying the flag of a Member State shall be authorized in 1987 to take catches within the quotas set out in the Annex in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of Sweden, without prejudice to catches already authorized for the same period by Regulation (EEC) No 4036/86.
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 until 31 December 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 28 April 1987.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2213/78 of 26 September 1978 concerning the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 238 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt signed at Brussels on 18 January 1977 should be concluded,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation.
Article 2
The President of the Council of the European Communities shall give the notification provided for in Article 51 of the Agreement (2).
Article 3
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 September 1978.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 October 2004
amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores
(notified under document number C(2004) 3686)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/693/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Decision 2000/258/EC designated the laboratory of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments de Nancy (the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy), France as the institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines. That Decision also provides for the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy to send to the Commission the list of Community laboratories to be authorised to carry out those serological tests. Accordingly, the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy operates the established proficiency testing procedure to appraise laboratories for authorisation to perform the serological tests.
(2)
Commission Decision 2004/233/EC of 4 March 2004 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores (2) established a list of approved laboratories in the Member States on the grounds of the results of the proficiency tests communicated by the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy.
(3)
Three laboratories, respectively in the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal, have been approved by the AFSSA laboratory, Nancy, in compliance with Decision 2000/258/EC.
(4)
Accordingly, it is appropriate to add those three laboratories to the list of approved laboratories in the Member States as established in the Annex to Decision 2004/233/EC.
(5)
In addition, following the request of Germany, certain amendments should be made to the addresses of two German laboratories.
(6)
Furthermore, following the request of Slovenia, the name of the diagnostic laboratory in that Member State should be amended.
(7)
Decision 2004/233/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8)
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
Annex I to Decision 2004/233/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 October 2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 855/2002
of 23 May 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain 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 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 May 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 May 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 705/2007
of 21 June 2007
setting the amount of the aid for pears for processing for the 2007/2008 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), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 3(3)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables (2) provides that the Commission is to publish the amount of aid applicable to pears for processing no later than 15 June.
(2)
The average quantity of pears processed under the aid scheme in the last three marketing years is 6 511 tonnes higher than the Community threshold.
(3)
For those Member States that have overrun their processing threshold, the amount of the aid for pears for processing for the 2007/2008 marketing year must therefore be adjusted in relation to the level set in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, in accordance with Article 5(2) of that Regulation.
(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 2007/2008 marketing year, the amount of the aid for pears under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:
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EUR 161,70 per tonne in the Czech Republic,
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EUR 51,05 per tonne in Greece,
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EUR 161,70 per tonne in Spain,
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EUR 161,70 per tonne in France,
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EUR 154,00 per tonne in Italy,
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EUR 161,70 per tonne in Hungary,
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EUR 9,46 per tonne in the Netherlands,
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EUR 161,70 per tonne in Austria,
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EUR 161,70 per tonne in Portugal.
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, 21 June 2007.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1366/2001
of 5 July 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain 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 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 July 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 340/96 of 26 February 1996 fixing the amount of the aid referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for the private storage of butter and cream
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2931/95 (2), and in particular Article 6 (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 12 (4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 454/95 of 28 February 1995 laying down detailed rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 331/96 (4), provides that the aid referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 for private storage is fixed each year;
Whereas operations for the placing of products in storage must take place between 15 March and 15 August of the same year; whereas, therefore, it is necessary to fix the elements of that aid before the operations concerning placing in storage for 1996 commence;
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
The aid referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 is hereby established in the following manner per tonne of butter or butter equivalent for the contracts concluded during 1995:
(a) ECU 24 for fixed costs;
(b) ECU 0,35 per day of contractual storage for coldstore costs;
(c) an amount per day of contractual storage calculated on the basis of 91 % of the intervention price for the butter, expressed as national currency, applicable on the day on which contractual storage commences and based on an interest rate of 6 % per year.
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 15 March 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 February 1996.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 June 2006
concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part
(2006/580/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, and Article 300(3), first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Pending the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, signed in Luxembourg on 12 June 2006, it is necessary to approve the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part.
(2)
The commercial provisions contained in the Agreement are of an exceptional nature, connected with the policy implemented within the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Process and will not constitute, for the European Union, any precedent in the commercial policy of the Community with regard to third countries other than those of the Western Balkans.
(3)
The Agreement should be signed and approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
1.
The Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), the Annexes and Protocols annexed thereto, as well as the Declarations attached to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
2.
The texts referred to in paragraph 1 are attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered, on behalf of the Community, to sign the Agreement and deposit the instrument of approval provided for in Article 56 of the Agreement.
Done at Luxembourg, 12 June 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1154/94 of 20 May 1994 on the adjustment of certain export refunds fixed in advance 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 organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2193/93 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, in respect of certain products in the cereals sector, the rate of refund valid on the date on which an application for an export licence is lodged, adjusted in line with the threshold price in effect during the month in which the products are exported, is to apply to exports carried out during the period of validity of that licence upon application by the exporter, to be lodged at the same time as the application for the licence;
Whereas certain advance-fixing certificates applied for before the end of the 1993/94 marketing year may be used during the 1994/95 marketing year;
Whereas appropriate arrangements should be introduced to allow an adjustment of refunds upon application by the exporter before customs export formalities are completed;
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
1. In respect of the products referred to in Article 1 (1) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, export refunds fixed in advance between 5 May and 30 June 1994 shall be adjusted in accordance with paragraph 2 upon application by exporters, where completion of the customs export formalities will take place after 30 June 1994.
2. Export refunds shall be increased by the difference as expressed in ECU per tonne between the threshold price applying in the last month of the 1993/94 marketing year and the threshold price applying in the first month of the 1994/95 marketing year.
3. Applications under paragraph 1 shall be submitted only by the holders of the export licences concerned to the Member State which has issued them and before customs export formalities in respect of the quantities concerned have been completed.
The said Member State shall enter the adjustment to be applied in box 22 of the relevant export licence and place its stamp thereon.
The Member States shall inform the Commission immediately of the quantities of products covered by applications made under paragraph 1.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its pubblication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
I shall apply with effect from 5 May 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 May 1994.