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COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 December 1992
on the conclusion of the Protocol of amendment to the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes
(92/583/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas by Decision 78/923/EEC (3) the Community approved the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’; whereas the Community has deposited its instrument of approval;
Whereas the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted, on 15 November 1991, a Protocol of amendment to the Convention in order to take account of technical and scientific developments in livestock farming;
Whereas disparities in national laws on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes may give rise to unequal conditions of competition and may consequently have an indirect effect on the proper functioning of the common market;
Whereas the Convention covers matters which fall within the scope of the common agricultural policy;
Whereas the Community's participation thus contributes to the achievement of its objectives,
Whereas the Protocol of amendment should therefore be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Protocol of amendment to the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council shall deposit the instrument of approval in accordance with Article 6 (4) of the Protocol of amendment.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 1992.
COMMISSION DECISION of 4 November 1997 nominating the members of the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (Text with EEA relevance) (97/756/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Commission Decision 95/319/EC of 12 July 1995 setting up a Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (2) of that Decision provides that the members of the Committee shall be nominated by the Commission on a proposal from the Member States;
Whereas Article 5 (1) of that Decision provides that the Committee shall consist of two representatives from each Member State;
Whereas Article 5 (3) of that Decision provides that the term of office of the members of the Committee shall be three years,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The persons named in the Annex to the present Decision are appointed as members of the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors for a period of three years as from 1 January 1998.
Done at Brussels, 4 November 1997.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 February 1983
on the establishment of a buffer zone in the region of Evros (Greece) and a financial contribution by the Community to measures to combat foot-and-mouth disease in that region
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(83/73/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 77/97/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the financing by the Community of certain emergency measures in the field of animal health (1), as last amended by Decision 81/477/EEC (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas epizootics of foot-and-mouth disease caused by viruses exotic to the Community have in recent years broken out in certain regions of south-eastern Europe; whereas the danger such viruses represent for livestock in the Community and in Greece in particular has not yet been averted;
Whereas Greece has adopted measures designed to prevent exotic strains of foot-and-mouth disease spreading to its territory, in particular by setting up a buffer zone along its frontier with Turkey; whereas the purpose of this zone is to protect the livestock of Greece and the other Member States against the disease; whereas it should therefore be approved;
Whereas the conditions for a financial contribution by the Community are met; whereas in order to be completely effective this contribution should amount to the maximum authorized by Decision 77/97/EEC;
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 establishment by Greece of a vaccination buffer zone along its frontier with Turkey, in the region of Evros, in order to provide protection against exotic strains of foot-and-mouth disease, is hereby approved.
Article 2
The Community shall make a contribution of:
- 100 % of expenditure incurred by Greece in 1983 and 1984 in buying foot-and-mouth vaccine to be used in the buffer zone referred to in Article 1,
- 50 % of expenditure incurred by Greece in 1983 and 1984 in carrying out foot-and-mouth disease vaccination in the buffer zone referred to in Article 1.
This contribution shall be granted after submission of documentary evidence and a detailed report on the vaccination campaign.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
Done at Brussels, 9 February 1983.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2432/98 of 10 November 1998 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/98 (4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 November 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 November 1998.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 July 2006
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Barbados, Belize, the Republic of Congo, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2005/2006 delivery period and of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2005/2006 delivery period
(2006/942/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Implementation of Protocol 3 on ACP Sugar attached to Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (1) and of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on cane sugar (2) is carried out, in accordance with Article 1(2) of each, within the framework of the management of the common organisation of the sugar market.
(2)
It is appropriate to approve the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and, of the one part, the States referred to in the Protocol and, of the other part, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2005/2006 delivery period,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Barbados, Belize, the Republic of Congo, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2005/2006 delivery period and the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2005/2006 delivery period are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The texts of the Agreements are set out in Annex I and Annex II to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreements referred to in Article 1 in order to bind the Community.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 18 July 2006.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 397/2003
of 3 March 2003
fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the second invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 220/2003
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Tenders have been invited for certain quantities of beef fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 220/2003(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 of 4 October 1979 on detailed rules of application for the disposal of beef bought in by intervention agencies and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 216/69(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95(5), the minimum selling prices for meat put up for sale by tender should be fixed, taking into account tenders submitted.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The minimum selling prices for beef for the second invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 220/2003 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 24 February 2003 are as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 931/2004
of 30 April 2004
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), 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 1 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 April 2004.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3658/90 of 11 December 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) N° 3774/85 concerning certain national aids in the agricultural sector which are incompatible with the common market but which the Portuguese Republic is authorized to maintain on a transitional basis
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 234 (2) and 247 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3774/85(1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1890/87(2), lists, pursuant to Article 247 of the Act of Accession, the incompatible aids which Portugal is authorized to maintain on a transitional basis in the agricultural sector and lays down the arrangements to apply thereto;
Whereas, with a view to the beginning of the second stage, the said Regulation should be supplemented as regards aids in respect of the products covered by Article 259 of the Act of Accession to which, in accordance with Article 286, the arrangements laid down in Article 247 only apply with effect from the second stage;
Whereas the rate at which the aids set out in points IV and V.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) N° 3774/85 are to be progressively reduced can be determined only on the basis of the outcome of the structural measures brought in by the Portuguese authorities for the period 1991 to 1995, including those carried out under Community programmes;
whereas it would seem appropriate for this purpose for the Portuguese authorities to draw up an annual report setting out the progress made during each financial year and to send it to the Commission,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) N° 3774/85 is hereby amended as follows:
1.The following Article 3a is inserted:
'Article 3a The rate at which the aids set out in points IV and V.1 of the Annex are to be progressively reduced shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 on the basis of the outcome of the structural measures brought in by the Portuguese authorities, including those carried out under Community programmes.
For this purpose, an annual report setting out the progress made in the course of each financial year shall be drawn up by the Portuguese authorities and sent to the Commission during the first two months of the following year.` 2. The Annex shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 1990.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 48/2007
of 22 January 2007
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), 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 23 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 January 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2608/1999
of 9 December 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999
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 1253/1999(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98(4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
(1) Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the tax for the export of barley to all third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999(5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2322/1999(6);
(2) Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bid relates to an export tax;
(3) Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1;
(4) 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
For tenders notified from 3 to 9 December 1999, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1701/1999, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be EUR 30,99/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 December 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 December 1999.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1849/90
of 29 June 1990
fixing the reference prices for hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing for the 1990/91 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of the Council of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1239/89 (2), and in particular Article 6 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that a reference price for each type of hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing is to be fixed annually; whereas those reference prices must be fixed on the basis of the free-at-frontier prices recorded during the last three marketing years except for abnormally low prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1578/72 of the Council of 20 July 1972 laying down general rules for fixing reference prices and for determining free-at-frontier offer prices for hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1984/86 (4), only prices for imports from third countries which are representative in terms of quantity and quality of the product should be taken into consideration;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 784/90 of 29 March 1990 fixing the reducing coefficient for agricultural prices in the 1990/91 markting year as a result of the monetary realigment of 5 January 1990 and amending the prices and amounts fixed in ecus for that marketing year (5) draws up the list of prices and amounts to which the coefficient 1,001712 is applied under the arrangements for the automatic dismantlement of negative monetary gaps; whereas the prices and amounts fixed in ecus by the Commission for the 1990/91 marketing year must take account of the resulting reduction;
Whereas imports of the types of hybrid maize for sowing falling within CN code 1005 10 19 may not be considered as representative on account of the very small quantity involved; whereas no reference prices may therefore be fixed for those types of maize;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 1990/91 marketing year, the reference prices for hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum for sowing falling within CN codes 1005 10 11, 1005 10 13, 1005 10 15 and 1007 00 10 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
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, 29 June 1990.
COUNCIL DECISION of 13 October 1998 on the conclusion by the European Community of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part (98/588/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 228(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, signed in Luxembourg on 22 April 1996, it is necessary to approve, on behalf of the European Community, the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, together with the declarations relating thereto, are hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The Interim Agreement and declarations are attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Interim Agreement on behalf of the European Community (2).
Article 3
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 32 of the Interim Agreement on behalf of the European Community.
Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 1998.