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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1778/2003
of 10 October 2003
suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2003(4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1658/2003 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States(5) establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by Spain under Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 1658/2003 should be repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 1658/2003 is hereby repealed.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 October 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 299/98
of 5 February 1998
repealing Regulation (EC) No 2351/97 suspending the preferential customs duty and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas scrutiny of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2350/97 of 27 November 1997 fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and Gaza Strip (3) has shown that the Annex is incorrect in the case of small-flowered roses; whereas there is in the correct version of the Annex no figure in respect of small-flowered roses imported from Morocco; whereas, accordingly, the preferential customs duties introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 of 25 July 1994 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for various products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, as well as the detailed rules for extending and adjusting these quotas (4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/97 (5) should be maintained; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2351/97 (6) should therefore be repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Morocco is hereby restored with effect from 30 November 1997.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 2351/97 is hereby repealed.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 30 November 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 February 1998.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 April 2009
authorising the placing on the market of Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) from Bacillus subtilis natto as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document number C(2009) 2935)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2009/345/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 20 December 2006 the company NattoPharma made a request to the competent authorities of Ireland to place Vitamin K 2 (menaquinone) from Bacillus subtilis natto on the market as a novel food ingredient to be used in foods for particular nutritional uses and in foods to which vitamins and minerals are added.
(2)
On 22 January 2007 the competent food assessment body of Ireland issued its initial assessment report. In that report it came to the conclusion that an additional assessment was required.
(3)
The Commission informed all Member States about this request on 27 February 2007. EFSA was requested to carry out the assessment on 8 March 2007.
(4)
On 2 October 2008, following a request from the Commission, the Scientific Panel on dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies of EFSA adopted an opinion on the safety of Vitamin K2. In the opinion EFSA concluded that menaquinone extracted from Bacillus subtilis natto is a safe source of Vitamin K.
(5)
Vitamin K2 should be used in compliance with Council Directive 89/398/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (2), Commission Directive 2001/15/EC of 15 February 2001 on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses (3) and/or Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (4). On the basis of the scientific assessment, it is established that Menaquinone complies with the criteria laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.
(6)
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
Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) as a source of Vitamin K as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food ingredient to be used in compliance with Directive 2001/15/EC and/or Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006.
Article 2
The designation of the novel food ingredient authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuff containing it shall be ‘Menaquinone’ or ‘Vitamin K’.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to NattoParma, Dammensveien 40, PO Box 2896 Solli, N-0230 Oslo, Norway.
Done at Brussels, 22 April 2009.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 31 March 1998 giving discharge to the Administrative Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1996 financial year (98/331/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
- Having regard to the EC Treaty and in particular Article 206 thereof,
- Having regard to the statement of accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the report of the Court of Auditors on this subject (C4-0052/98) (1),
- Having regard to the Council Recommendation of 9 March 1998 (C4-0165/98),
- Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A4-0092/98),
A. Whereas the Court of Auditors finds that the financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 1996 are reliable and the underlying transactions are, as a whole, legal and regular,
1. Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions:
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2. Expects that, by the time the 1997 discharge Decision falls due, the remaining technical problems affecting the separation of duties between the authorising officer and the accounting officer will have been resolved;
3. Calls on the management boards of the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, swiftly to adopt their Memorandum of Understanding in order to establish structured cooperation between them; as soon as this Memorandum is adopted, expects the directors of these two bodies to present it to its Committees on Employment and Social Affairs, on Budgetary Control and on Budgets;
4. Draws the Court's attention to the fact that coordination with Directorate F is now primarily a matter for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, not the Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions;
5. Points out that the Foundation exists to advise all EU Institutions, including the European Parliament; expects all Institutions to be allowed the opportunity to provide a timely input into the Foundation's work programme, in order to ensure that the Foundation's work is relevant for their agendas;
6. Gives discharge to the Administrative Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1996 financial year, on the basis of the report of the Court of Auditors;
7. Instructs its President to forward this Decision to the Administrative Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (L series).
The Secretary-General
Julian PRIESTLEY
The President
José María GIL-ROBLES
(1) OJ C 393, 29. 12. 1997, p. 10.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 338/2002
of 22 February 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain European third countries, in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) 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
The maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain European third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 15 to 21 February 2002 at 212,00 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 February 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2089/93 of 27 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3310/86 on the Community recording of market prices on the basis of the scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1892/87 of 2 July 1987 on the recording of market prices in the beef and veal sector (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3310/86 of 30 October 1986 on the Community recording of market prices on the basis of the scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2368/91 (3), lays down the criteria and procedure for recording market prices in the beef and veal sector;
Whereas, in order that the recording of market prices should reflect accurately all transactions, transactions relating to animals raised and slaughtered by slaughterhouses for their own account should be included; whereas, to that end, the rules for recording such prices should be laid down;
Whereas it is necessary to provide the Commission annually with information indicating the list of slaughterhouses and other establishments participating in the price recording so that it can satisfy itself that the prices are in fact representative of the production in each Member State;
Whereas 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
Regulation (EEC) No 3310/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 (2):
'These prices shall relate to all animals slaughtered at approved establishments including animals raised and slaughtered by slaughterhouses for their own account. The price to be taken into consideration for the carcases of such animals shall be the price paid for carcases of the equivalent category and class produced during the same week in the same region.'
2. The following Article 3a is added:
'Article 3a
The Member States shall forward to the Commission before 15 March each year the confidential list of approved slaughterhouses for bovine animals and/or other establishments which participate in the price recording on the basis of the Community classification grid; this list shall indicate the individual annual adult bovine production of each such slaughterhouse, expressed in head and, if possible, in tonnes, during the previous calendar year.'
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 July 1993.
COMMISSION DECISION of 16 June 1993 deferring, as regards the import of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production from third countries, the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of Directive 92/34/EEC
(93/401/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/34/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production (1), and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,
Whereas the schedule referred to in Article 4 of the said Directive has not yet been established; whereas, as a consequence, there were no Community conditions in force on 1 January 1993;
Whereas the normal trade pattern of Member States should not be interrupted and they should be allowed to continue to import propagating material and fruit plants produced in third countries;
Whereas the deferring of the date shall be made on a country-by-country basis, taking into account the programme for assessing the conditions prevalent in the respective third countries;
Whereas it has been impossible to set up such programme, in the absence of Community conditions; whereas for the time limit being the date of 1 January 1993 must be deferred for third countries in general;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Propagating Material and Plants of Fruit Genera and Species, as provided for in Article 21 of the said Directive,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The date referred to in Article 16 (2), first subparagraph of Directive 92/34/EEC is hereby deferred until 31 December 1993.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 June 1993.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 159/2006
of 27 January 2006
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 for the 2005/2006 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses (2), and in particular the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2005/2006 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 (3). These prices and duties were last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/2006 (4).
(2)
The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 for the 2005/2006 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 January 2006.
COUNCIL DECISION of 7 February 1994 approving the Decision of the European Parliament on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties (94/114/ECSC, EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 138e (4) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 20d (4) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 107d (4) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,
Having regard to the Decision of the European Parliament of 17 November 1993,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The draft Decision of the European Parliament of 17 November 1993 on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties is hereby approved.
Article 2
This Decision shall be notified to the European Parliament and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 7 February 1994.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 207/2001
of 31 January 2001
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2831/98(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation; whereas, however, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force; whereas they also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1232/2003
of 10 July 2003
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1188/2003(3).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1188/2003 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1188/2003 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 July 2003.