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Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/2002
of 15 April 2002
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel
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 and Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the Community of fresh cut flowers.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001(3) opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 646/2002(4) fixes the Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for the application of the import arrangements.
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(6), lays down the detailed rules for the application of the arrangements.
(5) On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must be concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel. The Customs duty should be re-established.
(6) The quota for the products in question covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2002. As a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up to the end of that period at the latest.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN code ex 0603 10 20 ) originating in Israel, the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 April 2002.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2621/84
of 14 September 1984
re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on isopropylamine and its salts, falling within subheading 29.22 A ex III, originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of that Regulation, duties on the products listed in Annex B originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the individual ceiling referred to in Article 12; whereas, as provided for in Article 12, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, causes, or threatens to cause, economic difficulties in the Community or in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may be re-established once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for this purpose the individual ceiling to be considered shall be, as a general rule, 150 % of the highest maximum amount valid for 1980;
Whereas, in the case of isopropylamine and its salts, falling within subheading 29.22 A ex III, the individual ceiling is fixed at 104 300 ECU; whereas, on 12 September 1984, imports of these products into the Community, originating in Romania, reached the individual ceiling in question after being charged there-against; whereas the exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community;
Whereas, therefore, customs duties in respect of the products in question must be re-established against Romania,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 18 September 1984, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Romania:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 29.22 A ex III (NIMEXE code 29.22-16) // Isopropylamine and its salts // //
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, 14 September 1984.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 535/2005
of 6 April 2005
correcting the Italian version of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 26 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
There is an error in the Italian version of the second subparagraph of Article 34(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 (2) by virtue of an amendment made by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2004. This error should therefore be corrected.
(2)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Only concerns the Italian version.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 April 2005.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 816/2003
of 12 May 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2452/2000(3), provides that the exchange rate to be used for the conversion into national currency of the aid per hectare and the amounts of a structural or environmental character is the average of the exchange rates applicable during the month preceding the date of the operative event calculated pro rata temporis. How that average is calculated should be laid down.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 should be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of the Management Committees concerned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following sentence is added to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98:"The average of the exchange rates shall be fixed by the Commission during the month following the date of the operative event."
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, 12 May 2003.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 July 1990
concerning the areas referred to in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of shipbuilding areas (Renaval programme)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(90/453/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 of 26 July 1988 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of shipbuilding areas (Renaval programme) (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 stipulates that the Community programme shall apply to areas which satisfy the criteria specified in Article 3 (1) of that Regulation;
Whereas the Member State concerned must submit an application for approval of the areas to which the Community programme is to apply; whereas the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has submitted such an application;
Whereas the County of Tyne and Wear and the Districts of Middlesborough and Langbaurgh in the County of Cleveland satisfy the abovementioned criteria,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The County of Tyne and Wear and the Districts of Middlesborough and Langbaurgh in the County of Cleveland in the United Kingdom are hereby found to satisfy the criteria in Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88.
The Community programme instituted by that Regulation shall therefore apply to those areas.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 30 July 1990.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 97/48/EC of 29 July 1997 amending for the second time Council Directive 82/711/EEC laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/109/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 82/711/EEC of 18 October 1982 laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (2), as amended by Directive 93/8/EEC (3), does not specify the migration tests to be carried out in cases where the fatty food simulants are inappropriate;
Whereas the application of the test using the fatty food simulants is time consuming and difficult to conduct and therefore alternative tests in some specified conditions should be permitted;
Whereas it is not clear whether Directive 82/711/EEC authorizes the use of plastic materials and articles which are not intended to come into contact with foodstuffs of all types but which are intended to come into contact with more than one single foodstuff or more than one specific group of foodstuffs; whereas this use may be authorized without posing any problem to health provided an appropriate indication informs the consumer or the retailer of the type(s) of foodstuff(s) with which it may or may not come into contact;
Whereas the indication of an excessive number of foodstuffs types which could be in contact with some plastic materials and articles may not be easy to understand and therefore these materials and articles should be submitted to all the food simulants or test media provided by this Directive to protect the consumer;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
The Annex to Directive 82/711/EEC is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive as from 1 July 1998. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 July 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2523/93 of 13 September 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of categories 1 and 26 (order Nos 40.0010 and 40.0260), originating in Indonesia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for 1993 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of products of categories 1 and 26 (order Nos 40.0010 and 40.0260), originating in Indonesia, the relevant ceiling respectively amounts to 2 261 tonnes and 395 000 pieces;
Whereas on 20 April 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Indonesia, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against those ceilings;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Indonesia,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 18 September 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Indonesia:
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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, 13 September 1993.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 January 2000
on amending Decision 1999/246/EEC approving certain contingency plans for the control of classical swine fever
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/113/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(1), as last amended by Council Directive 93/384/EEC(2), and in particular Article 14b thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The criteria to be applied mutatis mutandis when drawing up contingency plan for the control of classical swine fever have been laid down in Commission Decision 91/42/EEC(3);
(2) Greece and Luxembourg have submitted for approval national contingency plans;
(3) After examination these plans fulfil the criteria laid down in Decision 91/42/EEC and permit the desired objective to be attained subject to an effective implementation;
(4) The Commission approved the contingency plans submitted by certain Member States with Decision 1999/246/EEC(4);
(5) Decision 1999/246/EEC must be amended to include the plans submitted by Greece and Luxembourg;
(6) 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 Annex to Decision 1999/246/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 January 2000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2286/2000
of 13 October 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 1773/2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 of 31 July 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary(1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1173/2000(2) provides for the possibility of cancelling import licences issued for products falling within groups 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 44 and 45 listed in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1899/97(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1773/2000, against applications submitted between 1 and 10 July 2000 in order to limit the trade problems that might temporarily arise from the parallel existence of two different management procedures for some tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector.
(2) Problems have also risen during the transitional period with licences issued against applications submitted between 1 and 10 April 2000 for the above products and for hatching eggs falling within group 10. The possibility of cancelling licence applications and releasing the relevant security should therefore be extended.
(3) A deadline should be laid down for the submission of requests for cancellation, giving traders a reasonable time for submission.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1773/2000 applies from 1 July 2000 and this Regulation should therefore apply from that same date.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1773/2000 is replaced by the following:
"Article 2
1. Holders of import licences issued under Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 for groups 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 44 and 45 listed in Part A of Annex I thereto in its version before entry into force of this Regulation who applied for them between 1 and 10 April and 1 and 10 July 2000 may, before 31 December 2000, request their cancellation and release of the security.
2. Member States shall notify to the Commission before the end of the following month the monthly volume of cancelled licences for each of the said groups, indicating the application period concerned."
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 from 1 July 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2000.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 July 2005
suspending the examination procedure concerning obstacles to trade consisting of measures imposed and practices followed by the Eastern Republic of Uruguay affecting trade in Scotch whisky
(2005/567/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 of 22 December 1994 laying down Community procedures in the field of common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community’s rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (1), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 2 September 2004, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) lodged a complaint pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation EC No 3286/94 (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation)
(2)
SWA claimed that Community exports of whisky to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay were hindered by a number of obstacles to trade within the meaning of Article 2(1) of the Regulation.
(3)
The alleged obstacles to trade were all linked to the Uruguayan internal excise tax system.
(4)
The Commission decided, after due consultation of the Advisory Committee established by the Regulation, that the complaint contained sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of an examination procedure. A Notice of Initiation was therefore published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the 23 October 2004 (2).
(5)
During the investigation, the Government of Uruguay expressed its readiness to seek a negotiated solution to the issues raised in the complaint, and proposed:
(a)
to withdraw the requirement that whisky be aged less than three years to be included in the lowest tax category. The measure will take effect from 1 July 2005;
(b)
to apply the same treatment to domestic and imported whiskies as regards the requirement to affix strip stamps. The Eastern Republic of Uruguay will amend its regulations by 30 June 2005 and the measure will enter into force after a transitional period of 90 days;
(c)
to promote a change in the structure of the IMESI tax in order to bring it in line with the most usual tax systems at the international level. This change would help to address the issue of the alleged lack of transparency and predictability. The reform process is expected to be finalised by the end of 2006.
(6)
The Commission considers therefore that it is appropriate to suspend the procedure.
(7)
The Community will monitor the implementation of the negotiated solution and will terminate the procedure when the Government of Uruguay has fulfilled its commitments.
(8)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Advisory Committee,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The examination procedure concerning obstacles to trade, consisting of measures imposed and practices followed by the Eastern Republic of Uruguay affecting trade in Scotch whisky, is hereby suspended.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 2005.