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Commission Decision
of 25 March 2002
rectifying Decision 2000/275/EC on equivalences between certain categories of driving licences
(notified under document number C(2002) 1175)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/256/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/56/EC(2), and in particular Article 1(2) and the first paragraph of Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
Errors were made in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/275/EC(3). That Decision ought therefore to be amended,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2000/275/EC is hereby rectified as follows, on the pages indicated in brackets:
1. in the Description of Model Belgium 1 (p. 3), the words "Generally it is a pink" are replaced by the word "Pink";
2. in the Table of equivalences for Model Germany 2 (p. 8), "Corresponding categories" column, third line, the words "less than 25 passenger seats" are replaced by the words "25 passenger seats or fewer";
3. in the Table of equivalences for Model Greece 1 (p. 14), "Corresponding categories" column, third line, "B*" is replaced by "B for professional use";
4. in the Table of equivalences for Model Spain 1 (p. 15), "Corresponding categories" column, sixth and seventh lines, "C1" and "C1E" are replaced by "C1 (see: 1)" and "C1E (see: 1)" respectively; in the eighth line, "C, CE (see: 1)" is replaced by "C, CE (see: 2)";
5. the "Additional information" section of Model Spain 1 (p. 15) is replaced by the following: "Additional information:
1. if no restriction to a maximum authorised mass of 7500 kg appears on page 6 of the licence, category C1 includes the right to drive C vehicles. If no such restriction is indicated and the holder is entitled to drive C1E or C2E vehicles, those categories include the right to drive CE vehicles;
2. the holder of a C2 licence is additionally entitled to drive DE vehicles if he also holds a D licence;"
6. only concerns the French version;
7. in the Table of equivalences for Model Austria 3 (p. 29), "Corresponding categories" column, fifth line, "(see: 1)" is replaced by "(see: 2)";
8. in the Table of equivalences for Model Austria 4 (p. 30), "Corresponding categories" column, second line, "A1, B" is replaced by "B";
9. the section entitled "Models issued in Norway" (pp. 47-50) is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision;
10. the figure "1." is inserted after "Additional information" for each of the following models:
France 1 (OJ L 91, 12.4.2000, p. 16), France 2 (p. 17), France 4 (p. 18), France 5 (p. 19), Portugal 1 (p. 31), Sweden 2 (p. 37), United Kingdom 3 (p. 39), Iceland 1 (p. 44), Iceland 2 (p. 44), Iceland 3 (p. 45), Iceland 4 (p. 45) and Liechtenstein 2 (p. 47).
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 March 2002.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1969/2001
of 9 October 2001
prohibiting fishing for hake by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2001(4), lays down quotas for hake for 2001.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock from 18 August 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 2001.
Fishing for hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 18 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 October 2001.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2586/2001
of 19 December 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 so as to include Senegal in the list of countries enjoying the special support arrangement for the least developed countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2820/98(1) provides for more favourable tariff treatment for the least developed countries listed in Annex IV thereto.
(2) Following the latest triennial review of the list of least developed countries by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 2001, Senegal was added to that list by a decision of the UN General Assembly of 12 April 2001. It is therefore appropriate that Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 is hereby amended as follows:
(a) in Annex III, after the entry "SN Senegal", the footnote reference "(2)" shall be inserted,
(b) in Annex IV, "SN Senegal" shall be inserted after "CV Cape Verde".
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, 19 December 2001.
Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 October 2003
on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in accordance with point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (fires in Portugal)
(2003/786/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(1), and in particular point 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund(2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the "Fund") to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.
(2) Portugal submitted an application to mobilise the Fund on 13 August 2003, concerning a fire-related disaster.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.
(4) The fire-related disaster in Portugal meets the conditions for mobilising the Fund,
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003, the European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 48,539 million in commitment appropriations.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 9 October 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 520/2005
of 1 April 2005
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 2 April 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 April 2005.
COMMISSION DECISION of 15 October 1997 amending Decision 97/107/EC authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in Belgium (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (97/734/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas, by Decision 97/107/EEC of 16 January 1997 (3), the Commission authorized two methods for grading pig carcases in Belgium; whereas, however, Belgium was authorized to apply the method for grading pig carcases provided for by Decision 88/184/EEC (4) until 31 October 1997 in order to permit a smooth transition between the old and the new methods;
Whereas the Belgian authorities have asked the Commission to extend that period by one year in order to permit the development and use of additional assessment criteria, relating, in particular, to the conformity of carcases;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In Article 4 of Decision 97/107/EC, the date '31 October 1997` is hereby replaced by '31 October 1998`.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.
Done at Brussels, 15 October 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1311/2005
of 10 August 2005
on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat (2),
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).
(2)
Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal meeting the definition laid down therein which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 at 11 500 t.
(3)
It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 August 2005 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full.
2. Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of September 2005 for 2 648,030 t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 August 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 August 2005.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 149/98 of 22 January 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/97 laying down certain rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of olive oil originating in Lebanon
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/97 of 9 October 1997 laying down certain rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of olive oil originating in Lebanon (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1161/97 (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas the reduction in the rate of customs duty provided for in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/97 applies to all imports of olive oil in respect of which the importer provides proof on import that the special export charge is reflected in the import price; whereas, for the purposes of applying the abovementioned arrangements, provision should be made for the importer to provide proof that the charge in question has been reimbursed to the exporter;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2146/95 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/97 (5), relating, inter alia, to the transitional adjustment of the special arrangements for imports of olive oil originating in Lebanon lays down provisions applying to those arrangements; whereas those provisions should be repealed in view of the detailed implementing rules laid down herein;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The arrangements provided for in Article 2(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/97 shall apply to all imports in respect of which the importer provides proof, on acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation, that the special export charge is reflected in the import price and that he has reimbursed that charge to the exporter up to the amount deductible on import into the Community as provided for in Article 2(2) of that Regulation.
2. Proof for the purposes of paragraph 1 may consist in any administrative, commercial or bank document acceptable to the customs authorities.
3. For the purposes of this Regulation, 'exporter` means the person shown in the EUR.1 certificate for Lebanon.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 2146/95 is hereby repealed.
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, 22 January 1998.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1743/2006
of 24 November 2006
concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1), and in particular Articles 3, and 9d(1) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (2), and in particular Article 25 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition.
(2)
Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down transitional measures for applications for the authorisation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3)
The application for authorisation of the additive listed in the Annex to this Regulation was submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4)
Initial comments on this application, as provided for in Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC, was forwarded to the Commission before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. This application is therefore to continue to be treated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC.
(5)
Data were submitted in support of this application for authorisation without a time limit of the enzyme preparation of 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 produced by Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ATCC 5233) for chickens for fattening. On 20 April 2006 the European Food Safety Authority delivered its opinion on the safety and efficacy of that preparation.
(6)
The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that enzyme preparation, as specified in Annex to this Regulation, should be authorised without a time limit.
(7)
The assessment of this application shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additive set out in the Annex. Such protection should be assured by the application of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (3).
(8)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The preparation belonging to the group ‘Enzymes’, as specified in the Annex, is authorised without a time limit as an additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 24 November 2006.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 402/2003
of 3 March 2003
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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 209/2003(4), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, respectively.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 400/2003(5) 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(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(7), 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 2003. 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 4 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 2003.