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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3593/89
of 30 November 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (2), and in particular Article 16 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1822/89 (4), fixes the conversion factors permitting the calculation of the prices at which products with characteristics differing from those of products used for the fixing of the basic and buying-in prices are bought in;
Whereas information gathered on the agronomic characteristics of the Empire variety enable it to be concluded that it is not a large-fruit variety of apple; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 920/89 of 10 April 1989 laying down quality standards for carrots, citrus fruit and dessert apples and pears and amending Commission Regulation No 58 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3375/89 (6), establishes this new classification; whereas that variety should also be deleted from the list of varieties of large dessert apples in Annex X to Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex X of Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 is hereby amended as follows:
- The variety 'Empire' is deleted from the list of varieties of large dessert apples.
Article 2
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, 30 November 1989.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 June 1998
on harmonised criteria for dispensations according to Article 9 of Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances
(notified under document number C(1998) 1758)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(98/433/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Article 9 of Directive 96/82/EC establishes that Member States shall require the operators of certain establishments to produce safety reports;
Whereas Article 9(6)(a) of Directive 96/82/EC establishes that where it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the competent authority that particular substances present at the establishment, or any part thereof, are in a state incapable of creating a major-accident hazard, then the Member State may, in accordance with the criteria referred to in subparagraph (b), limit the information required in safety reports to those matters which are relevant to the prevention of residual major-accident hazards and the limitation of their consequences for man and the environment;
Whereas these criteria do not affect the determination of the qualifying quantities of dangerous substances for the application of Article 9 of Directive 96/82/EC;
Whereas Article 9(6)(b) of Directive 96/82/EC establishes that before the Directive is brought into application, the Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16 of Council Directive 82/501/EEC of 24 June 1982 on the major-accident hazards of certain industrial activities (2), shall establish harmonised criteria for the decision by the competent authority that an establishment is in a state incapable of creating a major-accident hazard within the meaning of subparagraph (a);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up pursuant to Article 16 of Directive 82/501/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purposes of Article 9(6) of Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances the Commission hereby adopts the harmonised criteria given in the Annexe to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 June 1998.
COUNCIL DECISION of 27 October 1997 appointing a member of the Economic and Social Committee (97/743/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 194 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 166 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 94/660/EC, Euratom of 26 September 1994 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1994 to 20 September 1998 (1),
Whereas a seat as a member of that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Werner Löw, of which the Council was notified on 14 May 1997;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the German Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
Ms Renate Hornung-Draus is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr Werner Löw for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 20 September 1998.
Done at Luxembourg, 27 October 1997.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 January 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'SPEX - Double Spectrometer, model 1403' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/10/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 28 June 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'SPEX - Double Spectrometer, model 1403', ordered on 14 August 1981 and to be used for the study of the properties of aerosols and in particular for the analysis of the scattered light, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 14 December 1982, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a monochromator;
Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the value of the light intensity and the resolution power, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'Ramanor U 1000' manufactured by Jobin Yvon, 16-18, rue du Canal, F-91160 Longjumeau,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as 'SPEX - Double Spectrometer, model 1403', which is subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 28 June 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 January 1983.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1094/2002
of 24 June 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 June 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 June 2002.
COMMISSION DECISION of 14 November 1994 on marking and use of pigmeat in application of Article 9 of Council Directive 80/217/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (94/739/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 Decision 93/384/EEC (2), and in particular Article 9, paragraph 6 (g) thereof,
Whereas on 6 October 1994 an outbreak of classical swine fever in the municipality of Nevelle, East Flanders was declared by the Belgian veterinary authorities;
Whereas in accordance with Article 9 (1) of Directive 80/217/EEC a surveillance zone was immediately established around the outbreak site;
Whereas all contact premises and pig holdings in the surveillance zone have been serologically and clinically tested without finding any evidence that the virus did spread to this zone;
Whereas the provisions for the use of a health mark on fresh meat are given in Council Directive 64/433/EEC of 26 June 1964, on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat (3), as last amended by Directive 92/5/EEC (4);
Whereas Belgium has submitted a request for the adoption of a specific solution concerning marking and use of pigmeat coming from pigs kept on holdings situated in the surveillance zone and slaughtered subject to a specific authorization issued by the competent authority;
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
1. Belgium is authorized to apply the mark described in Article 3 (1) (A) (e) of Directive 64/433/EEC to pigmeat obtained from pigs originating from holdings situated in the surveillance zone established on 6 October 1994 around the outbreak of classical swine fever in the municipality of Nevelle on the condition that the pigs in question:
(a) originate from a holding to which, following the epidemiological inquiry, no contact has been established with an infected holding;
(b) have been included in a programme for monitoring body temperature and clinical examination. The programme shall be carried out as given in Annex I;
(c) have been slaughtered within 12 hours of arrival at the slaughterhouse.
2. Belgium shall ensure that a certificate as given in Annex II is issued in respect of meat referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 2
Pigmeat which complies with the conditions of Article 1 (1) and enters into intra-Community trade must be accompanied by the certificate referred to in Article 1 (2).
Article 3
This Decision is applicable until 1 January 1995.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 November 1994.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 October 2008
on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the 1991 UN/ECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
(2008/871/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1)
On 21 May 2003, on the occasion of the fifth Ministerial Conference ‘Environment for Europe’ held in Kiev, Ukraine, 21-23 May 2003, the Commission, on behalf of the Community, signed the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the 1991 UN/ECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (SEA Protocol).
(2)
The SEA Protocol helps to protect the environment by providing for the assessment of the likely significant environmental, including health, effects of plans and programmes and by endeavouring to ensure that environmental, including health, concerns are considered and integrated, to the extent appropriate, in the preparation of proposals for policies and legislation.
(3)
The Community and the Member States should take the necessary steps to allow the deposit, as far as possible simultaneously, of the instruments of ratification, approval or acceptance.
(4)
The SEA Protocol should be approved by the Community,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
1. The Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (SEA Protocol) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
2. The text of the SEA Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
1. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the instrument of approval of the SEA Protocol with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as Depositary, in accordance with Article 22 of that Protocol.
2. At the same time, the designated person(s) shall deposit the declaration of competence set out in the Annex to this Decision, as required by Article 23(5) of the SEA Protocol.
Done at Luxembourg, 20 October 2008.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2833/92 of 29 September 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1832/92 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of cereals products from the Community to the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the Canary Islands (1), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas the amounts of aid for the supply of cereals products to the Canary Islands has been settled by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1832/92 (2); whereas, as a consequence of the changes of the rates and prices for cereals products in the European part of the Community and on the world market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
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
The Annex of Regulation (EEC) No 1832/92 is replaced by the Annex to the present Regulation.
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, 29 September 1992.
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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3419/90
of 26 November 1990
amending the list annexed to Regulation ( EEC ) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 4056/89 ( 2 ),
Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 55/87 of 30 December 1986 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community ( 3 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2986/90 ( 4 ), and in particular Article 3 thereof;
Whereas the German authorities have requested replacement in the list annexed to Regulation ( EEC ) No 55/87 of one vessel that no longer meets the requirements laid down in Article 1 ( 2 ) of that Regulation; whereas the national authorities have provided all the information in support of the request required under Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 55/87; whereas scrutiny of this information shows that the requirements of the Regulation are met; whereas the vessel in question should be replaced in the list,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 55/87 is amended as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 26 November 1990 .
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1030/2009
of 29 October 2009
approving minor amendments to the specification of a name registered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pecorino Romano (PDO))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 (1) on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, and in particular the second sentence of Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) and pursuant to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined the application from Italy for approval of an amendment to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Pecorino Romano’, registered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).
(2)
The objective of the application is to modify the specification by stipulating labelling conditions in order to better inform the consumer of the provenance of the product. It has been judged appropriate to affix the regional logo next to the designation logo on the heel of the product where the whole production cycle takes place within the stated region.
(3)
The Commission has examined the amendment in question and decided that it is justified. Since the amendment is minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission may approve it without following the procedure set out in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of that Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Pecorino Romano’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
A consolidated summary of the main points of the specification is given in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
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, 29 October 2009.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 July 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Biotronex - Sine-Wave Blood Flowmeter, model BL-613EZ' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/411/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 31 January 1983, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Biotronex - Sine-Wave Blood Flowmeter, model BL-613EZ' ordered on 14 August 1979 and intended to be used for the study of the effects of changes in coronary flow on myocardial temperature in the course of animal experiments, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 5 July 1983 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a sine-wave flowmeter; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the precision and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as 'Biotronex - Sine-Wave Blood Flowmeter, model BL-613EZ', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 31 January 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 July 1983.