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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1245/2003
of 11 July 2003
determining the groups of high-quality varieties exempt from application of the quota buyback programme in raw tobacco for the 2003 harvest
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 14a, sixth indent, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 34(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as regards the premium scheme, production quotas and the specific aid to be granted to producer groups in the raw tobacco sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1983/2002(4), the Commission shall determine, on the basis of proposals from the Member States, which sensitive production areas and/or groups of high-quality varieties of each Member State's guarantee threshold are to be exempt from application of the quota buyback programme.
(2) Some Member States have requested a number of high-quality varieties to be exempted from quota buyback for the 2003 harvest. These groups of high-quality varieties should therefore be determined for the 2003 harvest.
(3) As Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 requires Member States to make public their intention to sell from 1 November, this Regulation should apply from 1 November 2003.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quantities of groups of high-quality varieties exempt from quota buyback programme for the 2003 harvest are as follows:
(a) in Greece:
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(b) in France:
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(c) in Portugal:
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 July 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 648/2002
of 15 April 2002
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
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 multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza strip; 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 multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN code ex 0603 10 20 ) originating in the West Bank and the Gaza strip, 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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2238/96 of 22 November 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the poultrymeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 (3) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1158/96 (4), lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licenses in the poultrymeat sector;
Whereas experience has shown that it is necessary, in order to avoid speculative applications, to reduce the period of validity of licences for product category 6 and for particular destinations and to limit for exports under these licences the period referred to in Article 28 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27 November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1384/95 (6);
Whereas 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
Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 2, the following paragraph 5 is added:
'5. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, licences for category 6 (a) referred to in Annex I shall be valid 15 days from the actual date of issue within the meaning of Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88. In this case, notwithstanding Article 28 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, the period during which the products may remain covered by the arrangements provided for in Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (*) shall be equal to the remainder of the term of validity of the export licence.
(*) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. 5.`
2. Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
3. Annex II of this Regulation is added as Annex IV.
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, 22 November 1996.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1029/97 of 6 June 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 establishing the supply balance for the Canary Islands for products from the pigmeat sector and fixing the aid for products coming from the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures for the Canary Islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 4 (4) thereof,
Whereas the amounts of aid for the supply of pigmeat products to the Canary Islands have been laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 establishing the supply balance for the Canary Islands for products from the pigmeat sector and fixing the aid for products coming from the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 525/97 (4);
Whereas, to develop the production potential of the archipelago and satisfy the increase in local demand, the number of pure-bred breeding pigs should be increased;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1487/95 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 6 June 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 209/2005
of 7 February 2005
establishing the list of textile products for which no proof of origin is required on release for free circulation in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1541/98 of 13 July 1998 on proof of origin for certain textile products falling within Section XI of the Combined Nomenclature and released for free circulation in the Community, and on the conditions for the acceptance of such proof (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
For those textile and clothing products not subject to specific measures under the Community’s trade policy and which are released for free circulation, the above Regulation provides both that exemption from the obligation to present a proof of origin may be granted and that the provisions establishing exemption from the obligation to present a certificate of origin should indicate if a declaration of origin is to be presented or not for such product.
(2)
The Commission Regulation (EC) No 2579/98 of 30 November 1998 established the list of textile products for which no proof of origin was required on release for free circulation in the Community (2). It is presently necessary to update this list by including in it new categories of textile products.
(3)
For reasons of clarity and legal certainty, Regulation (EC) No 2579/98 should be expressly repealed and replaced by the provisions of this Regulation.
(4)
In order to implement the EU obligations arising from the expiry of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, and in particular in order to comply with the requirements of Article 2§8(c) of the WTO Agreement on Textile and Clothing stating that ‘on the first day of the 121st month that the WTO Agreement is in effect, the textiles and clothing sector shall stand integrated into GATT 1994, all restrictions under this Agreement having been eliminated’, the provisions in this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2005.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The release for free circulation of the textile products listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall not be subject to the presentation of any proof of origin.
Article 2
The Regulation (EC) No 2579/98 is repealed.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force seven days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 February 2005.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/2001
of 19 July 2001
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 20 July 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 416/2006
of 10 March 2006
amending, for the ninth time, Council Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 of 11 October 2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (1), and in particular Article 10(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 lists the persons covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2)
The Commission is empowered to amend that Annex, taking into account Council Decisions implementing Common Position 2004/694/CFSP of 11 October 2004 on further measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (2). Council Decision 2006/205/CFSP (3) implements that Common Position. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 should, therefore, be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 is hereby amended as set out 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 Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 March 2006.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 98/2002
of 18 January 2002
on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of January 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules of application for the import of rice from the ACP States and for the import of rice from the overseas countries and territories (OCT)(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2731/1999(2), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days of the final date for notification by the Member States the extent to which applications can be granted and must fix the available quantities for the following tranche.
(2) Examination of the quantities for which applications have been submitted shows that licences for the January 2002 tranche should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first five working days of January 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.
2. The available quantities for the subsequent tranche are set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 January 2002.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 5 January 1990
adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 December 1989 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in non-member countries
(90/21/ECSC, EEC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2187/89 (2), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Whereas, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2899/89 (3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 July 1989 to the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country of employment;
Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjustments to these weightings in recent months, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations (4);
Whereas some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 December 1989 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain non-member countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
With effect from 1 December 1989 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the date on which this Decision takes effect.
Done at Brussels, 5 January 1990.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1000/2003
of 11 June 2003
deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain areas of the Community in the 2003/04 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1038/2001(2), and in particular the third indent of the second paragraph of Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 lays down that, in order to qualify for area payments, producers must have sown the seed no later than 31 May preceding the relevant harvest.
(2) In view of the weather conditions in the area, the Region of Lombardy adopted plant-health rules on 15 February 2003 prohibiting the direct sowing of maize before 15 June 2003. Consequently, farmers in the municipalities concerned will be unable to comply with the 31 May deadline for sowing.
(3) As a result of the particular weather conditions this year, it will not be possible, in the case of certain crops in certain regions of Portugal and Greece, to comply with the final dates for sowing in these regions.
(4) In these circumstances, the deadline for sowing maize for the 2003/04 marketing year should be deferred.
(5) 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 final dates for sowing for the 2003/04 marketing year are fixed in the Annex for the crops and regions indicated.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to area payments for the 2003/04 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 June 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1591/93 of 22 June 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN codes ex 4202 and ex 4203, originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded for 1993 to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN codes ex 4202 and ex 4203, originating in India, the individual ceilings were fixed at ECU 6 615 000 and 6 946 000 respectively; whereas on 8 February 1993, imports of these products into the Community originating in India reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against India,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 28 June 1993, the levying of customs duties, suspended for 1993 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in India:
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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, 22 June 1993.