coastalcph/lex_glue huggingface dataset:
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 February 1998
on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the amendments to Appendices I and II to the Bonn Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals as decided by the fifth meeting of the Conference of the parties to the Convention
(98/145/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 130s(l), in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 228(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the European Community is a Contracting Party to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals following Decision 82/461/EEC (3);
Whereas at the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, held in Geneva on 10 to 16 April 1997, twenty-one threatened migratory species were added to Appendix I to the Convention and twenty-two species were added to Appendix II to the Convention; whereas the Commission participated in this meeting on behalf of the Community;
Whereas eleven of the species are covered by Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (4);
Whereas, pursuant to Article XI of the Convention, an amendment to the Appendices of the Convention shall enter into force for all Parties ninety days after the meeting of the Conference of the Parties at which it was adopted, except for those Parties which make a reservation in accordance with paragraph 6 of that Article;
Whereas it is necessary for the Community to approve the amendments to Appendices I and II to the Convention adopted at the Fifth Meeting of the Contracting Parties, as laid down in Article XI of the Convention,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The inclusion of the species Lutra provocax, Lutra felina, Pontoporia blainvillei, Hippocamelus bisulcus, Spheniscus humboldti, Diomedea amsterdamensis, Phoenicoparrus andinus, Phoenicoparrus jamesi, Anser erythropus, Branta ruficollis, Marmaronetta angustirostris, Aythya nyroca, Polysticta stelleri, Aquila clanga, Aquila heliaca, Falco naumanni, Sarothrura ayresi, Chettusia gregaria, Larus atlanticus, Hirundo atrocaerulea, Acrocephalus paludicola in Appendix I to the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals and of the species Phocoena spinipinnis, Phocoena drioptica, Cephalorhynchus eutropia, Lagenorhynchus obscurus, Spheniscus demersus, Diomedea exulans, Diomedea epomophora, Diomedea irrorata, Diomedea nigripes, Diomedea immutabilis, Diomedea melanophris, Diomedea bulleri, Diomedea cauta, Diomedea chlororhynchos, Diomedea chrysostoma, Phoebetria fusca, Phoebetria palpebrata, Sarothrura ayresi, Crex crex, Amazona tucumana, Hirundo atrocaerulea, Acrocephalus paludicola, in Appendix II to the Convention is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 12 February 1998.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 28 September 1987
concerning the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt
(87/511/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 238 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (3), signed in Brussels on
18 January 1977, should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab
Republic of Egypt is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 8 of the Protocol (4).
Article 3
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 28 September 1987.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 31/2010
of 14 January 2010
entering a designation in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed [Idrijski žlikrofi (TSG)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 9(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006, and pursuant to Article 19(3) of the same Regulation, the application submitted by Slovenia to enter the designation ‘Idrijski žlikrofi’ in the register was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).
(2)
As no objection under Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 has been received by the Commission, this designation should be entered in the register.
(3)
The application also requested protection under Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006. That protection should be granted to the name ‘Idrijski žlikrofi’ in so far as, in the absence of objections, it could not be demonstrated that the name is used in a lawful, renowned and economically significant manner for similar agricultural products or foodstuffs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the Register.
Protection as referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 shall apply.
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, 14 January 2010.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1640/2001
of 10 August 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 11 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 August 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1433/2004
of 10 August 2004
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 2004 to 30 June 2005 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 2004 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 2004 for 2 605,450 t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 August 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1448/2007
of 7 December 2007
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 8 December 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 December 2007.
COMMISSION DECISION of 28 October 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as "Digilab FTS-IR spectrometer, model FTS-20" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/904/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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (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 14 April 1981, the United Kingdom 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 "Digilab FTS-IR spectrometer, model FTS-20", to be used for a study of absorption of gases on surfaces of catalytic importance, also of inorganic molecules and chemical species isolated in inert gas matrices by vibrational spectroscopy, 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 25 September 1981 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 spectrometer;
Whereas its objective technical characteristics, in particular those of the energetic flux used in the vibrational spectroscopy 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 "IFS-113V" manufactured by Bruker Physik AG, Silberstreifen, 7512 Karlsruhe-Rheinstetten, Federal Republic of Germany,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as "Digilab FTS-IR spectrometer, model FTS-20" which is subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 14 April 1981 may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 October 1981.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2836/86
of 12 September 1986
concerning the stopping of fishing for anglerfish by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities by vessels of the Member States (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3723/85 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3721/85 of 20 December 1985 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, provisional total allowable catches for 1986 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2374/86 (4), provides for anglerfish quotas for 1986;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of anglerfish in the waters of ICES division VII by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain have reached the quota allocated for 1986,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of anglerfish in the waters of ICES division VII by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Spain for 1986.
Fishing for anglerfish in the waters of ICES division VII by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of 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, 11 September 1986.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1969/87 of 2 July 1987 fixing the basic and intervention prices for sheepmeat for the 1988 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 794/87 (2), and in particular Articles 3 (1) and 7 (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas, when the basic price for sheep carcases is fixed, account should be taken both of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contribution the Community wishes to make to the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the main objectives of the common agricultural policy are to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to assure the availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices;
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80; whereas it should be fixed for the 1988 marketing year at a level equal to that fixed for the preceding year; whereas the intervention prices correspond to a percentage of the basic price,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 1988 marketing year in the sheepmeat sector:
1. the basic price is hereby fixed at 432,32 ECU per 100 kilograms carcase weight;
2. the intervention price is hereby fixed at 367,47 ECU per 100 kilograms carcase weight;
3. the derived intervention price applicable in region 4 is hereby fixed at 347,66 ECU per 100 kilograms carcase weight.
Article 2
The prices referred to in Article 1 shall be seasonally adjusted in accordance with the table set out in the Annex.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1988 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 July 1987.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1352/90
of 14 May 1990
fixing rice prices for the 1990/91 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 89 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1806/89 (2), and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas the markets and prices policy, based on modern farms, is the main instrument of the incomes policy in agriculture; whereas full advantage cannot be drawn from such a policy unless it is integrated into the common agricultural policy as a whole, including a dynamic social and structural policy and the application of the rules on competition contained in the Treaty;
Whereas the intervention price for paddy rice must be fixed at a rate which takes account of the policy in respect of rice production, with a view to the uses to which it is put;
Whereas the target price for husked rice must be derived from the intervention price for paddy rice, in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 4 (3) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1418/76;
Whereas, for the products referred to in this Regulation, the application of the criteria for the fixing of the different prices and the application of the measures provided for in respect of the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture entail fixing those prices at the levels indicated below;
Whereas, under Article 68 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, prices in Spain were set at a level differing from that of the common prices; whereas, pursuant to Article 70 (1) of the Act, these prices should be aligned with the common prices in annual steps at the beginning of each marketing year; whereas the rules on this alignment laid down give the Spanish prices set below,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 1990/91 marketing year, rice prices shall be as follows:
1. Community of Ten:
(a) intervention price,
paddy rice:ECU 314,19 per tonne;
(b) target price, husked rice:ECU 546,88 per tonne.
2. Spain:
(a) intervention price,
paddy rice:ECU 292,41 per tonne;
(b) target price, husked rice:ECU 546,88 per tonne.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 May 1990.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 594/97 of 3 April 1997 fixing the amounts to be paid to recognized olive oil producer organizations and associations thereof for the 1996/97 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2), and in particular Article 20d (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 20d of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that a percentage of the production aid is to be withheld to help finance the work of the producer organizations and associations thereof;
Whereas Article 8 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 of 31 October 1984 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/96 (6), provides that the unit amounts to be paid to producer organizations and associations thereof are to be fixed on the basis of forecasts of the overall sum to be distributed; whereas the amount withheld was fixed for the 1996/97 marketing year by Council Regulation (EC) No 1583/96 (7); whereas the funds which will be available in each Member State as a result of the abovementioned amount withheld must be redistributed to those eligible in a suitable manner;
Whereas to ensure that the distribution of funds among the producer organizations and associations is uniformly implemented, and with a view to clarity, a specific operative event should be established for the agricultural conversion rate for the amounts fixed; whereas, given the nature of the measure and to facilitate the management thereof, 1 February 1997 should be fixed as the operative event;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 1996/97 marketing year, the amounts provided for in Article 8 (1) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 shall be as follows:
- for Spain: ECU 6,9 and ECU 17,5 respectively,
- for Portugal: ECU 0 and ECU 5 respectively,
- for Greece: ECU 2,4 and ECU 2,4 respectively,
- for France: ECU 1,5 and ECU 1,5 respectively,
- for Italy: ECU 2 and ECU 2 respectively.
Article 2
The amounts referred to in Article 1 shall be converted into national currency using the agricultural conversion rate in force on 1 February 1997.
Article 3
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, 3 April 1997.