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COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2007
amending Appendix B to Annex XII to the 2003 Act of Accession as regards certain establishments in the meat sector in Poland
(notified under document number C(2007) 6494)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/865/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Annex XII, Chapter 6, Section B, Subsection I(1), paragraph (e) thereto,
Whereas:
(1)
Poland has been granted transitional periods for certain establishments listed in Appendix B (1) to Annex XII to the 2003 Act of Accession. The possibility to grant transitional periods for meat establishments in Poland ends on 31 December 2007.
(2)
Appendix B to Annex XII to the 2003 Act of Accession has been amended by Commission Decisions 2004/458/EC (2), 2004/471/EC (3), 2004/474/EC (4), 2005/271/EC (5), 2005/591/EC (6), 2005/854/EC (7), 2006/14/EC (8), 2006/196/EC (9), 2006/404/EC (10), 2006/555/EC (11), 2006/935/EC (12), 2007/202/EC (13), 2007/443/EC (14), 2007/555/EC (15) and 2007/864/EC (16).
(3)
According to an official declaration from the Polish competent authority certain establishments in the meat sector have completed their upgrading process and are now in full compliance with Community legislation. Certain establishments have ceased activities for which they have obtained a transitional period. Those establishments should therefore be deleted from the list of establishments in transition.
(4)
Appendix B to Annex XII to the 2003 Act of Accession should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health has been informed of the measures provided for in this Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The establishments listed in the Annex to this Decision are deleted from Appendix B to Annex XII to the 2003 Act of Accession.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2478/86
of 30 July 1986
fixing for the 1986/87 marketing year the estimated production and the abatement of the amount of subsidy for sunflower seed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation 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 (EEC) No 1454/86 (2), and in particular Article 27a (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 32a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 of 21 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for the application of the subsidy system for oilseeds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2434/86 (4), specifies the factor which must be fixed in order to implement the system of maximum guaranteed quantities; whereas the estimated production of sunflower seed and the consequent abatement of the amount of subsidy should be fixed, for the 1986/87 marketing year, on the basis of the available data;
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 1986/87 marketing year, the estimated production of sunflower seed referred to in the first indent of Article 32a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83 shall be fixed at:
- 1 930 000 tonnes for the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985,
- 800 000 tonnes for Spain,
- 32 000 tonnes for Portugal.
Article 2
For the 1986/87 marketing year, the abatement to be applied to the amount of subsidy for sunflower seed, as referred to in the third indent of Article 32a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2681/83, shall be fixed at:
- 2,918 ECU per 100 kg for the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985,
- 0 ECU per 100 kg for Spain,
- 0 ECU per 100 kg for Portugal.
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 1 August 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 July 1986.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2191/2002
of 10 December 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards production potential
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(2), and in particular Article 80 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to resolve a particular practical problem, the time limit laid down in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for derogating from Article 2(2) should be amended. Applying the various provisions regarding the grant of the derogation imposes a serious and complex administrative burden, particularly as regards checks and penalties. In the interests of sound administration, the date in question should thus be postponed to 31 March 2003.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1342/2002(4), should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 is hereby replaced by the following:
"1.(a) The deadline of 31 July 2002 laid down in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be postponed to 31 March 2003."
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, 10 December 2002.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3180/85
of 11 November 1985
on the application of Decision No 1/85 of the EEC-Portugal Joint Committee altering the limits expressed in ECU in Article 8 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Portugal (1), signed on 22 July 1972, entered into force on 1 January 1973;
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the said Agreement, the Joint Committee adopted Decision No 1/85 further amending Article 8 of that Protocol;
Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Decision No 1/85 of the EEC-Portugal Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this 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, 11 November 1985.
For the Council
The President
M. SCHLECHTER
(1) OJ No L 301, 31. 12. 1972, p. 165.
DECISION No 1/85 OF THE EEC-PORTUGAL JOINT COMMITTEE
of 15 October 1985
altering the limits expressed in ECU in Article 8 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972,
Having regard to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation (1), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas the equivalents of the European units of account in some national currencies on 1 October 1984 were lower than their equivalents on 1 October 1982; whereas, this fact, as a result of the automatic change of base date provided for in Article 8 (4) of Protocol 3 would lead, on the conversion into the national currencies concerned, to a lowering of the effective limits for simplified documentary requirements; whereas, in order to avoid this, the limits expressed in ECU should be raised,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Article 8 of Protocol 3, as last amended, is hereby amended as follows:
- in paragraph 1 (b), '3 400 ECU' is replaced by '4 000 ECU',
- in paragraph 2, '240 ECU' is replaced by '280 ECU' and '680 ECU' by '800 ECU'.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 1985.
Done at Brussels, 15 October 1985.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 February 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Perkin-Elmer - atomic absorption spectrophotometer, model 5000' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/190/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 (5), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 28 August 1981, Italy 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 'Perkin-Elmer - atomic absorption spectrophotometer, model 5000', to be used for the study of methodology and the development of new techniques for the analysis of compounds in the field of pharmacy, 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 4 February 1982 within the framework of the Committeee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a spectrophotometer; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the answer in the whole of the spectral field of the analysis 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 'SP 1900/1950' manufactured by Pye Unicam Ltd, York Street, UK-Cambridge,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as 'Perkin-Elmer - atomic absorption spectrophotometer, model 5000', which is the subject of an application by Italy of 28 August 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 February 1982.
COUNCIL DECISION of 20 December 1979 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement negotiated between the European Economic Community and Austria under Article XXVIII of the GATT concerning certain products of the agri-foodstuffs industry (80/180/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas, on the basis of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Austria indicated its intention of unbinding tariff concessions on certain products of which the European Economic Community is its principal supplier;
Whereas the Commission opened negotiations with Austria under Article XXVIII of the GATT and has reached an Agreement with that country ; whereas the said Agreement is satisfactory,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement negotiated between the European Economic Community and Austria under Article XXVIII of the GATT concerning certain products of the agri-foodstuffs industry is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Article 3
The Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall be notified of the result of the negotiations.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 1979.
Commission Decision
of 11 February 2002
for restocking the bluetongue vaccine Community bank
(notified under document number C(2002) 432)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/108/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue(1), and in particular Article 9(2),
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(2), as last amended by Decision 2001/12/EC(3), and in particular Article 3(3) and (5),
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2000/477/EC(4) provides a 500000 doses Community bank of trivalent bluetongue vaccine containing serotypes 4, 9 and 16.
(2) For technical reasons the laboratory producing the vaccine has proposed to the Commission, with no additional charge, to replace these by 500000 newly produced ones.
(3) This trivalent vaccine was intended to be used in Greece.
(4) Taking into consideration the epidemiological situation prevailing in Greece, the Greek authorities have confirmed they will not use this vaccine in the foreseeable future.
(5) It is more appropriate to replace these 500000 trivalent doses by 500000 doses of bivalent 2 and 9 vaccine which will be used in southern Italy, the Italian authorities having expressed their intention to vaccinate in these regions with that type of vaccine.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The 500000 doses bank of trivalent (4, 9 and 16) bluetongue vaccine provided for in Article 1(1) of Decision 2000/477/EC is restocked with 500000 doses of bivalent (2 and 9) bluetongue vaccine.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 February 2002.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2473/88
of 5 August 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1251/88
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2248/88 (2),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88 (3) provides for the sale by the procedure laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 (4), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (5), of hindquarters for processing; whereas in order for these quantities to be available in the United Kingdom the buying-in date of the beef should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88, the fourth indent is hereby replaced by the following:
- '2 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 31 December 1987.'
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, 5 August 1988.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 182/2003
of 31 January 2003
fixing the maximum purchasing price for butter for the 65th invitation to tender carried out under the standing invitation to tender governed by Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1614/2001(4), provides that, in the light of the tenders received for each invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed in relation to the intervention price applicable and that it may also be decided not to proceed with the invitation to tender.
(2) As a result of the tenders received, the maximum buying-in price should be fixed as set out below.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 65th invitation to tender issued under Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, for which tenders had to be submitted not later than 28 January 2003, the maximum buying-in price is fixed at 295,38 EUR/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 January 2003.
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 7 September 2005
on the revision of the financial perspective 2000 to 2006
(2005/708/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (1), and in particular to points 19, 20 and 21 thereof,
Having regard to Decision 2003/430/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2003 on the revision of the financial perspective (2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in the fifth subparagraph of Article 272(9) of the Treaty (3),
Whereas:
The reform of the common agricultural policy adopted by the Council in September 2003 (4) provides for a reduction in direct payments (modulation) to finance rural development policy to achieve a better balance between policy tools designed to promote sustainable agriculture and those designed to promote rural development and to finance additional rural development measures. The financial perspective set out in Annex I to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure as revised by Decision 2003/430/EC hereinafter referred to as the ‘financial perspective’, should therefore be modified to take into account the effect of ‘modulation’ for the year 2006. As a consequence, commitment appropriations from subheading 1a ‘Common agricultural policy’ can be used to finance additional measures under subheading 1b ‘Rural development’, with no change in the ceiling of heading 1 ‘Agriculture’,
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The financial perspective is revised as follows:
The annual ceilings for appropriations for commitments in heading 1 of table 1a, table 1b, table 2a and table 2b shall be amended as follows:
(a)
the figure for the subheading 1a ‘Common agricultural policy’ shall be reduced in 2006 by the amount corresponding to the modulation;
Reduced amounts in common agricultural policy
2006
EUR million at 1999 prices
- 570
EUR million at 2006 prices
- 655
(b)
the figure for the subheading 1b ‘Rural development’ shall be increased in 2006 by the amount corresponding to the modulation;
Increased amounts in rural development
2006
EUR million at 1999 prices
+ 570
EUR million at 2006 prices
+ 655
Article 2
1. The financial perspective for the European Union, in 1999 prices, is set out in tables 1a and 1b in the Annex.
2. The corresponding financial perspective resulting from the technical adjustment for 2005, in line with movements in gross national income (GNI) and prices, is set out in tables 2a and 2b in the Annex.
Article 3
This decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Strasbourg, 7 September 2005.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 March 1987
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in the United Kingdom pursuant to Title III of Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the English text is authentic)
(87/173/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1) as last amended by Council Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 2224/86 (2) and in particular Article 25 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 the Government of the United Kingdom on 5 February 1986 forwarded the text of the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1984 and on 13 January 1986 forwarded the text of The Highlands and Islands Livestock Compensatory Allowances Scheme 1985 both of which came into operation on 1 January 1986;
Whereas under Article 25 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 the Commission has to decide whether, having regard to the objectives of the said Regulation and the need for a proper connection between the various measures, such texts comply with the Regulation and thus satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community;
Whereas the texts forwarded by the Government of the United Kingdom satisfy the conditions and objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the EAGGF committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The provisons for the implementation of Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 in the United Kingdom cited in the preamble hereto satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community towards common measure referred to in Article 1 of the said Regulation.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 2 March 1987.