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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1624/2002
of 12 September 2002
amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 597/2002(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1557/2002(5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1576/2002(6).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1557/2002,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1557/2002 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 September 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 September 2002.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1312/85
of 23 May 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),Whereas the coincidence of the beginning of the marketing year with the beginning of the calendar year means that the prices for each marketing year can be fixed at a time when the seasonally adjusted basic price and, in most cases, the Community's average market price, are moving upwards;Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 871/84 (4), should be amended as a result,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80 is hereby replaced by the following:'4. Save where a Decision to the contrary is taken by the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, the marketing year shall begin on the first Monday in January and end on the day preceding that day in the following year. This provision shall be applicable for the first time on 6 January 1986.'
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(1) OJ N° C 67, 14. 3. 1985, p. 66 (2) OJ N° C 94, 15. 4. 1985.
(3) OJ N° L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1.
(4) OJ N° L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 35.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/2008
of 4 June 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 of 26 September 2007 laying down specific rules as regards the fruit and vegetable sector, amending Directives 2001/112/EC and 2001/113/EC and Regulations (EEC) No 827/68, (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96, (EC) No 2826/2000, (EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 318/2006 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 (1), and in particular Article 35(4) and Article 42 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in Annex XVII thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).
(2)
For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2005, 2006 and 2007, the trigger levels for additional duties of tomatoes, apricots, lemons, plums, peaches, including nectarines, pears and table grapes should be adjusted.
(3)
As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 should be amended accordingly.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 is replaced by the text 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.
It shall apply from 1 June 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 June 2008.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2846/95 of 7 December 1995 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1788/95 concerning the stopping of fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1788/95 (2) stopped fishing for whiting in the waters of ICES division VIII by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France;
Whereas, on 13 October 1995, Spain transferred to France 1 500 tonnes of whiting in the waters of ICES division VIII; whereas fishing for whiting in the waters of ICES division VIII by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France should therefore be permitted; whereas consequently it is necessary to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1788/95;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1788/95 is hereby repealed.
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, 7 December 1995.
COMMISSION DECISION of 30 November 1993 fixing for the Netherlands the maximum amount of the compensation eligible for Community financing of the programme for restructuring milk production laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (93/669/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2491/93 of 9 September 1993, laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 as regards Community financing of the programme for restructuring milk production (1), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,
Whereas the milk restructuring programme in the Netherlands forms part of an overall programme to redevelop the land and create natural areas withdrawn from agricultural production;
Whereas the aim of improving the environment is explicitly laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1560/93 (3); whereas a significant amount of the land to be acquired is still given over to milk production; whereas the acquisition of this land is hindered by the fact that the public authorities cannot offer the producers holding reference quantities the same level of compensation as that available on the land market; whereas in the absence of sufficient funding, the reference quantities relating to the said land will not return to the national reserve and, since they cannot therefore be reallocated on a targeted basis, will not be included in the restructuring of milk production;
Whereas on the basis of the above, the application on the part of the Netherlands to increase the maximum amount of the compensation eligible for Community financing pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2491/93 relates to an exceptional and duly substantiated situation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Within the limits of the Community financing set out in Article 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92, the Netherlands is hereby authorized to pay in accordance with Regulation (EEC) 2491/93 compensation up to a maximum of ECU 150 per 100 kilograms of the reference quantities released as part of land acquisition by the public authorities for environmental purposes.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Done at Brussels, 30 November 1993.
Council Decision
of 19 December 2002
on declassifying the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications)
(2003/330/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 207 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Document SCH/II-Vision (99) 5 lays down, inter alia, the principles pursuant to which the computerised procedure for consultation, for the purposes of issuing visas, of the central authorities referred to in Article 17(2) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual addition of checks at their common borders, signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, must be applied.
(2) Council Decision 2000/645/EC of 17 October 2000 correcting the Schengen acquis as contained in Schengen Executive Committee SCH/Com-ex(94) 15 rev.(1) confirmed that document SCH/II-Vision (99) 5 constituted part of the Schengen acquis and Article 2 of that Decision classified the document as confidential.
(3) Document SCH/II-Vision (99) 5 was subsequently amended by Council Decisions of 24 April 2001 and of 19 December 2002, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 789/2001 of 24 April 2001 reserving to the Council implementing powers with regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for examining visa applications(2).
(4) Document SCH/II-Vision (99) 5, as subsequently amended, (hereinafter the "Schengen consultation network (technical specifications)"), should now be partly declassified; the remaining parts of the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) should have their classification downgraded to "Restreint UE".
(5) It is appropriate to repeal Article 2 of Decision 2000/645/EC, so that future decisions on the classification of the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) may be taken in accordance with the normal rules on the classification of documents, as set out in Council Decision 2001/264/EC of 19 March 2001 adopting the Council's security regulations(3),
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) shall be declassified, with the exception of points 2 and 3 of part I thereof and Annexes 3, 6, 7 and 9 thereto.
Article 2
Points 2 and 3 of part I of and Annexes 3, 6, 7 and 9 to the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) shall be classified "Restreint UE".
Article 3
1. Article 2 of Decision 2000/645/EC shall be repealed.
2. Future decisions on the classification of the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of Decision 2001/264/EC.
Article 4
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 19 December 1991
amending Directive 90/44/EEC, which amended Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs
(91/681/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Directive 79/373/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC (5), lays down rules for the marketing of compound feedingstuffs within the Community;
Whereas Directive 90/44/EEC (6) makes a considerable number of substantial amendments to the rules in force, in particular as regards the provisions to be observed concerning the labelling of compound feedingstuffs; whereas, under that Directive, Member States are required to bring into force, on 22 January 1992 precisely, the provisions necessary to comply with the new rules;
Whereas the abovementioned Directive makes no exception for compound feedingstuffs manufactured before 22 January 1992 which are still being marketed after that date and which bear labelling that does not comply with the new rules; whereas this omission should be remedied by permitting compound feedingstuffs manufactured before 22 January 1992 in accordance with the rules then in force to continue to be marketed bearing that labelling until 31 December 1992,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 2 of Directive 90/44/EEC:
'However, Member States shall allow compound feedingstuffs manufactured before 22 January 1992 in accordance with the rules then in force in the Member State and which do not comply with the provisions of this Directive to be marketed until 31 December 1992.`
Article 2
Member States shall bring into force on 22 January 1992 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt the said measures, the measures shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1991.
Commission Decision
of 28 November 2002
amending Decision 2002/69/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China
(notified under document number C(2002) 4583)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/933/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries(1), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2002/69/EC of 30 January 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China(2), as last amended by Decision 2002/768/EC(3), was adopted following the identification during a Community inspection visit to China of serious shortcomings as regards veterinary medicines regulation and the residue control system in live animals and animal products, and following the presence of harmful residues, including chloramphenicol, in products intended for human or animal consumption, presenting a risk to their health.
(2) Decision 2002/69/EC was to be reviewed on the basis of the information provided by the Chinese competent authorities of any results from the increased monitoring and testing carried out by Member States on consignments arriving before 14 March 2002 and, if necessary, of the results of an on-the-spot inspection visit by Community experts.
(3) In view of the information provided by the Chinese authorities as regards the control and the production conditions of crayfish of the species Procambrus clarkii and surimi obtained from the fishery species listed in Decision 2002/69/EC, imports of these products from China should be authorised. However, since the presence of chloramphenicol was detected in surimi and crayfish, it is necessary, in order to ensure their safety, to carry out intensified monitoring and testing of imports of these products applying to 20 % of the consignments arriving at the Community border inspection posts.
(4) Decision 2002/69/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex II to Decision 2002/69/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 2 December 2002.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 2002.
Council Decision
of 13 July 2001
on the conclusion by the European Community of the Amendment to the trade-related provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty
(2001/595/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article 300(2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Communities concluded the Energy Charter Treaty in Council and Commission Decision 98/181/EC, ECSC, Euratom(1), which incorporated by reference the relevant provisions of GATT 1947.
(2) The introduction in the Energy Charter Treaty of the relevant WTO provisions by reference instead to the GATT 1947 provisions contained therein, as well as the inclusion of a list of energy-related equipment in the trade provisions, are in the interest of the Community.
(3) The Community has exclusive competence for common commercial policy.
(4) The Energy Charter Conference and the International Conference held on 24 April 1998 agreed on the text of the Amendment to the trade-related provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty, including the list of energy-related equipment, and on related decisions, understandings and declarations (Trade Amendment).
(5) The Community has approved by Council Decision 98/537/EC(2) the text of the Trade Amendment and its provisional application pending its entry into force.
(6) The adoption of the Trade Amendment will help attain the objectives of the European Community. The said Amendment should therefore be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Amendment to the trade-related provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
Article 2
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European Community, deposit the instrument of approval of the Amendment to the trade-related provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty with the Government of the Portuguese Republic, in accordance with Articles 39 and 49 of the Energy Charter Treaty.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 13 July 2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1341/2002
of 24 July 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 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 July 2002.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 February 2006
relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 of the EC Treaty and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement
(Case COMP/B-2/38.381 - De Beers)
(notified under document number C(2006) 521)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/520/EC)
On 22 February 2006 the Commission adopted a decision pursuant to Article 9(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (1). A non-confidential version of the integral text of the decision in the authentic language as well as the working languages of the Commission is available on the Competition Directorate General website at the following address: http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/antitrust/cases/index/by_nr_76.html#i38_381
(1)
This decision is addressed to De Beers société anonyme (‘De Beers SA’). The subject matter of the procedure was the purchase relationship between the De Beers Group of companies (‘De Beers’) and the second largest diamond producer ALROSA Company Ltd (‘ALROSA’) on the worldwide market of rough diamonds, for a substantial part distributed and/or processed in the European Economic Area (EEA). In its preliminary assessment, the Commission expressed concerns under Article 82 of the EC Treaty and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement about De Beers’ purchase relationship with its most important competitor ALROSA in light of its decades-long duration. The Commission’s competition concerns related to a Trade Agreement between De Beers and ALROSA concerning purchases of substantial amounts of rough diamonds and, pending Commission approval of the Trade Agreement, purchases from ALROSA under the ‘willing-seller-willing-buyer’ arrangement.
(2)
The Commission considers that the commitments offered by De Beers are sufficient to address the identified competition concerns. In particular, following a transitional period from 2006 to 2008 during which De Beers’ purchases will be reduced and which is necessary to build a competitive distribution system for the quantities of diamonds previously sold by De Beers, De Beers undertakes to refrain from all purchases of rough diamonds from ALROSA as of 2009. By freeing up the portion of diamonds from ALROSA previously resold by De Beers and, upon lapse of the transitional period, by discontinuing the entirety of De Beers’ purchase relationship with ALROSA, the commitments address the concern of reducing access to a viable source of alternative supply of rough diamonds and hindering the second biggest competitor from fully competing with De Beers.
(3)
The decision finds, in view of the commitments made binding on De Beers SA, that there are no longer grounds for action by the Commission.
(4)
The Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions issued a favourable opinion on 10 February 2006.
(1) OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 411/2004 (OJ L 68, 6.3.2004, p. 1).
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