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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 212/2008
of 7 March 2008
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (1), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
A revised statistical classification of economic activities, called NACE Revision 2 (hereinafter referred to as ‘NACE Rev. 2’), was adopted by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (2).
(2)
Measures necessary for the implementation of that Regulation should be adopted to provide for the use of NACE Rev. 2 in various statistical domains.
(3)
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 sets out the methodology of the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (EAA). As a consequence of the revised statistical classification of economic activities, the EAA methodology should be updated and the references to NACE Rev. 1,1 should be replaced.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC (3),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 March 2008.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2557/93 of 16 September 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 6911, originating in the Philippines, 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 code 6911, originating in the Philippines, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 882 000; whereas on 19 August 1993, imports of these products into the Community originating in the Philippines 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 the Philippines,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 21 September 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 the Philippines:
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, 16 September 1993.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2003
of 4 April 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) 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 maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 31 March to 3 April 2003 at 154,00 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 April 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 April 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 675/2009
of 27 July 2009
opening the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO' Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 144, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with the Community's international obligations within the framework of the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (2), the Community undertook to import a certain quantity of sorghum into Spain.
(2)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 of 18 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3) laid down the specific detailed rules necessary for implementing the invitations to tender.
(3)
In view of the market conditions in Spain, an invitation to tender for the reduction in the import duty on sorghum should be opened to ensure the import quota is completely used.
(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
1. A tendering procedure is opened for the reduction in the duty referred to in Article 136 of Regulation (EC) 1234/2007 on sorghum to be imported into Spain.
2. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 shall apply.
Article 2
The invitation shall remain open until 17 December 2009. During that period partial invitations to tender shall be issued and the dates for submission of tenders shall be laid down in the notice of invitation to tender.
Article 3
Import licences issued in the context of this invitation to tender shall be valid for 50 days from the date of issue within the meaning of Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 27 July 2009.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1273/95 of 2 June 1995 laying down special rules for fixing agricultural conversion rates
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (2), and in particular Articles 1 (b), 3 (2) and 12 thereof,
Whereas the monetary situation required the introduction of confirmation periods pursuant to Article 4 (1) and (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92; whereas these periods last 10 days pursuant to the final subparagraph of Article 2 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993, on detailed rules for determining and applying the agricultural conversion rates (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1053/95 (4);
Whereas the confirmation period that began on 25 April 1995 ends on 24 May 1995 in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 996/95 of 3 May 1995 laying down special rules for fixing agricultural conversion rates (5);
Whereas a further confirmation period was introduced on 25 May 1995 in accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1161/95 of 22 May 1995, amending the number of further reference periods in the context of the agri-monetary system (6);
Whereas the turbulent monetary situation prevents the establishment in the near future of relatively stable representative market rates and hence agricultural conversion rates, in particular for the Belgian franc and the Luxembourg franc; whereas, under these circumstances, one of the confirmation periods should be extended in accordance with Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92;
Whereas, in order to prevent the existence of large bilateral gaps over long periods, the average negative monetary gaps should be eliminated every 10 days;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee concerned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Notwithstanding the final subparagraph of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93, the confirmation period commencing on 25 May 1995 shall end on 23 June 1995.
Article 2
Negative monetary gaps calculated on the basis of the average rates of the ecu during the previous 10 days shall be reduced to zero by the Commission on 4, 14 and 24 June 1995.
Article 3
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, 2 June 1995.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2825/98
of 22 December 1998
exempting from common customs tariff duties imports into the Community of prepared and preserved sardines originating in Morocco
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Protocol 2 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, signed on 26 February 1996, provides for imports into the Community of prepared and preserved sardines of CN codes 1604 13 11, 1604 13 19 and ex 1604 20 50 originating in Morocco to be exempt from customs duties from 1 January 1999;
Whereas, pending the Agreement's conclusion and entry into force, the Community should introduce these arrangements autonomously,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Imports into the Community of prepared and preserved sardines of CN codes 1604 13 11, 1604 13 19 and ex 1604 20 50 originating in Morocco shall be exempt from customs duties.
Article 2
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 January 1999 until the entry into force of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement with Morocco.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 1998.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1556/78 of 5 July 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco as regards the conditions of presentation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession, and in particular Articles 5 (6) and 6 (10) thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70 of 25 August 1970 on intervention procedure for raw tobacco (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 408/76 (3), provides that tobacco shall be taken over only if delivered for intervention made up in accordance with the presentations specified for each variety and each quality;
Whereas in order to facilitate transport and storage, new packaging techniques are appearing and being used in international trade ; whereas the taking into intervention of limited quantities of tobacco packaged by means of the new techniques should be permitted as an experiment in order that the Community may study them;
Whereas certain varieties of tobacco from the 1976 harvest are packaged in cardboard ; whereas tobacco from this harvest should therefore be the first to which this Regulation is applied;
Whereas 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 following paragraph is hereby added to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1727/70:
"However, for quantities not exceeding 100 tonnes per variety and per harvest in each Member State, the tobacco may be made up other than as specified in the previous paragraph, subject to conditions laid down by the intervention agency concerned."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply for the first time to tobacco from the 1976 harvest.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 July 1978.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2004
of 28 April 2004
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 29 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 April 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1082/91 of 29 April 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3812/90 as regards the term of validity of certain STM licences for Portugal
THE COMMISSION 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 281 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3812/90 of 19 December 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to milk products imported into Portugal from the Community of Ten and Spain (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 333/91 (4), provides that STM licences are to be valid for 21 days from their actual date of issue;
Whereas, in view of the island status and remoteness of the regions of the Azores and Madeira, the term of validity of STM licences for Portugal for products released for consumption in those regions should be extended to 30 days;
Whereas 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
The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3812/90:
'However, STM licences shall be valid for 30 days if the products are released for consumption in the Azores or Madeira.' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 April 1991.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 200/2001
of 31 January 2001
fixing 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 2235/2000(4), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available for the reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 January 2001.
COMMISSION DECISION of 17 July 1997 amending Decision 96/501/Euratom, EC, authorizing Portugal to use statistics for years earlier than the last year but one for the calculation of the VAT own resources base (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (97/558/EC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, in the case of Portugal, the Commission on the basis of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 adopted Decision 96/501/Euratom, EC (2) authorizing Portugal to use statistics for years earlier than the last year but one for the 1994, 1995 and 1996 financial years;
Whereas, for the purposes of the breakdown by rate provided for in Article 4 (4) of Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1553/89 is still unable to use national accounts relating to the last year but one before the financial year for which VAT own resources base is to be calculated since only the national accounts for 1994 are sufficiently detailed to enable the weighted average rate to be calculated for the financial year 1997;
Whereas the Advisory Committee on Own Resources has approved the report recording the opinions of its members on this Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purposes of the breakdown by rate referred to in Article 4 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89, Portugal is hereby authorized to use figures obtained from the national accounts relating to 1994 for the 1997 financial year for which the VAT own resources base has to be calculated.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
Done at Brussels, 17 July 1997.