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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2069/88
of 12 July 1988
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on handkerchiefs, other than knitted or crocheted, products of category 19 (order No 40.0190), originating in Thailand to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 of 3 December 1987 concerning the administration of the generalized tariff preferences applicable for 1988 to textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3782/87 (2) to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of Annex I or II thereto, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes; whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of handkerchiefs, other than knitted or crocheted, products of category 19 (order No 40.0190) the relevant ceiling amounts respectively to 924 000 pieces;
Whereas on 5 July 1988 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Thailand, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 16 July 1988, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3782/87, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // Category // CN code // Description // // // // // // // // // 40.0190 // 19 (1 000 pieces) // 6213 20 00 6213 90 00 // Handkerchiefs, other than knitted or crocheted // // // //
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, 12 July 1988.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 700/2003
of 16 April 2003
laying down to what extent applications for issue of export licences submitted during April 2003 for beef products which may benefit from special import treatment in a third country may be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 118/2003(2), and in particular Article 12(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 lays down, in Article 12, detailed rules for export licence applications for the products referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3434/87(4).
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 fixed the quantities of meat which might be exported on special terms for the second quarter of 2003. No applications were submitted for export licences for beef,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
No applications for export licences were lodged for the beef referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 for the second quarter of 2003.
Article 2
Applications for licences in respect of the meat referred to in Article 1 may be lodged in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 during the first 10 days of the third quarter of 2003 the total quantity available being 3750 t.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 April 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 989/2003
of 10 June 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 increasing the quantity of barley held by the German intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened
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), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2000(4), lays down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by the intervention agencies.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 668/2001(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 937/2003(6), opened a standing invitation to tender for the export of 3800088 tonnes of barley held by the German intervention agency.
(3) Germany informed the Commission of the intention of its intervention agency to increase by 499361 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation to tender for export has been opened. In view of the market situation, the German request should be granted.
(4) This increase in the quantity put out to tender makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quantities in store without delay.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(6) 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
Regulation (EC) No 668/2001 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
"Article 2
1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 4299449 tonnes of barley to be exported to all third countries with the exception of Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and the United States of America.
2. The regions in which the 4299449 tonnes of barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regulation."
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
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, 10 June 2003.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3194/87
of 26 October 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on umbrellas and sunshades and to other toys, working models of a kind, used for recreational purposes falling within headings 66.01 and 97.03, originating in Singapore, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/8, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded 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 ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 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 umbrellas and sunshades and to other toys working models of a kind used for recreational purposes, originating in Singapore, the individual ceiling was fixed at 2 100 000 and 20 000 000 ECU; whereas, on respectively 13 October 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in Singapore 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 Singapore,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 30 October 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Singapore:
1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CCT heading No and NIMEXE-code // Description // // // // 10.0700 // 66.01 (66.01-all numbers) // Umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-strick umbrellas, umbrella tents and garden and similar umbrellas) // 10.1300 // 97.03 (97.03-all numbers) // Other toys; working models of a kind used for recreational purposes // // //
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, 26 October 1987.
COUNCIL DECISION of 10 October 1994 on the common position defined on the basis of Article J.2 of the Treaty on European Union and concerning the reduction of economic and financial relations with those parts of the territory of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina under the control of the Bosnian Serb forces (94/672/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article J.2 thereof,
Having regard to Resolution 942 (1994) adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 23 September 1994,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Economic and financial relations with those parts of the territory of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina under the control of the Bosnian Serb forces will be reduced in accordance with the relevant provisions of Resolution 942 (1994) adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 23 September 1994.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.
Done at Luxembourg, 10 October 1994.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 February 2007
approving the 2007 technical action plan for the improvement of agricultural statistics
(notified under document number C(2006) 7081)
(2007/84/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 96/411/EC of 25 June 1996 on improving Community agricultural statistics (1), and in particular Article 4(1) and Article 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Decision 96/411/EC, the Commission establishes a technical action plan for agricultural statistics each year.
(2)
In accordance with Decision 96/411/EC, the Community contributes to the costs incurred by the Member States in making adaptations to national agricultural statistical systems or the costs of preparatory work for new or increasing needs which are part of a technical action plan.
(3)
It is essential to improve and develop statistical information on rural development for the implementation of the related Community policies. This is a main area of the annual action plan.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in line with the opinion of the Standing Committee of Agricultural Statistics,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The 2007 technical action plan for improving agricultural statistics (TAPAS 2007), as set out in the Annex, is approved under the condition that the budget appropriations will be available and that the budget 2007 will be adopted without modification.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 February 2007.
COMMISSION DECISION of 15 December 1993 amending Decision 93/536/EEC concerning Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 in respect of the fixing of aid for the private storage of butter and cream (93/684/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 of 14 April 1969 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 (2), and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 29
thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 93/536/EEC of 4 October 1993 concerning Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 in respect of the fixing of aid for the private storage of butter and cream (3) fixes the compensation referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 resulting from the adjustment of the buying-in price on 1 July 1993, and taking account only of the adjustment of the agricultural conversion rates that occurred on that date; whereas that Decision has led to uncertainty as regards the taking into account of adjustments of the agricultural conversion rates which occurred after 1 July 1993, and as regards the determination of private storage aid where the first day of contractual storage is after 30 June 1993; whereas, as a result, that Decision should be amended in order to clarify these points;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following Article 1a is hereby added to Commission Decision 93/536/EEC:
'Article 1a
1. As regards the quantities of butter referred to in Article 1, on request from the interested party, the compensation referred to in that Article shall be equal to the difference between 90 % of the buying-in price expressed in national currency applicable on 30 June 1993, on the one hand, and 90 % of that applicable on the last day of contractual storage on the other.
2. As regards the quantities of butter for which the first day of the contractual storage period is after 30 June 1993, where between that date and the last day of the contractual storage period there is an adjustment of the maximum buying-in price expressed in national currency equal to or greater than 2 %, the compensation referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 shall be equal to the difference between 90 % of the buying-in price expressed in national currency applicable on the first day of the contractual storage period, on the one hand, and 90 % of that applicable on the last day of the contractual storage period on the other.'
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 1993.
Commission Decision
of 22 October 2002
amending Decision 2000/672/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Venezuela
(notified under document number C(2002) 3902)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/833/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 11(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2000/672/EC of 20 October 2000 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Venezuela(3), states that the "Servicio Autonomo de Recursos Pesqueros (SARPA) of the Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria" is to be the competent authority in Venezuela for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
(2) Following a restructuring of the Venezuelan administration, the competent authority for issuing health certificates for fishery products has changed to the "Instituto Nacional de la Pesca y Acuacultura (INAPESCA)". This new authority is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force.
(3) Decision 2000/672/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) 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
Decision 2000/672/EC is modified as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: "Article 1
The 'Instituto Nacional de la Pesca y Acuacultura (Inapesca)' shall be the competent authority in Venezuela for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC."
2. In Article 3, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Inapesca and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements".
3. Annex A is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 7 December 2002.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 October 2002.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1131/85
of 30 April 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 682/81 adjusting the Community loan mechanism designed to support the balances of payments of Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), submitted following consultation with the Monetary Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the Community loan mechanism set up by Regulations (EEC) No 397/75 (3) and (EEC) No 398/75 (4) and adjusted by Regulation (EEC) No 682/81 (5) has proved effective;
Whereas the Community ought to be in a position to provide, on equal terms of access, medium-term support to any Member State experiencing balance of payments problems and undertaking to adopt an economic and monetary programme designed to ensure the adjustment necessary for better convergence within the Community;
Whereas it is appropriate to introduce a rule governing access by each Member State to the Community loan mechanism;
Whereas balance of payments difficulties justifying recourse to the mechanism may be due to factors other than an increase in price of petroleum products; whereas it is appropriate to refrain in future from subjecting implementation of the mechanism to the pressure of a specific cause of external disequilibrium,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Sole Article
Regulation (EEC) No 682/81 is hereby amended as follows:
1. At the end of Article 1, 'directly or indirectly related to an increase in prices of petroleum products' is deleted.
2. In the first sentence of Article 6, '6 000 million ECU' is replaced by '8 000 million ECU'.
3. The following is inserted after the first sentence of Article 6: 'Normally no Member State may borrow more than 50 % of the borrowing authorized under this ceiling.'
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 30 April 1985.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 755/94 of 5 April 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 374/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreements between the Community of the one part, and Bulgaria and Romania, of the other part
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3641/93 of 20 December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria of the other part (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3642/93 of 20 December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part, and Romania of the other part (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 314/94 of 7 February 1994 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings for certain agricultural and industrial products originating in Romania and Bulgaria (3) opens tariff quotas with reduced rates of customs duty for certain preserved poultrymeat products; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 374/94 of 18 February 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreements between the Community of the one part, and Bulgaria and Romania of the other part (4), also opens tariff quotas for the same products; whereas, therefore, those products should be withdrawn from Regulation (EC) No 374/94;
Whereas, in order to facilitate administration of the quantities of whole eggs originating in Bulgaria, it should be specified that the quantities are expressed as dried egg equivalent;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 374/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in the first subparagraph of Article 1 and point (b) of Article 3, reference to the group numbers 41 and 44 is deleted;
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 18 February 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 April 1994.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 927/2003
of 27 May 2003
fixing the export refunds on eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in eggs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2002(2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The present market situation in certain third countries and that regarding competition on particular third country markets make it necessary to fix a refund differentiated by destination for certain products in the egg sector.
(3) It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in eggs that the refund should be fixed at an amount which would permit Community participation in world trade and would also take account of the nature of these exports and their importance at the present time.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The list of codes of products for which, when they are exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 is granted, and the amount of that refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 May 2003.