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COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 1994 amending Decisions 94/143/EC, 94/187/EC, 94/309/EC, 94/344/EC, 94/446/EC and 94/435/EC laying down the animal health requirements and certification for the import of certain products covered by Council Directive 92/118/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (94/775/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular Article 10 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decisions 94/143/EC (2), 94/187/EC (3), 94/309/EC (4), 94/344/EC (5), 94/446/EC (6) and 94/435/EC (7) respectively lay down the animal health conditions and the veterinary certification for import of serum from equidae, animal casing, certain petfoods and certain untanned edible products for pets, containing low risk materials, processed animal protein including products containing this protein intended for animal consumption, bones and bone products, horns and horn products and hooves and hoof products for futher processing not intended for human or animal consumption, and pig bristles from third countries;
Whereas Commission Decision 94/461/EC (8) amends the abovementioned Decisions, providing for their application from 1 December 1994; whereas it appears that third countries will not be able to fulfil the new import conditions by that date; whereas in order to avoid disruptions in trade, it is necessary to postpone the date of application of those Decisions to 28 February 1995;
Whereas Decisions 94/143/EC, 94/187/EC, 94/309/EC, 94/344/EC, 94/446/EC and 94/435/EC must be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In Article 2 of Decision 94/143/EC, the date '1 December 1994' is replaced by '28 February 1995'.
Article 2
In Article 2 of Decision 94/187/EC, the date '1 December 1994' is replaced by '28 February 1995'.
Article 3
In Article 2 of Decision 94/309/EC, the date '1 December 1994' is replaced by '28 February 1995'.
Article 4
In Article 2 of Decision 94/344/EC, the date '1 December 1994' is replaced by '28 February 1995'.
Article 5
In Article 4 of Decision 94/446/EC, the date '1 December 1994' is replaced by '28 February 1995'.
Article 6
In Article 5 of Decision 94/435/EC, the date '1 December 1994' is replaced by '28 February 1995'.
Article 7
This decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 1994.
COMMISSION DECISION of 22 May 1992 approving the programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis presented by Portugal and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (92/299/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas by letter dated 24 February 1992, Portugal has submitted a three-year programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 on laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3);
Whereas a Community financial contribution will be given provided the abovementioned conditions are fulfilled, and the authorities will provide all necessary information in conformity with Article 24 (8) of Decision 90/424/EEC, and whereas it is appropriate to fix the Community financial participation at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred by way of compensation to owners for the slaughter of cattle because of bovine tuberculosis;
Whereas 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 programme for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis presented by Portugal is hereby approved for a period of three years.
Article 2
Portugal shall bring into force by 1 May 1992 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
Article 3
Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred in Portugal by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of cattle because of bovine tuberculosis.
Article 4
The Community financial contribution shall be granted after the supporting documents have been supplied.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Repulic. Done at Brussels, 22 May 1992.
DECISION OF THE COUNCIL, MEETING IN THE COMPOSITION OF HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT
of 29 June 2004
nominating the person it intends to appoint as President of the Commission
(2004/536/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Meeting in the composition of Heads of State or Government,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 214(2), first subparagraph, thereof,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Mr José Manuel DURÃO BARROSO is hereby nominated as the person the Council intends to appoint as President of the Commission for the period from 1 November 2004 to 31 October 2009.
Article 2
This Decision shall be forwarded to the European Parliament.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 29 June 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 753/95 of 3 April 1995 repealing Regulation (EC) No 2561/94 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak and the persistence of African swine fever in certain production regions in Spain, which are characterized by the production of Iberian pigs, an infected region and a disease-free region have been established pursuant to Council Decision 89/21/EEC of 14 December 1988 derogating from prohibitions relating to African swine fever for certain areas in Spain (2), as last amended by Commission Decision 94/475/EC (3), and exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat were adopted for this Member State by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2561/94 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 155/95 (5);
Whereas, in view of the progress achieved on the animal health side, the exceptional market support measures can now be closed down; whereas Regulation (EC) No 2561/94 needs to be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2561/94 is hereby repealed.
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, 3 April 1995.
COUNCIL DECISION of 21 December 1987 on the conclusion of a Protocol on financial and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (88/31/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 238 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas the Protocol on financial and technical cooperation betweee European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt, should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Protocol on financial and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 21 of the Protocol (2).
Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1987.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2802/1999
of 22 December 1999
fixing, for the 2000 fishing year, the withdrawal and selling prices for fishery products listed in Annex I(A)(D) and (E) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94(2), and in particular Article 11(3) and Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11(1) and Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provide that the Community withdrawal and selling prices for each of the products listed, respectively, in Annex I(A), (D) and in Annex I(E) shall be fixed on the basis of the freshness, size or weight and the presentation of the product by applying the conversion factor for the product category concerned to an amount equal to at least 70 % but not more than 90 % of the relevant guide price.
(2) Article 11(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that the withdrawal price may be multiplied by conversion factors in landing areas which are very distant from main centres of consumption in the Community.
(3) Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 of 26 November 1996 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 323/97(4), provides that when a lot is placed in category B, that lot is ineligible for the financial assistance granted in respect of intervention from 1 January 2000. Therefore, withdrawal prices for "B" quality products need no longer be fixed.
(4) The guide prices for the 2000 fishing year were fixed for all the products in question by Council Regulation (EC) No 2746/1999(5).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for fishery products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The percentages of the guide price which are used as a basis for calculating the Community withdrawal and selling prices shall be as shown in Annex I for the products concerned.
Article 2
The conversion factors which are used for calculating the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products listed, respectively, in Annex I(A) and (D) and in Annex I(E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 shall be as shown in Annex II.
Article 3
The Community withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2000 fishing year and the products to which they refer shall be as shown in Annex III.
Article 4
The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2000 fishing year in the landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the products to which those prices relate, shall be as shown in Annex IV.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999.
Council Decision
of 18 February 2003
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of the Isle of Man and the European Community extending to the Isle of Man the legal protection of databases as provided for in Chapter III of Directive 96/9/EC
(2003/239/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases(1), and in particular Article 11(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(2),
Whereas:
(1) The right provided for in Article 7 of Directive 96/9/EC applies to databases whose makers or rightholders qualify for protection under Article 11(1) and (2) of that Directive.
(2) The Isle of Man legislation on the protection of databases is in conformity with the provisions of Directive 96/9/EC and offers protection equivalent to that provided for in Chapter III thereof. The Isle of Man intends to extend the application of that legislation to nationals of the Member States of the European Union, natural persons who have their habitual residence in the territory of a Member State and companies or firms formed in accordance with the law of one of the Member States and having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within a Member State.
(3) The Isle of Man legislation therefore qualifies for an extension of the protection provided for in Chapter III of Directive 96/9/EC. The term of any protection thus extended should, however, not exceed that available pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 96/9/EC.
(4) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters extending to the Isle of Man the protection provided for in Chapter III of Directive 96/9/EC should be approved accordingly,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of the Isle of Man and the European Community extending to the Isle of Man the legal protection of databases as provided for in Chapter III of Directive 96/9/EC is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is set out in the Annex.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the letter to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in order to express the consent of the Community to be bound.
Done at Brussels, 18 February 2003.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2502/87
of 31 July 1987
fixing for the 1986/87 marketing year the yields of olives and olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1915/87 (2);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil producer organizations (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 168/87 (4), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas, for the purpose of granting production aid to olive growers who produce less than 100 kilograms of oil or are not members of a producers' organization, Article 18 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 provides that yields of olives and olive oil should be fixed for each homogeneous production zone on the basis of information supplied by the producer Member States;
Whereas, in view of the information received, it is appropriate to fix these yields as specified in Annex I hereto;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regularion are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For the 1986/87 marketing year, yields of olives and olive oil and the relevant production zones shall be as specified in Annex I hereto.
2. The production zones are definied in Annex II.
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, 31 July 1987.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 434/2002
of 8 March 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal market
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 of 19 December 2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal market(1), and in particular Articles 12 and 16 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/2002(2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 305/2002(3), lays down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000.
(2) Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 sets 15 June and in the first instance 15 March 2002 as the deadline for presentation to the Member State concerned of programmes submitted by trade federations and interbranch organisations.
(3) On account of the late publication of the guidelines for the various sectors and in particular for cut flowers and live plants, the first year's deadline for the presentation of programmes to the Member State concerned should be put back to 31 March.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion delivered at the joint meeting of the management committees on agricultural product promotion,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The first sentence of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 94/2002 is hereby replaced by the following: "With a view to implementing measures contained in programmes as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000, the Community trade federations or interbranch organisations that are representative of the sector(s) concerned shall submit programmes in response to calls for proposals issued by the Member States concerned before 31 March the first time and before 15 June thereafter."
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, 8 March 2002.
Council Decision
of 26 November 2001
appointing a Danish member of the Economic and Social Committee
(2001/907/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 258 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 166 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 15 September 1998 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1998 to 20 September 2002(1),
Whereas a member's seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Ms Helle BUNDGAARD, of which the Council was informed on 24 April 2001;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the Danish Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
Ms Elly KJEMS HOVE is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Ms Helle BUNDGAARD for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 20 September 2002.
Done at Brussels, 26 November 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1006/2004
of 19 May 2004
establishing the extent to which import licences applied for under subquota II for frozen meat of bovine animals, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 780/2003, may be granted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2341/2003 of 29 December 2003 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 780/2003 as regards a tariff subquota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (2), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Article 1(2)(a)(ii) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2341/2003 sets at 5 742 tonnes the quantity for which approved operators may apply for import licences under subquota II during the period 3 to 7 May 2004. This quantity was reduced to 5 708,65929 tonnes by Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 385/2004. Since the import licences applied for exceed the quantity available, a reduction coefficient should be fixed in accordance with Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2341/2003,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Each import licence application lodged in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 780/2003 (3) during the period 3 to 7 May 2004 shall be accepted up to a limit of 3,67984 % of the quantities requested.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 May 2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1153/2003
of 30 June 2003
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 1947/2002(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 1 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 June 2003.