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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2516/80 of 30 September 1980 on the application of Decision No 1/80 of the EEC-Sweden Joint Committee amending Lists A and B annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden [1] was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;
[1]OJ No L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 97.
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 1/80 amending Lists A and B annexed to that Protocol;
Whereas this Decision should be applied in the Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Decision No 1/80 of the EEC-Sweden Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is annexed to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1980.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 September 1980.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2003
of 4 April 2003
supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (Carne dos Açores, Borrego do Nordeste Alentejano, Carne de Porco Alentejano, Pomodoro di Pachino, Uva da tavola di Mazzarrone)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2796/2000(2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Portugal has sent the Commission two applications to register the names "Carne dos Açores" and "Borrego do Nordeste Alentejano" as geographical indications and one application to register the name "Carne de Porco Alentejano" as a designation of origin and Italy has sent the Commission two applications to register the names "Pomodoro di Pachino" and "Uva da tavola di Mazzarrone" as geographical indications.
(2) In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the applications have been found to meet all the requirements laid down therein and in particular to contain all the information required under Article 4 thereof.
(3) No objection under Article 7 of that Regulation was sent to the Commission following the publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities(3) of the other names set out in the Annex hereto.
(4) The names should therefore be entered in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications and hence be protected throughout the Community as protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications.
(5) The Annex hereto supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 492/2003(5),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The names in the Annex hereto are added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as protected designations of origin (PDO) or protected geographical indications (PGI), as provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 4 April 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1743/2001
of 31 August 2001
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 81st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) 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 minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 81st individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 August 2001.
COMMISSION DECISION of 28 February 1978 excluding from admission free of Common Customs Tariff duties the scientific apparatus described as "Scorpio System 3000 multi-unibus disk-based multichannel analyzing computer system" (78/294/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75 of 2 December 1975 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (2), and in particular Articles 4 and 5 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 4 November 1977, the Belgian Government requested the Commission to invoke the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Scorpio System 3000 multi-unibus disk-based multichannel analyzing computer system" should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3195/75, a group of experts composed of representatives of all of the Member States met on 17 February 1978 within the Committee on Duty Free Arrangements to examine this particular case;
Whereas this examination shows that the apparatus in question is specially designed for data acquisition, display and analysis in the nuclear field, and in particular for the dosimetry of neutrons of fast breeder reactors ; whereas these special characteristics render it an instrument suitable for pure scientific research ; whereas it must thus be considered to be a scientific instrument;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus capable of use for the same purpose is currently manufactured in the Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The apparatus described as "Scorpio System 3000 multi-unibus disk-based multichannel analyzing computer system" must be considered to be a scientific apparatus.
2. The conditions referred to in Article 3 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 for admission free of Common Customs Tariff duties of the scientific apparatus described in paragraph I are not fulfilled.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 February 1978.
COUNCIL DECISION of 3 April 1995 appointing two members of the Committee of the Regions (95/122/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 198 A thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1994 appointing members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period 26 January 1994 to 25 January 1998 (1),
Whereas two members' seats have become vacant on the Committee of the Regions following the resignations of Mr Florian Gerster and Mr Juergen Gramke, which were notified to Council on 13 January and 13 February 1995;
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
Mr Karl-Heinz Klaer and Dr Rembert Behrendt are hereby appointed members of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Florian Gerster and Mr Juergen Gramke for the remainder of their term of office, which runs until 25 January 1998.
Done at Luxembourg, 3 April 1995.
COUNCIL DECISION of 20 January 1998 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2000 the fishing rights and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire (98/102/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire, and in particular Article 13 thereof (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire have held negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the abovementioned Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol thereto;
Whereas a new Protocol was initialled on 30 June 1997 as a result of those negotiations;
Whereas, under the latter Protocol, Community fishermen enjoy fishing rights in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2000;
Whereas the Protocol in question must be applied at the earliest opportunity if fishing activities by Community vessels are not to be interrupted; whereas, to that end, the two Parties initialled an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters providing for the provisional application of the initialled Protocol from the day after that on which the Protocol in force expired; whereas that Agreement should be approved pending a final decision to be adopted in accordance with Article 43 of the Treaty;
Whereas the fishing possibilities should be apportioned among the Member States on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing possibilities under the fisheries Agreement,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing the fishing rights and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2000 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The fishing possibilities established in the Protocol shall be apportioned among the Member States as follows:
(a) freezer trawlers fishing demersal species:
Spain: three vessels;
(b) tuna fishing vessels:
France: 25 vessels,
Spain: 30 vessels,
Portugal: five vessels.
If the fishing opportunities laid down in the Protocol are not used up by licence applications from those Member States, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State.
Article 3
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the Community.
Done at Brussels, 20 January 1998.
Commission Decision
of 22 January 2001
amending for the third time Decision 95/125/EC on the status of France as regards infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
(notified under document number C(2001) 123)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/100/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products(1), as last amended by Directive 98/45/EC(2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Member States may obtain for one or more regions the status of approved zones free of infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS).
(2) The list of approved zones in France was established by Commission Decision 95/125/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 1999/550/EC(4).
(3) Only zones meeting the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC can be approved.
(4) France has notified an outbreak of IHN in the approved zone "the part of the Loire basin comprising the upstream part of the Huisne catchment area from the source of the water courses to the Ferté-Bernard dams".
(5) Therefore this zone does not, with regard to IHN, meet the requirements of Article 5 of Directive 91/67/EEC any more.
(6) This zone shall, with regard to IHN, be deleted from the list of approved zones as established in point 2, "LOIRE-BRETAGNE", catchment areas, in the Annex to Decision 95/125/EC.
(7) This zone shall still be approved with regard to VHS.
(8) 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 Annex to Decision 95/125/EC is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 January 2001.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1091/87
of 15 April 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on cotton yarn not put up for retail sale, products of category No 1 a) (code 40.0014), originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3825/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of that Regulation provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected to individual ceilings not allocated among the Member States, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of its Annexes I or II, 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 that Regulation 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 cotton yarn not put up for retail sale, products of category No 1 a), the relevant ceiling amounts to 13 200 tonnes; whereas on 30 March 1987 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-introduce the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 25 April 1987 the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand:
1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Code // Category // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1987) // Description // // // // // // // (1) // (2) // (3) // (4) // // // // // // 40.0014 // 1 a) // ex 55.05 // 55.05-33, 35, 37, 41, 45, 46, 61, 65, 67, 69, 72, 78 // Cotton yarn not put up for retail sale // // // // //
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, 15 April 1987.
Commission Decision
of 28 December 2000
adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2000 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries
(2001/44/EC, ECSC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2700/1999(2), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 1967/2000(3) laid down the weighting to be applied from 1 January 2000 to the remuneration of officials serving in third countries, payable in the currency of their country of employment.
(2) The Commission has made a number of adjustments to these weightings(4) in recent months, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations.
(3) Some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2000 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
DECIDES:
Sole Article
With effect from 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2000 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the caculation of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the general budget of the European Communities for the month preceding the dates referred to in the first paragraph.
Done at Brussels, 28 December 2000.
Commission Decision
of 18 July 2001
on the inventory of wine production potential presented by Greece pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
(notified under document number C(2001) 1962)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(2001/580/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000(2), and in particular Article 23(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides for the presentation of an inventory of wine production potential. Such an inventory must be compiled before unlawfully planted areas can be regularised, planting rights increased and support granted for restructuring and conversion.
(2) Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 of 31 May 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, as regards production potential(3), lays down the degree to which the information in the inventory is to be broken down.
(3) By letter of 25 June 2001 Greece sent the Commission the information specified in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. On examination, that information shows that Greece has indeed compiled the inventory.
(4) This Decision does not imply any recognition by the Commission that the information included in the inventory is accurate or that the legislation referred to in the inventory is compatible with Community law. It does not prejudge any decision that the Commission may take with regard to those points.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Commission hereby notes that Greece has compiled the inventory referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
Done at Brussels, 18 July 2001.
Commission Decision
of 18 April 2001
amending Decision 1999/710/EC on the drawing-up of provisional lists of third-country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of minced meat and meat preparations
(notified under document number C(2001) 1075)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/336/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third-country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs(1), as last amended by Council Decision 2001/4/EC(2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A provisional list of establishments producing minced meat and meat preparations was drawn up by Commission Decision 1999/710/EC(3).
(2) The Slovak Republic has sent a list of establishments producing minced meat and meat preparations for which the responsible authorities certify that the establishments are in accordance with the Community rules.
(3) A provisional list of establishments producing minced meat and meat preparations can thus be drawn up for the Slovak Republic in accordance with the procedure laid down in Decision 95/408/EC in respect of certain countries.
(4) 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 text of the Annex to this Decision is added to the Annex to Commission Decision 1999/710/EC.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 April 2001.