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COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 September 2009
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union
(2009/718/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
On 29 January 2007, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the WTO under Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994, in the course of the accessions to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania.
(2)
Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in consultation with the Committee established by Article 133 of the Treaty and within the framework of the negotiating directives issued by the Council.
(3)
The Commission has finalised negotiations for an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil. The Agreement should be approved.
(4)
The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1),
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The detailed rules for implementing the Agreement shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195(2) of 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) (2).
Article 3
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters referred to in Article 1 in order to bind the Community.
Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 7 September 2009.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1959/2003
of 6 November 2003
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1908/2003(3).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1908/2003 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1908/2003 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 November 2003.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1737/85
of 24 June 1985
laying down the arrangements applicable to imports of products originating in Yugoslavia
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 from the Commission,
Whereas Article 58 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1) provides that in the field of trade, the first stage of agreement is to last five years running from the date of entry into force of the trade arrangements;
Whereas the said arrangements entered into force on 1 July 1980 by virtue of an Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and therefore expire on 30 June 1985;
Whereas Article 58 (2) provides that the Contracting Parties shall enter into negotiations in order to determine the trade arrangements to be applied subsequently; whereas these negotiations have not yet taken place;
Whereas, pending the entry into force of new arrangements, the term of validity of the arrangements applied by the Community to trade with Yugoslavia in the context of the abovementioned Cooperation Agreement should be extended in order to avoid suddenly interrupting certain traditional trade flows,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The trade arrangements established by the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Social Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shall remain applicable in the Community beyond 30 June 1985 and until the new trade arrangements enter into force.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1985.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1985.
COMMISSION DECISION of 2 August 1979 refusing to accept the scientific character of the apparatus described as "Coherent-CO2 Surgical Laser System 400" (79/742/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 31 January 1979, the United Kingdom 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 "Coherent-CO2 Surgical Laser System 400", intended for use in clinical research and, in particular, with a view to establishing a comparison between treatment with laser radiation and conventional radiotherapy and surgery, and with a view to instruction of surgeons on the use of laser irradiation of tumors, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being 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 the Member States met on 18 June 1979 within the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine this particular case;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a CO2 chirgical laser system which does not possess the requisite characteristics making it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas moreover it is an apparatus in current use in the field of gynaecology, urology, dermatology and in operations on eyes, throat and nose;
Whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as "Coherent-CO2 Surgical Laser System 400" is not considered to be a scientific apparatus.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 August 1979.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 679/1999 of 26 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 on detailed rules for the granting of private aid for Grana Padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 9(3) and 28 thereof,
Whereas Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 671/97 (4), lays down the amounts of private storage aid for Grana Padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses; whereas these amounts must be amended to take account of the trend in storage costs;
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
Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 is replaced by the following:
'1. The amount of private storage aid for cheese shall be as follows:
(a) EUR 100 per tonne for the fixed costs;
(b) EUR 0,35 per tonne per day of storage under contract for the warehousing costs;
(c) an amount for the financial costs in euro per tonne per day of storage under contract, as follows:
- 0,64 in the case of Grana Padano,
- 0,89 in the case of Parmigiano-Reggiano,
- 0,52 in the case of Provolone.`
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 to storage contracts concluded from the date of its entry into force.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 March 1999.
COMMISSION DECISION of 16 May 1994 amending Decision 91/637/EEC establishing the model for the message to be transmitted by means of the 'Animo' computerized network (94/307/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/628/EEC of 19 November 1991 on the protection of animals during transport and amending Directives 90/425/EEC and 91/496/EEC (3), as amended by Decision 92/438/EEC (4), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas the information needed to comply with the animal protection requirements laid down in Directive 91/628/EEC needs to the included in the Animo computerized network;
Whereas the message to be transmitted by means of the Animo network should be supplemented to this end and the software employed should be adapted accordingly;
Whereas the adaptation of the application software will take account of the conditions in the Member States so as to ensure that it meets their operating requirements;
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
Commission Decision 91/637/EEC (5) is amended as follows:
1. Article 2 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 2
The Commission shall update the application software with a view to the inclusion of information relating to the protection of animals and the trends in the various computer files needed for application. The Commission shall make the updated software available to the Member States no later than 1 March 1995.'
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 May 1994.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1091/2009
of 13 November 2009
concerning the authorisation of an enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma reesei (MUCL 49755) and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Trichoderma reesei (MUCL 49754) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening (holder of authorisation Aveve NV)
(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 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.
(2)
In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of the preparation set out in the Annex to this Regulation. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3)
The application concerns the authorisation of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma reesei (MUCL 49755) and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Trichoderma reesei (MUCL 49754) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.
(4)
The Authority concluded in its opinion of 13 May 2009 (2) that the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Trichoderma reesei (MUCL 49755) and endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase produced by Trichoderma reesei (MUCL 49754) does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment and that the use of that preparation increases body weight gain significantly. The Authority did not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5)
The assessment of that preparation shows that the conditions for authorisation, provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘digestibility enhancers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
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, 13 November 2009.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 December 2006
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the revision of the Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation
(2006/958/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an Agreement with the Swiss Confederation on the revision of the Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation.
(2)
The Agreement should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the revision of the Agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Article 3
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to transmit on behalf of the European Community the diplomatic note provided for in Article 2 of the Agreement.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1913/2004
of 29 October 2004
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2)
In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3)
The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling 18,204 EUR/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 October 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 502/97 of 18 March 1997 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 89/97 (4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 1997.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 827/2003
of 14 May 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 15 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 May 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1943/95 of 4 August 1995 fixing the amount of aid to Portuguese producers of paddy rice for the 1995/96 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 738/93 of 17 March 1993 amending the transitional measures governing the organization of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 (1) and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas the special aid for rice producers in Portugal specified in Article 1 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 738/93 must be reduced by a fourth for the marketing year 1995/96; whereas the amount thereof must therefore be fixed;
Whereas 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 special aid for Portugal for the marketing year 1995/96 referred to in Article 1 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 738/93 is hereby fixed at ECU 22,64/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 August 1995.