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COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 July 2005
appointing a United Kingdom member of the Committee of the Regions
(2005/508/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the United Kingdom Government,
Whereas:
(1)
On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC (1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period 26 January 2002 to 25 January 2006.
(2)
A seat as a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the death of Mr Brian SMITH,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Mr William John WILLIAMS, Councillor, Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn, is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Brian SMITH for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2005.
COMMISSION DECISION of 13 June 1994 determining the amount of VAT own resources payable by the Federal Republic of Germany for 1991 in respect of transactions covered by the 20th Council Directive 85/361/EEC of 16 July 1985 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: derogations in connection with the special aids granted to certain farmers to compensate for the dismantlement of monetary compensatory amounts applying to certain agricultural products (Only the German text is authentic) (94/436/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the 20th Council Directive 85/361/EEC of 16 July 1985 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: derogations in connection with the special aids granted to certain farmers to compensate for the dismantlement of monetary compensatory amounts applying to certain agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Directive 85/361/EEC authorizes the Federal Republic of Germany to use value added tax to grant a special aid to farmers provided that own resources accruing from VAT are not affected;
Whereas, for the 1991 financial year, the net VAT revenue to be taken into account under Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (2) should be increased by DM 1 744 million;
Whereas the average weighted rate referred to in the said Article is 12,7490 % for 1991 but may be changed again;
Whereas the rate of VAT own resources payable by the Federal Republic of Germany for 1991 is 1,203862969 %;
Whereas the Advisory Committee on Own Resources has been consulted,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
VAT own resources payable by the Federal Republic of Germany for 1991 according to Article 5 of Directive 85/361/EEC amount to DM 164,682 million.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 13 June 1994.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1397/2007
of 28 November 2007
apportioning, for the 2007/08 marketing year, 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities between Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 of 5 February 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (2) stipulates that the apportioning of 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities, as provided for in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, must be effected before 16 November of the marketing year in progress.
(2)
To that end, Denmark and Italy have sent the Commission information relating to areas covered by sale/purchase contracts, processing commitments and processing contracts, and estimated flax and hemp straw and fibre yields.
(3)
Conversely, no flax or hemp fibre will be produced for the 2007/08 marketing year in Greece, Ireland or Luxembourg.
(4)
On the basis of estimates of production resulting from the information provided, total production in the five Member States concerned will not reach the overall quantity of 5 000 tonnes allocated to them, and the national guaranteed quantities as set out below should be set.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Natural Fibres,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 2007/08 marketing year, the apportionment in national guaranteed quantities provided for in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 shall be as follows:
-
Denmark 73 tonnes;
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Greece 0 tonnes;
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Ireland 0 tonnes;
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Italy 364 tonnes;
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Luxembourg 0 tonnes.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 16 November 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 2007.
Commission Decision
of 7 March 2002
amending Decision 93/402/EEC concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from South American countries in particular as regards to Argentina
(notified under document number C(2002) 890)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/198/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(2), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports into the Community of fresh meat from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay are laid down by Commission Decision 93/402/EEC of 10 June 1993 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from South American countries(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/68/EC(4).
(2) Since the adoption of Commission Decisions 2002/45/EC(5) and 2002/68/EC the epidemiological situation of foot and mouth disease in Argentina has improved in the regions of La Pampa, Santiago del Estero and Córdoba.
(3) In these provinces the remaining outbreaks of foot and mouth disease have been closed and the situation is now under control.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to allow the importation into the Community of deboned and matured bovine meat from animals originating from these provinces and slaughtered in the case of La Pampa and Santiago after 8 March 2002 and in the case of Córdoba after 26 March 2002.
(5) Decision 93/402/EEC should therefore be amended in order to add the provinces of La Pampa, Santiago del Estero and Córdoba to the list of provinces listed in the Annexes of Decision 93/402/EEC.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annexes I and II to Decision 93/402/EEC are replaced by the corresponding Annexes to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 March 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 537/93 of 9 March 1993 fixing the coefficient reducing agricultual prices applicable from the beginning of the 1993/94 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 provides that the prices fixed in ecus are to be reduced at the beginning of the marketing year following a monetary realignment; whereas, in order to apply this reduction, equal to a 25 % change in the correction factor referred to in Article 1 (c) of that Regulation, a reduction factor by which the agricultural prices must be divided should be fixed;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3387/92 (2) fixed the correction factor at 1,195066, replaced with effect from 3 February 1993 by 1,205454 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 219/93 (3); whereas the coefficient for reducing agricultural prices fixed in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3387/92 must be adjusted to take account of the monetary realignment of 30 January 1993;
Whereas the changes to the correction factors to be taken into account for calculating the coefficient for reducing agricultural prices from the next marketing year are those which have been made during the current marketing year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant management committees,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The coefficient for reducing agricultural prices to be applied in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 is hereby fixed at:
- 1,010078 for prices and amounts in the fruit and vegetable and olive oil sectors adjusted by the coefficient of 1,002650 in 1992,
- 1,002159 for prices and amounts in the fruit and vegetable, sheepmeat and goatmeat and fishery product sectors adjusted by the coefficient of 1,010561 in 1993,
- 1,012674 for the other prices and amounts concerned.
Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 3387/92 is hereby replaced.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 March 1993.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 49/98 of 19 December 1997 allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faroese waters
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part (2), the two Parties have held consultations on their mutual fishing rights for 1998;
Whereas, as a result of these consultations, the two Parties have agreed on an arrangement for 1998 whereby certain catch quotas are allocated to Community vessels in the Faroese fishing zone;
Whereas, to ensure efficient management of the catch possibilities available, they should be allocated among Member States as quotas in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92;
Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the relevant control measures provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3);
Whereas additional conditions for the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (4), were not agreed with the Faroe Islands;
Whereas, for imperative reasons of common interest, this Regulation will apply from 1 January 1998,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 1 January to 31 December 1998 catches taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State in the waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, under the arrangement on reciprocal fishing rights for 1998 between the Community and the Faroe Islands, shall not exceed the quotas set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
Fishing quotas referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1469/2004
of 18 August 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on apples
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July 1996 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables (2) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in the Annex thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of 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).
(2)
For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2001, 2002 and 2003, the trigger levels for additional duties on apples should be adjusted.
(3)
As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should be amended.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 September 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 August 2004.
COUNCIL DECISION of 27 November 1997 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Poland regarding a Protocol on a European Conformity Assessment Agreement within the framework of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part (98/529/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Poland regarding a Protocol on a European Conformity Assessment Agreement concluded within the framework of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part, 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 empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1049/2004
of 28 May 2004
fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 61st individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
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), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2)
According to Article 30 of the said Regulation, in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award. The amount of the processing security shall also be fixed taking account of the difference between the market price of skimmed-milk powder and the minimum selling price.
(3)
In the light of the tenders received, the minimum selling price should be fixed at the level specified below and the processing security determined accordingly.
(4)
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
For the 61st individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 25 May 2004, the minimum selling price and the processing security are fixed as follows:
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minimum selling price:
EUR 192,52/100 kg,
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processing security:
EUR 50,00/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 May 2004.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1795/2000
of 22 August 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 1553/2000 opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheeses to be exported in 2001 to the United States of America under certain quotas resulting from the GATT Agreements
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 30 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1553/2000 of 14 July 2000 opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheeses to be exported in 2001 to the United States of America under certain quotas resulting from the GATT Agreements(3) provides for the lodging of applications for exports licences from 1 to 11 September 2000. However, certain modifications to the rules on export licences for the cheese quota to the United States will only be published after 1 September 2000. Consequently, certain time periods and dates in Regulation (EC) No 1553/2000 must be modified.
(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
Regulation (EC) No 1553/2000 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 2, paragraph 1, the terms "from 1 to 11 September 2000" are replaced by "from 18 to 22 September 2000";
2. in Article 2, paragraph 6, the terms "on 1 September 2000" are replaced by "on 18 September 2000";
3. in Article 3, the terms "within five working days" are replaced by "within four working days";
4. in Article 4, the terms "by 25 October 2000" are replaced by "31 October 2000".
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 22 August 2000.
COMMISSION DECISION of 24 August 1994 amending the information contained in the list in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain coastal areas of the Community (94/619/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3919/92 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of 30 December 1986 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain coastal areas of the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3410/93 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas authorities of the Member States concerned have applied for the information in the list provided for in Article 9 (3) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 to be amended; whereas the said authorities have provided all the information supporting their applications pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/87; whereas it has been found that the information complies with the requirements and whereas, therefore, the information in the list annexed to the Regulation should be amended,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The information in the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 is amended as shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 August 1994.