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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1476/2003
of 20 August 2003
prohibiting fishing for blue ling by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1407/2003(4), lays down quotas for blue ling for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of blue ling in the waters of ICES divisions VI and VII (EC waters and waters not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of third countries), by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Spain has prohibited fishing for this stock from 11 August 2003. This date should consequently be adopted in this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of blue ling in the waters of ICES divisions VI and VII (EC waters and waters not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of third countries), by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Spain for 2003.
Fishing for blue ling in the waters of ICES divisions VI and VII (EC waters and waters not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of third countries), by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 11 August 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 August 2003.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 October 2005
amending Decision 2003/858/EC as regards the list of territories from which importation of certain species of live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for farming in the European Community is authorised
(notified under document number C(2005) 3964)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/742/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), and in particular Article 19(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 2003/858/EC of 21 November 2003 laying down the animal health conditions and certification requirements for imports of live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for farming, and live fish of aquaculture origin and products thereof intended for human consumption (2), establishes a list of third countries or parts thereof from which imports of live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for farming in the Community are authorised.
(2)
The inclusion of the comment ‘carps only’ in the table in Annex I to Decision 2003/858/EC has led to different interpretations concerning the application of the Decision. For the sake of clarity, that comment should therefore be made more precise from a taxonomical point of view to meet the aim of the Decision.
(3)
It is also appropriate to simplify the presentation of the table in Annex I in order to avoid repeating the requirements set out in the model certificates.
(4)
Decision 2003/858/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex I to Decision 2003/858/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 October 2005.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1011/2006
of 3 July 2006
correcting Regulation (EC) No 1008/2006 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1008/2006 (3).
(2)
A calculation error has been discovered in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1008/2006. The Regulation in question should therefore be corrected. This correction should apply retroactively and will not cause detrimental effects on operators,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1008/2006 are hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 July 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 317/2006
of 22 December 2005
establishing for 2005 the ‘Prodcom list’ of industrial products provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 of 19 December 1991 on the establishment of a Community survey of industrial production (1), and in particular Article 2(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 requires Member States to carry out a Community survey of industrial production.
(2)
The survey of industrial production must be based on a list of products identifying the industrial production to be surveyed.
(3)
A list of products is necessary to permit alignment between production statistics and external trade statistics and to afford comparison with the Community product nomenclature CPA.
(4)
The list of products required by Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 and referred to as the ‘Prodcom list’, is common to all Member States, and is necessary in order to compare data across Member States.
(5)
The Prodcom list needs to be updated and it is therefore necessary to establish the list for 2005.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee set up by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (2),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Prodcom list for 2005 shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2005.
COMMISSION DECISION of 12 January 1996 authorizing Sweden to maintain its national measures as regards transmissible gastroenteritis in application of Article 10 (4) of Council Directive 64/432/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (96/95/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by Council Directive 95/25/EC (2), and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof,
Whereas Sweden considers that its territory is free from a number of animal diseases and has submitted an application for additional trade guarantees to the Commission; whereas the applications have been examined by the Commission; whereas a more detailed examination is necessary in the case of the application relating to transmissible gastroenteritis;
Whereas it is necessary to extend the special measures which apply to trade in pigs and hatching eggs to Sweden while this examination is being carried out;
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
Sweden is authorized to maintain its national measures relating to transmissible gastroenteritis until 31 December 1996.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 January 1996.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 324/2006
of 23 February 2006
establishing a prohibition of fishing for anglerfish in ICES zone VIII c, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2006.
(2)
According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(3)
It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 February 2006.
COMMISSION DECISION of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as "Jeol - Scanning Electron Microscope, model JSM-35C" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/965/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), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 16 July 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Jeol - Scanning Electron Microscope, model JSM-35C", ordered on 4 July 1979 and to be used in the framework of teaching programmes on structural materials, for research of the fire behaviour of structural members with reference to changes in microstructure, should be considered to be 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 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met, on 15 November 1982, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an electron microscope ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the resolution power and the use to which it is put, make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community ; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus "PSEM 500X" manufactured by Philips Nederland BV, Boschdijk 525, NL-Eindhoven, and to the apparatus "150" and "180" manufactured by Cambridge Scientific Instruments Ltd, Rustat Road, UK-Cambridge CB1 3QH,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as "Jeol - Scanning Electron Microscope, model JSM-35C, which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 16 July 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 December 1982.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 769/89
of 21 March 1989
extending the 1988/89 marketing year in the milk and beef and veal sectors
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 763/89 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 571/89 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas it has proved necessary to reconsider all the problems relating to the fixing of prices for the forthcoming marketing year, which will involve delay in the fixing of those prices; whereas the 1988/89 marketing year must therefore be extended in the milk and beef and veal sectors until 30 April 1989,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The 1988/89 milk year shall end on 30 April 1989 and the 1989/90 milk year shall begin on 1 May 1989.
2. The 1988/89 marketing year for beef and veal shall end on 30 April 1989 and the 1989/90 marketing year shall begin on 1 May 1989.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1989.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 March 1989.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2003
of 4 September 2003
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the fourth partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
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 Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 of 18 July 2003 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(3), for the 2003/2004 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the fourth partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the fourth partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 the maximum amount of the export refund to certain third countries is fixed at 50,351 EUR/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 September 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 September 2003.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 April 2009
on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles on the short-stay visa waiver
(2009/482/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular point (2)(b)(i) of Article 62, 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)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1932/2006 (1) amended Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (2) listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of the European Union (negative list), and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (positive list) by, inter alia, transferring the Republic of Seychelles (hereinafter referred to as Seychelles) from the negative to the positive list. Furthermore, Regulation (EC) No 1932/2006 provides that the exemption is to be applied only from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded between the European Community and Seychelles.
(2)
By decision of 5 June 2008, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate an agreement between the European Community and Seychelles on the short-stay visa waiver.
(3)
Negotiations on the agreement were opened on 9 July 2008 and concluded on 16 October 2008.
(4)
The Agreement initialled in Brussels on 12 November 2008, should be signed and the attached declarations approved. The Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion.
(5)
In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and without prejudice to Article 4 of the said Protocol, these Member States are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles on the short-stay visa waiver (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to its conclusion.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The Declarations attached to this Decision shall be approved on behalf of the Community.
Article 3
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Community, subject to its conclusion.
Article 4
The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of signature thereof (3), pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion.
Done at Luxembourg, 6 April 2009.
COMMISSION DECISION of 24 July 1995 amending Decision 94/448/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in New Zealand (Text with EEA relevance) (95/310/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof,
Whereas the list of establishments and factory ships approved by New Zealand importing fishery and aquaculture products into the Community has been drawn up in Commission Decision 94/448/EC of 15 May 1995 (2), as last amended by Decision 95/179/EC (3); whereas this list may be amended following the communication of a new list by the competent authority in New Zealand;
Whereas the competent authority in New Zealand has communicated a new list adding seven establishments and twelve factory vessels, deleting one establishment, and amending the data of two establishments and two factory vessels;
Whereas it is necessary to amend the list of approved establishments and factory vessels;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision have been drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down by Commission Decision 90/13/EEC (4),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex B of Decision 94/448/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 July 1995.