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Council Regulation (EC) No 120/2002
of 21 January 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 as regards the adjustment of the tariff quota for wine
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 1999/753/EC of 29 July 1999(1) the Council approved the provisional application of the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part(2) (hereinafter referred to as the "TDC Agreement"). The TDC Agreement has been applied provisionally from 1 January 2000.
(2) Annex X to the TDC Agreement contains an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa which provides for an annual duty-free tariff quota of 32 million litres of South African wine imported in bottles. Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 of 17 December 1999 on certain procedures for applying the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa(3), defers the opening of that tariff quota for wine until the entry into force of the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa on trade in wine and trade in spirits respectively.
(3) By Decision 2002/51/EC(4) the Council has approved, on behalf of the Community, an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa on trade in wine. Furthermore, the Council by Decision 2002/55/EC(5) has approved an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa on trade in wine amending the volume of the tariff quota for wine imported in bottles provided for in Annex X to the TDC Agreement.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 is amended as follows:
In the fifth column, under the title "Annual tariff quota volume, and annual growth factor", the entry corresponding to order number 09.1825 shall be replaced by the following: "35300000 litres
(agf 3 %)(6)".
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 January 2002.
COMMISSION DECISION of 19 June 1996 concerning a request for exemption made by Belgium pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic) (96/401/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 95/54/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas on 21 February 1996 Belgium lodged a request, received by the Commission on 23 February 1996, which contained the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the fitting of a certain type of vehicle and two variants of it with a certain type of third stop lamp, falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No 7 and fitted in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48;
Whereas the reasons given in the request, according to which the fitting of the stop lamps and the stop lamps themselves do not meet the requirements of Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/516/EEC (4), and of Council Directive 76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 91/663/EEC (6), are well founded; whereas the descriptions of the tests, the results thereof and their compliance with ECE Regulations Nos 7 and 48 ensure a satisfactory level of safety;
Whereas the Community Directives concerned will be amended in order to authorize the production and fitting of such stop lamps;
Whereas the measure provided for in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress, set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The request for exemption made by Belgium concerning the production and fitting of a certain type of third stop lamp, falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE Regulation No 7 and fitted in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48 on the type of vehicle and the two variants of it for which it is intended, is approved.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.
Done at Brussels, 19 June 1996.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 241/2003
of 7 February 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) 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 maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 3 to 6 February 2003 at 160,00 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 February 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 578/94 of 16 March 1994 establishing for 1993 and 1994 the breakdown for beef imports from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 234/94 (2), and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 provides for the breakdown between the ACP States for beef to be imported into the Community and for the possibility, at the request of ACP States which are not able to supply their full quotas, of a different breakdown between those States for the preceding or following year;
Whereas, by letter of 26 September 1993, the ACP States concerned requested a transfer of 5 142 tonnes to Zimbabwe for 1993 involving a reduction of 1 000, 142, 2 500, 500 and 1 000 tonnes respectively in the quotas for Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland and Namibia; whereas the transfer to Zimbabwe requested by the other ACP States should be agreed to;
Whereas, as a result of the time lost pending a decision on the abovementioned request, Zimbabwe should be permitted to deliver the transferred quantity in 1994;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Imports of beef from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 for the 1993 calendar year shall be as follows:
- Botswana: 17 916 tonnes,
- Kenya: - tonnes,
- Madagascar: 5 079 tonnes,
- Swaziland: 2 863 tonnes,
- Zimbabwe: 14 242 tonnes,
- Namibia: 12 000 tonnes.
2. Imports of beef from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 for the 1994 calendar year shall be as follows:
- Botswana: 18 916 tonnes,
- Kenya: 142 tonnes,
- Madagascar: 7 579 tonnes,
- Swaziland: 3 363 tonnes,
- Zimbabwe: 14 242 tonnes,
- Namibia: 13 000 tonnes.
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 from 1 April 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 March 1994.
Council Decision
of 18 June 2001
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Malta concerning the participation of the Republic of Malta in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network
(2001/593/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(1),
Whereas:
(1) The European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network were established by Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90(2).
(2) The Luxembourg European Council (December 1997) made participation in the Community programmes and agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy for the central and east European countries. In the case of the agencies, the European Council's conclusions provide that "the Community agencies in which applicant countries will be able to participate will be determined on a case-by-case basis".
(3) The Helsinki European Council (December 1999) reaffirmed the inclusive nature of the accession process, which now comprises 13 candidate countries within a single framework with the candidate countries participating in the accession process on an equal footing.
(4) The Council, pursuant to Article 300(1) of the Treaty, on 14 February 2000 authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations on the participation in the European Environment Agency of the countries applying for accession,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Malta concerning the participation of the Republic of Malta in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network is approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is set out as an Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the notification provided for in Article 17 of the Agreement.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 639/2006
of 26 April 2006
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 for the 2005/2006 marketing year
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses (2), and in particular the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2005/2006 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 (3). These prices and duties were last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 628/2006 (4).
(2)
The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1011/2005 for the 2005/2006 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 April 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 April 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2258/2004
of 28 December 2004
fixing the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2005 fishing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 20(3) and Article 22 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that the Community withdrawal and selling prices for each of the products listed in Annex I thereto are to be fixed on the basis of the freshness, size or weight and presentation of the product by applying the conversion factor for the product category concerned to an amount not more than 90 % of the relevant guide price.
(2)
The withdrawal prices may be multiplied by adjustment factors in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community. The guide prices for the 2005 fishing year were fixed for all the products concerned by the Council’s Regulation (2).
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The conversion factors used for calculating the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the 2005 fishing year for the products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
The Community withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2005 fishing year and the products to which they relate are set out in Annex II.
Article 3
The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2005 fishing year in landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the products to which those prices relate are set out in Annex III.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 28 December 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 660/92 of 13 March 1992 on the supply of various consignments of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3) lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated to certain countries and beneficiary organizations 20 000 tonnes of cereals;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be supplied as Community food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (5); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant cost;
Whereas, notably for logistical reasons, certain supplies are not awarded within the first and second deadlines for submission of tenders; whereas, in order to avoid republication of the notice of invitation to tender, a third deadline for submission of tenders should be opened,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in the Annex in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex. Supplies shall be awarded by the tendering procedure.
The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
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, 13 March 1992.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1368/2001
of 5 July 2001
prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
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 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 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 limitations in catch are required(3), lays down quotas for blue whiting for 2001.
(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 whiting in the waters of ICES Zones Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. The Netherlands have prohibited fishing for this stock from 2 June 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES Zones Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 2001.
Fishing for blue whiting in the waters of ICES Zones Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands 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 Communities.
It shall apply from 2 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 July 2001.