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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2425/2000
of 31 October 2000
amending Sector 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000(2), and in particular Article 63(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1000/2000(4), establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 abolishes the definition of the various types of table wine. In the latest published version of the export refunds nomenclature for wine sector products, product descriptions still refer to the definitions of table wine types which no longer exist. It is therefore necessary to update that nomenclature.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Sector 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
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 16 November 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 October 2000.
COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 1996 approving the programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis for 1997 presented by Spain and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (97/73/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of brucella melitensis;
Whereas by letter, Spain has submitted a programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community for 1997 and which was established by Commission Decision 96/598/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health, it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs incurred by Spain up to a maximum of ECU 8 100 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
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
The programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis presented by Spain is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1997.
Article 2
Spain shall bring into force by 1 January 1997 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
Article 3
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred in Spain by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 8 100 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1998 at the latest.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 1996.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 98/9/EC of 20 January 1998 on the list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 950/97 (Denmark)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 of 20 May 1997 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), and in particular Article 21(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas the permanent natural and geographical handicaps existing in the Danish islands result in higher production and transport costs which prevent farmers in these areas from obtaining, from their production, income on a level with that obtained by comparable farmers elsewhere in the Member State;
Whereas the Danish Government has sent the Commission, in accordance with Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, a list of islands suitable for inclusion in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas and information on the particular features of these areas;
Whereas, with a view to identifying the areas affected by specific handicaps that can be deemed less-favoured areas as referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, all islands with an area of less than 600 km2 on which adverse natural conditions contribute to a farming income below the national average have been selected;
Whereas the total surface area of the relevant areas does not exceed 4 % of the total surface area of the Member State in question;
Whereas the nature and level of the above indices used by the Government of Denmark to define the areas notified to the Commission correspond to the characteristics of the areas affected by specific handicaps referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
The list of less-favoured farming areas in Denmark shall be that contained in the Annex to this Directive. They shall be included in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97.
Article 2
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.
Done at Brussels, 20 January 1998.
Commission Directive 2002/75/EC
of 2 September 2002
amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/98/EC of 20 December 1996 on marine equipment(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2001/53/EC(2), and in particular first and second indent of Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the purposes of Directive 96/98/EC, the international conventions, including the 1974 SOLAS Convention, and testing standards are those, together with their amendments, in force on 1 January 2001.
(2) Amendments to the SOLAS Convention and to other international conventions and new testing standards have entered into force after 1 January 2001 or will enter into force shortly.
(3) New rules regarding the equipment to be placed on board ships have been laid down by those instruments.
(4) Directive 96/98/EC should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 12 of Council Directive 93/75/EEC(3),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Directive 96/98/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 2 is amended as follows:
In points (c), (d) and (n), the date "1 January 2001" is replaced by the date "1 July 2002";
2. Annex A is replaced by the text in the annex to this Directive.
Article 2
Equipment listed as "new item" under the heading "item designation" of Annex A.1 which was manufactured before the date referred to in Article 3(1) in accordance with procedures for type-approval already in force before the date of adoption of this Directive within the territory of the Member State mentioned below, as well as equipment listed in Annex A.1, Sections 4 and 5, bearing the mark and manufactured before the date referred to in Article 3(1), may be placed on the market and on board a Community ship, the certificates of which were issued by or on behalf of a Member State in accordance with international conventions, during the two years following that referred to in Article 3(1).
Article 3
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than six months after its date of entry into force. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 4
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 September 2002
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2511/98 of 20 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2144/98 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2144/98 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2320/98 (4), provides for a sale of intervention stocks held by certain intervention agencies; whereas the quantities and prices stated in that Regulation should be amended to take account of the stocks already sold;
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
Regulation (EC) No 2144/98 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1:
(a) the fifth indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 2 000 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Austrian intervention agency,`;
(b) the 15th indent is replaced by the following:
'- approximately 10 000 tonnes of deboned beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency,`;
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 20 November 1998.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2001
of 31 August 2001
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(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 EUR 21,222/100 kg.
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 21 December 1999
approving the plan for the monitoring and control of salmonella in fowl presented by Austria
(notified under document number C(1999) 4691)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2000/60/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/117/EEC of 17 December 1992 concerning measures for protection against specified zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxications(1) as last amended by Directive 1999/72/EC(2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) in accordance with Article 8(2) of Directive 92/117/EEC, Austria forwarded by letters dated 17 May 1999 and 29 October 1999 a plan for the monitoring and control of samonella in fowl in Austria;
(2) the abovementioned plan satisfies the Community requirements on the subject, in particular those set out in Article 8(2) of Directive 92/117/EEC, and must therefore be approved;
(3) 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 plan for the monitoring and control of salmonella presented by Austria is hereby approved.
Article 2
Autria shall bring into force by 31 March 2000 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to implement the plan referred to in Article 1.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1999.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 486/84
of 24 February 1984
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on certain made up textile articles, products of category 112 (code 1120) originating in Pakistan, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3570/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3570/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 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 Annex A or B, 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 certain made up textile articles, products of category 112 (code 1120), the relevant ceiling amounts to 5 tonnes; whereas on 21 February 1984, imports of the products in question into the Community originating in Pakistan, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Pakistan,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 28 February 1984 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3570/83, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Pakistan:
1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Code // Category // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1984) // Description // // // // // // // (1) // (2) // (3) // (4) // // // // // // 1120 // 112 // ex 62.05 // // Other made up textile articles (including dress patterns): // // // // 62.05-10, 30, 93, 95, 99 // Other made up textile articles, woven, excluding those of categories 113 and 114 // // // // //
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, 24 February 1984.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 November 2007
concerning the provisional application of Protocol 8 to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, on the general principles for the participation of Montenegro in Community programmes
(2008/127/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310 thereof in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, first and second sentences,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (hereafter the Agreement) was signed on 15 October 2007, subject to its conclusion at a later date.
(2)
Protocol 8 to the Agreement takes over, in substance, the content, with respect to Montenegro, of the Framework Agreement between the European Community and Serbia and Montenegro on the general principles for the participation of Serbia and Montenegro in Community programmes (1), which the Council concluded by Decision 2005/527/EC (2).
(3)
Due to the independence of Montenegro, this Framework Agreement is no longer applicable with respect to Montenegro. Montenegro should, however, continue to have the possibility, in the same way as all other Western Balkan countries, of participating in Community programmes.
(4)
It is therefore necessary to provide for provisional application of Protocol 8 to the Agreement, pending the completion of the procedures required to bring the Agreement into force,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and the Republic of Montenegro, which provides for the provisional application of Protocol 8 to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, on the general principles for the participation of Montenegro in Community programmes, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision, as well as the text of Protocol 8.
Article 2
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 in order to bind the Community.
Done at Brussels, 13 November 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 674/2007
of 15 June 2007
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 16 June 2007
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 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2)
Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3)
Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4)
Import duties should be fixed for the period from 16 June 2007, and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 16 June 2007, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 June 2007.