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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1796/2006
of 6 December 2006
opening for the year 2007 a tariff quota applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain goods originating in Iceland resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and, in particular, Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 1999/492/EC of 21 June 1999 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (2), and, in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland, approved by Decision 1999/492/EC, provides for an annual tariff quota for imports from Iceland of sugar confectionery products and chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa. It is necessary to open that quota for 2007.
(2)
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), lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff quota opened by this Regulation is to be managed in accordance with those rules.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 1 January to 31 December 2007, the goods originating in Iceland and imported into the Community which are listed in the Annex shall be subject to the duties set out in that Annex within the limits of the annual quota indicated therein.
Article 2
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 December 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 624/98 of 19 March 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular Article 15(4) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1143/97 (4), representative price on the world market, on the basis of which additional duties are fixed, are fixed for each marketing year in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and may be amended if the fluctuation in the elements of the calculation produces a rise or fall of ECU 0,5 per 100 kilograms or more;
Whereas, as a result of continued variations in representative prices on the world market, the system currently in force involves frequent adaptation of additional duties; whereas these frequent fluctuations in representative prices and additional duties, taking place often for very small amounts, complicate the system; whereas, for purposes of simplification, legal certainty for traders and rationalisation of the procedure for the Commission, the threshold for the amendment of representative prices on the world market from which additional duties must be adapted should be increased to ECU 1,20 per kilogram;
Whereas 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
In the second subparagraph of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95, 'ECU 0,5 per 100 kilograms` is replaced by 'ECU 1,20 per 100 kilograms`.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 19 March 1998.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 450/2004
of 10 March 2004
on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (lemons)
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 the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 305/2004(2) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of food aid.
(2) In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.
(3) In the case of lemons, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In the case of lemons, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 305/2004 shall be fixed in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 March 2004.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 21 December 1988 amending for the ninth time Directive 69/169/EEC on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to exemption from turnover tax and excise duty on imports in international level (88/664/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 99 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Articles 2 (6) and 7b (4) of Council Directive 69/169/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 87/198/EEC (5), provide that every two years, and for the first time on 31 October1987 at the latest, the Council, acting in accordance with the procedures provided for by the Treaty on this point, is to adjust the amounts of the exemptions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of those Articles in order to maintain their genuine value;
Whereas, according to the survey conducted by the Commission, the weighted average increase in the price index for the Member States is 11,3% for the period from 1 October 1985 to 31 December 1988;
Whereas the resulting amounts should be rounded off;
Whereas, in the event of the adjustment of the Community exemption resulting in a change of less than 5% in the exemption expressed in national currency or in a reduction in that exemption, the Member State concerned should be permitted to retain the amount, in national currency, obtaining before such change,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE
Article 1
Directive 69/169/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 2:
(a) in paragraph 1, '350 ECU' is replaced by 'ECU 390':
(b) in paragraph 2, '90 ECU' is replaced by 'ECU 100':
2. in Article 7, the following paragraph is added:
'5. Member States may maintain the existing amount of the exemption if the conversion of the amounts of the exemptions, expressed in ecus, adopted during the adjustment referred to in Articles 2(6) and 7b(4) would result in a change of less than 5% in the exemption expressed in national currency or in a reduction in that exemption';
3. in Article 7b:
(a) in paragraph 1 (a), '280 ECU' is replaced by 'ECU 310':
(b) in paragraph 1 (b), '77 ECU' is replaced by 'ECU 85':
(c) in paragraph 2, '77 ECU' is replaced by 'ECU 85'.
Article 2
1. Member States shall bring into force the measures necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 July 1989.
2. Member States shall inform the Commission of the provisions of national law which they adopt to implement this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1988.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1903/2005
of 21 November 2005
establishing a prohibition of fishing for mackerel in ICES zone IIa (non-EC waters), Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIIIa, b, d, e, XII, XIV 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 Council 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 the common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 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 2005.
(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 2005.
(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 2005 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 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, 21 November 2005.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 523/2006
of 30 March 2006
fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
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 the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 28 March 2006.
(3)
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 permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 28 March 2006, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 March 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1088/93 of 3 May 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 6913, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded for 1993 to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN code 6913, originating in China, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 5 789 000; whereas on 3 March 1993, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 8 May 1993, the levying of customs duties, suspended for 1993 pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in China:
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, 3 May 1993.
COMMISSION DECISION of 13 January 1994 amending the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and the Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (94/21/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 92/19/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 (1) (b) thereof,
Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops (3), as last amended by Commission Decision 93/416/EEC (4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (5), as last amended by Decision 93/416/EEC, and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, in Decision 85/355/EEC, the Council determined that field inspections carried out in certain third countries on seed-producing crops of certain species satisfy the conditions laid down in the Community directives;
Whereas, in Decision 85/356/EEC, the Council determined that seed of certain species produced in certain third countries is equivalent to corresponding seed produced in the Community;
Whereas for certain species these determinations include New Zealand;
Whereas an examination of the rules of New Zealand and of the manner in which they are applied has shown that, in respect of meadow fescue, the prescribed field inspections satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex I to Directive 66/401/EEC and the conditions governing seed harvested and controlled there afford the same assurances, as regards the seed's characteristics, identity, examination, marking and control as do the conditions applicable to such seed harvested and controlled within the Community;
Whereas the existing equivalence for New Zealand should therefore be extended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The table in Part I (2) of the Annex to Decision 85/355/EEC is hereby amended by inserting in Column 3 of the section relating to New Zealand the species 'Festuca pratensis Hudson' after the species 'Festuca arundinacea'.
Article 2
The table in Part I (2) of the Annex to Decision 85/356/EEC is hereby amended by inserting in Column 3 of the section relating to New Zealand the species 'Festuca pratensis Hudson' after the species 'Festuca arundinacea'.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 January 1994.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1228/2001
of 22 June 2001
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 1498/98(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 23 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 June 2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2001
of 30 May 2001
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 1498/98(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 31 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 May 2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1838/2002
of 15 October 2002
on the issue of import licences for rice with cumulative ACP/OCT origin against applications submitted in the first five working days of October 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(1),
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (Overseas Association Decision)(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules of application for the import of rice from the ACP States and for the import of rice from the overseas countries and territories (OCT)(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 174/2002(4), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days of the final date for notification by the Member States the extent to which applications can be granted.
(2) Applications submitted for imports with cumulative ACP/least-developed OCT origin account for less than the quantities available. The available quantity should therefore be used to meet applications for imports of products originating in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2603/97,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first five working days of October 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 October 2002.