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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2234/2002
of 13 December 2002
laying down the revised production estimate for unginned cotton for the 2002/2003 marketing year and the resulting new provisional reduction in the guide price
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, 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 19(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002(4), provides that the revised production estimate for unginned cotton referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 and the resulting new provisional reduction in the guide price are to be established before 1 December of the marketing year concerned.
(2) Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 provides that the revised production estimate is to be established taking account of the progress of the harvest. On the basis of data available for the 2002/2003 marketing year, that revised estimate should be as set out below.
(3) The second subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 provides that from 16 December following the start of the marketing year, the amount of the advance is to be determined based on the revised production estimate, plus at least 7,5 %. In view of the most recent figures for the 2002/2003 marketing year on quantities placed in supervised storage notified by the Member States in accordance with Article 15(4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001, as a safety margin, a percentage increase of 9,5 % for Greece, 7,5 % for Spain and 12 % Portugal should be applied.
(4) The new provisional reduction in the guide price is calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, but replacing actual production by the revised production estimate plus at least 7,5 %. That reduction should therefore be as set out below.
(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
1. For the 2002/2003 marketing year, the revised production estimate for unginned cotton shall be:
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2. For the 2002/2003 marketing year, the new provisional reduction in the guide price shall be:
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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 December 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 258/2008
of 18 March 2008
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular of the Article 36,
Whereas:
(1)
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2007/08 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 211/2008 (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 951/2006,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 2008.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3041/79 of 21 December 1979 extending certain periods set for the certification of hops
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 235/79 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 of 19 July 1977 concerning the certification of hops (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2225/79 (4), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 10 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 authorizes the marketing without certificates until 31 March 1979 of hop powders and hop extracts manufactured before 1 August 1978 ; whereas it provides for the possibility of deferring that final date ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 672/79 of 4 April 1979 (5) first deferred that date to 31 December 1979 ; whereas, in view of the persistence of surpluses on the market, the existence of stocks in certain Member States makes it necessary to make use once again of the possibility of deferring that date;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The final date laid down in the second paragraph of Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1784/77 for the marketing without certificates of hop powders and hop extracts manufactured before 1 August 1978 is hereby deferred from 31 December 1979 to 30 June 1980.
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, 21 December 1979.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 180/2005
of 2 February 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 (2) initially laid down that, in contracts concluded between producer organisations and processors, the payment deadline could not exceed two months from the end of the month of delivery of each consignment in the case of tomatoes, peaches and pears.
(2)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 444/2004 (3) extended the above provision to all products processed from fruit and vegetables.
(3)
Experience shows that the requirement should be limited to contracts for tomatoes, peaches, pears or dried figs.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘The contract shall also indicate the delivery stage to which the price referred to in point (f) applies and the payment terms. In the case of tomatoes, peaches, pears and dried figs, the payment deadline may not exceed two months from the end of the month of delivery of each consignment.’
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 2 February 2005.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 January 2007
appointing three Swedish members and two Swedish alternate members to the Committee of the Regions
(2007/41/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 Swedish Government,
Whereas:
(1)
On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC (1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010.
(2)
Three members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the death of Mr Anders GUSTÂV and the end of the mandates of Ms Catarina TARRAS-WAHLBERG and Mr Aldo ISKRA. Two alternate members' seats have become vacant following the end of the mandates of Ms Catarina SEGERSTEN-LARSSON and Ms Christina TALLBERG,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010:
(a)
as members
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Ms Chris HEISTER, ledamot i landstingsfullmäktige i Stockholms läns landsting, in place of Mr Anders GUSTÂV,
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Ms Lisbeth RYDEFJÄRD, ledamot i landstingsstyrelsen, Jönköpings läns landsting, in place of Mr Aldo ISKRA,
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Ms Catarina TARRAS-WAHLBERG, ledamot i kommunfullmäktige, Stockholms kommun (change of mandate);
(b)
as alternate members
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Ms Catarina SEGERSTEN-LARSSON, ledamot i landstingsfullmäktige, Värmlands läns landsting (change of mandate),
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Ms Christina TALLBERG, ledamot i kommunfullmäktige, Tyresö kommun, (change of mandate).
Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 22 January 2007.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 March 2005
authorising Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta to adopt stricter requirements concerning the presence of Avena fatua in cereal seed
(notified under document number C(2005) 462)
(Only the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Maltese texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/200/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), and in particular Article 14(1a) thereof,
Having regard to the request submitted by the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Malta,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 66/402/EEC lays down tolerances as regards the presence of Avena fatua in cereal seed.
(2)
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta have requested authorisation to apply stricter requirements for the marketing of cereal seed than those set out in Directive 66/402/EEC.
(3)
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta subject their home production of cereal seed to stricter requirements than those laid down in Directive 66/402/EEC. In addition, there is a campaign to eradicate Avena fatua from cereal grown in those Member States.
(4)
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta should therefore be authorised to adopt stricter requirements than those laid down in Directive 66/402/EEC for the marketing of cereal seed originating in other countries.
(5)
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
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta are authorised to prescribe that cereal seed, which is to be marketed in their territories, must be accompanied by an official certificate, as provided for in Article 11 of Directive 66/402/EEC, attesting compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Commission Directive 74/268/EEC (2).
Article 2
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta shall notify the Commission of the date from which and the manner in which they intend to avail themselves of the authorisation granted in Article 1.
When Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta adopt measures under the authorisation provided for in Article 1, they shall forthwith communicate to the Commission those measures and the date from which they apply.
The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Malta.
Done at Brussels, 2 March 2005.
Council Decision
of 28 September 2000
on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway on the participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
(2000/602/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 30 in conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 of 8 February 1993 on the establishment of a European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction(3), provides, in Article 13 thereof, that the Centre is to be open to the participation of non-Community countries which share the Community's interests and those of its Member States in the Centre's objectives and work.
(2) The Agreement between the Community and Norway on the participation of the latter in the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, negotiated, on behalf of the European Community, by the Commission should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway on the participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 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 authorised to designate the person who shall be empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community and to give the notification by means of the diplomatic note provided for in Article 12 of the Agreement(4).
Done at Brussels, 28 September 2000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2004
of 30 January 2004
amending for the 29th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freezing of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2004(2), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 16, 20 and 26 January 2004, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended in accordance with 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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 January 2004.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1145/87
of 24 April 1987
introducing the buying-in of beef in respect of certain Member States and qualities and fixing the buying-in prices for beef
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 467/87 (2), and in particular Article 6a (2) and (4) thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned Article 6a (2) lays down the conditions under which buying-in must be decided on; whereas the eligible products were determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 828/87 (3) and the detailed rules for intervention were laid down in Article 3 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2226/78 of 25 September 1978 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 827/87 (5); whereas the abovementioned provisions make it possible to introduce intervention measures for the Member States or regions of Member States and in respect of the qualities provided for in this Regulation;
Whereas the buying-in prices for the qualities concerned should also be fixed, pursuant to Article 6a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 and to Regulation (EEC) No 827/87; whereas, moreover, the maximum and minimum limits within which the Member States may vary the buying-in prices should be laid down in respect of each of those qualities so as to take account of the class subdivisions adopted pursuant to Article 3 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (6),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The intervention agencies of each Member State or region within a Member State which are specified in Annex I shall purchase the products specified in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 828/87 which belong to the groups of qualities set out in Annex I.
2. The buying-in prices, expressed in ECU per 100 kilograms carcase weight, are specified in Annex II.
3. The buying-in price for each quality, referred to in paragraph 2, may be increased by up to 2 ECU or reduced by a maximum of 5 ECU to take account of the possible subdivision of each classification under the Community scale referred to in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 May 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 April 1987.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1461/2004
of 17 August 2004
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 as regards certain amounts set out in Article 14 thereof
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 the first subparagraph of Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Notifications received from Member States show that payments from the reserve mentioned in the first subparagraph of Article 14(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), in the period from the beginning of the budget year until 1 May 2004, are taking place at a higher rate than in the previous budget year.
(2)
In order to avoid that such increased rate of use of the reserve may result in disruptions of trade liable to affect operators benefiting from that reserve, it is appropriate to increase, by way of derogation from Article 14(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the amounts set out in those provisions for the current budget year.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
By way of derogation from Article 14(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, and for the budget year ending 15 October 2004:
1.
The limit of the total reserve mentioned in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be increased to EUR 45 million.
2.
The sum mentioned in the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 shall be increased to EUR 35 million.
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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 August 2004.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 11 March 1986
laying down performance monitoring methods and methods for assessing cattle's genetic value for pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species
(86/130/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/504/EEC of 25 July 1977 on pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular the first indent of Article 6 (1) thereof,
Whereas under the first indent of Article 6 (1) of Directive 77/504/EEC it is for the Commission to determine, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the abovementioned Directive, the performance monitoring methods and methods for assessing cattle's genetic value;
Whereas the methods for performance monitoring and assessing cattle's genetic value already being applied in the Member States are broadly similar;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to align the modalities of these methods more closely so that the results are comparable;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Zootechnics,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The performance monitoring methods and methods for assessing cattle's genetic value for pure bred breeding animals of the bovine species shall be those as laid down in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 March 1986.