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Commission Decision
of 10 July 2002
amending Decision 2002/69/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China
(notified under document number C(2002) 2558)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/573/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries(1), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2002/69/EC of 30 January 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China(2), as last amended by Decision 2002/441/EC(3), was adopted following the identification during a Community inspection visit to China of serious shortcomings as regards veterinary medicines regulation and the residue control system in live animals and animal products, and following the presence of harmful residues, including chloramphenicol, in products intended for human or animal consumption, presenting a risk to their health.
(2) Decision 2002/69/EC was to be reviewed on the basis of the information provided by the Chinese competent authorities, of any results from the increased monitoring and testing carried out by Member States on consignments arriving before 14 March 2002 and, if necessary, of the results of an on-the-spot inspection visit by Community experts.
(3) In view of the information provided by the Chinese authorities and the favourable results of the tests carried out on certain fishery products of some fish species, it is appropriate to authorise imports of these products from China.
(4) Decision 2002/69/EC, therefore should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex II to Decision 2002/69/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 14 July 2002.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 July 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 57/2006
of 13 January 2006
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the first individual invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
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 Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Article 47 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter. Article 54 of that Regulation provides that in the light of the tenders received in response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 %.
(2)
An end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 is to be lodged to ensure the taking over of the concentrated butter by the retail trade.
(3)
In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the appropriate level and the end-use security should be determined accordingly.
(4)
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 first individual tender under the standing invitation to tender opened in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the maximum amount of the aid for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 %, as referred to in Article 47(1) of that Regulation, is fixed at 45,5 EUR/100 kg,
The end-use security provided for in Article 53(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 is fixed at 50 EUR/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 January 2006.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 1 August 1989 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 77/538/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to rear fog lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (89/518/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EE 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 Directive 87/403/EEC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/538/EEC of 28 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to rear fog lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last amended by Directive 87/354/EEC (4), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas, in the light of experience and in view of the current state of the art, it is now possible to simplify the EEC component type-approval mark for such lamps, where they are grouped together with, combined with or reciprocally incorporated in other lamps;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of Directives on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Motor Vehicles Sector,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1 Annexes 0 and II to Directive 77/538/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 With effect from 1 January 1990, no Member State may:
(a) - refuse, in respect of a type of vehicle, to grant EEC type-approval, to issue the document referred
to in the third indent of Article 10 (1) of Directive 70/156/EEC, or to grant national type-approval, or
- prohibit the entry into service of vehicles, on grounds relating to the rear fog lamps if the latter comply with the provisions of this Directive;
(b) - refuse to grant EEC component type-approval or national component type-approval in respect of the said rear fog lamps if they comply with the provisions of this Directive, or
- prohibit the placing on the market of rear fog lamps if the latter bear the EEC component type-approval mark issued in accordance with the provisions of this Directive.
Article 3 Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 31 December 1989. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
The provisions adopted pursuant to the first subparagraph shall make express reference to this Directive.
Article 4 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 August 1989.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 210/2008
of 7 March 2008
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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 March 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 March 2008.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1238/2005
of 28 July 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 laying down the marketing standard for apples
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 Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 (2) provides, inter alia, for a reduction in the minimum size from 1 August 2005 identical to the size laid down in United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) standard FFV-50.
(2)
The inclusion of a ripeness criterion based on sugar content in UN/ECE standard FFV-50 has been proposed in the UN/ECE working party on agricultural quality standards.
(3)
As the minimum size is also a ripeness criterion, the possibility of incorporating these two ripeness criteria to the greatest extent possible into the marketing standard for apples should be studied.
(4)
Since this study must be conducted over at least three marketing years, application of the size reduction should be postponed to 1 June 2008 and the transitional provisions on sizing extended to 31 May 2008.
(5)
Steps should be taken however to protect the legitimate expectations of operators who have concluded contracts on the basis of the presumption of the application from 1 August 2005 of new standards providing for a reduction in size.
(6)
For the sake of clarity, it should be laid down that when a trade name is used to sell a product, the name of the variety or its synonym should also be mentioned.
(7)
A number of errors have arisen in the list of varieties in the Annex to the marketing standard.
(8)
Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(9)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 is hereby amended as follows:
1.
In the first sentence of Article 2, ‘31 July 2005’ is replaced by ‘31 May 2008’.
2.
In the second paragraph of Article 4, ‘1 August 2005’ is replaced by ‘1 June 2008’.
3.
The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2005.
However, operators who, to the satisfaction of the Member States’ authorities, concluded before 1 August 2005 contracts on the basis of the second and third paragraphs of point III of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 85/2004, may market the apples covered by those contracts in accordance with the provisions of those paragraphs.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 July 2005.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2149/2004
of 16 December 2004
opening tariff quotas for 2005 for imports into the European Community of certain goods originating in Norway 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 2004/859/EC of 25 October 2004 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway provides in point III for annual tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in Norway. It is necessary to open these quotas for 2005.
(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 Common Customs Code (3) lays down rules for the management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation are 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
The Community tariff quotas for the goods originating in Norway which are listed in Annex shall be opened for 1 January to 31 December 2005.
Article 2
The Community tariff quotas 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 be applicable from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 December 2004.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3521/83
of 12 December 1983
amending Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 in respect of the classification of butter and cream
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1600/83 (2), and in particular Article 6 (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (3), as last amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, provides that butter bought in by intervention agencies must meet certain requirements; whereas one of these requirements is that the butter should be classed as top quality in the Member State in which it is produced; whereras the designation of top-quality butter in the Netherlands has been changed; whereas, therefore, the designation of this butter in Article 1 of the said Regulation should be altered,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The eighth indent of Article 1 (3) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 is hereby replaced by the following:
'- graded "Extra kwaliteit" as regards Netherlands butter.'.
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, 12 December 1983.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 1 December 2009
adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure
(2009/937/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Treaty of Lisbon brings several modifications to the functioning of the Council and of its Presidency, to the Council structure, as well as to the different types of Union legal acts and to the process for adopting acts, notably by distinguishing between legislative and non-legislative acts.
(2)
It is therefore necessary to replace the Rules of Procedure adopted on 15 September 2006 (1) by Rules of Procedures which comprise the modifications necessary for the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Council's Rules of Procedure of 15 September 2006 shall be replaced by the provisions in the Annex.
By derogation from Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Council's Rules of Procedure, the population figures which are inserted by this Decision in Article 1 of that Annex shall apply for the period from 1 December 2009 to 31 December 2010.
Article 2
In accordance with the Protocol on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, Article 3(3) of the Council's Rules of Procedure as adopted by this Decision shall apply to draft legislative acts adopted and forwarded as from the day on which the Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.
Article 3
This Decision shall take effect of the day of its adoption.
It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 1 December 2009.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1227/2008
of 9 December 2008
prohibiting fishing for black scabbardfish in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI, VII and XII by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (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 2015/2006 of 19 December 2006 fixing for 2007 and 2008 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (3) lays down quotas for 2007 and 2008.
(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 2008.
(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 for 2008 to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date stated 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 stated in that Annex. After that date it shall also be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 December 2008.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/2000
of 28 June 2000
establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1305/2000(2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In application of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance for the milk sector should be determined for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 for supplies to the Canary Islands.
(2) The quantities of the forecast supply balance for those products is fixed in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1337/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1186/2000(4), for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000. In order to continue to satisfy requirements for milk and milk products, the abovementioned quantities should be fixed for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.
(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 purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance for the Canary Islands in the milk sector benefiting, as appropriate from exemption from import duties for products from third countries or for Community aid for products from the Community market shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Where, as regards a particular product separate amounts are fixed in the forecast supply balance for direct consumption, and for processing and/or packaging respectively, an adjustment in the breakdown as between the prescribed uses is permitted, within a limit of 20 % of the total quantity fixed for that product.
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 1 July 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 June 2000.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2845/86
of 15 September 1986
introducing 'a posteriori' monitoring for certain agricultural products originating in the United States of America and released for consumption in Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas an interim solution has been found between the European Economic Community and the United States of America to cope with any consequences arising in the cereals sector from the accession of Spain to the Community; whereas this solution provides in particular that for the period 1 July to 31 December 1986, the Community shall keep account of the quantities of maize, sorghum, maize gluten, brewing dregs and citrus fruit pulps originating in the United States and imported into Spain;
Whereas release for consumption in Spain may be effected either directly or after the products have been put into free circulation in another Member State;
Whereas Spain has to keep account of all the arrivals on its territory of such products, wherever they come from, if the origin is America;
Whereas, for this purpose, it is necessary to monitor until 31 December 1986 all imports into Spain of maize, sorghum, maize gluten, brewing dregs and citrus fruit pulps;
Whereas the measures laid down in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Spain shall communicate to the Commission, at the latest on the 10th of each month, the quantities of the products referred to in the Annex originating in the United States of America and released for consumption on its territory during the previous month, either directly or after having been put into free circulation in another Member State.
2. Communications shall relate to imports from 1 July to 31 December 1986. However, communications relating to the period prior to the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be made at the latest 10 days after that date.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 15 September 1986.