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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4001/89
of 21 December 1989
extending the period of application of Regulation (EEC) No 3310/75 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg annexed thereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3310/75 of 16 December 1975 on agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 196/89 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are to apply the system provided for in the third paragraph of Article 6 of the Convention on the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg of 25 July 1921; whereas the period of application of that system was last extended by Regulation (EEC) No 196/89; whereas the Council has to decide to what extent those provisions should be maintained, amended or discontinued;
Whereas pending a Council decision on the matter in the near future the said system should be extended for a transition period,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In the first subparagraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3310/75, '31 December 1989' is hereby replaced by '31 January 1990'.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1989.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2250/1999
of 22 October 1999
concerning the tariff quota for butter of New Zealand origin
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Community concessions referred to in the agreements concluded under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and contained in Schedule CXL/European Communities, include a tariff quota of 76667 tonnes of butter of New Zealand origin, at least six weeks old, of a fat content by weight of not less than 80 % but less than 82 % manufactured directly from milk or cream;
(2) The eligibility under the tariff quota of butter manufactured in New Zealand using the processes referred to as "Ammix" and "Spreadable" has been questioned;
(3) In the interest of legal certainty it is appropriate to specify that such butter manufactured from milk or cream without the use of stored materials is not excluded from the tariff quota by virtue of the fact that it is manufactured by a process which may involve the cream passing through a stage of concentrated milkfat and/or the fractionation of such milkfat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the purpose of the implementation of the tariff quota for butter of New Zealand origin, the phrase "manufactured directly from milk or cream" does not exclude butter manufactured from milk or cream, without the use of stored materials, in a single, self-contained and uninterrupted process which may involve the cream passing through a stage of concentrated milkfat and/or the fractionation of such milkfat.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that 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 Luxembourg, 22 October 1999.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 264/95 of 6 February 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84 authorizing the offer or disposal for direct human consumption of certain imported wines which may have undergone oenological processes not provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 73 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 70 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides that the products referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) and (b) of that Regulation may only be imported if accompanied by a certificate attesting that they comply with the provisions on production, release for free circulation and, where appropriate, disposal for direct human consumption applying in the third country in which they originate;
Whereas Article 73 (1) of that Regulation stipulates that if the imported products in question have undergone oenological practices not allowed by Community rules or do not comply with the provisions of that Regulation or of those adopted pursuant thereto, they may not, except by way of a derogation, be offered or disposed of for direct human consumption; whereas the Council derogated from this principle by Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84 (2); whereas this derogation expires on 31 December 1994; whereas, so that consultations can continue between the Community and the third country concerned with a view to an agreement on this matter, the term of validity of the derogation should be extended until the end of 1995,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In the second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84, the date '31 December 1994` shall be replaced by '31 December 1995`.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 February 1995.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2317/97 of 21 November 1997 on the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 476/97 (2), and in particular Article 21 (1) thereof,
Whereas in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 the introduction of the country nomenclature is the responsibility of the Commission;
Whereas the version thereof valid on 1 January 1997 was annexed to Commission Regulation (EC) No 895/97 of 20 May 1997 on the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (3); whereas from 1 January 1998 account should be taken of the change of name of the Republic of Zaire;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Statistics relating to the Trading of Goods with Non-Member Countries,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The nomenclature of countries for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States is set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 November 1997.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2034/85
of 23 July 1985
re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1), and in particular Protocol 1 thereto,
Having regard to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3219/84 of 6 November 1984 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Yugoslavia (2),
Whereas Article 1 of the abovementioned Protocol provides that the products listed below, imported under reduced duty rates according to Article 15 of the Cooperation Agreement are subject to the annual ceiling indicated below, above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be re-established:
(tonnes)
1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Ceiling // // // // 76.03 // Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium // 2 675 // // //
Whereas imports into the Community of those products, originating in Yugoslavia, have reached that ceiling; whereas the situation on the Community market requires that customs duties applicable to third countries on the products in question be re-established,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 27 July to 31 December 1985, the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products:
1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Origin // // // // 76.03 // Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium // Yugoslavia // // //
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, 23 July 1985.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 September 2004
amending Decision 2002/627/EC establishing the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/641/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 2002/627/EC (1) established the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services.
(2)
Operational experience with this group has highlighted the need to clarify issues concerning the membership of the Group and to focus the work of the Group on the tasks linked to day-to-day supervision of implementation of the new regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services.
(3)
All Member States have established regulatory authorities with responsibilities for day to day oversight of the market for electronic communications,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Decision 2002/627/EC is amended as follows:
1.
Article 2 is deleted;
2.
in Article 3 the following paragraph is added:
‘The Group shall advise and assist the Commission on any matter related to electronic communications networks and services within its competence, either at its own initiative or at the Commission’s request.’;
3.
Article 4 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 4
Membership
1. The Group shall be composed of the heads of the independent national regulatory authority established in each Member State with primary responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operation of the market for electronic communications networks and services, or their representatives.
There shall be one member per Member State. The Commission shall be represented at an appropriate level and shall provide the secretariat to the Group.
2. The relevant national authorities referred to in paragraph 1 are listed in the Annex. The Commission shall keep this list under review in the light of any changes introduced by Member States to the names or responsibilities of these authorities.’.
4.
Article 5 is amended as follows:
(a)
the first paragraph is deleted;
(b)
in the last paragraph, the first sentence is replaced by the following:
‘Experts from EEA States that are not members of the European Union and those States that are candidates for accession to the European Union may participate as observers in the Group.’
5.
The text in the Annex to this Decision is added as an Annex.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 14 September 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2234/97 of 10 November 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the smaller Aegean islands and establishing the forecast supply balance
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4), lays down common detailed rules for the implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the smaller Aegean islands;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the forecast supply balance of cereal products was established for 1997 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2416/96 (6); whereas to meet the needs of these islands, amendments must be made to this forecast supply balance for 1997; whereas, subsequently, Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 is hereby replaced by the Annex to the present Regulation.
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, 10 November 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2896/94 of 29 November 1994 on the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying in, storage and disposal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1571/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1644/89 (4), lays down that the uniform interest rate used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures is to correspond to the interest rates for the ecu for three months' and 12 months' forward rates recorded by the Statistical Office of the European Communities on the Euromarkets with a weighting of one-third and two-thirds respectively;
Whereas the Commission fixes this rate before the beginning of each EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year on the basis of the rates recorded in the six months preceding fixing;
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 lays down that if the rate of interest costs borne by a Member State is lower for at least six months than the uniform interest rate fixed for the Community a specific interest rate is to be fixed for that Member State; whereas the Member State notified these costs to the Commission before the end of the accounting year; whereas, where no costs are notified by a Member State, the rate to be applied is determined on the basis of the reference interest rates set out in the Annex to the said Regulation;
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 provides for the fixing of a specific interest rate, determined by the Commission in accordance with the rules laid down in that Regulation, for a Member State in respect of which the rate of interest borne is more than twice the uniform interest rate;
Whereas the interest rates for the 1995 accounting year must be set, in line with those provisions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For expenditure incurred during the 1995 EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year:
1. the interest rate referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be 6 %;
2. the specific interest rate referred to in Article 4 or Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be: 5,6 % for the United Kingdom;
3. the specific interest rate referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 shall be: 15 % for Greece.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 October 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 1994.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 124/94 of 25 January 1994 extending Regulations (EEC) No 1652/92, (EEC) No 3779/91 and (EEC) No 3685/92 as regards export refunds for baled tobacco from the 1990, 1991 and 1992 harvests
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 860/92 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the third subparagraph of
Article 9
(2) thereof,
Whereas export refunds were fixed in respect of certain varieties of tobacco from the 1988, 1989 and 1990 harvests by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1652/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1615/93 (4);
Whereas export refunds were also fixed in respect of certain varieties of tobacco from the 1991 harvest by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3779/91 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1616/93 (6);
Whereas, finally, export refunds were fixed in respect of certain varities of tobacco from the 1992 harvest by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3685/92 (7);
Whereas the competitive situation on the world market for Virginia justifies the introduction of export refunds for Greek Virginia for the 1992 harvest; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend the two Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 3685/92;
Whereas, with the exception of the 1988 harvest, the final date for granting all those refunds was set at 31 December 1993; whereas, in respect of the 1990, 1991 and 1992 harvests, export opportunities after that date have materialized for certain varieties of tobacco; whereas it is accordingly appropriate to grant refunds in respect of the varieties in question in order to enable those exports to be carried out;
Whereas the export refunds are to apply to exports carried out from 1 January 1994;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The period of validity of Regulations (EEC) No 1652/92, (EEC) No 3779/91 and (EEC) No 3685/92 is hereby extended until 30 June 1994 in respect of the 1990, 1991 and 1992 harvests.
Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 3685/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Annex I the following is inserted after serial number '25':
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2. in Annex II the following is inserted after serial number '25':
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Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply to exports carried out from 1 January 1994.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 25 January 1994.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1458/81 of 27 May 1981 amending for the eighth time Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 on the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the Community
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 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 12 (7) and Article 25 thereof,
Whereas the information available on the trend in cattle numbers indicates that the coefficients used in calculating the price of adult bovine animals on the representative markets of the Community should be adjusted;
Whereas, because relatively few animals are brought to certain representative markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, these markets should be deleted from the list of United Kingdom representative markets and replaced by new ones;
Whereas Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3470/80 (3), should be amended accordingly;
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 (EEC) No 610/77 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
2. Annex II (J) (1) is replaced by the following:
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1. REPRESENTATIVE MARKETS: >PIC FILE= "T0019902">
(1) OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. (2) OJ No L 77, 25.3.1977, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 363, 31.12.1980, p. 35. >PIC FILE= "T0019903">
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall first apply for the purposes of calculating the levies in force with effect from 1 June 1981.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 May 1981.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 172/2003
of 30 January 2003
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except the United States of America, Canada, Estonia and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 901/2002(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/2002(7).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 24 to 30 January 2003 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 January 2003.