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COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 1997 approving the programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis for 1998 presented by Italy and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Italian text is authentic) (98/55/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of brucella melitensis;
Whereas by letter, Italy has submitted a programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as amended by Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community in 1998 and which was established by Commission Decision 97/681/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health, it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs incurred by Italy up to a maximum of ECU 4 500 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis presented by Italy is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1998.
Article 2
Italy shall bring into force by 1 January 1998 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
Article 3
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs of testing and those incurred in Italy by way of compensation for owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 4 500 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1999 at the latest,
- and provided that Community veterinary legislation has been respected.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 28 November 1997.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 601/2003
of 2 April 2003
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 1947/2002(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 3 April 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 April 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2876/2000
of 28 December 2000
opening a Community tariff quota for certain goods originating from Turkey (2001)
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000(2), in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Decision No 1/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 29 April 1997 on the arrangements applicable to certain processed agricultural products(3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 1/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council establishes, in order to encourage the development of trade in accordance with the objectives of the customs union, annual quotas in terms of value in respect of certain pasta products for the Community and certain processed agricultural products covered by Chapter 19 of the Combined Nomenclature for Turkey.
(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(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000(5), consolidated the arrangements for managing the tariff quotas to be used in chronological order of the dates of acceptance of the declarations for release of free circulation.
(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 listed in Annex I,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Community tariff quota specified in the Annex to this Regulation shall be open from 1 January to 31 December 2001.
Admission to the benefit of this tariff quota shall be subject to the presentation of an A.TR. certificate in accordance with Decision No 1/96 of the EC-Turkey Customs Cooperation Committee of 20 May 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council(6).
Article 2
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Article 308a to c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable from 5 January 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 December 2000.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2051/97 of 20 October 1997 establishing detailed rules for the implementation of the provisions relating to the allocation of a 'plant-health control` financial contribution from the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/14/EC (2), and in particular the last subparagraph of Article 19c (5) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, a 'plant-health control` financial contribution from the Community may be granted to Member States to cover expenditure relating directly to the necessary specific measures which have been taken or are planned for the purpose of combating the harmful organisms introduced from third countries or from other areas in the Community, in order to eradicate or, if that is not possible, contain them;
Whereas, moreover, Member States may, in particular, request to receive a Community financial contribution for their specific measures which they have adopted or planned to adopt to control infections by harmful organisms introduced in their territory;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for detailed rules for the implementation of the provisions relating to the allocation of a 'plant-health control` financial contribution from the Community;
Whereas these rules should be met by Member States when entering an application to qualify for the said Community financial contribution;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The application of Member States for the allocation of a 'plant-health control` financial contribution from the Community pursuant to Article 19c (5) of Directive 77/93/EEC, shall be:
- entered in a written form by the single central authority referred to in Article 1 (6) of Directive 77/93/EEC, and
- addressed to the Commission of the European Communities, Director General of DG VI, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels, and
- submitted by 15 October 1997, if to be taken into account for the appropriations for that purpose in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1997, and by 1 July of each subsequent year, if to be taken into account for the appropriations for that purpose in the general budget of the European Union for that year.
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, 20 October 1997.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2228/2002
of 13 December 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(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
The maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 9 to 12 December 2002 at 159,00 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 December 2002.
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 481/2008
of 30 May 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 31 May 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 May 2008.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3669/91 of 11 December 1991 opening a Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90 (1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has undertaken, within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of duty of 20 %, for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90, the quantity of which, expressed of boneless meat, has been fixed at 2 250 tonnes; whereas that quota should accordingly be opened for 1992;
Whereas there should be a guarantee of, in particular, equal and continuing access by all interested traders within the Community to the said quota and of uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the products in question until the quota is exhausted; whereas, to that end, a system for using the Community tariff quota based on the presentation of a certificate of authenticity guaranteeing the nature of the products, their provenance and their place of origin should be set up;
Whereas the detailed rules for the application of this Regulation should be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of 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 1628/91 (2),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. A Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90, amounting to a total of 2 250 tonnes, expressed in weight of boneless meat, is hereby opened for 1992.
2. The Common Customs Tariff duty applicable to the quota shall be 20 %.
Article 2
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, and in particular:
(a) provisions to guarantee the nature of the products, where they come from and their origin;
(b) provisions concerning recognition of the document enabling the guarantee referred to in (a) to be verified.
Article 3
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 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 1991.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1410/2007
of 29 November 2007
fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for these products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2)
Given the present situation in the market in pigmeat, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75.
(3)
Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund on the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 according to destination.
(4)
Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that bear the health mark as provided for in Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (2). Those products should also comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (3) and of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (4).
(5)
The Management Committee for Pigmeat has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Export refunds as provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the condition provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
2. The products eligible for a refund under paragraph 1 must meet the relevant requirements of Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 and (EC) No 853/2004, notably preparation in an approved establishment and compliance with the health marking requirements laid down in Annex I, Section I, Chapter III to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 November 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 2007.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1296/2004
of 12 July 2004
authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 15 December 1992, the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam initialled an Agreement on trade in textile and clothing products (1) which was approved by Decision 96/477/EC (2). That Agreement has been last amended by an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, initialled on 15 February 2003 and provisionally applied from 10 September 2003 (3).
(2)
Pursuant to Article 9 of that Agreement, certain quantitative limits may be transferred to the following year if they have not been used in the current year.
(3)
In the light of the quota increase provided for under the Exchange of Letters of 15 February 2003, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, on 10 September 2003, made a request that the unused quantities of the quota increase for 2003 be transferred to the quantitative limits of quota year 2004.
(4)
As Vietnamese and Community operators could only partially benefit from the quota increase in 2003, it is appropriate to transfer the unused part of these additional quantities to the quota levels of quota year 2004,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are authorised for the quota year 2004 in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
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, 12 July 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 536/92 of 2 March 1992 extending Regulation (EEC) No 3270/91 making imports of Atlantic salmon subject to observance of a minimum price
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3687/91 of 28 November 1991 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), and in particular Article 27 (2) thereof,
Whereas, in view of the serious disturbances on the Community market in salmon, the Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 3270/91 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3382/91 (3), has made imports of Atlantic salmon subject to observance of a minimum price;
Whereas the existence of large stocks of frozen salmon in certain third countries, together with the high production levels of fresh salmon in those countries, threatens to continue to disrupt the Community market; whereas the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty, particularly with regard to producers' incomes, are consequently liable to be jeopardized;
Whereas the period of application of the measure adopted by Regulation (EEC) No 3270/91, should therefore be extended by three months,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3270/91, the date '29 February 1992' is replaced by '31 May 1992'.
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 March 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 March 1992.