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COUNCIL DECISION
of 29 April 2004
on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
(2006/452/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2),
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of 16 April 2003, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act annexed to the Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
On 8 December 2003, the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, to negotiate with the Republic of Azerbaijan a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, and to provide for certain technical adjustments linked to the institutional and legal developments within the European Union.
(2)
Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Protocol has been negotiated between the Parties and should now be signed on behalf of the European Community and its Member States.
(3)
The Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of accession, pending completion of the relevant procedures for its formal conclusion,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, subject to possible conclusion at a later stage.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision (1).
Article 2
Pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis from the date of accession.
Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 514/96 of 25 March 1996 providing for reallocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1977/95 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1977/95 of 11 August 1995 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Whereas under the Agreement concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations the Community has undertaken to open an annual import tariff quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen beef intended for processing; whereas the rules of application for the quota year 1995/96 starting 1 July 1995 are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1977/95; whereas Article 6 of that Regulation provides for the reallocation of unused import rights by taking into account the actual utilization by the end of February 1996 of import rights, referring to A-products and B-products respectively,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The quantities referred to in Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1977/95 amount to a total of 24 332 tonnes.
2. The breakdown referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1977/95 is established as follows:
- 24 210 tonnes intended for A-products,
- 122 tonnes intended for B-products,
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, 25 March 1996.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 811/91 of 27 March 1991 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 preventing trade by the Community as regards Iraq and Kuwait
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Whereas, under Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 542/91 (2), trade between the Community, on the one hand, and Iraq, on the other, was forbidden, with the exception of certain medical products and, under certain conditions, foodstuffs, following the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council establishing an embargo after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council adopted on 2 March 1991 Resolution 686 (1991);
Whereas, in these circumstances, the Community and its Member States, meeting within the framework of political cooperation, consider it desirable to facilitate humanitarian action in Iraq and, therefore, appropriate to enlarge, as of 2 March 1991, the possibility for supplies of products intended strictly for medical purposes within the scope and conditions laid down in the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, and in particular Resolution 661 (1990),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As of 2 March 1991, the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2340/90 shall be replaced by the text appearing in 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 Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 March 1991.
COMMISSION DECISION of 24 November 1995 amending the overall quantities of food aid under the 1995 programme (96/156/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food aid policy and food aid management (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas the list of products to be supplied as food aid for 1995 was established by Commission Decision 95/371/EC (3); that at the time of taking the Decision, the Commission had not been aware of some vital data with regard to the allocation of the products for the year 1995;
Whereas the quantities of products used as a basis for establishing the overall quantities proposed by Decision 95/371/EC should be amended in order better to take account of the developing countries' needs;
Whereas the measures provided for in the present Decision are in line with the opinion of the Food Aid Committee,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
1. The overall quantity of 'legumes` to be supplied under the 1995 food aid programme shall be 80 000 tonnes.
2. The amount of 'other products` to be supplied under the 1995 food aid programme shall be ECU 43 170 000.
Done at Brussels, 24 November 1995.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 31 July 1987
authorizing the United Kingdom to restrict the marketing of seed of a variety of an agricultural plant species
(Only the English text is authentic)
(87/448/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), as last amended by Directive 86/155/EEC (2), and in particular Article 15 (2) and (3) thereof,
Having regard to the application lodged by the United Kingdom,
Whereas, under Article 15 (1) of the said Directive, seed and propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant species which have been officially accepted during 1984 in at least one of the Member States and which also meet the conditions laid down in the said Directive are, after 31 December 1986, no longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to variety in the Community;
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) of the said Directive provides that a Member State may be authorized upon application to prohibit the marketing of seed and propagating material of certain varieties;
Whereas the United Kingdom applied for such authorization for a certain number of varieties of different species;
Whereas Commission Decision 87/111/EEC (3) extended for the United Kingdom the period provided for in the said Article 15 (1) beyond 31 December 1986 until 30 June 1987 in respect of the variety Barra (oats);
Whereas the Commission has meanwhile completed its examination of the United Kingdom application in respect of that variety;
Whereas the results of that examination show that in the United Kingdom, in the light of the national rules governing the acceptance of varieties there which apply within the framework of current Community provisions, the variety is not clearly distinguishable from another variety accepted there in respect of the characteristics which were to be examined in this case, or is not sufficiently uniform in respect of certain aspects of the relevant characteristic (Article 15 (3) (a), first case, of the said Directive);
Whereas the United Kingdom application should therefore be granted in full in respect of that variety;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to prohibit the marketing in its territory of seed of the following variety listed in the 1987 common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species:
Barra (Avena sativa L.).
Article 2
The authorization given in Article 1 shall be withdrawn as soon as it is established that the conditions thereof are no longer satisfied.
Article 3
The United Kingdom shall notify the Commission of the date from which and the methods by which it makes use of the authorization under Article 1. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 31 July 1987.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/2005
of 20 June 2005
amending the export refunds on poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The export refunds on poultrymeat were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 755/2005 (2).
(2)
It follows from applying the criteria referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 755/2005 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 June 2005.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 October 1985
granting financial support for the implementation of the frontier infrastructure project at Newry (United Kingdom)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(85/532/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3620/84 of 19 December 1984 on a specific measure in the field of transport infrastructure (1), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom has applied to the Commission for financial support towards the cost of the frontier infrastructure project at Newry (United Kingdom);Whereas in granting financial support for projects aimed at facilitating the crossing of frontiers the Commission is seeking, in particular, to further the aims of Council Directive 83/643/EEC of 1 December 1983 on the facilitation of physical inspections and administrative formalities in respect of the carriage of goods between Member States (2) which is designed to improve the flow of traffic at frontiers and reduce waiting times there;Whereas the Transport Infrastructure Committee set up by Decision 78/174/EEC of 20 February 1978 (3) has been consulted,HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Financial support totalling a maximum of 230 000 ECU is hereby granted to finance the work involved in implementing the frontier infrastructure project at Newry (United Kingdom).
Article 2
The features of the project referred to in Article 1 are as follows:
1Location:Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland.2Description:Widening of the present road by constructing 0,25 km of separated carriageway with a parking area.3Timetable:1985 1986.4Estimated total cost of the project in national currency:£ 700 000.
Article 3
Financing, implementation and control procedures are set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 4
The authorities responsible for the implementation of this Decision are:for the Commission, the Head of the Infrastructure Planning and Development Division in the Directorate-General for Transport;for the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for the Environment.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Government of the United Kingdom.
Done at Brussels, 8 October 1985.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2644/1999
of 15 December 1999
prohibiting fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 53/1999 of 18 December 1998 allocating, for 1999, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Faeroese waters(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1619/1999(4), lays down quotas for mackerel for 1999.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of mackerel in Faeroese waters by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark have exhausted the quota allocated for 1999. Denmark has prohibited fishing for this stock from 30 November 1999. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of mackerel in Faeroese waters by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Denmark for 1999.
Fishing for mackerel in Faeroese waters by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
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 30 November 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 1999.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 March 1990
on the establishment of overall quantities of food aid for 1990 and a list of products to be supplied as food aid
(90/145/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as last extended by Regulation (EEC) No 1750/89 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas, in order to implement Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86, it is necessary to lay down the total quantities of each product to be supplied under the food aid operations for 1990 and to specify the products involved;
Whereas the overall quantities of food aid for 1990 should be decided and food aid operations implemented on the basis of the budgetary resources available;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Food Aid Committee,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
1. The total quantities of each product to be supplied under the 1990 food-aid programme to certain developing countries and certain organizations are set out in Annex I.
2. The products which may be supplied as food aid are listed in Annex II.
Done at Brussels, 19 March 1990.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2234/93 of 5 August 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 519/92 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part
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 Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and Republic of Hungary (1), of the other part, entered into force on 1 March 1992;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 519/92 (2) established, inter alia, provisions for the application of Article 14 (2) and (4) of the Interim Agreement concerning agricultural products;
Whereas an Additional Protocol to the Interim Agreement has been negotiated between the parties, was initialled on 16 July 1993 and has been provisionally applied since 1 July 1993;
Whereas it is necessary to provide that the provisions of the Additional Protocol concerning agricultural products be applied according to the same procedures as those concerning the Interim Agreement,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 519/92:
'Provisions for the application of Article 5 of the Additional Protocol and for the transition between the original import regime and the import regime therein provided for shall be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.'
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 5 August 1993.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2704/1999
of 14 December 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),
Whereas:
(1) Article 6(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999(4) provides that the land set-aside may be used for the provision of materials for the manufacture within the Community of products not primarily intended for human or animal consumption, provided that effective control systems are applied;
(2) In order to ensure compliance with point 7 of the Memorandum of Understanding on certain oilseeds between the European Economic Community and the United States of America within the framework of the GATT it is necessary to provide for the possibility of reducing the amount of by-products which may be produced and put to a feed or food use, if the total quantity of such by-products would otherwise exceed 1 million metric tonnes annually expressed in soya meal equivalentes;
(3) It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/1999: "If the quantity of by-products for feed or food uses likely to be made available as a result of the cultivation of oilseeds on land set-aside under the first subparagraph will, on the basis of the forecast quantities covered by contracts made with producers, exceed 1 million metric tonnes annually expressed in soya bean meal equivalents, in order to limit such quantity to 1 million metric tonnes, the amount of the forecast quantity under each contract, which may be used for feed or food uses, shall be reduced."
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 Brussels, 14 December 1999.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1363/2007
of 22 November 2007
fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
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 market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(b) of that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2)
Given the present situation on the sugar market, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(3)
The first subparagraph of Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund according to destination.
(4)
Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Export refunds as provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 November 2007.