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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1670/97 of 27 August 1997 determining estimated production of unginned cotton for the 1997/98 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1584/96 (3), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 requires estimated production of cotton to be determined from crop estimates before 1 October of each marketing year; whereas on the basis of the data available the production estimate for the 1997/98 marketing year should be as indicated below;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 1997/98 marketing year estimated production of unginned cotton is:
- 1 100 000 tonnes for Greece,
- 374 811 tonnes for Spain,
- 138 tonnes for other Member States.
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, 27 August 1997.
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 December 1988
determining, for certain varieties of vegetable species, the period of validity of their official acceptance
(89/7/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed (1), as last amended by Directive 88/380/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13 (3), second and fourth subparagraphs,
Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom of Spain,
Whereas Article 13 (1) of Directive 70/458/EEC provides that official acceptance granted to varieties of vegetable species in a Member State before 1 July 1972 shall be valid until 30 June 1982 at the latest;
Whereas Directive 88/380/EEC provides that:
- in the case of varieties for which acceptance has been granted before 1 July 1972, or, with regard to Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, before 1 January 1973, this period may be extended until 30 June 1990 for individual varieties, where official measures organized on a Community basis have been taken before 1 July 1982 in order to ensure that the conditions for the renewal of their acceptance or for the acceptance of varieties derived from them are met,
- with regard to Greece, Spain and Portugal, the expiry of the acceptance period for certain varieties for which acceptance has been granted in those Member States before 1 January 1986 may, at the request of those Member States, also be fixed for 30 June 1990;
Whereas, accordingly, the varieties which satisfy the abovementioned conditions should be identified and the period of validity of their official acceptance determined in accordance with Directive 88/380/EEC;
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
Official acceptance granted in a Member State to the varieties of vegetable species listed in the Annex shall be valid until 30 June 1990 at the latest.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 December 1988.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 November 2007
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on the facilitation of the issuance of visas
(2007/827/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular points (i) and (ii) of Article 62(2)(b), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1)
The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the European Community an Agreement with the Republic of Moldova on the facilitation of the issuance of visas.
(2)
The Agreement was signed, on behalf of the European Community, on 10 October 2007 subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with a Council Decision adopted on 9 October 2007.
(3)
The Agreement should be approved.
(4)
The Agreement establishes a Joint Committee for the management of the Agreement, which may adopt its rules of procedure. It is appropriate to provide for a simplified procedure for the establishment of the Community position in this case.
(5)
In accordance with the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, the United Kingdom and Ireland are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application.
(6)
In accordance with the Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark does not take part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on the facilitation of the issuance of visas is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision (1).
Article 2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 15(1) of the Agreement (2).
Article 3
The Commission, assisted by experts from Member States, shall represent the Community in the Joint Committee of experts established by Article 12 of the Agreement.
Article 4
The position of the Community within the Joint Committee of experts with regard to the adoption of its rules of procedure as required under Article 12(4) of the Agreement shall be taken by the Commission after consultation with a special committee designated by the Council.
Article 5
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done in Brussels, 22 November 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 76/2007
of 26 January 2007
fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 56th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
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(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter held by them.
(2)
In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.
(3)
In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling price should be fixed.
(4)
The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 56th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 23 January 2007, the minimum selling price for butter is fixed at 237,00 EUR/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 January 2007.
Commission Decision
of 20 June 2002
amending Decision 97/20/EC establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, to include Japan
(notified under document number C(2002) 2194)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/469/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/20/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/21/EC(4), establishes the list of third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form are authorised for human consumption. Part I of the Annex lists the names of the countries and territories covered by a specific decision under Directive 91/492/EEC and Part II names those qualifying under Article 2(2) of Council Decision 95/408/EC(5), as last amended by Decision 2001/4/EC(6).
(2) Commission Decision 2002/470/EC of 20 June 2002 lays down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Japan(7), therefore Decision 97/20/EC should be amended to include this country in part I of the list.
(3) 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
The Annex to Decision 97/20/EC is replaced by the Annex to the present Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 24 June 2002.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 June 2002.
COMMISSION DECISION of 30 December 1982 establishing that the apparatus described as "Canberra - Multichannel Analyzing Computer System, model Scorpio System 3204" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/963/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 15 June 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Canberra - Multichannel Analyzing Computer System, model Scorpio System 3204", ordered on 12 August 1977 and to be used for the investigation of Fermi surfaces in alloys, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met, on 15 November 1982, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an analysis system ; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision of the analysis and the use to which it is put, make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community ; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus "IN 90" manufactured by Intertechnique, F-78370 Plaisir,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The apparatus described as "Canberra - Multichannel Analyzing Computer System, model Scorpio System 3204", which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 15 June 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 December 1982.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3874/88
of 12 December 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1654/86 introducing a common measure for replanting and converting olive groves damaged by frost in 1985 in certain regions of the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1654/86 of 26 May 1986 introducing a common measure for replanting and converting olive groves damaged by frost in 1985 in certain regions of the Community (1), and in particular Article 5 (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1654/86, some of the regions concerned have organized special programmes for the implementation of the common measure set up by the said Regulation;
Whereas frost in the winter of 1985 destroyed much of the olive nurseries and whereas, accordingly, the effort to reconstitute the groves was severely delayed because of a serious shortage of young seedlings;
Whereas the areas in which reconstitution takes the form of replanting are those that suffered most from frost;
Whereas conversion work has been incomplete and whereas it should be pursued in view of the need to ensure types of production tailored more closely to the requirements of the common agricultural policy;
Whereas, if the problems taken as a whole raised by the delays in implementing the common measure are to be solved and the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 1654/86 are to be achieved, the common measure should be extended by one year as regards action to reconstitute the olive groves by replanting and olive grove conversion;
Whereas the programmes approved by the Commission must remain in force during the extension period as regards those parts relating to the reconstitution of olive groves by replanting or conversion,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1654/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following subparagraph shall be added to paragraph 5:
'However, as regards the application of the measures:
- for reconstitution of olive groves by replanting which are eligible for the aids referred to in the first indent and the fifth indent of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1,
- for conversion of olive groves which are eligible for the aids referred to in the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 2
the common measure shall last three years from the date of approval of the first programme and shall come to an end, in any event, on 30 June 1989.'
2. Paragraph 6 is hereby deleted.
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 1988.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 95/8/EC of 10 April 1995 amending Directive 77/535/EEC on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to methods of sampling and analysis for fertilizers (Methods of analysis for trace elements at a concentration greater than 10 %)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/116/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to fertilizers (1), as last amended by Council Directive 89/530/EEC (2), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 8a of the Treaty establishes an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital in ensured;
Whereas Directive 89/530/EEC supplement and amends Directive 76/116/EEC in respect of the trace elements boron, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdendum and zinc in fertilizers;
Whereas Commission Directive 77/535/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 93/1/EEC (4), provides for official controls for Community fertilizers for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements imposed by the Community provisions concerning the quality and composition of fertilizers; whereas Directive 77/535/EEC should be supplemented so that fertilizers to which Council Directive 89/530/EEC should be supplemented so that fertilizers to which Council Directive 89/530/EEC relates, can also be checked;
Whereas, in view of the scope and effects of the proposed action, the Community measures provided for by this Directive are not only necessary but also indispensable for the attainment of the stated objectives, whereas these objectives cannot be achieved by Member States individually and whereas their attainment at Community level is, in fact, already provided for by Directive 76/116/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in Fertilizers,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
The text set out in the Annex of this Directive is hereby added to Annex II of Directive 77/535/EEC.
The methods are applicable to Community fertilizers for the determination of each trace element, the declared contant of which is more than 10 %.
Article 2
1. Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1995. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by the Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 10 April 1995.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 762/2009
of 20 August 2009
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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
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 Annex XV, Part A thereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 August 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 August 2009.
Council Decision
of 13 March 2000
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
(2000/239/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) An Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, concerning Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation(1), has been negotiated on a reciprocal basis in order to improve the trading arrangements and solve certain related problems.
(2) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(2).
(3) The Agreement should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, concerning Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision shall be adopted in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 3(2).
Article 3
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the management committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex II referred to in Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93(3).
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 4
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Article 5
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 13 March 2000.