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COUNCIL DECISIONof 30 June 1988on the conclusion of a Protocol on financial and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco(88/453/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 238 thereof,Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),Whereas the Protocol on financial and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco should be approved,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The Protocol on financial and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision. Article 2 The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 21 of the Protocol (2). Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Luxembourg, 30 June 1988.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 December 2007
amending Decision 2006/415/EC concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in Germany
(notified under document number C(2007) 6702)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/844/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 2006/415/EC of 14 June 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community and repealing Decision 2006/135/EC (3) lays down certain protection measures to be applied in order to prevent the spread of that disease, including the establishment of areas A and B following a suspected or confirmed outbreak of the disease.
(2)
Germany has notified the Commission of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5N1 in a backyard holding on its territory and has taken the appropriate measures as provided for in Decision 2006/415/EC, including the establishment of Areas A and B as provided for in Article 4 of that Decision.
(3)
The Commission has examined those measures in collaboration with Germany, and is satisfied that the borders of Areas A and B established by the competent authority in that Member State are at a sufficient distance to the actual location of the outbreak. Areas A and B in Germany can therefore be confirmed and the duration of that regionalisation fixed.
(4)
Decision 2006/415/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Decision should be reviewed at the next meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2006/415/EC is amended in accordance with the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2007.
COMMISSION DECISION of 13 July 1995 amending Decision 94/984/EC laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certificates for the importation of fresh poultrymeat from certain third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (95/302/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultry meat (1), as last amended by Directive 93/121/EC (2), and in particular Articles 11 and 12 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 94/984/EC (3) established the animal health conditions and the veterinary certificates for imports of fresh poultry meat from certain third countries;
Whereas it is now possible, in accordance with information received from Brazil and with the results of an inspection carried out by the Commission services in that country to review the regionalisation for Brazil; whereas a certain delay should be provided for this change to enable the Brazilian authorities to take into account the conclusions of the said inspection;
Whereas it appears, on the basis of information recently received, that Israel cannot comply with the requirements of certificate model B; whereas however Israel can comply with the requirements of Model A in respect of goose liver;
Whereas Commission Decisions 94/963/EC (4) and 95/98/EC (5) have laid down the status with regard to Newcastle disease for Finland and Sweden respectively; whereas, therefore, the footnotes referring to the Member States or parts thereof benefiting from additional guarantees, in accordance with Article 3 (A) (1), have to be extended to include also these Member States;
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
Commission Decision 94/984/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Annex,
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2. in Annex II, Part 2, Models A and B are replaced by Models A and B in the Annex to this Decision respectively.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 July 1995.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1416/97 of 22 July 1997 fixing the basic price, and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price, for sheepmeat for the 1998 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 3 (1) and (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89;
Whereas, when the basic price for sheep carcases is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy; whereas the main objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in particular, to guarantee a fair standard of living for the farming community and to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices; whereas these factors result in the price for the 1998 marketing year being fixed at the level laid down in this Regulation;
Whereas the weekly seasonally adjusted amounts applicable to the basic price should be fixed in the light of experience gained during the 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 marketing years concerning private storage,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 1998 marketing year, the basic price for sheepmeat is hereby fixed at ECU 504,07 for 100 kg carcase weight.
Article 2
The basic price referred to in Article 1 is hereby seasonally adjusted in accordance with the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1998 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 July 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2534/94 of 18 October 1994 concerning the stopping of fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
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), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3676/93 of 21 December 1993 fixing, for certain fish stock and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1994 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (2) provides for common sole quotas for 1994;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division VII a by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have reached the quota allocated for 1994; whereas Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 14 October 1994; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division VII a by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 1994.
Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES division VII a by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned 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 with effect from 14 October 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 October 1994.
I
(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2031/2001
of 6 August 2001
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987(1), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter called the"Combined Nomenclature", to meet, at one and the same time, the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff, the external trade statistics of the Community and other Community policies concerning the importation or exportation of goods.
(2) The combined Nomenclature is reproduced in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 together with the autonomous and the conventional duty rates and the statistical supplementary units.
(3) It is appropriate to modernise and to simplify Annex I as envisaged by the SLIM initiative (Simpler legislation for the internal market).
(4) It is necessary to amend the Combined Nomenclature to take account of:
1 changes in the harmonised system nomenclature pursuant to the Recommendation of 25 June 1999 of the Customs Cooperation Council and the consequences thereof in regard to the Common Customs Tariff;
2 changes in requirements relating to statistics and to commercial policy;
3 technological or commercial developments;
4 the need for alignment or clarification of texts.
(5) Annex I includes adjustments of duty rates resulting from measures adopted by the Council, including Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986 to 1994)(2)as well as measures adopted by the Council or the Commission (3).
(6) In accordance with Article 12, the Commission shall adopt a regulation reproducing the complete version of the Combined Nomenclature, together with the autonomous and conventional duty rates, as resulting from measures adopted by the Council or the Commission. The said Regulation shall be published not later than 31 October in theOfficial Journal of the European Communitiesand it shall apply from 1 January of the following year.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation enters into force on 1 January 2002.
This Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 August 2001.
COMMISSION DECISION of 12 December 1995 approving the programme for the eradication of rabies for 1996 presented by France and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the French text is authentic) (96/42/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the 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 rabies;
Whereas is now desirable to introduce full-scale eradication measures in infected Member States and adjacent third countries in order to prohibit the re-entry of rabies;
Whereas by letter, France has submitted a programme for the eradication of rabies;
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 on 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 1996 for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community and which was established by Decision 95/434/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 France up to a maximum of ECU 1 160 000;
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 rabies presented by France is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1996.
Article 2
France shall bring into force by 1 January 1996 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 implementing the programme by France up to a maximum of ECU 1 160 000.
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 1997 at the latest.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 12 December 1995.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 303/2003
of 17 February 2003
re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions for the application of a preferential customs duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 786/2002(4), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for fresh cut flowers and flower buds originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 300/2003(5) fixed Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for application of the arrangements for importation from the countries in question.
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(7), laid down detailed rules for the application of these arrangements.
(5) The preferential customs duty fixed for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 23/2003(8).
(6) On the basis of price recordings made as specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down in Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel. The preferential customs duty should be reintroduced.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN code ex 0603 10 20 ) originating in Israel the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is reintroduced.
2. Regulation (EC) No 23/2003 is hereby repealed.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 February 2003.
COUNCIL DECISION of 21 December 1988 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning reciprocal trade in cheese (88/650/EEC) (88/650/EEC)
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 in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning reciprocal trade in cheese (1), signed on 31 January 1986, the tariff quotas to be opened by the Community and Norway respectively were laid down for only 1986 to 1988; whereas the Agreement should therefore be renewed and the quotas for subsequent years should be laid down;
Whereas the Commission has conducted the relevant negotiations with the Kingdom of Norway and whereas these negotiations have culminated in an agreement,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1 The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning reciprocal trade in cheese is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1988.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2788/91 of 23 September 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 9403 80 00, originating in the Philippines, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN code 9403 80 00, originating in the Philippines, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 2 315 000; whereas, on 16 May 1991, imports of these products into the Community originating in the Philippines reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-restablish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against the Philippines,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 28 September 1991, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in the Philippines:
Order No CN code Description 10.1263 9403 80 00 Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials
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 September 1991.