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REGULATION (EC) No 596/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 18 June 2009
adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny
Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Part Four
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 47(2), 55, 71(1), 80(2), 95, 152(4)(a) and (b), 175(1), and 285(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (2),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),
Whereas:
(1)
Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4) has been amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (5), which introduced the regulatory procedure with scrutiny for the adoption of measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty, inter alia, by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument with new non-essential elements.
(2)
In accordance with the statement of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (6) concerning Decision 2006/512/EC, for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be applicable to instruments adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty which are already in force, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures.
(3)
Since the amendments made to instruments for this purpose are technical in nature and concern committee procedure only, they do not, in the case of Directives, need to be transposed by the Member States,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The instruments listed in the Annex are hereby adapted, in accordance with that Annex, to Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC.
Article 2
References to provisions of the instruments listed in the Annex shall be understood to be references to those provisions as adapted by this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 18 June 2009.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 April 2009
appointing one German member of the Committee of the Regions
(2009/352/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,
Whereas:
(1)
On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).
(2)
A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr Volker HOFF,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The following is hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as a member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010:
Ms Nicola BEER, Staatssekretärin für Europa, Hessisches Ministerium der Justiz, für Integration und Europa.
Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 23 April 2009.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 June 2009
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India on certain aspects of air services
(2009/516/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) 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 Council authorised the Commission on 5 June 2003 to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.
(2)
On behalf of the Community, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India on certain aspects of air services (1) (the Agreement) in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.
(3)
The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community on 28 September 2008 subject to its conclusion at a later date, in conformity with Council Decision 2008/797/EC (2).
(4)
The Agreement should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to make the notification provided for in Article 7(1) of the Agreement.
Done at Luxembourg, 22 June 2009.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 444/2006
of 16 March 2006
granting no refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 582/2004
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 the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds of skimmed milk powder (2), provides for a permanent tender.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 14 March 2006.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 582/2004, for the tendering period ending on 14 March 2006, no refund shall be granted for the product and destinations referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 16 March 2006.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2054/92 of 30 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 instituting a system of aid in favour of small cotton producers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/92 of 30 June 1992 adjusting, for the second time, the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece (1), and in particular Article 3 (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, in order to alleviate the effects of falls in the income of producers growing cotton in a small area, Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 (5) instituted in favour of those producers a system of aid restricted to the 1989/90, 1990/91 and 1991/92 marketing years, pending any adjustments to the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4;
Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/92, the Council is to decide on any adjustments to the system of aid instituted by Protocol 4 before the 1996/97 marketing year; whereas, pending that decision, the duration of the system of aid provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 should be extended to that marketing year,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 2, '1989/90, 1990/91 and 1991/92' shall be replaced by 'from 1989/90 to 1995/96';
2. in Article 3 (1), 'in each of the three marketing years' shall be replaced by 'in the 1992/93 to 1995/96 marketing years';
3. in Article 3 (2), 'three' shall be replaced by 'seven';
4. in Article 4, '1989, 1990 and 1991' shall be replaced by '1989 to 1995'.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply as from the 1992/93 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 30 June 1992.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 925/2005
of 17 June 2005
fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 20th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 214/2001
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 214/2001 of 12 January 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in skimmed milk (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder 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 214/2001.
(3)
In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling price should be fixed.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 20th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 214/2001, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 14 June 2005, the minimum selling price for skimmed milk is fixed at 198,24 EUR/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 June 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 June 2005.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 565/2009
of 29 June 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 30 June 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 June 2009.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 124/2005
of 27 January 2005
on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1),
Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with Thailand under GATT Article XXIII (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2458/2001, and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of January 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced by the percentages set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The available quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche are set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 January 2005.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 689/2006
of 4 May 2006
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector (1), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (2), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
(2)
Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.
(3)
On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 3 May 2006, the quantity still available for the period until 30 June 2006, for destination zones (1) Africa, (2) Asia, (3) Eastern Europe and (4) western Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 1 to 2 May 2006 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for this zone until 1 July 2006,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 1 to 2 May 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 16,20 % of the quantities requested for zone (1) Africa, in concurence with 16,81 % of the quantities requested for zone (2) Asia, in concurence with 18,36 % of the quantities requested for zone (3) eastern Europe and in concurence with 14,54 % of the quantities requested for zone (4) western Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 3 May 2006 and the submission of export licence applications from 5 May 2006 for destination zone (1) Africa, (2) Asia, (3) Eastern Europe and (4) western Europe shall be suspended until 1 July 2006.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 May 2006.
Decision No 1919/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 21 October 2002
amending Council Decision 96/411/EC on improving Community agricultural statistics
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(2),
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 96/411/EC is designed to allow Community agricultural statistics(3) to respond more satisfactorily to the information needs arising from the common agricultural policy.
(2) The report by the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council on progress in implementing Decision 96/411/EC makes a positive assessment of the application of that Decision.
(3) The process of adapting national statistical systems to the needs arising from changes in the common agricultural policy has not yet been completed.
(4) Both the internal development of the common agricultural policy and the external context of enlargement to the east, and the opening of the new round of multilateral trade negotiations, call for improved identification of statistical needs and, where appropriate, for measures to complete the current regulatory framework laying down the scope of the statistical information on the common agricultural policy which Member States are obliged to make available to the Commission.
(5) The proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community statistical programme (2003 to 2007)(4) recommends continuing the actions to improve existing agricultural statistics and to plan future developments with a view to responding satisfactorily to the needs of the common agricultural policy.
(6) The tool introduced by Decision 96/411/EC has helped to further the process of adapting the system of Community agricultural statistics to changes in the statistical information needs of the common agricultural policy. However, this process has not yet been completed. Decision 96/411/EC should therefore be amended in order to extend this process,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 96/411/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 3, the terms "during the period 2000 to 2002" shall be replaced by the terms "during the period 2003 to 2007";
2. in Article 6, paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:
"4. The financial framework for the implementation of this programme for the period 2003 to 2007 is hereby set at EUR 5 million.
The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.";
3. in Article 11, the figure "2002" shall be replaced by the figure "2007";
4. in Article 11, the phrase "having consulted the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics" shall be deleted.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 21 October 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1810/2004
of 7 September 2004
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:
(i)
changes in requirements relating to statistics and to commercial policy;
(ii)
technological or commercial developments;
(iii)
the need for alignment or clarification of texts.
(5)
In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the Commission is to adopt a regulation which reproduces the complete version of the Combined Nomenclature, together with the autonomous and conventional rates of duty, resulting from measures adopted by the Council or by the Commission. Such a regulation is to be published not later than 31 October in the Official Journal of the European Union, to apply from 1 January of the following year.
(6)
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 shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 September 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 955/2009
of 13 October 2009
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/10 marketing year
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 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2009/10 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2009 (4).
(2)
The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/10, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 October 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2009.