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COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 December 1983
amending Decision 79/277/EEC as regards animal health conditions governing the import of masseter muscles from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay
(84/26/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 16 and 28 thereof,
Whereas animal health conditions concerning imports of fresh meat from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay were laid down by Commission Decisions 78/693/EEC (3), 78/694/EEC (4) and 78/695/EEC (5) respectively, as amended by Decision 79/18/EEC (6), and from Paraguay by Commission Decision 79/238/EEC (7);
Whereas difficulties which existed in the application of Article 20 (K) of Directive 72/462/EEC have been resolved by the adoption of Directive 83/91/EEC; whereas, Member States should be allowed to authorize imports of whole masseter muscles of bovine animals under the existing regime until the application of the latter Directive;
Whereas Commission Decision 79/277/EEC (8), as last amended by Decision 82/863/EEC (9), provides for such authorizations;
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
In Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Decision 79/277/EEC, '31 December 1983' is hereby replaced by '31 December 1984'.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 December 1983.
COUNCIL DECISION of 14 June 1977 concerning the acceptance of the Customs Cooperation Council recommendation of 18 June 1976 to amend the Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs (77/412/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28 and 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the nine Member States are Contracting Parties to the Brussels Convention of 15 December 1950 on Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs ; whereas the Common Customs Tariff is based on that Nomenclature;
Whereas the Customs Cooperation Council may recommend to the Contracting Parties amendments to the Convention and therefore to the Nomenclature which forms part thereof ; whereas on 18 June 1976 that Council issued a recommendation to amend the Nomenclature;
Whereas under this Convention the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicates the text of every draft recommended amendment to all Contracting Parties and to the governments of all other signatory or acceding States and the text is deemed to have been accepted if it encounters no objection from any Contracting Party within six months from the date of communication ; whereas if no objection is encountered the amendment enters into force six months after expiry of that period and the customs tariffs of all Contracting Parties must be aligned on the amended Nomenclature at the end of the latter period;
Whereas the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicated the text of the recommendation of 18 June 1976 to the Contracting Parties on 20 December 1976, to take effect from 31 December 1976 ; whereas consequently the recommendation will be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 1977 if it has meanwhile encountered no objection in whole or in part;
Whereas there is no objection to be made to any part of the recommendation,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The Customs Cooperation Council recommendation of 18 June 1976 to amend the Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs is hereby accepted for application as from 1 January 1978.
Done at Luxembourg, 14 June 1977.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/2001
of 20 June 2001
amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1527/2000(2), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 June 2001 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/2001(3).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 1068/2001 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1068/2001 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 June 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 670/2008
of 15 July 2008
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Arroz Carolino das Lezírias Ribatejanas (PGI))
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Portugal’s application to enter the name ‘Arroz Carolino das Lezírias Ribatejanas’ in the register was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).
(2)
As no objection pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, this name should be entered in the register,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation shall be entered in the register.
Article 2
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, 15 July 2008.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1842/2003
of 17 October 2003
fixing the interest rates to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying-in, storage and disposal for the EAGGF Guarantee Section for the accounting year 2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96(2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 of 12 February 1988 on the method and the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying-in, storage and disposal(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2623/1999(4), lays down that the uniform interest rate used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures is to correspond to the three months' and 12 months' forward Euribor rates with a weighting of one third and two thirds respectively.
(2) The Commission fixes this rate before the beginning of each EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year on the basis of the rates recorded in the six months preceding fixing.
(3) Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 lays down that if the rate of interest borne by a Member State is lower for at least six months than the uniform interest rate fixed for the Community, a specific interest rate is to be fixed for that Member State. Where a Member State has not notified the rates before the end of the accounting year, the rate to be applied is determined on the basis of the reference interest rates set out in the Annex to the said Regulation.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For expenditure incurred during the 2004 EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year:
1. the interest rate referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be 2,3 %;
2. the specific interest rate referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be 2,2 % for Italy.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 October 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 9/89 of 3 January 1989 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1577/81 of 12 June 1981 establishing a system of simplified procedures for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3773/87 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1577/81 provides that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in the Annex;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in that same Regulation to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 1 (2) of that Regulation is that the unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The unit values provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1577/81 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 January 1989.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 January 1989.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2930/81
of 12 October 1981
adopting additional provisions for the application of the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 of 28 April 1981 determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (2), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 6 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure the uniform classification of the carcases of adult bovine animals in the Community, it is necessary to make the definitions of conformation classes and fat classes more precise;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The additional provisions referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1208/81 shall be as listed 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, 12 October 1981.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1076/2003
of 23 June 2003
determining the quantity of certain products in the milk and milk products sector available for the second half of 2003 under quotas opened by the Community on the basis of an import licence alone
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 787/2003(4), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof,
Whereas:
When import licences were allocated for the first half of 2003 for certain quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, applications for licences covered quantities less than those available for the products concerned. As a result, the quantity available for each quota for the period 1 July to 31 December 2003 should be fixed, taking account of the unallocated quantities resulting from Commission Regulation (EC) No 135/2003(5) determining the extent to which the applications for import licences submitted in January 2003 for certain dairy products under certain tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 can be accepted,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quantities available for the period 1 July to 31 December 2003 for the second half of the year of importation of certain quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 June 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 June 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1728/2001
of 31 August 2001
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid(5) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 August 2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 375/2004
of 27 February 2004
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in Annex I to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 February 2004.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1179/90
of 7 May 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 fixing the conversion rates to be applied in
agriculture
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas the representative rates currently applicable were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 982/90 (5);
Whereas new agricultural conversion rates closer to economic reality should be set, taking into account the rates
laid down for the 1990/91 marketing years, pursuant to the automatic dismantling of monetary divergences created by the realignment of 5 January 1990;
Whereas account must be taken in adjusting these rates of their impact, on prices in particular, and of the situation in the Member State concerned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 1678/85 are replaced by the Annexes hereto.
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, 7 May 1990.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2002
of 15 October 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 October 2002.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 998/2006
of 30 June 2006
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 12th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
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 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies may sell by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter from intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of that Regulation lays down that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further laid down that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure. The amount of the processing security as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should be fixed accordingly.
(2)
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 12th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the minimum selling prices for butter from intervention stocks and the amount of the processing security, as referred to in Articles 25 and 28 of that Regulation respectively, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 June 2006.