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Decision of the European Parliament
of 6 July 2000
giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the sixth, seventh and eighth European Development Funds for the 1998 financial year
(2000/548/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
Having regard to the balance sheets and accounts of the sixth, seventh and eighth EDF for the 1998 financial year [COM(1999)227 - C5-0003/1999],
Having regard to the Convention signed in Lomé on 31 October 1979 (sixth EDF, Lomé II)(1),
Having regard to the Convention signed in Lomé on 8 December 1984 (seventh EDF, Lomé III)(2),
Having regard to the Convention signed in Lomé on 15 December 1989 (eighth EDF, Lomé IV)(3),
Having regard to the Convention signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995 (eighth EDF, Lomé IV bis)(4),
Having regard to the Annual report of the Court of Auditors for the 1998 financial year, and the replies of the institutions (C5-0266/1999)(5),
Having regad to the recommendation of the Council of 13 March 2000 (C5-0154/2000),
Having regard to Article 276 of the EC Treaty,
Having regard to Rule 93 and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,
Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0167/2000),
1. Gives the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the sixth, seventh and eighth EDF for the 1998 financial year.
2. Records its comments in the resolution which forms part of this decision.
3. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution containing its comments to the Commission, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Investment Bank and to each of the other relevant Community bodies and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (L series).
The Segretary General
Julian Priestley
The President
Nicole Fontaine
(1) OJ L 347, 22.12.1980, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 86, 31.3.1986, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 229, 17.8.1991, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 156, 29.5.1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ C 349, 3.12.1999, p. 1.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 96/2007
of 31 January 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 as regards the granting of aid for the purchase of butter by non-profit making institutions and organisations
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 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Chapter IV of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2) provides for the grant of aid for the purchase of butter by non-profit making institutions and organisations. In view of the reduction in the butter intervention price and the subsequent reduction of aid levels in other butter support schemes, the amount of that aid should be reduced.
(2)
Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3)
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
In Article 74(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, the amount ‘EUR 60’ is replaced by the amount ‘EUR 40’.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 31 January 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2525/93 of 13 September 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 97 (order No 40.0970), originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for 1993 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of products of category 97 (order No 40.0970), originating in Thailand, the relevant ceiling amounts to 22 tonnes;
Whereas on 17 February 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Thailand, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 18 September 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand:
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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, 13 September 1993.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1972/1999
of 15 September 1999
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/1/EC(2), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
(1) Whereas the re-evaluation of active substances already on the market two years after notification of Directive 91/414/EEC under Article 8(2) of that Directive is organised by the Commission in a collaborative and coordinated programme established in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1199/97(4), within which Member States undertake specific tasks contributing to the scientific and technical assessment which are the basis for regulatory decisions taken at Community level;
(2) Whereas it is necessary that any interested parties have access as early as possible to updated information concerning tests and studies on which claims for data protection have been presented as well as concerning tests and studies which may be required at a later stage in order to finalise the evaluation and decision making on the active substance concerned; whereas this information should be made available by the rapporteur Member State;
(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 should therefore be amended to ensure access to such information to any interested parties;
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 is amended as follows: "The Rapporteur Member State shall make available at specific request or keep available for consultation by interested parties the following:
- the information referred to in point (d) of paragraph 1, except the elements thereof which have been accepted as confidential in accordance with Article 14 of the Directive;
- the name of the active substance;
- the content of the pure active substance in the manufactured material;
- the list of any data required for consideration of the possible inclusion of the active substance into Annex I to the Directive, first as contained in the rapporteur's report and secondly as finalised after the consultation by the Commission of the experts referred to in the next subparagraph."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 September 1999.
COMMISSION DECISION of 14 October 1992 amending Commission Decision 92/25/EEC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe (92/503/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, ovine, caprine animals and swine and fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation 3763/91/EEC (2), and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/25/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 92/348/EEC (4), lays down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe; whereas this decision provides that Member States shall authorize imports of boned carcase meat of bovine animals from the regions of Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East and Makoni in Zimbabwe;
Whereas the situation has improved in relation to foot-and-mouth disease and now it is possible to amend further the regionalization in Zimbabwe thereby allowing importation into the Community of fresh boned meat from Midlands Province, excluding the districts of Gokwe, Zvishavane and Mberengwa;
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
Decision 92/25/EEC is amended as follows:
in Article 1 (1) the words 'the veterinary regions of Mashonaland West, Masholaland East and Makoni' are replaced by 'the veterinary regions of Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East, Makoni and Midlands Province, excluding the districts of Gokwe, Zvishavane and Mberengwa.'
Article 2
The Annex to Decision 92/25/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 October 1992.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1166/2007
of 5 October 2007
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), 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 6 October 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 October 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1510/2007
of 19 December 2007
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), 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 20 December 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 2007.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 406/2001
of 27 February 2001
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 Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1602/2000(4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation.
(2) The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that 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 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 February 2001.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1714/2006
of 20 November 2006
apportioning, for the 2006/2007 marketing year, 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities between Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 of 27 July 2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2001 (2), which laid down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, stipulates that the apportioning of 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities, as provided for in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, must be effected before 16 November of the marketing year in progress.
(2)
To that end, Denmark and Italy have sent the Commission information relating to areas covered by sale/purchase contracts, processing commitments and processing contracts, and estimated flax and hemp straw and fibre yields.
(3)
Conversely, no flax or hemp fibre will be produced for the 2006/2007 marketing year in Greece, Ireland or Luxembourg.
(4)
On the basis of estimates of production resulting from the information provided, total production in the five Member States concerned will not reach the overall quantity of 5 000 tonnes allocated to them, and the national guaranteed quantities as set out below should be set.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Natural Fibres,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 2006/2007 marketing year, the apportionment in national guaranteed quantities provided for in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 shall be as follows:
-
Denmark 2 tonnes,
-
Greece 0 tonnes,
-
Ireland 0 tonnes,
-
Italy 241 tonnes,
-
Luxembourg 0 tonnes.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 16 November 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2006.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 342/94 of 7 February 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3918/92 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings for certain agricultural and industrial products and establishing a reduced variable component for certain processed agricultural products originating in Hungary, Poland and the territory of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR) (1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Europe Agreement between the European Economic Community, on the one hand and the Republic of Hungary, on the other hand, was signed on 16 December 1991; whereas pending the entry into force of that Agreement, the Community has concluded an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures with the country (1);
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (2) establishes in Article 7 (2) the procedure for adapting the detailed rules for determining and managing reduced agricultural components where a preferential agreement so provides;
Whereas Protocol 3 to the Interim Agreement provides for the reduction of duties, in particular the fixed component of the levy, applied to goods listed in Table 1 of Annex II to the said Protocol within the framework of quotas established in Table 1 of Annex I to the Protocol; whereas to take account of the fixed component of the levy and the quotas provided for 1994, it is necessary to amend Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3918/92 (3),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3918/92 is hereby replaced for the tariff quotas 09.5209 to 09.5255, by the Annex to this Regulation.
The tariff quotas mentioned in that Annex shall be administered according to the rules laid down by the said Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable from 1 January until 31 December 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 February 1994.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1904/2000
of 7 September 2000
supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 on the entry of certain names in the "Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications" provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1509/2000(2), and in particular Article 6(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Italy has sent the Commission applications for the registration of certain names as designations of origin and geographical indications.
(2) In accordance with Article 6(1) of that Regulation, the applications have been found to meet all the requirements laid down therein and in particular to contain all the information required in accordance with Article 4 thereof.
(3) No statements of objection have been received by the Commission under Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of the names given in the Annex to this Regulation following their publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities(3).
(4) The names should therefore be entered in the "Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications" and hence be protected throughout the Community as protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications.
(5) The Annex to this Regulation supplements the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1651/2000(5),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The names in the Annex hereto are added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 and entered as protected designations of origin (PDO) or protected geographical indications (PGI) in the "Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications" provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.
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 September 2000.