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Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2003
of 22 May 2003
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 1947/2002(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 23 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 May 2003.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 333/2008
of 11 April 2008
laying down the ceilings applicable to the additional amounts of aid to be made to Portugal as part of the voluntary modulation provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 of 27 March 2007 laying down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 (1), and specifically the third subparagraph of Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 established the conditions under which Member States, during the period 2007 to 2012, could apply a reduction, hereinafter referred to as a ‘voluntary modulation’, to all amounts of direct payments granted on their territory within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (2).
(2)
Portugal decided to apply the voluntary modulation from 2008, with an annual reduction rate of 10 %.
(3)
In order to establish the net amounts resulting from the application of the voluntary modulation to be made available to Portugal as Community support for measures under the rural development programming, it is necessary to establish the ceilings applicable in Portugal to the total amount of additional aid referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The ceilings applicable in Portugal to the total amount of additional aid referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007, are as follows:
Calendar year
million EUR
2008
20,4
2009
20,4
2010
20,4
2011
20,4
2012
20,4
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 11 April 2008.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 August 2009
amending Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the inclusion of Northern Ireland in the list of regions where an approved national control programme for Aujeszky’s disease is in place
(notified under document C(2009) 6394)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/621/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 64/432/EEC lays down rules applicable to intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine. Article 9 of that Directive provides criteria for approving compulsory national control programmes for certain contagious diseases, including Aujeszky’s disease.
(2)
Commission Decision 2008/185/EC of 21 February 2008 on additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky’s disease and criteria to provide information on this disease (2) lays down the additional guarantees for movements of pigs between Member States. Those guarantees are linked to the classification of Member States according to their disease status.
(3)
Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC lists Member States or regions thereof where approved control programmes for Aujeszky’s disease are in place.
(4)
United Kingdom has submitted supporting documentation to the Commission as regards the Aujeszky’s disease status in Northern Ireland. A national control programme for Aujeszky’s disease has been implemented for several years.
(5)
The Commission has examined the documentation submitted by the Member State and has found that the national control programme in Northern Ireland complies with the criteria laid down in Article 9(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC. Accordingly, Northern Ireland should be included in the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC.
(6)
Decision 2008/185/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 August 2009.
COMMISSION DECISION of 28 January 1998 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative tests of seed potatoes under Article 14 of Council Directive 66/403/EEC (98/114/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 97/90/EC (2), and in particular Article 14(4) thereof,
Whereas Article 14(4) of Directive 66/403/EEC provides for the carrying out of Community comparative tests of seed potatoes;
Whereas it is necessary for all Member States to participate in the Community comparative tests, in so as far seed potatoes are usually reproduced or marketed in their territories, in order to ensure that proper conclusions may be drawn therefrom;
Whereas the Commission is responsible for making the necessary arrangements for the Community comparative tests;
Whereas the arrangements for the tests should also cover, inter alia, certain harmful organisms which come within the scope of Directive 66/403/EEC as well as Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976, on protective measures against the introduction into Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/14/EC (4), Council Directive 93/85/EEC of 4 October 1993 on the control of potato ring rot (5), as well as Commission Decisions 95/506/EC of 24 November 1995 (6), as last amended by Commission Decision 97/649/EC of 26 September 1997 (7), and 96/301/EC of 3 May 1996 (8) against the dissemination of potato brown rot;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Community comparative tests shall be carried out during 1998 on seed potatoes harvested in 1997.
2. All Member States shall participate in the Community comparative tests.
Article 2
1. The general arrangements for the carrying out of the Community comparative tests are set out in the Annex hereto.
2. Further detailed arrangements for the carrying out of the Community comparative tests shall be submitted to the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 January 1998.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 910/92 of 8 April 1992 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 156 (order No 42.1560), originating in China, 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 into 1992 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3587/91 (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 1992 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 156 (order No 42.1560), originating in China, the relevant ceiling amounts to 4 tonnes;
Whereas on 19 March 1992 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in China, 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 China,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 13 April 1992 the levying of customs duties for 1992, 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 China:
Order No Category
(unit) CN code Description 42.1560 156
(tonnes) 6106 90 30
ex 6110 90 90 Blouses and pullovers of silk, noil or other waste silk for women, girls and infants, knitted or crocheted
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, 8 April 1992.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1328/2004
of 19 July 2004
fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
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, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), and in particular Article 5(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Community producer and import prices for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses as referred to in Article 1b of Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 for a fortnightly period shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 July 2004.
It shall apply from 21 July 2004 to 3 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 2004.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2528/93 of 14 September 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3710/92 establishing the procedures for transfers of goods or products covered by inward processing arrangements (suspension system)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85 of 16 July 1985 on inward processing relief arrangements (1), and in particular Article 31 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2228/91 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3709/92 (3), lays down certain provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1999/85;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3710/92 (4) provides for the possibility to use more flexible procedures, to be used instead of the usual transit procedures, for transfers of goods or products covered by inward processing arrangements (suspension system);
Whereas the completion of the prescribed formalities for transfers of goods or products which involve a handover may be made less complicated if the system established guarantees communication of the same information as the system described in Regulation (EEC) No 3710/92; whereas provision should also be made for a trade or administrative document to be used in place of the form found in the Annex to that Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Customs Procedures with Economic Impact,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following subparagraph (d) is added to Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3710/92:
'(d) simplification of the formalities described in Article 5, provided that the system established guarantees communication of the same information as that described in the Annex to this Regulation, as well as completion of these formalities using a trade or administrative document.'
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, 14 September 1993.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 272/97 of 14 February 1997 setting the final reference amounts for producers of soya beans, rape or colza seed and sunflower seed for the 1996/97 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1575/96 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides that the Commission is to calculate a final regional reference amount based on the observed reference price for oil seeds, by substituting the observed reference price for the projected reference price; whereas the Commission has determined the observed reference price using the data provided pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3405/93 (3);
Whereas the area referred to in Article 5 (1) (f) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 for which the oil seeds compensatory payment does not exceed, following application of Article 2 (6) of that Regulation, the maximum guaranteed area; whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (1) (f) of that Regulation, there is no need to reduce the final regional reference amounts;
Whereas the ceiling applicable to irrigated soya in France laid down in Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1647/96 (5), has not been exceeded; whereas, in accordance with the first sentence of the sixth subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, there is no need to reduce the final regional reference amounts;
Whereas the other producers received an advance payment at the level established in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1479/96 (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. A succinct explanation of the calculation of the final regional reference amounts referred to in Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 is set out in Annex I.
2. The final regional reference amounts for the 1996/97 marketing year shall be as set out in Annex II.
3. In calculating the compensatory payment to be made to producers of oil seeds referred to in Article 11 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, the competent authority shall take account of:
- any reduction in the producer's eligible area and the level of the compensatory payment,
- any advance payment made in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1479/96.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 14 February 1997.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1675/2006
of 13 November 2006
establishing a prohibition of fishing for blue whiting in ICES zone Vb (Faroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2006.
(2)
According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(3)
It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Article 3
Entry into force
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, 13 November 2006.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 September 2005
appointing a member and an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2005/679/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 from the Maltese Government,
Whereas:
(1)
On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period 26 January 2002 to 25 January 2006 (1).
(2)
A seat as a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Ms Antonia FARRUGIA and a seat as an alternate member has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr Keith GRECH,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, namely until 25 January 2006:
(a)
as a member:
Ms Claudette ABELA BALDACCHINO
(Deputy Mayor, Qrendi Local Council)
in place of Mrs Antonia FARRUGIA;
(b)
as an alternate member:
Mr Joe CORDINA
(Member, Xagħra Local Council)
in place of Mr Keith GRECH.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 20 September 2005.
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 September 1995 on the carrying out of Community trials on propagating and planting material of certain species under Article 20 (2) of Council Directive 92/33/EEC (95/374/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Council Directive 92/33/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 94/152/EC (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas propagating and planting material of vegetable species listed in the said Directive must comply with the requirements and conditions of the said Directive;
Whereas to this end it is necessary to carry out Community trials under Article 20 (2) of the said Directive in the early stages of its implementation to ensure that the technical methods of examination of propagating and planting material of certain species, in the first instance, are harmonized;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Community trials on propagating and planting material of Allium spp. and Lycopersicon lycopersicum shall be carried out during 1995 to be used for the harmonization of technical methods of examination.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 September 1995.