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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2502/96 of 23 December 1996 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94 and fixing the quantities available in the pigmeat sector under the Community tariff quotas provided for in the Europe Agreements pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (4), and in particular Article 22 thereof,
Whereas concessions for certain products in the pigmeat sector were granted under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2698/93 of 30 September 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreements between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1223/96 (6), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1590/94 of 30 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreement between the Community and Bulgaria and Romania (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1223/96;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 opened annual quotas but only in force for the period 1 January to 31 December 1996; whereas, in order to ensure the continuity of the import regime, it is appropriate to extend the tariff quotas allowed by Regulations (EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2698/93 is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation
Article 2
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1590/94 is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 December 1996.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 51/82
of 11 January 1982
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public storage
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2876/80 (3), limited the quantity of skimmed-milk powder put up for sale by the Member States' intervention agencies to that taken into storage before 1 October 1979;
Whereas, having regard to the market situation and the amounts in storage, that date should be replaced by 1 January 1981;
Whereas, at the same time, the amount in units of account given in Article 2 of the same Regulation should be converted into ECU;
Whereas 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
Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1 '1 October 1979' is replaced by '1 January 1981'.
2. In Article 2 (1) and (2) the expression '2 units of account per 100 kilograms' is replaced by the expression '2;40 ECU per 100 kilograms'.
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, 11 January 1982.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3825/92 of 28 December 1992 fixing the quotas applying to imports into Spain of beef and veal products from third countries
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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 491/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down rules for the application of quantitative restrictions on imports into Spain of certain agricultural products from third countries (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Articles 1 (3) and 3 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 77 of the Act of Accession, Spain may, until 31 December 1985, apply quantitative restrictions on imports from third countries; whereas the said restrictions concern productos which are subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the case of beef and veal; whereas the initial quotas in volume were fixed in respect of each product or group of products by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1870/86 (3);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3831/92 of 28 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 establishing the list of products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fruit and vegetables sector and determining the products which, in the case of deliveries to Spain, remain subject to that mechanism, restricts to live bovine animals the application of the STM in the beef and veal sector (4);
Wereas 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
1. The quotas for 1993 applying to imports into Spain of beef and veal products from third countries, referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 491/86 under the supplementary trade mechanism, are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. Articles 1 (3), 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1870/86 shall remain applicable.
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, 28 December 1992.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1252/94 of 31 May 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 586/93 providing for an exception in respect of the volatile acid content of certain wines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1566/93 (2), and in particular Article 66 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 66 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 fixes the maximum volatile acid content of wine; whereas provision may be made for exceptions for certain wines under Article 66 (3) of the said Regulation;
Whereas the Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine attached to Council Decision 94/184/EC (3) entered into force on 1 March 1994; whereas point I 1 (c) of the Protocol to that Agreement provides that certain Australian wines which have been produced in accordance with special methods and which bear a protected geographical indication by virtue of the said Agreement may have a volatile acid content of up to 25 milliequivalents per litre; whereas these provisions of the Agreement are directly applicable in all Member States; whereas they should, however, for the sake of clarity, be incorporated in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/93 (4), which consolidates in a single text all the exceptions provided for as regards volatile acidity; whereas, the aforesaid Agreement having entered into force on 1 March 1994, this Regulation should apply from that date;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The following subparagraph (d) is hereby added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 586/93:
'(d) for Australian wines:
25 milliequivalents per litre for wines which are designated and accompanied by, in accordance with Australian legislation, the terms "botrytis" or words to similar effect, "noble late harvested" or "special late harvested" and which bear a protected geographical indication listed in Annex II to the Agreement between the European Community and Australia on trade in wine.
The wine in question must be accompanied by a certificate issued by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation or some other competent body designated by Australia, certifying that the wine has been made according to Australian laws and regulations.'
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 from 1 March 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 May 1994.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 July 1995
on the conclusion, on behalf of the Community, of the Convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes
(95/308/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130s (1) in conjunction with the first sentence of paragraph 2 and the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the Commission has taken part, on behalf of the Community, in the negotiations in and ad hoc working party on the preparation of a Convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes;
Whereas the Convention was signed on behalf of the Community at Helsinki on 18 March 1992;
Whereas the main purpose of the Convention is to establish a framework for bilateral or multilateral cooperation to prevent and control the pollution of transboundary watercourses and to ensure to rational use of water resources in the member countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe;
Whereas the Community has adopted measures in the field covered by the Convention; whereas it is the Community's responsibility to enter into international commitments in such matters;
Whereas Community policy on the environment contributes to the pursuit of the objectives of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment, protecting human health and prudent and rational use of natural resources with a view to sustainable development;
Whereas, as a whole, Community policy on the environment aims at strengthening international cooperation in order to achieve a high level of protection; whereas it is based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay;
Whereas within their respective spheres of competence the Community and Member States cooperate with their countries and competent international organizations;
Whereas the conclusion of the Convention by the Community will help to achieve the objectives set out in Article 130r of the Treaty,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Convention is attached in Annex I.
Article 2
The President of the Council is authorized to designate the person or persons empowered to deposit the instrument of approval with the General Secretariat of the United Nations in accordance with Article 25 of the Convention.
The person or persons shall at the same time deposit the declaration of competence attached in Annex II.
Done at Brussels, 24 July 1995.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1039/97 of 9 June 1997 deferring the final date for sowing certain arable crops in certain regions in the 1997/98 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 922/97 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 stipulates that, to qualify for the compensatory payments for cereals, protein crops and linseed under the support system for certain arable crops, producers must have sown the seed at the latest by 15 May preceding the relevant harvest;
Whereas Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96 of 9 April 1996 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 843/97 (4), fixes 15 May as the final date for oilseeds;
Whereas, because of the particular weather conditions this year, the final dates for sowing seeds fixed for Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, France, Finland, Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden cannot be complied with in all cases; whereas, in consequence, the time limit for sowing cereals and/or oilseeds, and/or protein crops and/or linseed for the 1997/98 marketing year should, where necessary, be deferred for certain specific regions; whereas to do so Regulations (EEC) No 1765/92 and (EC) No 658/96 should be waived as permitted by the seventh indent of Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92;
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
The final dates for crop sowings in Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, France, Finland, Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden for the 1997/98 marketing year are fixed in the Annex hereto for the crops and regions indicated therein.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 15 May 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 June 1997.
Commission Decision
of 7 November 2000
concerning certain protection measures against Bluetongue in Sicily and Calabria, Italy
(notified under document number C(2000) 3194)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/685/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EC of 26 June 1990 concerning the veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable to intra-Community trade of certain live animals and products for the completion of the internal market(1), has last amended by Directive 92/118/EC(2) and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 16 October 2000, Italian authorities confirmed cases of Bluetongue in Sicily and Calabria.
(2) Following outbreaks in Sardinia the Commission adopted Decision 2000/598/EC(3) concerning certain protection measures against Bluetongue in this region.
(3) In consideration of the situation prevailing in Sicily and Calabria, the same measures must be applied to those two newly infected regions.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in conformity with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Italy shall prohibit the dispatch of animals of the Bluetongue susceptible species (all ruminants), of their semen, embryos and ova from the territory of Sicily and Calabria regions.
Article 2
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Article 3
This Decision shall be reviewed in the light of the evolution of the situation and the results of the investigations and studies carried out by Italian authorities. This Decision shall apply until 30 November 2000.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 November 2000.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1408/2007
of 28 November 2007
establishing a prohibition of fishing for plaice in ICES zone IV; EC waters of II a by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (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 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 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 2007.
(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 2007.
(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 2007 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 that 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, 28 November 2007.
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3903/89
of 15 December 1989
increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 4047/88 for a certain form of polyvinylpyrrolidone
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4047/88 (1) opened, for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1989 a Community tariff quota at zero duty for a certain form of polyvinylpyrrolidone falling within CN code ex 3905 90 00, the volume of which was set at 150 tonnes:
Whereas, on the basis of the latest statistics concerning this product for the current year, it is estimated that the Community's immediate additional requirements for imports from non-member countries total 15 tonnes; whereas this quota volume should be increased by that amount to cover those requirements,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 4047/88 for a certain form of polyvinylpyrrolidone falling within CN code ex 3905 90 00 shall be raised from 150 to 165 tonnes.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 15 December 1989.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1610/2005
of 30 September 2005
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 171st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
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)
The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (2), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter from intervention stocks that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates 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 stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must 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
The minimum selling prices of butter from intervention stocks and processing securities applying for the 171st individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 September 2005.