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COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1994 approving the programme for the eradication and surveillance of brucella melitensis for 1995 presented by Spain and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (94/875/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community in the eradication and surveillance of brucella melitensis;
Whereas by letter dated 11 July 1994, Spain has submitted a programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis;
Whereas after examination of the programme it was found to comply with all Community criteria relating to the eradication of the disease in conformity with Council Decision 90/638/EEC on laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as last amended by Council Directive 92/65/EEC (4);
Whereas this programme appears on the priority list of programmes for the eradication and surveillance of animal diseases which can benefit from financial participation from the Community and which was established by Commission Decision 94/769/EC (5);
Whereas in the light of the importance of the programme for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal health, it is appropriate to fix the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs incurred by Spain up to a maximum of ECU 6 000 000;
Whereas a financial contribution from the Community shall be granted in so far as the actions provided for are carried out and provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary information within the time limits provided for;
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
The programme for the eradication of brucella melitensis presented by Spain is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1995.
Article 2
Spain shall bring into force by 1 January 1995 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
Article 3
1. Financial participation by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs incurred in Spain by way of compensation to owners for the slaughter of animals up to a maximum of ECU 6 000 000.
2. The financial contribution of the Community shall be granted subject to:
- forwarding a report to the Commission every three months on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred,
- forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred by 1 June 1996 at the latest.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1994.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1420/95 of 23 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 865/90 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of grain sorghum and millet originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) in order to implement the agreement on agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of negotiations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas in order to take account of the existing import arrangements in the cereals sector and those resulting from the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of the multilateral trade negotiations, transitional measures are needed to adjust the preferential concessions in the form of exemption from the import levy on certain cereal products from the ACP States and the OCT;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 865/90 (2) lays down detailed rules for the application of the preferential conditions reducing the import levy for quotas of sorghum and millet; whereas, since the levies are being replaced by customs duties and the advance fixing of the import charge is being suspended from 1 July 1995, it is necessary to make transitional adjustments to these provisions;
Whereas the rates of duties of the customs tariff within the abovementioned quotas are those applicable on the day that the declaration of release for free circulation of the import is accepted;
Whereas 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
Regulation (EEC) No 865/90 is hereby amended as follows for the marketing year 1995/96:
1. 'levy` is replaced by 'duty` each time that it appears;
2. the last sentence of Article 2 (b) and the last sentence of Article 4 (b) are deleted;
3. Article 3 (b) is replaced by the following:
'(b) the letters "ACP" or "OCT" as the case may be in Section 8.
The licence shall oblige to import from the countries specified. The import duty shall not be increased or adjusted.`
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 June 1995.
COMMISSION DECISION of 15 February 1994 deferring, as regards the importation of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, from third countries, the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of Council Directive 92/33/EEC (94/152/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/33/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed (1), as amended by Commission Decision 93/400/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 (2) thereof,
Whereas, in the absence of a schedule of conditions as required pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 92/33/EEC, Commission Decision 93/400/EEC deferred the date in Article 16 (2) of the said Directive to 31 December 1993;
Whereas, by virtue of Commission Directive 93/61/EEC (3), those conditions were established and came into force on 1 January 1994;
Whereas the Commission is required pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Directive 92/33/EEC to decide whether vegetable and planting material other than seed produced in a third country and affording the same guarantees as regards obligations on the supplier, identity, characteristics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspection arrangements, marking and sealing, are equivalent in all these respects to vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed produced in the Community and complying with the requirements and conditions of the Directive;
Whereas, however, the information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is not sufficient to enable the Commission to make any such decision in respect of any third country at this stage;
Whereas it is known that, hitherto, Member States have imported vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed produced in certain third countries; whereas, in order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted Member States should be allowed to apply to the importation of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed from third countries conditions equivalent to those applicable to the production and marketing of products obtained in the Community, in accordance with
Article 16
(2) of the said Directive;
Whereas vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed imported by a Member State in accordance with a decision taken by that Member State pursuant to Article 16 (2), first subparagraph of the said Directive should be subject to no marketing restrictions as regards the matters referred to in Article 16 (1) of the said Directive in other Member States;
Whereas accordingly the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of the said Directive should be further deferred;
Whereas the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Materials for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry failed to deliver an opinion within the time allowed by its Chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The date referred to in Article 16 (2), first subparagraph of Directive 92/33/EEC is hereby deferred until 31 December 1994.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 February 1994.
Council Decision
of 14 April 2003
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia concerning the system of ecopoints to be applied to transit traffic of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia through Austria
(2003/278/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 71(1) in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, first sentence and Article 300(3), first subparagraph thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the field of transport(3), and in particular Article 12(3)(b) thereof, establishes that a system of ecopoints equivalent to that laid down by Article 11 of Protocol 9 to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union shall apply.
(2) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia establishing the method of calculation and the detailed rules and procedures for the management and control of the ecopoints.
(3) This Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community on 29 October 2002, subject to its possible conclusion at a later date in accordance with Council Decision 2003/197/EC(4).
(4) This Agreement should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia concerning the system of ecopoints to be applied to transit traffic of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia through Austria is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision(5).
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Luxembourg, 14 April 2003.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1739/2002
of 30 September 2002
on the initial publication of the quantities of certain basic products which may be placed under inward processing arrangements without prior examination of the economic conditions
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to 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(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/2001 of 19 July 2001 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the placement of certain quantities of certain basic products listed in Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community under the inward processing arrangements without prior examination of the economic conditions(3), and in particular Article 3, first paragraph, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has drawn up a supply balance as described in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 and submitted it for examination to the Group of Experts on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty, in accordance with Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1488/2001.
(2) The estimated total amount needed for refunds for the budget period from 1 October 2002 to 30 September 2003 as determined using this balance exceeds the funds available for refunds in accordance with the limits arising from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(3) The total quantities of certain basic products as identified by their eight digit Combined Nomenclature code, which may be placed under the inward processing arrangements for use in the manufacture of goods without prior examination of the economic conditions and which have been determined in accordance with this balance should therefore be published,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The total quantities of certain basic products listed in Annex I to the Treaty which may be placed under inward processing arrangements without prior examination of the economic conditions are set out in the Annex to this Regulation pursuant to Article 3, first paragraph, of Regulation (EC) No 1488/2001.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 30 September 2002.
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COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 July 1985
concerning the conclusion of a Community-COST concertation agreement on a concerted action project on the use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding (COST Project 84 bis)
(85/366/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the draft Decision submitted by the Commission,
Whereas by its Decision 84/197/EEC (1), the Council adopted a concerted action project of the European Economic Community on the use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding;
Whereas Article 6 of Decision 84/197/EEC lays down that the Community may conclude an agreement with third States participating in European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) with a view to coordinating the Community project with the corresponding programmes of those States;
Whereas by its Decision of 20 February 1984, the Council authorized the Commission to negotiate an agreement to this end;
Whereas the Commission has completed these negotiations;
Whereas this Agreement should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Community-COST concertation agreement on a concerted action project on the use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding (COST Project 84 bis) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 6 (2) of the Agreement.
Done at Brussels, 16 July 1985.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 607/2008
of 26 June 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the quarantine conditions thereof
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 10(3) and the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (2), and in particular the fourth indent of Article 18(1),
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 (3) lays down the animal health conditions for imports of certain birds other than poultry into the Community and the quarantine conditions applicable to such birds after import.
(2)
Annex V to that Regulation sets out a list of quarantine facilities and centres approved by the competent authorities of the Member States for import of certain birds other than poultry.
(3)
Portugal has reviewed its approved quarantine facilities and centres and has sent an updated list of those quarantine facilities and centres to the Commission. The list of approved quarantine facilities and centres set out in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 318/2007, the following entry is inserted after the second entry for Portugal:
‘PT
PORTUGAL
PT 0301 CQAR’.
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, 26 June 2008.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1325/2007
of 12 November 2007
establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in ICES zones V b and VI b; EC waters of VI a N, 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 Councuil 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, 12 November 2007.
COMMISSION DECISION of 30 June 1995 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in the United Kingdom of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (Text with EEA relevance) (95/269/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC on 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas by virtue of Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11 December 1991 establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines (3), establishment of antigen banks is part of the Community's action to create Community reserves of foot-and-mouth vaccine;
Whereas Article 3 of that Decision designates the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in the United Kingdom as an antigen bank holding Community reserves;
Whereas the functions and duties of these antigen banks are specified in Article 4 of that Decision; whereas Community assistance must be conditional on accomplishment of these;
Whereas Community financial assistance should be granted to these banks to enable them to carry out the said functions and duties;
Whereas for budgetary reasons the Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year;
Whereas for supervisory purposes Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on financing of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (5), should apply;
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
The Community shall grant the United Kingdom financial assistance for the stocking of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine.
Article 2
The Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in the United Kingdom shall hold the stock of antigen to which Article 1 relates. The provisions of Article 4 of Council Decision 91/666/EEC shall apply.
Article 3
The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of ECU 60 000 for the period 1 August 1994 to 31 July 1995.
Article 4
The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:
- 70 % by way of an advance at the United Kingdom's request,
- the balance following presentation of supporting documents.
These documents must be presented before 1 October 1995.
Article 5
Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 30 June 1995.