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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 517/2012
of 18 June 2012
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of June 2012 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 of 15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin (3), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of egg products and egg albumin.
(2)
The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of June 2012 for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2012 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2012 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 June 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 June 2012.
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/334/CFSP
of 25 June 2012
implementing Decision 2011/486/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP of 1 August 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 1 August 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/486/CFSP.
(2)
On 18 March 2012, the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 30 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011) amended the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.
(3)
The Annex to Decision 2011/486/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2011/486/CFSP is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2012.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1103/2011
of 31 October 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 for the 2011/12 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2011/12 marketing year are fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1092/2011 (4).
(2)
The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 for the 2011/12 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 October 2011.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 145/2012
of 16 February 2012
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2)
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3)
Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 16 February 2012.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 January 2011
appointing one Latvian member and one Latvian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2011/54/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Latvian Government,
Whereas:
(1)
On 22 December 2009 and 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU and 2010/29/EU appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015 (1).
(2)
A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Ainārs ŠLESERS.
(3)
An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Sergejs DOLGOPOLOVS,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
(a)
as member:
-
Mr Dainis TURLAIS, Rīgas domes Drošības, kārtības un korupcijas novēršanas jautājumu komitejas priekšsēdētājs,
and
(b)
as alternate member:
-
Mr Viktors GLUHOVS, Rīgas domes deputāts, Pilsētas attīstības komitejas loceklis.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 24 January 2011.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 468/2011
of 13 May 2011
on selling prices for cereals in response to the 12th individual invitations to tender within the tendering procedures opened by Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 43(f), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010 (2) has opened the sales of cereals by tendering procedures, in accordance with the conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (3).
(2)
In accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010, in the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, the Commission has to fix for each cereal and per Member State a minimum selling price or to decide not to fix a minimum selling price.
(3)
On the basis of the tenders received for the 12th individual invitations to tender, it has been decided that no minimum selling price should be fixed for any cereal and for any Member State.
(4)
In order to give a rapid signal to the market and to ensure efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 12th individual invitations to tender for selling of cereals within the tendering procedures opened by Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 11 May 2011, the decisions on the selling price per cereal and Member State are set out 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 Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 May 2011.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU, EURATOM) No 577/2012
of 26 June 2012
adjusting the correction coefficients applicable to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular Article 64 and Article 65(2) and 65(3) of the Staff Regulations and Annexes VII, XI and XIII thereto, and the first paragraph of Article 20 and Articles 64 and 92 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
There was a substantial increase in the cost of living in Estonia in the period from June to December 2011; the correction coefficients applied to the remuneration of officials and other servants of the Union should therefore be adjusted,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
With effect from 1 January 2012, the correction coefficients applicable, under Article 64 of the Staff Regulations, to the remuneration of officials and other servants employed in the country listed below shall be as follows:
Estonia 77,8.
Article 2
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 Luxembourg, 26 June 2012.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 636/2011
of 29 June 2011
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Moules de bouchot de la Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel (PDO)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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)
Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, France's application to register the name ‘Moules de bouchot de la Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).
(2)
As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 29 June 2011.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 715/2011
of 19 July 2011
amending, for the 15th time, Council Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 of 11 October 2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (1), and in particular Article 10(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 lists the persons covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2)
The Commission is empowered to amend that Annex, taking into account Council Decisions implementing Council Common Position 2004/694/CFSP of 11 October 2004 on further measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the ICTY (2). Common Position 2004/694/CFSP has been replaced with Council Decision 2010/603/CFSP of 7 October 2010 on further measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the ICTY (3). Council Implementing Decision 2011/422/CFSP (4) implements Decision 2010/603/CFSP.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 gives effect to Decision 2010/603/CFSP to the extent that action at Union level is required. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 should, therefore, be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 19 July 2011.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 July 2012
on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
(2012/401/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 189, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, among others, Protocol 31 thereto.
(3)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
(4)
It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the European Earth monitoring programme (GMES) and its initial operations (2011 to 2013) (3).
(5)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
The position of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee should be based on the attached draft Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 10 July 2012.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1265/2011
of 30 November 2011
establishing a prohibition of fishing for herring in EU waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32 by vessels flying the flag of Poland
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Council Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010 of 29 November 2010 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in the Baltic Sea (2), lays down quotas for 2011.
(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 2011.
(3)
It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
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 2011 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2
Prohibitions
Fishing activities 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. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that 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, 30 November 2011.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1253/2010
of 22 December 2010
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1247/2010 (4).
(2)
The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2010.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 28 July 2011
concerning the list of statistical data on the structure and rates of excise duty applied on manufactured tobacco to be provided by the Member States pursuant to Council Directives 92/79/EEC and 92/80/EEC
(notified under document C(2011) 5291)
(2011/480/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/79/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of taxes on cigarettes (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/80/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of taxes on manufactured tobacco other than cigarettes (2), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Directives 92/79/EEC and 92/80/EEC require every 4 years the Commission to submit to the Council a report concerning the rates and the structure of excise duty of manufactured tobacco, taking into account the proper functioning of the internal market, the real value of the rates of excise duty and the wider objectives of the Treaty.
(2)
That report is to be based in particular on the information provided by the Member States relating to all releases for consumption of manufactured tobacco made in each preceding calendar year.
(3)
In order to ensure early and sufficient information needed for the report referred to in Article 4(1) of Directives 92/79/EEC and 92/80/EEC and to enable a more dynamic follow-up of developments, Member States should provide to the Commission the statistical data on a yearly basis. This data can rely on the data Member States collect for the calculation of the weighted average retail selling price.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Excise Duty,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member States shall, for the purposes of Article 4(3) of Directives 92/79/EEC and 92/80/EEC respectively, provide to the Commission the annual statistical data set out in the Annex to this Decision.
The statistical data shall include all releases for consumption of manufactured tobacco made in the preceding calendar year.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 July 2011.