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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 163/2011
of 21 February 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 Annex XV, Part A thereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 February 2011.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 413/2010
of 12 May 2010
amending Annexes III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste so as to take account of changes adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (1), and in particular Article 58(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In December 2005, at its 8th meeting, the Working Group on Waste Prevention and Recycling (WGWPR) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) agreed to clarify the wording of entry B1030 of Annex IX to the Basel Convention. The amendment of that entry has been adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156 and still needs to be agreed under the Basel Convention. Pending approval by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention and amendment of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, it is appropriate to incorporate that clarification in Union legislation.
(2)
In April 2008, at its 11th meeting, WGWPR of OECD agreed to amend the wording of entry AA010 of the OECD Amber list of wastes. The amendment of that entry has been adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156. It is therefore appropriate to incorporate that amendment in Union legislation.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 12 May 2010.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 124/2011
of 11 February 2011
fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2011 fishing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/2000 of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of private storage aid for certain fishery products (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Private storage aid should not exceed the sum of technical and financial costs recorded in the Union during the fishing year preceding the year in question.
(2)
To discourage long-term storage, to shorten payment times and to reduce the burden of controls, private storage aid should be paid in one single instalment.
(3)
In order not to hinder the operation of the intervention system in the year 2011, this Regulation should apply retroactively from 1 January 2011.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 2011 fishing year the amount of private storage aid, referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation shall be as follows:
-
:
first month
:
EUR 219 per tonne,
-
:
second month
:
EUR 0 per tonne.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 February 2011.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1127/2010
of 3 December 2010
establishing a transitional period for withdrawing the Republic of Maldives from the list of beneficiary countries of the special arrangement for least developed countries, as set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007 (1), and in particular Article 11(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Republic of Maldives (hereinafter referred to as ‘Maldives’) is a beneficiary of the special arrangement for least-developed countries under the Union’s scheme of generalised tariff preferences.
(2)
Article 11(8) of Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 provides for the withdrawal of a country from the special arrangement for least developed countries, when that country is excluded by the United Nations from the list of the least-developed countries. That Article also provides for the establishment of a transitional period of at least three years, to alleviate any adverse effects which may be caused by the removal of the tariff preferences granted under the special arrangement for least-developed countries.
(3)
Maldives has been excluded by the United Nations from the list of least-developed countries, with effect from 1 January 2011 (2).
(4)
Maldives should, therefore, be allowed to continue to benefit from the preferences granted under the special arrangement for least developed countries, until 31 December 2013.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Preferences Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Republic of Maldives shall be removed from the list of beneficiaries of the special arrangement for the least developed countries in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008, with effect from 1 January 2014.
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, 3 December 2010.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 830/2012
of 14 September 2012
establishing a prohibition of fishing for Atlantic salmon in EU waters of subdivisions 22-31 (Baltic Sea excl. Gulf of Finland) by vessels flying the flag of Finland
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 1256/2011 of 30 November 2011 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010 (2), lays down quotas for 2012.
(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 2012.
(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 2012 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 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, 14 September 2012.
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 24 November 2010
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2009/029 NL/Gelderland and Overijssel Division 18 from the Netherlands)
(2010/743/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2)
The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.
(3)
The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(4)
The Netherlands submitted an application on 30 December 2009 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in 45 enterprises operating in NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media) in the two contiguous NUTS II regions Gelderland (NL22) and Overijssel (NL21) and supplemented it with additional information up to 6 May 2010. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 2 013 619.
(5)
The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by the Netherlands,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 2 013 619 in commitment and payment appropriations.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Strasbourg, 24 November 2010.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1070/2011
of 21 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 1059/2011 (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 22 October 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 October 2011.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 584/2011
of 17 June 2011
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Grana Padano (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)
In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Grana Padano’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).
(2)
Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union, as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation (3).
(3)
Pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, a statement of objection from the company Chäs & Co Käsehandel GmbH, Inhaber Urs Reichen, Grubenstr. 39, 8045 Zürich, Switzerland was forwarded to the Commission by the Swiss authorities. In its letter dated 6 April 2010, the Commission invited the interested parties to hold appropriate consultations.
(4)
Given that an agreement was reached within 6 months including minor amendments to the specification, the Commission must now issue a decision.
(5)
In the light of the above, the amendments should be approved and the amended single document should be published,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The amendments to the specification presented in Annex 2 concerning the name in Annex 1 to this Regulation are hereby approved.
Article 2
The amended single document in Annex 2 to this Regulation shall be applied.
Article 3
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, 17 June 2011.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 640/2012
of 6 July 2012
amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 (2) contains the test methods for the purposes of the determination of the physico-chemical properties, toxicity and eco-toxicity of substances to be applied for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
(2)
It is necessary to update Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 to include with priority new and updated alternative test methods recently adopted by the OECD, in order to obtain a reduction of the number of animals to be used for experimental purposes, in accordance with Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (3) and Council Directive 86/609/EEC of 24 November 1986 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes (4). Stakeholders have been consulted on this draft.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 133 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 6 July 2012.
COUNCIL DECISION 2012/371/CFSP
of 10 July 2012
amending Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 29 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire (1).
(2)
On 26 April 2012, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2045 (2012) which renewed the restrictive measures imposed against Côte d’Ivoire until 30 April 2013 and amended the restrictive measures on arms.
(3)
Decision 2010/656/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2010/656/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
Article 1(2) is deleted;
(2)
Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
Article 1 shall not apply to:
(a)
supplies intended solely for the support of or use by the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French forces who support them;
(b)
the following, as notified in advance to the Committee established by paragraph 14 of UNSCR 1572 (2004) (hereinafter the “Sanctions Committee”):
(i)
supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, including such equipment intended for Union, UN, African Union and Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) crisis management operations;
(ii)
supplies temporarily exported to Côte d’Ivoire to the forces of a State which is taking action, in accordance with international law, solely and directly to facilitate the evacuation of its nationals and those for whom it has consular responsibility in Côte d’Ivoire;
(iii)
supplies of non-lethal military equipment related to law enforcement intended to enable the Ivorian security forces to use only appropriate and proportionate force while maintaining public order;
(c)
supplies of protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Côte d’Ivoire by United Nations personnel, personnel of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only;
(d)
supplies of arms and other related lethal equipment to the Ivorian security forces, intended solely for support of, or use in, the Ivorian process of security sector reform, as approved in advance by the Committee;
(e)
supplies of non-lethal equipment capable of being used for internal repression and which is intended solely to enable the Ivorian security forces to use only appropriate and proportionate force while maintaining public order;
(f)
supplies of equipment capable of being used for internal repression to the Ivorian security forces, intended solely for support of, or use in, the Ivorian process of security sector reform.’.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 10 July 2012.