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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 593/96 of 2 April 1996 determining the percentages of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in March 1996 under additional tariff quotas for meat provided for in Regulation (EC) No 417/96 for the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 417/96 of 7 March 1996 setting for the period 1 January to 30 June 1996 rules of application for the additional tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary (1), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 417/96 fixes the quantities of fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in Poland and Hungary and of processed products originating in Poland which may be imported on special terms in respect of the period 1 January to 30 June 1996; whereas the quantities of beef and veal covered by import licence applications submitted are such that applications may be accepted in full; whereas, however, quantities covered by applications in respect of processed products must be reduced proportionately in accordance with Article 3 (4) of that Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following percentages of quantities covered by import licence applications submitted in respect of the period 1 January to 30 June 1996 under the quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 417/96 may be allowed:

(a) 100 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Poland;

(b) 47,993 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Hungary;

(c) 13,622 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of products falling within CN codes 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in Poland.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 59, 8. 3. 1996, p. 7.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 652/96 of 11 April 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3016/95 opening Community tariff quotas for 1996 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 and 0204

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1265/95 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,

Whereas Council Decision 95/592/EC of 22 December 1995 concerning the conclusion of the results of negotiations with certain third countries under GATT Article XXIV.6 and other related matters (3), provides in particular for additional import possibilities for Australia, New Zealand and Chile due to the enlargement of the Community; whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/95 of 22 December 1995 laying down the rates of duty to be applied by the Community resulting from negotiations under GATT Article XXIV.6 consequent upon the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union (4), fixes the additional quantities for the countries concerned;

Whereas Council Decision 95/582/EC of 20 December 1995 on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of exchanges of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, concerning certain agricultural products (5), provides in particular for additional import possibilities for Iceland due to the enlargement of the Community;

Whereas these quantities should now be incorporated into the quotas for 1996 opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3016/95 (6); whereas that Regulation must therefore be amended;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheepmeat and Goatmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 3016/95 is hereby amended as follows:

- the quantity for Australia is replaced by the quantity '18 650` tonnes,

- the quantity for New Zealand is replaced by the quantity '226 700` tonnes,

- the quantity for Chile is replaced by the quantity '3 000` tonnes,

- the quantity for Iceland is replaced by the quantity '1 350` tonnes.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 11 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 123, 3. 6. 1995, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 334, 30. 12. 1995, p. 38.

(4) OJ No L 334, 30. 12. 1995, p. 1.

(5) OJ No L 327, 30. 12. 1995, p. 17.

(6) OJ No L 314, 28. 12. 1995, p. 35.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 675/96 of 15 April 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1517/77 fixing the list of the various groups of hop varieties cultivated in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1517/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2133/95 (4), divides varieties of hops into 'aromatic hops`, 'bitter hops` and 'others` according to commercial practice on the Community and world hops markets, with particular emphasis on the content of bitter and aromatic substances;

Whereas certain experimental varieties have now reached the stage where they can be marketed; whereas they should accordingly by added to the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1517/77; whereas, however, other varieties are no longer grown in the Community; whereas they should accordingly be deleted from that Annex;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1517/77 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.

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 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 175, 4. 8. 1971, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.

(3) OJ No L 169, 7. 7. 1977, p. 13.

(4) OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 10.

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 803/96 of 30 April 1996 on precautionary measures in the fruit and vegetable sector for cauliflowers for the period 1 to 31 May 1996

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 5 and 155 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2), for each of the products listed in Annex II to the said Regulation a basic price and a buying-in price must be fixed for each marketing year; whereas cauliflowers harvested in a particular production year are marketed from May to the following April;

Whereas the Council has not yet adopted the basic price and buying-in price applicable to cauliflowers from 1 May 1996; whereas the Commission, in line with its responsibilities pursuant to the Treaty, is obliged to adopt the precautionary measures necessary to ensure the continued functioning of the common agricultural policy in the sector in question; whereas these measures are taken as a precaution and without prejudice to the Council's subsequent decisions on prices for the 1996/97 marketing year;

Whereas these precautionary measures should aim at ensuring the continuity of the intervention arrangements provided for in Articles 15 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72; whereas, to that end, the amounts to be used to calculate the prices for the abovementioned intervention measures should be fixed for the period 1 to 31 May; whereas the amounts correspond to the basic and buying-in prices proposed to the Council by the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period 1 to 31 May 1996, the intervention measures provided for in Articles 15 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 shall be carried out for cauliflowers at prices determined on the basis of the following amounts expressed in ecus per 100 kg net weight:

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These prices shall refer to packed, trimmed cauliflowers of quality class I.

These prices shall not include the cost of the packaging in which the product is presented.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1996.

This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any subsequent decisions to be adopted by the Council pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8.
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COUNCILREGULATION (EC)No866196
of13May1996
ontheimplementation oftheconcessionssetoutinScheduleCXLdrawnupin
thewakeoftheconclusionoftheGATTXXIV.6negotiations
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN UNION, HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,1.Attheearliestopportunity,theCommissionshall
adoptthemeasuresrequiredasfrom1January1996for
theimplementation inagricultureoftheconcessionsset
outinScheduleCXL(EuropeanCommunities )forwarded
totheWorldTradeOrganizationandapplyingtothe
customsterritoryoftheCommunityasconstitutedat
1January1995.Suchmeasuresshallbeadoptedinaccor­
dancewiththeprocedureprovidedforinArticle23of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30June1992
onthecommonorganizationofthemarketincereals(2),
thecorresponding provisionsoftheotherRegulationson
thecommonorganizationofthemarketsand,asregards
productscoveredbyCNcode07019051,inArticle33of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72of18May1972on
thecommonorganizationofthemarketinfruitand
vegetables(3).
2.ShouldtheCouncilauthorizeanyamendmentto
ScheduleCXL,theresultingmeasuresshallsubsequently
beadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurereferredto
inparagraph 1.Whereas,inthewakeoftheaccessionofAustria,Finland
andSweden,theCommunityconcludedAgreementswith
certainthirdcountriesconcerningtheconclusionofthe
negotiationsunderGATTArticleXXIV.6(*);whereas
thoseAgreementsprovideinteraliaforcertainCommu­
nitycommitments inthefieldofagriculture;whereas,
pursuanttothoseAgreements ,theCommissionhas
drawnupanewScheduleCXL(EuropeanCommunities ),
applicabletothecustomsterritoryoftheCommunityas
constitutedat1January1995,toreplaceScheduleLXXX
(EuropeanCommunities )intheAnnextotheMarrakesh
ProtocoltotheGATT,1994;whereasScheduleCXLhas
beenforwardedtotheWorldTradeOrganization ;whereas
thecommitments setoutinScheduleCXLand,inparti­
cular,thecommitments applicablefrom1January1996,
mustbeimplementedattheearliestopportunity ;whereas,
asaconsequence ,theCouncilshouldauthorizethe
Commissiontotaketherequisitemeasuresinaccordance
withthemanagementcommitteeprocedure;whereas,for
thesakeofsimplification ,provisionshouldalsobemade
forthesameproceduretobeusedtointroducesuch
amendmentstoScheduleCXLastheCouncilmayautho­
rize,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
(2)OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.Regulationaslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No1863/95(OJNoL179,29.7.1995,p.1).
(3)OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.Regulationaslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No1363/95(OJNoL132,16.6.1995,p.8). (')OJNoL334,30.12.1995,pp.25and38.

NoL117/2ran OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.5.96
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13May1996.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 835/96 of 6 May 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 23 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 716/96 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 774/96 (4), provided exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom, in particular by enabling producers to be paid ECU 1 per kilogram liveweight for animals slaughtered under the scheme set out in the Regulation; whereas it has been demonstrated that it is not always possible to weigh animals live; whereas it is therefore necessary to provide also for the possibility of paying deadweight;

Whereas 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

In Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 716/96, the following subparagraph shall be added:

'However, where it is necessary to weigh the animal concerned after slaughter, in order to calculate what the liveweight would have been, the deadweight after bleeding and removal of the hide, head, feet and viscera shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 2.`

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 with effect from 29 April 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 May 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.

(2) OJ No L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.

(3) OJ No L 99, 20. 4. 1996, p. 14.

(4) OJ No L 104, 27. 4. 1996, p. 21.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 928/96 of 23 May 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of Germany

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2870/95 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 of 22 December 1995 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 846/96 (4), provides for saithe quotas for 1996;

Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;

Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of saithe in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC-zone), VI, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany have reached the quota allocated for 1996; whereas Germany has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 23 April 1996; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of saithe in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC-zone), VI, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Germany for 1996.

Fishing for saithe in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC-zone), VI, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the above mentioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 23 April 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 May 1996.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 301, 14. 12. 1995, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 330, 30. 12. 1995, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 1.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 905/96 of 21 May 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 (2), and in particular Article 11 (1) thereof,

Whereas Article 7 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2878/95 (4), provides that aid applications may be submitted from 1 June preceding the marketing year in respect of which the aid is applied for; whereas, under the 1996/97 price review and related measures, the Commission is proposing that the Council do away with the possibility, as from the 1996/97 marketing year, of aid applications being submitted before the day the unginned cotton is placed under supervision; whereas, pending a Council decision on that proposal, the first day for the submission of aid applications should be put back to the beginning of the marketing year;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The second sentence of Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 is replaced by the following:

'It shall be lodged, in respect of each harvest, between 1 September and 31 March of the marketing year in question.`

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, 21 May 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 45.

(2) OJ No L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 48.

(3) OJ No L 123, 4. 5. 1989, p. 23.

(4) OJ No L 301, 14. 12. 1995, p. 21.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 958/96 of 30 May 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

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 (3), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (5), lays down detailed rules in the poultrymeat sector for the import arrangements provided for in Regulation (EC) No 774/94;

Whereas, with a view to preventing speculation and in the light of experience acquired, especially concerning the high number of applicants, the conditions for gaining access to the arrangements must be amended in order to exclude operators not intending to use licences to fulfil their own needs;

Whereas the period of validity of the licences permits importers to submit their applications during the first ten days of each quarter;

Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 3 (a) is replaced by the following:

'(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who, at the time applications are submitted, can prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member States that they imported not less than 100 tonnes (product weight) of products falling within CN codes 0207, 1602 31, 1602 32 and 1602 39 in each of the two previous calendar years. However, retail establishments and restaurants selling their products to the final consumer are excluded from the benefits of this system.`;

2. The first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following:

'Licence applications may only be lodged during the first ten days of each period specified in Article 2.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 91, 8. 4. 1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 221, 19. 9. 1995, p. 3.

(3) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.

(4) OJ No L 156, 23. 6. 1994, p. 9.

(5) OJ No L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.