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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 176/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 966/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quota for bananas falling under CN code 0803 00 19 originating in ACP countries for the period 1 March to 31 December 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 of 29 November 2005 on the tariff rates for bananas (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The import licences issued in accordance with Article 6(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2015/2005 of 9 December 2005 on imports during January and February 2006 of bananas originating in ACP countries under the tariff quota opened by Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 on the tariff rates for bananas (2) were valid from 1 January 2006 to 7 April 2006. In order to ensure that all these imports of bananas are adequately monitored, the Member States should notify the Commission of the quantities released into free circulation on the basis of licences used in March and April 2006 in addition to the quantities released into free circulation on the basis of licences used in January and February.

(2) Article 6(2)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 (3), which provides for such notification, should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 6(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘(b) as soon as possible and not later than 30 June 2006, the quantities of bananas released into free circulation, on the basis of the licences issued in accordance with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2015/2005’

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, 29 June 2006. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 316, 2.12.2005, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 324, 10.12.2005, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 38, 9.2.2006, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 566/2006 (OJ L 99, 7.4.2006, p. 6).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 176/10

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 964/2006

of 29 June 2006

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.

(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006. For the Commission J. L. DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/34

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1000/2006

of 30 June 2006

fixing the maximum buying-in price for butter for the 2nd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 16(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), a notice of invitation to tender was published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the purpose of the buying-in of butter by standing invitation to tender, as opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 (3).

(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed or a decision is to be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.

(3) In the light of the tenders received for the first individual invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price should be fixed.

(4) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2nd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 27 June 2006, the maximum buying-in price for butter is fixed at 238,00 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 2006. For the Commission J. L. DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).

(3) OJ L 142, 30.5.2006, p. 4.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 183/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1014/2006

of 4 July 2006

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.

(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 July 2006. For the Commission J. L. DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/18

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1065/2006

of 12 July 2006

setting the allocation coefficient for issuing licences to import sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for importing and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2005/914/EC of 21 November 2005 on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a tariff quota for the imports of sugar and sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community (3),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2151/2005 of 23 December 2005 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quota for sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as provided for in the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part (4), in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authority during the week of 3 to 7 July 2006, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 950/2006, for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for serial numbers 09.4318; 09.4320; 09.4325.

(2) In these circumstances, the Commission must set an allocation coefficient in order to issue licences in proportion to the quantity available and to inform the Member States, where necessary, when the set limit has been reached,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of applications for import licences submitted from 3 to 7 July 2006, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 July 2006. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 333, 20.12.2005, p. 44.

(4) OJ L 342, 24.12.2005, p. 26.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 194/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1070/2006

of 13 July 2006

fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for a permanent tender.

(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 11 July 2006.

(3) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 11 July 2006, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 July 2006. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 409/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 5).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1814/2005 (OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 3).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1094/2006

of 14 July 2006

fixing the maximum buying-in price for butter for the 3rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 16(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), a notice of invitation to tender was published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the purpose of the buying-in of butter by standing invitation to tender, as opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2006 (3).

(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, a maximum buying-in price is to be fixed or a decision is to be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.

(3) In the light of the tenders received for the 3rd individual invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price should be fixed.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 3rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 796/2006, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 11 July 2006, the maximum buying-in price for butter is fixed at 233,00 EUR/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 July 2006. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).

(3) OJ L 142, 30.5.2006, p. 4.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 196/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1101/2006

of 17 July 2006

amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (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 of the Article 36,

Whereas:

(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2006/2007 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 (3).

(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed 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 on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1002/2006 for the 2006/2007 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 July 2006. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 55, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24.

(3) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 36.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1091/2006

of 13 July 2006

establishing a prohibition of fishing for sandeel in ICES zone IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IV (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State other than Denmark and the United Kingdom

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to 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 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 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 2006.

(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 flags of or registered in the Member States referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.

(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 States referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 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 flags of or registered in the Member States 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, 13 July 2006. For the Commission Jörgen HOLMQUIST Director-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p 59.

(2) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 (OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 16, 20.1.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 941/2006 (OJ L 173, 27.6.2006, p. 1).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1119/2006

of 20 July 2006

fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2006 (2).

(2) Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3) the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.

(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.

(4) 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

For tenders notified from 14 to 20 July 2006, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2006, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 30,87 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 80 911 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 July 2006. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 192, 13.7.2006, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 177, 28.7.1995, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1558/2005 (OJ L 249, 24.9.2005, p. 6).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1113/2006

of 20 July 2006

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.

(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 July 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 July 2006. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).