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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 388/96 of 1 March 1996 correcting Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2931/95 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (3) and 16 (1) and (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/96 (4), provides that the period of validity of licences may not extend beyond 30 June following the date of issue; whereas there is an error in the Finnish translation of that provision; whereas it should be corrected with effect from 1 July 1995;

Whereas 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

(Only concerns the Finnish language version).

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 1 July 1995.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 March 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 307, 20. 12. 1995, p. 10.

(3) OJ No L 151, 1. 7. 1995, p. 12.

(4) OJ No L 8, 11. 1. 1996, p. 16.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 448/96 of 12 March 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1239/95 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards proceedings before the Community Plant Variety Office

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety regions (1), as amended by Regulation No 2506/95 (2), and in particular Article 114 thereof,

Whereas experience of the Community Plant Variety Office has shown the need for establishing, also in the case of applications already filed, the possibility to consider examination reports made under the responsibility of authorities of a third country which is Member of the International Union on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV); whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1239/95 (3) should be amended accordingly;

Whereas the Administrative Council of the Office has been consulted;

Whereas the provisions provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Variety Rights,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1239/95 the following paragraph 4 is added:

'4. An examination report on the results of a technical examination which has been carried out or is in the process of being carried out for official purposes in a third country which is Member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants may be considered by the Office to constitute a sufficient basis for decision, provided the technical examination complies with the conditions laid down in a written agreement between the Office and the competent authority of such third country. Such conditions shall at least include:

- those related to the material, as referred to in paragraph 1, first indent,

- that the technical examination has been conducted in accordance with the test guidelines issued, or general instructions given, pursuant to Article 56 (2) of the Basic Regulation,

- that the Office has had the opportunity to assess the suitability of facilities for carrying out a technical examination for the species concerned in that third country and to monitor the conduct of the technical examination concerned, and

- those related to the availability of reports, as laid down in paragraph 1, fourth indent.`

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 from 1 June 1995 until 30 June 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 March 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 227, 1. 9. 1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 258, 28. 10. 1995, p. 3.

(3) OJ No L 121, 1. 6. 1995, p. 37.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 426/96 of 8 March 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89 establishing the list of representative markets for pigmeat 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 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 4 (6) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1448/95 (4), established the list of representative markets for pigmeat in the Community;

Whereas in France a change to the representative markets has taken place; whereas the list of representative markets for pigmeat in the Community listed is the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89 should consequently be amended;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Point 5 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89 is replaced by the following:

'5. The following group of quotation centres: Rennes, Nantes, Metz, Lyon and Toulouse`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

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

(3) OJ No L 203, 15. 7. 1989, p. 23.

(4) OJ No L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 47.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 523/96 of 26 March 1996 adjusting the maximum annual fishing effort for certain fisheries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 of 15 June 1995 establishing a system for the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (1), and in particular the second indent of Article 4 thereof,

Whereas the second indent of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2027/95 provides that the Commission, at the request of a Member State, shall take appropriate measures so that the Member State in question can fish its quotas in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 6 (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 685/95 of 27 March 1995 on the management of fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (2);

Whereas the Netherlands has asked the Commission to adjust the maximum annual fishing effort granted to its vessels in respect of certain quotas which are allocated to it under 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);

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum annual fishing effort for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in respect of demersal species using towed gear, as referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2027/95, is amended as laid down in the Annex hereto.

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 from 18 March 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1996.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 5.

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

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 588/96 of 2 April 1996 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 regarding the date of issue of export licences in the poultrymeat sector during the week from 8 to 14 April 1996

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular Articles 3 (2) and 8 (12) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 180/96 (4), have laid down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the poultrymeat sector;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 provides for the issue of export licences for products in the poultrymeat sector on Monday following the week during which the applications for licences have been lodged, provided that none of the particular measures have since been taken by the Commission;

Whereas administrative problems will arise during the week from the 1 to 7 April 1996 and it is therefore necessary to extend this delay for the applications lodged during this week to Wednesday 10 April 1996;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By derogation from Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1372/95, the licences referred to therein, for which the applications have been lodged during the week from the 1 to 7 April 1996, on Wednesday 10 April 1996, provided that none of the particular measures referred to in Article 3 (4) of the said Regulation have since been taken by the Commission.

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, 2 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.

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

(3) OJ No L 133, 17. 6. 1995, p. 26.

(4) OJ No L 25, 1. 2. 1996, p. 27.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 545/96 of 28 March 1996 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 388/75 on notifying the Commission of exports of crude oil and natural gas to third countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 388/75 (3) was adopted at a time when the structure of the market was very different from today's, being based mainly on long-term crude-oil supply contracts, now replaced by 'spot` contracts;

Whereas the six-monthly and annual notifications required of Member States are no longer requested for all crude oil and natural gas;

Whereas more detailed monthly information on crude oil and natural gas is now obtained via the Statistical Office of the European Communities, notably on the basis of the available customs data;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 388/75 was designed to give the Commission access to reliable information in order to obtain the data necessary to define a prudent Community oil supply policy;

Whereas the required information currently covers only a part of crude oil and natural gas exports;

Whereas the application of Regulation (EEC) No 388/75 was suspended in 1981; whereas it has never proved necessary to reactivate it;

Whereas the said Regulation is no longer relevant and there is therefore no need to maintain it,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 388/75 is hereby repealed.

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, 28 March 1996.

For the Council

The President

A. CLO

(1) OJ No C 17, 22. 1. 1996.

(2) OJ No C 18, 22. 1. 1996, p. 103.

(3) OJ No L 45, 19. 2. 1975, p. 1.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 780/96 of 29 April 1996 fixing the minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria for the 1996/97 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93 of 19 July 1993 on the system of minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2140/93 of 28 July 1993, laying down detailed rules for the application of the minimum import price system for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria and fixing the minimum import prices applicable until 30 April 1994 (2) lays down the criteria for fixing minimum prices; whereas the minimum import prices should be fixed for the 1996/97 marketing year with reference to those criteria;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1996/97 marketing year, the minimum import prices for the products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93 originating in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 182, 24. 7. 1993, p. 4.

(2) OJ No L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 98.

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 726/96 of 22 April 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod, haddock and plaice by vessels flying the flag of Belgium

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), provides for cod, haddock and plaice 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 the quotas of cod in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions III a, III b,c,d (EC zone) and of plaice in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, allocated to Belgium for 1996, have been exhausted by exchanges of quotas; whereas Belgium has prohibited fishing for these stocks as from 1 March 1996; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quotas of cod in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, of haddock in the waters of ICES divisions III a, III b, c, d (EC zone) and of plaice in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak allocated to Belgium for 1996, are deemed to be exhausted.

Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, for haddock in the waters of ICES divisions III a, III b, c, d (EC zone) and for plaice in the waters of ICES division III a Skagerrak, by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stocks captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 April 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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 809/96 of 30 April 1996 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 482/96 (3), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,

Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;

Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 May 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1996.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 70, 20. 3. 1996, p. 4.

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 984/96 of 31 May 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to potatoes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures for the Canary Islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2537/95 (2), and in particular Article 21 thereof,

Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 provides for a restriction on deliveries of ware potatoes to the Canary Islands from third countries and the rest of the Community during sensitive periods in order to avoid disturbance of the marketing of Canary Island production; whereas those arrangements were suspended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2254/95 (3);

Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 of the Agreement on Safeguards concluded in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994) (4), steps should be taken to phase out that restriction on imports;

Whereas the sensitive periods for 1996, 1997 and 1998 and the maximum quantities of potatoes to be delivered to the Canary Islands during those periods should be fixed; whereas the monthly allocation of those quantities may be amended in line with market developments; whereas Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1967/95 (6), should be amended;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2254/95 should be repealed;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 is amended as follows;

1. the first subparagraph of Article 10 (1) is replaced by the following:

'1. Deliveries of ware potatoes falling within CN codes 0701 90 51, 0701 90 59 and 0701 90 90 from third countries and the rest of the Community to the Canary Islands during the sensitive periods of 1996, 1997 and 1998 shown in the Annex shall be limited to the quantities given therein.`;

2. the Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2254/95 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 June 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 May 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 260, 31. 10. 1995, p. 10.

(3) OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 41.

(4) OJ No L 336, 22. 12. 1994, p. 1.

(5) OJ No L 217, 31. 7. 1992, p. 44.

(6) OJ No L 189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 29.

ANNEX

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Allocation of the quantities referred to in Article 10

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