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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 221/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1136/2004

of 21 June 2004

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 22 June 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 June 2004. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1159/2004

of 24 June 2004

determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2004 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 of 29 September 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary (1), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The applications for import licences lodged for the third quarter of 2004 are for quantities less than or equal to the quantities available and can therefore be met in full.

(2) The surplus to be added to the quantity available for the following period should be determined.

(3) It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to the fact that licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 July to 30 September 2004 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.

2. For the period 1 October to 31 December 2004, applications may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 for import licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.

3. Licences may only be used for products which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 June 2004. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58. Regualtion as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 333/2004 (OJ L 60, 27.2.2004, p. 12).

ANNEX I Group No Percentage of acceptance of import licences submitted for the period 1 July to 30 September 2004 B1 100,0 15 100,0 16 100,0 17 100,0
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 228/12

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1193/2004

of 28 June 2004

fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1) and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid (3) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.

(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.

(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.

(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.

(5) 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 Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 June 2004. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002 (OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27).

(3) OJ L 288, 25.10.1974, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 230/52

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1207/2004

of 29 June 2004

amending the import duties in the cereals sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1114/2004 (3).

(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1114/2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1114/2004 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 June 2004. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 125. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 12).

(3) OJ L 214, 16.6.2004, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1189/2004 (OJ L 228, 29.6.2004, p. 3).

ANNEX I Import duties for the products covered by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 CN code Description Import duty (1) (EUR/tonne) 1001 10 00 Durum wheat high quality 0,00 medium quality 0,00 low quality 9,06 1001 90 91 Common wheat seed 0,00 ex 1001 90 99 Common high quality wheat other than for sowing 0,00 1002 00 00 Rye 29,47 1005 10 90 Maize seed other than hybrid 44,23 1005 90 00 Maize other than seed (2) 44,23 1007 00 90 Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing 29,47 (1) For goods arriving in the Community via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal (Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96), the importer may benefit from a reduction in the duty of: — EUR 3 per tonne, where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea, or — EUR 2 per tonne, where the port of unloading is in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden or the Atlantic coasts of the Iberian peninsula. (2) The importer may benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 24 per tonne, where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 207/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1083/2004

of 9 June 2004

on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain 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 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (3), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the delivery obligations at zero duty of products of CN code 1701, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.

(2) Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the zero duty tariff quotas for products of CN code 1701 11 10, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.

(3) Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 opens tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne for products of CN code 1701 11 10 for imports originating in Brazil, Cuba and other third countries.

(4) In the week of 31 May to 4 June 2004 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding a country's delivery obligation quantity of ACP-India preferential sugar determined pursuant to Article 9 of that Regulation.

(5) In these circumstances the Commission must set reduction coefficients to be used so that licences are issued for quantities scaled down in proportion to the total available and must indicate that the limit in question has been reached,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of import licence applications presented from 31 May to 4 June 2004 in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 licences shall be issued for the quantities indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 June 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 June 2004. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 96/2004 (OJ L 15, 22.1.2004, p. 3).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1230/2004

of 2 July 2004

suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

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),

Having regard to 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), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in by invitation to tender is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 578/2004 (3) establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by France pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 578/2004 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Finland.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 578/2004 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 July 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 July 2004. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2003 (OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 17).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 53.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 232/34

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1220/2004

of 30 June 2004

fixing the import duties in the rice sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector (2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.

(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.

(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.

(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.

(6) Application of the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in an adjustment of the import duties that have been fixed as from 24 June 2004 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1157/2004 (3) as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be adjusted in compliance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 and fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 2004. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 411/2002 (OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27).

(2) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 71. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2294/2003 (OJ L 340, 24.12.2003, p. 12).

(3) OJ L 223, 24.6.2004, p. 31.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/4

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1231/2004

of 1 July 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses

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(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 (2) lays down the amounts of private storage aid for Grana padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone cheeses. In order to take account of the development in storage costs and of market price forecasts, it is necessary to amend those amounts.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 should be amended accordingly.

(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

Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2659/94 is hereby replaced by the following:

‘1. The amount of private storage aid for cheese shall be as follows: (a) EUR 10 per tonne for the fixed costs; (b) EUR 0,25 per tonne per day of storage under contract for the warehousing costs; (c) for the financial costs, per day of storage under contract: — EUR 0,32 per tonne for Grana padano; — EUR 0,52 per tonne for Parmigiano-Reggiano; — EUR 0,26 per tonne for Provolone.’

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, 1 July 2004. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 284, 1.11.1994, p. 26. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 830/2003 (OJ L 120, 15.5.2003, p. 13).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 239/4

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1257/2004

of 7 July 2004

prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a Member State

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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 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 limitations in catch are required lays down quotas for blue whiting for 2004 (3).

(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.

(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. The Community has prohibited fishing for this stock from 29 April 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Community for 2004.

Fishing for blue whiting in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transshipment and landing of this stock caught by the above 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 Union.

It shall apply from 29 April 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 July 2004. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1.