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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2246/96 of 25 November 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Finland

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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1952/96 (4), provides for cod 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 cod in the waters of ICES division III b, c, d (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland have reached the quota allocated for 1996; whereas Finland has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 6 November 1996; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of cod in the waters of ICES III b, c, d (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Finland for 1996.

Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES III b, c, d (EC-zone) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock 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 its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 6 November 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 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 258, 11. 10. 1996, p. 1.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2274/96 of 22 November 1996 fixing the Community producer price for tuna intended for the industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 for the 1997 fishing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (1) and in particular Article 17 (1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that a Community producer price should be fixed for tuna (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) and other species of the genus Euthynnus intended for the industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604;

Whereas, on the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and second indents of Article 9 (2) and in Article 17 (1) of the abovementioned Regulation, the price for the 1997 fishing year should be decreased,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Community producer price for the fishing year 1 January to 31 December 1997 for tuna (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) and other species of the genus Euthynnus for the industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 and the commercial category to which it relates is hereby fixed as follows:

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 1996.

For the Council

The President

S. BARRETT

(1) OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (OJ No L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15.).
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2389/96 of 16 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1713/95 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the arrangements provided for in the Agreements on free trade between the Community and the Baltic States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 of 7 October 1996 granting certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and adjusting on a unilateral and temporary basis certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Agreements on free trade with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in line with the Agreement on agriculture concluded in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas the second paragraph of Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1713/95 of 13 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the arrangements provided for in the Agreements on free trade between the Community and the Baltic States (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1929/96 (3), provides that licences are not valid after 31 December of the year in which they are issued;

Whereas the adjustment of the agricultural concessions provided for by the Agreements on free trade and the introduction of accompanying measures by Regulation (EC) No 1929/96 is applicable from 1 July 1996; whereas the annual quantities referred to in that Regulation are fixed for a period of 12 months from 1 July to 30 June instead of from 1 January to 31 December; whereas, therefore, the final date for the validity of the licences should be changed from 31 December to 30 June;

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

In Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1713/95, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

'However, licences shall not be valid after 30 June following the date of their issue.`

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 to import licences delivered as from 1 November 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 254, 8. 10. 1996, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 163, 14. 7. 1995, p. 5.

(3) OJ No L 254, 8. 10. 1996, p. 29.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2332/96 of 3 December 1996 establishing, for 1997, the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall and permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls whose aggregate length exceeds nine metres

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 3071/95 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3554/90 of 10 December 1990 adopting provisions for the establishment of the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall which are permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls whose aggregate length exceeds nine metres (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3407/93 (4), and in particular Article 1 (1) thereof,

Whereas Article 9 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 provides for the establishment of an annual list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall authorized to fish for sole inside the zones mentioned in part (a) of this paragraph using beam trawls of which the aggregate beam length exceeds nine metres;

Whereas inclusion in the list is without prejudice to the application of other measures for the conservation of fishery resources provided for or adopted in conformity with Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 or Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 (5);

Whereas it is necessary to establish this list according to the detailed rules set out in Regulation (EEC) No 3554/90,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of vessels for 1997 authorized by virtue of Article 9 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 to use beam trawls whose aggregate length exceeds nine metres inside the zones mentioned in part (a) of this paragraph, is given in the Annex.

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 January 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 December 1996.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 14.

(3) OJ No L 346, 11. 12. 1990, p. 11.

(4) OJ No L 310, 14. 12. 1993, p. 19.

(5) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.

ANEXO - BILAG - ANHANG - ÐÁÑÁÑÔÇÌÁ - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE - ANEXO - LIITE - BILAGA

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2416/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the smaller Aegean islands and establishing the forecast supply balance

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4), lays down common detailed rules for the implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the smaller Aegean islands;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the forecast supply balance of cereal products was established for 1996 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2949/95 (6); whereas this forecast supply balance for 1997 should be drawn up; whereas, subsequently, Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 should be amended;

Whereas 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

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 is hereby replaced by the Annex to the present 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 from 1 January 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 184, 27. 7. 1993, p. 1.

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

(3) OJ No L 267, 28. 10. 1993, p. 4.

(4) OJ No L 174, 26. 7. 1995, p. 27.

(5) OJ No L 335, 23. 12. 1994, p. 54.

(6) OJ No L 308, 21. 12. 1995, p. 37.

ANNEX

Supply balance for cereals for the smaller Aegean islands for 1997

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These groups are defined in Annexes I and II of Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2352/96 of 10 December 1996 on the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying in, storage and disposal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1644/89 (4), lays down that the uniform interest rate used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures is to correspond to the interest rates for the ecu for three months' and 12 months' forward rates recorded by the Statistical Office of the European Communities on the Euromarkets with a weighting of one-third and two-thirds respectively;

Whereas the Commission fixes this rate before the beginning of each EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year on the basis of the rates recorded in the six months preceding fixing;

Whereas Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 lays down that if the rate of interest costs borne by a Member State is lower for at least six months than the uniform interest rate fixed for the Community a specific interest rate is to be fixed for that Member State; whereas the Member State notified these costs to the Commission before the end of the accounting year; whereas, where no costs are notified by a Member State, the rate to be applied is determined on the basis of the reference interest rates set out in the Annex to the said Regulation;

Whereas the interest rates for the 1997 accounting year must be set, in line with those provisions;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For expenditure incurred during the 1997 EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year:

1. the interest rate referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be 4,4 %;

2. the specific interest rate referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be: 3,3 % for Austria, 4,3 % for Belgium, Luxembourg and Finland.

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 October 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 December 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 216, 5. 8. 1978, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 163, 2. 7. 1996, p. 10.

(3) OJ No L 40, 13. 2. 1988, p. 25.

(4) OJ No L 162, 13. 6. 1989, p. 18.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2414/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 388/92 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the French overseas departments (FOD) and establishing a forecast supply balance

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16 December 1991 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas departments (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2598/95 (2), and in particular Article 2 (6) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91, the forecast supply balance of cereal products to the FOD for 1996 was established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 388/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1234/96 (4); whereas this forecast supply balance for 1997 should be drawn up; whereas, subsequently, Regulation (EEC) No 388/92 should be amended;

Whereas 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

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 388/92 is hereby replaced by the Annex to the present Regulation.

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 applicable as from 1 January 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 267, 9. 11. 1995, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 43, 19. 2. 1992, p. 16.

(4) OJ No L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 101.

ANNEX

CEREALS SUPPLY BALANCE FOR THE FOD

1997

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2424/96 of 18 December 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Denmark

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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2366/96 (4), provides for mackerel 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 mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone), III a; III b, c, d (EC zone), IV by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark have reached the quota allocated for 1996; whereas Denmark has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 7 December 1996; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone), III a; III b, c, d (EC zone), IV by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Denmark for 1996.

Fishing for mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone), III a; III b, c, d (EC zone), IV by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock 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 7 December 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 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 323, 13. 12. 1996, p. 1.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2480/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1226/92 on communication by the Member States to the Commission of information on imports of certain products processed from fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 of 7 October 1996 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Agreements on free trade and trade-related matters with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2479/96 of 18 December 1996, on detailed rules for the application of the minimum import price arrangements for certain red fruit originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and fixing the minimum import prices (2), provides for the verification of compliance with the minimum import price; whereas that verification requires regular and rapid communication by Member States of certain information on imports originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1226/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1032/95 (4), gives the rules for communicating those data for certain Central and East European countries; whereas those rules should be extended to cover the three Baltic States;

Whereas the names of the countries resulting from the break-up of Yugoslavia should be updated and amendments to the combined nomenclature and the Taric codes should be taken into account;

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

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1226/92 is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 254, 8. 10. 1996, p. 1.

(2) See page 25 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ No L 128, 14. 5. 1992, p. 18.

(4) OJ No L 105, 9. 5. 1995, p. 3.

ANNEX

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