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COMMISSION DECISION of 29 November 1996 amending Decisions 93/24/EEC and 93/244/EEC and concerning additional guarantees relating to Aujeszky's disease for pigs destined to Sweden (Text with EEA relevance) (96/725/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC (1) of 26 June 1964, on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine, as last amended by Directive 95/25/EC (2), and in particular Article 9 (3) and Article 10 (2) thereof,

Whereas Sweden considers that its territory is free from Aujeszky's disease and has submitted supporting documentation to the Commission as provided for in Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC;

Whereas an eradication programme was undertaken in these regions for Aujeszky's disease;

Whereas Commission Decision 93/244/EEC (3) as last amended by Decision 96/590/EC (4) lays down additional guarantees relating to Aujeszky's disease for pigs destined to certain parts of the territory of the Community where an eradication programme has been approved and lists those regions in Annex I;

Whereas the programme is regarded to have been successful in eradicating this disease from Sweden; whereas it is therefore appropriate to remove these regions from the list of regions in Annex I of Decision 93/244/EEC;

Whereas the authorities of Sweden apply for national movement of pigs rules at least equivalent to those provided by the present decision;

Whereas these additional guarantees must not be requested from Member States or regions of Member States which are themselves regarded as free from Aujeszky's disease;

Whereas Commission Decision 93/24/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 96/590/EC, lays down additional guarantees relating to Aujeszky's disease for pigs destined to Member States or regions free of the disease and lists those regions in Annex I;

Whereas these parts of Sweden which are free of the disease should be added to Annex I of Decision 93/24/EEC;

Whereas the measures provided for in this decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. In Annex I of Decision 93/244/EEC, the words 'Sweden: all regions` are deleted.

2. The following is added to Annex I of Decision 93/24/EEC:

'Sweden: all regions`.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 December 1996.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 November 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64.

(2) OJ No L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 16.

(3) OJ No L 111, 5. 5. 1993, p. 21.

(4) OJ No L 258, 11. 10. 1996, p. 32.

(5) OJ No L 16, 25. 1. 1993, p. 18.
NoL92/36(""enIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.4.96
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of2April1996
suspendingthebuying-inofbutterincertainMemberStates
(OnlytheDanish,German,Greek,English,French,Italian,Dutch,Portuguese ,Finnishand
Swedishtextsareauthentic)
(96/268/EC)
certainMemberStates;whereasinformationonmarket
pricesshowsthattheconditionlaiddowninArticle1(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1547/87isnolongermetin
Ireland;whereasthelistofMemberStatesinwhichthat
suspensionappliesmustbeadjustedaccordingly;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecisionarein
accordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inmilkandmilkproducts('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No2931/95(2),andinparticularthefirstsub­
paragraphofArticle7a(1)andArticle7a(3)thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No777/87(3),aslast
amendedbytheActofAccessionofAustria,Finlandand
Sweden,setsoutthecircumstances underwhichthe
buying-inofbutterandskimmed-milk powdermaybe
suspendedandsubsequentlyresumedand,wheresuspen­
siontakesplace,thealternativemeasuresthatmaybe
taken;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1547/87(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1802/95lays
downthecriteriaforopeningandsuspendingthe
buying-inofbutterbyinvitationtotenderintheMember
Statesor,inthecaseoftheUnitedKingdomand
Germany,inaregionthereof;
WhereasCommission Decision96/248/ECof24
November 199516)suspendsthebuying-inofbutterinHASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
Thebuying-inofbutterbyinvitationtotenderas
providedforinArticle1(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
777/87isherebysuspendedinBelgium,Denmark,
Germany,Greece,France,Italy,Luxembourg ,theNether­
lands,Austria,Portugal,Finland,Sweden,GreatBritain
andNorthernIreland.
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL307,20.12.1995,p.10.
(3)OJNoL78,20.3.1987,p.10.
(«)OJNoL144,4.6.1987,p.12.
C)OJNoL174,26.7.1995,p.27.
(«)OJNoL83,2.4.1996,p.18.Article2
Decision96/248/ECisherebyrepealed.

13.4.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL92/37
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofDenmark,the
FederalRepublicofGermany,theHellenicRepublic,theFrenchRepublic,Ireland,the
ItalianRepublic,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourg ,theKingdomoftheNetherlands ,the
RepublicofAustria,thePortugueseRepublic,theRepublicofFinland,theKingdomof
SwedenandtheUnitedKingdom.
DoneatBrussels,2April1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
COMMISSION DECISION of 26 March 1996 amending Decision 94/766/EC laying down specific conditions for importing fishery and aquaculture products from Taiwan (Text with EEA relevance) (96/255/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof,

Whereas the list of establishments approved by Taiwan for importing fishery and aquaculture products into the Community has been drawn up in Commission Decision 94/766/EC (2), as amended by Decision 96/31/EC (3); whereas this list may be amended following the communication of a new list by the competent authority in Taiwan;

Whereas the competent authority in Taiwan has communicated a new list of 17 establishments;

Whereas it is necessary to amend the list of approved establishments accordingly;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision have been drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down by Commission Decision 90/13/EEC (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex B of Decision 94/766/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.

(2) OJ No L 305, 30. 11. 1994, p. 31.

(3) OJ No L 9, 12. 1. 1996, p. 6.

(4) OJ No L 8, 11. 1. 1990, p. 70.

ANNEX

'ANNEX B

LIST OF APPROVED ESTABLISHMENTS

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EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 292/27

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 October 1996

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt modifying the arrangements for imports into the Community of rice originating in and coming from Egypt

(96/640/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 19 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (1) provides for a reduction in the levy on imports into the Community of rice originating in and coming from that country within the limits of an annual quantity of 32 000 tonnes and on condition that an export levy be collected; whereas the Agreement provides that the Community may modify these arrangements, taking accounts of Egypt's interests, in the event of any change in its rules;

Whereas the Community, in the Uruguay Round agreement on agriculture, has undertaken to replace variable levies with customs duties; whereas this necessitates the modifcation of the Agreement with Egypt;

Whereas the Community has to that end negotiated with the Arab Republic of Egypt an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters modifying the arrangements in question;

Whereas this Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt modifying the arrangements for imports into the Community of rice originating in and coming from Egypt is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community (2).

Article 3

The provisions implementing the Agreement, including any surveillance measures, shall be adopted according to the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 (3).

Where the application of the Agreement calls for close cooperation with the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Commission may take all necessary measures to ensure such cooperation.

Done at Luxembourg, 28 October 1996. For the Council The President D. SPRING

(1) OJ No L 266, 27. 9. 1978, p. 1.

(2) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.

(3) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3072/95 (OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18).
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 292/31

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 October 1996

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on the adjustment of the regime for imports into the Community of oranges originating in and coming from Egypt

(96/641/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas, in the context of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the import regime for oranges has been changed;

Whereas this new regime may have a negative effect on the Community's traditional imports from Egypt;

Whereas Article 22 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (1) provides that, where the existing rules are modified, the Community may amend the regime set out in the Agreement for the products concerned;

Whereas the Community has agreed with the Arab Republic of Egypt that, pending the conclusion of a new Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, the said regime will be adjusted on the basis of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters;

Whereas the latter Agreement should now be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on the adjustment of the regime for imports into the Community of oranges originating in and coming from Egypt is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community (2).

Article 3

If necessary, the Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of the Agreement, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (3).

Done at Luxembourg, 28 October 1996. For the Council The President D. SPRING

(1) OJ No L 266, 27. 9. 1978, p. 1.

(2) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.

(3) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (OJ No L 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8).
COMMISSION DECISION of 25 November 1996 amending Decision 77/144/EEC laying down the standard code and rules governing the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data of the surveys of plantations of certain species of fruit trees, and laying down the boundaries of the production areas for these surveys (Text with EEA relevance) (96/689/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 76/625/EEC of 20 July 1976 concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees (1), last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1057/91 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (4) and 9 thereof,

Whereas the experience gained in conducting the last basic survey calls for certain amendments to the common list of varieties to be surveyed and consequently it is necessary to amend Annex II to Commission Decision 77/144/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 95/531/EC (4);

Whereas the characteristics of the survey are laid down in Article 2 of Directive 76/625/EEC and the detailed rules of application of that Article are drawn up according to the procedure provided for under Article 9 of that Directive;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to Decision 77/144/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 November 1996.

For the Commission

Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 218, 11. 8. 1976, p. 10.

(2) OJ No L 107, 27. 4. 1991, p. 11.

(3) OJ No L 47, 18. 2. 1977, p. 52.

(4) OJ No L 302, 15. 12. 1995, p. 37.

ANNEX

'ANNEX II

Codes for specified varieties of each species for delivery to the Statistic Office of the European Communities of the results of the statistical surveys of plantations of certain species of fruit trees to be carried out in Member States

(Directive 76/625/EEC)

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COMMISSION DECISION of 10 July 1996 concerning a derogation from the provisions of Annex III of Council Directive 91/439/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (96/427/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas Article 7 (3) stipulates that Member States may, with the agreement of the Commission, derogate from the provisions of Annex III concerning minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving of power-driven vehicles;

Whereas such derogations must be compatible with the development of medical science and with the principles laid down in Annex III;

Whereas Annex III, item 6.3 specifies that applicants for a driving licence or for the renewal of such a licence must have a visual acuity, with corrective lenses if necessary, of at least 0,8 in the better eye and at least 0,5 in the worse eye;

Whereas, if corrective lenses are used to attain the values of 0,8 and 0,5, the uncorrected acuity in each eye must reach 0,05, or else the minimum acuity (0,8 and 0,5) must be achieved either by correction by means of glasses with a power not exceeding plus or minus four dioptres or with the aid of contact lenses (uncorrected vision = 0,05) and the correction must be well tolerated;

Whereas item 6.3 furthermore specifies that driving licences shall not be issued to or renewed for applications or drivers without a normal binocular field of vision or suffering from diplopia;

Whereas in accordance with item 6.3 of Annex III the maximum allowed strength for glasses of group 2 drivers has to be plus or minus 4 dioptres, notably because of distortion of the field of vision if stronger glasses had to be used; whereas, however, application of modern techniques and materials has made it possible to now produce glasses up to plus or minus 8 dioptres without such distortion;

Whereas, therefore, following the request of several Member States, the Commission considers that the developments of medical science justify a derogation to the provision of item 6.3 of Annex III of the Directive as for the number of dioptres for glasses of drivers of group 2,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Member States may allow a value of plus or minus 8 dioptres instead of plus or minus 4 dioptres when the minimum acuity of 0,8 and 0,5 is achieved by correction by means of glasses.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

This Decision applies as from three days after the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 10 July 1996.

For the Commission

Neil KINNOCK

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 237, 24. 8. 1991, p. 1.
COMMISSION DECISION of 29 November 1996 on the list of programmes to improve the system of veterinary checks at the Community's external frontiers that qualify for Community funding in 1997 (96/729/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2) and in particular Article 38 thereof,

Whereas the stepping-up of veterinary checks at the external frontiers is one of the priorities for Community action by virtue of the completion of the single market;

Whereas the Swedish authorities have submitted a national programme to the Commission to improve the system of checks at the external frontier on animals and animal products; whereas this programme covers in particular the construction and renovation of the necessary infrastructure and the purchase of equipment for the checks;

Whereas Sweden has provided the Commission with all the information it needs to assess the Community interest in providing funding for the 1997 programme;

Whereas the programme included on the list laid down in this Decision must be the subject of subsequent individual approval; whereas the detailed costs for each frontier inspection post will be specified at that time;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. The programme listed in the Annex hereto shall qualify for Community funding in 1997.

2. The proposed rate and amount of Community funding for the programme referred to in paragraph 1 is laid down in the Annex.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 November 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.

(2) OJ No L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 31.

ANNEX

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31997D0160R(01)

Corrigendum to Commission Decision 97/160/EC of 14 February 1997 amending Council Decision 79/542/EEC and Commission Decisions 92/260/EEC, 93/195/EEC and 93/197/EEC with regard to the animal health conditions for the temporary admission, re_+entry and imports into the Community of registered horses from Lebanon (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 62 of 4 March 1997)



Official Journal L 078 , 20/03/1997 P. 0054 - 0054
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 97/333/EC of 23 April 1997 on the clearance of the accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1993 on the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 139 of 30 May 1997)

On page 37 in the Annex under the heading 'FRANCE`, the entry against '1. (f) Expenditure disallowed`:

for: '378 547 021,71`,

read: '- 378 547 021,71`.
COMMISSION DECISION of 24 January 1997 extending the period referred to in Article 15 (2a) of Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes (97/90/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed potatoes (1), as last amended by Directive 96/72/EC (2), and in particular Article 15 (2a) thereof,

Whereas in principle, with effect from certain dates, Member States may no longer determine for themselves the equivalence of seed potatoes harvested in third countries with seed potatoes harvested within the Community and complying with that Directive;

Whereas, however, since work to establish Community equivalence for all the third countries concerned had not been completed, Article 15 (2a) of that Directive permitted Member States to extend to 31 March 1996 the period of validity of equivalence which they had already for certain countries not covered by the Community equivalence;

Whereas the said work is still incomplete;

Whereas the authorization may only be extended in accordance with Member States' obligations under the common rules on plant health, laid down by Council Directive 77/93/EEC (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 96/78/EC (4);

Whereas by Commission Decision 97/89/EC (5) derogations provided for by certain Member States from certain provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of seed potatoes originating in Canada have been approved until 31 March 1997;

Whereas the authorization granted to Member States by Article 15 (2a) of Directive 66/403/EEC should accordingly be extended;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 15 (2a) of Directive 66/403/EEC, '31 March 1996` is replaced by '31 March 1997`.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 January 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.

(2) OJ No L 304, 27. 11. 1996, p. 10.

(3) OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.

(4) OJ No L 321, 12. 12. 1996, p. 20.

(5) See page 45 of this Official Journal.
COUNCIL DECISION of 20 January 1997 appointing an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Dental Practitioners (97/C 36/05)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Decision 78/688/EEC of 25 July 1978 setting up an Advisory Committee on the Training of Dental Practitioners (1), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,

Whereas by its Decision of 8 December 1995 (2), the Council appointed Dr Eugène SAINT-ÈVE an alternate member of the Committee for the period ending 24 July 1997;

Whereas the French Government has nominated Dr Jacques MONNOT to replace Dr Eugène SAINT-ÈVE,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Dr Jacques MONNOT is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Dental Practitioners in place of Dr Eugène SAINT-ÈVE for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which ends on 24 July 1997.

Done at Brussels, 20 January 1997.

For the Council

The President

J. VAN AARTSEN

(1) OJ No L 233, 24. 8. 1978, p. 15.

(2) OJ No C 343, 21. 12. 1995, p. 2.