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98/595/EC: Commission Decision of 13 October 1998 concerning the application for a compulsory beef labelling system in France and Belgium (notified under document number C(1998) 3050) (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
Date: 1998-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, beef, labelling

23. 10. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 286/55

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 October 1998

concerning the application for a compulsory beef labelling system in France and
Belgium

(notified under document number C(1998) 3050)

(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)

(98/595/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of
21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification
and registration of bovine animals and regarding the
labelling of beef and beef products (1), and in particular
Article 19(5) thereof,

The French and Belgian requests, for the introduction of
from animals
a compulsory labelling system for beef
born,
fattened and slaughtered on their territory, are
approved in accordance with Article 19(5) of Regulation
(EC) No 820/97.

Whereas Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97
provides for the possibility for Member States where there
is a sufficiently developed identification and registration
system for bovine animals to impose, before 1 January
2000, a compulsory labelling system for beef
from
animals born, fattened and slaughtered on their territory;

Whereas France and Belgium have applied to the
Commission for approval for a compulsory beef labelling
system in accordance with paragraph 5 of this provision;

Whereas they have demonstrated that they have a suffi-
ciently developed identification and registration system
for bovine animals,

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic and
the Kingdom of Belgium.

Done at Brussels, 13 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 117, 7. 5. 1997, p. 1.
98/588/EC: Council Decision of 13 October 1998 on the conclusion by the European Community of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part
Date: 1998-10-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Azerbaijan, EAEC, ECSC, European Community, interim agreement (EU), trade agreement

22.10.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

L  285/1

II

(Acts  whose  publication  is  not  obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  13  October  1998

on  the  conclusion  by  the  European  Community  of  the  Interim  Agreement  on  trade  and
trade-related  matters  between  the  European  Community,  the  European  Coal  and  Steel
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of
Azerbaijan,  of  the  other  part

(98/588/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)  and  the  first
subparagraph  of  Article  228(3)  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard 
Parliament (1),

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Whereas,  pending  the  entry  into  force  of  the  Partnership
and  Cooperation  Agreement  between  the  European
Communities  and  their  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,
and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, signed
in  Luxembourg  on  22  April  1996,  it  is  necessary  to
approve,  on  behalf  of  the  European  Community,  the
Interim  Agreement  on  trade  and  trade-related  matters
between  the  European  Community,  the  European  Coal
and  Steel  Community  and  the  European  Atomic  Energy
Community,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of
Azerbaijan,  of  the  other  part,

Coal  and  Steel  Community  and  the  European  Atomic
Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of
Azerbaijan,  of 
the
declarations  relating  thereto,  are  hereby  approved  on
behalf  of  the  European  Community.

the  other  part, 

together  with 

The  Interim  Agreement  and  declarations  are  attached  to
this  Decision.

Article  2

The  President  of  the  Council  is  hereby  authorised  to
designate  the  persons  empowered  to  sign  the  Interim
Agreement  on  behalf  of  the  European  Community (2).

Article  3

The  President  of  the  Council  shall  give  the  notification
provided  for  in  Article  32  of  the  Interim  Agreement  on
behalf  of  the  European  Community.

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Done  at  Luxembourg,  13  October  1998.

Article  1

The  Interim  Agreement  on  trade  and  trade-related
matters between the European Community, the European

For  the  Council

The  President

C.  EINEM

(1)  OJ  C  313,  12.10.1998.

(2)  The  date  of  entry  into  force  of  the  Agreement  will  be
the  European

published 
Communities  by  the  General  Secretariat  of  the  Council.

the  Official 

Journal  of 

in
Council Decision of 13 October 1998 appointing the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee
Date: 1998-10-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC Treaty, appointment of staff, scientific committee (EU), technical committee (EU)

22.10.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  324/1

I

(Information)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  13  October  1998

appointing  the  members  of  the  Scientific  and  Technical  Committee

(98/C  324/01)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Atomic  Energy  Community,  and  in  particular  Article  134
thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  Commission,

Whereas,  by  its  Decision  of  7  February  1994(cid:216)(˛),  as
supplemented  by  its  Decisions  of  6  October  1997(cid:216)(ˇ),  the
Council  appointed  the  members  of  the  Scientific  and
Technical  Committee  for  the  period  1  April  1993  to
31  March  1998,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

The  following  are  hereby  appointed  members  of  the
Scientific  and  Technical  Committee 
the  period
1  April  1998  to  31  March  2003:

for 

Mr  Th.  VAN  RENTERGEM
Mr  Cl.  A.  TRUFFIN
Mr  H.(cid:216)B.  M˘LLER
Professor  Dr  A.  BIRKHOFER
Professor  Dr  H.(cid:220)H.  HENNIES
Professor  Dr  Ch.  STREFFER
Professor  Dr  M.  KAUFMANN
Mr  W.  B˜RKLE
Mr  A.  KATSANOS
Mr  R.  CARO  MANSO
Mr  A.  GRAU  MALONDA
Mr  J.(cid:216)M.  MART(cid:228)NEZ(cid:220)VAL

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  C  48,  16.2.1994,  p.  5.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  C  321,  22.10.1997,  pp.  7  and  8.

Mr  B.  BARR^
Mr  L.  PATARIN
Mr  P.  CASEAU
Mr  J.(cid:220)F.  LACRONIQUE
Mr  P.  LALLEMAND
Dr  F.(cid:216)J.  MULLIGAN
Mr  C.  MANCINI
Dr  A.  AIRAGHI
Mr  R.  ANDREANI
Dr  G.  DAMIANI
Mr  R.  DE  FELICE
Mr  H.  WAGENER
Mr  H.  VAN  DER  LAAN
Mr  A.(cid:216)H.(cid:216)M.  VERKOOIJEN
Professor  Dr  M.  HEINDLER
Professor  Dr  P.  HILLE
Professor  J.(cid:216)M.  RIBEIRO  MOREIRA  DE  ARA(cid:236)JO
Professor  J.  CARVALHO  SOARES
Professor  A.  VUORINEN
Mr  L.  HˆGBERG
Mr  S.  BJURSTRˆM
Dr  D.  POOLEY
Dr  S.  ION
Dr  A.  DUNCAN
Dr  S.(cid:216)A.  HARBISON
Mr  D.  ANDERSON

Article  2

The  appointment  of  each  of  the  persons 
in
Article  1  of  this  Decision  shall  take  effect  on  the  date  on
which  the  Council  received  acceptance  of  that  person’s
appointment.

listed 

Done  at  Brussels,  13  October  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

C.  EINEM
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2197/98 of 13 October 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit

14. 10. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 277/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2197/98

of 13 October 1998

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 applica-
the import arrangements for fruit and veget-
tion of
ables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/
98 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Article 3 (3)
thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilat-
eral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commis-
sion fixes the standard values for imports from third

countries, in respect of the products and periods stipu-
lated in the Annex thereto;

Whereas, in compliance with the above criteria, the stand-
ard 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 14 October
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15. 7. 1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.

L 277/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14. 10. 98

to the Commission Regulation of 13 October 1998 establishing the standard import values
for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 30 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(ECU/100 kg)

204
999
052
999
052
999
052
388
524
528
999
052
064
400
999
052
060
064
388
400
404
800
999
052
064
999

91,8
91,8
91,5
91,5
98,7
98,7
65,4
88,4
46,6
49,7
62,5
100,8
75,1
213,3
129,7
61,7
39,7
40,7
30,3
75,7
69,6
157,6
67,9
95,8
62,7
79,3

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22. 11. 1997, p. 19). Code

‘999' stands for ‘of other origin'.
98/591/EC: Council Decision of 13 October 1998 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the United States of America
Date: 1998-10-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: United States, cooperation agreement (EU), scientific cooperation, technical cooperation

22. 10. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 284/35

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 13 October 1998

concerning the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological
cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the
United States of America

(98/591/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 130m, in conjunc-
tion with the first sentence of Article 228(2) and the first
subparagraph of Article 228(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Whereas, by its Decision of 25 June 1996, the Council
authorised the Commission to negotiate an agreement for
scientific and technological cooperation between the
European Community and the Government of the United
States of America;

Whereas, by its Decision of 1 December 1997,
the
Council decided that the Agreement for scientific and
technological cooperation be signed on behalf of
the
European Community;

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (2),

Whereas the said Agreement was signed on 5 December
1997;

Whereas the European Community and the United States
of America are pursuing specific RTD programmes in
areas of common interest;

Whereas the Agreement for scientific and technological
cooperation between the European Community and the
Government of the United States of America should be
approved,

Whereas, on the basis of past experience, both sides have
expressed a desire to establish a deeper and broader
framework for the conduct of collaboration in science and
technology;

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas the Agreement for scientific and technological
cooperation forms part of the global cooperation between
the European Community and the United States of
America as reflected, in particular, in the New Transat-
lantic Agenda, adopted by both sides in December 1995;

(1) OJ C 162, 28. 5. 1998, p. 10.
(2) Opinion delivered on 7 October 1998 (not yet published in

the Official Journal).

Article 1

for

The Agreement
scientific and technological co-
operation between the European Community and the
Government of the United States of America is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

L 284/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22. 10. 98

Article 2

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Agreement, the President of the Council shall give notifica-
tion that the procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement have been
completed on the part of the Community.

Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 1998.

For the Council

The President

C. EINEM
98/590/EC: Commission Decision of 13 October 1998 concerning an extension of the maximum period foreseen for the notification of slaughter of bovine animals to the national Swedish database (notified under document number C(1998) 2865) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, cattle, database, meat processing industry, slaughter of animals

21. 10. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 283/25

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 October 1998

concerning an extension of the maximum period foreseen for the notification of
slaughter of bovine animals to the national Swedish database

(notified under document number C(1998) 2865)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/590/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of
21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification
and registration of bovine animals and regarding the
labelling of beef and beef products (1), and in particular
the second indent of Article 7(1) thereof,

Having regard to the request submitted by Sweden,

Whereas Sweden has requested an extension to six weeks
of the maximum period laid down, for notification of
slaughter from slaughterhouses to its national database,
due to specific practical difficulties;

Whereas it is justified to take account of Sweden’s request
for an interim period, provided that the extension of the
maximum period for notification does not affect
the
quality of information provided by the Swedish database;

Whereas the present Decision should be without preju-
dice to the decisions to be adopted regarding the fully
operational character of the national databases;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Sweden may, until 1 January 2000, extend to six weeks
the maximum period laid down by the second indent of
Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 820/97 for notification
of slaughter of bovine animals from slaughterhouses to
the national database.

This extension shall not affect the quality of information
provided by the Swedish database.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 117, 7. 5. 1997, p. 1.