do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
99/520/EC: Commission Decision of 9 July 1999 amending Decision 98/589/EC concerning an extension of the maximum period laid down for the application of eartags to certain bovine animals belonging to the Spanish herd (notified under document number C(1999) 2039) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, cattle, database, labelling, livestock, trade mark

L 199/72

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 7. 1999

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 July 1999

amending Decision 98/589/EC concerning an extension of the maximum period laid down for the
application of eartags to certain bovine animals belonging to the Spanish herd

(notified under document number C(1999) 2039)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/520/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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

In the Annex to the Commission Decision 589/98/EC, at the
column ‘comarca’, as regards to the ‘Provincia Palencia’, the
references ‘El Cerrato, Campos and Saldana-Valdavia’ shall be
replaced by the reference ‘Toda la Provincia’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 9 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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 the labeling of beef and beef
products (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,

Having regard to the request submitted by Spain,

(1)

(2)

whereas by Commission Decision 589/98/EC (2)
the
Kingdom of Spain has been granted an extension up to
six months of the maximum period laid down for the
application of the eartags to certain bovine animals due
to practical difficulties;

whereas following a request submitted by the Spanish
authorities,
the Annex to this Decision should be
amended as to include the whole of the province of
Palencia instead of the three ‘comarcas’ mentioned origi-
nally in the Annex to Commission Decision 589/98/EC;

(3)

whereas this amendment is justified as animals born in
this province fulfill the conditions set by that Decision;

(1) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 283, 21.10.1998, p. 19.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1514/1999 of 9 July 1999 fixing for the 1999/2000 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for dried plums and the amount of production aid for prunes
Date: 1999-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, marketing year, minimum price, production aid, stone fruit

L 175/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1514/1999

of 9 July 1999

fixing for the 1999/2000 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for dried
plums and the amount of production aid for prunes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in particular Article 3(3)
and Article 4(9) thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
504/97 of 19 March 1997 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96 as regards the system of production aid for products
processed from fruit and vegetables (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 702/1999 (4), fixes the dates of
the marketing years;

(2) Whereas Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96 set the criteria for fixing the minimum price and the
amount of the production aid respectively;

(3) Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
464/1999 of 3 March 1999 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96 as regards aid arrangements for prunes (5), defines the
products for which the minimum price and the aid are
fixed; whereas Article 2 of that same Regulation lays
these products must
down the characteristics

that

possess; whereas the minimum price and the production
aid for the 1999/2000 marketing year should therefore
be fixed;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Products processed from Fruit and Veget-
ables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

For the 1999/2000 marketing year:

Article 1

(a) the minimum price referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 193,523/100 kg, net from
the producer, for dried plums derived from prunes d'Ente;

(b) the production aid referred to in Article 4 of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 79,976/100 kg net for
prunes.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following 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, 9 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6.11.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 89, 1.4.1999, p. 26.
(5) OJ L 56, 4.3.1999, p. 8.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1504/1999 of 9 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1304/1999 fixing export refunds on fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, quantitative restriction, stone fruit

10. 7. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 175/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1504/1999

of 9 July 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1304/1999 fixing export refunds on 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 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
857/1999 (2), and in particular Article 35(11) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1303/1999 (4),
lays down detailed rules for the application of export
refunds on fruit and vegetables;

(2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/
1999 (5); as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/
1999 (6), sets the export refunds on fruit and vegetables;

(3) Whereas there is currently an excess of peaches and
nectarines on the market; whereas the refunds for those
products should be increased so as to relieve the market;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1304/1999, in the line
relating to peaches and nectarines, the scheduled quantity of
6 572 t for system B is replaced by 26 572 t.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 9 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(5) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 30.
(6) OJ L 162, 26.6.1999, p. 62.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1512/1999 of 9 July 1999 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP bananas for the third quarter of 1999 (second period) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit vegetable, marketing year, minimum price, production aid, vegetable product

L 175/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1512/1999

of 9 July 1999

on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP
bananas for the third quarter of 1999 (second period)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13
February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in
bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 of
28 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the imple-
mentation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 regarding
imports of bananas into the Community (3), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 756/1999 (4), and in particular Article
18(2) thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 2 of, and the Annex to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1293/1999 (5)
fix the quantities
available for the third quarter of 1999 under the second
period for the submission of applications provided for in
Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98;

(2) Whereas, pursuant to Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2362/98, on the basis of applications submitted
the quantities for which
during the second period,

licences may be issued for the origins concerned should
be determined forthwith;

(3) Whereas this Regulation should apply immediately to

permit licences to be issued as quickly as possible,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences shall be issued under the arrangements for the
importation of bananas,
tariff quotas arrangements and
arrangements for traditional ACP bananas for the third quarter
of 1999 (second period)
in respect of new applications as
referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98:

1. for the quantity indicated in the licence application multi-
plied, for the origin ‘Panama', by the reduction coefficient
0,5776;

2. for the quantity indicated in the licence application for an

origin other than that mentioned in point 1.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 9 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 32.
(4) OJ L 98, 13.4.1999, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 153, 19.6.1999, p. 60.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1502/1999 of 9 July 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

10. 7. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 175/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1502/1999

of 9 July 1999

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,

(2) Whereas,

in compliance with the above criteria, the
standard import values must be fixed at the levels set
out in the Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
last
import arrangements
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98 (2), and in particular
Article 4 (1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

(1) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multi-
the criteria whereby the
lateral
Commission fixes the standard values for imports from
third countries, in respect of the products and periods
stipulated in the Annex thereto;

trade negotiations,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 July 1999.

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.

L 175/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 7. 1999

to the Commission Regulation of 9 July 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 10 00

0809 20 95

0809 40 05

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
628
999
052
999
382
388
524
528
999
388
400
508
512
524
528
804
999
388
512
528
999
052
064
999
052
064
066
068
400
616
999
624
999

61,9
130,8
96,4
53,6
53,6
54,2
67,4
44,8
61,8
57,1
84,0
79,1
78,4
72,3
58,7
74,2
101,0
78,2
89,7
48,2
68,3
68,7
132,01
74,6
103,4
194,4
96,9
120,3
90,6
176,7
186,2
144,2
258,0
258,0

(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’.
1999/494/EC, ECSC, Euratom: Council Decision of 9 July 1999 on the referral of the case of Mr Bangemann to the Court of Justice
Date: 1999-07-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Commission, European Commissioner, duties of civil servants, private sector, telecommunications, work contract

24. 7. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 192/55

COUNCIL DECISION

of 9 July 1999

on the referral of the case of Mr Bangemann to the Court of Justice

(1999/494/EC, ECSC, Euratom)

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 Treaty establishing the European Coal and
Steel Community, and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 126 thereof,

(4)

Whereas:

discretion deriving from his responsibilities should have
induced Mr Bangemann to decline the appointment
which he has accepted with the Telefonica Company;

to the Court of

under these circumstances the Council should refer the
the European
matter
Communities pursuant to the last sentence of the third
subparagraph of Article 213(2) of the Treaty establishing
the European Community and the corresponding provi-
sions of the ECSC and EAEC Treaties,

Justice of

(1)

(2)

(3)

establishing

pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 213(2) of
the Treaty establishing the European Community, the
third subparagraph of Article 9(2) of the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
and the third subparagraph of Article 126(2) of the
Treaty
Energy
Community (EAEC), the Members of the Commission,
when entering upon their duties, give a solemn under-
taking that, both during and after the term of office,
they will respect the obligations arising therefrom and in
particular their duty to behave with integrity and discre-
tion as regards the acceptance, after they have ceased to
hold office, of certain appointments or benefits;

European Atomic

the

by letter of 29 June 1999, Mr Martin Bangemann,
Member of the Commission of the European Commu-
nities, informed Mr Gerhard Schr(cid:148)der, President of the
Conference of the Representatives of the Governments
of the Member States of the European Union, of his
intention of taking up an appointment with the Telefo-
nica Company;

Mr Martin Bangemann is the Member of the Commis-
sion responsible, since 1992, for the information tech-
nology and telecommunications sectors, and the duty of

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The case of Mr Bangemann shall be referred to the Court of
Justice of
to the last
the European Communities pursuant
sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 213(2) of the
Treaty establishing the European Community and the corres-
ponding provisions of the ECSC and EAEC Treaties.

Article 2

This Decision shall be communicated to Mr Bangemann, to the
President of the Commission of the European Communities
and to the Governments of the Member States of the European
Union.

Done at Brussels, 9 July 1999.

For the Council

S. NIINIST(cid:153)

The President
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1505/1999 of 9 July 1999 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
Date: 1999-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, fresh meat, frozen product, import licence, product quality, refrigerated product

L 175/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1505/1999

of 9 July 1999

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of
27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and
for frozen buffalo meat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 134/1999 (2),

(1)

(2)

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and
5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import
licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f);

Whereas Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the
amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
originating in and imported from the United States of America
and Canada which may be imported on special terms for the
period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 at 11 500 t;

(3)

Whereas it should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to
this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open

for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force
permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 July
1999 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as
referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be
granted in full.

2.
Applications for licences may be submitted, in accord-
ance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the
first five days of August 1999 for 1 532,167 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 17, 22.1.1999, p. 22.