do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/1999 of 28 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 as regards eartags in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cattle, database, labelling

29. 7. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 197/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1663/1999

of 28 July 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 as regards eartags in the framework of the system for the
identification and registration of bovine animals

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 Article 10(a)
thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 (2),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 331/1999 (3) lays
down detailed rules regarding eartags, holding registers
and passports in the framework of the identification and
registration system of bovine animals;

(2) Whereas it is appropriate to provide for the information
contained in the replacement eartags used in the event
of eartag losses;

(3) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 should be

amended accordingly;

Article 1

The following paragraphs 6 and 7 are hereby added to Article
1 of Regulation (EC) No 2629/97:

‘6.
In addition to the information provided for in para-
graph l and distinct from it, the replacement eartags used in
the event of eartag losses may contain a mark with the
version number of the replacement eartag expressed in
Roman numerals. In such an event, the identification code
provided for in paragraph 2 shall remain unchanged.

7.
In case of an eartag loss, the replacement eartag used
by a Member State for animals born in another Member
State shall bear at least the same information as is provided
for in paragraph 2, and also the code or the logo of the
competent authority issuing it.'

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of 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, 28 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 354, 30.12.1997, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 40, 13.2.1999, p. 27.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1658/1999 of 28 July 1999 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 49th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1574/98
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

L 197/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1658/1999

of 28 July 1999

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 49th partial invitation to tender issued
within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1574/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30
June 1981 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 17(5) (b) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1574/98 of
22 July 1998 on a standing invitation to tender to
determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white
sugar (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1489/
1999 (4), requires partial
invitations to tender to be
issued for the export of this sugar;

(2) Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1574/98 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the
state and foreseeable development of the Community

and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to
tender in question;

(3) Whereas,

following an examination of

the tenders
submitted in response to the 49th partial invitation to
tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be
adopted;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 49th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued
pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 1574/98 the maximum
amount of the export refund is fixed at 50,100 EUR/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 206, 23.7.1998, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 172, 8.7.1999, p. 27.
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States referring to the safety of toys (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, approximation of laws, product safety, toy industry

C 215/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.7.1999

This judgment confirms the Commission’s communication of 1 October 1986 (OJ C 245, 1.10.1986, p. 4).

Accordingly, breach of the obligation to notify renders the technical regulations concerned inapplicable, so
that they are unenforceable against individuals.

Information on these notifications can be obtained from the national administrations, a list of which was
published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 324 of 30 October 1996.

the implementation of Council Directive
Commission communication in the framework of
88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States
referring to the safety of toys (1)

(1999/C 215/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Publication of titles and references of European harmonized standards under the Directive

ESO (1)

Reference

Title of the harmonized standards

Year of
ratification

CEN

EN 71-1:1988

Safety of toys (cid:151) Part 1: mechanical and physical properties

1988

CEN

EN 71-1:1998

Safety of toys (cid:151) Part 1: mechanical and physical properties

1998

(1) ESO: (European standardisation organisation):

(cid:151) CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19;
(cid:151) Cenelec: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 519 68 71, fax (32-2) 519 69 19;
(cid:151) ETSI: BP 152, F-06561 Valbonne Cedex, tel. (33-4) 92 94 42 12, fax (33-4) 93 65 47 16.

NOTE:

(cid:151) any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European
standardisation organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to
European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC (2), as amended by Directive 98/48/EC (3);

(cid:151) publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Communities does not imply that the

standards are available in all the Community languages.

This publication does not concern the C-weighted peak emission sound pressure level produced by a toy
using percussion caps, as referred to in Clause 4.20 d) of standard EN 71-1:1998, in respect of which it
allows no presumption of conformity to the provisions of Directive 88/378/EEC.

(1) OJ L 187, 16.7.1988.
(2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1656/1999 of 28 July 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 197/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1656/1999

of 28 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-
lateral
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;

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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 28 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.

29. 7. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 197/9

to the Commission Regulation of 28 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

0806 10 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)

628
999
052
999
388
524
528
999
052
220
388
400
508
512
600
624
999
388
400
508
512
524
528
800
804
999
052
388
512
528
804
999
052
064
999
052
400
616
999
064
624
999

129,7
129,7
46,4
46,4
56,2
52,4
60,9
56,5
109,7
92,0
132,7
232,1
160,4
44,9
100,4
130,4
125,3
77,0
65,6
84,3
66,4
65,3
42,0
167,4
85,6
81,7
116,0
75,1
78,6
39,6
75,8
77,0
129,1
69,9
99,5
170,4
211,3
222,4
201,4
53,4
188,6
121,0

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/98 (OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 22). Code ‘999' stands for ‘of

other origin'.
1999/542/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1999 concerning protective measures with regard to imports of certain animals from Bulgaria due to an outbreak of bluetongue (notified under document number C(1999) 2492) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, animal disease, health certificate, health control, import, sheep

6. 8. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 207/33

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 July 1999

concerning protective measures with regard to imports of certain animals from Bulgaria due to an
outbreak of bluetongue

(notified under document number C(1999) 2492)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/542/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

(a) Member States shall not authorise the importation of live
animals of bovine, ovine and caprine species originating in
Bulgaria.

(b) Member States receiving live animals of bovine, ovine and
caprine species which have been transported via the terri-
tory of Bulgaria, shall ensure that the animals have not
passed through the part of Bulgaria comprising the prov-
inces of Bourgas,
Jambol, Sliven, Starazagora, Hasskovo
and Kardjali.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July
1991, laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from
third
89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), as last amended by Directive
96/43/EC (2), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

amending Directives

countries

and

(1) Whereas outbreaks of bluetongue have been confirmed,

on July 1999,

in the region of Bourgas in Bulgaria;

(2) Whereas the situation is capable of constituting a grave
danger to animal health within the Community;

(3) Whereas

it

is necessary therefore to prohibit

the
importation of animals of bovine, ovine, and caprine
species originating in Bulgaria;

(4) Whereas some measures must be taken in order to
ensure that live animals of bovine, ovine and caprine
through the part of Bulgaria
species do not pass
comprising the provinces of Bourgas,
Jambol, Sliven,
Starazagora, Hasskovo and Kardjali;

(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are
in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter-
inary Committee;

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56.
(2) OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 1.
99/518/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1999 amending Commission Decision 94/360/EC on the reduced frequency of physical checks of consignments of certain products to be imported from third countries, pursuant to Council Directive 90/675/EEC (notified under document number C(1999) 2517) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, health control, hormone, import, third country, waste

L 197/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29. 7. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 July 1999

amending Commission Decision 94/360/EC on the reduced frequency of physical checks of
consignments of certain products to be imported from third countries, pursuant to Council
Directive 90/675/EEC

(notified under document number C(1999) 2517)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/518/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisations
of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (1) and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

(1) Whereas the competent authorities of Switzerland, on
the
16 July 1999, have informed the services of
Commission that diethylstilboestrol
(DES) has been
detected on two occasions in beef meat imported from
an establishment in the United States of America (USA);

(2) Whereas the use of DES, in view of its toxic properties,
is banned by virtue of Article 2 (a) and Article 3 (a) of
Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition
on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having
a hormonal or thyrostatic action of beta agonists (2);

(3) Whereas for the same reasons, the use of DES is also

banned in the USA;

(4) Whereas the Commission services have not received any
official explanation from the authorities in the USA on
this problem or on the measures taken to control the
situation;

(5) Whereas the inspection measures applied at Community
border inspection posts should include specific testing
for stilbenes;

(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are
in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter-
inary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Decision 94/360/EC (3), the second indent of paragraph 1 of
Article 1(a) is replaced by the following text:

hormones melengestrol

‘— two official samples shall be taken from each consign-
ment and examined for residues of each of the xenobi-
otic
trenbolone,
zeranol, and stilbenes including diethylstilboestrol, and
for abnormally high levels of residues of the natural
hormones 17 beta oestradiol, progesterone and testos-
terone.'

acetate,

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 158, 25.6.1994, p. 41.