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Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2000 of 26 January 2000 on the issue of import licenses on 30 January 2000 for sheepmeat and goatmeat products pursuant to GATT-WTO non-country specific tariff quotas for the first quarter of 2000
Date: 2000-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: GATT, World Trade Organisation, export licence, goatmeat, sheepmeat, tariff quota

L 22/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 1. 2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 186/2000

of 26 January 2000

on the issue of import licenses on 30 January 2000 for sheepmeat and goatmeat products pursuant
to GATT-WTO non-country specific tariff quotas for the first quarter of 2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 of
26 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 as regards the import and
export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 344/1999 (2), and in
particular Article 16(4) thereof,

lation (EC) No 1439/95, such quantities should be
reduced by a single percentage figure in accordance with
Article 16(4)(b) of that Regulation.

(3)

(4)

All the licence applications may be granted in cases
where the quantities in respect of which licence applica-
tions have been lodged do not exceed the quantities
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1439/95.

Applications relating to products originating in Namibia
have been lodged in Germany,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laid down, in Title II B,
detailed rules, in respect of imports of products falling
within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90
and 0204 pursuant to GATT/WTO non-country specific
tariff quotas; provision should be made, pursuant to
Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95, for deter-
mining the extent to which import licences may be
issued in connection with applications lodged in respect
of the first quarter of 2000.

(2)

In cases where the quantities in respect of which licence
applications have been lodged exceed the quantities
which may be imported pursuant to Article 15 of Regu-

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Germany shall, on 30 January 2000, issue the import licences
provided for in Title II B of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 and
applied for from 1 to 10 January 2000. For products falling
within CN code 0204, the quantities applied for originating in
Namibia shall be granted in full.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 43, 17.2.1999, p. 6.
Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax - transitional provisions granted to the Republic of Austria and the Portuguese Republic'
Date: 2000-01-26
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: Austria, Portugal, VAT, VAT rate, derogation from EU law, property leasing

15.3.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 75/21

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive
amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax — transitional
provisions granted to the Republic of Austria and the Portuguese Republic’

(2000/C 75/09)

On 13 January 2000 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under Article
262 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Economic and Social Committee decided to appoint Mr Mario Sepi as rapporteur-general responsible
for drawing up the Committee’s work on the subject.

At its 369th plenary session (meeting of 26 January 2000), the Economic and Social Committee adopted
the following opinion by 84 votes to one with three abstentions.

1.
The Committee endorses the Commission’s proposal to
grant the Republic of Austria an extension of the provision
which, by derogation from Article 28(2) of the Sixth VAT
Directive (77/388/EEC), allowed it to apply up to 31 December
1998 a reduced rate to the letting of immovable property for
residential use.

2.
The Committee also endorses the Commission proposal
to grant the Portuguese Republic an extension of the provision
(also derogating from Article 28(2) of the Sixth VAT Directive)
permitting it to apply a reduced rate to restaurant services up
to 31 December 1991.

1.1.
The Committee takes note of the reasons adduced by
the Republic of Austria in requesting this extension (limited in
any case to the transitional period laid down in Article 28(13)
of the Sixth VAT Directive) and shares the Commission’s
opinion that the risk of distortion of competition in the letting
of immovable property for residential use should be regarded
as non-existent.

2.1.
The Committee regards as valid the arguments put
forward by the Portuguese Republic for reintroducing the
reduced rate (limited to the transitional period laid down in
Article 28(13) of the Sixth VAT Directive). Like the Com-
mission, the Committee regards the risk of distortion of
competition in restaurant services as non-existent, since the
measure is confined to one Member State.

Brussels, 26 January 2000.

The President

of the Economic and Social Committee

Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI
Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the 'Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure of biological agents at work (Seventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)'
Date: 2000-01-26
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: biotechnology, carcinogenic substance, consolidation of EU law, occupational health, occupational safety

15.3.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 75/15

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a European Parliament and
Council Directive on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure of biological
agents at work (Seventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of
Directive 89/391/EEC)’

(2000/C 75/06)

On 21 October 1999 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under Article
262 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the above-mentioned proposal.

The Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship, which was responsible for preparing the
Committee’s work on the subject, adopted its opinion unanimously on 16 December 1999. The
rapporteur was Mr Thomas Etty.

At its 369th plenary session of 26 and 27 January 2000 (meeting of 26 January), the Economic and
Social Committee adopted the following opinion by 122 votes in favour, no votes against, and with five
abstentions.

1.
The Committee agrees in general terms with the Com-
mission that it is important to simplify and clarify Community
law, without affecting the level of protection. This is certainly
desirable in the area of occupational safety and health legis-
lation where the architecture of existing instruments has
become, in some cases, very complicated.

2.
It notes that the purpose of the consolidation operation
will not involve changes of substance to the present legislation.

The Committee also notes

3.
the Commission’s
decision of 1 April 1987 states that all legislation measures
should be consolidated after no more than ten amendments

that

Brussels, 26 January 2000.

(as a minimum requirement). The Directive on protection of
workers from biological agents of 1990 has been amended
four times in 1993, 1995, 1997 and again in 1997.

4.

The Committee fully agrees with the present proposal.

5.
Finally, the Committee refers to the five general rec-
ommendations regarding codifications of occupational Safety
and Health Directives in its Opinion of October 20-21 last on
the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on the Protection of
workers from the risks related to exposure of carcinogens at
work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article
16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (codified version) (COM(1999)
152 final — 98/0085 SYN)’.

The President

of theEconomic and Social Committee

Beatrice RANGONI MACHIAVELLI
Commission opinion of 26 January 2000 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the decommissioning of the RWE-Bayernwerk Block A (KRB A) Nuclear Power Station in Gundremmingen located in Bavaria in the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Date: 2000-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bavaria, environmental protection, nuclear power station, nuclear safety, public health, radioactive effluent

9.2.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 37/9

COMMISSION OPINION

of 26 January 2000

Concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the decommissioning of the
RWE-Bayernwerk Block A (KRB A) Nuclear Power Station in Gundremmingen located in
Bavaria in the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty

(2000/C 37/07)

(only the German text is authentic)

On 30 July 1999, the European Commission received from the Government of the Federal Republic of
Germany, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, general data relating to the plan for the
disposal of radioactive waste from the decommissioning of the RWE-Bayernwerk Block A (KRB A) Nuclear
Power Station in Grundremmingen located in Bavaria.

On the basis of these data and clarifications subsequently provided by the German Government, and
following consultation with the group of experts, the Commission has drawn up the following opinion.

(a) The distance between the plant and the closest Member State border (with Austria) is 100 km.

(b) Under normal operating conditions, the discharges of liquid and gaseous effluents will not cause an
exposure of the population in other Member States significant from the point of view of health.

(c) Solid radioactive waste arising from the dismantling operations will be stored or disposed of in licensed
sites in Germany; non-radioactive solid waste or residual materials and materials which are released
from regulatory control subject to compliance with clearance levels will be released for disposal as
conventional waste or for reuse or recycling, in all cases complying with the criteria laid down in the
Basic Safety Standards (Directive 96/29/Euratom).

(d) In the event of unplanned discharges of radioactive waste which may follow an accident of the type
and magnitude considered in the general data, the doses liable to be received by the population in
other Member States would not be significant from the point of view of health.

In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of
radioactive waste from the decommissioning of the RWE-Bayernwerk Block A (KRB A) Nuclear Power
Station in Grundremmingen, both in normal operation and in the event of an accident of the type and
magnitude considered in the general data,
in the radioactive contamination,
significant from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.

liable to result

is not