do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1599/2003 of 12 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1516/2003 increasing the quantity of barley held by the British intervention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the Common market has been opened
Date: 2003-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, award of contract, barley, intervention agency, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1599/2003

of 12 September 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 1516/2003 increasing the quantity of barley held by the British inter-
vention agency for which a standing invitation to tender for the sale on the Common market has
been opened

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/
2003 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2000 (4),
lays
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of
cereals held by the intervention agencies.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1516/2003 (5) opened a
standing invitation to tender for the sale on the Commu-
nity market of 45 300 tonnes of barley held by the
British intervention agency.

The United Kingdom informed the Commission of the
intention of
its intervention agency to increase by
43 000 tonnes the quantity for which a standing invita-
tion to tender for the sale on the Community market
has been opened. In view of the market situation, the
request of the United Kingdom should be granted.

(4)

(5)

(6)

This increase in the quantity put out to tender makes it
necessary to alter the list of regions and quantities in
store without delay.

Regulation (EC) No 1516/2003 should be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1516/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.
The British intervention agency shall open a standing
invitation for the sale on the Community market of 88 300
tonnes of barley held by it.’

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 24.
(5) OJ L 217, 29.8.2003, p. 29.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Place of storage

England/Scotland

Quantities
(tonnes)

88 300’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1598/2003 of 12 September 2003 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been taken into storage in order to be sold pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EC) No 2571/97
Date: 2003-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, concentrated product, discount sale, food processing, intervention stock, reduced price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1598/2003

of 12 September 2003

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been
taken into storage in order to be sold pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EC) No
2571/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organization of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 10,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at
reduced prices and the grant of aid for cream, butter and
concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry
products,
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000 (4), the butter
put up for sale must have been taken into storage before
a date to be determined.

ice-cream and other

foodstuffs (3), as

amended by Regulation (EC) No 1540/2003 (6), relating
to the butter referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97,
should be amended.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88,
subparagraph is hereby replaced by the following:

the second

‘The butter referred to in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 2571/97 must have been taken into storage before 1
November 2001.’

Article 2

(2)

In view of the trends on the butter market and the quan-
tities of stocks available,
the date in Article 1 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 (5), as last

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 143, 10.6.1988, p. 23.

(6) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 38.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1612/2003 of 12 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for plaice by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2003-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, EU waters, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1612/2003

of 12 September 2003

prohibiting fishing for plaice by vessels flying the flag of Belgium

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December
2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch
are required (3), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1407/2003 (4), lays down quotas for plaice
for 2003.

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of plaice in the waters of ICES zones VIII,
IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying the

flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have exhausted
the quota allocated for 2003. Belgium has prohibited
fishing for this stock from 1 September 2003. This date
should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of plaice in the waters of ICES zones VIII, IX, X, CECAF
34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or regis-
tered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the
quota allocated to Belgium for 2003.

Fishing for plaice in the waters of ICES zones VIII,
IX, X,
CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
or registered in Belgium is hereby prohibited, as are the reten-
tion on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught
by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regula-
tion.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST

Director-General for Fisheries

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 201, 8.8.2003, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1594/2003 of 12 September 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2003-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1594/2003

of 12 September 2003

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)

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
import arrangements
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 4(1) thereof,

fruit and vegetables (1), as

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, 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.

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 13 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17.

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to the Commission Regulation of 12 September 2003 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 50 10

0806 10 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

0809 30 10, 0809 30 90

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
060
064
094
999

052
999

052
999

388
524
528
999

052
064
999

388
400
508
512
720
800
804
999

052
388
720
999

052
999

060
064
066
068
093
094
512
624
999

117,5
116,7
129,8
81,8
111,5

120,2
120,2

85,7
85,7

69,9
50,5
50,8
57,1

74,7
89,8
82,3

73,3
71,5
71,7
82,6
50,7
159,7
94,7
86,3

109,6
84,6
56,8
83,7

100,1
100,1

70,8
63,4
71,5
54,5
70,3
58,5
67,0
126,2
72,8

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001, p. 6). Code ‘999’ stands for

‘of other origin’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1597/2003 of 12 September 2003 fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 298th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
Date: 2003-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, aid to agriculture, award of contract, butter

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1597/2003

of 12 September 2003

fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 298th special invitation to tender opened
under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

(2)

(3)

In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid
should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-
use security determined accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No
429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invita-
tion to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended
for direct consumption in the Community (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 (4), the inter-
vention agencies are opening a standing invitation to
tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter;
Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of
the tenders received in response to each special invita-
tion to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed
for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of
96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; the
end-use security must be fixed accordingly.

Article 1

For the 298th special invitation to tender under the standing
invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90,
the maximum aid and the amount of the end-use security shall
be as follows:

— maximum aid:

— end-use security:

EUR 105/100 kg,

EUR 116/100 kg.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 September 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 45, 21.2.1990, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 16, 21.1.1999, p. 19.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1602/2003 of 12 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
Date: 2003-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Netherlands, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1602/2003

of 12 September 2003

prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December
2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated fishing conditions for certain fish stocks and
groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters
and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations
in catch are required (3), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1407/2003 (4), lays down quotas for
herring for 2003.

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions I
and II (EC waters, international waters and Norwegian

waters) by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or
registered in the Netherlands have exhausted the quota
for 2003. The Netherlands have prohibited fishing for
this stock from 13 August 2003. This date should be
adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (EC
waters, international waters and Norwegian waters) by vessels
flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Nether-
lands are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated
to the Netherlands for 2003.

Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (EC
waters, international waters and Norwegian waters) by vessels
flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Nether-
lands is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, trans-
hipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels
after the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 13 August 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST

Director-General for Fisheries

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 201, 8.8.2003, p. 3.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1600/2003 of 12 September 2003 concerning the 45th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
Date: 2003-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, award of contract, market intervention, skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1600/2003

of 12 September 2003

concerning the 45th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down
detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk
and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and
the sale of
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2238/2002 (4), interven-
tion agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation
to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder
held by them.

such skimmed-milk powder (3), as

(2)

(3)

(4)

According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/
1999, in the light of the tenders received in response to
each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling
price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make
no award.

On the basis of the examination of the offers received,
the tendering procedure should not be proceeded with.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 45th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regula-
tion (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for
the submission of tenders expired on 9 September 2003, no
award shall be made.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 September 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 341, 17.12.2002, p. 11.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1613/2003 of 12 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Spain
Date: 2003-09-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Spain, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1613/2003

of 12 September 2003

prohibiting fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 806/2003 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December
2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for
Community vessels,
in waters where catch limitations
are required (3), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1407/2003 (4), lays down quotas for cod
for 2003.

In order
to ensure compliance with the provisions
relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks
subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by
which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a
Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated.

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIb,
by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain

have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Spain has
prohibited fishing for this stock from 1 September
2003. This date should consequently be adopted in this
Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIb, by vessels
flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain are hereby
deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Spain for
2003.

Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, IIb, by vessels
flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain is hereby prohib-
ited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing
of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of appli-
cation of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST

Director-General for Fisheries

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 201, 8.8.2003, p. 3.