do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1538/2007 of 20 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, rice, tariff quota

21.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/49

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1538/2007

of 20 December 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff
quotas for imports of rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1
thereof,

(3)

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,

control of these licences is mainly the responsibility of
the authorities in the countries of export. Maintaining
this provision as a criterion for eligibility of applications
for import licences is thus neither justified nor necessary.
It should therefore be abolished.

Regulation (EC) No 327/98 should be
accordingly.

amended

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

Whereas:

(1)

Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 (3)
limits the validity of export licences issued by certain
third countries for the purpose of submitting applications
for import licences to the relevant quota year.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The third subparagraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
327/98 shall be deleted.

Article 2

(2)

This provision represents an administrative constraint on
the Community authorities, although the validity and

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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, 20 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 37, 11.2.1998, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2019/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 48).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1554/2007 of 20 December 2007 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, export refund, intervention agency, white sugar

L 337/90

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.12.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1554/2007

of 20 December 2007

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to
tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

tenders submitted in response to the partial
invitation
to tender ending on 19 December 2007, it is appropriate
invi-
to fix a maximum export refund for that partial
tation to tender.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20
February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph
and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,

(3)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 of 14
September 2007 opening a
standing invitation to
tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the
intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic,
Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and
Spain,
Sweden (2) requires the issuing of partial
invitations to
tender.

Ireland,

Article 1

invitation to tender ending on 19 December
For the partial
2007, the maximum export refund for the product referred
to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 shall be
409,99 EUR/t.

(2)

Pursuant
1060/2007 and following an examination of

to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
the

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation
L 283,
27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced
by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as
from 1 October 2008.
(2) OJ L 242, 15.9.2007, p. 8.

(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, agricultural product, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, investment aid, marketing, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 310/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.12.2007

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid
to small and medium-sized enterprises

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme

Legal basis

(2007/C 310/05)

XA 7035/07

Spain

Galicia

Ayudas a las inversiones en transformación y comercialización de productos
agrarios

Orden de la Consellería do Medio Rural por la que se establecen las bases regula-
doras de las ayudas a las inversiones en transformación y comercialización de
productos agrarios para el periodo 2007-2013 (DOG 14.5.2007)

http://www.xunta.es/dog/Dog2007.nsf/0e5fb445f3681a75c1257251004b10d7/
d7759c1e0652956bc12572d8005d0126/$FILE/09200D007P016.PDF

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme

Total annual overall amount under the scheme: EUR 16 million

Maximum aid intensity

In accordance with Article 4 of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

Up to 50 %

1.5.2007

Duration

Up to 31.12.2013

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

— Limited to specific sectors

Yes

No

— Specify the sector according to NACE classification C10, C11

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Consellería do Medio Rural

San Caetano s/n
E-15071 Santiago de Compostela — A Coruña
Tél. (34) 981 54 00 22
E-mail: axudas.ia@xunta.es
Corrigendum to corresponding values of the thresholds of Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ C 301, 13.12.2007 )
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, national currency, postal service, public contract, services contract, supplies contract, transport policy, water, works contract

20.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 310/37

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to corresponding values of the thresholds of Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council

(Official Journal of the European Union C 301 of 13 December 2007)

(2007/C 310/12)

On page 1, the introductory sentence should read as follows:

‘The corresponding values in the national currencies other than euro of the thresholds of Directives 2004/17/EC and
2004/18/EC as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/2007 (1), are the following:

(1) OJ L 317, 5.12.2007, p. 34.’
2008/45/EC: Council Decision of 20 December 2007 appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Germany, appointment of staff

L 11/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.1.2008

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 December 2007

appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

(2008/45/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 24 January 2006 the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and
alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to
25 January 2010 (1).

A seat as a member of the Committee of the Regions has fallen vacant following the resignation of
Ms Emilia MÜLLER. A seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has fallen vacant
following the resignation of Mr Edmund STOIBER,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term
of office, which ends on 25 January 2010:

(a) as a member:

Mr Markus SÖDER, Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs in the State Chancellery of Bavaria,

and

(b) as an alternate member:

Mr Günther BECKSTEIN, First Minister of Bavaria.

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA

(1) OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.
2008/83/EC: Decision No 4/2007 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 20 December 2007 amending Protocol No 3 on South Africa to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: ACP Council of Ministers
Subjects: ACP countries, South Africa, association agreement (EU), cooperation agreement (EU)

30.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 25/11

DECISION No 4/2007 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 20 December 2007

amending Protocol No 3 on South Africa to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

(2008/83/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

full inclusion of South Africa in the EPA negotiations and
its eventual accession to the EPA.

(the ACP) of

Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the
the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of
members of
States
and the European
Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed
in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 (1), as revised by the
Agreement (2)
Partnership
the
Agreement, signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005, and in
particular Protocol No 3 on South Africa thereto,

the one part,

said ACP-EC

amending

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 5 of Protocol No 3 to the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement
the
Agreement on economic and trade cooperation do not
apply to South Africa.

the provisions of

lays down that

negotiating

On 7 March 2006, the group of ACP countries, members
the Southern African Development Community
of
(SADC)
Partnership
an
Agreement (EPA) with the European Community, have
requested that South Africa should be associated as a full
member of that negotiation and the Council of Ministers
has agreed to the request, subject to certain conditions,
on 12 February 2007.

Economic

The EPA negotiations are based on the economic and
trade provisions of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement,
in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof.

For reasons of
is necessary to amend
Protocol No 3 with a view to taking into account the

legal clarity it

(5)

Protocol No 3 may be revised, in accordance with Article
7 thereof, by decision of the Council of Ministers,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In Article 5 of Protocol No 3 to the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement the following paragraph shall be added:

‘3.
This Protocol shall not prevent South Africa from
negotiating and signing one of the Economic Partnership
Agreements (EPA) provided for in Part 3, Title II of this
Agreement if the other parties to that EPA so agree.’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day on which it is
adopted.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.

The Chairman of the ACP-EC Committee of
Ambassadors by delegation, for the ACP-EC
Council of Ministers

Álvaro MENDONÇA E MOURA

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 27. Agreement provisionally applied
pursuant to Decision No 5/2005 (OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/2007 of 20 December 2007 establishing a transitional period for withdrawing the Republic of Cape Verde from the list of beneficiary countries of the special arrangement for least developed countries, as set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cabo Verde, UNO, generalised preferences, least-developed country

L 337/70

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.12.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1547/2007

of 20 December 2007

establishing a transitional period for withdrawing the Republic of Cape Verde from the list of
beneficiary countries of the special arrangement for least developed countries, as set out in
Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27
June
tariff
a
preferences (1), and in particular Article 12(7) thereof,

generalised

applying

scheme

2005

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Republic of Cape Verde (hereinafter referred to as
Cape Verde) is included in the special arrangement for
least developed countries under the Community’s scheme
of generalised tariff preferences.

Article 12(7) of Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 provides
the withdrawal of a country from the special
for
arrangement
for least developed countries, when that
country is excluded by the United Nations from the list
of least developed countries. That Article also provides
for the establishment of a transitional period of at least
three years, to alleviate any adverse effects which may be
caused by the removal of the tariff preferences granted
under
least developed
arrangement
countries.

special

the

for

(3)

(4)

(5)

Cape Verde has been excluded by the United Nations
from the list of least developed countries, with effect
from 1 January 2008 (2).

Cape Verde should, therefore, be allowed to continue to
benefit from the preferences granted under the special
arrangement for least developed countries, until the end
of 2010.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Generalised
Preferences Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Republic of Cape Verde shall be removed from the list of
for least developed
beneficiaries of
countries in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 980/2005, with
effect from 1 January 2011.

the special arrangement

Article 2

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, 20 December 2007.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 169, 30.6.2005, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2007 (OJ L 141, 2.6.2007,
p. 4).

(2) UN General Assembly Resolution A/Res/59/210 of 20 December

2004.
Commission opinion of 20 December 2007 concerning the amended plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the Penly nuclear power station in France, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, nuclear power station, public health, radioactive effluent, radioactive pollution

21.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/1

I

(Resolutions, recommendations and opinions)

OPINIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION OPINION

of 20 December 2007

concerning the amended plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the Penly nuclear power
station in France, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2007/C 311/01)

On 6 July 2007, the European Commission received from the Government of France, in accordance with
Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, General Data relating to the amended plan for the disposal of radioactive
waste from the Penly nuclear power station.

On the basis of these data, and following consultation with the Group of Experts, the Commission has
drawn up the following opinion:

1. The distance between the plant and the nearest point on the territory of another Member State, in this

case the United Kingdom, is 106 km.

2. The planned modification will lead to a general decrease of the gaseous and liquid discharge limits except

for liquid tritium for which an increase is foreseen.

3. During normal operation, the planned modification will not cause an exposure liable to affect the health

of the population in other Member States.

4. In the event of unplanned releases of radioactive effluents resulting from an accident of the type and
magnitude considered in the initial General Data, the planned modification to the fuel management
system will not give rise to doses in other Member States liable to affect the health of the population.

In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the amended plan for the
disposal of radioactive waste in whatever form from the Penly nuclear power station, both in normal opera-
tion and in the event of an accident of the type and magnitude considered in the General Data, is not liable
to result in the radioactive contamination of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.
EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 349/07/COL on a complaint concerning the Norwegian Road Administration, Møre and Romsdal District Office
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, road building

C 310/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.12.2007

EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 349/07/COL on a complaint concerning the Norwegian
Road Administration, Møre and Romsdal District Office

(2007/C 310/07)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority has decided that the Production Department of the Møre and Romsdal
District Office did not receive State aid, including in the context of the construction works for completion
of ‘Riksveg 651 — Rotsethorntunnelen’.

Date of adoption: 18 July 2007

EFTA State: Norway

Case No: 48187

Title: Norwegian Road Administration, Møre and Romsdal District Office

Objective: Construction activities

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found
at:

http://www.eftasurv.int/fieldsofwork/fieldstateaid/stateaidregistry/
Council Joint Action 2007/887/CFSP of 20 December 2007 repealing Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP on the European Union civilian-military supporting action to the African Union missions in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Somalia
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: African Union, Somalia, Sudan, common foreign and security policy, military cooperation, the EU's international role

L 346/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.12.2007

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2007/887/CFSP

of 20 December 2007

repealing Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP on the European Union civilian-military supporting action to
the African Union missions in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Somalia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

the necessary measures will then be taken for the liqui-
dation of the EU Supporting Action,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 14 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Having regard to Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP of 18 July 2005
on the European Union civilian-military supporting action to
the African Union missions in the Darfur region of Sudan and
in Somalia (1), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof,

Article 1

Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP shall be
1 January 2008.

repealed as

from

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP, the European Union
the
established a civilian-military action to support
African Union Missions in the Darfur region of Sudan
and in Somalia (AMIS/AMISOM).

Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution
1769 (2007), the African Union/UN Operation in Darfur
(UNAMID) is to take over authority from AMIS no later
than 31 December 2007.

(3)

The AMIS/AMISOM EU Supporting Action should be
closed when authority is transferred to UNAMID, and

Article 2

This Joint Action shall enter into force on the date of
adoption.

its

Article 3

This Joint Action shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA

(1) OJ L 188, 20.7.2005, p. 46.

Joint Action as amended by Joint

Action 2007/245/CFSP (OJ L 106, 24.4.2007, p. 65).
Council Regulation (EC) No 15/2008 of 20 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards the entitlement to file an application for a Community plant variety right
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European organisation, crop production, patent law, plant propagation, plant variety right, protection of plant life

L 8/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.1.2008

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 15/2008

of 20 December 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards the entitlement to file an application for a
Community plant variety right

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof,

establishing the European

Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

1. Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on
Community plant variety rights (1) creates a Community
regime for plant varieties, which allows for the grant of
Community plant variety rights (CPVR), valid throughout
the Community.

In the interests of the facilitation of trade it is appropriate
to make the CPVR easily accessible. Therefore,
the
conditions for entitlement to file an application for the
CPVR should be simplified and one application system
for all applicants should be introduced.

‘Article 12

Entitlement to file an application for a Community plant
variety right

An application for a Community plant variety right may be
filed by any natural or legal person, or any body ranking as a
legal person under the law applicable to that body.

An application may be filed jointly by two or more such
persons.’;

2.

in Article 41(2), the words ‘12(1)(b),’ shall be deleted;

3. Article 52(4) shall be replaced by the following:

Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall also apply in respect of

‘4.
earlier applications that were filed in another State.’

Article 2

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 20 December 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA

(1) OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 873/2004 (OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, p. 38).