do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 961/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a prohibition of fishing for common sole in VIIIa and b by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 2008-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

1.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 262/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 961/2008

of 29 September 2008

establishing a prohibition of fishing for common sole in VIIIa and b by vessels flying the flag of
Belgium

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock
and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of
20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi­
tation of
the Common Fisheries
Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of
12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to
common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in
the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein
for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out
in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008
fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated
fish
conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
for
in Community waters
and
stocks
Community vessels,
in waters where catch limitations
are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.

applicable

Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation
by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State
referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in
that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship
or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.

to

the

information

the
received
According
Commission, catches of
the stock referred to in the
Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of
or registered in the Member State referred to therein
have exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.

by

Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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, 29 September 2008.

For the Commission

Fokion FOTIADIS
Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 19, 23.1.2008, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.10.2008

No

Member State

Stock

Species

Area

Date

ANNEX

40/T&Q

BEL

SOL/8AB.

Common sole (Solea solea)

VIIIa and b

22.8.2008
Commission Regulation (EC) No 955/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, grape, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit

L 260/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.9.2008

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 955/2008

of 29 September 2008

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations,
the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values
for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and
periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007
of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for
Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and
(EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in
particular Article 138(1) thereof,

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regu­
lation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 September 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2008.

For the Commission

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

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 260/7

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 80

0808 20 50

0809 30

0809 40 05

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MK
TR
ZZ

JO
TR
ZZ

TR
ZZ

AR
EG
TR
UY
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

CL
CN
NZ
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
ZA
ZZ

TR
US
ZZ

IL
TR
XS
ZZ

30,0
95,0
62,5

156,8
88,7
122,8

110,1
110,1

69,9
71,4
110,6
80,9
84,6
83,5

122,8
159,1
141,0

107,8
71,3
106,0
115,6
91,6
98,5

74,0
137,4
92,5
101,3

132,4
170,9
151,7

102,9
78,6
53,9
78,5

(1) Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands

for ‘of other origin’.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 962/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a prohibition of fishing for sandeel in IIIa; EC waters of IIa and IV by vessels flying the flag of Germany
Date: 2008-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Germany, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

1.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 262/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 962/2008

of 29 September 2008

establishing a prohibition of fishing for sandeel in IIIa; EC waters of IIa and IV by vessels flying the
flag of Germany

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock
and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of
20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi­
tation of
the Common Fisheries
Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of
12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to
common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in
the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein
for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out
in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008
fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated
fish
conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
for
in Community waters
and
stocks
Community vessels,
in waters where catch limitations
are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.

applicable

Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation
by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State
referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in
that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship
or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.

to

the

information

the
received
According
Commission, catches of
the stock referred to in the
Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of
or registered in the Member State referred to therein
have exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.

by

Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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, 29 September 2008.

For the Commission

Fokion FOTIADIS
Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 19, 23.1.2008, p. 1.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.10.2008

No

Member State

Stock

Species

Area

Date

ANNEX

41/T&Q

DEU

SAN/2A3A4.

Sandeel (Ammodytidae)

IIIa; EC waters of IIa and IV

22.8.2008
Council Common Position 2008/761/CFSP of 29 September 2008 extending Common Position 2004/694/CFSP on further measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Date: 2008-09-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: International Criminal Tribunal, Yugoslavia, economic sanctions, fight against crime, natural person, war crime

L 260/60

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.9.2008

III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2008/761/CFSP

of 29 September 2008

extending Common Position 2004/694/CFSP on further measures in support of the effective
implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

On 11 October 2004, the Council adopted Common
Position 2004/694/CFSP (1), with the aim of freezing all
funds and economic resources belonging to all persons
who have been publicly indicted by the ICTY for war
crimes but who are not in the custody of the ICTY.

Common
10 October 2008.

Position

2004/694/CFSP

applies

until

effective implementation of the mandate of the Interna­
tional Criminal Tribunal
the former Yugoslavia
for
(ICTY) (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Article 1

Common Position 2004/694/CFSP is hereby extended until
10 October 2009.

Article 2

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the date of

its

Article 3

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

The Council considers it necessary to renew Common
Position 2004/694/CFSP for a further period of 12
months.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2008.

The Community implementing measures are set out in
Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 of 11 October 2004
in support of
imposing certain restrictive measures

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(1) OJ L 315, 14.10.2004, p. 52.

(2) OJ L 315, 14.10.2004, p. 14.
2008/780/EC: Council Decision of 29 September 2008 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Date: 2008-09-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, Indian Ocean, conservation of fish stocks, fishery management, fishing agreement, ratification of an agreement

9.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 268/27

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 29 September 2008

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries
Agreement

(2008/780/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Management of
Migratory Fish Stocks.

straddling Fish Stocks

and Highly

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and
the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

The Community is competent to adopt measures for the
conservation and management of fisheries resources and
to enter into agreements with other countries and inter­
national organisations.

for

the

The Community has participated in the negotiation
process
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries
Agreement (SIOFA) from the outset and has played an
active and constructive role in that process which
culminated in the adoption of that Agreement during
the Diplomatic Conference held in Rome on 7 July 2006.

The SIOFA was opened for signature on 7 July 2006 and
signed by the Community the same day in accordance
with Council Decision 2006/496/EC (1).

The Community fleet fishes in the area covered by the
Agreement and it is in the interest of the Community to
that
play an effective role in the implementation of
Agreement.

(7)

The Agreement should therefore be approved,

The Community is a Contracting Party to the United
the Sea, which
Nations Convention on the Law of
requires all members of the international community to
cooperate in managing and conserving the biological
resources of the sea.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The Community and its Member States have ratified the
Agreement on the implementation of the provisions of
the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of
10 December 1982, relating to the Conservation and

Article 1

The Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (2) is hereby
approved on behalf of the Community.

(1) OJ L 196, 18.7.2006, p. 14.
(2) OJ L 196, 18.7.2006, p. 15.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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9.10.2008

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person or persons empowered to deposit
the instrument of approval with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the
United Nations acting in his capacity as Depositary of the Agreement in accordance with Article 25 of the
Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2008.

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER
2008/763/EC: Commission Decision of 29 September 2008 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, a common methodology for the calculation of annual sales of portable batteries and accumulators to end-users (notified under document number C(2008) 5339) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: data collection, electricity storage device, marketing, sale, waste management

1.10.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 262/39

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 September 2008

establishing, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, a
common methodology for the calculation of annual sales of portable batteries and accumulators to
end-users

(notified under document number C(2008) 5339)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/763/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the European
Having regard to Directive 2006/66/EC of
Parliament and of
the Council of 6 September 2006 on
batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumu­
lators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (1), and in particular
point (b) of Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The annual sales of portable batteries and accumulators
to end-users should be expressed as the weight of the
portable batteries and accumulators placed on the market
in the territory of
the Member State in the year
concerned, excluding any portable batteries and accumu­
lators that have left the territory of that Member State in
that year before being sold to end-users.

Member States should base the calculation of annual
sales of portable batteries and accumulators to end-
users on collected data. Statistically significant estimates
based on the collected data may also be used for the
calculation.

The measures provided for
in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab­
lished by Article 18(1) of Directive 2006/12/EC of the
European Parliament and the Council (2),

Article 1

1. Member States shall calculate the annual sales of portable
batteries and accumulators to end-users in a given year, as the
weight of portable batteries and accumulators placed on the
market
the Member State in the year
concerned, excluding any portable batteries and accumulators
that have left the territory of that Member State in that year
before being sold to the end-users.

in the territory of

The placing on the market of each battery shall be

2.
counted once.

Article 2

The calculation provided for in Article 1 shall be based on
collected data or statistically significant estimates based on
collected data.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2008.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9.