32014R0727

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 727/2014 of 30 June 2014 initiating a ‘new exporter’ review of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1389/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of trichloroisocyanuric acid originating in the People's Republic of China, repealing the duty with regard to imports from one exporter in this country and making these imports subject to registration

1.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/42 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 727/2014 of 30 June 2014 initiating a ‘new exporter’ review of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1389/2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of trichloroisocyanuric acid originating in the People's Republic of China, repealing the duty with regard to imports from one exporter in this country and making these imports subject to registration THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION , Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (‘the basic Regulation’) and in particular Article 11(4) thereof, After informing the Member States, Whereas: 1.   REQUEST (1) The European Commission (‘Commission’) has received a request for a ‘new exporter’ review pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation. (2) The request was lodged on 4 January 2014 by Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co. Ltd (‘the applicant’), an exporting producer in the People's Republic of China (‘PRC’) of trichloroisocyanuric acid. 2.   PRODUCT (3) The product under review is trichloroisocyanuric acid and preparations thereof (TCCA), also referred to as ‘symclosene’ under the international non-proprietary name (INN), currently falling within CN codes ex 2933 69 80 and ex 3808 94 20 (TARIC codes 2933698070 and 3808942020), and originating in the PRC (‘the product under review’). 3.   EXISTING MEASURES (4) The measures currently in force are a definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1389/2011 (2) under which imports into the Union of the product under review originating in the PRC, including the product produced by the applicant, are subject to a definitive anti-dumping duty of 42,6 % with the exception of several companies specially mentioned in Article 1(2) of that Regulation which are subject to individual duty rates. 4.   GROUNDS (5) The applicant claims that it did not export the product under review to the Union during the period of investigation on which the anti-dumping measures were based, i.e. the period from 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 (‘the original investigation period’). (6) Furthermore, the applicant claims that it is not related to any of the exporting producers of the product under review which are subject to the above-mentioned anti-dumping measures. (7) The applicant further claims that it has begun exporting the product under review to the Union after the end of the original investigation period. 5.   PROCEDURE (8) Union producers known to be concerned have been informed of the request for a review and have been given an opportunity to comment. (9) Having examined the evidence available, the Commission concludes that there is sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of a ‘new exporter’ review, pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation, with a view to determine the applicant's individual margin of dumping and, should dumping be found, the level of the duty to which its imports of the product under review into the Union shall be subject. (10) If it is determined that the applicant fulfils the requirements to have an individual duty established, it may be necessary to amend the rate of duty currently applicable to imports of the product under review from companies not individually mentioned in Article 1(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1389/2011. (a)   Questionnaires (11) In order to obtain information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will send a questionnaire to the applicant. (b)   Collection of information and holding of hearings (12) All interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known in writing and to provide supporting evidence. (13) Furthermore, the Commission may hear interested parties, provided that they make a request in writing showing that there are particular reasons why they should be heard. (c)   Selection of the market economy country (14) Since the applicant expressly waived the right to claim that market economy conditions prevail for it, normal value shall be determined on the basis of Article 2(7)(a) of the basic Regulation. Therefore, an appropriate market economy country will be used for the purpose of establishing normal value in respect of the PRC. The Commission envisages using Japan again for this purpose as was done in the investigation which led to the imposition of measures on imports of the product under review from the PRC. Interested parties are hereby invited to comment on the appropriateness of this choice within the specific time limit set in Article 4(3) of this Regulation. According to the information available to the Commission, other market economy suppliers of the Union may be located, inter alia, in Switzerland, Malaysia and Indonesia. The Commission will examine whether there is production and sales of the product under investigation in those market economy third countries for which there are indications that production of the product under investigation is taking place. 6.   REPEAL OF THE DUTY IN FORCE AND REGISTRATION OF IMPORTS (15) Pursuant to Article 11(4) of the basic Regulation, the anti-dumping duty in force should be repealed with regard to imports of the product under review which are produced and sold for export to the Union by the applicant. At the same time, such imports should be made subject to registration in accordance with Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, in order to ensure that, should the review result in a finding of dumping in respect of the applicant, anti-dumping duties can be levied retroactively to the date of the initiation of the review. The amount of the applicant's possible future liabilities cannot be estimated at this stage of the proceeding. 7.   TIME-LIMITS (16) In the interest of sound administration, time-limits should be stated within which: — interested parties may make themselves known to the Commission, present their views in writing and submit any information to be taken into account during the investigation, — interested parties may make a written request to be heard by the Commission, — interested parties may comment on the appropriateness of Japan which is envisaged as a market-economy country for the purpose of establishing normal value, — Attention is drawn to the fact that the exercise of most procedural rights set out in the basic Regulation depends on the party's making itself known within the time-limits indicated in Article 4 of this Regulation. 8.   COMMUNICATION WITH INTERESTED PARTIES (17) Interested parties are invited to make all submissions and requests by e-mail including scanned powers of attorney and certification sheets, with the exception of voluminous replies which shall be submitted on a CD-ROM or DVD by hand or by registered mail. Their use of e-mail will constitute an agreement for the communication by e-mail and acceptance of the rules specified in the communication instructions with interested parties which are published on the website of the Directorate-General for Trade: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/june/tradoc_148003.pdf. The interested parties must indicate their name, address, telephone and a valid e-mail address and they should ensure that the provided e-mail address is a functioning official business e-mail which is checked on a daily basis. Once contact details are provided, the Commission will communicate with interested parties by e-mail only, unless they explicitly request to receive all documents from the Commission by another means of communication or unless the nature of the document to be sent requires the use of a registered mail. For further rules and information concerning correspondence with the Commission including principles that apply to submissions by e-mail, interested parties should consult the communication instructions with interested parties referred to above. (18) All written submissions, including the information requested in this Regulation, questionnaire replies and correspondence provided by interested parties on a confidential basis must be labelled as ‘Limited’ and, in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, must be accompanied by a non-confidential version, which must be labelled ‘For inspection by interested parties’. European Commission Directorate-General for Trade Directorate H Office: N105 8/21 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË E-mail: trade-tcca-review-bis@ec.europa.eu 9.   NON-COOPERATION (19) In cases in which any interested party refuses access to or does not provide the necessary information within the time-limits, or significantly impedes the investigation, findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, on the basis of the facts available. (20) Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or misleading information, the information shall be disregarded and use may be made of facts available. (21) If an interested party does not cooperate or cooperates only partially and findings are therefore based on the facts available in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, the result may be less favourable to that party than if it had cooperated. (22) Failure to give a computerised response shall not be deemed to constitute non-cooperation, provided that the interested party shows that presenting the response as requested would result in an unreasonable extra burden or unreasonable additional cost. The interested party should immediately contact the Commission. 10.   SCHEDULE OF THE INVESTIGATION (23) The investigation will be concluded, pursuant to Article 11(5) of the basic Regulation, within nine months of the date of initiation of this review. 11.   PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA (24) It is noted that any personal data collected in this investigation will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (3). 12.   HEARING OFFICER (25) Interested parties may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer of the Directorate-General for Trade. The Hearing Officer acts as an interface between the interested parties and the Commission investigation services. The Hearing Officer reviews requests for access to the file, disputes regarding the confidentiality of documents, requests for extension of time-limits and requests by third parties to be heard. The Hearing Officer may organise a hearing with an individual interested party and mediate to ensure that the interested party's rights of defence are being fully exercised. The Hearing Officer will also provide opportunities for a hearing involving parties to take place which would allow different views to be presented and rebuttal arguments offered. (26) A request for a hearing with the Hearing Officer should be made in writing and should specify the reasons for the request. For hearings on issues pertaining to the initial stage of the investigation the request must be submitted within 15 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Thereafter, a request to be heard must be submitted within specific deadlines set by the Commission in its communication with the parties. (27) For further information and contact details interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer's web pages on the Directorate-General for Trade's website: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/degucht/contact/hearing-officer, A review of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1389/2011 is hereby initiated pursuant to Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 in order to determine if and to what extent the imports of trichloroisocyanuric acid and preparations thereof, also referred to as ‘symclosene’ under the international non-proprietary name (INN), currently falling within within CN codes ex 2933 69 80 and ex 3808 94 20 (TARIC codes 2933698070 and 3808942020), originating in the People's Republic of China, produced and sold for export to the Union by Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co. Ltd (TARIC additional code A101) should be subject to the anti-dumping duty imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1389/2011. The anti-dumping duty imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1389/2011 is hereby repealed with regard to the imports identified in Article 1 of the present Regulation. The Customs authorities are hereby directed, pursuant to Article 11(4) and Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009, to take the appropriate steps to register the imports into the Union identified in Article 1 of this Regulation. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 1.   Interested parties, if their representations are to be taken into account during the investigation, must make themselves known by contacting the Commission, present their views in writing and submit a reply to the questionnaire indicated in recital 11 of this Regulation or any information to be taken into account within 37 days from the date of the entry into force of this Regulation, unless otherwise specified. 2.   Interested parties may request to be heard by the Commission investigation services. Any request to be heard must be made in writing and must specify the reasons for the request. For hearings on issues pertaining to the initial stage of the investigation the request must be submitted within 15 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Thereafter, a request to be heard must be submitted within the specific deadlines set by the Commission in its communication with the parties. 3.   Parties to the investigation wanting to comment on the appropriateness of Japan, which is envisaged as a market-economy third country for the purpose of establishing normal value in respect of the People's Republic of China, must submit their comments within 10 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 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.

31975R2481

Regulation (EEC) No 2481/75 of the Council of 29 September 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruits

REGULATION (EEC) No 2481/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 29 September 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruits THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1); Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 (2) of 9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruits, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 175/73 (3), provides for the granting of additional aid to small farmers to compensate for part of the loss of income caused by replanting; Whereas one of the conditions for the granting of this aid is that the area of the undertaking does not exceed five hectares ; whereas, when the total area of the undertaking exceeds five hectares but the area fit for agricultural use does not exceed that limit since the rest of the land is not cultivable, the farmer's economic situation is the same as in the cases mentioned in the Regulation ; whereas all farmers of an area fit for agricultural use not exceeding five hectares should receive identical treatment; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 set up in particular a scheme of financial compensation to promote sales of Community-produced oranges and mandarins on Community import markets by means of contracts ensuring regular supplies for these markets; Whereas experience has shown that the contractual scheme referred to above has not had the desired results as regards the growth of Community outlets for the products in question ; whereas, moreover, the increase in competition from certain producer third countries can only make it more difficult to market Community-produced citrus fruit on the Community market; Whereas to counter these difficulties Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 should be modified by discontinuing the contractual scheme and increasing the amounts of financial compensation ; whereas this compensation should be extended to include clementines; Whereas during the recent marketing years there have also been problems as regards the distribution of Community lemon production on the Community import markets ; whereas, therefore, it is advisable, as a precautionary measure, to grant financial compensation in respect of this product for the remainder of the 1975/76 marketing year; Whereas, in order to ensure the effectiveness of such a system, provision should be made for bringing up to date the amounts fixed in respect of oranges, mandarins and clementines, taking into account the trend of the basic and buying-in prices for the products concerned, The first indent of Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 shall be replaced by the following: "- the area of their undertaking which is fit for agricultural use does not exceed five hectares," The text of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 shall be replaced by the following: (1)Opinion delivered on September 1975 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2)OJ No L 318, 18.12.1969, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 25, 30.1.1973, p. 2. "Sellers in the producer Member States shall receive, in accordance with the conditions set out below, financial compensation in respect of Community oranges, mandarins, clementines and lemons marketed in the other Member States. However, as regards lemons, this financial compensation shall only be granted for the 1975/76 marketing year." The text of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 shall be replaced by the following: "1. For the 1975/76 marketing year the financial compensation shall be fixed as follows: - 7.8 u.a./100 kg net for oranges of the Moro, Tarocco, Ovale calabrese, Belladonna, Navel and Valencia late varieties, - 6.7 u.a./100 kg net for oranges of the Sanguinello variety, - 4.4 u.a./100 kg net for oranges of the Sanguigno and Biondo comune varieties, - 6.7 u.a./100 kg net for mandarins, - 3.9 u.a./100 kg net for clementines, - 4.7 u.a./100 kg net for lemons. 2. In subsequent marketing years the amount of financial compensation for oranges, mandarins and clementines shall be fixed each year before 1 August for the marketing year beginning during the following year according to the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, taking into account both the previous levels of this amount and the trend of the basic and buying-in prices of the products concerned. However, the percentage of the variation of the financial compensation by comparison with the preceding marketing year may not exceed the percentage of the variation of the basic and buying-in prices. 3. Financial compensation shall only be granted in respect of products belonging to quality classes Extra and I." The text of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 shall be replaced by the following: "1. The financial compensation shall be paid to the sellers at their request, as soon as evidence has been furnished that the goods in question have entered the territory of the importing Member State and have been made available to the purchaser. 2. Detailed rules for applying this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72." The text of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 shall be replaced by the following: "The rules governing the financing of the common agricultural policy shall apply to the financial compensation referred to in Article 6." This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1975. Articles 2, 3 and 4 shall apply: - in respect of oranges, mandarins and clementines, from the beginning of the 1975/76 marketing year, - in respect of lemons, from the date of the entry into force of this Regulation. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32010D0008

2010/8/EU, Euratom: Commission Decision of 22 December 2009 declining the solution proposed by Austria under Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 relating to the calculation of a compensation to the VAT own resources base resulting from the restriction of the right to deduct VAT under Article 176 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (notified under document C(2009) 10428)

7.1.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 3/22 COMMISSION DECISION of 22 December 2009 declining the solution proposed by Austria under Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 relating to the calculation of a compensation to the VAT own resources base resulting from the restriction of the right to deduct VAT under Article 176 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (notified under document C(2009) 10428) (Only the German text is authentic) (2010/8/EU, Euratom) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION , Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (1), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee on Own Resources, Whereas: (1) The compensation to the VAT resources base is based on Article 6(4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89, which provides that where a Member State restricts or excludes, on the basis of Article 176 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (2), the right to deduct input VAT, then the VAT own resources base may be determined as if the right of deduction had not been restricted. This applies only in respect of the purchase of passenger cars and their fuel used for business purposes, and of expenditure relating to the lease, hire, maintenance and repair of such cars. Austria proposed a multipart draft solution for such compensation to its VAT own resources base, which includes a method for six sub-categories. (2) Pursuant to Article 13(3) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89, the solution proposed by Austria was examined in its entirety by the Advisory Committee on Own Resources at its meeting on 10 December 2009. The examination revealed a difference of opinion in the Committee regarding one of the sub-categories of the solution. That sub-category concerns the methodology proposed for the calculation of the private use component of the compensation to the harmonised VAT own resources base. A draft decision declining that sub-category of the solution presented by Austria was submitted to the Advisory Committee on Own Resources which delivered a positive opinion on 10 December 2009. (3) When calculating private use, in the absence of actual data, alternative methods can be used. To guarantee that these methods contribute to uniformity in the calculation of the compensation they should be based on generally accepted assumptions. (4) Austria requires taxable persons to administer actual data about the private use of business cars. However, for reasons of administrative simplicity, Austria has proposed a solution for the calculation of private use incorporating general statistical data combined with depreciation rules devised for non-harmonised corporate income tax purposes. Since the proposed solution results in a private use element significantly lower than the proportion used by other Member States, it is contradictory to the required uniformity in the calculation of the compensation. The solution proposed by Austria concerning the calculation of the private use proportion of cars acquired by businesses needs therefore to be declined, The solution proposed by Austria concerning the calculation of the private use proportion of cars acquired by businesses is declined. This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria.

31982D0211

82/211/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 March 1982 establishing that the 'Jodon EA-immersion type X-Y micropositionable photographic plate holder, model MPH- 45W, with beam splitter attenuator, model UBA-200 and parabolic mirrors' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

COMMISSION DECISION of 17 March 1982 establishing that the 'Jodon EA - immersion type X-Y micropositionable photographic plate holder, model MPH-45W, with beam splitter attenuator, model UBA-200 and parabolic mirrors' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (82/211/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 10 September 1981, the United Kingdom requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the 'Jodon EA - immersion type X-Y micropositionable photographic plate holder, model MPH-45W, with beam splitter attenuator, model UBA-200 and parabolic mirrors', intended for use in teaching experimental techiques of holography and related laser-based methods as well as for general research in the same fields, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community; Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 5 February 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the 'Jodon EA - immersion type X-Y micropositionable photographic plate holder, model MPH-45W, with beam splitter attenuator, model UBA-200 and parabolic mirrors', may not be regarded as an instrument or apparatus within the meaning of Article 3 (1) of the aforementioned Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75, but consists in fact of three accessories of a holographic system; whereas the latter must therefore be regarded as 'accessories' within the meaning of Article 3 (2) (a) of the said Regulation; whereas the possibility of granting importation free of duties must therefore be assessed in the light of the provisions of the said Article 3 (2) (a); Whereas the accessories in question are not suitable for use with an instrument or apparatus imported free of duties or capable of being so imported; whereas, therefore, the conditions for import free of duties are not fulfilled, The 'Jodon EA - immersion type X-Y micropositionable photographic plate holder, model MPH-45W, with beam splitter attenuator, model UBA-200 and parabolic mirrors', which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 10 September 1981 may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

31996D0084

96/84/Euratom, ECSC, EC: Commission Decision of 8 January 1996 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 March 1994 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 January 1996 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 March 1994 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in third countries (96/84/Euratom, ECSC, EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, Having regard to the Staff Regulations of the Officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) No 3161/94 (2), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto, Whereas, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2356/95 (3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 January 1994 to the remuneration of officials serving in third countries, payable in the currency of their country of employment; Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjustments to these weightings in recent months, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations (4); Whereas some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 March 1994 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down, With effect from 1 March 1994 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex. The exchange rates for the calculation of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the month preceding the date referred to in the first paragraph.

31998R1298

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1298/98 of 23 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 577/97 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2991/94 laying down standards for spreadable fats and of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 on the protection of designations used in the marketing of milk and milk products (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1298/98 of 23 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 577/97 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2991/94 laying down standards for spreadable fats and of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 on the protection of designations used in the marketing of milk and milk products (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2991/94 of 5 December 1994 laying down standards for spreadable fats (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/87 of 2 July 1987 on the protection of designations used in the marketing of milk and milk products (2), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 4(2) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 577/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 623/98 (4), provides for a period allowing experience to be had of the method for verifying the fat content declaration as described in Annex II, before its application; Whereas, to allow for a more detailed examination of the viability of the method in the light of the difficulties notified by the economic operators in implementing it, the date from which the method is to apply must be postponed; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committees concerned, Regulation (EC) No 577/97 is amended as follows: In Article 2(3) the date '1 July 1998` is replaced by '1 January 1999`. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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.

31986R2503

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2503/86 of 5 August 1986 altering the coefficient relating to the differential amounts for colza, rape and sunflower seed

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2503/86 of 5 August 1986 altering the coefficient relating to the differential amounts for colza, rape and sunflower seed THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/86 (2), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 of 20 July 1972 laying down special measures for colza, rape and sunflower seed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1474/84 (4), and, in particular, Article 2a (2) thereof, Whereas the central rates of the various currencies forming the European Monetary System were altered with effect from 4 August 1986; whereas the coefficient referred to in Article 2a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 must be altered accordingly; whereas such alteration must be applicable with effect from 6 August 1986; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, The value of the coefficient referred to in Article 2a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1569/72 is hereby fixed at 1,097805. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 6 August 1986. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32001R2317

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/2001 of 29 November 2001 repealing Regulation (EC) No 743/2001 prohibiting fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/2001 of 29 November 2001 repealing Regulation (EC) No 743/2001 prohibiting fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of Sweden 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 1965/2001(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 743/2001(3) lays down that fishing for whiting in the waters of Skagerrak and Kattegat by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden is to be prohibited. (2) On 22 October 2001, Denmark transferred to Sweden 50 tonnes of whiting in the waters of Skagerrak and Kattegat. Fishing for whiting in the waters of Skagerrak and Kattegat by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden should consequently be authorised. Regulation (EC) No 743/2001 should therefore be repealed, Regulation (EC) No 743/2001 is hereby repealed. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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.

31993D0422

93/422/EEC: Commission Decision of 22 June 1993 authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of kiln dried coniferous wood, originating in Canada, and establishing the details of the indicator system to be applied to the kiln dried wood

COMMISSION DECISION of 22 June 1993 authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of kiln dried coniferous wood, originating in Canada, and establishing the details of the indicator system to be applied to the kiln dried wood (93/422/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Directive 93/19/EEC (2), and in particular Article 14 (3), third indent thereof, Having regard to the requests made by the Member States, Whereas under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, because of the risk of introducing harmful organisms, wood of conifers (Coniferales), except that of Thuja L., other than wood in the form of: - chips, particles, wood waste, or scrap obtained in whole or part from these conifers, - packing cases, crates or drums, - pallets, box pallets or other load boards, - dunnage, spacers and bearers, but including that which has not kept its natural round surface, originating in Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the United States of America, may not be introduced into the Community, unless it has undergone an appropriate heat treatment to achieve a minimum wood core temperature of 56 °C for 30 minutes and if accompanied by the certificates prescribed in Articles 7 or 8 of the said Directive; Whereas wood of conifers originating in Canada is currently introduced into the Community; whereas in this case, phytosanitary certificates are not generally issued in that country; whereas the details of the indicator system to be applied to the wood, to confirm that the wood has undergone the required heat treatment achieving minimum 56 °C for 30 minutes in the wood core should be established; Whereas, in respect of Canada, the Commission has established, on the basis of the information supplied by Canada, that an officially approved and monitored kiln dried lumber programme has been set up to ensure that lumber is kiln dried over a period of time sufficient to achieve thermal death of the harmful organisms concerned (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and its vectors); whereas the risk of spreading harmful organisms is reduced provided that the wood is accompanied by a 'Heat treatment certificate using kiln facility' issued under that programme; Whereas the Commission will ensure that Canada makes available all technical information necessary to assess the functioning of the said programme; Whereas this authorization shall be reviewed by 1 April 1995 at the latest; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, 1. The Member States are hereby authorized to provide under the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 for a derogation from Articles 7 (2) and 12 (1) (b) of Directive 77/93/EEC, for coniferous wood, having undergone the proper heat treatment, originating in Canada. 2. The following conditions shall be satisfied: (a) the wood shall be manufactured at sawmills or treated at appropriate premises approved and qualified by Agriculture Canada to participate in the kiln dried lumber programme; (b) the wood shall be kiln dried over a period of time sufficient to achieve a minimum core temperature of 56 °C for 30 minutes in a kiln tested and approved for this purpose by an official grading agency approved for the purpose by Agriculture Canada; in the case of the use of a schedule where the dry-bulb temperature does not reach 56 °C, the kiln drying process shall include a condition period at the end of the drying cycle, where the kiln temperature will reach 60 °C for at least one hour; (c) upon satisfaction of the conditions laid down under (b), a standardized mark shall be affixed to each bundle, or on their wrappers, by, or under the supervision of, the designated officer of the mill referred to in (a); (d) a checking system to ensure that the conditions laid down under (b) and (c) are satisfied shall be set up by the official grading agencies, qualified and authorized for that purpose under a programme approved and controlled by Agriculture Canada; (e) a checking system shall provide for inspectors of Agriculture Canada, monitoring at the qualified mills referred to in (a) and undertaking occasional pre-shipment inspections; (f) the wood shall be accompanied by a 'Heat treatment certificate using kiln facility' which is standardized under the programme mentioned under (a), and complies with the specimen given in the Annex to this Decision, and which is issued by an authorized person on behalf of mills to participate in that programme approved by Agriculture Canada. Without prejudice to the provisions laid down in Article 14 (5) of Directive 77/93/EEC, the Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of all cases of consignments introduced pursuant to this Decision which do not comply with the conditions laid down under Article 1 (2) (c) and (f). The authorization granted in Article 1 shall apply from 1 June 1993. It shall be revoked if it is established that the conditions laid down under Article 1 (2) are not sufficient to prevent the introduction of harmful organisms or have not been complied with. This authorization shall be reviewed by 1 April 1995 at the latest. This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

31988R1233

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1233/88 of 4 May 1988 on arrangements for imports into Italy of certain textile products (category 36) originating in South Korea

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1233/88 of 4 May 1988 on arrangements for imports into Italy of certain textile products (category 36) originating in South Korea THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 768/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 lays down the conditions under which quantitative limits may be established; whereas imports into Italy of textile products of category 36 specified in the Annex hereto and originating in South Korea exceeded the level referred to in paragraph 3 of the said Article 11; Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the said Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86, South Korea was notified on 29 January 1988 of a request for consultations; whereas, as a result of these consultations, it was agreed to make the textile products in question subject to quantitative limits for the years 1988 to 1991; Whereas paragraph 13 of the said Article 11 provides for compliance with the quantitative limits to be ensured by means of a double-checking system in accordance with Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86; Whereas the products in question exported from South Korea between 1 January 1988 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation must be set off against the quantitative limit for the year 1988; Whereas this quantitative limit should not prevent the importation of products covered by it but shipped from South Korea before the date of entry into force of this Regulation; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee, Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, imports into Italy of the category of products originating in South Korea and specified in the Annex hereto shall be subject to the quantitative limits set out in that Annex. 1. Products as referred to in Article 1, shipped from South Korea to Italy before the date of entry into force of this Regulation and not yet released for free circulation, shall be so released subject to the presentation of a bill of lading or other transport document proving that shipment actually took place before that date. 2. Imports of such products shipped from South Korea to Italy after the entry into force of this Regulation shall be subject to the double-checking system described in Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86. 3. All quantities of products shipped from South Korea to Italy on or after 1 January 1988 and released for free circulation, shall be deducted from the quantitative limit laid down. This limit shall not, however, prevent the importation of products covered by it but shipped from South Korea before the date of entry into force of this Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until 31 December 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32005R0114

Commission Regulation (EC) No 114/2005 of 26 January 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

27.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 24/1 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 114/2005 of 26 January 2005 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, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto. (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, The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto. This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January 2005. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32014D0236

2014/236/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 24 April 2014 concerning a Union financial contribution towards surveillance and other emergency measures implemented in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland against African swine fever (notified under document C(2014) 2551)

26.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 125/86 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 24 April 2014 concerning a Union financial contribution towards surveillance and other emergency measures implemented in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland against African swine fever (notified under document C(2014) 2551) (Only the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish texts are authentic) (2014/236/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION , Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (2), and in particular Article 84 thereof, Whereas: (1) African swine fever (ASF) is an infectious, usually fatal, viral disease of domestic and feral pigs which causes serious disturbances to intra-Union trade in and export to third countries of live pigs and products derived from animals of the porcine species. (2) Following the confirmation of ASF in Georgia in 2007, the disease spread to the Russian Federation where numerous outbreaks of that disease have been reported in pigs and wild boar throughout the European part of Russia. In June 2013, Belarus reported the confirmation of an outbreak of ASF in backyard pigs in the region of Grodno, some forty kilometres from the Lithuanian border and close to the border with Poland. (3) Commission Implementing Decision 2013/498/EU (3) provided for a Union financial contribution towards surveillance and other emergency measures against ASF implemented in 2013 in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, which are the Member States at direct threat of ASF introduction. (4) In January 2014 the disease has been reported in the wild boar population in Ukraine and it is still spreading in Belarus and in the Russian Federation. Furthermore, in January 2014 two ASF cases were detected in the wild boar population in Lithuania and after few days two further cases were reported in the wild boar in Poland. In both Member States the disease occurred at the border with Belarus. Therefore, the ASF situation in countries bordering the European Union represents a persistent threat to pig holdings within the Union, due to the fact that the virus may be introduced into Member States bordering the infected third countries through wild boar entering Union territory from infected areas, but also through vehicles which have transported live animals or through the unauthorised introduction into the Union of products derived from animals of the porcine species. (5) The risk of ASF introduction into the Union is higher for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland due to the occurrence and the evolution of this disease in the bordering territory of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. These Member States have informed the Commission and the other Member States of the measures that they intend to adopt to strengthen the protection of their territories and of other Member States. (6) During 2013 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland implemented surveillance for the early detection of ASF both in wild boar and domestic pigs. In order to better prevent ASF, certain surveillance activities need to be carried out in the territory of those Member States. (7) Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles that were possibly in contact with the ASF virus is one of the main precautionary measures against the entry of ASF into the Union. Therefore, Commission Implementing Decision 2013/426/EU (4) lays down certain measures to prevent the introduction into the Union of ASF from Belarus and the Russian Federation and establishes that vehicles which have transported live animals and which enter the Union from infected areas are appropriately cleansed and disinfected. (8) Notwithstanding the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2009 (5), the risk of ASF introduction into the Union by personal consignments containing pig products sent by post or carried in the baggage of travellers arriving in particular from Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, is higher than negligible and requires additional actions and controls at the points of entry. (9) In addition, a wide range of stakeholders including veterinarians, professional and non-professional farmers, truck drivers, custom agents, passengers and the general public should be made aware of the risks of ASF introduction and its consequences by means of well-targeted awareness campaigns to raise disease awareness and preparedness in the framework of the contingency plans drawn up in accordance with Council Directive 2002/60/EC (6) to ensure a rapid response should ASF be introduced. (10) In 2014 ASF has been detected in the wild boar Lithuania and Poland and the two Member States are directly threatened by the presence of ASF across the border in Belarus. In order to minimise the risk of disease spread on their territory, Lithuania and Poland intend to decrease the density of susceptible hosts in low bio-security pig holdings of the infected area by promoting the slaughter of pigs and preventing restocking of pig holdings for at least one year. In December 2013 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland submitted their respective plans and cost estimates for the implementation of emergency measures during 2014 in the areas considered at higher risk of introduction of ASF from Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. These plans have been examined by the Commission for Union financial contribution and were found to comply with Directive 2002/60/EC. (11) The actions undertaken by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland for disease surveillance, cleansing and disinfection of vehicles and for the organisation of awareness campaigns are co-financed at a rate of 50 %. (12) The actions undertaken by Lithuania and Poland to decrease the density of pigs in the infected areas at the border with Belarus should be co-financed at a rate of 30 %. (13) As the planned measures submitted by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland for emergency measures against the introduction of ASF from Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine to be carried out in 2014 are a sufficiently detailed framework in the meaning of Article 94 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 (7), the present decision constitutes a financing decision for the expenditure provided for in the work programme for grants. (14) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, 1.   In the framework of the emergency measures for the protection against ASF taken by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in 2014, those Member States shall be entitled to a specific contribution from the Union to the expenditure incurred for the implementation of the activities described in paragraphs 2 and 3, and planned for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014. 2.   The financial contribution by the Union shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs incurred and paid for the implementation the following activities: (a) sampling of domestic pigs; (b) sampling of wild boar; (c) ELISA tests; (d) PCR and Sequencing tests; (e) purchase of equipment and disinfectant for cleansing and disinfection; (f) purchase of equipment especially used for disposal of animal carcasses; (g) purchase of equipment for carrying out virological laboratory tests; (h) awareness campaigns. 3.   The financial contribution by the Union shall be at the rate of 30 % of the costs incurred and paid by Lithuania and Poland for compensating pig owner for losses caused by early slaughter of pigs in the infected areas. 1.   The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States referred to in Article 1(1) for the activities referred to in Article 1(2) points (a), (b), (c) and (d) shall on average not exceed: (a) EUR 0,5 per domestic pig sampled; (b) EUR 5 per wild boar sampled; (c) EUR 2 per ELISA test; (d) EUR 10 per PCR and Sequencing test. 2.   The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed for the activity referred to in Article 1(2) point (e) shall on average not exceed: (a) EUR 6 000 for Estonia; (b) EUR 58 000 for Latvia; (c) EUR 950 000 for Lithuania; (d) EUR 102 100 for Poland. 3.   The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed for the activity referred to in Article 1(2) point (f) shall not exceed: (a) EUR 100 000 for Lithuania; (b) EUR 150 000 for Poland. 4.   The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed for the activity referred to in Article 1(2) point (g) shall not exceed: EUR 75 000 for Lithuania. 5.   The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed for the activity referred to in Article 1(2) point (h) shall on average not exceed: (a) EUR 1 500 for Estonia; (b) EUR 15 000 for Latvia; (c) EUR 75 000 for Lithuania; (d) EUR 11 250 for Poland. 6.   The financial contribution by the Union to the Member States referred to in Article 1(3) shall not exceed: (a) EUR 225 000 for Lithuania; (b) EUR 337 500 for Poland. 7.   The financial contribution by the Union to the Member States referred to in Article 1(1) shall not exceed: (a) EUR 27 000 for Estonia; (b) EUR 190 000 for Latvia; (c) EUR 1 948 000 for Lithuania; (d) EUR 1 341 000 for Poland. 8.   The expenditure eligible for a financial contribution by the Union for the measures referred to in points c) and d) of paragraph 1 shall be limited to the costs incurred by the Member States for: (a) the purchase of test kits, reagents and all consumables identifiable and especially used for carrying out the laboratory tests; (b) personnel, whatever the status, specifically allocated entirely or in part for carrying out the tests in the premises of the laboratory, limited to actual salaries plus social security charges and other statutory costs included in the remuneration; (c) overheads equal to 7 % of the sum of the costs referred to in (a) and (b). 1.   The financial contribution by the Union for the measures referred to in Article 1 shall be granted provided that the Member States concerned: (a) implement the activities and measures as described in their plans; (b) implement the measures in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union law, including rules on competition and on the award of public contracts; (c) forward to the Commission by 30 April 2015 at the latest a final technical report for the measures in accordance with Annex I and a final financial report in accordance with Annex II. 2.   Where a Member State does not comply with paragraph 1, the Commission may reduce the financial contribution by the Union in proportion to the nature and gravity of the infringement, and to the financial loss for the Union. This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Poland.

32005R2129

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2129/2005 of 22 December 2005 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

23.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 340/39 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2129/2005 of 22 December 2005 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof, 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 14(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 provide that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each of those Regulations and the prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund. (2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 as appropriate. (3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month. (4) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met. (5) Taking into account the settlement between the European Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States, approved by Council Decision 87/482/EEC (4), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 according to their destination. (6) Pursuant to Article 15(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, a reduced rate of export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (5), for the basic product in question, used during the assumed period of manufacture of the goods. (7) Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However, Protocol 19 of the Act of Accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark provides that the necessary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is necessary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals exported in the form of spirituous beverages. (8) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 respectively, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December 2005. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32006R0141

Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2006 of 26 January 2006 specifying the extent to which applications lodged in January 2006 for import certificates in respect of young male bovine animals for fattening as part of a tariff quota provided for in Regulation (EC) No 992/2005 may be accepted

27.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 23/54 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 141/2006 of 26 January 2006 specifying the extent to which applications lodged in January 2006 for import certificates in respect of young male bovine animals for fattening as part of a tariff quota provided for in Regulation (EC) No 992/2005 may be accepted THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 992/2005 of 29 June 2005 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006) (2), and in particular Articles 1(4) and 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 1(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 992/2005 lays down the number of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms during the period from 1 January to 31 March 2006. The quantities covered by import licence applications submitted are such that applications may by accepted in full. (2) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 April 2006 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 169 000 animals, conforming to Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 992/2005, 1.   All applications for import certificates made in the month of January 2006 pursuant to Article 3(3), second subparagraph, third indent, of Regulation (EC) No 992/2005 are hereby met in full. 2.   The number of animals referred to in Article 1(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 992/2005 is 167 730. This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

31994R0358

Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/94 of 17 February 1994 opening for 1994 and laying down detailed rules for the application of an import quota for live bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms, originating in and coming from the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 358/94 of 17 February 1994 opening for 1994 and laying down detailed rules for the application of an import quota for live bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms, originating in and coming from the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3491/93 of 13 December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Commuities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary (1) of the other part, and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3492/93 of 13 December 1993 of 13 December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland (2), of the other part, and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the Euorpean Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (3), of the other part, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93 (4), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3611/93 (6), and in particular Article 15 (2) thereof, Whereas the Association Agreements between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Poland, of the other part, entered into force on 1 January 1994; whereas, pending the entry into force of the Association Agreement concluded with the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Community has decided to apply with effect from 1 March 1992 an interim agreement concluded with the aforesaid country, hereinafter referred to as 'Interim Agreement'; Whereas the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic was dissolved with effect from 1 January 1993; whereas, as successor States to the Czech and Slovak Federal Repbulic, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic will continue to assume all obligations arising from all agreements between the Czecvh and Slovak Federal Republic and the European Communities, and in particular from the Interim Agreement; whereas the said Interim Agreement was amended by additional protocols and by supplementary protocols concluded with the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; Whereas, in view of the trade concessions provided for in the abovementioned Agreements with respect to agricultural products, a Community tariff quota for imports of bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms originating in and coming from Poland, Hungary, the Slovak Republic or the Czech Republic at a reduced 25 % levy should be opened for 1994; Whereas that quota for 1994 amounts to 59 400 head taking into account the estimate of 198 000 head for 1994 of young male bovine animals intended for fattening; Whereas while recalling the provisions of the Interim Agreements intended to guarantee the origin of the product, the management of the system should be ensured through import licences; whereas, with that in mind, it would be appropriate to define, in particular, the detailed rules for submission of applications, as well as the information which must be included on the applications and licences, notwithstanding certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3519/93 (8), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2867/93 (10); whereas provision should also be made for the licences to be issued after a delay for consideration and, where necessary, with the application of a single percentage reduction; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, 1. A tariff quota for imports of live bovine animals falling within CN codes 0102 90 41 or 0102 90 43 originating in and coming from Poland, Hungary, the Slovak Republic or the Czech Republic is hereby opened for 1994. The total volume of the quota shall be 59 400 head. 2. The reduced import levy applicable to animals under this quota shall be 25 % of the full levy applicable on the date of acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation. In order to qualify for the quota referred to in Article 1: (a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who are entered in the official register of a Member State and who, at the time applications are submitted, must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that they have imported and/or exported, during 1993, at least 50 animals falling within CN code 0102 90; (b) licence applications may be presented only in the Member State in which the applicant is registered; (c) licence applications shall: relate to a number equal to or greater than 50 head and relate to a quantity not exceeding 10 % of the quantity available. Where applications for import licences exceed this quantity, they shall only be considered within the limits of the said quantity; (d) Sections 7 and 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the countries referred to in Article 1 (1); licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from one or more of the countries indicated; (e) Section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of the following: Reglamento (CE) no 358/94, Forordning (EF) nr. 358/94, Verordnung (EG) Nr. 358/94, Kanonismos (EK) arith. 358/94, Regulation (EC) No 358/94, Règlement (CE) no 358/94, Regolamento (CE) n. 358/94, Verordening (EG) nr. 358/94, Regulamento (CE) nº 358/94. (f) Section 24 of licences shall contain one of the following statements: Exacción reguladora, tal como establece el Reglamento (CE) no 358/94, Importafgift i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 358/94, Abschoepfung gemaess Verordnung (EG) Nr. 358/94, I eisfora opos provlepetai apo ton kanonismo (EK) arith. 358/94, Levy as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 358/94, Prélèvement comme prévu par le règlement (CE) no 358/94, Prelievo a norma del regolamento (CE) n. 358/94, Heffing overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 358/94, Direito nivelador conforme estabelecido no Regulamento (CE) nº 358/94. (g) at the time of acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation, importers shall undertake to inform the competent authorities of the importing Member State, not later than one month after the date of import: - of the number of animals imported, - of the origin of the animals. The authorities shall forward this information to the Commission before the beginning of each month. 1. Licence applications may be lodged only from 28 February to 4 March 1994. 2. Where the same applicant lodges more than one application, all applications from that person shall be inadmissible. 3. The Member States shall notify the Commission of the applications lodged not later than 17 March 1994. Such notification shall comprise a list of applicants and quantities applied for. All notifications, including notifications of 'nil' applications, shall be made by telex or fax, drawn up on the model in the Annex to this Regulation in the case where applications have been made. 4. The Commission shall decide to what extent quantities may be awarded in respect of licence applications. If the quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed the quantities available, the Commission shall fix a single percentage reduction in the quantities applied for. 5. Subject to a decision to accept applications by the Commission, licences shall be issued at the earliest opportunity. 6. Import licences shall be issued only for a number equal to or greater than 50 head. If, because of the nubmers applied for, the percentage reduction results in fewer than 50 head per import licence, the Member States shall, by drawing lots, allocate licences covering 50 head. Member States shall inform the Commission of the number of animals in respect of which licences have not been issued. 7. Licences issued shall be valid throughout the Community. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Regulations (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EEC) No 2377/80 shall apply. However, in the case of quantities imported under the terms of Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, the levy shall be collected in full in respect of quantities in excess of those stated on the import licence. 1. Notwithstanding Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transferable. 2. Notwithstanding Article 4 (c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80, the term of validity of import licences expires on 31 December 1994. The animals shall be put into free circulation on the presentation of a movement certificate EUR 1 issued by the exporting country in accordance with Protocol 4 annexed to the Interim Agreements. 1. Each animal imported under the arrangements referred to in Article 1 shall be identified by either: - an indelible tattoo, or - an official earmark or an earmark officially approved by the Member State on at least one of its ears. 2. The said tattoo or marks shall be so designed as to enable the date when the animal was put into free circulation and the identity of the importer to be established, by means of a record made when the animal is put into free circulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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.

32006D0450

2006/450/EC: Council Decision of 27 June 2006 amending Decision 2003/631/EC adopting measures concerning Liberia under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement in a case of special urgency

1.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/51 COUNCIL DECISION of 27 June 2006 amending Decision 2003/631/EC adopting measures concerning Liberia under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement in a case of special urgency (2006/450/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof, Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1), (hereinafter referred to as the ACP-EC Agreement), Having regard to the internal agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (2), and in particular, Article 3 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) Council Decision 2002/274/EC of 25 March 2002 concluding consultations with Liberia under Articles 96 and 97 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (3) provides for the adoption of appropriate measures within the meaning of Articles 96(2)(c) and 97(3) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. (2) Council Decision 2003/631/EC of 25 August 2003 adopting measures concerning Liberia under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement in a case of special urgency (4) provides for the adoption of further appropriate measures within the meaning of Article 96(2)(b)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. (3) Council Decision 2005/16/EC (5), which amends Decision 2003/631/EC, extends the validity of these measures to 30 June 2006. (4) The measures undertaken by the Liberian government in a very difficult budgetary situation attest to its determination to make headway in line with the principles of good governance, respect for human rights and the rule of law. (5) It is therefore convenient to lift the appropriate measures concerned, adopted under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, The appropriate measures adopted under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement are hereby lifted. An intensive political dialogue shall continue on the basis of Article 8 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. The content of this political dialogue is set out in the annexed letter to the President of Liberia. This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

31994D0649

94/649/EC: Council Decision of 19 September 1994 appointing three members of the Committee of the Regions

COUNCIL DECISION of 19 September 1994 appointing three members of the Committee of the Regions (94/649/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 198a thereof, Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1994 appointing members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period 26 January 1994 to 25 January 1998 (1), Whereas three seats have become vacant on the Committee of the Regions following the resignations of Mr Per Kaalund, Mr Poul Christensen and Mr Hilmar Soelund, notified to the Council on 13 July 1994; Having regard to the proposal from the Danish Government, Mr Soeren Madsen, Mr Bent Hansen and Mr Thorkild Simonsen are hereby appointed members of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Per Kaalund, Mr Poul Christensen and Mr Hilmar Soelund for the remainder of the their terms of office, which run until 25 January 1998.

31980D0126

80/126/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 December 1979 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Only the German text is authentic)

Commission Decision of 28 December 1979 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Only the German text is authentic) (80/126/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species [1], as last amended by Council Directive 79/967/EEC of 12 November 1979 [2], and in particular Article 15 (2), (3) and (7) thereof, Having regard to the application lodged by the Federal Republic of Germany, Whereas under Article 15 (1) of the said Directive, seed or propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant species which have been officially accepted during 1977 in one or more Member States and which also meet the conditions laid down in the said Directive are, with effect from 31 December 1979, no longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to variety in the Community; Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) thereof provides that a Member State may be authorized upon application to prohibit the marketing of seed and propagating material of certain varieties; Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has applied for such authorization for a certain number of varieties of different species; Whereas the variety Kaweintermono (sugar beet) and the concerned varieties of oats and of maize have not been the subject of official growing trials in the Federal Republic of Germany in view of the German application; Whereas the said variety of sugar beet has been the subject in the Federal Republic of Germany of an application for official acceptance in so far as their seed is to be marketed in another country (Article 4 (2) (b) thereof); whereas therefore even the applicant has not claimed that this variety has any satisfactory value for cultivation or use in the Federal Republic of Germany; whereas therefore this variety can be treated as not producing results in the Federal Republic of Germany, which, with respect to their qualities taken as a whole as regards their value for cultivation or use, correspond to those obtained from a comparable variety accepted there (first subparagraph of Article 15 (3) (c) thereof); Whereas the variety of oats concerned is of the winter type; whereas the varieties of maize concerned have an FAO maturity class index over 350; whereas it is well known that the varieties of winter oats and the varieties of maize which have an FAO maturity class over 350 are at present not yet suitable for cultivation in view of all the kinds of utilization in the Federal Republic of Germany (second subparagraph of Article 15 (3) (c) of the said Directive); Whereas the other varieties listed in this Decision have been the subject of official growing trials in the Federal Republic of Germany; whereas the results of these trials have led the Federal Republic of Germany to decide that these varieties are not distinct or that their value for cultivation or use does not correspond to other varieties accepted in the Federal Republic of Germany; Whereas, in respect of the varieties Bergond (Red fescue) and Goal (Perennial rye grass), the results of the trials show that in the Federal Republic of Germany, when compared with the national rules governing the acceptance of varieties there, which apply within the framework of current Community provisions, they are not distinct from other varieties accepted there (Article 15 (3) (a) thereof); Whereas therefore the application of the Federal Republic of Germany in respect of all these varieties should be granted in full; whereas some of the concerned varieties of maize are acceptable in the Federal Republic of Germany in so far as their seeds are intended for fodder production (green fodder); Whereas, in respect of the other cases the application of the Federal Republic of Germany is under examination by the Commission; whereas it is not possible to complete examination of the abovementioned variety before expiry of the period provided for in Article 15 (1) of the said Directive; Whereas it consequently seems desirable to extend for the Federal Republic of Germany the period in question for an appropriate time to permit a full examination of the request for those varieties (Article 15 (7) of the said Directive); Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, 1. The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby authorized to prohibit the marketing in its territory of seed of the following varieties listed in the 1980 common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species: I. Sugar beet Kaweintermono II. Fodder plants 1. Festuca rubra L. Bergond 2. Lolium perenne L. Goal III. Cereals 1. Avena sativa L. Panema 2. Zea mays L. Anemone Bang (*) Cirius Dedalo H (*) Dekalb XL 21 (*) Dekalb XL 48 Dekalb XL 49 Dekalb XL 69 Eddy Energamid 115 (*) Funk's G 2646 Funk's G 2652 Funk's G 2746 Funk's G 5302 Funk's G Consul H 734095 H 734379 Iowa U 395 Jolly UC 2302 (*) Laser Manon 404 Niagara Falls Norking PX 32 (*) Norking PX 74 Olona Polar UC 6201 Ranger UC 8701 Redor Roc Royal UC 6801 Tador Urus White River 2. In the case of varieties of maize where an asterisk appears, the authorization given in paragraph 1 is valid only in so far as their seeds are not intended for fodder production (green fodder). The authorization under Article 1 shall be withdrawn as soon as it is established that the conditions thereof are no longer satisfied. The Federal Republic of Germany shall notify the Commission of the date from which it makes use of the authorization under Article 1 and the detailed methods to be followed. The Commission shall inform the Member States thereof. The period provided for in Article 15 (1) of Directive 70/457/EEC shall be extended, for the Federal Republic of Germany, beyond 31 December 1979 until 31 March 1980 in respect of the following varieties: I. Fodderbeet Majoral II. Fodder plants 1. Festuca pratensis L. Salfat 2. Lolium perenne L. Borvi Frances Mirvan III. Cereals Zea mays L. Cuzco 251 IV. Potatoes Brio This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

32002R0685

Commission Regulation (EC) No 685/2002 of 19 April 2002 amending the import duties in the cereals sector

Commission Regulation (EC) No 685/2002 of 19 April 2002 amending the import duties in the cereals sector 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 1666/2000(2), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 597/2002(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 649/2002(5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 657/2002(6). (2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 649/2002, Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 649/2002 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 April 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32003R2020

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2003 of 14 November 2003 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2003 of 14 November 2003 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector 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), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff. (2) Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market. (3) Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector. (4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available for the reference exchange referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing. (5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties. (6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II. This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 November 2003. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32002D0394

2002/394/EC: Commission Decision of 3 July 2001 approving the single programming document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in regions of Bavaria in Germany (notified under document number C(2001) 1251)

Commission Decision of 3 July 2001 approving the single programming document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in regions of Bavaria in Germany (notified under document number C(2001) 1251) (Only the German text is authentic) (2002/394/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular Article 15(5) thereof, After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and the Committee pursuant to Article 147 of the Treaty, Whereas: (1) Articles 13 et seq. of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 lay down the procedure for preparing and implementing single programming documents. (2) Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that, after consultation with the partners referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation, the Member State may submit to the Commission a development plan which is treated as a draft single programming document, and which contains the information referred to in Article 16 of the Regulation. (3) Under Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, on the basis of the regional development plan submitted by the Member State and within the partnership established in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation, the Commission is to take a decision on the single programming document, in agreement with the Member State concerned and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles 48 to 51. (4) The German Government submitted to the Commission on 26 April 2000 an acceptable draft single programming document for the regions in Bavaria fulfilling the conditions for Objective 2 pursuant to Article 4(1) and those qualifying for transitional support under Objectives 2 and 5(b) pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The draft contains the information listed in Article 16 of the Regulation, and in particular a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). (5) The date of submission of the draft which was considered acceptable by the Commission constitutes the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible. Under Article 52(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, as an acceptable plan was submitted between 1 January and 30 April 2000, the date from which expenditure under the plan is eligible is 1 January 2000. Under Article 30 of the Regulation, it is necessary to lay down the final date for the eligibility of expenditure. (6) The single programming document has been drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned and within the partnership. (7) The Commission has satisfied itself that the single programming document is in accordance with the principle of additionality. (8) Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Commission and the Member State are required to ensure, in a manner consistent with the principle of partnership, coordination between assistance from the Funds and from the EIB and other existing financial instruments. (9) The financial contribution from the Community available over the entire period and its year-by-year breakdown are expressed in euro. The annual breakdown should be consistent with the relevant financial perspective. Under Article 7(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the Community contribution has already been indexed at a rate of 2 % per year. Under Article 7(7) and Article 44(2) of the Regulation, the Community contribution may be reviewed at mid-term, and not later than 31 March 2004, to take account of the effective level of inflation and the allocation of the performance reserve. (10) Provision should be made for adapting the financial allocations of the priorities of this single programming document within certain limits to actual requirements reflected by the pattern of implementation on the ground, in agreement with the Member State concerned, The single programming document for Community structural assistance in the regions of Bavaria in Germany eligible under Objective 2 and in those qualifying for transitional support under Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006 is hereby approved. 1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the single programming document includes the following elements: (a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Structural Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategy of Germany; the priorities are as follows: 1. development of infrastructure; 2. competitive companies, jobs for the future; 3. research, technology, information, skills development; 4. promotion of tourism; 5. better urban structures and efficient rural areas; 6. technical assistance; (b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the priorities, including the information needed to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty; (c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from each Fund - including, for information, the total amount from the EAGGF Guarantee Section and indicating separately the funding planned for the regions receiving transitional support in respect of Objectives 2 and 5(b) and the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribution from the Funds planned for each year for the single programming document is consistent with the relevant financial perspective; (d) the provisions for implementing the single programming document including designation of the managing authority, a description of the arrangements for managing the single programming document and the use to be made of global grants, a description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, including the role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for the participation of the partners in that Committee; (e) the ex ante verification of compliance with additionality and information on the transparency of financial flows; (f) information on the resources required for preparing, monitoring and evaluating the assistance. 2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 2200903657 for the whole period and the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 536638000. The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 490349686 from the public sector and EUR 1173915971 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and other lending instruments. 1. The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted under the single programming document amounts to EUR 536638000. The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Funds for the various priorities included in the single programming document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision. 2. The indicative initial estimated breakdown among the Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows: - ERDF: EUR 475804351 - ESF: EUR 60833649 3. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority may be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the single programming document throughout the programme period, up to a maximum of EUR 30 million, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1. This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which it has not yet approved. Submission of the application for assistance, the programme complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty. Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88(3) of the Treaty, except where the aid falls under the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 (now 87 and 88) of the Treaty establishing the European Community to certain categories of horizontal State aid(2). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its part-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of the Regulation for measures being part-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission. The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 1 January 2000. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2008. This date is extended to 30 April 2009 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure in the regions receiving transitional support shall be 31 December 2007. This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

32007R0223

Commission Regulation (EC) No 223/2007 of 1 March 2007 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

2.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 64/20 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 223/2007 of 1 March 2007 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty 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), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund. (2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999. (3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month. (4) However, in the case of certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, there is a danger that, if high refund rates are fixed in advance, the commitments entered into in relation to those refunds may be jeopardised. In order to avert that danger, it is therefore necessary to take appropriate precautionary measures, but without precluding the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of specific refund rates for the advance fixing of refunds in respect of those products should enable those two objectives to be met. (5) Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account is to be taken, where appropriate, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with the Regulation on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 or to assimilated products. (6) Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions. (7) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter (3), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods. (8) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 2007. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32002R1997

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1997/2002 of 8 November 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 296/96 on data to be transmitted by the Member States and the monthly booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1997/2002 of 8 November 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 296/96 on data to be transmitted by the Member States and the monthly booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(1), and in particular Articles 5(3) and 7(5) thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(2) provides that the budget shall be drawn up and implemented in euro and the accounts shall be presented in euro. (2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1934/2001(4), should be amended so as to bring it in line with this new provision. (3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Article 4(1a) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96 is hereby deleted. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32004R0276

Commission Regulation (EC) No 276/2004 of 17 February 2004 on periodical sales by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies

Commission Regulation (EC) No 276/2004 of 17 February 2004 on periodical sales by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) The application of intervention measures in respect of beef has resulted in a build-up of stocks in several Member States. In order to prevent storage being prolonged excessively, part of those stocks should be put up for sale by periodical tender. (2) The sale should be conducted in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 of 4 October 1979 on detailed rules of application for the disposal of beef bought in by intervention agencies and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 216/69(2), and in particular Titles II and III thereof. (3) In the light of the frequency and nature of tenders pursuant to this Regulation it is necessary to derogate from Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 with regard to the information and deadlines to be provided by the notice of invitation to tender. (4) In order to ensure that the sales by tender are conducted properly and uniformly, measures in addition to those provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 should be adopted. (5) Provisions should be made for derogations from Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 in view of the administrative difficulties which the application of that point is creating in the Member States concerned. (6) In order to ensure a proper functioning of the tender arrangements it is necessary to provide for a higher amount of security than the one fixed in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79. (7) On the basis of experience gained with regard to the disposal of bone-in intervention beef, it is necessary to reinforce the quality controls of the products before their delivery to the purchasers, in particular to ensure that the products comply with the provisions in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 of 15 March 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the buying-in of beef(3). (8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, 1. The following approximate quantities of intervention beef shall be put up for sale: - 1,6 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the French intervention agency, - 4,5 tonnes of bone-in hindquarters held by the Italian intervention agency, - 5 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the French intervention agency, - 8,2 tonnes of bone-in forequarters held by the Italian intervention agency, - 17,9 tonnes of boneless beef held by the French intervention agency. Detailed information concerning quantities is given in Annex I. 2. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the sale shall be conducted in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, and in particular Titles II and III thereof. 1. Tenders shall be submitted for the following closing dates: (a) 23 February 2004; (b) 8 March 2004; (c) 22 March 2004; (d) 13 April 2004, until the quantities put up for sale are used up. 2. Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, this Regulation shall serve as a general notice of invitation to tender. The intervention agencies concerned shall draw up notices of invitation to tender for each sale, setting out in particular: - the quantities of beef put up for sale, and - the deadline and place for the submission of tenders. 3. Particulars of the quantities and the places where the products are stored may be obtained by the parties concerned at the addresses set out in Annex II. The intervention agencies shall, in addition, display the notices referred to in paragraph 2 at their head offices and may also publish them in other ways. 4. The intervention agencies concerned shall sell first meat which has been in storage for the longest time. However, Member States may in exceptional cases and after having obtained authorisation from the Commission derogate from that obligation. 5. Only tenders reaching the intervention agencies concerned by 12 noon on the relevant closing date for each sale by tender shall be considered. 6. Notwithstanding Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency concerned in sealed envelopes bearing a reference to this Regulation and the relevant date. The sealed envelopes must not be opened by the intervention agency before the deadline for submission, as referred to in paragraph 5, has expired. 7. Notwithstanding Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, tenders shall not specify the store or stores where the products are held. 8. Notwithstanding Article 15(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79, the security shall be EUR 12 per 100 kilograms. 1. Not later than the day following the closing date for the submission of tenders, the Member States shall send the Commission details of tenders received. 2. Following scrutiny of the tenders, a minimum selling price shall be set or no award shall be made. The intervention agency shall send each tenderer the information referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 by fax. 1. The Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that bone-in intervention products delivered to the purchasers are presented in a state which fully complies with Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 and in particular with the sixth indent of point 2(a) of that Annex. 2. The costs related to the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be borne by the Member States and shall, in particular, not be imposed on the purchaser or any other third party. 3. Member States shall notify the Commission(4) of all cases where a bone-in intervention quarter has been identified as not complying with Annex III, as referred to in paragraph 1, specifying the quality and quantity of the quarter as well as the slaughterhouse where it was produced. 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.

32004D0767

Council Decision 2004/767/CFSP of 15 November 2004 implementing 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)

16.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 339/16 COUNCIL DECISION 2004/767/CFSP of 15 November 2004 implementing 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 Common Position 2004/694/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union, Whereas: (1) By Common Position 2004/694/CFSP the Council adopted measures in order to freeze all funds and economic resources belonging to Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić and Ante Gotovina. (2) These measures should be extended to all persons publicly indicted by the ICTY for war crimes who are not in the custody of the Tribunal. (3) The list contained in the Annex to Common Position 2004/694/CFSP should therefore be amended. (4) Action by the Community is needed in order to implement this Decision, The list of persons set out in the Annex to Common Position 2004/694/CFSP shall be replaced by the list set out in the Annex to this Decision. This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

31983D0173

83/173/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 April 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Ithaco - Lock-in Amplifier, model Dynatrac 393 with accessories' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties

COMMISSION DECISION of 7 April 1983 establishing that the apparatus described as 'Ithaco - Lock-in Amplifier, model Dynatrac 393 with accessories' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (83/173/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, by letter dated 27 September 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Ithaco - Lock-in Amplifier, model Dynatrac 393 with accessories', ordered in March 1982 and intended to be used for the study of the surface properties of thin films of organic molecules by means of photo-acoustic spectroscopy and, in particular, for the registration and amplification of photo-acoustic signals and interference suppression, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community; Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 2 February 1983, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, to examine the matter; Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an amplifier; Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the very high suppression of the signal and noise harmonics, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus; Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'TE 9602' manufacured by Tekelec Airtronic SA, rue Carle-Vernet, F-92310 Sèvres and to the apparatus '5205' and 5206' manufactured by Brookdeal Electronics Ltd, Doncaster House, Doncaster Road, UK-Bracknell RG12 4PG, Berks, The apparatus described as 'Ithaco - Lock-in Amplifier, model Dynatrac 393 with accessories', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 27 September 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties. This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

31992R0251

Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 251/92 of 31 January 1992 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism ( STM ) to fruit and vegetable trade between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 as regards tomatoes, lettuce, broad­leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes, melons and strawberries

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 251/92 of 31 January 1992 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to fruit and vegetable trade between Spain and the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 as regards tomatoes, lettuce, broad-leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes, melons and strawberries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 of 23 October 1989 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fresh fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (2) establishes the list of products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector from 1 January 1990; whereas tomatoes, cabbage lettuce, lettuce other than cabbage lettuce, broad-leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes, melons and strawberries are included on the list; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3308/91 (4), lays down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism, hereinafter called the 'STM', to fresh fruit and vegetables; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3612/91 (5) lays down that the periods referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be up to 2 February 1992 for the above products; whereas, in view of expected exports from Spain to the rest of the Community, with the exception of Portugal, and of the Community market, a period I should be fixed up to 22 March 1992 for the products in question, in accordance with the Annex; Whereas it should be recalled that the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 on statistical monitoring and various communications from the Member States apply to guarantee the functioning of the STM; Whereas, on application of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 of 26 June 1991 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands (6) the rules in force for mainland Spain shall apply to products originating in the Canary Islands and sent to other parts of the Community from 1 July 1991; consequently the information concerning produce from the Canary Islands should be taken into account for the application of the supplementary trade mechanisms; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, For tomatoes, cabbage lettuce, lettuce other than cabbage lettuce, broad-leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes, melons and strawberries covered by CN codes set out in the Annex, one of the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. For consignments from Spain to the rest of the Community market with the exception of Portugal of the products listed in Article 1, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 shall apply. However, the notification referred to in Article 2 (2) of the said Regulation shall be made each Tuesday at the latest for the quantities consigned during the preceding week. The communications referred to in the first paragraph of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 shall be made once a month by the fifth of each month at the latest for information referring to the previous month; where appropriate, this communication shall bear the word 'nil'. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 3 February 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

31987R2661

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2661/87 of 1 September 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on camphor, synthetic, falling within subheading 29.13 B I ex b), originating in China to which the tariff preferences set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2661/87 of 1 September 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on camphor, synthetic, falling within subheading 29.13 B I ex b), originating in China to which the tariff preferences set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I; Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established; Whereas, in the case of camphor, synthetic, falling within subheading 29.13 B I ex b), the individual ceiling was fixed at 280 000 ECU; whereas, on 21 August 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China, As from 6 September 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China: 1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CCT heading No and NIMEXE-code // Description // // // // 10.0165 // 29.13 B I ex b) (29.13-ex 23) // Borman-2-one (camphor, synthetic) // // // This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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.

32005R0544

Commission Regulation (EC) No 544/2005 of 8 April 2005 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States

9.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 91/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 544/2005 of 8 April 2005 suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States 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), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 lays down that buying-in is to be opened or suspended by the Commission in a Member State, as appropriate, once it is observed that, for two weeks in succession, the market price in that Member State is below or equal to or above 92 % of the intervention price. (2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 474/2005 (3) establishes the most recent list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. This list must be adjusted as a result of the market prices communicated by the Czech Republic an Sovakia pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999. In the interests of clarity, the list in question should be replaced and Regulation (EC) No 474/2005 should be repealed, Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Denmark, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden. Regulation (EC) No 474/2005 is hereby repealed. This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 2005. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32014D0666

2014/666/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 17 September 2014 on recognition of the ‘Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

18.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/49 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 17 September 2014 on recognition of the ‘Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2014/666/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION , Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC (1), and in particular Article 7c(6) thereof, Having regard to Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (2), and in particular Article 18(6) thereof, After consulting the Committee on the Sustainability of Biofuels and Bioliquids, Whereas: (1) Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC lay down sustainability criteria for biofuels. Articles 7b and 7c and Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC are similar to Articles 17 and 18 and Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC. (2) Where biofuels and bioliquids are to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in Article 17(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Directive 2009/28/EC Member States should require economic operators to show the compliance of biofuels and bioliquids with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(2) to (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC. (3) When an economic operator provides proof or data obtained in accordance with a voluntary scheme that has been recognised by the Commission, to the extent covered by the recognition decision, a Member State should not require the supplier to provide further evidence of compliance with the sustainability criteria. (4) The request to recognise that the ‘Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops’ demonstrates that consignments of biofuel comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Directive 98/70/EC and Directive 2009/28/EC was first submitted to the Commission on 16 May 2011. The updated version of the scheme was submitted on 7 February 2014. The scheme operates in the United Kingdom and can cover combinable crops, such as cereals, oilseeds and sugar beet. This scheme covers the trading, transport and storage stages of agricultural feedstock from farm gate to first processor and, for the other stages, relies on other voluntary schemes recognised by the Commission. As such, it is the responsibility of the ‘Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops’ to ensure that the recognition issued by the Commission on those schemes with which it jointly operates remains valid during the length of cooperation. The recognised scheme should be made available at the transparency platform established under Directive 2009/28/EC. (5) Assessment of the ‘Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops’ scheme found it to cover adequately all the sustainability criteria of Directive 98/70/EC and of Directive 2009/28/EC, except Article 7b(2) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC. It does, however, provide accurate data on elements that are required by economic operators downstream the chain of custody to demonstrate compliance with Article 7b(2) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC and applies a mass balance methodology in line with the requirements of Article 7c(1) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC. (6) The evaluation of the ‘Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops’ found that it meets adequate standards of reliability, transparency and independent auditing. (7) The ‘Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops’ was assessed against legislation in force at the time of the adoption of this Decision. In the case of relevant changes in the legal basis the Commission should assess the scheme with a view to establish whether the scheme still adequately covers the sustainability criteria for which it is recognised. (8) In the case of changes in the scheme the Commission should assess the scheme with a view to establish whether the scheme is still adequately covering the sustainability criteria for which it is recognised. (9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Sustainability of Biofuels and Bioliquids, The ‘Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops’ (hereinafter ‘the scheme’), submitted for recognition to the Commission on 7 February 2014, demonstrates that consignments of biofuels comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 7b(3), (4) and (5) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 17(3), (4) and (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC. The scheme uses accurate data for purposes of Article 7b(2) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC in as far as it ensures that all relevant information from economic operators upstream the chain of custody is transferred to the economic operators downstream the chain of custody. The scheme may be used for demonstrating compliance with Article 7c(1) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC up to the first processor of the raw materials. If the scheme, after adoption of this Decision, undergoes changes to its contents in a way that might affect the basis of this Decision, such changes shall be notified to the Commission without delay. The Commission shall assess the notified changes with a view to establish whether the scheme is still adequately covering the sustainability criteria for which it is recognised. If it has been clearly demonstrated that the scheme has not implemented elements considered to be decisive for this Decision and if severe and structural breach of those elements has taken place, the Commission may repeal this Decision. This Decision is valid for a period of five years. This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

32010D0458

Decision No 458/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 by removing funding for certain Community actions and altering the limit for funding such actions

28.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 129/1 DECISION No 458/2010/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 May 2010 amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 by removing funding for certain Community actions and altering the limit for funding such actions THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION , Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 78(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1), Whereas: (1) The policy of the Union on the Common European Asylum System (the CEAS) is designed, under the terms of the Hague Programme, to establish a common asylum area by means of an effective harmonised procedure consistent with the values and humanitarian tradition of the European Union. (2) Much progress has been made in recent years towards the establishment of the CEAS, thanks to the introduction of common minimum standards. There remain great disparities between the Member States, however, in the granting of international protection and the forms that such protection takes. (3) In its Policy Plan on Asylum, adopted in June 2008, the Commission announced its intention to develop the CEAS by proposing a revision of the existing legal instruments in order to achieve greater harmonisation of the applicable standards and by strengthening support for practical cooperation between the Member States, in particular, by a legislative proposal to establish a European Asylum Support Office (the Support Office) in order to increase coordination of operational cooperation between Member States so that the common rules are implemented effectively. (4) In the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, adopted in September 2008, the European Council solemnly reiterated that any persecuted foreigner is entitled to obtain aid and protection on the territory of the European Union in application of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967, and other relevant treaties. It was also expressly agreed that a European support office would be established in 2009. (5) Practical cooperation on asylum aims to increase convergence and ensure ongoing quality of Member States’ decision-making procedures in that area, within a European legislative framework. A substantial number of practical cooperation measures have already been undertaken in recent years, notably the adoption of a common approach to information on countries of origin and the establishment of a common European asylum curriculum. The Support Office should be established in order to strengthen and develop those cooperation measures. (6) In the interests of simplifying actions to support practical cooperation on asylum matters, and in so far as the Support Office should be entrusted with some of the tasks that are currently financed under the European Refugee Fund, it is necessary to transfer responsibility for some of the Community actions provided for in Article 4 of Decision No 573/2007/EC (2) from the European Refugee Fund to the Support Office in order to ensure the best possible practical cooperation on asylum matters. (7) In order to take account of the reduced scope of the Community actions, the limit for their funding laid down in Decision No 573/2007/EC should be reduced from 10 % of the Fund’s available resources to 4 % thereof. (8) The financial envelope for the implementation of Decision No 573/2007/EC should be reduced in order to free up resources for funding the Support Office. (9) In accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the Position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the United Kingdom and Ireland have notified their wish to take part in the adoption and application of this Decision. (10) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the Position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it nor subject to its application, Decision No 573/2007/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 4 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the figure ‘10 %’ is replaced by the figure ‘4 %’; (b) in paragraph 2, points (a) and (f) are deleted; 2. Article 12(1) is replaced by the following: This Decision shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

32005D0055

2005/55/EC: Commission Decision of 25 January 2005 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC to extend the derogation relating to import conditions for vegetable propagating and planting material from third countries (notified under document number C(2005) 115)

26.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 22/17 COMMISSION DECISION of 25 January 2005 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC to extend the derogation relating to import conditions for vegetable propagating and planting material from third countries (notified under document number C(2005) 115) (2005/55/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 92/33/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed (1), and in particular Article 16(2) second subparagraph thereof, Whereas: (1) The Commission is required pursuant to Article 16(1) of Directive 92/33/EEC to decide whether vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, produced in a third country and affording the same guarantees as regards obligations on the supplier, identity, characteristics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspection arrangements, marking and sealing, is equivalent in all these respects to vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed produced in the Community and complying with the requirements and conditions of that Directive. (2) However, the information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is still not sufficient to enable the Commission to adopt any such decision in respect of any third country at this stage. (3) In order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted, Member States importing vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, from third countries should be allowed to continue to apply to such products conditions equivalent to those applicable to similar Community products in accordance with Article 16(2) of Directive 92/33/EEC. (4) The period of application of the derogation provided for in Article 16(2) the first subparagraph of Directive 92/33/EEC, which was extended until 31 December 2004 by Commission Decision 2002/111/EC (2) should accordingly be further extended. (5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Materials for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, In the first subparagraph of Article 16(2) of Directive 92/33/EEC, the date ‘31 December 2004’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2007’. This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

32003D0253(01)

2003/253/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2002 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Canada pursuant to Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994

Council Decision of 19 December 2002 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Canada pursuant to Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994 (2003/253/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) On 26 July 2002, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 with a view to modifying certain concessions for cereals. Accordingly, the European Community notified the WTO on 26 July 2002 of its intention to modify certain concessions in EC Schedule CXL. (2) Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in consultation with the Committee established by Article 133 of the Treaty and within the framework of the negotiating directives issued by the Council. (3) The Commission has negotiated with Canada, the WTO Member having a substantial supplying interest, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters. (4) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Canada should therefore be approved. (5) In order to ensure that the Agreement may be fully applied by 1 January 2003 and pending the amendment of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), the Commission should be authorised to adopt temporary derogations from that Regulation. (6) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(2), The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Canada pursuant to Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision. To the extent necessary to permit the full application of this Agreement by 1 January 2003, the Commission may derogate from Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 3(2) of this Decision, until that Regulation is amended but not later than 30 June 2003. 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month. 3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.

31994D0219

94/219/EC: Council Decision of 19 April 1994 appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

COUNCIL DECISION of 19 April 1994 appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (94/219/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 198a thereof, Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1994 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period 26 January 1994 to 25 January 1998 (1), Whereas a seat of alternate member on the Committee has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Heinz Fromm, which was brought to the Council's attention on 28 March 1994; Having regard to the proposal from the German Government, Mr Matthias Kurth is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Heinz Fromm for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which expires on 25 January 1998.

31995D0481

95/481/EC: Commission Decision of 8 November 1995 amending Decision 95/125/EC on the status of France as regards infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 November 1995 amending Decision 95/125/EC on the status of France as regards infectious hematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (Text with EEA relevance) (95/481/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1), as last amended by Directive 95/22/EC (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas Member States may obtain for one or more continental or coastal zones the status of approved zone free of certain diseases of fish or molluscs; Whereas by Commission Decision 95/125/EC (3) the status of approved continental zone and approved coastal zone was granted to certain catchment areas and coastal areas in Brittany in respect of infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS); Whereas France has, by letter dated 1 August 1995, submitted to the Commission evidence in support of granting the status of approved zone for certain other catchment areas and coastal areas in Poitou-Charentes in respect of IHN and VHS; Whereas scrutiny of this information allows this status to be awarded to those catchment areas and coastal areas; Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, The Annex to Decision 95/125/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. Under 'CATCHMENT AREAS` the following subparagraph is added: 'The following catchment areas in the region of Poitou-Charentes: - the Charente basin, - the Sèvre Niortaise basin, - the Seudre basin, - the Lay basin, - the upstream part of the Vienne basin to the Nouâtre dam (department of Indre), - the basins of the Atlantic coastal rivers in the department of Vendée, - the basins of the coastal rivers in the Gironde estuary in the department of Charente-Maritime.` 2. Under 'COASTAL AREAS` the following subparagraph is added: 'The whole of the Atlantic coast between the northern boundary of the department of Vendée and the southern boundary of the department of Charente-Maritime.` This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

32007R0389

Commission Regulation (EC) No 389/2007 of 11 April 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes

12.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 97/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 389/2007 of 11 April 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 46(1)(b) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 (2) lays down certain conditions for the use of substances authorised by Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. In particular, Annex IXa provides that dimethyldicarbonate must be added prior to bottling. The translation of the term ‘bottling’ and its different meanings in certain languages have led to diverging interpretations of the scope of this provision by operators and control authorities. (2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products (3) defines the term ‘bottling’ for its application. (3) To ensure a uniform interpretation of the requirements applicable to the use of dimethyldicarbonate, the definition of the term ‘bottling’ provided in Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 should be used to clarify the requirements contained in Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000. Annex IXa to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly. (4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine, The first indent of the second paragraph of Annex IXa to Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 is replaced by the following: ‘— Addition must be carried out only a short time prior to bottling, defined as putting the product concerned up for commercial purposes in containers of a capacity not exceeding 60 litres.’ 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.

32012R0784

Commission Regulation (EU) No 784/2012 of 30 August 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 to list an auction platform to be appointed by Germany and correcting Article 59(7) thereof Text with EEA relevance

31.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/4 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 784/2012 of 30 August 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 to list an auction platform to be appointed by Germany and correcting Article 59(7) thereof (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION , Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (1), and in particular Articles 3d(3) and 10(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowances trading within the Community (2), allows Member States not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) to appoint their own auction platform for the auctioning of their share of the volume of allowances covered by Chapters II and III of Directive 2003/87/EC. The appointment of such auction platforms is subject to listing of the auction platform concerned in Annex III, pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 30(5) of that Regulation. (2) In accordance with Article 30(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010, Germany informed the Commission of its decision not to participate in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) of that Regulation, and to appoint its own auction platform. (3) On 9 March 2012, Germany notified the Commission of its intention to appoint European Energy Exchange AG (‘EEX’) as an auction platform referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010. (4) On 22 March 2012, Germany presented the notification to the Climate Change Committee. In addition, Germany has provided further information and clarification to the Commission, supplementing the notification accordingly. (5) The proposed appointment of EEX as an auction platform referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 is compatible with the requirements of that Regulation and is in conformity with the objectives set out in Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC. (6) In accordance with point (e) of Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010, an auction platform must not abuse the contract appointing it to unduly leverage the competitiveness of its other activities, notably the secondary market it organises. Therefore, the listing of EEX as an auction platform should be conditional upon EEX providing the option to candidate bidders to be admitted to bid in the auctions without being required to become a member of or a participant in the secondary market organised by EEX or of any other trading place operated by EEX or by any third party. (7) In accordance with point (h) of Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010, when appointing an auction platform, the Member States have to take into account the extent to which adequate measures are provided to require an auction platform to hand over all tangible and intangible assets necessary for the conduct of the auctions by an auction platform’s successor. Such measures should be laid down in a clear and timely manner in an exit strategy that should be reviewed by the auction monitor. EEX should develop such an exit strategy and take into utmost account the auction monitor’s opinion thereon. (8) An auction platform is required to obtain the auction monitor’s opinion on the methodology for the application of Articles 7(6) and 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010. However, where the auction monitor has not been appointed before the start of the auction concerned, the auction platform should be allowed to proceed without having obtained the auction monitor’s opinion. (9) Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly. (10) Moreover, certain references in Article 59(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 should be corrected. (11) In order to ensure predictable and timely auctions by the auction platform to be appointed by Germany, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency. (12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee, Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 3, the following point is added: ‘44. “exit strategy” means one or more documents determined in accordance with the contracts appointing the auction monitor or the auction platform concerned, setting out detailed measures planned to ensure the following: (a) the transfer of all tangible and intangible assets necessary for the uninterrupted continuation of the auctions and the smooth operation of the auction process by an auction platform’s successor; (b) the provision to the contracting authorities or the auction monitor, or both, of all information relating to the auction process, that is necessary for the procurement procedure for the appointment of the auction platform’s successor; (c) the provision to the contracting authorities, or the auction monitor or the auction platform’s successor, or any combination of these, of the technical assistance that enables the contracting authorities, or the auction monitor or the auction platform’s successor, or any combination of these, to understand, access or use the relevant information provided pursuant to points (a) and (b).’; (2) in Article 7, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: (3) in Article 8, paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is added: (4) in Article 25, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: (5) Annex III is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. Correction to Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 In Article 59, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: ‘7.   Clients of bidders referred to in paragraph 1 may direct any complaints that they may have with regard to compliance with the conduct rules provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 to the competent authorities mentioned in paragraph 4 in accordance with the procedural rules laid down for the handling of such complaints in the Member State where the persons referred to in paragraph 1 are supervised.’. 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.

32006R0511

Council Regulation (EC) No 511/2006 of 27 March 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of colour television receivers originating, inter alia , in the People's Republic of China

31.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/26 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 511/2006 of 27 March 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of colour television receivers originating, inter alia, in the People's Republic of China THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1) (the basic Regulation), and in particular Articles 8 and 9 thereof, Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Commission after consulting the Advisory Committee, Whereas: A.   PREVIOUS PROCEDURE (1) In August 2002, by Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002 (2), the Council imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of colour television receivers (the product concerned) originating, inter alia, in the People's Republic of China (the PRC). (2) In parallel, the Commission, by Decision 2002/683/EC (3), accepted a joint undertaking (the undertaking) offered by Haier Electrical Appliances Corp. Ltd, Hisense Import & Export Co. Ltd, Konka Group Co. Ltd, Sichuan Changhong Electric Co. Ltd, Skyworth Multimedia International (Shenzen) Co. Ltd, TCL King Electrical Appliances (Hui Zhou) Co. Ltd and Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co. Ltd, (the Companies) in conjunction with the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronics Products (CCCME). (3) As a result, imports into the Community of the product concerned of PRC origin, produced by the Companies, and of a type covered by the undertaking (the product covered by the undertaking), were exempt from the definitive anti-dumping duties. B.   FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE UNDERTAKING (4) The undertaking offered by the Companies obliges them to, inter alia, export the product covered by the undertaking to the first independent customer in the Community at, or above, certain minimum import price levels (MIPs) and to respect certain quantitative ceilings laid down in the undertaking. These price levels and ceilings eliminate the injurious effects of dumping. (5) For the purposes of ensuring compliance with the undertaking, CCCME and the Companies also agreed to provide all information considered necessary by the Commission and to allow on-the-spot verification visits at their premises in order to verify the accuracy and veracity of data submitted in the said quarterly reports. (6) As noted in recital 239 of Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002, the undertaking specifically provides that a breach by any of the Companies or the CCCME shall be considered as a breach of the undertaking by all signatories. Failure to cooperate with the European Commission in monitoring the undertaking is considered as a breach of the undertaking. (7) In this regard, the Commission requested to carry out on-the-spot verification visits at the premises of CCCME and of the two companies with the largest reported volume of sales of the product concerned, namely Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co. Ltd and Konka Group Co. Ltd. The Commission sent pre-verification letters to CCCME, Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co. Ltd and Konka Group Co. Ltd with an indication of the dates for the on-the-spot verification. The CCCME and Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co. Ltd confirmed the acceptance of the on-the-spot verification visit requested by the Commission. However, Konka Group Co. Ltd refused to accept an on-the-spot verification visit, thereby breaching the undertaking. (8) Commission Decision 2006/258/EC (4) sets out in more detail the nature of the breach found. (9) In view of the breach, acceptance of the undertaking offered by the Companies in conjunction with the CCCME has been withdrawn by Decision No 2006/258/EC. A definitive anti-dumping duty should therefore be imposed forthwith on imports of the product concerned exported to the Community by the companies concerned. (10) In accordance with Article 8(9) of the basic Regulation, the rate of the anti-dumping duty must be established on the basis of the facts established within the context of the investigation which led to the undertaking. As the investigation in question was concluded by a final determination as to dumping and resulting injury by Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002, it is considered appropriate that the definitive anti-dumping rate be set at the level and in the form imposed by that Regulation, namely 44,6 % of the net, cif free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty. C.   AMENDMENT TO REGULATION (EC) No 1531/2002 (11) In view of the above, Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002 should be amended accordingly, Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 3, Annex I and Annex II shall be repealed; 2. Articles 4 and 5 shall become Articles 3 and 4 respectively. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.

32007R0673

Commission Regulation (EC) No 673/2007 of 15 June 2007 concerning the 33rd special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, Chapter II

16.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 156/6 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 673/2007 of 15 June 2007 concerning the 33rd special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005, Chapter II 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), and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies may sell by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter of intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of that Regulation lays down that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further laid down that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure. The amount of the processing security as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should be fixed accordingly. (2) On the basis of the examination of the offers received, the tendering procedure should not proceed. (3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, For the 33rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 Chapter II, the tendering procedure should not proceed. This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 2007. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

32007D0362

2007/362/EC: Commission Decision of 16 May 2007 amending Decision 2004/432/EC on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 2088) (Text with EEA relevance)

30.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 138/18 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 May 2007 amending Decision 2004/432/EC on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document number C(2007) 2088) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/362/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 29(1) and Article 29(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) Directive 96/23/EC lays down measures to monitor the substances and groups of residues listed in Annex I thereto. Pursuant to Directive 96/23/EC, the inclusion and retention on the lists of third countries from which Member States are authorised to import animals and primary products of animal origin covered by that Directive, are subject to submission by the third countries concerned of a plan setting out the guarantees which they offer as regards the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances referred to in that Directive. (2) Commission Decision 2004/432/EC of 29 April 2004 on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC (2) lists those third countries which have submitted a residue monitoring plan, setting out the guarantees offered by them in compliance with the requirements of that Directive. (3) Serbia has presented residue monitoring plans to the Commission for animals and products of animal origin not currently listed in Decision 2004/432/EC. The evaluation of those plans and the additional information obtained by the Commission provide sufficient guarantees on the residue monitoring in that third country for the animals and products concerned. The relevant animals and products of animal origin should therefore be included in the list for Serbia in that Decision. (4) Greenland, Namibia and Paraguay have asked not to be included in the list in Decision 2004/432/EC for certain categories of animals and products of animal origin. The entries concerning the relevant animals and products of animal origin should therefore be deleted from the list for those third countries. (5) Costa Rica and Vietnam, which are currently listed for certain animals or products of animal origin under Decision 2004/432/EC, have not submitted to the Commission the requested guarantees for some of these animals and products of animal origin. Moreover Food and Veterinary Office inspections in those third countries have revealed serious deficiencies concerning the residue monitoring for the animals and products concerned. The entries for the relevant animals and products of animal origin for those third countries should therefore be deleted in the list. The third countries concerned have been informed accordingly. (6) A transitional period should be laid down to cover consignments of animals and products originating in Costa Rica, Greenland, Namibia, Paraguay and Vietnam which were dispatched from those third countries for the Community, before the date of application of this Decision, to cover the time needed for their arrival in the Community. (7) Decision 2004/432/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, The Annex to Decision 2004/432/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. The amendments to the list in the Annex to Decision 2004/432/EC by the present Decision shall not apply to consignments of animals and products originating in Costa Rica, Greenland, Namibia, Paraguay and Vietnam where the importer of such products can demonstrate that they had been dispatched from the third country concerned and were en route to the Community before the date of application of the present Decision. This Decision shall apply from the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

31984R0259

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 259/84 of 31 January 1984 amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 2942/80 on the buying in of olive oil by intervention agencies

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 259/84 of 31 January 1984 amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 2942/80 on the buying in of olive oil by intervention agencies THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1413/82 (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2942/80 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3085/83 (4), lays down the time limits for payment for olive oil bought in by intervention agencies; whereas that provision tends to make the sending of oil into intervention too attractive a proposition; whereas, for reasons of sound management of the market, the time limits concerned should be postponed; Whereas the Management Committee for Oils and Fats has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2942/80 is hereby replaced by the following: '4. Payment for oil bought in by the intervention agency shall be made within a time limit commencing on the 120th day after the oil is taken over by the intervention agency and which shall end on the 140th day after such date.' This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply to payments for products offered for intervention as from the day of its entry into force. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

31991R2669

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2669/91 of 6 September 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 8712 00, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2669/91 of 6 September 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 8712 00, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I; Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established; Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN code 8712 00, originating in China, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 9 004 000; whereas, on 14 June 1991, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China, As from 10 September 1991, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China: CN code Description 8712 00 Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorized This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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.

32004R1934

Regulation (EC) No 1934/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 on development cooperation with South Africa

13.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 338/1 REGULATION (EC) No 1934/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 on development cooperation with South Africa THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 179 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1), Whereas: (1) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on development cooperation with South Africa (2) the Commission is to submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a mid-term review by 31 October 2003. On the basis of that mid-term review, certain amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 have been suggested. (2) The mid-term review includes suggestions and proposals for improving the implementation of development cooperation with South Africa, some of which were already made in the Country Strategy Paper of 2002 and have been taken into account in the 2003 to 2005 Indicative Programme. They concern, inter alia, mainstreaming of gender issues at all levels of the project cycle from planning to implementation, streamlining of administrative procedures, improving criteria for assessing project and programme design and clarification of the conditions for granting contributions from the European Programme for Reconstruction and Development (EPRD) to regional programmes. (3) In accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests (3), it is possible to provide funding to the Republic of South Africa through direct budget support. Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 could, however, be interpreted as excluding untargeted budget support. In addition, Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4) contains in Title IV of Part Two specific provisions for ‘External Actions’. It is, therefore, appropriate to bring Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 into line with Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and with Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5). (4) In view of the implementation of the EPRD, and in particular of the 2000 to 2002 Multiannual Indicative Programme, Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 should be adjusted, in particular in relation to the adoption of sector-wide programmes, funding through budget support and the joint funding of projects and programmes in the field of regional cooperation and integration. (5) Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 entered into force in 2000 and expires on 31 December 2006. However, Article 6(1) requires triennial indicative programming to be carried out. In order for programmes to correspond to the period of validity of the Regulation, provision should also be made for four-year indicative programmes. (6) The Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (6), to which South Africa is a signatory, was signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000. Protocol 3 of that Agreement defines South Africa's qualified status under the Agreement. (7) Council Decision 1999/753/EC (7) approved the provisional application of the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States and the Republic of South Africa. Annex X to that Agreement stipulates that the Community will provide assistance for the restructuring of the South African wine and spirits sector and for the marketing and distribution of South African wines and spirits. The two corresponding Agreements on trade in wine and spirits have been approved by Council Decision 2002/51/EC (8) and by Council Decision 2002/52/EC (9) respectively. It is, therefore, necessary to include an additional amount in the financial reference amount provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000. (8) In practice, the European Development Fund Committee has been acting in the context of Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 as the ‘South Africa Committee’. It is appropriate formally to establish that Committee. (9) Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 requests that the Commission consult the Committee on financing decisions it intends to take concerning projects and programmes of a value of over EUR 5 million. For the sake of sound financial management and rationalisation of procedures, it is appropriate to raise this ceiling to EUR 8 million. (10) Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 should, therefore, be amended accordingly, Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 2(1) is replaced by the following: 2. In Article 2(2), the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: 3. Article 4 is hereby amended as follows: (a) paragraph 2 is amended as follows: (i) in the first subparagraph, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: (ii) in the first subparagraph, point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) government budget expenditure to support reforms and policy implementation in the priority sectors identified through a policy dialogue, using the most appropriate instruments including budgetary support and other specific forms of budgetary aid;’ (iii) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: (b) the following paragraph is inserted: 4. Article 5 is deleted. 5. Article 6 is replaced by the following: 6. Article 7(2) is deleted. 7. Article 8 is hereby amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: (b) in paragraphs 5 and 6 the amount of ‘EUR 5 million’ is replaced by ‘EUR 8 million’. 8. In Article 10(1) the amount of ‘EUR 885,5 million’ is replaced by ‘EUR 900,5 million’. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day after 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.

32000R2425

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2425/2000 of 31 October 2000 amending Sector 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2425/2000 of 31 October 2000 amending Sector 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000(2), and in particular Article 63(8) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1000/2000(4), establishes an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature. (2) Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 abolishes the definition of the various types of table wine. In the latest published version of the export refunds nomenclature for wine sector products, product descriptions still refer to the definitions of table wine types which no longer exist. It is therefore necessary to update that nomenclature. (3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine, Sector 15 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 16 November 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

31986D0185

86/185/ECSC: Commission Decision of 2 April 1986 establishing the delivery levels of ECSC steel products of Portuguese origin onto the rest of the common market, excluding Spain (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION of 2 April 1986 establishing the delivery levels of ECSC steel products of Portuguese origin onto the rest of the common market, excluding Spain (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (86/185/ECSC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Protocol 20 thereof, Having received the assent of the Council, Whereas Protocol 20, which covers the restructuring of the Portuguese iron and steel industry and the Joint Declaration on the Portuguese iron and steel industry, provide that deliveries of ECSC steel products of Portuguese origin onto the Community market will be the subject of quantitative limits in 1986; Whereas, at the date of accession, there was no agreement between the Commission and the Portuguese Government on the level of these aforementioned deliveries; Whereas, pursuant to the second subparagraph of paragraph 5 (a) of Protocol 20, it falls upon the Commission, with the assent of the Council, to establish the level of these deliveries; Whereas, by the terms of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 (a) of the said Joint Declaration the level of the deliveries must be compatible with the forecasts used to calculate the evolution of the Community market; Whereas no significant changes are forecast for the Community market for 1986 in comparison with 1985, and in particular several important aspects of the internal anti-crisis measures will remain; Whereas, therefore, the Portuguese deliveries to the rest of the Community, excluding Spain, should not exceed in 1986 the level of 90 000 tonnes, a quantity based on the traditional deliveries of Portugal to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, taking into account the recent trend, Deliveries of ECSC steel products of Portuguese origin onto the rest of the Community market, excluding Spain, may not exceed 90 000 tonnes. This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Portugal.