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Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2002
of 15 January 2002
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 January 2002, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 February 2002 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52100 tonnes.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(4),
The following Member States shall issue on 21 January 2002 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:
Germany:
- 300 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 200 tonnes originating in Namibia.
United Kingdom:
- 1200 tonnes originating in Botswana,
- 600 tonnes originating in Namibia,
- 30 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of February 2002 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.2.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 56/16
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 February 2009
appointing a German member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2009/168/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2006/524/EC, Euratom of 11 July 2006 appointing Czech, German, Estonian, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Hungarian, Maltese, Austrian, Slovenian and Slovak members of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,
Whereas a member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Erhard OTT,
Mr Armin DUTTINÉ, Ver.di-Bundesvorstand — Leiter EU Verbindungsbüro, is hereby appointed to the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2010.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 15 November 1999
implementing Council Common Position 1999/728/CFSP concerning EU support for the implementation of the Lusaka ceasefire agreement and the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(1999/729/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Common Position 1999/728/CFSP concerning EU support for the implementation of the Lusaka ceasefire agreement and the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in particular Article 3, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union.
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 3 of Common Position 1999/728/CFSP the Union intends to support the Joint Military Commission (JMC) set up in the Lusaka ceasefire agreement to allow it to fulfil its tasks as specified in its Rules of Procedure;
(2) The European Union intends therefore to offer financial support and technical assistance to non-military aspects of the JMC activities,
1. The European Union shall contribute towards operational, non-military expenditure to enable the Joint Military Commission to deploy its observers in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a six month period and fulfil its tasks as specified in its Rules of Procedure.
2. The funds shall be channelled through the organisation for African Unity (OAU) and be covered by a separate agreement with the OAU with appropriate provisions for disbursement, accounting and auditing.
1. The financial reference amount for the purposes referred to in Article 1 shall be EUR 1200000.
2. The expenditure financed by the amount stipulated in paragraph 1 shall be managed in accordance with the procedures and rules applicable to the general budget of the European Union.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
It shall expire on 8 May 2000.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 4104/86
of 23 December 1986
modifying Regulation (EEC) No 3611/84 fixing the conversion factors for frozen squid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81, of 29 December 1981, on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2315/86 (2) and in particular Articles 16 (3) and 21 (6) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3611/84 (3) fixed conversion factors for frozen squid; whereas as regards squid Loligo spp. of heading 03.03 B IV a) 1 aa) of the common customs tariff, these factors were established by reference to the species Loligo vulgaris in the uncleaned commercial presentation, chosen as the product serving as a basis for determining the guide price, in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and which has attributed to its other coefficient of 1,0;
Whereas by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3931/86 of 18 December 1986 fixing the guide prices for the fishery products set out in Annex II of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 for the 1987 fishing year (4), the product serving as a basis for determining the guide price of the products in question has been modified; whereas it is therefore appropriate to modify as a result the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3611/84;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
The text of part (a) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3611/84 concerning the conversion factors for different species and presentations of squid Loligo spp. of heading 03.03 B IV a) 1 aa) of the Common Customs Tarif is replaced by the following text:
1.2.3 //  //  //  // 'Species  // Presentation  // Conversion factor   //   1,3 // (a) Loligo spp (CCT heading No 03.03 B IV a) 1 aa)  //  // 1.2.3 //  //  //  // Loligo patagonica  // Not cleaned Cleaned  // 1,00 1,20   //    //   //  // Loligo vulgaris   // Not cleaned Cleaned  // 2,00 2,40  //    //   //   // Loligo pealei   // Not cleaned Cleaned  // 1,20 1,40   //    //   //   // Other species   // Not cleaned Cleaned  // 1,10 1,30'   //    //   //
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1079/1999
of 25 May 1999
establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 955/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 502/1999(4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 May 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 December 1999
listing the areas of Finland eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006
(notified under document number C(1999) 4945)
(Only the Finnish text is authentic)
(2000/120/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 the first subparagraph of Article 4(4) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development and the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Whereas:
(1) point 2 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that Objective 2 of the Structural Funds is to support the economic and social conversion of areas facing structural difficulties;
(2) the first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that the Commission and the Member States shall seek to ensure that assistance is genuinely concentrated on the areas most seriously affected and at the most appropriate geographical level;
(3) Commission Decision 1999/503/EC(2) lays down, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, a population ceiling for each Member State under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006. The ceiling for Finland is 1582000 inhabitants;
(4) Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that the Commission, on the basis of proposals from the Member States and in close concertation with each Member State concerned, is to draw up a list of the areas eligible under Objective 2 with due regard to national priorities, without prejudice to the transitional support provided for in Article 6(2) of that Regulation;
(5) Article 4(11) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that each list of areas eligible under Objective 2 is to be valid for seven years from 1 January 2000; however, where there is a serious crisis in a given region, the Commission, acting on a proposal from a Member State, may amend the list of areas during 2003 in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 10 of Article 4, without increasing the proportion of the population within each region referred to in Article 13(2) of that Regulation,
The areas in Finland eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 are listed in the Annex hereto.
This list may be amended in the course of 2003.
This Decision is addressed to Finland.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 9 October 1978  on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in Ireland pursuant to Directive 72/159/EEC and Title II of Directive 75/268/EEC  (Only the English text is authentic)  (78/864/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms (1), as amended by Directives 76/837/EEC (2) and 77/390/EEC (3), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (4), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas the Irish Government has notified the following regulations:    - provisions fixing anew for 1978 the comparable earned income per labour unit and indicating its annual rate of growth,
- cattle headage payments in severely handicapped areas (August 1977),
- beef cow scheme in disadvantaged areas, 1977,
- scheme of headage payments on hogget ewes and mountain lambs, 1977;
Whereas under Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC and Article 13 of Directive 75/268/EEC the Commission must decide whether, having regard to the abovementioned communications, the existing provisions in Ireland for the implementation of Directives 72/159/EEC and 75/268/EEC continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution from the Community to common measures as referred to in Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC and Article 13 of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the comparable earned income per labour unit for 1978 and its annual rate of growth as fixed in the abovementioned provisions satisfy the objectives of Article 4 of Directive 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the abovementioned livestock headage payments schemes, 1977, are consistent with the aims and requirements of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The provisions for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC, which were notified by the Government of Ireland on 19 September 1974, having regard to the provisions fixing the comparable earned income per labour unit for 1978 and its annual rate of growth, continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution from the Community to common measures as referred to in Article 15 of the said Directive.
The existing provisions in Ireland for the implementation of Title II of Directive 75/268/EEC in 1977 satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community towards common measures as referred to in Article 13 of Directive 75/268/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to Ireland.
9.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 96/21
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 347/2011
of 8 April 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 340/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
15.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 273/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 998/2008
of 14 October 2008
fixing the depreciation coefficients to be applied when agricultural products are bought in, for the 2009 accounting year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4(1)(d) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) of intervention measures in the form of public storage operations and the accounting of public storage operations by the paying agencies of the Member States (2) provides, in the context of public storage operations, for the financing of the depreciation of the products stored in public intervention.
(2) Points 1, 2 and 3 of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 lay down the method for calculating the depreciation. The depreciation percentage at the time of the buying-in of the agricultural products must not exceed the difference between the buying-in price and the foreseeable disposal price for each of these products. That percentage must be fixed for each product before the beginning of each accounting year. The Commission may also restrict the depreciation at the time of buying-in to a fraction of this depreciation percentage, but that fraction may not be less than 70 % of the overall depreciation.
(3) Coefficients for certain products to be applied by the intervention agencies to the monthly buying-in values of those products in the 2009 accounting year should therefore be fixed, to enable the agencies to establish the depreciation amounts.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
In respect of the products listed in the Annex hereto which, having been bought in by public intervention, are stored or taken over by the intervention agencies between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009, the intervention agencies shall apply to the values of the products bought in every month the depreciation coefficients set out in the Annex.
The expenditure amounts, calculated by taking account of the depreciation referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, shall be notified to the Commission under the declarations established in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 (3).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 October 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 77/9
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/483
of 20 March 2015
determining the quantities to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2015 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 1384/2007 for poultrymeat originating in Israel
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 188(2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1384/2007 (2) opened annual tariff quotas for imports of poultrymeat products originating in Israel.
(2) The quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 March 2015 for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2015 are less than those available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined, and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod.
(3) In order to ensure the efficiency of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The quantities for which import licence applications have not been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1384/2007, to be added to the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2015, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1889/97 of 26 September 1997 determining the amounts of the agricultural components and the additional duties applicable from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 on the importation into the Community of goods covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 from Switzerland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Article 1 (1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1863/97 of 22 September 1997 establishing certain measures concerning imports of processed agricultural products from Switzerland in order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations in the agricultural sector (2), lays down the basic amounts taken into consideration in calculating the agricultural components and the additional duties applicable to the importation into the Community of goods originating in Switzerland,
The Annexes to this Regulation lay down the agricultural components and the corresponding additional duties applicable from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 to the importation of goods covered by Regulation No 3448/93 from Switzerland.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.