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22.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 224/11
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 August 2008
amending the Annex to Council Decision 90/424/EEC as regards Spring viraemia of carp (SVC)
(notified under document number C(2008) 4401)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/685/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 24(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community's financial contribution towards the national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of the animal diseases and zoonoses listed in the Annex to that Decision.
(2) Decision 90/424/EEC, as amended by Council Decision 2006/782/EC (2), includes Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) on the list of animal disease for which Member States may be eligible for financial contribution from the Community for national eradication programmes.
(3) For aquatic animals, Member States should be eligible for financial contribution from the Community for national programmes for the eradication only as regards the non-exotic diseases which are listed in Part II of Annex IV to Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (3). That Directive is to apply from 1 August 2008.
(4) Directive 2006/88/EC, as amended by Commission Directive 2008/53/EC, no longer lists Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) in Part II of Annex IV thereto, since the costs related to the measures to eradicate that disease would be disproportionate to the economic losses caused by it.
(5) It is therefore appropriate to delete that disease also from the list of animal diseases and zoonoses set out in the Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC.
(6) The Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) 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 90/424/EEC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 September 2008.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 784/2003
of 8 May 2003
on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of some 7705 tonnes of rice from the 1998 harvest held by the Spanish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular the last indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 75/91 of 11 January 1991 laying down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies(3) lays down requirements relating to those procedures and conditions.
(2) For a very long time now the Spanish intervention agency has been storing a significant quantity of round-, medium- and long-grain A paddy rice from the 1998 harvest. A standing invitation to tender should be opened for the resale on the internal market of approximately 7705 tonnes of round-, medium- or long-grain A paddy rice from the 1998 harvest held by the Spanish intervention agency.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Spanish intervention agency shall open, on the terms laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of some 7705 tonnes of round-, medium- or long-grain A paddy rice from the 1998 harvest which it holds.
1. The closing date for submitting tenders under the first partial invitation to tender shall be 21 May 2003.
2. The closing date for submitting tenders under the last partial invitation to tender shall be 16 July 2003.
3. The tenders must be lodged with the Spanish intervention agency: Fondo EspaĂąol de GarantĂ­a Agraria (FEGA) Beneficencia 8 E - 28004 Madrid telex 23427 FEGA E Fax: (34) 91 521 98 32, (34) 91 522 43 87.
No later than the Tuesday of the week following the closing date for submitting tenders, the Spanish intervention agency shall inform the Commission of the quantities and average prices of the various lots sold.
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.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 6 August 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'TECH - Turbofan Engine, model TD-441' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/588/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 15 February 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 'TECH - Turbofan Engine, model TD-441', ordered on 7 July 1980 and to be used for wind-tunnel measurements in the low- and high-speed ranges on aircraft with simulated turbofan engines and jets, 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 8 June 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a model of a turbofan engine; whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as 'TECH - Turbofan Engine, model TD-441', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 15 February 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 24 June 1981 amending Decisions 73/88/EEC, 77/97/EEC, 79/509/EEC, 79/510/EEC, 80/877/EEC, 80/1096/EEC and 80/1097/EEC as regards the procedures of the Standing Veterinary Committee (81/477/EEC)
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 (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the Standing Veterinary Committee established by Council Decision 68/361/EEC (3) delivers its opinion in accordance with procedures which are valid until 21 or 22 June 1981, whichever applies;
Whereas a matter was first referred to the Committee on 22 December 1972 ; whereas sufficient time has elapsed to enable a final decision on these procedures to be reached ; whereas the validity of the said procedures should therefore no longer be restricted.
Whereas the experience gained from the use of the present procedures has indicated that they generally constitute an effective method for the rapid adoption of the decisions for which they were primarily designed;
Whereas, moreover, following the accession of Greece it is also necessary to adjust the number of votes constituting the required majority within the Committee, for Acts adopted after the adoption of the 1979 Act of Accession which have not yet been adapted,
The following provisions are hereby repealed:  - Article 8 of Decision 73/88/EEC (4),
- Article 7 of Decision 77/97/EEC (5),
- Article 6 of Decisions 79/509/EEC (6), 79/510/EEC (7) and 80/877/EEC (8),
- Article 7 of Decision 80/1096/EEC (9)
- Article 9 of Decision 80/1097/EEC (10).
The reference to "41" shall be replaced by "45" in Article 5 (3) of Decisions 79/509/EEC, 79/510/EEC and 80/877/EEC, in Article 6 (3) of Decision 80/1096/EEC and in Article 8 (3) of Decision 80/1097/EEC.
The Council shall, before 1 July 1987, re-examine on the basis of a report of the Commission on the operation of the Standing Veterinary Committee, containing, if necessary, appropriate proposals, the procedure of the said Committee.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 193/98 of 20 January 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 instituting specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 prices are in serious decline on the Community market in sheep's and goat's milk products and the situation is unlikely to improve in the medium term;
Whereas this situation leads to negative consequences for the incomes of the producers concerned; whereas this reduction in income is likely to be extremely unfavourable in less-favoured areas listed under Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 of 20 May 1997 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (2), where there is little alternative to production using the existing sheep and goat dairy breeds; whereas the producers in those areas should be compensated by increasing from 70 % to 90 % the percentage granted to them of the amount of specific aid for sheep and goat farming in certain less-favoured areas of the Community calculated under Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 (3), on the specific aid granted for non-dairy ewes,
Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 is hereby amended as follows:
- in the second indent, 'ECU 4,589` shall be replaced by 'ECU 5,977`,
- in the third indent, 'ECU 4,589` shall be replaced by 'ECU 5,977`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1998 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1021/2001
of 23 May 2001
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 on the buying in of beef by invitation to tender
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 47(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 of 9 June 1989 on the buying in of beef by invitation to tender(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 840/2001(3), opened buying in by invitation to tender in certain Member States or regions of a Member State for certain quality groups.
(2) The application of Article 47(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 and the need to limit intervention to buying in the quantities necessary to ensure reasonable support for the market result, on the basis of the prices of which the Commission is aware, in an amendment, in accordance with the Annex hereto, to the list of Member States or regions of a Member State where buying in is open by invitation to tender, and the list of the quality groups which may be bought in,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1627/89 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 22 December 2003
on the provisional application of a bilateral Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products
(2003/915/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community a bilateral Agreement to extend for one year the existing bilateral Agreement and protocols on trade in textile products with the Republic of Belarus, with quantitative limits adjusted to take into account annual growth rates and the enlargement of the European Union.
(2) Subject to their possible conclusion at a later date, the bilateral Agreement should be signed on behalf the Community.
(3) The bilateral Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2004, pending the completion of procedures required for their conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the Republic of Belarus,
Subject to possible conclusion at a later date, the President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign on behalf of the European Community the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products initialled in Brussels on 1 April 1993, as last amended by an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters initialled on 11 November 1999 ("the bilateral Agreement").
The bilateral Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis, pending its formal conclusion and subject to reciprocal provisional application of the bilateral Agreement by the Republic of Belarus(1), from 1 January 2004.
The text of the bilateral Agreement is attached to this Decision.
1. In case Belarus fails to fulfil its obligations under paragraph 2.5 of the bilateral Agreement, the quota for 2004 will be reduced to the levels applicable in 2003.
2. The decision to implement paragraph 1 shall be taken in accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(2).
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3600/90 of 13 December 1990 remedying the prejudice caused by the halting of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of a Member State in 1989
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 11 (4) thereof,
Whereas fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) in 1989 by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State was stopped by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3860/89 (3) ; whereas at the time that fishing for that species was stopped certain Member States had not exhausted their quotas ; whereas the prejudice suffered by these Member States was not wholly made good by a quota exchange or by any other measure;
Whereas, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 493/87 of 18 February 1987 establishing detailed rules for remedying the prejudice caused on the halting of certain fisheries (4), it is necessary to determine, on the basis of the figures and other information available to the Commission:    (a) which Member States suffered prejudice which has not been wholly removed by a quota exchange or by any other action as a result of the halting of these fisheries and the amount of the prejudice;
(b) which Member States overfished their quotas and the amount of the overfishing;
(c) the deductions to be made from the quotas of the overfishing Member States;
(d) the additions to be made to the quotas of the prejudiced Member States;
and
(e) the date or dates on which the deductions and additions are to take effect;
Whereas the Management Committee for Fishery Resources has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The Annex sets out:    (a) the Member States which suffered prejudice as a result of the halting of the fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) in 1989 and the amount of the prejudice suffered;
(b) the Member States which overfished their quota of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) in 1989 and the amount of the overfishing;
(c) the additions to be made to the quotas of the Member States referred to at (a), the deductions to be made from the quotas of the Member States referred to at (b) and the dates on which these additions and deductions take effect.
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.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 6 December 1979  amending Directive 76/308/EEC on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims resulting from operations forming part of the system of financing the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, and of agricultural levies and customs duties  (79/1071/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 99 and 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas it is not at present possible, in principle, to enforce in one Member State a claim for recovery in respect of value added tax substantiated by a document drawn up by the authorities of another Member State;
Whereas the fact that national provisions relating to recovery of value added tax are applicable only within national territories is in itself an obstacle to the establishment and functioning of the common market ; whereas it is therefore necessary to adopt common rules on mutual assistance between Member States for the purpose of recovery ; whereas those rules must also apply to the recovery of interest and costs incidental to claims;
Whereas the Council has, by Directive 76/308/EEC (3), adopted common rules for the recovery of claims resulting from operations forming part of the system of financing the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund, and of agricultural levies and customs duties;
Whereas it is possible to have recourse to the same rules for tax purposes ; whereas it is sufficient, therefore, to extend the scope of Directive 76/308/EEC,
The title of Council Directive 76/308/EEC shall be amended to read as follows:
"Council Directive of 15 March 1976 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims resulting from operations forming part of the system of financing the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, and of agricultural levies and customs duties, and in respect of value added tax."
Article 2 of Directive 76/308/EEC shall be amended as follows:    (a) letter "d" shall be repaced by "e";
(b) the following point "(d)" shall be inserted after point "(c)":
"(d) value added tax."
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 January 1981.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 92/88
of 14 January 1988
fixing the standard fee per farm return for the 1988 accounting year of the Farm Accountancy Data Network
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2143/81 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings (3) provides that a standard fee shall be fixed to be paid by the Commission to the Member States for each farm return completed;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 650/87 (4) fixes the standard fee for the 1987 accounting year at 90 ECU per farm return;
Whereas, as a result of the general rise in costs and its effects on the cost of completing the farm return, the fee should be revised;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
The standard fee paid by the Commission to Member States for each duly completed farm return is hereby fixed at 95 ECU for the 1988 accounting year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply for the 1988 accounting year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.