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COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 July 1999
establishing the officially tuberculosis-free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or regions of Member States and repealing Decision 97/76/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 2124)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/467/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine(1), as last amended by Council Directive 98/99/EC(2), and in particular Annex AI(4) thereof,
(1) Whereas Member States or regions of Member States may be declared officially tuberculosis-free if they meet certain conditions set up in Directive 64/432/EEC;
(2) Whereas, Commission Decision 97/76/EC(3) of 17 December 1996 laying down the methods of control for maintaining the officially tuberculosis-free status of bovine herds in certain Member States and regions of Member States, specifies the Member States and regions within Member States that fulfil these criteria;
(3) Whereas this Decision will not be adapted to the legal situation on 1 July 1999 since Directive 64/432/EEC was amended by Directive 98/46/EC(4); whereas moreover certain provisions for the recognition as officially tuberculosis-free Member State or region have been modified by Directive 98/46/EC; whereas it is necessary to repeal Decision 97/76/EC;
(4) Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Directive 64/432/EEC Member States or regions may be declared officially tuberculosis-free if they meet the conditions of Annex AI(4) and they retain their status as long as the conditions of Annex AI(5) are fulfilled;
(5) Whereas the Commission may decide to suspend or revoke the officially tuberculosis-free status of Member States in accordance with the provisions in Annex AI(5) of that Directive;
(6) Whereas in accordance with Annex AI(4)(b) an identification system allowing the identification of herds of origin and transit for each bovine animal in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97(5) is a prerequisite for granting the officially free status for bovine tuberculosis;
(7) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Member States and regions thereof referred to respectively in Annexes I and II are declared officially free of bovine tuberculosis.
The Decision shall be reviewed by 31 December 1999.
Decision 97/76/EC is hereby repealed.
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1999.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 18 May 1998 on the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade in textile products (98/355/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with Article 228(2), first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the European Community a Memorandum of Understanding on trade in textile products with the Arab Republic of Egypt;
Whereas, pursuant to Decision 98/135/EC (1), pending the completion of procedures required for its formal conclusion, this Memorandum of Understanding has been applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1998;
Whereas this Memorandum of Understanding should be approved,
The Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade in textile products is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Memorandum of Understanding is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Memorandum of Understanding in order to bind the Community.
1.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 89/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 290/2008
of 31 March 2008
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 April 2008
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 states that the import duty on products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002, ex 1005 other than hybrid seed, and ex 1007 other than hybrids for sowing, 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) Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 lays down that, for the purposes of calculating the import duty referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.
(3) Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products of CN codes 1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, ex 1001 90 99 (high quality common wheat), 1002 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00 and 1007 00 90 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4) Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 April 2008, and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) However, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2008 of 20 December 2007 temporarily suspending customs duties on imports of certain cereals for the 2007/08 marketing year (3), the application of certain duties set by this Regulation is suspended,
From 1 April 2008, the import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information contained in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
2.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 171/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1032/2005
of 1 July 2005
fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 166th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
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) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice cream and other foodstuffs (2), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter of intervention stocks that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates 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 stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 166th individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 July 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3130/86
of 13 October 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit
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, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2004/83 (4), France has begun implementing its plan for the restructuring of citrus-growing in Corsica in accordance with the programme which was approved by the Commission on 21 November 1983;
Whereas citrus growers in Corsica were, because of the exceptionally harsh winter in 1984/85 - the region was declared a disaster area by the French Government - prevented from carrying out all the work specified in the plan and a further two years will therefore be required in order to complete the programme;
Whereas, since frost destroyed many of the grafts which were to have been used as part of the programme, new work must be embarked upon; whereas mention of 31 December 1983 as the date by which work should have begun should be deleted;
Whereas the duration of the common measure should be extended by two years so that the work which has begun may be completed,
In the second subparagraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69:
- 'undertaken by 31 December 1983 and' is hereby deleted, and
- '31 December 1986' is hereby replaced by '31 December 1988'.
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.
17.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 129/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 733/2006
of 16 May 2006
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 17 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
20.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 127/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 766/2005
of 19 May 2005
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004
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 7 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004 of 3 September 2004 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden for the 2004/2005 marketing year (3),
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland and Sweden to all third countries, with the exception of Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Switzerland was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004.
(2) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 13 to 19 May 2005 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1012/94 of 29 April 1994 establishing the allocations to traditional importers from the Community quantitative quotas on certain products originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 747/94 of 30 March 1994 establishing administration procedures for quantitative quotas on certain products originating in the People's Republic of China (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 747/94 has established the portion of each of the quotas in question which is to be set aside for traditional importers and has determined the conditions and rules governing applications for allocations from the quantities  available;
Whereas in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 747/94 the Member States have informed the Commission of the number and aggregate amount of the import licence applications received for each of the quotas, and of the applicants' total imports  for 1991 and for 1992 (the reference period);
Whereas an examination of the figures received has revealed that in the case of the products listed in Annex I hereto the aggregate amount of the import licence applications lodged by the traditional importers exceeds the portion of the quota set aside  for them; whereas applications should consequently be met by applying the uniform rate of increase or reduction given in Annex I to the figure for each applicant's average imports over the reference period, expressed in terms of quantity or value;
Whereas in the case of the product listed in Annex II hereto the Community aggregate of applications lodged by traditional importers is less than the amount set aside for them and whereas those applications should consequently be met in full,
In the case of the products listed in Annex I hereto, import licence applications lodged by traditional importers in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 747/94 shall be met up to the quantity or value resulting from the  application to each importer's average level of imports for 1991 and 1992 of the rate of reduction or increase specified in Annex I for each quota.
Where the use of this quantitative criterion would entail allocating amounts greater than those applied for, the quantity or value allocated shall be limited to that contained in the application.
In the case of the product listed in Annex II hereto, import licence applications lodged by traditional importers in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 747/94 shall be met in full.
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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2906/93 of 20 October 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 74 (order No 40.0740), originating in China and India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council  Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92  (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for 1993 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities  specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community  level;
Whereas, in respect of products of category 74 (order No 40.0740), originating in China and India, the relevant ceiling respectively amounts to 14 000 and 67 000 pieces;
Whereas on 12 February 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in China and India, countries covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against these ceilings;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to China and India,
As from 26 October 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in China and India:
"" ID="01">40.0740> ID="02">74 (1 000 pieces)> ID="03">6104 11 00
6104 12 00
6104 13 00
ex 6104 19 00
6104 21 00
6104 22 00
6104 23 00
ex 6104 29 00> ID="04">Women's or girls' knitted or crocheted suits and ensembles, of wool, of cotton or man-made fibres, excluding ski suits ">
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.
4.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 286/17
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 20 October 2010
on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2009/031 DK/Linak from Denmark)
(2010/661/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(4) Denmark submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in Linak A/S. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 1 213 508.
(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Denmark,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 213 508 in commitment and payment appropriations.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 March 1995 approving the programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease in Sweden (Only the Swedish text is authentic) (95/70/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas an eradication programme was commenced in Sweden for Aujeszky's disease in 1991;
Whereas in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Directive 64/432/EEC the Commission has examined the programme; whereas it meets the criteria laid down in Article 9 (1) of the said Directive and can therefore be approved;
Whereas by letter dated 12 January 1995, Sweden has submitted information on its eradication programme for Aujeszky's disease;
Whereas the programme should allow Aujeszky's disease to be eradicated from Sweden in the future; whereas the situation concerning this disease in Sweden shall be reviewed within two years;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease from Sweden is hereby approved for a period of two years.
Sweden shall bring into force by 1 March 1995 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the programme referred to in Article 1.
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 1995.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Sweden.