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2.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 227/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 877/2011
of 1 September 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 September 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
2.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 30/18
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 January 2012
appointing seven members of the Court of Auditors
(2012/60/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 286(2) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) The terms of office of Mr Olavi ALA-NISSILÄ, Mr Vítor Manuel da SILVA CALDEIRA, Mr Morten Louis LEVYSOHN, Mr Eoin O’SHEA, Mr Karel PINXTEN, Mr Massimo VARI and Mr H.G. WESSBERG are due to expire on 29 February 2012.
(2) New appointments should therefore be made,
The following are hereby appointed members of the Court of Auditors for the period from 1 March 2012 to 28 February 2018:
— Mr Kevin CARDIFF,
— Mr Vítor Manuel da SILVA CALDEIRA,
— Mr Ville ITÄLÄ,
— Mr Henrik OTBO,
— Mr Karel PINXTEN,
— Mr Pietro RUSSO,
— Mr H.G. WESSBERG,
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2048/2001
of 19 October 2001
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), 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 20 October 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1994 amending the boundaries of the less-favoured areas in Greece within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the Greek text is authentic) (94/516/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming in certain less-favoured areas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 81/645/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 93/66/EEC (4), lays down the areas in Greece which qualify as less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Greek Government has communicated to the Commission, in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, the new areas eligible for inclusion in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas and information concerning the  characteristics of those areas; whereas, furthermore, the existing special aid system in the less-favoured areas will be extended to the new areas;
Whereas, as the aforementioned communication indicates, one area complies with the criteria and figures in Directive 81/645/EEC for determining the areas concerned within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; whereas as a result, the  aforementioned area should be included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the combined surface area of the areas in question does not exceed 4 % of the surface area of the Member State concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,
The Community list of less-favoured areas in Greece given in the Annex to Directive 81/645/EEC is hereby supplemented by the list given in the Annex to this Decision.
This Directive is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
27.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/2
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 July 2011
amending the appropriate measures laid down by Decision 2009/618/EC concerning the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of Guinea under Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement and repealing that Decision
(2011/465/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) and revised at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 22 June 2010 (2) (the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement), and in particular Article 96 thereof,
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 (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to a proposal from the European Commission,
In agreement with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) The Republic of Guinea has made progress in implementing the undertakings set out in the letter in the Annex to Council Decision 2009/618/EC of 27 July 2009 concerning the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of Guinea under Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement (4). Fulfilment of those undertakings is a condition for the lifting of the related measures.
(2) The Republic of Guinea has made progress in the transition to the return to constitutional rule and the establishment of democracy in particular with the inauguration of a president, following free and transparent presidential elections, and a civil government.
(3) The holding of presidential elections and the appointment of the new president constitute the partial achievement of the last milestone established in the Annex to the letter annexed to Decision 2009/618/EC.
(4) The fourth and last milestone marking the end of the transition will not be achieved by 27 July 2011, the date of expiry of Decision 2009/618/EC.
(5) In the light of the progress made in the return to constitutional rule, the appropriate measures should therefore be updated to take account of the progress achieved and Decision 2009/618/EC should be repealed,
The appropriate measures provided for under Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement are specified in the letter in the Annex to this Decision.
Decision 2009/618/EC is hereby repealed.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall expire on 19 July 2012.
It shall be reviewed, if necessary, after an indicative period of 6 months in the light of the conclusions of an on-the-spot mission of the European Union.
16.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 66/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 216/2010
of 15 March 2010
implementing Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection, as regards the definitions of categories of the reasons for the residence permits
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection (1), and in particular Article 10(2)(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure the comparability of the statistical data from the administrative sources on residence permits in the Member States, and for reliable overviews to be drawn up at Community level, the definition of categories of the reasons for issuing permit must be the same in all Member States.
(2) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, the Commission should define the categories of the reasons for issuing permits.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
The categories of the reasons for issuing residence permits as provided for in Article 6(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 are laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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.
24.11.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 305/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1909/2005
of 23 November 2005
closing the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries
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 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the Community’s international obligations within the framework of the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (2), conditions must be laid down for importing a certain quantity of maize into Spain.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 of 26 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3) provides for the booking of imports of certain substitute products, referred to in Article 2 thereof, to ensure compliance with the quantities laid down under these quotas.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1808/2005 (4) opened an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries.
(4) As the annual quantity for this quota laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 has been reached, the invitation to tender should be closed and Regulation (EC) No 1808/2005 should be repealed.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
1.   The invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty referred to in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on maize imported into Spain, opened by Regulation (EC) No 1808/2005, is hereby closed.
2.   Regulation (EC) No 1808/2005 is hereby repealed.
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 207/2003
of 3 February 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1940/2001 on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community internal market of some 39000 tonnes of rice held by the Italian intervention agency for use in animal feed
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 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 the intervention agencies(3) lays down the procedures and conditions for such disposals.
(2) The current invitation to tender under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1940/2001(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2089/2002(5), has almost completely disposed of the quantity initially authorised for sale by the intervention agency. Italy still has intervention stocks of paddy rice from harvests earlier than 1999, the quality of which is in danger of deteriorating if kept in prolonged storage. The quantities initially planned for this invitation to tender should therefore be increased by authorising the sale of this at-risk quantity.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 1940/2001 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following text:
"Article 1
The Italian intervention agency shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market some 39000 tonnes of rice as referred to in Annex I from the 1997 and 1998 harvests and an additional quantity of some 20000 tonnes referred to in Annex Ia from the 1998 harvest, for use in preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (CN code 2309 )."
2. The following Annex Ia is added after Annex I:
"ANNEX Ia
>TABLE>"
3. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 5 are replaced by the following text:
"2. The closing date for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 12.00 (Brussels time), with the exception of Wednesday 16 April 2003.
3. The closing date for the last partial invitation to tender shall be 30 April 2003."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 10 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 814/97 of 5 May 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 2177/96 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1996/97 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 536/97 (2), and in particular Article 38 (5) thereof,
Whereas deliveries of wine for distillation are subject to the conclusion of contracts or declarations in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2046/89 of 19 June 1989 laying down general rules for distillation operations involving wine and the by-products of wine-making (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2468/96 (4); whereas the possibility of transferring rights and obligations under contracts provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2177/96 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 510/97 (6), must accordingly apply to the contracts and declarations concerned; whereas, for the sake of equality, such transfers of rights and obligations must be permitted not only between producers but also between red wine and white wine delivered by one and the same producer;
Whereas distilleries, in particular in some wine-growing regions, are facing insurmountable difficulties in meeting the time limits laid down for wine deliveries; whereas the final date for deliveries of wine should accordingly be put back to 31 July 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Article 1a of Regulation (EC) No 2177/96 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The word 'contracts` is replaced throughout by 'contracts or declarations`;
2. The following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1:
'Transfers of rights and obligations as provided for in the first subparagraph shall also be permitted in the case of producers who wish to deliver white wine instead of red wine for preventive distillation under contracts or declarations submitted for approval to the competent intervention agency by 25 January 1997 at the latest.`
In Article 1b (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2177/96, the date '30 June 1997` is hereby replaced by '31 July 1997`.
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.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1135/86
of 18 April 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2475/85 laying down detailed rules, for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 777/85 on the granting, for the 1985/86 to 1989/90 wine years, of permanent-abondonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/85 of 26 March 1985 on the granting, for the 1985/86 to 1989/90 wine years, of permanent-abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3775/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,
Whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2475/85 (3) specifies the varieties referred to in the first indent of Article 2 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/85; whereas the list of the said varieties should in the light of the experience gained, be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The list of varieties set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2475/85 is hereby amended as follows:
(a) 'Dabouki' is added to point 1.
(b) 'Schiava grossa (Frankental)' is deleted from point 3.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of he European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
16.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 106/14
COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 March 2008
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine in relation to export duties
(2008/306/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133(1) in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 14 June 1994 the European Communities and their Member States and Ukraine signed in Luxembourg the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), which entered into force on 1 March 1998.
(2) Considering the commitment of the Community and its Member States and of Ukraine to strengthen the economic integration which constitutes an essential basis of their partnership.
(3) Since March 2007 negotiations have been opened for a new Enhanced Agreement between the EU and Ukraine to replace the PCA.
(4) It is intended that the Enhanced Agreement provide for the creation of a deep and comprehensive Free Trade Area (FTA), as a core element of the Enhanced Agreement, following the accession of Ukraine to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
(5) In the context of the WTO accession negotiations of Ukraine the Commission, on behalf of the Community, negotiated comprehensive market-opening commitments on the part of Ukraine which are of particular importance to the Community, as set out in a Memorandum agreed between the negotiators of Ukraine and the Commission on 17 March 2003.
(6) These commitments will be embodied in the Protocol of Accession of Ukraine to the WTO.
(7) During the WTO accession process of Ukraine the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine, whereby Ukraine committed to eliminate export duties on trade in goods upon the entry into force of the future EU-Ukraine FTA Agreement.
(8) The Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Community,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine in relation to export duties is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community (1).
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
27.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 23/32
COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 January 2009
specifying, pursuant to Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, ISO 17994:2004(E) as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods
(notified under document number C(2009) 119)
(2009/64/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (1), and in particular Article 15(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) International Standard ISO 17994:2004(E) describes the criteria and procedures for assessing the equivalence of microbiological methods.
(2) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 16(1) of Directive 2006/7/EC,
For the purposes of Article 3(9) of Directive 2006/7/EC International Standard ISO 17994:2004(E) ‘Water quality — Criteria for establishing equivalence between microbiological methods’ shall be specified as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.