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9.6.1984 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 154/36
COUNCIL DECISION
of 8 May 1984
relating to point 2 of the Voluntary Restraint Agreements on mutton, lamb and goatmeat between the European Economic Community and Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, Poland, Uruguay and Yugoslavia
(84/309/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas under the Voluntary Restraint Agreements concluded with the European Economic Community on mutton, lamb and goatmeat or live sheep and goats, the non-member countries in question undertook, in exchanges of letters, to limit the amount of their exports to certain Community markets considered to be sensitive areas; whereas those undertakings, however, expire on 31 March 1984;
Whereas there has been no change in the circumstances which led to these areas to be recognized as sensitive; whereas provision should therefore be made for extending the arrangements concerning restrictions on exports to those areas;
Whereas the Commission has conducted negotiations to that end in Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, Poland, Uruguay and Yugoslavia; whereas these negotiations resulted in the initialling of an Agreement with each of those countries,
1.   The exchanges of letters concerning point 2 of the Voluntary Restraint Agreements on trade in mutton, lamb and goatmeat are hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community with the following countries:
— Austria,
— Bulgaria,
— Czechoslovakia,
— Hungary,
— Iceland,
— Poland,
— Uruguay,
— Yugoslavia.
2.   The texts of the exchanges of letters are attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the exchanges of letters referred to in Article 1, in order to bind the Community.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 May 1999
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol defining for the period 18 January 1999 to 17 January 2002 the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles
(1999/341/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles(1), signed in Brussels on 28 October 1987, and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
(1) Whereas the Community and the Republic of Seychelles have held negotiations with a view to determining amendments to be made to the abovementioned Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol in force which is annexed thereto;
(2) Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 21 December 1998, by virtue of which Community fishermen are to enjoy fishing opportunities in the waters falling within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Republic of Seychelles for the period 18 January 1999 to 17 January 2002;
(3) Whereas, in order to avoid interruption of fishing activities by Community vessels, both parties have initialled an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters providing for the provisional application of the said Protocol from the day following the date of expiry of the Protocol previously in force;
(4) Whereas the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters should be approved subject to a definitive decision pursuant to Article 43 of the Treaty;
(5) Whereas the method for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing opportunities under the fisheries agreement,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol defining, for the period 18 January 1999 to 17 January 2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a) Tuna seiners:
- Spain: 25 vessels,
- France: 20 vessels,
- Italy: 1 vessel,
- United Kingdom: 1 vessel;
(b) Surface longliners:
- Spain: 20 vessels,
- France: 5 vessels,
- Portugal: 7 vessels.
If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.
24.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 342/103
COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 December 2005
on the continuation in the year 2006 of Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of Agrostis spp., D. glomerata L., Festuca spp., Lolium spp., Phleum spp., Poa spp. including mixtures and Asparagus officinalis under Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 2002/55/EC started in 2005
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/947/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1),
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (2),
Having regard to Commission Decision 2005/5/EC of 27 December 2004 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/33/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC for the years 2005 to 2009 (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2005/5/EC sets out the arrangements for the comparative trials and tests to be carried out under Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 2002/55/EC as regards Agrostis spp., D. glomerata L., Festuca spp., Lolium spp., Phleum spp., Poa spp. including mixtures and Asparagus officinalis from 2005 to 2009.
(2) Tests and trials carried out in 2005 should be continued in 2006,
Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2005 on seeds and propagating material of Agrostis spp., D. glomerata L., Festuca spp., Lolium spp., Phleum spp., Poa spp. including mixtures and Asparagus officinalis shall be continued in 2006 in accordance with Decision 2005/5/EC.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3593/91  of 11 December 1991  abolishing in two stages certain customs duties applicable in trade between the Community of Ten and Spain and Portugal as a result of the Mediterranean agreements
THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 75 (4) and 243 (4) thereof,
Whereas the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal provides for the possibility of suspending or abolishing the customs duties on agricultural products in trade between those two Member States and the Community of Ten at a faster rate than laid down in  the Act;
Whereas it was decided in the framework of the new Mediterranean policy to dismantle the customs duties on some products to make them zero from 1 January 1993;
Whereas provision should be made, in view of the duties applicable to imports from Spain and Portugal in accordance with Articles 75 (1) and 243 (1) of the Act of Accession, for agricultural products consigned from Spain and Portugal not to enjoy less  favourable treatment than the same products covered by the additional protocols concluded with the Mediterranean countries;
Whereas that dismantlement should be carried out in two stages, the first commencing on 1 January 1992 and the second on 1 January 1993;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned,
The customs duties laid down in the Act of Accession on the products listed in the Annex hereto and imported into the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 from Spain and Portugal shall be:
- reduced by 50 % on 1 January 1992,
- totally abolished on 1 January 1993.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
10.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 158/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 853/2006
of 9 June 2006
on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat (2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).
(2) Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal meeting the definition laid down therein which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 at 11 500 t.
(3) It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit,
1.   All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 June 2006 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full.
2.   Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of July 2006 for 958,333 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 June 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
25.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 275/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1499/2004
of 24 August 2004
on certain exceptional market support measures for eggs in Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Because of an outbreak of avian influenza in certain production regions in Belgium, veterinary and trade restrictions applying to that Member State were adopted by Commission Decision 2003/289/EC of 25 April 2003 concerning protection measures in relation to avian influenza in Belgium (2). As a result, transport and marketing of hatching eggs were temporarily banned within Belgium.
(2) The restrictions on the free movement of hatching eggs resulting from the application of the veterinary measures threatened severe disruption of the market in hatching eggs in Belgium. The Belgian authorities adopted market support measures, restricted to hatching eggs, for the period for which this was absolutely necessary. These allowed hatching eggs for which incubation was no longer possible to be used to produce egg products.
(3) Those measures had a positive impact on the market for hatching eggs and eggs in general. This justifies their being treated as exceptional market support measures within the meaning of Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 and the granting of aid to compensate for part of the financial loss resulting from processing hatching eggs into egg products.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
1.   The use for processing of hatching eggs falling within CN code 0407 00 19 between l6 April and 5 May 2003, decided on by the Belgian authorities following the application of Decision 2003/289/EC, is hereby deemed to be an exceptional market support measure within the meaning of Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75.
2.   Under the measure referred to in paragraph 1, compensation of:
— EUR 0,097 per hatching egg from broiler strains shall be granted for a maximum of 5 372 000 eggs,
— EUR 0,081 per hatching egg from laying strains shall be granted for a maximum of 314 000 eggs,
— EUR 0,265 per hatching egg from multiplication strains shall be granted for a maximum of 99 000 eggs.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
10.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 5/10
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/2/EC
of 6 January 2006
amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Annexe II to Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on certain methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 December 1996 on textile names (2) requires labelling to indicate the fibre composition of textile products, with checks being carried out by analysis on the conformity of these products with indications given on the label.
(2) Uniform methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures are provided in Directive 96/73/EC.
(3) On the basis of recent findings by a technical working group, Directive 96/74/EC was adapted to technical progress, by adding the fibres polylactide and elastomultiester to the list of fibres set out in the Annexes I and II to that Directive.
(4) It is therefore necessary to define uniform test methods for polylactide and elastomultiester.
(5) Directive 96/73/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Directives relating to Textile Names and Labelling,
Annex II to Directive 96/73/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 6 January 2007 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Members States.
1.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 228/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 791/2009
of 31 August 2009
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 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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 288/2004
of 19 February 2004
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 20 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
17.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 80/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 445/2006
of 16 March 2006
fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector applicable from 17 March 2006
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sugar (1), and in particular Article 24(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for imports of molasses in the sugar sector and amending Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (2), stipulates that the cif import price for molasses established in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68 (3), is to be considered the representative price. That price is fixed for the standard quality defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(2) For the purpose of fixing the representative prices, account must be taken of all the information provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, except in the cases provided for in Article 4 of that Regulation and those prices should be fixed, where appropriate, in accordance with the method provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation.
(3) Prices not referring to the standard quality should be adjusted upwards or downwards, according to the quality of the molasses offered, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(4) Where there is a difference between the trigger price for the product concerned and the representative price, additional import duties should be fixed under the terms laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95. Should the import duties be suspended pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should be fixed.
(5) The representative prices and additional import duties for the products concerned should be fixed in accordance with Articles 1(2) and 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The representative prices and the additional duties applying to imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
16.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 October 2007
on the appointment of one member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies for its third mandate
(2007/666/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Decision 2005/383/EC of 11 May 2005 (1) on the renewal of the mandate of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies,
Whereas:
(1) Dr C. CASINI has resigned as a Member of the EGE, consequently to his appointment as MEP, by letter of 12 July 2006.
(2) On 15 March 2007 the Commission published a call for applications regarding the selection of a new member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies and a Jury composed of senior Commission staff has evaluated the applications received and prepared a shortlist for the Commission Decision,
Mr Francesco D. BUSNELLI is appointed as EGE member for the period covered by the current EGE (2005-09), as a replacement of former EGE Member Carlo CASINI.
The new EGE member’s mandate enters into force on the same day as the adoption of the present Decision.