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13.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 268/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1010/2011
of 12 October 2011
fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export licence applications and suspending the lodging of export licence applications for out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose
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 7e in conjunction with Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 61, first subparagraph, point (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 the sugar produced during the marketing year in excess of the quota referred to in Article 56 of that Regulation may be exported only within the quantitative limit fixed by the Commission.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 372/2011 of 15 April 2011 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2011/2012 marketing year (3) sets the above mentioned limits. This Regulation will apply only from 1 January 2012 and therefore the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2011/2012 marketing year will only be available from this date.
(3) For the 2011/2012 marketing year an acceptance percentage should therefore be set at zero for quantities applied from 3 October 2011 to 7 October 2011 and the lodging of export licence applications for sugar and isoglucose should be suspended. For the 2011/2012 marketing year all export licence applications for sugar and isoglucose submitted on 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 October 2011 should accordingly be rejected,
1.   For 2011/2012 marketing year export licences for out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose for which applications were lodged from 3 October 2011 to 7 October 2011, shall be issued for the quantities applied for, multiplied by an acceptance percentage of 0 %.
2.   For 2011/2012 marketing year applications for out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose export licences submitted on 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 October 2011 are hereby rejected.
3.   For 2011/2012 marketing year the lodging of applications for out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose export licences shall be suspended for the period 17 October 2011 to 31 December 2011.
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 1226/2003
of 9 July 2003
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2002(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in an adjustment of the import duties that have been fixed as from 15 May 2003 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2003(5) as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be adjusted in compliance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 and fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 18 May 1972  extending to workers exercising the right to remain in the territory of a Member State after having been employed in that State the scope of the Directive of 25 February 1964 on coordination of special measures concerning the movement and residence of foreign nationals which are justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health  (72/194/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 49 and 56 (2) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;
Whereas the Council Directive of 25 February 1964 1 coordinated special measures concerning the movement and residence of foreign nationals which are justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health and whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1251/70 2 of 29 June 1970 on the right of workers to remain in the territory of a Member State after having been employed in that State laid down conditions for the exercise of such right;
Whereas the Directive of 25 February 1964 should continue to apply to persons to whom that Regulation applies;
The Council Directive of 25 February 1964 on coordination of special measures concerning the movement and residence of foreign nationals which are justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health shall apply to nationals of Member States and members of their families who pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1251/70, exercise the right to remain in the territory of a Member State.
Member States shall put into force the measures necessary to comply with this Directive within six months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
23.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 111/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 359/2008
of 18 April 2008
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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.
27.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1401/2005
of 26 August 2005
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 27 August 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
12.3.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 67/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 191/2009
of 11 March 2009
setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 2 to 6 March 2009 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements
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 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 2 to 6 March 2009 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Council Regulation (EC) No 508/2007 of 7 May 2007 opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 (3), for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order number 09.4341 (2008-2009).
(2) In these circumstances, the Commission should establish an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available and/or inform the Member States that the limit established has been reached,
Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of import licence applications submitted from 2 to 6 March 2009, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007.
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 Decision
of 27 February 2004
amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of certain provinces in Italy as officially free of brucellosis
(notified under document number C(2004) 558)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/199/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals(1), and in particular Annex A, Chapter 1, point II thereto,
Whereas:
(1) In Italy, in the Provinces of Rieti and Viterbo (Region of Lazio) brucellosis (Brucella melitensis) has been a notifiable disease for at least five years.
(2) In the Provinces of Rieti and Viterbo, at least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings are officially brucellosis-free holdings. These Provinces undertake, furthermore, to comply with Annex A, Chapter 1, point II(2), to Directive 91/68/EEC.
(3) The Provinces of Rieti and Viterbo should consequently be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (Brucella melitensis).
(4) Commission Decision 93/52/EEC of 21 December 1992 recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease(2) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 20 December 1990  amending Decision 84/248/EEC authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to adopt, when introducing into its territory plants or plant products, special plant health provisions for home-grown production of  certain fruit plants intended for planting  (Only the German text is authentic)  (91/41/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 21/27/EEC (2), and in  particular Article 18 (2) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (1) of Directive 77/93/EEC, plants, plant products or other objects are not subject, at the time of their introduction into the territory of a Member State from another Member State, to prohibitions or restrictions  relating to plant health measures, except where provided for in that Directive;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 18 (2) of the abovementioned Directive, the Member States may be authorized to adopt, when introducing into their territory plants or plant products, special health provisions in so far as such measures are also laid down  for home-grown production;
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany by the Verordnung zur Bekaempfung von Viruskrankheiten im Obstbau of 26 July 1978 (3), as last amended by the Verordnung of 1 December 1989 (4), has introduced special plant health measures for the marketing of  certain fruit plants intended for planting;
Whereas by Decision 84/248/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 90/111/EEC (6), the Commission authorized the Federal Republic of Germany to apply the measures also to products introduced into its territory from other Member States;
Whereas this authorization was granted on a temporary basis for a period expiring on 31 December 1990, but subject to a possible extension, pending the definition of a Community certification scheme for fruit-plant propagating material;
Whereas the Community certification scheme has not yet been defined; whereas the other circumstances which justified this authorization have not changed;
Whereas therefore the authorization should be extended for a further period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
    Article 1
In Article 2 of Decision 84/248/EEC, '31 December 1990' is hereby replaced by '1 July 1992'.  Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1893/95 of 29 June 1995 relating to the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial consideration provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off Comoros for the period 20 July 1994 to 19 July 1997
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) and the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, in accordance with the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off Comoros (2), the two Contracting Parties held negotiations with a view to determining amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol annexed thereto;
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol defining the fishing opportunities and financial consideration provided for in the abovementioned Agreement for the period from 20 July 1994 to 19 July 1997 was initialled on 18 July 1994;
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve the said Protocol,
The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial consideration provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off Comoros for the period 20 July 1994 to 19 July 1997 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached hereto.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1931/83
of 14 July 1983
amending Regulation (EEC) No 861/83 on research and development measures concerning new uses for products belonging to the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the marked in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1595/83 (2), and in particular Article 41c (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 41c of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 provides for measures to be taken to encourage the use of methods other than distillation for disposing of surpluses of the products referred to in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 861/83 (3) lays down detailed implementing rules in respect of those measures; whereas a deadline by which proposals for work to be carried out must reach the competent agency has been fixed only in respect of the 1982/83 wine-growing year; whereas that Regulation should be supplemented by fixing the deadlines by which proposals in respect of the 1983/84 and 1984/85 wine-growing years must reach the competent agency;
Whereas it is necessary that the agency of the Member State which is responsible for effecting payment in respect of the research work be that which is authorized to reimburse expenditure under the common agricultural policy, assisted, where necessary, by one or more other agencies;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 861/83 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
'2. For the 1982/83 wine-growing year, proposals must reach the competent agencies concerned before 1 August 1983.
For the 1983/84 wine-growing year, proposals must reach the competent agencies concerned before 1 December 1983 and, for the 1984/85 wine-growing year, before 1 November 1984.'
2. The following paragraph 5 is added:
'5. For the purposes of this Regulation, "competent agency" means the authorities and bodies referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 assisted, where necessary, by one or more other agencies appointed by the Member State.'
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.
15.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 94/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 308/2010
of 14 April 2010
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Prosciutto di Carpegna (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Prosciutto di Carpegna’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1263/96 (3).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (4), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
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.