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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 October 2003
on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in accordance with point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (fires in Portugal)
(2003/786/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(1), and in particular point 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund(2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the "Fund") to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.
(2) Portugal submitted an application to mobilise the Fund on 13 August 2003, concerning a fire-related disaster.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.
(4) The fire-related disaster in Portugal meets the conditions for mobilising the Fund,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003, the European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 48,539 million in commitment appropriations.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Commission Decision
of 7 March 2000
fixing an indicative allocation between beneficiary countries of the total amount of Community assistance under the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession
(notified under document number C(2000) 552)
(2000/229/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 of 21 June 1999 establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession(1), hereinafter referred to as "ISPA", and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The second subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 lists the countries qualifying for ISPA.
(2) The first subparagraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 lays down that an indicative allocation between beneficiary countries of the total amount of Community assistance under ISPA is to be made by the Commission on the basis of the criteria of population, gross domestic product (GDP) per inhabitant in purchasing power parities and surface area. This allocation may be adjusted according to the second subparagraph of the same Article.
(3) Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 stipulates that, on accession to the European Union, a country will lose its entitlement to assistance from ISPA and that the funding thus released will be reallocated among other beneficiary countries.
(4) The measure provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Insrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession,
The indicative allocation between beneficiary countries of the total amount of Community assistance under ISPA is set out in the Annex hereto.
The indicative allocation shall be adjusted if a beneficiary country, by virtue of acceding to the European Union, loses its entitlement to ISPA assistance.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2488/2001
of 18 December 2001
on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2102/2001(2) fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences other than those sought in the context of food aid.
(2) In the light of the information available to the Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities laid down for the current export period for oranges will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.
(3) To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences for oranges exported after 19 December 2001 should be rejected until the end of the current export period,
Applications for system B export licences for oranges submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2102/2001, export declarations for which are accepted after 19 December 2001 and before 15 January 2002, are hereby rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2172/2001
of 8 November 2001
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except for the United States of America and Canada was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001(5).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 2 to 8 November 2001, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1558/2001, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be EUR 0,00/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 November 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1547/93 of 14 June 1993 fixing the production aid for certain varieties of rice sown in the 1992/93 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 8a (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the objective of production aid is to encourage varietal conversion of rice production to certain types of rice for which greater demand exists on the Community market; whereas the varieties for which demand exists normally have lower crop  yields than those of the varieties that are traditionally grown;
Whereas the production aid should be fixed at a level that, while reflecting the smaller return resulting from the lower yields of the varieties in question, will secure development of production in line with actual possibilities for disposal;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87 of 18 December 1987 on the production aid for certain varieties of rice (5) determines the areas of the Community in which the aid can be granted,
The production aid for certain varieties of rice referred to in Article 8a of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 sown in the 1992/93 marketing year for the 1993 harvest shall, for the countries listed in Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87, be ECU 100/ha.
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 1678/87
of 15 June 1987
concerning the stopping of fishing for sole by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4027/86 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4034/86 of 22 December 1986, fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1987 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/87 (4), provides for sole quotas for 1987;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member Stete are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of sole in the waters of ICES division VIII a and b by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands have reached the quota allocated for 1987; whereas the Netherlands have prohibited fishing for this stock as from 6 June 1987; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date;
Catches of sole in the waters of ICES division VIII a and b by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 1987.
Fishing for sole in the waters of ICES division VIII and b by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 6 June 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
15.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 184/42
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1130/2005
of 14 July 2005
on the issue of import licences for garlic imported under the autonomous tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1034/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1034/2005 of 1 July 2005 opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous tariff quota for garlic (1), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Licence applications submitted by traditional and new importers to the competent authorities of the Member States pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1034/2005, exceed the available quantities. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined,
1.   Applications for import licences made by traditional importers pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1034/2005 and submitted to the Commission by the Member States on 12 July 2005 shall be issued for 2,717 % of the quantity applied for.
2.   Applications for import licences made by new importers pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1034/2005 and submitted to the Commission by the Member States on 12 July 2005 shall be issued for 0,765 % of the quantity applied for.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 July 2005.
It shall apply until 30 September 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 663/2002
of 18 April 2002
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 19 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 14 October 1996 on the list of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 1997 (96/598/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EEC (2), and in particular Article 24 (5) thereof,
Whereas in drawing up the list of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community for 1997, and the proposed rate and amount of the contribution for each programme, both the interest of each programme for the Community and the volume of available appropriations must be taken into account;
Whereas the Commission has examined each of the programmes submitted by the Member States from both the veterinary and the financial point of view;
Whereas the programmes on the list set out in this Decision will have to be approved individually at a later date;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The programmes listed in the Annex hereto shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 1997.
2. For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the proposed rate and amount of the Community financial contribution shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 10 March 1987
changing the import arrangements established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 and applied in the Benelux countries, Denmark and the United Kingdom in respect of the People's Republic of China
(Only the Danish, English, French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(87/201/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 of 14 November 1983 on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries, not liberalized at Community level (1), and in particular Article 9 (1), thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 established the list of products originating in State-trading countries whose release for free circulation in the Member States is subject to quantitative restrictions;
Whereas the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China of 3 April 1978 (2) met in Brussels on 12 January 1987; whereas upon completion of its work it recommended, among other measures, the abolition of quantitative restrictions on the release for free circulation in certain Member States of products originating in China;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83, the Govnerments of the Benelux countries, Denmark and the United Kingdom have informed the other Member States and the Commission that they consider that the import arrangements applied in the Benelux countries, Denmark and the United Kingdom in respect of imports of various industrial products from China should be amended in accordance with that Regulation;
Whereas, following the examination of different aspects of the measures recommended by the Joint Committee, action should be taken thereon, account being taken in particular of Article 4 (2) of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China,
The quantitative restrictions on the release for free circulation in the Member States specified in the Annex, of the goods therein indicated originating in China, are hereby abolished.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Denmark and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
This Decision shall apply from 31 March 1987.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 123/96 of 25 January 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2307/95 fixing, for unginned cotton, the estimated production and amount of the advance on the aid for the 1995/96 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 (2), and in particular Article 11 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 provides that the amount of the advance on the aid must be determined by taking account of the estimated production of unginned cotton and of the anticipated amount of the aid, without, however, exceeding 40 % of the guide price; whereas in application of those criteria the amount of the advance for the 1995/96 marketing year was fixed in Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2307/95 (3) at 40 % of the guide price for Spain and at a lower amount for the other Member States;
Whereas in the light of a revised estimate of the forecast production for cotton and of the anticipated level of aid in the Member States concerned the amount of the advance fixed for the Member States other than Spain for the marketing year in question should be increased;
Whereas in order to ensure that all operators are treated equally, the increase in the advance should apply retroactively;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
In the second indent of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2307/95 the amount of 'ECU 29,210` is hereby replaced by 'ECU 42,52`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 30 September 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
REGULATION (EEC) No 234/71 OF THE COUNCIL  of 1 February 1971  deleting certain products from the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2603/69 establishing common rules for exports
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2603/69 1 of 20 December 1969 establishing common rules for exports, and in particular Article 10 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas the export of certain products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2603/69 has been liberalised by the Member State or States which previously imposed quantitative restrictions ; whereas it is therefore possible to apply throughout the Community the principle of freedom of export to the products in question;
The products listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be deleted from the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2603/69.
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.
9.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 322/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1198/2009
of 8 December 2009
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 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 9 December 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.