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30.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/51
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1457/2006
of 29 September 2006
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
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 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2) and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid (3) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 October 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as "AMTI biomechanics platform, model OR 6-3, with accessories" may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/840/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 13 April 1981, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "AMTI biomechanics platform, model OR 6-3, with accessories", to be used for the study into postural sway behaviour and its control in man, gait and cardiovascular dynamics, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 9 July 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a measurement platform;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus ; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as "AMTI biomechanics platform, model OR 6-3, with accessories", which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 13 April 1981, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
27.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/15
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 November 2014
establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in the Administrative Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the draft new Regulation on hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles
(2014/832/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By Council Decision 97/836/EC (1), the Union has acceded to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (‘Revised 1958 Agreement’).
(2) The standardised requirements of the draft new UNECE Regulation on hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles are intended to remove technical barriers to the trade in motor vehicles and their components between the Contracting Parties to the Revised 1958 Agreement and to ensure that such vehicles and components offer a high level of safety and protection.
(3) It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union's behalf in the Administrative Committee of the Revised 1958 Agreement concerning the adoption of that draft UNECE Regulation,
The position to be adopted on the behalf of the European Union in the Administrative Committee of the Revised 1958 Agreement shall be to vote in favour of the draft new UNECE Regulation on hydrogen andfuel cell vehicles, as contained in document ECE TRANS/ WP.29/2014/78.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3519/83
of 12 December 1983
laying down certain measures for acid oils from refining of by-products of olive oil or olive-residue oil
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3172/80 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2551/83 (4), provides that for the purposes of controlling the quality of oil packaged by approved plants, by-products of the refining of olive oil and olive-residue oil produced in the Community should have added to them a defined quantity of certain non-olive products;
Whereas these checks are not applicable at present to acid oils from refining derived from by-products of olive oil and olive-residue oil;
Whereas there is always the risk that esterified oils showing the characteristics of olive oil, produced from these acid oils from refining, may be fraudulently employed as olive oils for human consumption and thus benefit from consumption aid; whereas in order to prevent such a risk, acid oils from refining should be treated in the same way as by-products from refining,
Acid oils from refining of by-products of olive oil or olive-residue oil falling within subheading 15.10 C of the Common Customs Tariff may be subject to the same treatment as by-products from refining of olive oil or olive-residue oil falling within subheading 15.17 B of the Common Customs Tariff.
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.
6.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 173/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1052/2005
of 5 July 2005
fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of  28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1),
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 (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 618/2005 (3) fixed the indicative quantities for the issue of B system export licences.
(2) The definitive rate of refund for tomatoes, oranges, lemons and apples covered by licences applied for under system B between 14 May 2005 to 30 June 2005, should be fixed at the indicative rate, and the percentage of licences to be issued for the quantities applied for should be laid down,
For applications for system B export licences submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 618/2005 between 14 May 2005 and 30 June 2005, the percentages of licences to be issued and the rates of refund applicable are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 9 October 1978 on the adjustment of the boundaries of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (France) (Only the French text is authentic) (78/863/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (1), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 75/271/EEC of 28 April 1975 concerning the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France) (2), as amended by Council Directive 76/401/EEC of 6 April 1976 (3) and Council Directive 77/178/EEC of 14 February 1977 (4), indicates the areas of France which are included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Government of the French Republic has applied, under Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, to have the boundaries of the areas listed in the Annex to Directive 75/271/EEC adjusted as shown in the Annex hereto;
Whereas the areas resulting from the proposed adjustments meet the criteria which were applied in Directives 75/271/EEC and 76/401/EEC when fixing the less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the adjustments requested by the Government of the French Republic, together with those included under the modification covered by Commission Decision 77/3/EEC of 13 December 1976 (5), do not have the effect of increasing the effective amount of agricultural land of all the areas of that Member State by more than 0 75 % of the total effective agricultural area of that Member State;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The list of less-favoured areas in France contained in the Annex to Directive 75/271/EEC is hereby amended as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
21.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 90/2005
of 20 January 2005
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling 18,242 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
6.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/14
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 October 2004
outlining the general approach for the reallocation of resources under Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession
(2004/749/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
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), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Copenhagen European Council of 12 and 13 December 2002 endorsed the results of the negotiations which resulted in the accession to the Community in 2004 of eight countries at the time benefiting from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999. Consequently, during the period from 2004 to 2006, only Bulgaria and Romania will continue to benefit from commitments under that Regulation.
(2) By endorsing the ‘roadmaps’ for Bulgaria and Romania proposed by the Commission, the Copenhagen European Council agreed, by way of a general approach for reallocation, that the ratio for reallocation should be fixed at 30/70, respectively, under the Phare programme set up under Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 of 18 December 1989 on economic aid to the Republic of Hungary and the Polish People’s Republic (2), the special accession programme for agriculture and rural development (Sapard) set up under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 (3) and the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession (ISPA), set up under Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999.
(3) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999, the ratio takes account of the need and capacity of Bulgaria and Romania for absorbing assistance, as well as of the criteria laid down in Article 4 of that Regulation.
(4) Since the 30/70 ratio applies to the three-year period 2004 to 2006 as a whole, it is appropriate to permit an indicative allocation of the total resources on an annual basis consistent with that ratio.
(5) Consequently, the general approach for reallocation between the remaining beneficiary countries, namely Bulgaria and Romania, should be that the 30/70 ratio is to apply to the three-year period from 2004 to 2006 as a whole, and an indicative allocation of the total resources is to be determined on an annual basis in accordance with a bracket reflecting that overall ratio,
By way of a general approach for the three-year period 2004 to 2006, the resources under Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 shall be reallocated between Bulgaria and Romania in accordance with a ratio of 30/70, respectively, applicable to that period as a whole.
During the three-year period referred to in the first subparagraph, the annual allocation of resources under Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 shall be determined on the basis of an indicative ratio of 65 % to 75 % of total resources in the case of Romania and 25 % to 35 % of total resources in the case of Bulgaria.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1960/87 of 2 July 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 on the common organization of the market in dried fodder
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Aricles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the objective of the flat-rate aid referred to in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1349/86 (5), was to encourage the development of dried fodder; whereas this objective may be obtained  by fixing in an appropriate manner the percentage referred to in Article 5 of the said Regulation and used to calculate the supplementary aid; whereas, therefore, this flat-rate aid should be abolished and Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 amended  accordingly;
Whereas the amount of the aid for the products referred to in the second indent of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 is different from the amount of the aid for the other products referred to in Article 1 (b) and (c) owing to the difference  in the cost of processing; whereas a fixed difference between these amounts should therefore be provided for,
Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  Article 3 is deleted.
2.  Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following:
'2.  This aid shall be equal to a percentage to be determined of the difference between these two prices for the products referred to in the first indent of Article 1 (b) and in Article 1 (c). The percentage shall be fixed by the Council at the same  time as the guide price using the same procedure.
The aid for the products referred to in the second indent of Article 1 (b) shall be equal to the aid referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph less an amount fixed taking account of the difference in the cost of producing the products  concerned.'
3.  In Article 5 (1) and (3), the word 'supplementary' is deleted.
4.  In the first subparagraph of Article 6 (1), the expression 'The aid referred to in Articles 3 and 5 shall be granted only' is replaced by 'The aid referred to in Article 5 shall be granted only'.
5.  In the second subparagraph of Article 6 (1), the expression 'Aid shall be paid' is replaced by 'This aid shall be paid'.
6.  In the second indent of Article 6 (2), the expression 'the aid referred to in Articles 3 and 5' is replaced by 'the aid referred to in Article 5'.
7.  In Article 6 (3) the expression 'Articles 3 and 5' is replaced by 'Article 5'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2339/2001
of 30 November 2001
setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the Canary Islands(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1450/2001(2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the requirements of the Canary Islands for rice are to be covered in terms of quantity, price and quality by the mobilisation, on disposal terms equivalent to exemption from the levy, of Community rice, which involves the grant of an aid for supplies of Community origin. This aid is to be fixed with particular reference to the costs of the various sources of supply and in particular is to be based on the prices applied to exports to third countries.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1620/1999(4), lays down common detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products, including rice, to the Canary Islands.
(3) As a result of the application of these detailed rules to the current market situation in the rice sector, and in particular to the rates of prices for these products in the European part of the Community and on the world market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands should be set at the amounts given in the Annex.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the amount of aid for the supply of rice of Community origin under the specific arrangements for the supply of the Canary Islands shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
1.2.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 32/21
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2013/73/CFSP
of 31 January 2013
implementing Decision 2011/486/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP of 1 August 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 5 and Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 1 August 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/486/CFSP.
(2) On 19 and 28 December 2012 and on 15 January 2013, the United Nations Security Council Committee, established pursuant to paragraph 30 of Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011), amended the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.
(3) The Annex to Decision 2011/486/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Annex to Decision 2011/486/CFSP is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.