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COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1761/89
of 20 June 1989
exempting certain Member States from the obligation to buy in certain fruit and vegetables
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,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (2), and in particular Article 19a (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1852/85 of 2 July 1985 laying down detailed rules of application with a view to exempt Member States from the obligation to buy in certain types of fruit and vegetables (3) specified what information the Member States were to provide to the Commission with a view to their being exempted if they so requested, as provided for in Article 19a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, from intervention purchasing;
Whereas this information must concern either the proportion of each of the products indicated in Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 marketed through recognized producer organizations or the proportion harvested in the Member State concerned during the last three marketing years;
Whereas the Member States have supplied this information; whereas the conditions for exemption laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1852/85 are met by certain Member States for certain products for the 1989/90 marketing year; whereas those Member States which have so applied should therefore be exempted from the obligation to make intervention purchases,
The following Member States are hereby exempted from the obligations to make intervention purchases, as provided for in Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, of pears from 1 July to 31 August 1989, and peaches, apricots, tomatoes and aubergines during the 1989/90 marketing year:
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
This exemption shall apply in respect of Greece only to the pears during the period referred to above.
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 849/2001
of 30 April 2001
reducing the Community withdrawal compensation for peaches and nectarines for the 2001/02 marketing year as a result of overruns of the intervention thresholds fixed for the 2000/01 marketing year
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2001(2), and in particular Article 27(1) and (2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 931/2000(3) fixes the intervention thresholds for the 2000/01 marketing year at 238200 tonnes for peaches and 83200 tonnes for nectarines. Under Article 3 of that Regulation, if the quantity of peaches or nectarines withdrawn in the period between 1 March 2000 and 28 February 2001 exceeds the threshold fixed, the Community withdrawal compensation laid down in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the 2001/02 marketing year is to be reduced in proportion to the size of the overrun based on the production used to calculate the relevant threshold.
(2) The information supplied by the Member States indicates that 251515 tonnes of peaches and 117961 tonnes of nectarines were withdrawn in the 2000/01 marketing year.
(3) Consequently, the Community withdrawal compensation set by Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the 2001/02 marketing year must be reduced by 0,57 % for peaches and 4,18 % for nectarines.
(4) Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 931/2000 lays down that the consequences of an overrun of the threshold are to apply in the following marketing year. The reduction in the Community withdrawal compensation for peaches and nectarines should thereofe apply in the 2001/02 marketing year.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The Community withdrawal compensation for the 2001/02 marketing year shall be:
- EUR 11,65 per 100 kilograms net for peaches,
- EUR 13,33 per 100 kilograms net for nectarines.
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 DECISION
of 10 August 1999
amending for the second time Commission Decision 1999/212/EC on certain measures to prevent the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to the territory of the European Community
(notified under document number C(1999) 2623)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/560/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries(1) and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
(1) Whereas foot and mouth disease has been confirmed to be present in the livestock in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia; whereas therefore the Commission has adopted Decision 1999/212/EC(2) on certain measures to prevent the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease virus from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to the territory for the European Community, as last amended by Decision 1999/292/EC(3);
(2) Whereas in accordance with Article 4 of that Decision, the measures must be reviewed in the light of the disease evolution;
(3) Whereas foot-and-mouth disease appears to be well controlled by the veterinary services of Tunisia and Morocco and no outbreaks have been reported since April respective May 1999; whereas however a final report on the results of a serological survey has not been presented that would allow to evaluate the extent to which small ruminants are inflicted in the epidemiology of the disease;
(4) Whereas, the last informal report on foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Algeria dates from 22 June 1999 and does not allow withdrawing the measures laid down by Decision 1999/212/EC for the third country concerned;
(5) Whereas as a matter of extra safeguard the period these measures are in force should be extended for three months;
(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In Article 4 of Decision 1999/212/EC the date "31 July 1999" is replaced by "31 October 1999".
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
13.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/42
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1530/2006
of 12 October 2006
providing for the rejection of applications for export licences in relation to certain processed products and cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 of 28 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (2), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
The quantity covered by applications for advance fixing of refunds on potato starch and maize-based products is of great importance and could give rise to speculation. It has therefore been decided to reject all applications for export licences of such products made on 10, 11 and 12 October 2006,
In accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, applications for export licences with advance fixing of refunds for products falling within CN codes 1102 20 10, 1102 20 90, 1103 13 10, 1103 13 90, 1104 23 10, 1108 12 00, 1108 13 00, 1702 30 51, 1702 30 91, 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50 made on 10, 11 and 12 October 2006 shall be rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 October 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1196/2003
of 3 July 2003
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of sorghum issued in Regulation (EC) No 699/2003
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 organization of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 699/2003(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in the duty should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 27 June to 3 July 2003 in response to the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imported sorghum issued in Regulation (EC) No 699/2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
26.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/4
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 814/2014
of 23 July 2014
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pancetta Piacentina (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Italy's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Pancetta Piacentina’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1263/96 (2), as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1170/2010 (3).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union  (4) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.
(3) As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Pancetta Piacentina’ (PDO) are hereby approved.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1529/2003
of 29 August 2003
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 1947/2002(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 30 August 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 3467/86
of 13 November 1986
fixing for the Irish pound a specific monetary coefficient applicable on imports of dried grapes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1838/86 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Whereas the monetary coefficients applicable on imports of dried grapes from 1 September until 2 November 1986 have been fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2677/86 (4); whereas with effect from 22 September 1986 the agricultural conversion rate for the Irish pound has been changed; whereas as a consequence thereof the monetary coefficient for that currency should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
As a derogation from Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2677/86 the coefficient applicable for the Irish pound shall with effect from 22 September until 2 November 1986 be 1,073.
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 1483/2003
of 21 August 2003
fixing the conversion rate applicable to certain direct aid with an operative event on 1 July 2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 816/2003(3), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999 of 29 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary system for the euro in agriculture and amending the definition of certain operative events provided for in Regulations (EEC) No 3889/87, (EEC) No 3886/92, (EEC) No 1793/93, (EEC) No 2700/93 and (EC) No 293/98(4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98, the operative event for the exchange rate applicable to aid per hectare should be the commencement of the marketing year in respect of which the aid is granted. For aid for arable crops and grain legumes the operative event for the exchange rate should therefore be 1 July 2003.
(2) In accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98, the exchange rate to be used for aid per hectare should be the average of the exchange rates applicable during the month preceding the date of the operative event, calculated pro rata temporis.
(3) Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1793/93 of 30 June 1993 regarding the operative event for the agricultural conversion rates used in the hops sector(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1410/1999, states that the agricultural conversion rate to be applied for the purposes of the aid for hops should be the average of the exchange rates applicable during the month preceding 1 July of the harvest year, calculated pro rata temporis.
(4) The conversion rates to be applied for the aid in question should be fixed according to the average of the exchange rates applicable during the month of June 2003, calculated pro rata temporis,
The conversion rates given in the Annex apply to the following aid:
(a) the aid referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 and having an operative event on 1 July 2003; and
(b) the aid for hops, provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71(6) and having an operative event on 1 July 2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
3.6.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 123/11
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 May 2009
appointing Maltese members and a Maltese alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers
2009/C 123/05
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community (1), and in particular Articles 26 and 27 thereof,
Having regard to the lists of candidates submitted to the Council by the Governments of the Member States,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decision of 25 September 2008 (2), the Council appointed the members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for the period from 25 September 2008 to 24 September 2010, with the exception of certain members including the Maltese members and alternate members in the category of government representatives.
(2) The Maltese Government has submitted nominations for a number of posts to be filled,
The following are hereby appointed members and an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers for the period ending on 24 September 2010:
REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT
Country Members Alternates
Malta Mr Joseph MIZZI Mr Anthony BUTTIGIEG
7.2.1987 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 37/30
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 January 1987
accepting on behalf of the Community the European Agreement on the Exchange of Blood-grouping Reagents
(87/68/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 5(1) of the European Agreement on the Exchange of Blood-grouping Reagents provides that the Contracting Parties shall take all necessary measures to exempt from all import duties the blood-grouping reagents placed at their disposal by the other Parties;
Whereas any derogation from the Common Customs Tariff, whether autonomous or conventional, falls within the sole competence of the Community;
Whereas the entry into force of an Additional Protocol to the Agreement enabling the European Economic Community to become a Contracting Party to that Agreement allows the Community to exercise its competence in this matter; whereas the derogations provided for in the Agreement are already granted by Community rules of relief from customs duty;
Whereas the Community ought therefore to become a Contracting Party to the Agreement,
The European Agreement on the Exchange of Blood-grouping Reagents is hereby accepted on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1954/93 of 19 July 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 4820 50 00, originating in South Korea, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council  Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92  (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of that Regulation, customs duties on certain products originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to  statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 8;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 8, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties  may be re-established, once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered shall be, as a general rule, 6,615 % of the highest maximum amount valid for  1988;
Whereas, in the case of the products falling within CN code 4820 50 00, originating in South Korea, the reference base was fixed at ECU 2 156 000;
Whereas on 5 May 1993 imports of these products into the Community, originating in South Korea, reached the reference base in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas the exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated  that continuance of the preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against South Korea,
As from 24 July 1993, the levying of customs duties, suspended for 1993 pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in South Korea:
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.