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16.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 98/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 590/2005
of 15 April 2005
fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 161st individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice cream and other foodstuffs (2), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter of intervention stocks that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 161st individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 30 March 1987
recognizing that the production of certain quality wines produced in specified regions, because of their qualitative features, is far below demand
(Only the Spanish, French and Italian texts are authentic)
(87/233/EEC)
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 market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 536/87 (2), and in particular Article 30 (3) thereof,
Whereas under Article 30 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 all new plantings of vines are prohibited until 31 August 1990; whereas, however, that provision allows Member States to grant authorizations for new plantings in the case of quality wines psr for which the Commission has recognized that production, because of their qualitative features, is far below demand;
Whereas requests to apply that provision to certain quality wines psr were submitted by the Spanish Government on 20 November 1986, the Italian Government on 29 November 1986 and the French Government on 6 January 1987;
Whereas scrutiny of those requests shows that the quality wines psr concerned meet the requirements applicable provided that, for all quality wines psr produced in the same region, the increase in the areas intended for their production does not exceed the limits laid down by the Spanish, Italian or French Governments, respectively;
Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by the Chairman,
The quality wines psr listed in the Annex hereto meet the requirements laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 30 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 subject, for all quality wines psr in any given region, to compliance with the maximum increase in area specified in the Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic and the Italian Republic.
18.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 750/2012
of 14 August 2012
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 provisions of the Union, 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 code 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 code 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 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  DECISION
of 8 May 1984
adjusting the boundaries of less-favoured areas, within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC, in France
(Only the French text is authentic)
(84/266/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), as last amended by Directive 82/786/EEC (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 75/271/EEC of 28 April 1975 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France) (3), as last amended by the Decision of 12 July 1983 (4), identifies the areas in France included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the French Government has applied, under Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, for an adjustment of the boundaries of the less-favoured areas listed in the Annex to Directive 75/271/EEC;
Whereas the transfer of certain areas already listed as areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC to the list of the areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of the same Directive is in accordance with the indices and the values, including the criteria for exceptions, used in Directive 75/271/EEC to define mountain areas;
Whereas the less-favoured areas resulting from these adjustments exhibit the indices and values used in Council Directive 77/118/EEC of 14 February 1977 amending Directive 75/271/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France) (5) to define areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the adjustments requested by the French Government pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC do not have the combined effect of increasing the utilized agricultural area of all the listed areas by more than 1,5 % of the total utilized agricultural area in France;
Whereas the total area covered by the areas determined in accordance with Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC represents less than 2,5 % of the total area of France;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
With effect from 1 December 1983, 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 to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
5.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 120/14
COUNCIL DECISION
of 2 May 2012
appointing an Austrian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/241/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Austrian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Josef MARTINZ,
The following is hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as alternate member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
— Mr Achill RUMPOLD, Mitglied der Landesregierung des Bundeslandes Kärnten.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 2002 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
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The product codes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), amended.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 201/2002
of 31 January 2002
amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 624/98(3), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The amounts of the representative prices and additional duties applicable to the import of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2001(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 108/2002(5).
(2) It follows from applying the general and detailed fixing rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 to the information known to the Commission that the representative prices and additional duties at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 499/2003
of 19 March 2003
fixing the unit amounts in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2002/2003 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Article 15(8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 of 20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector(3) provides for the fixing before 1 April of the unit amounts to be paid by sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup producers as advance payments of the production levies for the current marketing year.
(2) The estimate of the basic levy gives an amount which is more than 60 % of the maximum indicated in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 while the estimate of the B levy gives an amount below 60 % of the maximum indicated in Article 15(5) of that Regulation. In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002, the unit amounts for sugar and inulin syrup should therefore be fixed at 50 % of the maximum amounts concerned, while the unit amount of the advance payments for the B levy should be fixed at 80 % of the estimated B levy for sugar and inulin syrup. The advance payment for isoglucose is fixed at 40 % of the unit amount of the basic production levy estimated for sugar, in accordance with Article 7(3) of that Regulation.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The unit amounts referred to in Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 in respect of the 2002/03 marketing year are hereby fixed as follows:
(a) the advance payment on the production levy for A sugar and B sugar shall be EUR 6,32 per tonne of white sugar;
(b) the advance payment on the B levy for B sugar shall be EUR 86,50 per tonne of white sugar;
(c) the advance payment on the basic production levy for A isoglucose and B isoglucose shall be EUR 5,06 per tonne of dry matter;
(d) the advance payment on the basic production levy for A inulin syrup and B inulin syrup shall be EUR 6,32 per tonne of dry matter sugar/isoglucose equivalent;
(e) the advance payment on the B levy for B inulin syrup shall be EUR 86,50 per tonne of dry matter sugar/isoglucose equivalent.
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.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2025/90
of 16 July 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1562/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of measures to encourage the processing of oranges and the marketing of products processed from lemons
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 of 18 December 1969 laying down special measures to encourage the processing of certain varieties of oranges (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3848/89 (2), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 of 17 May 1977 laying down special measures to encourage the marketing of products processed from lemons (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1199/90 (4), and in particular Article 1 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1562/85 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2987/89 (6), provides that processors are to submit applications for financial compensation to the competent body in the Member State within 30 days at the latest following the end of processing operations; whereas administrative requirements in certain Member States make it difficult to comply with that time limit; whereas the latter should be extended to 60 days and the necessary adaptations should be made;
Whereas, so that the intervention threshold system for lemons operates properly, the quantities of lemons delivered for processing pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 between 1 March in one year and 28/29 February in the following year must be known;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Regulation (EEC) No 1562/85 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 12 (1) and (2), '30 days' is replaced by '60 days'.
2. Article 20 is amended as follows:
1. The introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
'Each Member State shall notify to the Commission no later than three months after the end of the marketing year for each product:'.
2. The following subparagraph is added after point 7:
'Each Member State shall notify to the Commission by 31 March at the latest of each year the quantities of lemons delivered for processing between 1 March of the preceding year and 28/29 February of the current year pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77;'.
For the 1989/90 marketing year, applications for the granting of financial compensation shall be submitted no later than:
- 15 July 1990 for mandarins, satsumas and clementines,
- 31 July 1990 for lemons.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 (EC) No 226/94 of 1 February 1994 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to trade in fruit and vegetables between Spain and the Community as constituted on  31 December 1985 as regards tomatoes, artichokes, melons and strawberries
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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 of 23 October 1989 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fresh fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3818/92 (2) and in particular Article 9  thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3831/92 (4), establishes the list of products subject to the suppelementary trade mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector from 1 January 1990; whereas  tomatoes, artichokes, melons and strawberries are included in the list;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3308/91 (6), lays down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism, hereinafter called 'STM', to fresh fruit and vegetables;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3497/93 (7) lays down that the periods referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be up to 31 January 1994 for the above products; whereas in view of expected exports from Spain to the rest of the  Community, with the exception of Portugal, and of the Community market situation, a period I should be fixed up to 27 March 1994 for the products in question in accordance with the Annex;
Whereas it should be stipulated that the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 relating to statistical monitoring and to the various communications from the Member States apply in order to ensure that the STM operates;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For tomatoes, artichokes, melons and strawberries covered by the CN codes set out in the Annex, the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
For consignments from Spain to the rest of the Community market with the exception of Portugal of the products listed in Article 1, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 shall apply.
However, the notification referred to in Article 2 (2) of the said Regulation shall be made each Tuesday at the latest for the quantities consigned during the preceding week.
The communications referred to in the first paragraph of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 shall be made once a month by the fifth of each month at the latest for information referring to the previous month; where appropriate, this communication  shall bear the word 'nil'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
13.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 174/40
COUNCIL DECISION
of 5 June 2014
on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
(2014/348/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 46(d), Article 149, Article 153(2)(a), Article 175, third paragraph, and Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Protocol 31 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’) contains specific provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
(2) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).
(3) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2014.
(4) The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.