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COMMISSION  DECISION
of 25 October 1989
amending the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops
(89/575/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/2/EEC (2),
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (3), as last amended by Directive 88/380/EEC (4),
Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops (5), as last amended by Decision 89/532/EEC (6), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas, in Decision 85/355/EEC, the Council determined that field inspections carried out in certain third countries on seed-producing crops of certain species satisfy the conditions laid down in the Community Directives;
Whereas for beet seed that determination includes Turkey;
Whereas examination of the rules of Turkey and of the manner in which they are applied has shown that the prescribed field inspections in Turkey satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex I to Directive 66/402/EEC for sorghum, Sudan grass, hybrids resulting from the crossing of sorghum and Sudan grass and maize and the conditions laid down in Annex I to Directive 69/208/EEC for soya bean and sunflower;
Whereas the existing equivalence for Turkey should therefore be extended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The Annex to Decision 85/355/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
In columns 3 and 4 of the section of the table in Part I (2) relating to Turkey, after the indent
1.2 //  //  // 3  // 4   //    //   // '- 66/400 Beta vulgaris (1)'  // '
//  // the following indents are added:
1.2 //  //  // 3  // 4   //    //   // '- 66/402   //  // Sorghum bicolor   // (b)   // Sorghum sudanense   // (b)  // Sorghum bicolor Ă Sorghum sudanense   // (b)   // Zea mays  //   // - 69/208   //   // Glycine max   //   // Helianthus annuus'   // '
//  // Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
23.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 249/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1343/2004
of 22 July 2004
on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes 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), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2004 (2) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, other than those tendered for as part of food aid.
(2) In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.
(3) In the case of apples, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is not more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate.
(4) In the case of tomatoes, the asked refund rates are considerably higher than the indicative refund rate and, therefore, all tenders shall be rejected by fixing a zero maximum rate,
In the case of tomatoes and apples, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1205/2004 shall be fixed in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 July 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 19 May 1998 amending Decision 97/569/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which the Member States authorise imports of meat products (Text with EEA relevance) (98/346/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), as last amended by Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,
Whereas provisional lists of establishments in third countries producing meat products have been drawn up by Commission Decision 97/569/EC (3) as last amended by Decision 98/220/EC (4);
Whereas New Zealand has sent a list of establishments producing poultry meat products and for which the responsible authorities certify that the establishment is in accordance with the Community rules;
Whereas a provisional list of establishments producing poultry meat products can thus be drawn up for New Zealand; whereas Decision 97/569/EC should therefore be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Annex I of Decision 97/569/EC is amended as follows:
(a) after point 5 of the legend the following text is added:
'PMP= poultry meat products
RMP= rabbit meat products
FMP= farmed game meat products
WMP= wild game meat products`;
(b) the Annex to this Decision is added to Annex I.
This Decision shall apply from 10 May 1998.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
5.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 207/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 779/2008
of 31 July 2008
establishing a prohibition of fishing for industrial fish in Norwegian waters of IV by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
14.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 194/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1074/2006
of 13 July 2006
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 958/2006
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 of 28 June 2006 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2006/2007 marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 13 July 2006, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 13 July 2006, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 shall be 28,424 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
27.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 85/8
COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 March 2008
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditor of Suomen Pankki
(2008/268/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to Article 27(1) thereof,
Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2008/1 of the European Central Bank of 28 January 2008 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Suomen Pankki (1),
Whereas:
(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem shall be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2) Since the mandate of the Suomen Pankki’s current external auditor will end after the audit for the financial year 2007, it is necessary to appoint an external auditor from the financial year 2008.
(3) Suomen Pankki has selected KPMG Oy Ab as its external auditor for the financial years 2008 to 2012.
(4) The ECB’s Governing Council recommended that KPMG Oy Ab should be appointed as the external auditor of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2008 to 2012.
(5) It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the ECB’s Governing Council and amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) accordingly,
Article 1(11) of Decision 1999/70/EC shall be replaced by the following:
‘11.   KPMG Oy Ab is hereby approved as the external auditor of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2008 to 2012.’
This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
20.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 854/2007
of 19 July 2007
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 958/2006
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 of 28 June 2006 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2006/2007 marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 19 July 2007, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 19 July 2007, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2006 shall be 39,695 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 July 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1578/2003
of 8 September 2003
prohibiting fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2003(4), lays down quotas for whiting for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of whiting in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC waters), North Sea, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock from 7 June 2003. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of whiting in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC waters), North Sea, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 2003.
Fishing for whiting in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC waters), North Sea, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 7 June 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE  of 25 February 1980  amending Annex II to Council Directive 69/208/EEC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants  (80/304/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (1), as last amended by Directive 79/641/EEC (2), and in particular Article 20a thereof,
Whereas, in the light of developments in scientific and technical knowledge, Annex II to the said Directive should be amended for the reasons set out below;
Whereas the standard as regards sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum to be satisfied by swede rape seed should be adapted to the seed quality normally achieved;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
In item 3A of section I of Annex II to Directive 69/208/EEC the species "Brassica napus spp oleifera" is deleted and reinserted before the species "Brassica rapa" with the number "10 (b)" in column 5.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 July 1980.
2. Member States shall ensure that seed of oil and fibre plants is subject to no marketing restrictions due to different dates of implementation of this Directive.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 3 December 1998 amending Decision 97/432/EC on a Community financial contribution for a surveillance programme relating to the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (notified under document number C(1998) 3747) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/716/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/EC (2), and, in particular Articles 12 and 13 thereof,
Whereas outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease were reported during the late spring and/or summer of 1996 by Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
Whereas the appearance of foot-and-mouth disease in eastern European countries is a serious danger to the Community's livestock population;
Whereas a sero-surveillance programme designed to detect antibodies to the foot-and-mouth disease virus has been drawn up for certain areas of Albania, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; whereas the said programme as carried out in accordance with a monitoring plan prepared by the Commission and the Member States provided valuable information on the disease situation in the areas subjected to surveillance;
Whereas in accordance with Commission Decision 97/432/EC (3) the designated laboratories must submit the financial report within six months of the date of their notification to the Commission that laboratory testing had started; whereas, however, the financial report of one of the designated national foot-and-mouth disease laboratories, was delayed for technical reasons;
Whereas it appears appropriate to extend the delay for submission of the financial report in order to allow the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the laboratory at Pirbright in respect of the seriological survey in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia within the limits of the above Decision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In the second indent of Article 2 of Decision 97/432/EC the word 'six` is replaced by the word 'twelve`.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 801/2004
of 27 April 2004
fixing the production refund for olive oil used in the manufacture of certain preserved foods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(1), and in particular Article 20a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 20a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides for the granting of a production refund for olive oil used in the preserving industry. Pursuant to paragraph 6 of that Article, and without prejudice to paragraph 3 thereof, the Commission shall fix this refund every two months.
(2) By virtue of Article 20a(2) of the abovementioned Regulation, the production refund must be fixed on the basis of the gap between prices on the world market and on the Community market, taking account of the import charge applicable to olive oil falling within CN subheading 1509 90 00 and the factors used for fixing the export refunds for those olive oils during the reference period. It is appropriate to take as a reference period the two-month period preceding the beginning of the term of validity of the production refund.
(3) The application of the above criteria results in the refund being fixed as shown below,
For the months of May and June 2004, the amount of the production refund referred to in Article 20a(2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be EUR 44,00/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 3304/87
of 3 November 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1), and in particular Protocol 1 thereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4054/86 of 22 December 1986 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain goods originating in Yugoslavia (1987) (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Article 1 of the abovementioned Protocol provides that the products listed below, imported under reduced duty rates according to Article 15 of the Cooperation Agreement are subject to the annual ceiling indicated below, above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be re-established:
(tonnes)
1.2.3.4 //  //  //  //  // Order No  // CCT heading No  // Description  // Ceiling   //    //   //   //   // 01.0210  // 79.03   // Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of zinc; zinc foil; zinc powders and flakes   // 2 551   //    //   //   //
Whereas imports into the Community of those products, originating in Yugoslavia, have reached that ceiling; whereas the situation on the Community market requires that customs duties applicable to third countries on the products in question be re-established,
From 7 November to 31 December 1987, the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products:
1.2.3.4 //  //  //  //  // Order No  // CCT heading No  // Description  // Origin   //    //   //   //   // 01.0210  // 79.03   // Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of zinc; zinc foil; zinc powders and flakes   // Yugoslavia   //    //   // 1986, p. 35.
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.