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21.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 158/23
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 June 2005
concerning a request for exemption from the vehicle tax rules submitted by France pursuant to Article 6(2)(b) of Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures
(notified under document number C(2005) 1818)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/449/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 6(2)(b) of Directive 1999/62/EC of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, Member States may apply reduced rates or exemptions for vehicles which travel only occasionally on the public roads of the Member State of registration and are used by natural or legal persons whose main occupation is not the carriage of goods, provided that the transport operations carried out by these vehicles do not cause distortions of competition. This reduction or exemption is subject to the Commission's agreement.
(2) France has requested the Commission to agree on the exemption from the vehicle tax according to Directive 1999/62/EC for vehicles of 12 tonnes or more, which are used exclusively in connection with public and industrial works in France.
(3) The conditions foreseen by Article 6(2)(b) of Directive 1999/62/EC are fulfilled, as these vehicles do not permanently use public roads, as these vehicles are not used to carry goods and furthermore as these vehicles do not cause a distortion of competition because they cannot be used for carriage of any goods other than those permanently installed at the vehicle and used for their own activity.
(4) The agreement should be given for a limited time.
(5) The exemption requested by France should therefore be approved,
The Commission hereby gives its agreement to exempt until 31 December 2009 from vehicle tax in accordance with Article 6(2)(b) of Directive 1999/62/EC the following vehicles of 12 tonnes or more, which are used exclusively for the carriage of permanently installed equipment for public and industrial works in France:
1. Self-propelled lifting and handling gear (cranes mounted on road chassis);
2. Mobile pumps or pumping stations permanently mounted on road chassis;
3. Mobile motor compressor sets permanently mounted on road chassis;
4. Concrete mixers and pumps permanently mounted on road chassis (except drum vehicles for transporting concrete);
5. Mobile generating sets permanently mounted on road chassis;
6. Mobile drilling machines permanently mounted on road chassis.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
17.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 78/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 280/2007
of 16 March 2007
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), 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 17 March 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
11.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 72/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 418/2006
of 10 March 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2006
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 (3) establishes the list of Member States in which buying-in for butter is open, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(2) On the basis of most recent communications by Italy, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been below 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be opened in those Member States. Italy should therefore be added to the list established in Regulation (EC) No 343/2006.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 343/2006 is replaced by the following text:
‘Article 1
Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States:
— Germany
— Estonia
— Spain
— France
— Italy
— Ireland
— Latvia
— Netherlands
— Poland
— Portugal
— Finland
— Sweden
— United Kingdom.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 October 1985
granting financial  support for the implementation of the frontier infrastructure project at Doirani (Greece)
(Only the  Greek text is authentic)
(85/523/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,Having regard  to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3620/84 of 19 December 1984 on a specific measure in the field of  transport infrastructure (1), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,Whereas the Government of  Greece has applied to the Commission for financial support towards the cost of the Doirani  project;Whereas in granting financial support for projects aimed at facilitating the crossing of  frontiers the Commission is seeking, in particular, to further the aims of Council Directive  83/643/EEC of 1 December 1983 on the facilitation of physical inspection and administrative  formalities in respect of the carriage of goods between Member States (2) which is designed to  improve the flow of traffic at frontiers and reduce waiting times there;Whereas the Transport  Infrastructure Committee set up by Decision 78/174/EEC of 20 February 1978 (3) has been consulted,
Financial support totalling a maximum of  770 000 ECU is hereby granted to finance the work involved in implementing the frontier  infrastructure at Doirani (Greece).
The features of the project referred to in Article 1  are as follows:1Location:Doirani, nome de Kilkis, Greek-Yugoslav border.2Description:Linking by  motorway of the Doirani border post to the national road network at Drosaton  junction.3Timetable:1985 1986.4Estimated total cost of the project in national currency:Dr 350  million.
Financing, implementation and control procedures are set out in the Annex to  this Decision.
The authorities responsible for the implementation of this Decision are:for the  Commission, the Head of the Infrastructure Planning and Development Division in the  Directorate-General for Transport;for the Greek Government, the Minister of Public Works.
This Decision is addressed to the Greek Republic.
15.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 9/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 15/2013
of 10 January 2013
establishing a prohibition of fishing for haddock in area IV; EU waters of IIa by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non- EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2012.
(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 2012.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
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 2012 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities 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. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that 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.
Commission Decision
of 25 April 2002
amending Decision 94/278/EC as regards imports of honey
(notified under document number C(2002) 1523)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/337/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/724/EC(2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 94/278/EC of 18 March 1994 drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2001/700/EC(4), specifies from which third countries Member States shall authorise imports of honey.
(2) Tanzania has provided the Commission with the necessary guarantees with regard to the monitoring of residues and contaminants covered by Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC(5), and was given provisional approval under Commission Decision 2000/159/EC of 8 February 2000 on the provisional approval of residue plans of third countries according to Council Directive 96/23/EC(6), as last amended by Decision 336/2002/EC(7). Tanzania should therefore be included in the list contained in the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC.
(3) As a result of Commission Decision 2002/69/EC of 30 January 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China(8), China should be removed from the list contained in the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC.
(4) Decision 94/278/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 94/278/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1934/2002
of 29 October 2002
concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 of 23 May 1995, laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1322/2002(4), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 provides, where this paragraph is specifically referred to when an export refund is fixed, for an interval of three working days between the day of submission of applications and the granting of export licences with advance fixing of the refund and provides that the Commission is to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if applications for export licences exceed the quantities which may be exported. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1910/2002(5) fixes refunds under the procedure provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 2000 tonnes for all destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex to that Regulation.
(2) For all destinations R02 and R03, quantities applied for on 25 October 2002 are in excess of the available quantity, a percentage reduction should therefore be fixed for export licence applications submitted on 25 October 2002.
(3) In view of its purpose, this Regulation should take effect from the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities,
For all destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1910/2002, applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund submitted under that Regulation on 25 October 2002 shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for to which a percentage reduction of 37,12 % has been applied.
For all destinations R02 and R03 defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1910/2002, applications for export licences for rice and broken rice submitted from 26 October 2002 shall not give rise to the issue of export licences under that Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 October 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
20.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 344/66
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1315/2008
of 19 December 2008
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2008 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 of 14 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector (3), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of poultrymeat products.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2008 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2009 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested,
The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2009 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
5.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 317/83
COUNCIL DECISION 2007/791/CFSP
of 4 December 2007
implementing Joint Action 2007/749/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 2007/749/CFSP of 19 November 2007 on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) (1) and, in particular, Article 12(1) thereof, in conjunction with the second indent of Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) On 19 November 2007 the Council adopted Joint Action 2007/749/CFSP establishing that the EUPM is to be continued until 31 December 2009. The financial reference amount for 2008 and 2009 is to be decided on an annual basis.
(2) The mandate of the EUPM will be implemented in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could harm the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as set out in Article 11 of the Treaty,
1.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the implementation of Joint Action 2007/749/CFSP shall be EUR 14 800 000 for 2008.
2.   The expenditure financed by the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be managed in accordance with the procedures and rules applicable to the general budget of the European Union, with the exception that any pre-financing shall not remain the property of the Community.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 December 1995
authorizing the Portuguese  Republic to extend until 7 March 1996 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic  of South Africa
(95/588/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 354 (3)  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement on mutual fishery relations between the Government of the Portuguese Republic  and the Government of the Republic of South Africa, signed on 9 April 1979, entered into force on  that day for an initial period of 10 years; whereas the Agreement remains in force for an  indeterminate period if it is not denounced by the giving of 12 months' notice;
Whereas Article 354 (2) of the Act of Accession laying down the rights and obligations flowing, for  the Portuguese Republic, from fisheries agreements concluded with third countries, shall not be  affected during the period for which the provisions of such agreements are provisionally  maintained;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 354 (3) of the said Act, the Council is to adopt, before the expiry of  the fisheries agreements concluded by the Portuguese Republic with third countries, decisions  appropriate for the continuation of fishing activities resulting therefrom, including the  possibility of prolonging for periods not exceeding one year; whereas the abovementioned Agreement  has been extended until 7 March 1995 (1);
Whereas, in order to avoid fishing by the Community vessels concerned being interrupted, it appears  appropriate to authorize the Portuguese Republic to renew the Agreement in question until 7 March  1996,
The Portuguese Republic is hereby authorized to extend until 7 March  1996 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa which entered into  force on 9 April 1979.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
9.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 330/16
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 19 November 2008
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
(2008/916/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (the ‘Fund’) was established to provide additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(3) Italy has submitted four applications to deploy the Fund, in respect of redundancies in the textile sector: on 9 August 2007 for Sardinia, on 10 August 2007 for Piedmont, on 17 August 2007 for Lombardy and on 12 February 2008 for Tuscany. These applications comply with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.
(4) The Fund should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the applications,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 35 158 075 in commitment and payment appropriations.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.