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18.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 178/11
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 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
(2014/364/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 196 in conjunction with 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) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.
(2) Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 thereto.
(3) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
(4) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).
(5) 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.
(6) The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should be based on the attached draft Decision,
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within 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.
20.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 180/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 675/2014
of 18 June 2014
establishing a prohibition of fishing for sandeel in Union waters of sandeel management area 2 by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
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 43/2014 (2), lays down quotas for 2014.
(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 2014.
(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 2014 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  24 May 1995 amending Commission Decision 93/402/EEC concerning animal health conditions and  veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from certain South American countries, in order  to take account of information concerning the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais (Brazil) (Text  with EEA relevance) (95/183/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972, on health and veterinary  inspection problems upon importation of bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine animals, fresh meat or  meat products from third countries  (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria,  Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 14, 15 and 16 thereof,
Whereas the animal health conditions and veterinary certification for importation of fresh meat  from Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Argentina are laid down by Commission Decision  93/402/EEC  (2), as last amended by Commission Decision 95/66/EC  (3);
Whereas, the Brazilian veterinary authorities applied measures to arrest a deterioration in the  health situation in the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais; whereas the expected results were not  achieved;
Whereas, therefore, restrictive measures applicable until 30 June 1995 were adopted regarding  imports of fresh meat from those two States;
Whereas the latest inspection carried out in Brazil by Community inspectors showed an improvement  in the animal health situation in the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais;
Whereas, despite that improvement, problems persist in part of the State of Minas Gerais; whereas,  therefore, measures should be applied on a regional basis in that State;
Whereas Commission Decision 93/402/EEC should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Veterinary Committee,
Annex I to Decision 93/402/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this  Decision.
This Decision shall apply from the day following its publication in the Official  Journal of the European Communities.
However, for the period of 30 days following the date of application for this Decision, Member  States shall authorize the importation of fresh meat, originating from Brazil, produced and  certified in accordance with the conditions laid down before that date.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1915/81 of 10 July 1981 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1596/79 on preventive withdrawals of apples and pears
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1116/81(2), and in particular Article 15a (2) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1116/81 made more flexible the production price criteria in Article 15a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 required for authorization of preventive withdrawal of apples and pears ; whereas account should be taken of that amendment in the rules, laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1596/79 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2030/80 (4) for implementing the said Article;
Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1596/79 is hereby replaced by the following text:
"Article 2
Preventive withdrawals may be authorized only when the prices communicated pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 fall below the basic price on a representative market."
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.
31.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 95/1
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 286/2012
of 27 January 2012
amending, in order to include a new textile fibre name, Annex I, and, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Annexes VIII and IX to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 21 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 lays down rules governing the labelling or marking of products as regards their textile fibre content, in order to ensure that consumer interests are protected. Textile products may be made available on the market within the Union only if they comply with the provisions of that Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 requires labelling to indicate the fibre composition of textile products, with checks being carried out by analysis on the conformity of those products with indications given on the label.
(3) It is necessary, for the purposes of adapting Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 to technical progress, to add the fibre polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent to the lists of textile fibre names set out in Annexes I and IX to that Regulation.
(4) Uniform methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures are provided for in Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011.
(5) It is therefore necessary to define uniform test methods for polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent.
(6) Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), as amended by Commission Directive 2011/74/EU (3), and Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), as amended by Commission Directive 2011/73/EU (5), include the textile fibre name polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent. As Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC are repealed by Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 with effect from 8 May 2012, it is necessary to include that textile fibre name in Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 with effect from that date.
(7) Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annexes I, VIII and IX to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 are amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 8 May 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 25 January 1985
on the approval of the special programme for the region of Basilicata concerning the development of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(85/128/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 of 30 June 1981 establishing a common measure for the adaptation and modernization of the structure of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat in Italy (1), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 19 March 1984 the Italian Government forwarded the special programme of the region of Basilicata concerning the development of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat and on 24 May and 14 September 1984 supplied additional information;
Whereas the said programme includes the indications and measures provided for in Article 5 of the Regulation showing that the objectives of the said Regulation can be attained and that the conditions of this Regulation are fulfilled;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The specific programme forwarded by the Italian Government on 19 March 1984, as amplified by information supplied on 24 May and 14 September 1984, for the region of Basilicata concerning the development of production of beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 2 December 1991  On the rates of assistance from the European Social Fund towards expenditure on recruitment, setting up and employment premiums  (91/647/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the  other existing financial instruments (1) and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the  operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4255/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Social Fund (3), and in particular Article 1 (1) and (6) and Article 3 thereof,
Whereas it is for the Commission to determine the maximum rates of assistance towards expenditure on recruitment, setting up and employment premiums applicable for the 1992 financial year, as set out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4255/88;
Whereas it is for the Commission to determine the rates of assistance for actions in different objectives for the 1992 financial year as set out in Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88,
The maximum rates of eligible assistance for expenditure on recruitment, setting up and employment premiums in the 1992 financial year, as referred to in Article 3 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 4255/88, on the basis of which assistance from  the European Social Fund is calculated, are hereby fixed per person and per week as follows:
Belgium:  Bfrs 4 114  Denmark:  Dkr 1 132  Germany:  DM 265  Greece:  Dr 12 385  Spain:  Pta 10 599  France:  FF 555  Ireland: ÂŁ Irl 72  Italy:  Lit 139 061  Luxembourg:  Lfrs 4 877  Netherlands:  Fl 244  Portugal:  Esc 5 539  United Kingdom: ÂŁ   79.
The amounts provided for in Article 1 shall cover full-time wage subsidy, setting up or recruitment operations. As regards part-time operations, the amounts shall be calculated in proportion to the number of hours worked on the basis of 40  hours per week.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 7 November  1995 approving the programme on infectious haematopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic  septicaemia submitted by Finland (Only the Finnish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)  (95/479/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health  conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products  (1), as last  amended by Directive 95/22/EC  (2), and in particular Article 10 (1), (2) and Article 28b thereof,
Whereas the Member States may submit a programme to the Commission with a view to obtaining the  status of an approved zone in respect of certain fish diseases;
Whereas on 29 May 1995 Finland submitted for its territory a programme on infectious haematopoietic  necrosis (IHN) and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS);
Whereas the programme submitted for Finland identifies the geographical zone concerned, the  measures to be taken by the official services, the procedures to be followed by the laboratories,  the prevalence of the diseases in question and the measures to combat them should they be  detected;
Whereas certain catchment areas in Finland are partly located in the territory of non-member  countries; whereas Finland has drawn up a collaborative programme with these non-member countries  with a view to ensuring that the catchment areas in question are fully placed under official  control;
Whereas a scrutiny of the programme has shown it to comply with Article 10 of Directive 91/67/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme on IHN and VHS submitted by Finland is hereby  approved.
Finland shall take all the legislative, administrative and regulatory measures  necessary to comply as of 1 January 1996 with the programme referred to in Article 1.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Finland.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2766/84
of 28 September 1984
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on certain glassware (other than articles falling in heading No 70.19) falling within heading No 70.13 and originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C, other than those listed in column 4 of Annex A, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex A; whereas, as provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of certain glassware (other than articles falling in heading No 70.19) falling within heading No 70.13, the individual ceiling was fixed at 2 283 600 ECU; whereas on 25 September 1984 imports of these products into the Community, originating in China, reached that ceiling after being charged thereagainst;
Whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,
As from 2 October 1984, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:
1.2 //   //   // CCT heading No  // Description  //   //  // 70.13 (NIMEXE codes 70.13-all numbers)  // Glassware (other than articles falling in heading No 70.19) of a kind commonly used for table, kitchen, toilet or office purposes, for indoor decoration, or for similar uses  //   //
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2172/2003
of 12 December 2003
amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the survey of prices of certain bovine animals on representative Community markets
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), and in particular Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002(2) lays down provisions on the recording of prices on the representative markets of the Member States for various categories of bovine animals. Detailed rules on the information to be provided for the price survey for each of these categories are provided in the Annexes to that Regulation.
(2) On the request of the Member States concerned, Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 should be partly revised in the light of how marketing and the size of the cattle population in the Member States develop.
(3) In the light of experience, it would moreover appear that Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 contains an error.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 should therefore be amended and corrected accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 is amended as follows:
1. in Annex I, part G, point 2 is replaced by the following:
"2. Qualities and coefficients
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2. in Annex I, part H, point 2 is replaced by the following:
"2. Qualities and coefficients
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3. In Annex II, part F, point 2 is replaced by the following:
"2. Qualities and coefficients
>TABLE>"
4. in Annex III, part B, point 2 is replaced by the following:
"2. Qualities
Veaux blancs, moyenne des types commerciaux 'extra', 'blanc bleu', 'pie rouge' et 'pie noire'".
In Annex II, part C, to Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002, point 2 is corrected as follows:
"2. Qualities and coefficients
>TABLE>"
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to the communications referred to in Articles 1(3), 2(3) and 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2273/2002 transmitted as of 8 January 2004.
shall apply from 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.