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Commission Decision
of 13 October 2000
on certain protective measures against bluetongue in the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands, Spain
(notified under document number C(2000) 3061)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/624/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2), and in particular Article 10(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 10 October 2000, Spain confirmed to the Commission that there had been cases of bluetongue on sheep holdings on the islands of Majorca and Minorca in the Balearic archipelago.
(2) To prevent the disease from spreading, the Spanish authorities have banned the movement from the territory of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands of animals of species susceptible to bluetongue and their sperm, ova and embryos.
(3) Bluetongue appears on List A of the International office of Epizootics (IOE). Its spread would be a grave risk to the Community and could have an international impact on trade.
(4) For the sake of clarity and transparency, Community measures should be adopted to prevent the spread of the disease, particularly with regard to movements from the territory of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands of animals of species susceptible to bluetongue and their sperm, ova and embryos. Such measures will take account of the measures already adopted by the spanish authorities.
(5) Pending a meeting of the Standing Veterinary Committee and in collaboration with the Member State concerned, the Commission should take provisional protective measures with regard to movements of live animals of susceptible species from the territory of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands,
Spain hereby bans the movement from the territory of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands animals of species susceptible to bluetongue and their sperm, ova und embryos.
Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so that they confirm to this Decision and shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision will be reviewed in the light of developments and of investigations and studies carried out by the Spanish authorities.
This Decision will be reviewed during the Standing Veterinary Committee meeting planned for 18 October 2000.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 10 December 1986
approving an amendment to the specific programme relating to poultrymeat in the Netherlands pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the Dutch text is authentic)
(87/30/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed and marketed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2224/86 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 9 January 1986 the Netherlands Government forwarded an amendment to the programme relating to the processing and marketing of poultry and poultrymeat, approved by Commission Decision 82/5/EEC (3);
Whereas the amendment to the programme in question is confined to investments for the modernization, rationalization and concentration of poultry processing and marketing capacity and whereas all those investments are likely to help to improve the situation in the sector concerned and enhance its value; whereas they therefore constitute a programme within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77;
Whereas the investments relating to the modernization, rationalization and concentration of capacity for the slaughter, cutting and processing of poultry and for adding value to offal and investments in marketing in general can be accepted;
Whereas the amendment contains sufficient information, as required in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, to show that the objectives of Article 1 of the Regulation can be achieved in respect of the abovementioned sector; whereas the estimated time required for execution of the amendment does not exceed the limits laid down in Article 3 (1) (g) of the Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The amendment to the programme relating to poultrymeat forwarded by the Netherlands Government pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 on 9 January 1986 is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
9.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 265/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 941/2009
of 8 October 2009
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/2010 marketing year
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 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2009/2010 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 935/2009 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/2010, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 October 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
27.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 166/18
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 553/2012
of 19 June 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 Customs Code Committee has not issued an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
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 REGULATION (EC) No 347/95 of 21 February 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3536/91 setting the latest time of entry into storage for skimmed-milk powder sold under Regulation (EEC) No 3398/91
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3536/91 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 269/95 (3), limited the quantity of skimmed-milk powder released for sale to that taken into storage before 1 October 1993;
Whereas, in view of the quantity still available and the market situation, that date should be amended to 1 April 1994;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The date of '1 October 1993' referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3536/91 is hereby replaced by '1 April 1994'.
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 2/2002
of 3 January 2002
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 23 May 1985
adjusting the boundaries of less-favoured areas, within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC, in Italy
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(85/307/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 Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 75/273/EEC of 28 April 1975 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Italy) (3), as last amended by Directive 84/167/EEC (4), identifies the areas in Italy included on the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Italian 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 75/273/EEC;
Whereas the Italian Government has, moreover, requested material changes to be made to the list of less-favoured areas included in the Annex to Directive 75/273/EEC and in that to Directive 84/167/EEC;
Whereas the less-favoured areas resulting from these adjustments exhibit the indices and values used in Directive 75/273/EEC;
Whereas the material changes do not have the effect of increasing the utilized agricultural area determined by Directive 75/273/EEC and by Directive 84/167/EEC;
Whereas the adjustments requested by the Italian 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 Italy;
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,
With effect from 1 January 1985, the list of less-favoured areas in Italy contained in the Annexes to Directives 75/273/EEC and 84/167/EEC is hereby amended as shown in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
24.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 193/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 664/2010
of 23 July 2010
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 July 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 10 July 1986
concerning extensions in the implementation by Germany of certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector, pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC
(Only the German text is authentic)
(86/352/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 83/515/EEC of 4 October 1983 concerning certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector (1), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision No 84/376/EEC of 6 July 1984 (2) concerning the implementation by Germany of certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector, pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC,
Whereas the German Government intends to extend certain rules governing its system of financial aids for measures involving the temporary reduction of production capacity in the fisheries sector; whereas on 22 January 1986 it communicated particulars of these extensions;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of the said Directive, the Commission has considered whether, having regard to their compatibility with the Directive and to the other structural measures existing or planned in the fisheries sector, the measures contemplated continue to fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community;
Whereas this Decision does not relate to national aid referred to in Article 12 of the said Directive;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Structures,
The measures which Germany intends to take to implement a financial aid scheme for measures involving the temporary reduction of production capacity in the fisheries sector continue to fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community.
This Decision shall not apply to national aid referred to in Article 12 of Directive 83/515/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
COUNCIL DECISION of 3 March 1997 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Malta amending the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Malta regarding textile trade to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union (97/561/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with Article 228 (2), first sentence, thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the European Community an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Malta amending the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Malta regarding textile trade to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union, as provided for in Articles 75, 100 and 127 of the Act of Accession;
Whereas, pursuant to Council Decision of 20 February 1995, pending the completion of procedures required for its conclusion, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters has been applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1995;
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Malta amending the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Malta regarding textile trade to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union shall be approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, give the notification referred to in paragraph 3 of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters.
Commission Decision
of 27 March 2000
approving the programme of new olive-tree planting in Greece
(notified under document number C(2000) 825)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(2000/274/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 of 30 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 marketing years(2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1273/1999(3), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 provides that no aid under the common organisation of the market in oils and fats in force from 1 November 2001 may be paid to olive growers in respect of additional olive trees and the relevant areas planted after 1 May 1998 and those not covered by a cultivation declaration at a date to be determined. However, pursuant to the same Article, additional olive trees planted in connection with the conversion of old olive plantations and new plantings on areas covered by programmes approved by the Commission may be taken into account within certain limits to be determined.
(2) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 provides for a programme to be approved by the Commission covering 3500 ha in Greece.
(3) The Greek national programme of new plantings forwarded on 24 January 2000 by the Greek authorities to the Commission for approval contains the information specified in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98. The programme covers the whole area provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The Greek national programme for new planting of 3500 hectares of olive groves provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.