razaulhaq/eurlex_sdg_coverage huggingface dataset:
11.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1938/2004
of 10 November 2004
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 11 November 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
15.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 296/55
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/736/CFSP
of 14 November 2011
implementing Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1).
(2) On 23 October 2011, the European Council stated that the EU would impose further measures against the Syrian regime as long as the repression of the civilian population continued.
(3) In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, the Council considers it necessary to impose additional restrictive measures.
(4) Additional persons should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/273/CFSP.
(5) Decision 2011/273/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/273/CFSP.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 498/86  of 25 February 1986  fixing, for 1986, the initial quota applicable to Portugal for maize starch coming from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985
THE COUNCIL 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, and in particular Article 234 (2) thereof,  Having regard to the  proposal from the Commission,  Whereas, pursuant to Article 269 of the Act of Accession, the Portuguese Republic may, during the first stage, maintain quantitative restrictions in the form of quotas on imports of maize starch coming from the Community  as constituted at 31 December 1985;  Whereas Article 269 (2) (b) of the Act provides that the initial quota in 1986 is to be fixed for each product either at 3 % of the average of Portuguese production during the last three years before accession for  which statistics are available, or at the average of Portuguese imports over the last three years before accession for which statistics are available should this criterion result in a greater volume;  Whereas the statistics currently available show that  the criterion of Portuguese production must be adopted for fixing the initial quota;  Whereas, from 1 March to 31 December 1986, the applicable quota should be equal to the initial quota, less one-sixth,
The initial quota which the Portuguese Republic may, pursuant to Article 269 of the Act of Accession, apply to imports of maize starch from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 is hereby fixed at 400 tonnes.  From 1 March to 31  December 1986, this quantity shall be reduced by one-sixth.
Detailed rules for the application of the quota system referred to in Article 269 of the Act of Accession shall, where necessary, be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of the  Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2).
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
25.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 184/16
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 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
(2014/390/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 173 and 195 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) Protocol 31 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, (‘the EEA Agreement’) contains 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 1287/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).
(3) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended 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 be based on the attached draft Decision,
The position to be adopted on behalf of the 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.
11.12.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 December 2012
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union
(2012/763/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 29 January 2007, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania.
(2) Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission within the framework of the negotiating directives adopted by the Council.
(3) Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (the ‘Agreement’) was initialled on 31 May 2012.
(4) The Agreement should be signed,
The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement (1).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
1.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1172/2009
of 30 November 2009
apportioning, for the 2009/2010 marketing year, 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities between Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg
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 (1), and in particular Article 95 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 507/2008 of 6 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre (2) lays down that the apportioning of 5 000 tonnes of short flax fibre and hemp fibre as national guaranteed quantities, as provided for in Article 94 (1a), of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 for the marketing year 2009/2010, must be effected before 16 November of the marketing year in progress.
(2) To that end, Denmark has sent the Commission information relating to areas covered by sale/purchase contracts, processing commitments and processing contracts, and estimated flax and hemp straw and fibre yields.
(3) Conversely, no flax or hemp fibre will be produced for the 2009/2010 marketing year in Italy, Greece, Ireland or Luxembourg.
(4) On the basis of estimates of production resulting from the information provided, total production in the five Member States concerned will not reach the overall quantity of 5 000 tonnes allocated to them, and the national guaranteed quantities as set out below should be set.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
For the 2009/2010 marketing year, the apportionment in national guaranteed quantities provided for in Article 94 (1a) in conjunction with Annex XI A.II.(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be as follows:
— Denmark 95,2 tonnes,
— Ireland 0 tonnes,
— Greece 0 tonnes,
— Italy 0 tonnes,
— Luxembourg 0 tonnes.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 16 November 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2186/2003
of 15 December 2003
laying down, for the 2003/04 marketing year, the revised production estimate for unginned cotton and the resulting new provisional reduction in the guide price
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular the second indent of Article 19(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme(3) provides that the revised production estimate for unginned cotton referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 and the resulting new provisional reduction in the guide price are to be established before 1 December of the marketing year concerned.
(2) Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 provides that the revised production estimate is to be established taking account of the progress of the harvest. That revised estimate should therefore be fixed on the basis of data available for the 2003/04 marketing year.
(3) The second subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 provides that from 16 December following the start of the marketing year, the amount of the advance is to be determined based on the revised production estimate, plus at least 7,5 %. In view of the most recent figures for the 2003/04 marketing year on quantities placed in supervised storage notified by the Member States in accordance with Article 15(4)(c)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001, as a safety margin, a percentage increase of 9,5 % for Greece, 7,5 % for Spain and 7,5 % for Portugal should be applied.
(4) The new provisional reduction in the guide price must be calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, but replacing actual production by the revised production estimate increased as above.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Natural Fibres,
1. For the 2003/04 marketing year, the revised production estimate for unginned cotton shall be:
>TABLE>
2. For the 2003/04 marketing year, the new provisional reduction in the guide price shall be:
>TABLE>
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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.
27.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/24
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUCAP SAHEL NIGER/1/2013
of 23 July 2013
extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union CSDP mission in Niger (EUCAP SAHEL Niger)
(2013/401/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2012/392/CFSP of 16 July 2012 on the European Union CSDP mission in Niger (EUCAP SAHEL Niger) (1),
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Decision 2012/392/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising political control and strategic direction of the European Union CSDP mission in Niger (EUCAP SAHEL Niger), including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.
(2) On 17 July 2012, the PSC adopted Decision EUCAP SAHEL Niger/1/2012 (2), appointing General Francisco ESPINOSA NAVAS as Head of Mission of EUCAP SAHEL Niger from 17 July 2012 to 16 July 2013.
(3) On 9 July 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/368/CFSP (3), extending the period covered by the financial reference amount of EUCAP SAHEL Niger until 31 October 2013.
(4) On 12 July 2013, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign affairs and Security Policy proposed the extension of the mandate of General Francisco ESPINOSA NAVAS as Head of Mission of EUCAP SAHEL Niger from 17 July 2013 to 31 October 2013,
The mandate of General Francisco ESPINOSA NAVAS as Head of Mission of EUCAP SAHEL Niger is hereby extended until 31 October 2013.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall apply from 17 July 2013.
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2610/77
of 28 November 1977
on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 238 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament [1],
Whereas the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta should be approved,
The Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta and the declaration annexed to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The texts of the Protocol and of the Final Act are annexed to this Regulation.
The President of the Council shall, as far as the Community is concerned, give the notification provided for in Article 12 of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta [2].
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 704/94 of 29 March 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2137/93 fixing the export refunds in the wine sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1566/93 (2), and in particular Article 56 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2137/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/94 (4), fixing the exports refunds on wine for certain destinations, including east European countries, should be amended;
Whereas certain disturbances on the world market and the necessity to continue control measures necessitate a prolongation of the temporary suspension of export refunds on export to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of  Macedonia, Republics of Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary and Romania;
Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2137/93 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
No application for refunds for the countries mentioned in the Annex, note (1), point (09) (b) can be presented before 1 June 1994.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Decision
of 3 April 2001
amending Decision 2001/234/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland
(notified under document number C(2001) 1038)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/267/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 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market(3), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the reports of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland, the Commission, pending the meeting of the Standing Veterinary Committee and in close co-operation with the Member State concerned, adopted Decision 2001/234/EC of 22 March 2001 concerning certain protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland(4).
(2) The foot-and-mouth disease situation in certain parts of Ireland is liable to endanger the herds in other parts of the territory of Ireland and in other Member States in view of the placing on the market and trade in live biungulate animals and certain of their products.
(3) Ireland has taken measures in the framework of Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease(5), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and furthermore has introduced further measures within the affected areas, including the measures laid down in Decision 2001/172/EC(6), as last amended by Decision 2001/239/EC(7).
(4) In the light of the disease evolution it appears appropriate to prolong the measure introduced by Decision 2001/234/EC.
(5) The situation shall be reviewed at the meeting of the Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for 4 April 2001 and the measures adapted where necessary.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The date in Article 14 of Commission Decision 2001/234/EC is replaced by "19 April 2001".
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
23.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 46/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 145/2010
of 22 February 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 23 February 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.