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COMMISSION  DECISION
of 4 November 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'FPS - Array Processor, model AP-120B' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/778/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 29 April 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'FPS - Array Processor, model AP-120B', ordered in March 1980 and to be used for the determination of the properties of atomic voids in thermal equilibrium by measurement of the resistance fluctuation of metals and in particular for rapid signal analysis and processing of measurement spectra, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 21 September 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an array processor;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as 'FPS - Array Processor, model AP-120B', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 29 April 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
23.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 345/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1325/2008
of 22 December 2008
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 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 December 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 297/91  of 4 February 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the  African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States or in the overseas countries or territories (OCT) to take into account the accession of Namibia to the fourth ACP-EEC Convention
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (1) lays down the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas  countries or territories;
Whereas by its Decision No 4/90 of 23 November 1990, the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers added Namibia to the States signatory to the fourth ACP-EEC Convention;
Whereas, under Protocol 7 to the Convention, the said Decision provides for the allocation of an annual quota of beef and veal to Namibia;
Whereas the list in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 should be amended accordingly and an addition made to Title I thereof,
     Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is hereby amended as follows:
1. 'Namibia' is added to the list in Annex I.
2. The following Article is added to Title I:
'Article 4a
1. Article 3 shall apply to Namibia in respect of the following quantities of boneless meat:
for the first and second calendar years: 10 500 tonnes,
for the third, fourth and fifth calendar years: 13 000 tonnes.
2. Article 4 (2) and (3) shall also apply to Namibia. For the purposes of applying these provisions, the quantities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be added to the sum referred to in Article 4 (2) and (3).'   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1991.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1988/84
of 9 July 1984
on the provisional application of an Arrangement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Government of Canada on the establishment of a scientific observation programme in the Regulatory Area of the NAFO Convention
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 103 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the European Economic Community and Canada have held consultations concerning the establishment of a scientific observation programme to improve scientific knowledge of the state of the fish stocks in the NAFO Regulatory Areas; whereas, as a result of these consultations, the two Parties have agreed on the text of an Arrangement in the form of an exchange of letters, the purpose of which is to establish such a programme;
Whereas it is for the Community to ensure that the provisions of the Arrangement between the Community and Canada are respected by vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the Community;
Whereas the necessary conservation and management measures to be adopted for the NAFO Regulatory Area are dependent upon the collection of scientific data;
Whereas, under these conditions, it is appropriate, in order to avoid any disruption in the supply of fishery products, to apply the Arrangement on a provisional basis, pending its conclusion;
Whereas for that reason the provisional application of the Arrangement should be approved, subject to a definitive decision being taken on the basis of Article 43 of the Treaty,
The Arrangement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Government of Canada on the establishment of a scientific observation programme in the Regulatory Area of the NAFO Convention shall be provisionally applied.
The text of the Arrangement is attached to this Regulation.
Scientific observation in the Regulatory Area of the NAFO Convention shall be governed by the programme, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the Arrangement.
Vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the Community shall be required to accept on board, for the duration of their fishing activities in the Regulatory Area of the NAFO Convention, a Canadian scientific observer, in accordance with the conditions set out in the Arrangement.
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.
Council Decision
of 21 January 2003
extending the application of Decision 2000/91/EC authorising the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Sweden to apply a measure derogating from Article 17 of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes
(2003/65/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment(1), and in particular Article 27(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By letters registered with the Commission's Secretariat-General on 25 July 2002 and 28 October 2002 respectively, the Danish and Swedish authorities requested authorisation to extend the application of the derogation granted to them by Council Decision 2000/91/EC(2).
(2) The other Member States were informed of this application on 6 November 2002.
(3) These applications relate to the VAT arrangements in connection with the operation of the Ăresund fixed link between Denmark and Sweden, and in particular to the recovery of VAT paid on tolls for the use of the link. Under the rules of territoriality, part of the VAT on tolls is payable to Denmark and part to Sweden.
(4) By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 17 of Directive 77/388/EEC, as amended by Article 28f of that Directive, requiring taxable persons to exercise their right to deduct or obtain a refund of VAT in the Member State where it was paid, the Swedish and Danish authorities were authorised to introduce a special measure enabling taxpayers to recover VAT from a single administration.
(5) This authorisation expires on 31 December 2002. Since the legal situation and the facts which justified application of the simplification measure in the first place have not changed a Decision should be taken which will apply from 1 January 2003 and which extends the said authorisation.
(6) On 17 June 1998 the Commission presented a proposal for a Council Directive amending the sixth Directive as regards the rules governing the right to deduct value added tax(3), adoption of which would render the special measures unnecessary in all cases where taxable persons established in the Community are involved, which is in fact the majority of cases.
(7) The extension of the authorisation should therefore be granted for a limited period and remain valid up to the entry into force of the said Directive, or up to 31 December 2006 at the latest if that Directive has not yet entered into force by then.
(8) The derogation does not aversely affect the Communities' own resources from VAT,
In Article 2 of Decision 2000/91/EC, the date "31 December 2002" shall be replaced by "31 December 2006".
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2003.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Sweden.
24.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 294/7
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 October 2012
establishing the position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on the accession of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the WTO
(2012/656/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91, Articles 100(2) and 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 16 July 1997 the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) applied for accession to the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO), pursuant to Article XII of that Agreement.
(2) A Working Party on the accession of Lao PDR was established on 19 February 1998 in order to reach agreement on terms of accession acceptable to Lao PDR and all WTO Members.
(3) The Commission, on behalf of the Union, has negotiated a comprehensive series of market opening commitments on the part of Lao PDR which satisfy the Union’s requests and are in line with the development level of Lao PDR.
(4) These commitments are now embodied in the Protocol of Accession of Lao PDR to the WTO.
(5) Accession to the WTO is expected to make a positive and lasting contribution to the process of economic reform and sustainable development in Lao PDR.
(6) The Protocol of Accession should therefore be approved.
(7) Article XII of the Agreement establishing the WTO provides that the terms of accession are to be agreed between the acceding Member and the WTO, and that the WTO Ministerial Conference approves the terms of accession on the WTO side. Article IV.2 of the Agreement establishing the WTO provides that in the intervals between meetings of the Ministerial Conference, its functions shall be conducted by the General Council.
(8) Accordingly, it is necessary to establish the position to be taken by the Union within the General Council of the WTO on the accession of Lao PDR to the WTO,
The position to be taken by the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on the accession of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the WTO is to approve the accession.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 574/2003
of 28 March 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002
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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain B rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 24 to 27 March 2003 at 290,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2384/2001
of 6 December 2001
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 19th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 of 13 July 2001 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(2) requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the 19th partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the 19th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at 40,834 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1995 accepting the application by the Italian Republic on the time limit for paying the advance aid to tomato processors (Only the Italian text is authentic) (96/17/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1558/91 of 7 June 1991 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2559/95 (2), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof,
Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1558/91 lays down that, at the duly substantiated request of a Member State, the Commission may extend the time limit by which the competent body must pay the advance aid from 30 to 45 days; whereas Italy has asked to benefit from this provision on the basis of various information notified to the Commission regarding the need for controls on its territory; whereas, having studied the said information, it would appear necessary to accept the application made by Italy;
Whereas this authorization is valid for the 1995/96 and 1996/97 marketing years, provided that the conditions relating to controls remain unchanged,
The Italian Republic is hereby allowed to apply the provision in the third paragraph of Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1558/91.
This authorization is valid for the 1995/96 and 1996/97 marketing years as long as the relevant conditions, especially as regards controls, remain unchanged.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
4.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 31/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 187/2005
of 2 February 2005
amending for the 43rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freezing of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 28 January 2005, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
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.
1.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 86/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 312/2011
of 30 March 2011
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 3 months, continue to be invoked by the holder, pursuant to Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
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 3 months pursuant to Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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.