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29.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 24/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 76/2008
of 28 January 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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 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 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
15.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 163/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 869/2006
of 14 June 2006
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire (1), and in particular Article 11(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 lists the natural and legal persons and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 30 May 2006, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of natural persons to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
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 REGULATION (EC) No 1098/94 of 11 May 1994 laying down the regional base areas applicable under the support system for producers of certain arable crops and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 845/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support scheme for producers of certain arable-crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 232/94 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides, inter alia, for the application of the compensatory payment scheme within a system of regional base areas; whereas, in order to ensure the necessary transparency and harmonious administration of these areas,  the number of eligible hectares under the compensatory payment scheme and their distribution should be fixed for each Member State;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 845/93 of 7 April 1993 laying down the regional base areas applicable under the support system for producers of certain arable crops (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 935/94 (4) does not take  account of traditional seed flax areas and seed flax has recently been added to the list of products eligible for compensatory payments;
Whereas account should also be taken of changes made to the regionalization plans since Regulation (EEC) No 845/93 was adopted;
Whereas the scale of the changes that have occurred necessitates the replacement of Regulation (EEC) No 845/93;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for cereals, oils and fats and dried fodder,
The base areas referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 shall be as shown in the Annex.
Regulation (EEC) No 845/93 is hereby repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation pursuant to this Article shall be understood as references to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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.
29.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1281/2006
of 28 August 2006
derogating for 2005/06 from Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 as regards the time limit by which purchasers and producers must pay the levy on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector (1), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector (2) fixes in particular the timetable and conditions for collection of the levy. Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 lays down that, before 1 September each year, purchasers and, in the case of direct sales, producers liable for the levy must pay the competent authority the amount due in accordance with rules laid down by the Member State. If this time-limit is not complied with, interest becomes payable under Article 15(2).
(2) For the purposes of improving budget forecasting and making budget management more flexible, Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 is currently being amended in order to defer the date by which the Member States must pay the levy referred to in Article 3(1) of the Regulation and to allow some Member States to transfer national reference quantities between direct sales and deliveries for the twelve month period 2005/06 within the meaning of Article 1(1) of the Regulation. With a view to consistency and so that the national administrations can introduce these new rules as efficiently as possible, the date by which the amounts due by milk purchasers must be paid should also be deferred for 2005/06, Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 notwithstanding. For administrative reasons a different date should be fixed for the Member States transferring national reference quantities.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
By way of derogation from Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004, for the twelve month period 2005/06 the Member States shall be authorised to defer the final date for paying the due amounts:
(a) to 1 November 2006 in the case of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia;
(b) to 1 October 2006 in the case of all other Member States.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
7.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 307/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1014/2012
of 6 November 2012
amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (1),
Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (2) provides for a freezing of funds and economic resources of President Lukashenka and certain officials of Belarus as well as persons responsible for, inter alia, serious violations of human rights, the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, or violations of international electoral standards. It also provides for a freezing of funds and economic resources of persons and entities benefiting from, or supporting, the Lukashenka regime.
(2) By Decision 2012/642/CFSP, the Council decided to clarify the criteria for listing natural or legal persons, entities and bodies in the Annexes to Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP (3), and to consolidate those Annexes into a single Annex.
(3) This Regulation falls within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to implement it, in particular, with a view to ensuring its uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
(2) In paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2b, in Article 3(1)(a), in Article 4a and in paragraphs 1 and 4 of Article 8a, references to ‘Annexes I, IA and IB’ or to ‘Annexes I or (in) IA’ are replaced by references to ‘Annex I’.
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.
19.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 273/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1041/2011
of 17 October 2011
establishing a prohibition of fishing for skates and rays in EU waters of VIII and IX by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
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 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters (2), lays down quotas for 2011.
(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 2011.
(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 2011 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 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 1148/2003
of 27 June 2003
fixing the maximum subsidy on exports of husked long grain rice B to Réunion pursuant to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1895/2002
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 10(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion(3) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1453/1999(4), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1895/2002(5) opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on rice exported to Réunion.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 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 subsidy.
(3) The criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 should be taken into account when fixing this maximum subsidy. Successful tenderers shall be those whose bids are at or below the level of the maximum subsidy.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
A maximum subsidy on exports to Réunion of husked long grain rice B falling within CN code 1006 20 98 is hereby set on the basis of the tenders lodged from 23 to 26 June 2003 at 302,00 EUR/t pursuant to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1895/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 June 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 29 March  1996
on the replacement of certain members and alternate members of the European Social Fund  Committee
(96/C  113/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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  (1), and in particular Article 28, third paragraph, thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, in a Decision of 23 October 1995   (2) appointed the members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee for the  period ending on 22 October 1998;
Whereas three members' seats and two alternate members' seats, filled by government  representatives, have fallen vacant;
Whereas one member's seat and one alternate member's seat, filled by employers' representatives,  have fallen vacant;
Whereas members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee should be appointed to  fill the vacant seats,
The following are hereby appointed members and altenate members of  the European Social Fund Committee for the remainder of their current term of office, which runs  until 22 October 1998:
I.  Government representatives
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This Decision shall be  published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 897/2001
of 7 May 2001
correcting Regulations (EC) No 437/2001 and (EC) No 677/2001 fixing the specific exchange rate for the amount of the reimbursement of storage costs in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1527/2000(2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro(3),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 of 30 June 1993 establishing special detailed rules for applying the agricultural conversion rate in the sugar sector(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/1999(5), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The specific exchange rates for the amount of the reimbursement of the storage costs in the sugar sector for February and March 2001 respectively were fixed by Commission Regulations (EC) No 437/2001(6) and (EC) No 677/2001(7).
(2) An error has been discovered in the Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 437/2001 and (EC) No 677/2001. The Regulations in question should therefore be corrected.
(3) In order to safeguard operators' rights, the period of application of Article 1(1) should correspond to that of Regulation (EC) No 437/2001 and that of Article 1(2) to the entry into force of this Regulation,
1. In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 437/2001, the rate "0,63346" for the pound sterling is replaced by "0,633461".
2. In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 677/2001, the rate "0,62993" for the pound sterling is replaced by "0,629926".
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 2001.
However, Article 1(1) shall apply from 1 February 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1785/2001
of 11 September 2001
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 12 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3339/92  of 16 November 1992  laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to producers for the 1991 harvest
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), and in particular Article 12 (7) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 provides that aid may be granted to hop producers to enable them to achieve a fair income; whereas the amount of this aid is fixed per hectare and differs according to varieties, taking into account the  average return on the areas in full production compared with the average returns for previous harvests, the current position of the market and trends in costs;
Whereas Article 12a of the said Regulation provides that aid to producers may also be granted for areas cultivated with experimental strains in order to facilitate the development of new varieties;
Whereas an examination of the results of the 1991 harvest shows the need to fix aid for groups of varieties of hops cultivated in the Community; whereas aid to producers shall also be granted for areas cultivated with experimental strains,
1. For the 1991 harvest, aid shall be granted to the producers of hops cultivated in the Community for the groups of varieties set out in the Annex as well as for experimental strains.
2. The amount of the aid shall be as set out in the Annex.
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.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3456/86
of 10 November 1986
temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission,
Whereas production in the Community of the products specified in this Regulation is currently inadequate or non-existent; whereas producers thus cannot meet the needs of user industries in the Community;
Whereas in certain cases it is in the interest of the Community to suspend the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties only partially, particularly since the goods in question are produced in the Community, and in the other cases to suspend them totally;
Whereas, in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately short-term trends in the economic situation in the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only temporarily by fixing their period of validity by reference to the interests of Community production,
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the products listed in the Annex hereto shall be suspended at the level indicated opposite each of them.
These suspensions shall be applicable from 1 January to 30 June 1987.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
5.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 183/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1014/2006
of 4 July 2006
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 5 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.