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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/98 of 15 July 1998 setting for the 1998/99 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for processed tomato products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in particular Article 3(3) and Article 4(9) thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 the minimum price to be paid to producers is to be determined on the basis of the minimum price applying during the previous marketing year, changes in prices in the fruit and vegetable sector and the need to ensure the normal marketing of fresh products for the various uses, including supply to the processing industry;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2022/92 (3), which lays down detailed rules of application for the minimum price to be paid to producers for certain tomatoes used in the production of tomato concentrate, juice and flakes on the basis of the soluble dry weight content, should continue to apply;
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 lays down the criteria for fixing the amount of production aid; whereas account must, in particular, be taken of the aid fixed or calculated before the reduction provided for in paragraph 10 of that Article for the previous marketing year, adjusted to take account of changes in the minimum price to be paid to producers and the difference between the cost of the raw material in the Community and in the major competing third countries; whereas, in respect of tomato concentrates, preserved whole peeled and unpeeled tomatoes and tomato juices, changes in the volume and prices of imports must be taken into consideration;
Whereas Article 4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 stipulates that the aid set for tomato concentrates and their derivatives is to be reduced by 5,37 %; whereas a supplement to the reduced aid is to be paid on the basis of the quantities of tomato concentrate produced for France and Portugal;
Whereas the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the 1998/99 marketing year the minimum price referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 to be paid to producers shall be as set out in Annex I.
1. For the 1998/99 marketing year the level of production aid referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation shall be as set out in Annex II.
2. The additional aid for tomato concentrate, juice and flakes as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be set by the Commission if the condition provided for in that subparagraph is met.
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.
3.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 112/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 694/2005
of 2 May 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries, other than sour cherries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July 1996 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables (2) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in the Annex thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).
(2) For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2002, 2003 and 2004, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers and cherries other than sour cherries should be amended.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 May 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 105/14
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 401/2011
of 20 April 2011
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
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 market and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 164(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 162(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products referred to in Article 1(1)(s) and listed in Part XIX of Annex I to that Regulation and prices within the Union may be covered by an export refund where these goods are exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 578/2010 of 29 June 2010 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(3) In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 578/2010, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed for a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.
(4) Article 162(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in a good may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(5) The currently applicable refunds have been fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2011 (3). Since new refunds should be fixed, that Regulation should therefore be repealed.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 578/2010 and in Part XIX of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, and exported in the form of goods listed in Part V of Annex XX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Regulation (EU) No 51/2011 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 215/96 of 2 February 1996 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3009/95 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and those rules also apply 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 Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is accepted that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the combined nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12 (6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (4), for a period of three months by the holder;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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 (EEC) No 719/93 of 25 March 1993 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 558/93 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and these rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivisions  to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff or other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is appropriate that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the combined nomenclature, and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation,  can continue to be invoked under the provisions in Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3796/90 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2674/92 (4), for a period of three months by the holder if a binding contract has been concluded such as is  envisaged in Article 14 (3) (a) or (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1715/90 (5);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomenclature Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Artice 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/90 for a  period of three months by the holder if a binding contract has been concuded as envisaged in Article 14 (3) (a) or (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1715/90.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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 500/2001
of 14 March 2001
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 18(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Member States are required, under Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, to notify the Commission by computer transmission of the quantities of each stock taken by vessels flying their flag operating in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high seas and of all the information received pursuant to Article 17(2) thereof.
(2) Details of the information to be submitted, the intervals at which it is to be forwarded and the format to be used for submitting the reports in question should be specified.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
1. Each Member State shall notify the Commission by computer transmission, before the end of the first month of each quarter, of the quantities of each stock not subject to TACs or quotas taken by fishing vessels flying its flag operating in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high seas and:
- landed directly in its territory during the previous quarter,
- landed directly in third countries during the previous quarter,
- transhipped to third country vessels during the previous quarter.
2. Each Member State shall notify the Commission by computer transmission, before the end of the first month of each quarter, of the quantities taken by fishing vessels flying the flag of another Member State in waters subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and on the high seas and landed in its territory during the previous quarter.
3. Where a Member State submits the catch reports referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, it shall do so in the format shown in the Annex.
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.
COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1996 amending Decision 93/196/EEC and 93/197/EEC on imports of Equidae from Iceland (Text with EEA relevance) (97/36/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of Equidae (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 15 (a) and 16 thereof,
Whereas the veterinary authorities in Iceland have provided the Commission with assurances as to the absence of equine infectious anaemia from their territory;
Whereas the serological test for this disease ('Coggins test`) should therefore be discontinued on the importation of Equidae from Iceland; whereas the veterinary authorities in Iceland should nevertheless certify that Iceland is officially free of the disease;
Whereas Commission Decision 93/196/EEC of 5 February 1993 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of Equidae for slaughter (2), as last amended by Decision 96/279/EC (3), and Decision 93/197/EEC of 5 February 1993 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of registered Equidae and Equidae for breeding and production (4), as last amended by Decision 96/279/EC, should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Decision 93/196/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
(a) in Annex I (III) (j), the first indent is replaced by:
'- (i) a Coggins test for equine infectious anaemia (3), or
(ii) in the case of Equidae which have resided in Iceland from birth, it is certified that Iceland is officially free of equine infectious anaemia (3)`.
(b) in Annex II (III) (j), the first indent is replaced by:
'- (i) a Coggins test for equine infectious anaemia (4), or
(ii) in the case of Equidae which have resided in Iceland from birth, it is certified that Iceland is officially free of equine infectious anaemia (4)`.
2. In Decision 93/197/EEC, Annex II (Health Certificate A) (III) (j), the first indent is replaced by:
'- (i) a Coggins test for equine infectious anaemia (2), or
(ii) in the case of Equidae which have resided in Iceland from birth, it is certified that Iceland is officially free of equine infectious anaemia (2)`.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
18.12.1996 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 328/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2382/96
of 9 December 1996
repealing Regulations (EEC) No 990/93 and (EC) No 2471/94 and concerning the termination of restrictions on economic and financial relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the United Nations Protected Areas in the Republic of Croatia and those areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb forces
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 73g and 228a thereof,
Having regard to Common Position No 96/708/CFSP of 9 December 1996 defined by the Council on the basis of Article J.2 of the Treaty on European Union concerning the termination of restrictions on economic and financial relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the United Nations Protected Areas in the Republic of Croatia and those areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb forces (1) decided on by the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 1074 (1996),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Security Council of the United Nations has decided in its Resolution 1074 (1996) to terminate the measures imposed by its Resolutions 757 (1992), 787 (1992), 820 (1993), 942 (1994), 943 (1994), 988 (1995), 992 (1995), 1003 (1995) and 1015 (1995) in accordance with paragraph 4 of Resolution 1022 (1995);
Whereas, in the circumstances, Regulations (EEC) No 990/93 (2) and (EC) No 2471/94 (3) should be repealed,
Regulations (EEC) No 990/93 and (EC) No 2471/94 are hereby repealed.
All assets and funds previously impounded or frozen pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 990/93 and (EC) No 2471/94 may be released by Member States in accordance with the law, provided that any such assets that are subject to any claims, liens, judgments or incumbrances, or which are the assets of any person, partnership, corporation or other entity found or deemed to be insolvent under the law or the accounting principles prevailing in the relevant Member State, shall remain frozen or impounded until released in accordance with the applicable law.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 2 October 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 50/10
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/284
of 17 February 2015
on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 4 of the EEA Agreement on rules of origin (Croatia Enlargement)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.
(2) Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement (‘Protocol 4’).
(3) Protocol 4 contains provisions and arrangements concerning rules of origin.
(4) Certain transitional arrangements concerning the application of the rules of origin after the provisional application of the Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area and three related agreements (3) need to be reflected in the EEA Agreement.
(5) Protocol 4 should therefore be amended.
(6) The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 4 to the EEA Agreement, on rules of origin, 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.