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COMMISSION  DIRECTIVE 96/66/EC of 14 October 1996 amending Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in  feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in  feedingstuffs  (1), as last amended by Directive 96/51/EC  (2), and in particular Article 7  thereof,
Whereas Directive 70/524/EEC provides for regular amendment of the content of its Annexes to take  account of advances in scientific and technical knowledge; whereas the Annexes have been  consolidated by Commission Directive 91/248/EEC  (3);
Whereas new uses for additives belonging to the group Coccidiostats and other medicinal substances  have been successfully tested in certain Member States; whereas the new uses should be authorized  provisionally at national level pending their approval at Community level;
Whereas the Chernobyl accident caused radioactive caesium fallout which contaminated forage in  certain regions of northern Europe; whereas, in order to protect human and animal health and  introduce preventive measures to combat pollution by radioactive caesium nuclides, a new group of  additives should be established, namely 'radionuclide binders`; whereas a new additive belonging to  this group which allows absorption of caesium nuclides by animals to be substantially reduced has  been successfully tested in certain Member States; whereas this new additive should be authorized  provisionally at national level pending its approval at Community level;
Whereas the investigation of various additives currently listed in Annex II and therefore capable  of authorization at national level has not yet been completed; whereas, therefore, the period of  authorization of these substances should be extended for a specific period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs,
The Annexes to Directive 70/524/EEC are hereby amended as set out in  the Annex to this Directive.
1.  Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative  provisions needed to comply with the Annex to this Directive by 31 March 1997 at the latest. They  shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
The provisions adopted by the Member States shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be  accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such  reference shall be adopted by the Member States.
2.  Member States shall forward to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law  which they adopt in the subject area governed by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 95/33/EC of 10 July 1995 amending Council Directive 82/471/EEC concerning certain products used in animal nutrition (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982 concerning certain products used in animal nutrition (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Directive 82/471/EEC provides for regular amendment of the content of its Annex to take account of advances in scientific and technical knowledge;
Whereas the study of a new product belonging to the group of protein products obtained from micro-organisms, in this case from bacteria, has permitted to show a beneficial effect in pigs, calves and salmon; whereas authorization for the use of this product in animal nutrition should therefore be permitted under certain conditions;
Whereas, for technological reasons of production, the minimum concentration of the concentrated liquid L-lysine authorized has to be amended;
Whereas the Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition and the Scientific Committee for Food issued an opinion on the use of the protein product of fermentation from natural gas obtained by culture of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath), Alcaligenes acidorovans, Bacillus brevis and Bacillus firmus;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,
Annex to Directive 82/471/EEC is hereby amended as set out in the Annex of this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 1996 at the latest. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1242/2003
of 10 July 2003
on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 649/2003(2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).
(2) Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in and imported from the United States of America and Canada which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 at 11500 t.
(3) It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit,
1. All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 July 2003 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full.
2. Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of August 2003 for 1799,667 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1120/2002
of 26 June 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) It is in the interest of the Community to suspend partially or totally the autonomous common customs tariff duties for a number of new products not listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96(1).
(2) A number of products should be withdrawn from the list in the Annex to the said Regulation because it is no longer in the Community's interest to maintain suspension of autonomous common customs tariff duties or because the description needs to be altered in the light of technical developments.
(3) Products whose description needs to be altered should be regarded as new products.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 should be amended accordingly.
(5) Having regard to the economic importance of this Regulation, it is necessary to invoke the ground of urgency provided for in point I(3) of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities on the role of national parliaments in the European Union,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the products set out in Annex I to this Regulation shall be inserted;
2. the products for which the codes are set out in Annex II to this Regulation shall be deleted.
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 1 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
9.2.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 36/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 February 2008
adjusting the thresholds referred to in Article 157(b) and Article 158(1) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation
(2008/102/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and in particular Article 271 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 271(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2362/2002 stipulates that the thresholds applicable to public procurement contracts are to be adjusted every two years pursuant to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (2).
(2) The euro equivalents of the thresholds fixed in Directive 2004/18/EC which are to be applied from 1 January 2008 have been published in the Official Journal,
The euro equivalents of the thresholds applicable to public procurement contracts shall be adjusted as set out below, with effect from 1 January 2008:
(EUR)
Two-yearly adjustment Threshold at 1.1.2006 Threshold at 1.1.2008
57(b) 5 278 000 5 150 000
58(1)(a) 137 000 133 000
58(1)(b) 211 000 206 000
58(1)(c) 5 278 000 5 150 000
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall be notified to the other institutions and bodies by the Commission.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1392/80  of 2 June 1980  amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/78 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 4 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1104/80 (4), the intervention agencies are not permitted to buy in butter less than two months old during the two months following the date of a change in the buying-in price;
Whereas Article 2a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1272/79 (6), provides that henceforward the buying-in price of butter applicable in these circumstances shall be that in force on the day of its manufacture ; whereas the abovementioned provision of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 can consequently be withdrawn;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The last subparagraph of Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 is deleted.
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 1 June 1980.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 345/21
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 December 2005
on the signing and the provisional application of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products
(2005/948/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with Article 300, paragraph 2, first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community a bilateral agreement to extend for one year the existing bilateral agreement and protocols on trade in textile products with the Republic of Belarus, with a number of adjustments of the quantitative limits.
(2) Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Community.
(3) This bilateral agreement should be applied on a provisional basis as of 1 January 2006, pending the completion of procedures required for its conclusion, subject to the reciprocal provisional application by the Republic of Belarus,
Subject to a possible conclusion at a later date, the President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign on behalf of the European Community the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products (the Agreement).
The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis, pending its formal conclusion and subject to reciprocal provisional application of the Agreement by the Republic of Belarus, from 1 January 2006.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision.
1.   If Belarus fails to fulfil its obligations under paragraph 2(4) of the Agreement, the quota for 2006 will be reduced to the levels applicable in 2005.
2.   The decision to implement paragraph 1 shall be taken in accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (1).
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall enter into force the day following that of its publication.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2051/88 of 24 June 1988 on the granting of financial compensation to the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic following the depreciation of certain stocks of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, in order to restore balance between supply and demand of certain agricultural products, exceptional measures have been taken to speed up the disposal of public intervention stocks of butter; whereas stock depreciation measures are planned for  other products;
Whereas foreseeabable expenditure on the disposal or depreciation of surplus stocks of agricultural products over the period 1988 to 1992 is put at 6 800 million ECU, which includes, from 1989 onwards, refunds of 3 200 million ECU to the Member States  in respect of the butter stock disposal programme carried out in 1987 and 1988;
Whereas, at its meeting from 11 to 13 February 1988, the European Council provided that appropriate compensation should be granted to the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic in this context;
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary powers, other than those of Article 235,
Financial compensation shall be granted to the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic in respect of their contribution to the financing of expenditure associated with the disposal of butter and the depreciation of existing surplus stocks  of agricultural products, as indicated below:
1988: to 1992 1 200 million ECU 1989 to 1992: 1 400 million ECU per year (at 1988 prices) Article 2 The financial compensation shall be calculated by multiplying the contribution of the said Member States, as determined in accordance with the weighted Â´VAT - supplementary resource' key, to the financing of the expenditure referred to in  Article 1 by the difference between, on the one hand, the 70 % rate of reimbursement fixed for 1987 and, on the other hand, the percentages for subsequent years laid down in the third subparagraph of Article 187 and the third subparagraph of Article 374  of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal.
The financial compensation shall be paid during the month following that in which the Commission, in line with Article 5 (2) (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (2), as  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (3), makes the Â´advance payment against booking' to cover the expenditure referred to in Article 1.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1152/97 of 24 June 1997 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (2),
Having regard to 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 89/97 (4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.9.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 253/52
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 854/2010
of 27 September 2010
fixing the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 8 to 14 September 2010 for sugar products under certain tariff quotas and suspending submission of applications for such licences
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 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (3), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Quantities covered by applications for import licences submitted to the competent authorities from 8 to 14 September 2010 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009, exceed the quantity available under order number 09.4320.
(2) In these circumstances, an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued regarding order number 09.4320 should be fixed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. Submission of further applications for licences for that order number should be suspended until the end of the marketing year, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009,
1.   The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 from 8 to 14 September 2010 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2.   Submission of further applications for licences, which correspond to the order numbers indicated in the Annex, shall be suspended until the end of the marketing year 2010/11.
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1175/2001
of 15 June 2001
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third European countries of wholly milled round, medium and long grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2282/2000
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 Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2282/2000(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 8 to 14 June 2001 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled round, medium and long grain A rice to certain third European countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 2282/2000.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.