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17.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 105/41
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 323/2012
of 16 April 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 388/2002
of 28 February 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 943/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund on exportation of common wheat to all third countries with the exclusion of Poland was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 943/2001(5).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal 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,
For tenders notified from 22 to 28 February 2002, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 943/2001, the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat shall be EUR 0,00/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 February 1995 deferring, as regards the importation of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production from third countries, the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of Council Directive  92/34/EEC (95/26/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/34/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants, intended for fruit production (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 94/150/EC (2), and in particular Article 16  (2) thereof,
Whereas, by virtue of Decision 94/150/EC, the date in Article 16 (2) of the said Directive was deferred until 31 December 1994;
Whereas the Commission is required, pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Directive 92/34/EEC, to decide whether propagating material and fruit plants produced in a third country and affording the same guarantees as regards obligations on the supplier,  identity, characteristics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspection arrangements, marking and sealing, are equivalent in all these respects to propagating material and fruit plants produced in the Community and complying with the requirements  and conditions of the Directive;
Whereas, however, the information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is still not sufficient to enable the Community to make any such decision in respect of any third country at this stage;
Whereas it is know that Member States have imported propagating material and fruit plants produced in certain third countries; whereas, in order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted, Member States should be allowed to continue to apply to the  import of propagating material and fruit plants from third countries conditions equivalent to those applicable to the production and marketing of products obtained in the Community, in accordance with Article 16 (2) of the said Directive;
Whereas propagating material and fruit plants imported by a Member State in accordance with a decision taken by that Member State pursuant to Article 16 (2), first subparagraph, of the said Directive should be subject to no marketing restrictions as  regards the matters referred to in Article 16 (1) of the said Directive in other Member States;
Whereas, accordingly, the date referred to in Article 16 (2) of the said Directive should be further deferred;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Propagating Materials and Plants of Fruit Genera and Species,
The date referred to in Article 16 (2), first subparagraph, of Directive 92/34/EEC is hereby deferred until 31 December 1996.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
16.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/46
COUNCIL DECISION 2012/632/CFSP
of 15 October 2012
amending Decision 2010/127/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Eritrea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 1 March 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/127/CFSP (1).
(2) On 25 July 2012, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2060 (2012) thereby amending the arms embargo imposed by paragraph 5 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1907 (2009).
(3) Decision 2010/127/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
The following paragraph is added to Article 1 of Decision 2010/127/CFSP:
‘4.   Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to:
(a) protective clothing including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Eritrea by United Nations personnel, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only;
(b) supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, as approved in advance by the Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 751 (1992), the mandate of which was expanded by UNSCR 1844 (2008) (“the Sanctions Committee”).’.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
13.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/94
COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 December 2008
adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 2007, and from 1 January 2008 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries
(2008/942/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, the weightings to be applied from 1 July 2007 to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 624/2008 (2).
(2) Some of these weightings need to be adjusted in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, with effect from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November and 1 December 2007, and from 1 January 2008, since the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Communities serving in third countries, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be adjusted for certain countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains six monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable dates for each one (1 August 2007, 1 September 2007, 1 October 2007, 1 November 2007, 1 December 2007 and 1 January 2008).
The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation and correspond to the dates of application of the weightings.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 26 February 1973  concerning protective measures to be applied by the Member States, against swine vesicular disease  (73/53/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to the Council Directive of 26 June 1964 (1) on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine, as last amended by the Council Directive of 7 February 1972 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof;
Having regard to the Council Directive of 26 June 1964 (3) on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat, as last amended by the Council Directive of 27 October 1970 (4), and in particular Article 8 thereof;
Whereas the situation created by the outbreak of swine vesicular disease in parts of the Community could endanger Community pig stock ; whereas consequently the Member States were fully justified in adopting certain emergency protective measures;
Whereas however, at the present time the seriousness of the disease and the speed with which it is spreading are not such as to justify import restrictions, even partial ; whereas it is sufficient if the dispatching Member States in which there is an outbreak of swine vesicular disease grant the receivity Member States guarantees which are identical to more provided for by existing Community rules on foot-and-mouth disease, in order to prevent the disease from spreading ; whereas in fact there is a certain similarity between the clinical appearance of the first symptoms of vesicular disease and of foot-and-mouth disease;
Whereas in implementation of the Community provisions referred to above, the measures to be applied by the countries concerned should be coordinated to this effect;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee;
Member States in which there has been an outbreak of swine vesicular disease shall grant guarantees in respect of pigs and fresh pigmeat dispatched from their territories to the territory of another Member State, which are identical to those established for foot-and-mouth-disease by the Council Directive of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine as last amended by the Council Directive of 7 February 1972, and in particular Articles 2 (i), 3 (2) (b) and 2 (c) (i) (ii) thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 672/2002
of 18 April 2002
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 943/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries, with the exclusion of Poland, was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 943/2001(5).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 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 notified from 12 to 18 April 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 943/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
24.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 348/19
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1341/2008
of 18 December 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund, in respect of certain revenue-generating projects
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 161 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas:
(1) The regulatory framework for the 2007-2013 programming period was prepared and negotiated with the aims of consolidating the simplification of programming and management of the Funds, the effectiveness of assistance provided by them and subsidiarity in their implementation.
(2) A more precise and more stringent approach based on the calculation of maximum eligible expenditure has been put in place for the processing of revenue-generating projects covered by Article 55 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (3).
(3) A number of difficulties have been highlighted in connection with the application of the provisions of Article 55, including a disproportionate administrative burden, especially for operations co-financed by the European Social Fund and small operations financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or Cohesion Fund.
(4) These difficulties may have adverse consequences in terms of operation management, especially for projects in areas of Community priority such as the environment, social inclusion, research, innovation or energy, and in terms of the administrative burden. Article 55 should therefore be simplified.
(5) This simplification should apply to all projects receiving assistance from the Structural Funds or Cohesion Fund during the 2007-2013 programming period. Retroactive application is therefore necessary.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Article 55(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 shall be replaced by the following:
‘5.   Paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article shall apply only to operations which are co-financed by the ERDF or Cohesion Fund and the total cost of which exceeds EUR 1 000 000.’
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 August 2006 to all operations receiving assistance from the Structural Funds or Cohesion Fund during the 2007-2013 programming period.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
22.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 18/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 41/2013
of 17 January 2013
amending Regulation (EEC) No 441/91 concerning the classification of certain goods in the codes 1704 10 19, 1704 10 99 and 9502 10 10 of the Combined Nomenclature and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1287/83
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) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 441/91 of 25 February 1991 concerning the classification of certain goods in codes 1704 10 19, 1704 10 99 and 9502 10 10 of the Combined Nomenclature and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1287/83 (2) plastic dolls with transparent plastic chests filled with small sweets have been classified under CN codes 1704 10 19 and 1704 10 99 as regards the sweets and under CN code 9502 10 10 as regards the dolls. As a consequence of the introduction of Note 4 to Chapter 95 of the Combined Nomenclature with effect from 1 January 2007, those items should be classified together as combinations having the essential character of a toy under CN code 9503 00 21.
(3) Regulation (EEC) No 441/91 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The table set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 441/91 is replaced by the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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 655/94 of 24 March 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of the Community Customs Code in respect of the single administrative document and the codes to be used
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), and in particular Article 249 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2), amended by Regulation (EC) No 3665/93 (3), established the forms to be used for the customs declaration;
Whereas operations carried out under the economic outward processing arrangements for textiles should be clearly identifiable on customs declarations;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Annex 38 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
12.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 66/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 419/2005
of 11 March 2005
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled and medium and long grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004 (2).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 14(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003, 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 7 to 10 March 2005 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled rand, medium and long grain A rice to certain third European countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 281/2004
of 18 February 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.