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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3390/84 of 3 October 1984 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters consolidating and modifying the text of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the rules of origin laid down in Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation (hereinafter alled "the Protocol") to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden (1) as regards both the conditions under which products acquire the status of originating products and proof of such status and the detailed rules for verifying it have been amended by a number of EEC-Sweden Joint Committee Decisions;
Whereas there have been two exchanges of letters derogating from Article 1 of the Protocol;
Whereas it is therefore appropriate for the proper functioning of the Agreement to incorporate in a single text all the provisions in question with a view to facilitating the work of users and customs administrations, except for EEC-Sweden Joint Committee Decision No 2/82 (2);
Whereas it is appropriate to delete those provisions of the Protocol which are of transitional nature;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 28 of the Protocol, the Joint Committee can only amend part of the Protocol ; whereas it is desirable to give the Joint Committee the power to amend any part of the Protocol,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters consolidating and modifying the text of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to appoint the person empowered to sign the Agreement for the purpose of binding the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
27.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 166/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 612/2008
of 26 June 2008
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 of 14 September 2007 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 25 June 2008, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 25 June 2008, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 shall be 389,53 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
18.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 301/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1052/2010
of 17 November 2010
on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of November 2010 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
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,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 of 13 July 2009 providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for high-quality beef (3) sets out detailed rules for the submission and issue of import licences.
(2) Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 provides that in cases where quantities covered by licence applications exceed the quantities available for the quota period, allocation coefficients should be fixed for the quantities covered by each licence application. The applications for import licences submitted pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 between 1 and 7 November 2010 exceed the quantities available. Therefore, the extent to which import licences may be issued and the allocation coefficient should be determined,
Import licence applications covered by the quota with order number 09.4449 and submitted between 1 and 7 November 2010 in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009, shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 97,748351 %.
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 1661/2001
of 16 August 2001
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2831/98(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
REGULATION (EEC) No 3539/73 OF THE COUNCIL  of 18 December 1973  of the rate of import charges collected on small non-commercial consignments of agricultural products and goods coming under Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 235 thereof;
Having regard to the Act (1) annexed to the Treaty on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 62(1) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Whereas Part II B of the preliminary provisions of the Common Customs Tariff in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68(2) of 28 June 1968, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 (3), provides that, where the interested party does not demand the application of the normal rate, customs duty is to be charged at the flat rate of 10 % ad valorem on goods sent in small consignments to private individuals, provided that such importations are not of a commercial nature;
Whereas, it is useful and possible without endangering the aims of the common agricultural policy, to collect, following the same methods, all the other import charges on agricultural products as well as on certain goods coming under the system of exchages laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 (4) of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1491/73 (5);
Whereas the same transaction can give rise to the collection of several different charges ; whereas in order to allow a system of flat rate taxation to achieve its aim, it is necessary to apply a single flat rate charge for the whole of these charges,
1. In the case of small non-commercial consignments referred to in Section II B (2) of the preliminary provisions of the Common Customs Tariff, appearing in Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68, the flat rate charge referred to in paragraph 1 of the said Section II B shall be collected in place of the import charges as laid down within the framework of the common agricultural policy and of those provided for in relation to goods in Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69.
2. When the same transaction is liable to the collection of several different charges, the flat rate charge referred to in paragraph 1 is collected for the whole of the charges.
3. However, paragraph 1 shall not apply when the addressee requests, prior to the imposition on such goods and agricultural products of the said flat rate charges, that they be subjected to the appropriate import charges.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 926/2002
of 31 May 2002
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 857/2002(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 897/2002(4).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 857/2002 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 857/2002 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2860/91  of 27 September 1991  on the rate of interest to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying in, storage and disposal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section (1), as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 787/89 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 lays down that the uniform interest rate used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures is to correspond to the interest rates for the ecu for three months' and 12 months'  forward rates recorded by the Statistical Office of the European Communities on the Euromarkets with a weighting of one-third and two-thirds respectively (3);
Whereas the Commission fixes this rate before the beginning of each EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year on the basis of the rates recorded in the six months preceding fixing;
Whereas Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 lays down that if the rate o interest costs borne by a Member State is lower for at least six months than the uniform interest rate fixed for the Community a specific interest rate is to be fixed for  that Member State; whereas the Member State notified these costs to the Commission before the end of the accounting year; whereas, where no cots are notified by a Member State, the rate to be applied is determined on the basis of the reference interest  rates set out in the Annex to the said Regulation;
Whereas the interest rates for the 1992 accounting year must be set, in line with those provisions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committe,
For expenditure incurred during the 1992 EAGGF Guarantee Section accounting year:
1. the interest rate referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be 9,6 %,
2. the specific interest rate referred to in Article 4 or Regulation (EEC) No 411/88 shall be:
9,4 % for France,
9,0 % for Ireland,
8,6 % for the Netherlands.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 October 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 19 December 1972  amending Council Directive 72/166/EEC of 24 April 1972 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability  (72/430/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Community 1, signed at Brussels, on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 153 of the Act annexed thereto;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas following the enlargement of the Community the number of national bureaux taken into account in Council Directive 72/166 2 of 24 April 1972 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability is increased from six to nine, necessitating an adjustment to that Directive;
Council Directive 72/166 shall be amended as follows : The following shall be substituted for the wording of Article 2 (2), first indent:
"after an agreement has been concluded between the nine national insurers' bureaux under the terms of which each national bureau guarantees the settlement, in accordance with the provisions of national law on compulsory insurance, of claims in respect of accidents occurring in its territory, caused by vehicles normally based in the territory of a another Member State, whether or not such vehicles are insured;".
This Directive shall enter into force on the Accession of the new Member States to the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
23.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/24
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 65/2009
of 22 January 2009
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 COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural 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 1 to of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these goods are exported in the form of goods listed Part V of the Annex XX to that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 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 paragraph 2 (b) of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, 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 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay Round 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 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 (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1(1)(s) of 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.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3772/91  of 18 December 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3816/90 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism for certain products in the pigmeat sector destined for Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1)  thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the agreements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88, and in particular Article 13  thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3816/90 of 19 December 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism for certain poroducts in the pigmeat sector destined for Portugal (4), as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 1120/91 (5), sets indicative ceilings on imports into Portugal of certain products in the pigmeat sector for 1991; whereas indicative ceilings should be set for 1992;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EEC) No 3816/90 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1, '1991' is deleted.
2. The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3816/90 shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
REGULATION (EEC) No 921/71 OF THE COMMISSION  of 4 May 1971  amending the common quality standards for asparagus
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Regulation No 23 1 on the progressive establishment of a common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2423/70, 2 and in particular Article 5 (2);
Having regard to Council Regulation No 158/66/EEC 3 of 25 October 1966 on applying the common quality standards to fruit and vegetables marketed within the Community, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2423/70, and in particular the last subparagraph of Article 2 (1);
Whereas a Class III for asparagus was defined in Annex VI to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 4 of 26 June 1969 adding a supplementary class to the common quality standards for certain fruit and vegetables ; whereas the criteria adopted have proved too rigid given the economic importance of this product to the grower ; whereas it is possible to relax these criteria while, at the same time, satisfying the requirements of consumers;
Whereas, in consequence, the field of application of the common quality standards for asparagus defined in Annex I/1 to Regulation No 183/64/EEC 5 of 17 November 1964 should be specified;
Annex II to this Regulation shall be substituted for Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69. Regulation.
Annex II to this Regulation shall be substituted for Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.