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8.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 231/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 895/2011
of 22 August 2011
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pimiento Asado del Bierzo (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Spain’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Pimiento Asado del Bierzo’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 417/2006 (3).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (4), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 (EEC) No 1927/88
of 30 June 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 as regards collection of the co-responsibility levy in the milk and milk products sector during the 1988/89 milk year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the markets for milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1894/87 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences  on 1 July 1988; whereas the price factors determined  by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/88 (3) should accordingly be taken into account for the calculation in order to ensure that the import arrangements continue to operate in the sector concerned;
Whereas the general rate of the co-responsibility levy for the 1988/89 milk year remains fixed at 2 % of the target price for milk, for that milk year and the reduced rate applicable to the first 60 000 kilograms per producer per year in less-favoured areas is therefore, pursuant to Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77, 1,5 % of the target price;
Whereas it is consequently necessary to adjust Articles 2 (1) and 5 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2284/87 (5);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 2 (1), '1987/88' is replaced by '1988/89'.
2. In the first subparagraph of Article 5 (2), '1987/88' is replaced by '1988/89'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1193/96 of 26 June 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 authorizes the Commission to adopt the measures required to facilitate the switch-over from the arrangements existing before implementation of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations to those resulting from the adjustments to agricultural legislation provided for in the abovementioned Regulation; whereas such measures may only be adopted up to 30 June 1996 and may not apply beyond that date; whereas it transpires that certain matters which are currently regulated by transitional measures cannot be settled definitively before the above date; whereas these matters concern in particular certain arrangements entered into with third countries; whereas it is therefore necessary to extend by one year the period during which the Commission may adopt transitional measures,
In Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 the date '30 June 1996` shall be replaced by '30 June 1997`.
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 July 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.3.1991 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 75/56
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 March 1991
on the notification of the application by the Community of the 1989 International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products
(91/152/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 116 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the 1989 International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products (1) was signed by the Community and its Member States on 20 December 1990;
Whereas all Member States have indicated their intention to apply, the Agreement;
Whereas the Community and its Member States should notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization that they intend to apply the Agreement,
The Community and its Member States, after completion of the necessary internal procedures, shall, notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization that they will apply the International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products (1989), as importing members, when it enters into force in accordance with Article 40 (3).
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to lodge the instrument of notification on behalf of the European Economic Community.
27.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 464/2007
of 26 April 2007
fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
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 market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(b) of that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the sugar market, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(3) The first subparagraph of Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund according to destination.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
Export refunds as provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 April 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Decision
of 29 January 2004
amending Council Decision 97/788/EC as regards checks carried out by Serbia and Montenegro concerning the maintenance of varieties of fodder, beet, oil and fibre plants
(notified under document number C(2004) 147)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/120/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 97/788 of 17 November 1997 on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in third countries(1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 97/788/EC determined that the official checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in certain third countries for certain species afford the same guarantees as those carried out by the Member States, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agriculture plant species(2).
(2) Decision 97/788 applies to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now known as Serbia and Montenegro) only as regards varieties of certain species.
(3) An examination of the rules of Serbia and Montenegro and the manner in which they are applied in respect of the species listed in Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed(3), in Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of beet seed(4) and in Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants(5) have shown that the checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties afford the same guarantees as those carried out by the Member States.
(4) The equivalence granted to Serbia and Montenegro should be extended to these additional species.
(5) Decision 97/788/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The Annex to Decision 97/788/EC is amended as follows.
In the entry beside the code "YU" relating to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, "66/402" is replaced by "66/401, 66/402, 2002/54 and 2002/57".
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 683/86
of 4 March 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 8 (8) thereof,
Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 142/86 (3), are applicable to the products sold pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 682/86 of 4 March 1986 on the sale by storage agencies of unprocessed dried grapes for the manufacture of certain condiments (4);
Whereas the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 should therefore be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
The following is hereby added to point II 'Products subject to a use and/or destination other than that mentioned under I' of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76:
'36. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 682/86 of 4 March 1986 on the sale by the storage agencies of unprocessed dried grapes for the manufacture of certain condiments:
- Section 104:
Til fremstilling af visse smagspraeparater - forordning (EOEF) nr. 682/86,
Zur Herstellung bestimmter Wuerzmittel - Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 682/86,
Gia tin paraskeví orisménon karykevmáton - Kanonismaós (EOK) arith. 682/86,
For the manufacture of certain condiments - Regulation (EEC) No 682/86,
Para la fabricación de determinados condimentos - Reglamento (CEE) no 682/86,
Destiné à la fabrication de certains condiments - règlement (CEE) no 682/86,
Destinato alla fabbricazione di taluni condimenti - regolamento (CEE) n. 682/86,
Voor de vervaardiging van bepaalde kruiderijen - Verordening (EEG) nr. 682/86,
Destinado à fabricação de determinados condimentos - Regulamento (CEE) no 682/86.
- Section 106:
Date of acceptance of the purchase application.
(36) OJ No L 62, 5. 3. 1986, p. 8.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 18 June 2001
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary concerning the participation of the Republic of Hungary in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network
(2001/586/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas:
(1) The European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network were established by Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90(3).
(2) The Luxembourg European Council (December 1997) made participation in the Community programmes and agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy for the central and east European countries. In the case of the agencies, the European Council's conclusions provide that "the Community agencies in which applicant countries will be able to participate will be determined on a case-by-case basis".
(3) The Helsinki European Council (December 1999) reaffirmed the inclusive nature of the accession process, which now comprises 13 candidate countries within a single framework with the candidate countries participating in the accession process on an equal footing.
(4) The Council, on 14 February 2000, authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations on the participation in the European Environment Agency of the countries applying for accession. The Commission signed the Final Act of the negotiations on 9 October 2000.
(5) The Agreement as referred to in this Decision should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary concerning the participation of the Republic of Hungary in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network is approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is set out as an Annex to this Decision.
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the notification provided for in Article 18 of the Agreement.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 23 July 1986
amending Decision 81/91/EEC as regards the list of establishments in Argentina approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
(86/392/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 18 (1) thereof,
Whereas a list of establishments in Argentina, approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community, was drawn up initially by the Commission Decision of 25 November 1980, and was amended and published by Decision 81/91/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 86/294/EEC (4);
Whereas a routine inspection under Article 5 of Directive 72/462/EEC and Article 3 (1) of Commission Decision 83/196/EEC of 8 April 1983 concerning on-the-spot inspections to be carried out in respect of the importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from non-member countries (5) has revealed that the level of hygiene of certain establishments has altered since the last inspection;
Whereas the list of establishments should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 81/91/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 431/2004
of 9 March 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 10 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2480/82
of 13 September 1982
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 in respect of the collection of the co-responsibility levy in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the markets in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1189/82 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Article 4 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1661/82 (4), states that the operations indicated in Article 3 (3) of that Regulation shall be carried out within 45 days following the end of the quarter, in the case of the undertakings mentioned in Article 4 (1) and (1a) of that Regulation, or of the end of the calendar year, in the case of the undertakings mentioned in paragraph 2 of that Article; whereas experience has shown that this period is not long enough for undertakings which fulfil their obligations on an annual basis; whereas a longer period should therefore be set for these undertakings;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 is hereby replaced by the following:
'3. Where the preceding paragraphs are applied the operations indicated in Article 3 (3) shall be carried out at the latest, as appropriate:
- within 45 days of the end of the quarter concerned,
- before 15 May of the year following the calendar year concerned.'
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.
19.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 126/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 753/2005
of 18 May 2005
on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
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),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (3), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the delivery obligations at zero duty of products of CN code 1701, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.
(2) Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the zero duty tariff quotas for products of CN code 1701 11 10, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.
(3) Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 opens tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne for products of CN code 1701 11 10 for imports originating in Brazil, Cuba and other third countries.
(4) In the week of 9 to 13 May 2005 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding a country's delivery obligation quantity of ACP-India preferential sugar determined pursuant to Article 9 of that Regulation.
(5) In these circumstances the Commission must set reduction coefficients to be used so that licences are issued for quantities scaled down in proportion to the total available and must indicate that the limit in question has been reached,
In the case of import licence applications presented from 9 to 13 May 2005 in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 licences shall be issued for the quantities indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.