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26.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1250/2007
of 25 October 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 26 October 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
20.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/59
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 December 2007
on the continuation in the year 2008 of Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of Asparagus officinalis under Council Directive 2002/55/EC started in 2005
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/853/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (1),
Having regard to Commission Decision 2005/5/EC of 27 December 2004 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/33/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC for the years 2005 to 2009 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2005/5/EC sets out the arrangements for the comparative trials and tests to be carried out under Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards Asparagus officinalis from 2005 to 2009.
(2) Trials and tests carried out in 2005, 2006 and 2007 should be continued in 2008,
Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2005 on seeds and propagating material of Asparagus officinalis shall be continued in 2008 in accordance with Decision 2005/5/EC.
18.7.1989 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 206/7
COUNCIL DECISION
of 3 May 1989
on the conclusion of the Third Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community
(89/433/EEC)
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 proposal from the Commission,
Whereas a total suspension by the Republic of Iceland of duties on imports from Spain would facilitate trade between the two countries;
Whereas the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (1) consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972 does not make provision for the Republic of Iceland to suspend customs duties on goods imported from Spain;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to approve a Third Additional Protocol to the abovementioned Agreement in order to provide for the total suspension of duties on products covered by that Agreement imported into Iceland from Spain,
The Third Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 3 of the Protocol (2).
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1222/92  of 12 May 1992  re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 6913, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC)  No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), extended into 1992 by Regulation (EEC) No  3587/91 (2) and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the  preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and  territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN codes 6913, originating in China, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 5 789 000; whereas, on 7 April 1992, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in  question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,
As from 17 May 1992, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China;
Order No  CN code  Description         10.0750  6913  Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles
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.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 July 1999
amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption
(notified under document number C(1999) 2065)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/532/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 of June 1995(1) on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs, as amended by Decision 98/603/EC(2), and in particular Article 2(2) and Article 7 thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Decision 97/296/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 1999/488/EC(4), lists the countries and territories from which importation of fishery products for human consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex lists the names of the countries and territories covered by a specific Decision and part II names those qualifying under Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC;
(2) Whereas Commission Decisions 1999/526/EC(5), 1999/527/EC(6) and 1999/528/EC(7) set specific import conditions for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Yemen, Oman and Panama, respectively. Whereas Yemen, Oman and Panama should therefore be added to part I of the Annex, to the list of countries and territories from which importation of fishery products for human consumption is authorised;
(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex of the present Decision replaces the Annex to the Decision 97/296/EC.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 17 December 1982
on the implementation of the reform of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC
(Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
(82/920/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms (1), as last amended by Directive 81/528/EEC (2), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Whereas the Belgian Government, pursuant to Article 17 (4) of Directive 72/159/EEC, forwarded
- the Royal Decrees of 24 March and 12 July 1982 amending the Royal Decree of 4 October 1976 on the granting of subsidies for the keeping of management accounts,
- the Royal Decree of 22 June 1982 amending the Royal Decree of 21 June 1974 on the modernization of farms,
- the Ministerial Decree of 6 May 1982 on the modernization of farms,
- the Instruction No 86 of 30 August 1982 of the Minister of Agriculture,
- the Instruction No 43 of 30 August 1982 of the Minister of Agriculture;
Whereas Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC requires the Commission to decide whether, having regard to the compatibility with the said Directive of the provisions forwarded, and taking into account the objectives of that Directive and the need for a proper connection between the various measures, the existing provisions for the implementation in Belgium of the reform of agricultural structures pursuant to Directive 72/159/EEC continue, in the light of the abovementioned provisions, to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community,
Whereas the abovementioned regulations and administrative provisions are consistent with the requirements and objectives of Directive 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
Having regard to the regulations and administrative provisions set out in the recitals, the existing provisions for the implementation of Directive 72/159/EEC in Belgium continue to satisfy the conditions for financial contribution by the Community to the common measures referred to in Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1510/93 of 18 June 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of categories 6 and 18 (order Nos 40.0060 and 40.0180), originating in Pakistan, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out  in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Council (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and in  particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for 1993 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities  specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community  level;
Whereas, in respect of products of categories 6 and 18 (order Nos 40.0060 and 40.0180), originating in Pakistan, the relevant ceiling amounts to 1 750 000 pieces and 112 tonnes;
Whereas on 18 February 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Pakistan, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Pakistan,
As from 25 June 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Pakistan:
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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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1709/2001
of 30 August 2001
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the fifth partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
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), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 of 13 July 2001 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(2) requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the fifth partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the fifth partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at 42,217 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
16.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 359/153
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 11 December 2014
authorising the placing on the market of Clostridium butyricum (CBM 588) as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2014) 9345)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2014/907/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 2 February 2012, the company Miyarisan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd made a request to the competent authorities of the United Kingdom to place Clostridium butyricum (CBM 588) on the market as a novel food ingredient to be used in food supplements.
(2) On 14 May 2013, the competent food assessment body of the United Kingdom issued its initial assessment report. In that report it came to the conclusion that Clostridium butyricum (CBM 588) meets the criteria for novel food set out in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.
(3) On 4 September 2013, the Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to the other Member States.
(4) Reasoned objections were raised within the 60-day period laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97. In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 a Commission Implementing Decision should be made that takes into account the objections raised. The additional explanations provided by the applicant alleviated the concerns to the satisfaction of the Member States and the Commission.
(5) Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) lays down requirements on food supplements. The use of Clostridium butyricum (CBM 588) should be authorised without prejudice to the requirements of that legislation.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Clostridium butyricum (CBM 588) as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient to be used in food supplements with a maximum dose of 1,35 × 108 CFU per day without prejudice to the specific provisions of Directive 2002/46/EC.
The designation of Clostridium butyricum (CBM 588) authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Clostridium butyricum MIYAIRI 588 (CBM 588)’ or ‘Clostridium butyricum (CBM 588)’.
This Decision is addressed to Miyarisan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, 1-10-3, Kaminakazato, Kita-Ku, Tokyo 114-0016, Japan.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 869/94 of 18 April 1994 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 779/94 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and those rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to  it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN code indicated in column 2 of the said table.
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.
20.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 290/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1562/2006
of 5 October 2006
concerning the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 in conjunction with Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) By Council Regulation (EEC) No 1708/87 the Community approved an Agreement with the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles (2). The Parties conducted negotiations to replace that Agreement by a Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
(2) Following those negotiations, a Fisheries Partnership Agreement was initialled in March 2005.
(3) The Fisheries Partnership Agreement provides for improved economic, financial, technical and scientific cooperation in the fisheries sector with a view to guaranteeing the conservation and sustainable exploitation of resources, as well as partnerships between undertakings aimed at developing economic activities in the fisheries sector and related activities in the common interest.
(4) That Agreement should be approved.
(5) As a consequence of the entry into force of the new Agreement, Regulation (EEC) No 1708/87 will become obsolete. For reasons of clarity, it should therefore be repealed,
The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (hereafter referred to as the Agreement) 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 authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Regulation (EEC) No 1708/87 is hereby repealed
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.