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COMMISSION DECISION of 28 February 1994 amending Decision 92/25/EEC concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe (94/171/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine, caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by  Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (2), and in particular Articles 14, 15 and 16 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/25/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 93/86/EEC (4), lays down the animal health conditions and veterinary certification of imports of fresh meat from Zimbabwe; whereas this Decision provides that Member States shall  authorize imports of de-boned carcase meat of bovine animals from the regions of Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central, Makoni and Midlands Provinces, excluding the districts of Gokwe, Zvishavane and Mberengwa;
Whereas the situation has improved in relation to foot-and-mouth disease and it is now possible to amend further the regionalization in Zimbabwe, thereby allowing importation into the Community of fresh de-boned meat from Gutu district of Masvingo  Province, Zvishavane district of Midlands Province and Insiza district of Matebeleland South Province derived from animals slaughtered after 1 November 1993;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Decision 92/25/EEC is amended as follows:
1. In Article 1 (1), 'the veterinary regions of Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central, Makoni and Midlands Provinces, excluding the districts of Gokwe, Zvishavane and Mberengwa' is replaced by 'the veterinary regions of Mashonaland  West Province, Mashonaland East Province, Mashonaland Central Province, Mancialand Province (including only Makoni district), Midlands Province (including only the districts of Gweru, Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Chirimanzu and Zvishavane districts), Masvingo  Province (including only the district of Gutu) and Matebeleland South Province (including only the district of Insiza).'
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2180/2002
of 6 December 2002
concerning applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 of 23 May 1995, laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1322/2002(4), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 provides, where this paragraph is specifically referred to when an export refund is fixed, for an interval of three working days between the day of submission of applications and the granting of export licences with advance fixing of the refund and provides that the Commission is to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if applications for export licences exceed the quantities which may be exported. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2119/2002(5) fixes refunds under the procedure provided for in the abovementioned paragraph for 1389 tonnes for the destination R01 defined in the Annex to that Regulation.
(2) For the destination R01, quantities applied for on 5 December 2002 are in excess of the available quantity, a percentage reduction should therefore be fixed for export licence applications submitted on 5 December 2002.
(3) In view of its purpose, this Regulation should take effect from the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities,
For the destination R01 defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2119/2002, applications for export licences for rice and broken rice with advance fixing of the refund submitted under that Regulation on 5 December 2002 shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for to which a percentage reduction of 38,83 % has been applied.
For the destination R01 defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2119/2002, applications for export licences for rice and broken rice submitted from 6 December 2002 shall not give rise to the issue of export licences under that Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 725/2003
of 24 April 2003
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 581/2003
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), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2003(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, may decide to fix maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty 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 18 to 24 April 2003, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 581/2003, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 39,98 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 70253 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 April 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
14.10.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/50
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 October 2006
amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of hexavalent chromium
(notified under document number C(2006) 4791)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/692/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2002/95/EC requires the Commission to evaluate certain hazardous substances prohibited pursuant to Article 4(1) of that Directive.
(2) Certain materials and components containing hexavalent chromium should be exempted from the prohibition, since the use of this hazardous substance in those specific materials and components is still unavoidable, or because the negative environmental, health or consumer safety impacts caused by substitution are likely to outweigh the environmental, health or consumer safety benefits thereof. The exemption is granted on the basis of the results of a review process carried out by technical experts taking into account available evidence from studies, stakeholders and other scientific/technical sources. This review concluded that the elimination or substitution of the substance is still technically or scientifically impracticable until 1 July 2007. A similar exemption is provided in Directive 2000/53/EC on End of Life Vehicles.
(3) Some exemptions from the prohibition for certain specific materials or components should be limited in their scope, in order to achieve a gradual phase-out of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, given that the use of those substances in such applications will become avoidable.
(4) Pursuant to Article 5(1)(c) of Directive 2002/95/EC each exemption listed in the Annex must be subject to a review at least every four years or four years after an item is added to the list.
(5) Directive 2002/95/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2002/95/EC, the Commission has consulted the relevant parties.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),
In the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC the following point 28 is added:
‘28. Hexavalent chromium in corrosion preventive coatings of unpainted metal sheetings and fasteners used for corrosion protection and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding in equipment falling under category three of Directive 2002/96/EC (IT and telecommunications equipment). Exemption granted until 1 July 2007.’
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1837/2003
of 17 October 2003
fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 128th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter of intervention stocks that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 128th individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1126/78  of 22 May 1978  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 on the common organization of the market in rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1125/78 of 22 May 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in cereals (3) enables inter alia a production refund to be granted for maize used for the manufacture of groats and meal used in the brewing industry;
Whereas such a production refund should also be available for broken rice used by the brewing industry for the production of beer, thereby according it the same advantages as starch and maize groats and meal ; whereas this also involves laying down the same period during which this refund may be granted as that laid down for starch and for maize groats and meal used in brewing,
Article 9 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (4), is hereby amended to read as follows:
"1. A production refund may be granted for broken rice used:    (a) in the manufacture of starch;
(b) by the brewing industry for the production of beer.
However, the production refund for products intended for the brewing of beer may be granted until the end of the 1978/79 marketing year only."
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 19 October 1977.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
4.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 63/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 383/2006
of 3 March 2006
fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 4th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies may sell by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter of intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of that Regulation lays down that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further laid down that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure. The amount of the processing security as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should be fixed accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 4rd individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the amount of the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter and the amount the processing security, as referred to in Articles 25 and 28 of that Regulation respectively, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 702/95 of 30 March  1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 478/95 on additional rules for the application of Council  Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff quota arrangements for imports of bananas into the  Community and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization  of the market in bananas  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94  (2), and in  particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas Article 4 (1) (a) and (b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95  (3), lays down that  when, for one or more given origins, a reduction coefficient is applied, an operator who has  submitted an application for an import licence for the origin or origins in question may either  refuse the issue of a licence for a reduced quantity or, for a quantity less than or equal to the  quantity applied for but not covered by the licence issued, submit a new application for origins to  which no coefficient reduction is applicable within five working days of the publication of the  regulation fixing the reducing coefficient;
Whereas in view of the applications submitted by those in the trade, a longer time limit should be  laid down for exercising one of the above options; whereas this must allow the operators involved  to find other suppliers under favourable conditions for the origins for which quantities remain  available for the quarter in question;
Whereas provision should be made for the immediate application of this Regulation so that the  operators who have submitted applications for import licences for the second quarter of 1995 can  benefit from these provisions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Bananas,
Regulation (EC) No 478/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  The words 'five working days` in Article 4 (1) (a) are replaced by '10 working days`.
2.  The first sentence in Article 4 (1) (b) is replaced by the following:
'or, within an overall limit of a quantity less than or equal to the quantity applied for but not  covered by the licence issued, submit one or more new applications for a licence for products of  origins for which the available quantities for the quarter in question are published by the  Commission.`
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.
11.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/29
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 116/2012
of 9 February 2012
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia, (1) and in particular Articles 11(a) and 11(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 lists the natural and legal persons, bodies and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation; Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 lists the competent authorities to which specific functions relating to the implementation of that Regulation are attributed.
(2) On 23 December 2011, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council with its decision No. SC/10510 decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly,
(3) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 should also be updated, on the basis of the information most recently provided by Member States regarding the identification of competent authorities.
(4) Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 is hereby amended as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 shall be replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
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.
COUNCIL  DECISION
of 17 September 1987
relating to maritime transport between Italy and Algeria
(87/475/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 of 22 December 1986 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport between Member States and between Member States and third countries (1), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the question of Algerian practices of cargo reservation was raised by the Italian delegation in July 1985 in the context of the consultation procedure on shipping matters established by Council Decision 77/587/EEC (2) and led to a Community demarche in October 1985;
Whereas the Italian Government submitted to the Commission on 17 March 1987 the text of an Agreement on Maritime Transport and Navigation between the Italian Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria which was signed on 28 February 1987 but has not been ratified;
Whereas this submission is exceptionally to be treated as information for the purposes of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86;
Whereas Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 provides that the Council shall decide on the necessary action where a Member State's nationals or shipping companies do not have an effective opportunity to ply for trade to and from a particular third country;
Whereas Algeria recently ratified the United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conference, which entered into force for that country on 12 June 1987;
Whereas the provisions of the aforementioned Agreement need to be applied in such a way as to avoid a conflict with the obligations of the Member States under Community law, in particular with respect to fair, free and non-discriminatory access to cargoes by Community nationals or shipping companies, including independent lines;
Whereas Italy may in these circumstances ratify the Agreement,
The Italian Republic may ratify its Agreement on Maritime Transport and Navigation with the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, signed on 28 February 1987, on the understanding that Italy:
(a) will take the necessary steps to accede as soon as possible, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 (3), to the United States Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences;
(b) will reiterate to Algeria that the provisions of the Agreement will be implemented in accordance with Community law;
(c) will report to the Member States and the Commission, within not later than one year of notification of this Decision, on the implementation of the Agreement.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.