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21.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 49/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 304/2006
of 20 February 2006
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme (3). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling 24,855 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 684/85
of 13 March 1985
amending during the marketing year the representative market price and the threshold price for olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 231/85 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 683/85 of 13 March 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 4 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC with regard to the adjustment during the marketing year of the representative market price and the threshold price for olive oil (3), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3014/84 (4) fixed, for the 1984/85 marketing year, the representative market price and the threshold price for olive oil at 196,87 ECU per 100 kilograms and 195,74 ECU per 100 kilograms respectively and the percentages to be deducted from the consumption aid in accordance with Article 11 (5) and (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC at 2,2 and 4 %;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 683/85 defined the criteria according to which the factors which were used to fix the previous representative market price may be considered as a marked change; whereas it follows from the application of these criteria that the representative market price and the threshold price for olive oil currently in force should be amended; whereas, therefore, the percentages deducted in accordance with Article 11 (5) and (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC should be amended in such a way as to maintain the overall amount that results from the application of the previously determined deductions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The representative market price and the threshold price for olive oil shall be fixed as follows:
- representative market price: 208,80 ECU per 100 kilograms,
- threshold price: 207,67 ECU per 100 kilograms.
1. The percentage of the consumption aid referred to in Article 11 (5) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC is hereby fixed at 2,9.
2. The percentage of the consumption aid to be allocated for the campaigns and projects referred to in Article 11 (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC is hereby fixed at 5,3.
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2003
of 2 April 2003
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 concerning the quota volume of certain autonomous Community tariff quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 of 20 December 1996 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2287/2002(2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The quota amount provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 for certain autonomous Community tariff quotas is insufficient to meet the needs of the Community industry for the current quota period.
(2) In order to ensure uninterrupted use of these quotas, amounts should be increased with effect from 1 January 2003 or 1 July 2002 depending on the starting date of these quotas.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is hereby amended as follows:
1. For the quota period from 1 January to 30 June 2003 the amount of the tariff quota of which the order number is 09.2612 is replaced by 150 tonnes.
2. For the quota period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 the amount of the tariff quota of which the order number is 09.2976 is replaced by 900000 units.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2003, except for Article 1(2) which shall apply from 1 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
22.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 53/23
COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 February 2007
extending the period of application of the measures in Decision 2002/148/EC concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
(2007/127/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) and revised in Luxembourg on 25 August 2005 (2),
Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (3) and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 2002/148/EC (4), the consultations with the Republic of Zimbabwe under Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement were concluded and appropriate measures, as specified in the Annex to that Decision, were taken.
(2) By Decision 2006/114/EC the application of the measures referred to in Article 2 of Decision 2002/148/EC, which had been extended until 20 February 2004 by Article 1 of Decision 2003/112/EC (5), until 20 February 2005 by Article 1 of Decision 2004/157/EC (6) and until 20 February 2006 by Article 1 of Decision 2005/139/EC (7), were extended for a further period of 12 months until 20 February 2007.
(3) The essential elements cited in Article 9 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement continue to be violated by the Government of Zimbabwe and the current conditions in Zimbabwe do not ensure respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law.
(4) The period of application of the measures should therefore be extended,
The period of application of the measures referred to in Article 2 of Decision 2002/148/EC shall be extended until 20 February 2008. The measures shall be kept under constant review.
The letter in the Annex to this Decision shall be addressed to the President of Zimbabwe.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2612/95 of 9 November 1995 amending  Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff  quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco,  the occupied territories, Tunisia and Turkey and providing detailed rules for extending and  adapting these tariff quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 of 25 July 1994 opening and providing for the  administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus,  Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the occupied territories, Tunisia and Turkey and providing  detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas  (1), as amended by Commission  Regulation (EC) No 298/95  (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, in the context of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations the import regime  for tomatoes and courgettes has been changed;
Whereas Article 25 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the  Kingdom of Morocco provides that, where the existing rules are changed, the Community may amend the  regime set out in the Agreement for the products concerned;
Whereas the Community has agreed with the Kingdom of Morocco that the said regime will be adjusted  on the basis of an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters  (3);
Whereas by Regulation (EC) No 298/95 the Commission adapted the Community's import arrangements for  tomatoes and courgettes from Morocco to what had been agreed in the agreement in the form of an  exchange of letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco; whereas under the  terms of this agreement the quantity of tomatoes eligible to benefit from a reduction of additional  specific duty should be fixed for the period 1 November 1995 to 31 March 1996, at 130  000 tonnes;
Whereas the measures provided in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs  Code Committee,
In Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 1981/94, the table for order  numbers 09.1117 is replaced by the following table:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 November 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 15 February 1991  approving the German programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in general in Baden Wuerttemburg  (91/100/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 of 21 March 1989 establishing a system of transitional aids to agricultural income (1), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3813/89 of 19 December 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of transitional aids to agricultural income (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1279/90 (3), and in particular  Article 10
(3) thereof,
Whereas on 18 September 1990 the Federal Republic of Germany notified the Commission of its intention to introduce a programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in general in Baden-Wuerttemberg; whereas the Commission received additional information  concerning this programme from the German authorities on 24 January 1991;
Whereas on 23 January 1991 the Management Committee for Agricultural Income Aids was consulted on the measures provided for in this Decision;
Whereas on 23 January 1991 the EAGGF Committee was consulted on the maximum amounts that may be charged annually to the Community budget as a result of approving the programme,
Article 1
The programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in general in Baden-Wuerttemberg notified to the Commission by the German authorities on 18 September 1990 is hereby approved.  Article 2
The maximum amounts that may be charged annually to the Community budget as a result of this Decision shall be as follows:
(in ecus)  1991  5 336 000  1992  6 670 000  1993  5 550 000  1994  4 429 000  1995  3 308 000  1996  854 000
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 16 November 1987
on the modernization of farms in Denmark, pursuant to Council Directive 72/159/EEC
(Only the Danish text is authentic)
(87/558/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), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 25 February 1986 the Danish Government forwarded, pursuant to Article 17 (4) of Directive 72/159/EEC, Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture No 147 of 17 April 1985 amending the Decree on subsidies for the keeping of accounts on farms;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/EEC the Commission must decide whether, having regard to the compliance of the abovementioned provisions with the aforementioned Directive and to the objectives of the latter, and to the need for a proper connection between the various measures, the conditions for a financial contribution by the Community are satisfied;
Whereas the abovementioned subsidies for the keeping of accounts on farms meet the conditions laid down in Article 11 of Directive 72/159/EEC;
Whereas the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
Taking into account the provisions communicated, the measures adopted by the Danish Government to implement Directive 72/159/EEC continue to meet the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community to the common measure provided for in Article 15 of that Directive.
This Decision is addressed to Denmark.
COMMISSION DECISION of 10 February 1992 on the conclusion of a Protocol on trade and commercial and economic cooperation between the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), on the one hand, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, on the other  (92/155/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Whereas, following the Council Decision of 25 February 1991, the Commission conducted negotiations with the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic which have resulted in a Protocol on trade and commercial and economic cooperation in respect of products  covered by the ECSC Treaty;
Whereas the conclusion of this Agreement is indispensable for the attainment of the objectives of the Community as defined inter alia in Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty establishing the ECSC;
Whereas this Decision does not affect the powers of the Member States in matters of commercial policy referred to in Article 71 of the Treaty;
After consulting the ECSC Consultative Committee and having obtained the unanimous assent of the Council,
The Protocol on trade and commercial and economic cooperation between the ECSC, on the one hand, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, on the other, is hereby approved on behalf of the ECSC.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The Commission shall designate the member of the Commission empowered to sign the Protocol so as to bind the ECSC.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 444/92  of 25 February 1992  extending Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the  African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (1), and in particular Article 31 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas at present the application of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is limited to 29 February 1992; whereas, however, the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention, signed at LomĂŠ on 15 December 1989, entered into force on 1 September 1991 (2) and applies until 29  February 2000; whereas, as a result, the application of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 should be extended to the latter date as far as products originating in the ACP States are concerned;
Whereas, moreover, by Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories (OCT) with the European Economic Community (3), the Community adopted special arrangements for products originating in the OCT;  whereas these new arrangements which entered into force on 20 September 1991 provide that all products originating in the OCT shall be totally exempt from customs duties and charges having equivalent effect when imported into the Community; whereas, as  a result, as far as the OCT are concerned, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 have become obsolete; whereas, as a result, Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 should be extended exclusively for products originating in the ACP States,
Articles 1 to 25 and 27 to 30 (1) and (2), as well as Article 31 and Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, are extended until 29 February 2000, in so far as agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of  agricultural products originating in ACP States are concerned.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 20 September 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1177/98 of 5 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 with regard to use of the animal identification code by Italy (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of 21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products (1), and in particular Article 10(a), (b) and (c) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 (2) lays down detailed rules regarding eartags, holding registers and passports as part of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals;
Whereas as far as the code for the identification of bovine animals is concerned, it seems appropriate to take into account the difficulties pointed out by the Italian authorities and to permit those authorities to use a maximum of three supplementary characters; whereas it is important to stipulate that those supplementary characters may not form part of the numeric code;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 should therefore be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2629/97:
'4. In addition to the information provided for in paragraph 1, the Italian central competent authority may use a maximum of three supplementary characters. Those characters shall not form part of the numeric code provided for by point (b) of paragraph 2.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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.
Council Decision
of 10 February 2004
appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2004/172/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Spanish Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions(1).
(2) The seat of an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr Juan GONZALEZ BLASCO, of which the Council was notified on 23 January 2004,
Ms Laura DE ESTEBAN, Directora-General - Gobierno de la Communidad Autónoma de Madrid, is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Juan GONZALEZ BLASCO for the remainder of his term of office, which ends on 25 January 2006.