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26.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 56/16
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 24 February 2014
amending Decision 2004/3/EC as regards the applicable Union grades
(notified under document C(2014) 1081)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/105/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes (1), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2004/3/EC (2) refers to the grades of basic seed potatoes determined by Commission Directive 93/17/EEC (3). Directive 93/17/EEC was replaced by Commission Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU (4). That Directive sets out requirements as regards harmful organisms, as well as other requirements.
(2) In view of that replacement, it is necessary to accordingly replace the references to grades in Decision 2004/3/EC. The new references should correspond to the requirements as regards harmful organisms only.
(3) Decision 2004/3/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) It is appropriate that this Decision applies from the same date as Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU will apply.
(5) 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,
Article 1 of Decision 2004/3/EC is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
The Member States listed in column 1 of Annex I are authorised, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in the regions listed against their names in column 2 of Annex I, to restrict the marketing of seed potatoes to basic seed potatoes as follows:
(a) for seed potato production, to any of the following:
(i) basic seed potatoes that fulfil the conditions for “Union grade S” set out in point 1(a)(ii)-(v) and point 1(b)(i)-(iv) of Annex I to Commission Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU (5), or
(ii) basic seed potatoes that fulfil the conditions for “Union grade SE” set out in point 2(a)(ii)-(v) and point 2(b)(i)-(iv) of Annex I to Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU;
(b) for potato production, to any of the following:
(i) basic seed potatoes that fulfil the conditions of “Union grade S” set out in point 1(a)(ii)-(v) and point 1(b)(i)-(iv) of Annex I to Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU,
(ii) basic seed potatoes that fulfil the conditions for “Union grade SE” set out in point 2(a)(ii)-(v) and point 2(b)(i)-(iv) of Annex I to Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU, or
(iii) basic seed potatoes that fulfil the conditions for “Union grade E” set out in point 3(a)(ii)-(v) and point 3(b)(i)-(iv) of Annex I to Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2016.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2024/2001
of 16 October 2001
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), 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 17 October 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 200/93 of 29 January 1993 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3053/92 prolonging the second suspension of the advance fixing of the import levy for certain cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/92 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 15 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 15 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that the provisions concerning advance fixing of the levy may be suspended if the market situation shows that the application of such provisions will or is likely to cause difficulties;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3053/92 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3152/92 (4), suspended advance fixing of the import levy for certain cereals; whereas under present circumstances suspension of advance fixing is no longer necessary;  whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3053/92 should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3053/92 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
1.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/2
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 October 2010
on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of an Agreement in the form of a Protocol between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part
(2011/59/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 February 2006 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with partners in the Mediterranean region in order to establish a dispute settlement mechanism related to trade provisions.
(2) Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in consultation with the committee appointed under Article 207 of the Treaty and within the framework of the negotiating directives issued by the Council.
(3) These negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of a Protocol (‘the Protocol’) between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part (1) was initialled on 27 April 2010.
(4) The Protocol should be signed,
The signing of the Agreement in the form of a Protocol between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part (‘the Protocol’) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Protocol (2).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol, on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 162/92  of 24 January 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2436/91 opening an invitation to tender for the sale of baled tobacco held by the German, Greek and Italian intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF  THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1737/91 (2), and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4),  and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2436/91 (5) opened an invitation to tender for the sale for export of baled tobacco held by the German, Greek and Italian intervention agencies;
Whereas the time limit for take-over of the tobacco by the successful tenderer should be fixed taking account in particular of the quantities in question, of experience gained and of the requirements of sound financial management;
Whereas the conversion rates to be applied should be fixed in such a way that the tenderers can calculate definitively the prices they offer when they submit their tenders;
Whereas the varieties of tobacco offered in the fourth sale are varieties for which there is great demand on the market; whereas the results of the first two sales indicate the stability of international market prices and, as a result, distinguishing  the lots on the basis of the tobacco harvest year would enhance the value;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
Regulation (EEC) No 2436/91 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 4 is replaced by the following:
'Article 4
The closing date referred to in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3389/73 for removal of the tobacco by the successful tenderer shall be at the end of the third month following the date of publication of the outcome of the invitation to tender in the  Official Journal of the European Communities.'
2. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
'Article 7
Amounts expressed in ecus shall be converted in national currency using the agricultural conversion rates applicable on the deadline for the submission of tenders as provided for in Article 3.'
3. The description of the lots for the fourth sale as given in the Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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 1451/98 of 7 July 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1324/96 establishing the supply balance for the Azores and Madeira in the rice products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/98 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas common detailed rules for the implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the Azores and Madeira are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93 (4);
Whereas, for the purposes of applying Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, the forecast supply balance for the Azores and Madeira should be drawn up for rice-sector products on the basis of the islands' requirements; whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1324/96 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2468/97 (6), should accordingly be replaced by the Annex hereto;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1324/96 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
18.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 371/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2178/2004
of 17 December 2004
fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 9th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 214/2001
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(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2001 of 12 January 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in skimmed milk (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 214/2001.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling price should be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 9th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 214/2001, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 14 December 2004, the minimum selling price for skimmed milk is fixed at 204,00 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2361/96 of 10 December 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member State except Spain and Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993, establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2870/95 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 of 22 December 1995 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1952/96 (4), provides for horse mackerel quotas for 1996;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII, a, b, d, e, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State except Spain and Portugal or registered in a Member State except Spain and Portugal have reached the quota allocated to the Member States except Spain and Portugal for 1996;
Whereas catches of horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain or Portugal or registered in Spain or Portugal have not reached the flat-rate quantity allocated to Spain or the quantity allocated to Portugal,
Catches of horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State except Spain or Portugal or registered in a Member State except Spain or Portugal are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Community except Spain and Portugal for 1996.
Fishing for horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State except Spain or Portugal or registered in a Member State except Spain and Portugal is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the above mentioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
27.4.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 117/10
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 385/2013
of 22 April 2013
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also 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 provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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.
6.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 31/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 110/2007
of 5 February 2007
determining the extent to which applications for import rights lodged in respect of the quota for frozen meat of bovine animals, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 704/2006, can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 704/2006 of 8 May 2006 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007) (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 704/2006 fixes at 53 000 tonnes the quantity of the quota in respect of which Community importers can lodge an application for import rights based on the quantities of beef falling under CN code 0201, 0202, 0206 10 95 or 0206 29 91 imported by him/her or on his/her account under the relevant customs provisions, between 1 May 2005 and 30 April 2006. As the import rights applied for exceed the available quantity referred to in Article 1, a reduction coefficient should be fixed in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 704/2006,
Each application for import rights lodged during the month of January 2007 in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 704/2006 shall be accepted at a rate of 4,743334 % of the import rights applied for.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 February 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
13.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 151/32
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 May 2007
appointing a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2007/401/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 Belgian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 January 2006 the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).
(2) A seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr CEREXHE,
Ms Evelyne HUYTEBROECK, Minister for the Environment, Energy, Tourism and Welfare of the Brussels Capital Regional Government, is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr CEREXHE for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.