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COMMISSION DECISION of 14 December 1994 amending Decision 93/452/EEC authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC, in respect of plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and  Pinus L., respectively, originating in Japan (94/816/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by  Directive 94/13/EC (2), and in particular Article 14 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the request made by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom,
Whereas, under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., other than fruit and seeds, originating in non-European countries, may in principle not be introduced into the Community;
Whereas Commission Decision 93/452/EEC (3) permits derogations for plants of Chamaecyparis Spach., Juniperus L. and Pinus L. respectively, originating in Japan for a given period, provided that certain improved technical conditions are satisfied;
Whereas Decision 93/452/EEC stipulated that the authorization should apply until 31 December 1994 in the case of Pinus and Chamaecyparis plants, and until 31 March 1994 in the case of Juniperus plants;
Whereas there is no new information giving cause for revision of the technical conditions;
Whereas the circumstances justifying the authorization still obtain;
Whereas the authorization should therefore be extended for a further limited period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Decision 93/452/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1 (2) (h), fourth indent, '93/452/EEC' is replaced by '94/816/EC';
2. In Article 3 '31 December 1994' is replaced by '31 December 1996';
3. In Article 3 the words 'period between 1 November 1993 and 31 March 1994' are replaced by 'periods between 1 December 1994 to 31 March 1995 and 1 November 1995 to 31 March 1996'.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
24.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 195/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 701/2008
of 23 July 2008
establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in Norwegian waters of I and II by vessels flying the flag of Poland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
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.
22.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/29
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1366/2011
of 19 December 2011
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Pataca de Galicia / Patata de Galicia (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) By virtue of 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 ‘Pataca de Galicia / Patata de Galicia’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 148/2007 (2).
(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, as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation (3). 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 contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
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.
REGULATION (EEC) No 922/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 2 May 1972 laying down general rules for granting aid in respect of silkworms for the 1972/73 rearing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 845/721 of 24 April 1972 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing, and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 states that aid is to be granted in respect of silkworms reared within the Community and whereas the general rules of application provided for in that Article should be adopted;
Whereas, in order to simplify the application of the system of aid, in each Member State aid should be granted solely in respect of silkworms reared within the territory of that State;
Whereas, in order to ensure the proper functioning of that system it is necessary to determine who is eligible and to specify certain requirements for granting aid;
Whereas it is necessary to introduce a system of administrative control ensuring that aid is granted only in respect of eligible products;
Whereas the detailed rules for calculating the aid should be specified in order to ensure uniform application of that system;
Whereas this Regulation should be in force only for a period which will enable its effectiveness to be assessed;
In the case of the 1972/73 rearing year, the general rules laid down in the following Articles shall apply to the granting, in respect of silkworms reared within the Community, of the aid provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72.
1. A Member State shall, when requested by a rearer, grant aid in respect of silkworms reared within its territory.
2. Member States are authorized to grant aid solely to rearers who have obtained their boxes of eggs from an approved body and who, on successful completion of rearing, have delivered the cocoons which have been produced to an approved body.
3. Silkworm rearing shall be considered as successfully completed where a minimum number of cocoons is produced from the boxes of eggs used ; this minimum number has yet to be specified.
The producer Member States shall introduce an administrative control to ensure that the product for which aid is requested meets the requirements for the granting of aid.
The amount of aid shall be calculated per box of silkworm eggs.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  1 OJ No L 100, 27.4.1972, p. 1.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1314/84
of 11 May 1984
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on other static converters, falling within subheading 85.01 B ex II and originating in Hong Kong, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of that Regulation, duties on the products listed in Annex B originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 12;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 12, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, causes, or threatens to cause, economic difficulties in the Community or in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may be re-established, once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered shall be, as a general rule, 150 % of the highest maximum amount valid for 1980;
Whereas, in the case of other static converters falling within subheading 85.01 B ex II, the reference base is fixed at 2 498 450 ECU; whereas, on 7 May 1984, imports of these products into the Community originating in Hong Kong reached the reference base in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas the exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community; whereas, therefore, customs duties in respect of the products in question must be re-established against Hong Kong,
As from 15 May 1984, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Hong Kong:
1.2 //   //   // CCT heading No  // Description  //   //  // 85.01 B ex II (NIMEXE code 85.01-88)  // Other static converters  //   //
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 970/2002
of 6 June 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except for the United States of America, Canada, Estonia and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 901/2002(5).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund 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 4 to 6 June 2002, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be EUR 5,00/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 June 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
15.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 243/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1291/2004
of 14 July 2004
fixing for the 2003/2004 marketing year the specific agricultural conversion rate applicable to the minimum sugarbeet prices and the production levy and additional levy in the sugar sector for the currencies of those Member States which have not adopted the single currency
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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93 of 30 June 1993 establishing special detailed rules for applying the agricultural conversion rate in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1713/93, the minimum sugarbeet prices referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and the production levy and additional levy referred to, respectively, in Articles 15 and 16 of that Regulation are to be converted into national currency using a specific agricultural conversion rate equal to the average, calculated pro rata temporis, of the agricultural conversion rates applicable during the marketing year in question.
(2) Since 1 January 1999, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (3), the fixing of conversion rates should be restricted to the specific agricultural conversion rates between the euro and the national currencies of those Member States which have not adopted the single currency.
(3) The specific agricultural conversion rate for the minimum sugarbeet prices and the production levy and the additional levy for the 2003/2004 marketing year should therefore be fixed in the various national currencies,
The specific agricultural conversion rate to be used for the conversion of the minimum sugarbeet prices as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, and of the production levy and, where appropriate, the additional levy referred to in Articles 15 and 16 respectively of that Regulation, into each of the national currencies of the Member States which have not adopted the single currency shall be fixed, for the 2003/2004 marketing year, as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July 2004.
It shall apply from 1 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
23.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 375/30
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2004
amending Decision 2004/614/EC as regards the period of application of protection measures relating to avian influenza in South Africa
(notified under document number C(2004) 5011)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/892/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Commission Decision 2004/614/EC of 24 August 2004 concerning protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Republic of South Africa (3), the Commission adopted protection measures in relation to avian influenza in ratite flocks in South Africa.
(2) At least six months should pass after destruction of the ratites and disinfection of the infected holdings before imports of meat of ratites and their eggs from South Africa may be allowed into the Community again. In view of the situation the protection measures already adopted should be prolonged.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 7 of Decision 2004/614/EC, the date ‘1 January 2005’ is replaced by the date ‘31 March 2005’.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 925/2001
of 11 May 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 12 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3686/87
of 8 December 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 60/85 on the restriction on exports of steel pipes and tubes to the United States of America
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 Regulation (EEC) No 60/85 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3711/85 (2), established restrictions on exports to the United States of America of certain steel pipes and tubes originating in the Communiy;
Whereas economic links have been established between Community undertakings and their subsidiaries in the United States, the latter being supplied by Community undertakings with semi-finished tubes for tube production; whereas the allocation of the Community quota among Member States, as set out in Annex III to the aforementioned Regulation, takes account of the special situation of these undertakings with a subsidiary in the United States;
Whereas the criteria for the allocation of licences should take account of this special situation; whereas it is therefore necessary to add to the list of criteria laid down for the issue of licences by the Member States the case of Community undertakings which have a subsidiary in the United States and which supply that subsidiary with semi-finished tubes for the production of finished tubes,
The second indent of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 60/85 shall be replaced by the following:
'- compliance with the traditional export patterns of undertakings taking account of the reduction principles established by this Regulation and possibly the situation of new producers of pipes and tubes and of undertakings having a subsidiary in the United States which they supply with semi-finished tubes for tube production.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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.