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COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 3526/82
of 22 December 1982
amending for the 11th time Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 establishing a list of agencies in non-member importing countries entitled to issue invitations to tender in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1183/82 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (3) and 17 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3115/82 (4), established a list of agencies in non-member importing countries entitled to issue invitations to tender in the milk and milk products sector;
Whereas in the light of the most recent information available to the Commission on the trade practices followed by the importing countries concerned and the official nature of the agencies in question this Regulation should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/81 is amended as follows:
The list of issuing organizations should be completed by addition of the following organizations, insertion being made in the alphabetical order of the importing country:
1.2 // Importing country  // Issuing organization  // Pakistan:  // Government of Pakistan Ministry of Defence, Directorate-General Procurement (Army), Ministry of Defence (ddp) (iii), 265 Mohammad Hussain Road, Rawalpindi  // Venezuela:  // Comandancia general de la marina, Base aerea la Carlota, Hangar la Marina, Caracas
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 1131/2001
of 8 June 2001
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2282/2000
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 organization of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(2), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2282/2000(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice 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,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain European third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2282/2000 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 1 to 7 June 2001 at 200,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 12 October 1988
approving an integrated Mediterranean programme for the Sicilia region
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(88/539/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean programmes (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Italy has presented to the Commission an integrated Mediterranean programme for the Sicilia region, hereinafter Sicilia IMP;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85, the Sicilia IMP has been submitted in amended form to the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, which has given a favourable opinion;
Whereas the Sicilia IMP, including its financial plan, may therefore be approved by the Commission;
Whereas the Sicilia IMP relates to the period from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1992 inclusive;
Whereas the Sicilia IMP contains measures which constitute a specific programme of action eligible for assistance from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section, by virtue of the second paragraph of Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85;
Whereas in order to ensure its effectiveness the Sicilia IMP will be carried out in successive phases and will be subject to later decisions when the conditions for the granting of Community contributions have been met;
Whereas the expenditure on the measures constituting the Sicilia IMP is estimated at 231 141 000 ECU;
Whereas the Community contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 is estimated at 37 470 000 ECU,
The Sicilia IMP in the version submitted to the Commission on 18 December 1986, as subsequently modified after examination by the Commission and following consultation of the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, is hereby approved. The estimates of total expenditure and the estimated contributions from each Community budgetary source are shown in the financial plan of the Sicilia IMP.
In so far as the measures are carried out in accordance with the Sicilia IMP, within the limits of the overall expenditure estimates and in compliance with the rules and procedures relating to each source of Community financing, the Commission shall pay the Community contributions specified in the Sicilia IMP.
The contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 shall not exceed 37 470 000 ECU in respect of the expenditure to be incurred in the period from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1992 on measures to be financed in the context of the Sicilia IMP, estimated at 231 141 000 ECU.
Pursuant to Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85, a first instalment from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of that Regulation amounting to 3 151 000 ECU is hereby committed in accordance with the financial plan of the Sicilia IMP.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2626/1999
of 13 December 1999
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
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 2204/1999(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It is necessary to make a distinction between mushrooms prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid of subheading 2001 90 50 on the one hand and mushrooms otherwise prepared or preserved than by vingegar or acetic acid of subheading 2003 10 on the other hand;
(2) According to the text of the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading No 2001, amongst other additivies, salt can be added to products of that heading. In this case salt has been added for the purposes of the preparation only;
(3) In order to be able to make the distinction with products of subheading 2003 10, it seems necessary to limit the total content of salt in products of subheading 2001 90 50;
(4) It seems appropriate to limit the salt content to a maximum of 2,5 % by weight;
(5) It is necessary to clarify Additional Note No 1 to Chapter 20 to reflect this decision;
(6) Points 3 and 4 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1196/97(3), that previously served to classify such products on the basis of their vinegar content, irrespective of the salt content, should be repealed;
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee;
Additional Note 1 of Chapter 20 of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is replaced by: "1. For the purposes of heading No 2001, vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid must have a content of free, volatile acid of 0,5 % by weight or more, expressed as acetic acid. In addition mushrooms falling under subheading 2001 90 50 should not have a salt content exceeding 2,5 % by weight."
Points 3 and 4 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1196/97 are hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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.
27.5.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 137/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 457/2008
of 23 May 2008
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), 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 Community provisions, 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 codes 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 codes 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.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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.
3.9.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 845/2013
of 30 August 2013
establishing a prohibition of fishing for mackerel in areas VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIId by vessels flying the flag of Germany
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2013.
(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 2013.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
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 2013 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities 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. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1143/94 of 18 May 1994 re-etablishing the levying of the customs duties applicable to products falling within CN code 4820 50 00 originating in South Korea, to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council  Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 (1) applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries, extended for 1994 by Regulation (EC) No 3668/93  of 20 December 1993 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, customs duties on certain products originating in each of the countries of territories listed in Annex III are totally suspended from 1 January 1994 to 30 June 1994, and the products as such  are, as a general rule, subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 8;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 8, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary country, threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may  be reintroduced, once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered is equal, as a general rule, to 6,615 % of the total importations into the  Community, originating from third countries in 1988;
Whereas, in the case of the products of the combined nomenclature code and origin indicated in the table below, the reference base is fixed at the levels indicated in that table:
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Whereas that reference base was reached on 27 March 1994 by charges of imports into the Community of the products in question originating in South Korea; 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 must be reintroduced for the products in question,
As from 23 May 1994, the levying of customs duties, suspended from 1 January 1994 to 30 June 1994 in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 shall be reintroduced on imports into the Community of the products indicated in the table  below:
"" ID="1">4820 50 00> ID="2">- Albums for samples or for collections> ID="3">South Korea">
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 1206/2003
of 4 July 2003
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1175/2003(2), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(4), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.
(3) On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 2 July 2003, the quantity still available for the period until 31 August 2003, for destination zone 3: eastern Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, the submission of applications and the issue of licences should be suspended for this zone until 16 September 2003,
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 25 June to 1 July 2003 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 100,00 % of the quantities requested for zone 3: eastern Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 2 July 2003 and the submission of export licence applications from 5 July 2003 for destination zone 3: eastern Europe shall be suspended until 16 September 2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
12.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 208/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 735/2009
of 11 August 2009
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 727/2009 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 August 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3077/92  of 26 October 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 618/90 laying down rules for drawing up the annual inventory of agricultural products in public storage
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3492/90 of 27 November 1990 laying down the factors to be taken into consideration in the annual accounts for the financing of intervention measures in the form of public storage by the European Agricultural  Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3492/90 provides that intervention agencies must establish inventories of products in public intervention storage;
Whereas Annex III to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 618/90 (2) indicates the physical inspection procedure for each product concerned; whereas certain types of cheese have been bought into intervention since that time; whereas the relevant inspection  method must be defined;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 618/90 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 October 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.