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COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2591/85
of 13 September 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1351/72 on the recognition of producer groups for hops
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1351/72 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2564/77 (3), lays down the terms and conditions on which recognition may be extended to or withdrawn from a group of producers or a union of recognized producer groups by Member States;
Whereas, in cases where production aid is granted to recognized producer groups, it may be used for schemes aimed at stabilizing the market; whereas Member States should monitor the use made of aid by recognized producer groups in the light of the tasks assigned to them; whereas provision should be made for recovery of aid paid where it appears that it has not been used in line with the terms and conditions set out in Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,
Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1351/72 is hereby replaced by the following:
'3. Member States shall exercise continuous supervision over the observance by recognized groups of the conditions for their recognition and over their administration of any aid granted.
Where it appears that their administration of the aid is incompatible with Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71, and in particular with the objectives of the measures referred to in the second indent of (e) thereof, Member States shall take the necessary measures to recover the amounts involved from the recognized producer groups in question.'
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.
COUNCIL DECISION  of 15 April 1991  concerning the provisional application of the Agreed Minute amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Malaysia on trade in textile products  (91/228/EEC)
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, pending the completion of the procedure necessary for its conclusion, the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Malaysia on trade in textile products, initialled on 28 June 1986, has been provisionally applied since 1 January  1987 in accordance, having regard to the Community, with Decision 87/422/EEC (1);
Whereas that Agreement provides for the possibility of re-examining quantitative adjustments to the quotas for certain categories, in order to allow for the introduction of the harmonized system;
Whereas, following consultations between the Community and Malaysia, an Agreed Minute modifying the quotas on products of categories 4, 5 and 6 provided for in the Agreement was initialled on 20 November 1990;
Whereas, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for the conclusion of the Agreement and the other Agreed Minutes, the Agreed Minute of 20 November 1990 should be applied provisionally, with effect from 1 January 1990, provided that there is  reciprocal provisional application on the part of Malaysia,
  Article 1
Pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion, the Agreed Minute of 20 November 1990 amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Malaysia on trade in textile products shall be applied  provisionally in the Community, with effect from 1 January 1990, provided that there is reciprocal provisional application on the part of Malaysia.
The text of the Agreed Minute is attached to this Decision.  Article 2
The Commission is invited to seek the agreement of the Government of Malaysia on the provisional application of the Agreed Minute referred to in Article 1 and to notify the Council thereof.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 20 February 1978  amending the First Directive on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road between Member States  (78/175/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 (1) 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 more flexible demarcation of frontier areas referred to in the First Council Directive of 23 July 1962 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road between Member States (3), as last amended by Council Directive 77/158/EEC (4), should be allowed, in the light of the administrative organization, geographical characteristics or economic structure of the Member States ; whereas in order to promote the opening up of these areas, carriage in them should be liberalized for longer distances than hitherto;
Whereas certain other types of carriage may be exempted from any quota system,
1. Annex I to the First Directive of 23 July 1962 shall be amended as follows:    (a) The first subparagraph of point 1 shall be replaced by the following:
"1. Frontier traffic in an area extending for a distance of 25 kilometres as the crow flies on each side of the frontier, provided that the total distance covered does not exceed 100 kilometres as the crow flies.
Each Member State may increase this area in view of the administrative organization, geographical characteristics or economic structure of its territory."
(b) Point 5 shall be replaced by the following:
"5. Carriage of vehicles which have suffered damage or breakdown."
2. Annex II to the First Directive of 23 July 1962 shall be amended as follows:    (a) Point 1 shall be replaced by the following:
"1. Carriage from a Member State into the frontier zone of an adjacent Member State and vice versa ; the frontier zone shall be demarcated as laid down in paragraph 1 of Annex I."
(b) Point 6 shall be replaced by the following:
"6. Carriage of spare parts for sea-going vessels and aircraft."
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive as soon as possible and in any case not later than 1 July 1978. They shall inform the Commission thereof before 1 May 1978.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
20.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 76/54
DECISION (EU) 2015/469 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 March 2015
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2013/009 PL/Zachem, from Poland)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (1), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (2), and in particular point 13 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices), as laid down in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 (3).
(3) Poland submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Zachem and two suppliers and downstream producers, on 9 October 2013 and supplemented it by additional information up to 16 June 2014. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission therefore proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 115 205.
(4) The EGF should therefore be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Poland,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 115 205 in commitment and payment appropriations.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 98/9/EC of 20 January 1998 on the list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 950/97 (Denmark)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 of 20 May 1997 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), and in particular Article 21(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas the permanent natural and geographical handicaps existing in the Danish islands result in higher production and transport costs which prevent farmers in these areas from obtaining, from their production, income on a level with that obtained by comparable farmers elsewhere in the Member State;
Whereas the Danish Government has sent the Commission, in accordance with Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, a list of islands suitable for inclusion in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas and information on the particular features of these areas;
Whereas, with a view to identifying the areas affected by specific handicaps that can be deemed less-favoured areas as referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, all islands with an area of less than 600 km2 on which adverse natural conditions contribute to a farming income below the national average have been selected;
Whereas the total surface area of the relevant areas does not exceed 4 % of the total surface area of the Member State in question;
Whereas the nature and level of the above indices used by the Government of Denmark to define the areas notified to the Commission correspond to the characteristics of the areas affected by specific handicaps referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97,
The list of less-favoured farming areas in Denmark shall be that contained in the Annex to this Directive. They shall be included in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.
7.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/14
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 27 September 2011
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2010/030 NL/Noord-Holland and Flevoland Division 18 from the Netherlands)
(2011/657/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(4) The Netherlands submitted an application on 20 December 2010 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in 26 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 18 (‘Printing and reproduction of recorded media’) in the NUTS II regions of Noord-Holland (NL32) and Flevoland (NL23) in the Netherlands and supplemented it by additional information up to 3 March 2011. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 1 849 086.
(5) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by the Netherlands,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 849 086 in commitment and payment appropriations.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Regulation (EC) No 2548/2000 of the European Central Bank
of 2 November 2000
concerning transitional provisions for the application of minimum reserves by the European Central Bank following the introduction of the euro in Greece
(ECB/2000/11)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as the "Statute") and in particular to Article 19.1 and the first indent of Article 47.2 thereof, to Council Regulation (EC) No 2531/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the application of minimum reserves by the European Central Bank(1) and to Council Regulation (EC) No 2532/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the powers of the European Central Bank to impose sanctions(2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank(3) (ECB), and in particular to Articles 5(1) and 6(4) thereof,
Having regard to ECB Regulation (EC) No 2818/98 of 1 December 1998 on the application of minimum reserves (ECB/1998/15)(4), as amended by ECB Regulation (EC) No 1921/2000(5),
Having regard to ECB Regulation (EC) No 2819/98 of 1 December 1998 concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector (ECB/1998/16)(6), as amended by ECB Regulation (EC) No 1921/2000(7),
Having regard to the contribution by the General Council of the European Central Bank,
Whereas:
(1) The introduction of the euro in Greece as of 1 January 2001 entails the submission of credit institutions located in Greece and branches in Greece of credit institutions to the ESCB's minimum reserves system as of the same date.
(2) The integration of these entities into the ESCB's minimum reserves system requires the adoption of transitional provisions in order to ensure smooth integration without creating a disproportionate burden for credit institutions in participating Member States, including Greece.
(3) The conjunction of Article 5 of the Statute and Article 10 of the Treaty establishing the European Community implies an obligation for Member States to design and implement at national level all the appropriate measures in order to carry out the collection of the statistical information needed to fulfil the ECB's statistical reporting requirements and the timely preparation in the field of statistics in order for them to become participating Member States,
Transitional provisions
The transitional provisions for the application of minimum reserves by the ECB following the introduction of the euro in Greece are set out in the Annex to the present Regulation which shall form an integral part of this Regulation.
In the absence of specific provisions in this Regulation, the provisions of Regulations (EC) No 2818/98 and (EC) No 2819/98 shall apply.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. The provisions set out in the Annex of this Regulation shall only be effective with regard to the first maintenance periods of 2001.
28.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 325/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1859/2004
of 27 October 2004
specifying the extent to which applications lodged in October 2004 for import certificates in respect of young male bovine animals for fattening may 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 1202/2004 of 29 June 2004 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005) (2), and in particular Article 1(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1202/2004 lays down the number of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms during the period from 1 October to 31 December 2004. The quantities covered by import licence applications submitted are such that applications may by accepted in full.
(2) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 January 2005 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 169 000 animals, conforming to Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1202/2004,
1.   All applications for import certificates made in the month of October 2004 pursuant to Article 3(3), second subparagraph, third indent, of Regulation (EC) No 1202/2004 are hereby met in full.
2.   The number of animals referred to in article 1(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1202/2004 is 71 820.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 77/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/482
of 20 March 2015
determining the quantities to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2015 under the tariff quotas opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 for eggs, egg products and egg albumin originating in Ukraine
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 188(2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 412/2014 (2) opened annual tariff quotas for imports of eggs and egg albumin originating in Ukraine.
(2) The quantities covered by the applications for import licences lodged from 1 to 7 March 2015 for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2015 are less than those available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the next quota subperiod.
(3) In order to ensure efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The quantities for which import licence applications have not been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 412/2014, to be added to the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2015, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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.
18.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 47/38
COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 February 2005
amending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards movements of animals from and inside a restricted zone in Portugal, in relation to an outbreak of bluetongue in that Member State
(notified under document number C(2005) 335)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/138/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Articles 8(2)(d), and 9(1)(c) and Article 12 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2003/828/EC of 25 November 2003 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue (2) was adopted in the light of the bluetongue situation prevailing in the affected regions of the Community. That Decision demarcates protection and surveillance zones (the restricted zones) corresponding to specific epidemiological situations and lays down the conditions for providing exemptions from the exit ban laid down in Directive 2000/75/EC for certain movements of animals, their sperm, ova and embryos from and through those zones.
(2) Decision 2003/828/EC, as last amended by Decision 2004/898/EC, has established a restricted zone (Zone F) corresponding to the bluetongue situation prevailing in Spain and Portugal at the time of adoption of Decision 2004/898/EC.
(3) Portugal has now informed the Commission of an outbreak of bluetongue in the concelho of Idanha-a-Nova.
(4) Exemptions to the exit ban from restricted zones as provided for in Decision 2003/828/EC should apply to the affected regions of Portugal.
(5) In addition, Zone F should be extended and defined to take account of the geographical, ecological and epizootiological factors connected with bluetongue in the affected regions of Portugal.
(6) Decision 2003/828/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2003/828/ EC is amended as follows:
1. in Article 3, paragraph 1 and the introductory phrase of paragraph 2, are replaced by the following:
2. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 21 February 2005.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.