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7.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 34/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 95/2012
of 6 February 2012
amending Regulation (EU) No 1125/2010 as regards the intervention centres for cereals in Germany
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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), and in particular Article 41 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1125/2010 of 3 December 2010 determining the intervention centres for cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1173/2009 (2) designates the intervention centres for cereals.
(2) In accordance with Article 55(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (3), Germany has communicated to the Commission the amended list of its intervention centres for cereals and the list of storage premises attached to those centres which have been approved as fulfilling the minimum standards required by EU legislation (4).
(3) Regulation (EU) No 1125/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly, and the list of storage premises attached thereto should be published on the Internet, together with all the information required by the operators concerned by the public intervention.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1125/2010 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
28.3.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 87/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 March 2007
amending Decision 2006/595/EC drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania
(notified under document number C(2007) 1283)
(2007/189/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (1), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Commission Decision 2006/595/EC (2) a list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 was established.
(2) Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, regions in Bulgaria and Romania should be added to the list of regions benefiting from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective.
(3) Decision 2006/595/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) For reasons of clarity and legal certainty, this Decision should apply from the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
Annex I of Decision 2006/595/EC is amended as follows:
(a) the following entries are inserted before the entry ‘CZ02 Střední Čechy’:
‘BG31 Severozapaden
BG32 Severen tsentralen
BG33 Severoiztochen
BG34 Yugoiztochen
BG41 Yugozapaden
BG42 Yuzhen tsentralen’
(b) the following entries are inserted after the entry ‘PT20 Região Autónoma dos Açores’:
‘RO11 Nord-Vest
RO12 Centru
RO21 Nord-Est
RO22 Sud-Est
RO31 Sud-Muntenia
RO32 București-Ilfov
RO41 Sud-Vest Oltenia
RO42 Vest’.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
1.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/8
COUNCIL DECISION
of 29 April 2004
on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, of the other part to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
(2006/711/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 44(2), the last sentence of Article 47(2), and Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, in conjunction with Article 300(2) first subparagraph, first sentence thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of 16 April 2003, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act annexed to the Treaty of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 8 December 2003, the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, to negotiate with the Republic of Kyrgyzstan a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, and to provide for certain technical adjustments linked to the institutional and legal developments within the European Union.
(2) Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Protocol has been negotiated between the Parties and should now be signed on behalf of the European Community and its Member States.
(3) The Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of accession, pending completion of the relevant procedures for its formal conclusion,
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a Partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, subject to possible conclusion at a later stage.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision (1).
Pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis from the date of accession.
COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1994 setting the level of the Community's financial contribution to the measures to monitor and control salmonella in poultry implemented by Denmark (Only the Danish text is authentic) (94/508/EC)
THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Council Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Articles 24 (12) and 29 thereof,
Whereas Chapter 2 of Title III of Decision 90/424/EEC provides that the Community may make a financial contribution to the checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses;
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Council Directive 92/117/EEC of 17 December 1992 concerning measures for protection against specified zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food-borne  infections and intoxications (3) refers to Decision 90/424/EEC as regards the detailed rules governing the Community's financial contribution, in particular to slaughter and destruction measures;
Whereas Denmark sent the Commission a plan to monitor and control salmonella in poultry; whereas the said plan was approved by Commission Decision 94/507/EC (4);
Whereas in view of the measure's important role in achieving the objectives pursued by the Community as regards the prevention of zoonoses the Community's financial contribution should be set at 50 % of the costs borne by Denmark, with a maximum of ECU  330 000;
Whereas the Community will make a financial contribution provided that the measures planned are carried out and the authorities supply all the information necessary within the time limit laid down;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The Community's financial contribution is hereby set at 50 % of the costs borne by Denmark for the period 1 January to 31 December 1994, with a maximum of ECU 330 000, for:
- the slaughter of poultry,
- the destruction of poultry,
- the destruction of eggs.
2. The Community's financial contribution shall be granted after:
- a report has been forwarded to the Commission by 1 September 1994 on the progress of the measure and the expenditure incurred,
- a final report has been forwarded to the Commission by 1 July 1995 at the latest on the technical implementation of the measure, accompanied by supporting documents relating to the expenditure incurred.
3. The Community contribution shall be paid in ecus at the rate applicable on the first working day of the month in which reimbursement is applied for, as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.
23.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 191/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 658/2010
of 22 July 2010
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/10 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 2009/10 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 645/2010 (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 877/2009 for the 2009/10, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 July 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
29.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 95/45
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 27 March 2014
amending Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as officially brucellosis-free
(notified under document C(2014) 1940)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/177/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular point II.7 of Annex A thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 64/432/EEC applies to trade within the Union in bovine animals and swine. It lays down the conditions whereby a Member State or region of a Member State may be declared officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds.
(2) Annex II to Commission Decision 2003/467/EC (2) lists the Member States and regions thereof which are declared officially brucellosis-free.
(3) Lithuania has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially brucellosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for its whole territory.
(4) Following evaluation of the documentation submitted by Lithuania, that Member-State should be declared officially brucellosis-free.
(5) Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 137/2004
of 27 January 2004
determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in January 2004 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 of 2 August 2002 laying down rules for the application of the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1151/2002, (EC) No 1361/2002 and (EC) No 1362/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania(1), and in particular Article 2(2) and Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 fix the quantities of certain beef and veal products originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which may be imported on special terms in respect of the period 1 January to 30 June 2004. The quantities of certain beef and veal products originating in Lithuania covered by import licence applications submitted must be reduced proportionately in accordance with Article 4(3) of that Regulation. No applications were submitted for import licences for beef and veal products originating in Estonia and Latvia,
The quantities covered by import licence applications submitted in the period 1 to 12 January 2004 for Lithuania under the quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 may be allowed to the extent of 63,0370 % of the quantity requested.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 22 January 2001
on the establishment of the Military Staff of the European Union
(2001/80/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 28(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 207(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In the framework of the strengthening of the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and in particular of the common European policy on security and defence provided for in Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union, the European Council meeting in Nice on 7-11 December 2000 reached agreement on the establishment of the Military Staff of the European Union, setting out its mission and functions.
(2) Following the guidelines of the European Council the Military Staff should be made ready to start its work,
1. Military personnel will be seconded from Member States to the General Secretariat of the Council in order to form the Military Staff of the European Union (EUMS).
2. The Military Staff will be part of the General Secretariat of the Council.
The mission and functions of the Military Staff are defined in Annex V of the Presidency's report approved by the Nice European Council, which is reproduced in the Annex to this Decision.
All members of the Military Staff shall be nationals of Member States of the European Union.
1. Members of the Military Staff shall be subject to rules which will be established in a Council Decision.
2. Until the entry into force of the Decision mentioned in paragraph 1, Council Decision 2000/178/CFSP of 28 February 2000 on the rules applicable to national experts in the military field on secondment to the General Secretariat of the Council during the interim period(1) shall remain in force.
This Decision shall take effect from the date of its adoption.
It shall apply as from a date established by the SG/HR upon consultation of the PSC and of the iMB/Military Committee and in principle before the end of June 2001.
Until the date of application of this Decision, the Director General of the Military Staff (DGEUMS), who will take up its functions as from 1 March 2001(2), shall act as head of the military experts seconded from Member States to the Council Secretariat(3).
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.
15.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 126/13
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 26 April 2012
amending Decision ECB/2010/22 on the quality accreditation procedure for manufacturers of euro banknotes
(ECB/2012/7)
(2012/258/EU)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Having regard to Decision ECB/2010/22 of 25 November 2010 on the quality accreditation procedure for manufacturers of euro banknotes (1), and in particular Article 2(4) and Articles 7 and 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Executive Board’s competence to decide on accreditations under Article 2(4) of Decision ECB/2010/22 is delegated to it by the Governing Council in accordance with Article 12.1, second paragraph of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank.
(2) The procedure for granting, renewing and extending quality accreditation laid down in Decision ECB/2010/22 should be amended to allow for faster processing of quality accreditation requests, thereby ensuring the timely grant, renewal or extension of accreditation, and to alleviate the administrative burden on the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB).
(3) To this end, it should be made possible for the Executive Board to sub-delegate the competence to take decisions relating to routine accreditation to one or more of its members. The sub-delegation will, however, not cover the competence to grant exemptions, reject accreditation requests, suspend or revoke accreditations.
(4) Decision ECB/2010/22 should therefore be amended accordingly,
(4) of Decision ECB/2010/22 is replaced by the following:
‘4.   The Executive Board shall be competent to take all decisions relating to a manufacturer’s quality accreditation, taking into account the views of the Banknote Committee, and shall inform the Governing Council thereof. The Executive Board may decide to sub-delegate the powers to grant, renew or extend such accreditation pursuant to Article 3(4), and Article 4(3) and Articles 7 and 10, to one or more of its members.’.
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 110/92  of 17 January 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2729/81 as regards the refund on exports to countries in the territory of the former Soviet Union
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 1630/91 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (3) and 17 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/81 of 14 September 1981 laying down special rules implementing the system of import and export licences and the advance fixing of refunds in respect of milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 3108/91 (4), lays down an obligation to fix in advance the refund on butter of a fat content by weight of 82 % or more but not more than 85 % and intended for countries on the territory of the former USSR, and a time limit on exports in order  to ensure compliance with international obligations entered into; whereas from 1 January 1992 the special refund for countries on the territory of the former Soviet Union will no longer apply; whereas, therefore, the conditions governing the grant of  that refund are no longer necessary;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2729/81 is hereby repealed.
However, it shall continue to apply to export licences applied for before 1 January 1992.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1423/98 of 2 July 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for industrial species by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2637/97 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 47/98 of 19 December 1997 allocating, for 1998, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen (3), provides for industrial species quotas for 1998;
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 industrial species in the waters of ICES division IV (Norwegian waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have reached the quota allocated for 1998; whereas Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 9 June 1998; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of industrial species in the waters of ICES division IV (Norwegian waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 1998.
Fishing for industrial species in the waters of ICES division IV (Norwegian waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 9 June 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.