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Commission Decision
of 7 April 2000
approving the programme concerning infectious haemotopoietic necrosis and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia submitted by Italy for fish farms in the Udine province
(notified under document number C(2000) 920)
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/310/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products(1), as last amended by Directive 98/45/EC(2), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Member States may submit to the Commission a programme designed to enable them to obtain the status of approval farm situated in a non-approved zone, with regard to certain diseases affecting fish.
(2) Italy has submitted to the Commission a programme concerning infectious haemotopoietic necrosis (IHN) and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS), with a view to obtaining the status of approved farm for five farms situated in the Udine province.
(3) This programme specifies the geographical situation of the farm concerned, the measures to be taken by the official services, the procedures to be followed by the approved laboratories, the prevalence of the diseases concerned and the measures to combat these diseases where detected.
(4) On scrutiny the programme has been found to comply with Article 10 of Directive 91/67/EEC.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The control programme for IHN and VHS in five farms situated in the upper basin of the river Tagliamento in the Udine province, presented by Italy, is hereby approved.
Italy should bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the programme referred to in Article 1.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
18.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 13/55
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 32/2011
of 17 January 2011
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 18 June 2001
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania concerning the participation of the Republic of Lithuania in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network
(2001/588/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas:
(1) The European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network were established by Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90(3).
(2) The Luxembourg European Council (December 1997) made participation in the Community programmes and agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy for the central and east European countries. In the case of the agencies, the European Council's conclusions provide that "the Community agencies in which applicant countries will be able to participate will be determined on a case-by-case basis".
(3) The Helsinki European Council (December 1999) reaffirmed the inclusive nature of the accession process, which now comprises 13 candidate countries within a single framework with the candidate countries participating in the accession process on an equal footing.
(4) The Council, on 14 February 2000, authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations on the participation in the European Environment Agency of the countries applying for accession. The Commission signed the Final Act of the negotiations on 24 November 2000.
(5) The Agreement as referred to in this Decision should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania concerning the participation of the Republic of Lithuania in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network is approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is set out as an Annex to this Decision.
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the notification provided for in Article 18 of the Agreement.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
5.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 11 February 2014
on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office
(2014/185/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 74 and Article 78(1) and (2), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) provides that the European Asylum Support Office shall be open to the participation of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland as observers. Furthermore, that Regulation provides that arrangements shall be made, specifying in particular the nature, extent and manner in which those countries are to participate in the European Asylum Support Office's work.
(2) On 27 January 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations for an Arrangement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office (the ‘Arrangement’). The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Arrangement on 28 June 2013.
(3) The Arrangement should be signed.
(4) As specified in recital 21 of Regulation (EU) No 439/2010, the United Kingdom and Ireland are taking part in and are bound by that Regulation. They should therefore give effect to Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 by taking part in this Decision. The United Kingdom and Ireland are therefore taking part in this Decision.
(5) As specified in recital 22 of Regulation (EU) No 439/2010, Denmark is not taking part in and is not bound by that Regulation. Denmark is therefore not taking part in this Decision,
The signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the modalities of its participation in the European Asylum Support Office is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Arrangement (2).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Arrangement on behalf of the Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 280/93 of 8 February 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 on the determination of prices of fresh or chilled sheep carcases on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other qualities of sheep carcases in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3890/92 (2), and in particular Article 4 (5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 76/93 (4), lays down the rules for the determination of prices of fresh or chilled sheep carcases on representative Community markets as well as the survey of prices of certain other qualities of sheep carcases in the Community;
Whereas in Greece following the adoption of Council Regulation (EEC) No 338/91 of 5 February 1991 on the determination of the Community standard quality of fresh or chilled sheep carcases (5) the market of ÊïæÜíç can no longer be considered as representative; whereas in the light of the volume of transactions recorded there ÓÝññåò should be recognized as a representative market;
Whereas the weighting coefficients for the representative markets should be altered to take account of the trend in quantities coming onto these markets;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
In Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86, point F 1 is hereby replaced by the following:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 February 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2028/87
of 8 July 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres, products of category 35 (code 40.0350), originating in Indonesia to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected to individual ceilings not allocated among the Member States, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of its Annexes I or II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes; whereas Article 3 of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres of category 35 (code 40.0350) the relevant ceiling amounts to 20,8 tonnes; whereas on 1 June 1987 imports of the products in question into the Community originating in Indonesia, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Indonesia,
As from 13 July 1987 the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3925/86, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Indonesia:
1.2.3.4.5 //  //  //  //  //  // Code  // Category  // CCT heading No  // NIMEXE code (1986)  // Description  //  //  //  //  //  //  // (1)  // (2)  // (3)  // (4)  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  // 40.0350   // 35  // 51.04 ex A   //   // Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven fabrics of monofil or strip falling within heading No 51.01 or 51.02:   //   //   //   //  // A. Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres:   //   //  //   // 51.04-05, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 34, 36, 41, 48   // Woven fabrics of synthetic textile fibres (continuous) other than those for tyres and those containing elastomeric yarn of category 114   //    //   //  //   //
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.
15.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 270/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 960/2009
of 14 October 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (1) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the DCI’), and in particular Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) subparagraph 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) of the DCI, Annex II to the DCI contains a list of aid recipients of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), which is to be updated in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews of its list of aid recipients.
(2) Further to an update of the list of aid recipients contained in Annex II to the DCI, the Commission should update its Annex I and inform Council and European Parliament thereof.
(3) It is therefore appropriate to delete Saudi Arabia from the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI, and from the list of countries eligible under Article1(1) as contained in its Annex I.
(4) It is therefore appropriate to include Kosovo (2) in the list of ODA recipients of OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI under the Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories.
(5) It is also appropriate to update the footnotes in Annex II to the DCI pursuant to the OECD/DAC reviews.
(6) The European Parliament and the Council will be informed accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is amended as follows:
1. Annex I is replaced by the attached Annex I.
2. Annex II is replaced by the attached Annex II.
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.
Council Decision 2003/650/CFSP
of 26 May 2003
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Czech Republic on the participation of the Czech Republic in the European Union-led Forces in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Presidency,
Whereas:
(1) On 27 January 2003, the Council adopted Joint Action 2003/92/CFSP on the European Union Military Operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(1).
(2) Article 8 of that Joint Action provides that the detailed arrangements regarding the participation of third States shall be the subject of an agreement in conformity with Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union.
(3) Following the Council Decision of 18 March 2003 authorising the Secretary-General/High Representative to open negotiations, the Secretary-General/High Representative negotiated an Agreement with the Czech Republic on the participation of the Czech Republic in the European Union-led Forces in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
(4) This Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Union and the Czech Republic on the participation of the Czech Republic in the European Union-led Forces in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the European Union.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 555/84
of 29 February 1984
on the classification of goods within subheading 62.02 B IV of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, provision must be made for the classification of articles made from yarn, twine, cordage, rope or cables, knotted by hand according to the macramé lace technique, which are in the form of hanging plant pot holders, for example, and are used mainly for interior decoration;
Whereas the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3333/83 (3), includes under heading No 59.06 'other articles made from yarn, twine, cordage, rope or cables, other than textile fabrics and articles made from such fabrics', under heading No 62.02 inter alia 'curtains and other furnishing articles' and under heading No 62.05 'other made-up textile articles';
Whereas, in accordance with note 1 (A) to Chapter 59, the expression 'textile fabric' is to be taken to apply, among other things, to the lace of heading No 58.09; whereas as the products in question are made according to the macramé lace technique which is appropriate to goods falling within heading No 58.09 they cannot be classified under heading No 59.06;
Whereas, with the exception of lace in the piece, in strips or in motifs, lace articles are classified under Chapters 61 or 62 according to type;
Whereas for the purpose of classifying the products in question, which are neither articles of apparel nor clothing accessories as covered by Chapter 61, Chapter 62 must be taken into consideration;
Whereas these products present the characteristics of furnishing articles, and they are therefore to be classified in tariff subheading 62.02 B IV;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
Articles made from yarn, twine, cordage, rope or cables, knotted by hand according to the macramé lace technique, which are in the form of hanging plant pot holders, for example, and are used mainly for interior decoration, shall be classified in the Common Customs Tariff under subheading:
62.02 Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other furnishing articles:
B. Other:
IV. Curtains and other furnishing articles
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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 341/2003
of 21 February 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002
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 organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(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 1897/2002(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(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 grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1897/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 17 to 20 February 2003 at 165,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2596/97 of 18 December 1997 extending the period provided for in Article 149 (1) of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 149 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Article 149 (1) of the 1994 Act of Accession provides for a period during which transitional measures may be adopted to facilitate the transition from the regime existing in Austria, Finland and Sweden at the time of Accession to those resulting from the application of the common organization of the market under the conditions set out in the said Act and, in particular, to overcome the serious difficulties in applying the new regime from the date laid down; whereas that period expires on 31 December 1997;
Whereas, in certain sectors, these difficulties cannot be resolved by the date laid down; whereas the period in question should therefore be extended, as provided for in the Act; whereas the said period should be extended by one year;
Whereas in the milk and milk products sector the requirements relating to the fat content of milk for human consumption continue to cause difficulties for Finland and Sweden; whereas those difficulties cannot be resolved by 31 December 1998; whereas the period in question should therefore be extended, as provided for in the 1994 Act of Accession, by two years in this specific case,
The period referred to in Article 149 (1) of the 1994 Act of Accession is hereby extended until 31 December 1998.
However, with regard to the requirements relating to the fat content of milk for human consumption produced in Finland and Sweden, the period is hereby extended until 31 December 1999.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.