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9.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 327/66
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 7 December 2011
amending Council Directive 2002/56/EC as regards the date laid down in Article 21(3) until which Member States are authorised to extend the validity of decisions concerning equivalence of seed potatoes from third countries
(notified under document C(2011) 8929)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/820/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2002/56/EC provides that, with effect from certain dates, Member States may no longer determine for themselves the equivalence of seed potatoes harvested in third countries with seed potatoes harvested within the Union and complying with that Directive.
(2) However, as work to establish a Union equivalence for seed potatoes from all the third countries concerned had not been completed, Directive 2002/56/EC permitted Member States to extend until 31 March 2011 the validity of equivalence decisions which they had already taken for seed potatoes from certain third countries not covered by a Union equivalence. This date was chosen by reference to the end of the period where seed potatoes are placed on the market.
(3) Since this work still has not been completed and a new marketing season will start by the end of the year 2011, it is necessary to authorise Member States to extend the validity of their national equivalence decisions.
(4) Directive 2002/56/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
In the first subparagraph of Article 21(3) of Directive 2002/56/EC, ‘31 March 2011’ is replaced by ‘31 March 2014’.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1437/96 of 23 July 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2169/81 (2), and in particular Article 11 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 8 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89 of 3 May 1989 laying down rules implementing the system of aid for cotton (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 905/96 (4), provides that all cotton growers must send an annual declaration of areas sown before a date set by the Member State concerned and, except in cases of force majeure, not later than 1 July; whereas strikes by the public services in Greece have severely disrupted the submission of those declarations for the year 1996;
Whereas, as a result, a deadline after 1 July should be set for the year 1996 in the case of Greece;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
The following second paragraph is added to Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1201/89:
'However, for the year 1996, in the case of Greece, the date 1 July is replaced by 1 August.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
18.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 215/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 969/2007
of 17 August 2007
amending for the 83rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 18 and on 27 July 2007, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
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.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1445/2003
of 21 January 2003
concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community for the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation to the date of accession by Romania to the European Union (extension of the double-checking system)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part(1), entered into force on 1 February 1995.
(2) The Parties have agreed, by Association Council Decision No 1/2003(2), to extend the double-checking system reintroduced by Decision No 3/2002(3) for the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation to the date of accession by Romania to the European Union.
(3) It is consequently necessary to extend the Community implementing legislation introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1499/2002 of 20 June 2002, concerning the export of certain steel products from Romania to the Community for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2002 (double-checking system)(4),
Regulation (EC) No 1499/2002 shall continue to apply for the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation to the date of accession by Romania to the European Union, in accordance with the provisions of Decision No 1/2003 of the Association Council between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part.
Regulation (EC) No 1499/2002 shall in consequence be amended as follows:
1. In the title, preamble and Article 1(1) of the Regulation, references to the period "1 July to 31 December 2002" shall be replaced by references to "25 August 2003 to the date of accession by Romania to the European Union".
2. Annex IV to that Regulation shall be replaced by the text contained in the Annex to this Regulation.
Goods shipped to the Community from 1 January 2003 to the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be excluded from the scope of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 10th 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.
6.3.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 62/2
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/2009
of 5 March 2009
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to 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 6 March 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
19.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 132/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 758/2006
of 18 May 2006
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 september 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (2) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds.
(3) That calculation must also take account of the cereal products content. In the interest of simplification, the refund should be paid in respect of two categories of ‘cereal products’, namely for maize, the most commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and maize products, and for ‘other cereals’, these being eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize products. A refund should be granted in respect of the quantity of cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4) Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also take into account the possibilities and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market and the economic aspect of the export.
(5) The current situation on the cereals market and, in particular, the supply prospects mean that the export refunds should be abolished.
(6) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1993 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community of the Additional Protocol to the interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and  the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Poland and to the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Poland (94/50/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the conclusions of the European Council which has taken place in Copenhagen on 21 and 22 June 1993,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Communities an Additional Protocol to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters and to the Europe Agreement with the Republic of Poland;
Whereas it is necessary to approve this Additional Protocol;
Whereas the conclusion of the Additional Protocol is necessary to attain the objectives of the Community set out in particular in Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community;
Whereas the Treaty did not make provision for all the cases covered by this Decision;
Having consulted the Consultative Committee and with the unanimous assent of the Council,
The Additional Protocol to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part and to the Europe  Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part and the Republic of Poland of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community.
This text is attached to this Decision (1).
The President of the Commission shall give the notification provided for in Article 8 of the Additional Protocol on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2002
of 2 April 2002
amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2104/2001(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 548/2002(5).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 2609/2001,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 548/2002 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1055/2008
of 27 October 2008
implementing Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards quality criteria and quality reporting for balance of payments statistics
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment.
(2) It is necessary to specify the common quality standards, as well as the content and periodicity of the quality reports, in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 184/2005.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Balance of Payments Committee set up by Regulation (EC) No 184/2005,
Member States shall supply on an annual basis a quality report drawn up in accordance with the rules laid down in the Annex.
Member States shall supply their quality reports by 30 November every year.
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.
12.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 301/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 8 November 2013
amending Decision 2006/944/EC to include the emission level allocated to the Republic of Croatia under the Kyoto Protocol
(notified under document C(2013) 7489)
(2013/644/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2006/944/EC (1) determines base-year emission levels for the Union and its Member States for the five-year period of the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. Those emission levels, set out in the Annex to that Decision, were established following the completion of the reviews conducted pursuant to Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
(2) The review of Croatia’s base-year emission level was completed on 26 August 2009. The report of that review raised a question of implementation concerning Croatia’s assigned amount. On 8 February 2012, the Compliance Committee of the Kyoto Protocol determined that the question of implementation had been resolved and the final values of Croatia’s emission level were subsequently established.
(3) Following the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013, the Annex to Decision 2006/944/EC should also include the emission level allocated to Croatia under the Kyoto Protocol.
(4) Decision 2006/944/EC should be amended accordingly,
In the Annex to Decision 2006/944/EC the following is inserted after the entry for Estonia:
‘Croatia 148 778 503’
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 12 December 1996 recognizing Hungary as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman et Kotthoff) Davis et al (97/5/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 96/14/EC (2), and in particular Annex III, Part A (12) thereto,
Whereas under the provisions of Annex III, Part A (12) of Directive 77/93/EEC tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., other than seed potatoes and certain other potatoes specified in Annex III, Part A (10) and (11), originating in certain European third countries other than those recognized as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman et Kotthoff) Davis et al may not be introduced into the Member States;
Whereas it has appeared from official information supplied by Hungary that the aforementioned harmful organism does not occur in that country, and that it has long maintained a strict control and post-entry inspection and testing procedure for the aforementioned harmful organism on imports of potatoes;
Whereas it can therefore be established that there is no risk of the aforementioned harmful organism spreading;
Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to any subsequent findings which may show that the aforementioned harmful organism is present in that country;
Whereas the Commission will ensure that on a yearly basis Hungary makes all technical information available which is necessary to assess the aforementioned situation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
It is hereby declared that Hungary is recognized as being free from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman et Kotthoff) Davis et al.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
9.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 266/62
COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 October 2010
amending Decision 2006/241/EC as regards imports of guano from Madagascar
(notified under document C(2010) 6798)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/611/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2006/241/EC of 24 March 2006 concerning certain protective measures with regard to certain products of animal origin, excluding fishery products, originating in Madagascar (2) prohibits imports into the Union of products of animal origin, excluding fishery products and snails, originating in Madagascar.
(2) Madagascar has indicated its interest in exporting guano to the Union.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (3) provides that the importation and transit of animal by-products and processed products are to be prohibited, except in accordance with that Regulation.
(4) Under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, manure is Category 2 material. The definition of manure, as set out in Annex I to that Regulation, covers guano, which may be either unprocessed or processed in accordance with Chapter III of Annex VIII to that Regulation. Part III of that Chapter provides that the placing on the market of guano is not subject to any animal health conditions.
(5) In addition, Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 provides that the provisions applicable to the importation from third countries of products referred to in Annexes VII and VIII thereto are to be no more favourable or less favourable than those applicable to the production and marketing of those products in the Union.
(6) Imports of Guano from Madagascar should therefore no longer be prohibited.
(7) Decision 2006/241/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Article 1 of Decision 2006/241/EC is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
This Decision shall apply to products of animal origin, excluding fishery products, snails and guano, originating in Madagascar.’.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.