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21.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 52/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 167/2007
of 20 February 2007
on import licence applications for rice originating in and coming from Egypt under the tariff quota provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 of 28 October 1996 concerning imports into the Community of rice originating in and coming from Egypt (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97 of 31 January 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 concerning imports into the Community of rice originating in and coming from Egypt (3), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97 stipulates that the Commission must set a single reduction percentage for quantities applied for if import licence applications exceed quantities available. That Article also provides that the Commission must notify the Member States of its decision within 10 working days of the day on which the licence applications are lodged.
(2) Import licence applications for rice falling within CN code 1006 lodged from 1 September 2006 to 8 February 2007 cover a quantity of 32 994 tonnes while the maximum quantity to be made available is 32 000 tonnes of rice falling within the above code.
(3) A single reduction percentage, as provided for in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 196/97, should therefore be set for the import licence applications lodged on 8 February 2007 and benefiting from the reduced customs duties provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2184/96.
(4) No more import licences allowing a reduced customs duties should be issued for the current marketing year.
(5) In view of its purpose, this Regulation should take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
Import licence applications for rice falling within CN code 1006 and benefiting from the reduced customs duties provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2148/96, lodged on 8 February 2007 and notified to the Commission, shall give rise to the issue of licences for the quantities applied for multiplied by a reduction percentage of 80,123148 %.
Import licences under Regulation (EC) No 2148/96 shall no longer be issued in respect of licence applications for rice falling within CN code 1006 submitted on or after 9 February 2007.
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 359/2003
of 27 February 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The third subparagraph of Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that private storage aid for butter may be increased in cases where, at the time of removal from storage, an adverse change unforeseeable at the time of entry into storage has occurred on the market.
(2) To implement that provision, Article 38 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1614/2001(4), provides that, subject to certain conditions, the aid is to be increased or reduced if the maximum buying-in price fixed by invitation to tender expressed in euro or, for the countries not participating in the single currency, in national currency is not the same on the last day of the contract period as on the first.
(3) Since reductions in the intervention price have already been fixed until 2007 by Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, reductions in the maximum buying-in price and the market price are foreseeable.
(4) Without prejudice to the Commission's power, under the procedure referred to in Article 42 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, to increase the private storage aid for butter when the conditions laid down in the third subparagraph of Article 6(3) are met, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 should be deleted.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 should be amended accordingly.
(6) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Article 38(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 are hereby deleted.
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.
22.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 339/40
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 December 2009
amending Decision 2006/133/EC requiring Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle et al. (the pine wood nematode) as regards areas in Portugal, other than those in which it is known not to occur
(notified under document C(2009) 10046)
(2009/993/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 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), and in particular the fourth sentence of Article 16(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Decision 2006/133/EC (2), Portugal is implementing an eradication plan against the dissemination of the pine wood nematode (PWN). That Decision provides that susceptible wood packaging material including material in the form of boxes, composed of wood more than 6 mm of thickness, shall not be allowed to leave the demarcated area.
(2) An exception from that prohibition may, however, be granted provided that the wood is treated and marked by an authorised processing plant in accordance with the FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary measures No 15 on Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade.
(3) In Portugal, certain companies produce wine boxes from wood treated in accordance with those provisions and accompanied by a plant passport. After the production process, however, no mark attesting that this treatment has been carried out is present. Such wine boxes therefore do not fall within the scope of that exception.
(4) To allow such wine boxes to come under the exception it is necessary to provide that the companies producing those boxes may be authorised to mark them, provided that they are supervised to ensure that the applicable provisions are complied with. Portugal has informed the Commission that it is willing to authorise and supervise these companies.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
In point 1 of the Annex to Decision 2006/133/EC, the following paragraph is inserted after the second paragraph:
‘The responsible official body may authorise producers to mark, in accordance with Annex II to the FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 15, wine boxes they produce from wood treated by an authorised processing plant in accordance with that Standard and accompanied by the plant passport referred to in point (a). Official inspections of the authorised producers of wine boxes shall be carried out on a continuous basis to ensure that only such treated wood accompanied by the plant passport referred to in point (a) is used for the production of the wine boxes and that that wood can be traced back to an authorised processing plant.’
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2010.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2021/94 of 5 August 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 1270/94 concerning the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (2), and in particular Article 29 (2) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2707/72 of 19 December 1972 (3) lays down the conditions for applying protective measures for fruit and vegetables;
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 of July 1993 on the application of the system of import licences for garlic imported from third countries (4), garlic imported from third countries and released for free circulation in the  Community is subject to the presentation of import licences;
Whereas Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/94 of 27 May 1994 concerning a protective measure applicable to imports of garlic from China (5) limits the quantity in respect of which import licences may be issued up to 31 August 1994 to 5  000 tonnes of overall total of 10 000 tonnes fixed for the period 31 May 1994 to 31 May 1995;
Whereas, an overrun having been noted in that limit, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1270/94 of 1 June 1994 (6) suspends the issue of import licences until 31 August 1994 in respect of applications submitted as from 1 June 1994;
Whereas 96 tonnes of garlic covered by licences issued in respect of applications submitted up to 31 May 1994 has not been imported; whereas, in view of the small quantity involved and since the unused quantities are added to the quantity available for  the next period, the suspension of granting of import licences applying until 30 August 1994 should not be lifted; whereas, in order to prevent any uncertainty regarding the submission of import licence applications for the next period, provision should  explicitly be made for applications submitted before 25 August 1994 to be rejected,
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1270/94:
'Applications for import licences submitted after 31 May 1994 and before 25 August 1994 shall be rejected.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1968/86
of 26 June 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 in respect of the equivalent value of the ECU in national currencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85 of 17 December 1985 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1986 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3600/85 of 17 December 1985 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1986 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3601/85 of 17 December 1985 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1986 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Decision 85/553/ECSC of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 17 December 1985 applying for 1986 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries (4) provides that the concept of originating products is to be defined under the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 concerning the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods (5); whereas the rules to be applied for this purpose should be the same as those laid down for other products;
Whereas it is necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 of 23 December 1983 on the definition of the concept of originating products for purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries (6) to take account of the accession of Spain and Portugal by inserting in the footnote to Article 7 (2) the equivalent to the ECU in Spanish pesetas and Portugese escudos;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Origin,
The following equivalents are added to the equivalents in national currencies to the ECU listed in the footnote to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83:
1.2 // '126,007   // Spanish pesetas   // 117,122  // Portuguese escudos'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 October 2013
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
(2014/172/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217, in conjunction with Article 218(5) and the second subparagraph of Article 218(8) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 September 2012, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations, on behalf of the Union and its Member States and the Republic of Croatia, with Montenegro in order to conclude a Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (‘the Protocol’).
(2) Those negotiations were successfully completed by initialling the Protocol on 16 May 2013.
(3) The Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Union and its Member States, subject to its conclusion at a later date.
(4) The conclusion of the Protocol is subject to a separate procedure as regards matters falling within the competence of the European Atomic Energy Community.
(5) In view of Croatia’s accession to the Union on 1 July 2013, the Protocol should be applied on a provisional basis from that date,
The signing of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union is hereby authorised on behalf of the Union and its Member States, subject to the conclusion of the said Protocol.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the Union and its Member States.
The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis, in accordance with Article 12 thereof, as from 1 July 2013, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
12.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 42/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 250/2005
of 11 February 2005
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 for the 2004/2005 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses (2), and in particular the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2004/2005 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 (3). These prices and duties have last been amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 132/2005 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 for the 2004/2005 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 February 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 17 July 1997 amending Decision 96/501/Euratom, EC, authorizing Portugal to use statistics for years earlier than the last year but one for the calculation of the VAT own resources base (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (97/558/EC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, in the case of Portugal, the Commission on the basis of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 adopted Decision 96/501/Euratom, EC (2) authorizing Portugal to use statistics for years earlier than the last year but one for the 1994, 1995 and 1996 financial years;
Whereas, for the purposes of the breakdown by rate provided for in Article 4 (4) of Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1553/89 is still unable to use national accounts relating to the last year but one before the financial year for which VAT own resources base is to be calculated since only the national accounts for 1994 are sufficiently detailed to enable the weighted average rate to be calculated for the financial year 1997;
Whereas the Advisory Committee on Own Resources has approved the report recording the opinions of its members on this Decision,
For the purposes of the breakdown by rate referred to in Article 4 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89, Portugal is hereby authorized to use figures obtained from the national accounts relating to 1994 for the 1997 financial year for which the VAT own resources base has to be calculated.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 December 1999
appointing a member of the Advisory Committee on Nursing Training
(1999/C 373/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 77/454/EEC of 27 June 1977 setting up an Advisory Committee on Nursing Training(1) and particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
Whereas, in its Decision of 6 July 1998(2), the Council appointed Mr Honorio-Carlos BANDO CASADO member for the period ending 5 July 2001;
Whereas the Spanish Government has nominated Ms Matilde LEDESMA VICENTE to replace Mr Honorio-Carlos BANDO CASADO,
Ms Matilde LEDESMA VICENTE is hereby appointed a member of the Advisory Committee on Nursing Training in place of Mr Honorio-Carlos BANDO CASADO for the remainder of his term of office, which ends on 5 July 2001.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2004
of 25 March 2004
on the issue of import licences for olive oil under the Tunisian tariff quota
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/822/EC of 22 December 2000 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and amendment of the Agricultural Protocols to the EC/Tunisia Association Agreement(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 of 15 February 2001 laying down detailed rules of application for the importation of olive oil originating in Tunisia and derogating from certain provisions of Regulations (EC) No 1476/95 and (EC) No 1291/2000(3), and in particular Article 2(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(1) and (2) of Protocol No 1 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part(4) opens a tariff quota, at a zero rate of duty, for imports of untreated olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90 wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported directly from Tunisia to the Community, up to the limit laid down for each year.
(2) Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 also lays down the maximum monthly quantities covered by the licences to be issued.
(3) Applications were submitted to the competent authorities in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 for import licences covering a total quantity exceeding the limit of 4000 tonnes laid down for March.
(4) Under these circumstances, the Commission must set a reduction coefficient to allow the issue of licences in proportion to the quantity available,
Applications for import licences submitted on 22 and 23 March 2004 under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 shall be accepted for 20,50 % of the quantity applied for. The limit of 4000 tonnes laid down for March has been reached.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.