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Commission Decision
of 18 November 2003
amending Decision 97/222/EC as regards imports of meat products from Australia and Slovenia
(notified under document number C(2003) 4205)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/826/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003(2), and in particular Article 21a(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/222/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2003/733/EC(4), established a list of third countries or parts of third countries from which the importation of meat products is authorised.
(2) The epidemiological situation concerning classical swine fever in Slovenia has recently been assessed and found to be satisfactory. Member States should therefore authorise the importation of fresh pig meat from Slovenia into the Community.
(3) The list of third countries or parts of third countries from which the Member States authorise the importation of meat products, as laid down in Decision 97/222/EC, should be updated with regard to Slovenia in order to be consistent with Community rules for the importation of fresh meat as relevant for the different treatment categories of meat products.
(4) As regards Australia, only fresh poultrymeat and live poultry, in particular ratite meat and ratites, may be imported subject to certain specific testing requirements due to the use of Newcastle disease vaccines that do not comply with Community legislation, and the importation of wild and farmed game meat products should be restricted to treated products until the situation can be further assessed as regards those categories of birds.
(5) Decision 97/222/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,
The Annex to Decision 97/222/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Directive 2003/73/EC
of 24 July 2003
amending Annex III to Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars(1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex III to Directive 1999/94/EC lays down a format for a poster which has to be exhibited at any point of sale of new passenger cars.
(2) Provision should be made for the use of modern communication tools (electronic display), and to prevent the use of poster updating techniques which are less consumer-friendly.
(3) Annex III to Directive 1999/94/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Consumer organisations and interested parties have been consulted.
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 10 of Directive 1999/94/EC,
Annex III to Directive 1999/94/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive within one year of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such a reference shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
7.8.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 716/2009
of 6 August 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 7 August 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION  (EC) No 1202/95 of 29 May 1995 amending Annexes I and III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on  organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural  products and foodstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of  agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs   (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1201/95  (2), and in particular Article 13  thereof,
Whereas in situations where the public authorities require the use of synthetic plant protection  products not listed in part B of Annex II on account of the serious threat to the entire production  area in a specific zone posed by a disease or pests, the crop products thus obtained may no longer  bear an indication referring to organic production methods;
Whereas, however, in view of compliance with the other rules on production in organic farming, the  conversion period on completion of which the marketing of products bearing such indication is  authorized should, in certain circumstances, be reduced;
Whereas crops of the same variety may not be produced on units managed by the same farmer by both  an organic production method and a conventional production method;
Whereas provision should be made for an exception to this rule in cases where certain areas under  perennial crops are converted gradually from conventional farming to organic farming;
Whereas exceptions to this rule may also be accepted in certain areas used for agricultural  research with a view to the development of organic farming and agreed by the Member States'  competent authorities;
Whereas production of seed, vegetative propagating material and transplants is an activity  undertaken by specialized operators practising organic production in addition to production of  these products by a conventional production method;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Committee referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,
Point 1 of Annex I and part A of Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No  2092/91 are hereby amended as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 15th 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 2354/89
of 31 July 1989
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on ceramic tableware falling within CN code 6912 00 50 originating in Brazil to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 7 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the contries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of ceramic tableware falling within CN codes 6912 00 50 the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 1 000 000; whereas on 18 May 1989, imports of these proudcts into the Community originating in Brazil reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Brazil,
As from 4 August 1989, the levying of customs duties suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Brazil
1.2.3 //  //  //  // Order No  // CN code   // Description  //  //  //  // 10.0740   // 6912 00 50   // Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles of earthenware or fine pottery   //    //   //
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 1464/87
of 26 May 1987
classifying goods in subheading 21.07 G I c) 1 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure that the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature is applied uniformly, measures must be taken concerning the classification of a food preparation in the form of effervescent tablets (weight 7 grams per tablet) put up for retail sale having the following composition (per tablet):
- Calcium carbonate: 0,327 g,
- Calcium galactogluconate: 1,0 g,
- Ascorbic acid: 1,0 g,
- Saccharin, sodium salt: 0,014 g,
- Starch: 0,02 g,
- Polyethylene glycol: 0,15 g,
- Sodium hydrogencarbonate
(sodium bicarbonate): 1,0 g,
- Citric acid: 1,465 g,
- Sucrose (28,7 %) and lemon flavour: 2,009 g;
Whereas heading No 30.03 of the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 750/87 (4), relates in particular to medicaments;
Whereas heading No 21.07 relates to food preparations not elsewhere specified or included;
Whereas the product in question does not comply with the provisions of note 1 to Chapter 30 and therefore cannot be regarded as medicaments of heading No 30.03;
Whereas it has the characteristics of a food supplement containing vitamins and mineral salts and is intended to keep the body in good health and should be regarded as a food preparation; whereas in the absence of a more specific heading, it should be classified in heading No 21.07; whereas, within that heading, subheading 21.07 G I c) 1 is the most appropriate;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
A food preparation in the form of effervescent tablets (weight 7 grams per tablet) put up for retail sale having the following composition (per tablet):
- Calcium carbonate: 0,327 g,
- Calcium galactogluconate: 1,0 g,
- Ascorbic acid: 1,0 g,
- Saccharin, sodium salt: 0,014 g,
- Starch: 0,02 g,
- Polyethylene glycol: 0,15 g,
- Sodium hydrogencarbonate
(sodium bicarbonate): 1,0 g,
- Citric acid: 1,465 g,
- Sucrose (28,7 %) and lemon flavour: 2,009 g;
shall be classified in the Common Customs Tariff under subheading:
21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
G. Other:
I. Containing no milk fats or containig less than 1,5 % weight of such fats:
c. Containing 15 % or more but less than 30 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):
1. Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of starch.
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 Decision
of 21 August 2001
updating the amounts specified in Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EC) No 3418/93 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation
(notified under document number C(2001) 2570)
(2001/642/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EC) No 3418/93 of 9 December 1993 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977(1), and in particular Article 145 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The consumer price index (EUR 15) was 103,4 in December 1998 and 105,1 in December 1999.
(2) Pursuant to Article 145 of Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EC) No 3418/93 the fixed amounts specified in Article 31 of that Regulation must be updated with effect from 1 January 2001,
The amounts specified in Article 31 of Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EC) No 3418/93 shall be updated as follows with effect from 1 January 2001:
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This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
The Commission's Accounting Officer shall communicate it to the other Community institutions and bodies.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 12 February 1986
amending Decision 73/426/EEC on the Advisory Committee on Hops
(86/56/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas, as a result of enlargement, in order to maintain a balanced regional representation in the Joint Working Party set up under the Advisory Committee on Hops, pursuant to Commission Decision 73/426/EEC (1), as last amended by Decision 83/77/EEC (2), the number of members of the Working Party should be increased,
In Article 5 (1) of Commission Decision 73/426/EEC, the number 'six' is hereby replaced by 'seven'.
This Decision shall enter into force on 12 February 1986.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2349/97 of 27 November 1997 repealing Regulation (EC) No 581/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain production regions in Belgium, animal health measures were adopted by the Belgian authorities pursuant to Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (3), as last amended by Decision 93/384/EEC (4), and exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat were adopted for this Member State by Regulation (EC) No 581/97 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1935/97 (6);
Whereas, in view of the progress achieved on the animal health side, the exceptional market support measures can now be closed down; whereas Regulation (EC) No 581/97 needs to be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EC) No 581/97 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 DECISION of 29 September 1997 amending Decision 97/85/EC recognizing that the production of certain quality wines produced in specified regions in Spain, by reason of their qualitative characteristics, is far from able to satisfy demand (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (97/665/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1417/97 (2), and in particular Article 6 (4) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, all new planting of vines is prohibited until 31 August 1998; whereas, however, there is provision for Member States to grant authorization for new vine planting for the 1996/97 and 1997/98 wine years for areas intended for the production of:
- quality wines produced in specified regions (quality wines psr), and
- table wines designated as one of the following: 'Landwein`, 'vin de pays`, 'indicazione geografica tipica`, 'vino de la tierra`, 'vinho regional`, 'regional wine`, etc.,
for which the Commission has recognized that production, by reason of their qualitative characteristics, is far from able to satisfy demand;
Whereas requests for the application of that provision for certain quality wines psr were submitted by the Spanish Government on 3 December 1996; whereas Commission Decision 97/85/EC (3) was adopted in response to that request;
Whereas a further request was made on 26 June 1997 for 245 ha; whereas that request exhausts the authorized area available for new planting;
Whereas examination of the requests has shown that the quality wines psr in question meet the necessary conditions; whereas the limit of 3 615 ha laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 has not been exceeded;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The Annex to Decision 97/85/EC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 547/86
of 27 February 1986
fixing the special rates for converting the free-at-frontier reference prices of imported liqueur wines into national currency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1393/76 of 17 June 1976 laying down detailed rules for the importation of products in the wine-growing sector originating in third countries (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2135/84 (5), and in particular Article 1 a (4) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1a of Regulation (EEC) No 1393/76, special rates are used to convert the free-at-frontier reference prices for imported liqueur wines into national currency; whereas the special rates applicable at present were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 420/86 (6);
Whereas for the currencies of the Member States maintained at any given moment within a maximum spread of 2,25 %, the special rate is the conversion rate resulting from the central rate; whereas for the other currencies, the special rate for the period 1 March to 31 August 1986 is equal to the conversion rate in relation to all the currencies of the Member States maintained at any given moment with a maximum spread of 2,25 % resulting from the average rate taken into consideration for the purposes of calculating the monetary compensatory amounts valid on 1 February 1986;
Whereas under the terms of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (7), and in particular of Article 6 (2) thereof, the central rates and the market rates are to be multiplied by a corrective factor of 1,035239,
The special rate referred to in Article 1a of Regulation (EEC) No 1393/76 shall be:
(a) for the Belgian franc and the Luxembourg franc:
Bfrs/Lfrs 1 = 0,0215462 ECU,
(b) for the Danish krone:
Dkr 1 = 0,118835 ECU,
(c) for the German mark:
DM 1 = 0,431540 ECU,
(d) for the French franc:
FF 1 = 0,140728 ECU,
(e) for the pound sterling:
ÂŁ 1 = 1,47538 ECU,
(f) for the Irish pound:
ÂŁIrl 1 = 1,33314 ECU,
(g) for the Italian lira:
Lit 100 = 0,0636745 ECU,
(h) for the Dutch guilder:
Fl 1 = 0,383001 ECU,
(i) for the Greek drachma:
Dr 100 = 0,714223 ECU,
(j) for the Spanish peseta:
pta 100 = 0,693622 ECU.
Regulation (EEC) No 420/86 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.