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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 891/91  of 10 April 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 on the sale by tender of butter to intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3641/90 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7a (1)  and (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (3) (c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1310/90 (4), provides that tenderers must express the prices they offer per 100 kilograms of butter in the currency of the Member State in  which the invitation to tender is issued; whereas in order to make it simpler to fix the maximum buying-in price for the tender award, tenderers should be required to present their offers in ecus, to no more than two decimal places, per 100 kilograms of  butter;
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 provides that tenderers must lodge a security of ECU 10 per tonne to guarantee on the one hand maintenance of the tender after the expiry of the final date for the submission of tenders and on the other  hand delivery of the butter to the depot; whereas the amount of that security has proved insufficient to ensure the fulfilment of the abovementioned primary requirements; whereas it should accordingly be increased;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
  Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 3 (3) (c), 'in the currency of the Member State in which the invitation to tender is issued' is replaced by 'in ecus, to no more than two decimal places';
2. in Article 4 (1), '10 ECU' is replaced by 'ECU 30';
3. Article 11 is replaced by the following:
'Article 11
The proposed price referred to in Article 3 (3) (c), the securities provided for in Article 4 and the maximum price referred to in Article 5 shall be converted into national currency using the representative rate valid on the final date for the  submission of tenders.'  Article 2  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.
22.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 49/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 20 February 2012
on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Germany concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2010 financial year
(notified under document C(2012) 899)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2012/103/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2011/271/EU (2) cleared for the 2010 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Belgian paying agency ‘Région Wallonne’, the German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Bayern’, ‘Helaba’ and ‘Rheinland-Pfalz’, the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’, the Luxembourg paying agency ‘Ministère de l’agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement rural’ and the Slovakian paying agency ‘APA’.
(2) Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Bayern’, ‘Helaba’ and ‘Rheinland-Pfalz’.
(3) In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from EU financing expenditure not effected in accordance with EU rules,
The accounts of the German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Bayern’, ‘Helaba’ and ‘Rheinland-Pfalz’ concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in respect of the 2010 financial year, are hereby cleared.
The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State under each rural development programme pursuant to this Decision, including those resulting from the application of Article 33(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, are set out in the Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 221/2003
of 4 February 2003
authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 138/2003(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on arrangements in the area of market access for textiles products, initialled on 15 October 1994(3) and approved by Council Decision 96/386/EC(4), provides that favourable consideration is to be given to certain requests for so-called "exceptional flexibility" by Pakistan.
(2) The Islamic Republic of Pakistan submitted requests for transfers between categories on 20 December 2002 and 16 January 2003.
(3) The transfers requested by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and set out in Annex VIII thereto.
(4) It is appropriate to grant the requests in the form of an advance use of 2003 quotas for the categories requested.
(5) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee set up by Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,
Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, are authorised for the quota year 2002 in accordance with 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.
7.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 152/36
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 June 2006
amending Decision 2005/710/EC as regards certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry in Romania
(notified under document number C(2006) 2137)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/396/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,
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 (2), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the outbreak of avian influenza, caused by a highly pathogenic H5N1 virus strain, in south-east Asia starting in December 2003, the Commission adopted several protection measures in relation to that disease, in particular Commission Decision 2005/710/EC of 13 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in Romania (3).
(2) Decision 2005/710/EC provides for the suspension of imports into the Community from certain parts of Romania, affected by that disease, of live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game and live birds other than poultry, including pet birds, hatching eggs of those species and certain other products of birds.
(3) Romania has now notified the Commission of several confirmed cases and several more suspicions of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry flocks in Brasov county, which is outside the parts of Romania currently regionalised by Decision 2005/710/EC. Romania has transmitted information that eradication and control measures are being applied in the affected county. Supplementary biosecurity measures are in force in all 42 Romanian counties.
(4) In light of the current disease situation in Romania, it is necessary to extend the parts of Romania from where the relevant imports into the Community are suspended.
(5) Decision 2005/710/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 2005/710/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
The Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
5.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 120/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 687/2006
of 4 May 2006
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 25th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
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) and in particular the second indent of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 of 15 July 2005 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2005/2006 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 25th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 27,802 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 1 October 1991  making an initial allocation to Denmark of part of the resources to be charged to the 1992 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organizations for distribution to the most  deprived persons in the Community  (91/529/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 of 10 December 1987 laying down the general rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to the most deprived persons in the Community (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87 of 14 December 1987 laying down the detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to the most deprived persons in the Community (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 583/91  (3), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (5),  and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,
Whereas on 7 August 1991, Denmark requested Commission authorization to initiate already in 1991 the action on its territory to be financed by resources chargeable to the 1992 budget and indicated the quantities of produce that it wished to distribute;  whereas it is desirable to initiate the scheme now in Denmark by making an allocation to that country; whereas this allocation shall not exceed 50 % of the resources allocated by Commission decision to Denmark in respect of the plan for 1991;
Whereas in order to facilitate the implementation of this scheme it is necessary to specify the rate of exchange to be employed in converting the ecu into the national currency and to do so at a rate which reflects economic reality,
1. The allocation for Denmark of the appropriations referred to in Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87 to be charged to the 1992 budget shall be ECU 609 500.
This sum shall be converted into national currency at the rate applicable on 3 January 1991 and published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.
2. Subject to the limit set out in paragraph 1, the following quantities of produce may be withdrawn from intervention for distribution in Denmark:
- 30 tonnes of butter,
- 250 tonnes of beef.
3. The withdrawals referred to in paragraph 2 may be made from 1 October 1991.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
11.5.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 122/63
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 447/2011
of 6 May 2011
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of 3 months, continue to be invoked by the holder, pursuant to Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of 3 months pursuant to Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
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.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 27 February 1987
amending Decision 86/221/EEC on the Guidelines for the Management of the European Social Fund in the financial years 1987 to 1989 in respect of the list of areas of high and long-term unemployment and/or industrial and sectoral restructuring
(87/171/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 83/516/EEC of 17 October 1983 on the tasks of the European Social Fund (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the European Social Fund,
Whereas European Social Fund assistance is concentrated on operations intended to promote employment particularly in areas of industrial and sectoral restructuring consisting of areas assisted by the non-quota section of the European Regional Development Fund, and based on Article 56 of the ECSC Treaty;
Whereas, following the amendment of the list of these areas, it is necessary to amend the list of areas of high and long-term unemployment and/or industrial and sectoral restructuring attached to the Guidelines for the Management of the European Social Fund in the financial years 1987 to 1989, which are annexed to Commission Decision 86/221/EEC (2),
The list of areas of high and long-term unemployment and/or industrial and sectoral restructuring, attached to the Guidelines for the Management of the European Social Fund in the financial years 1987 to 1989, which are annexed to Decision 86/221/EEC, is hereby amended as follows:
1. To footnote (1) to the heading 'ITALIA' is added:
'- Decreto del 15. 5. 1986, Gazetta ufficiale del 14. 7. 1986'.
2. Under the heading 'UNITED KINGDOM' the local authority area 'Lothian' is inserted.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 18 December 1991  on certain adaptations of measures covered by Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic  (Only the German text is authentic)  (92/86/EEC)
THE COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3571/90 of 4 December 1990 introducing various measures concerning the implementation of the common fisheries policy in the former German Democratic Republic (1), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3944/90 of 20 December 1990 (3) requires in its
Article 3
that Member States shall forward to the Commission a multiannual guidance programme concerning the fishing fleet;
Whereas the Commission adopted by Decision 88/139/EEC (4) a multiannual guidance programme for the German fishing fleet (1987 to 1991), as last amended by Decision (91/540/EEC) (5);
Whereas the adjustment of capacity is one of the major measures to achieve the objectives of the amendment for the fishing fleet of the former German Democratic Republic;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3571/90 provides for a simplified procedure concerning the implementation of the common fisheries policy in the former German Democratic Republic in respecting the general tenor and the basic principles of Regulation (EEC) No  4028/86;
Whereas the specific situation in that territory makes it particularly difficult to obtain information about the number of fishing days per vessel in the period prior to German unification;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry,
If the German authorities certify that such vessels were used exclusively for fishing activities during the qualifying calendar years in question, the fishing vessels from the former German Democratic Republic shall be eligible for  reimbursement by the Community of premiums paid under Title VII of Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 in respect of the adjustment of capacity, by way of derogation from the provisions of Articles 23 (1), 23 (2b) and 24 (2b).
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
26.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 53/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 328/2005
of 25 February 2005
concerning the 13th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 214/2001
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), and in particular Article 10(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2001 of 12 January 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in skimmed milk (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 214/2001.
(3) On the basis of the examination of the offers received, the tendering offer should not be proceeded with.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 13th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 214/2001, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 22 February 2005, no offer shall be proceeded with.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 164/94 of 24 January 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2076/92 fixing the premiums for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties and the processing quotas allocated by group of varieties and by Member State
THE  COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2076/92 (4) fixes the guarantee thresholds by group of varieties and by Member State for the 1994 harvest; whereas market conditions have changed since then; whereas this should be taken into account by adjusting the various  guarantee thresholds to the foreseeable possibilities of disposal while maintaining unchanged the total quantities allocated to the Member States,
In Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2076/92, the table 'GUARANTEE THRESHOLDS 1994' is hereby replaced by the table in the Annex hereto.
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.