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Commission Regulation (EC) No 353/2001
of 22 February 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 2428/2000 granting Portugal a derogation for the 2000/01 marketing year from Articles 1(1) and 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2820/2001(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(3), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1639/98(5), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2428/2000(6) extends the final dates for lodging the cultivation declarations referred to in Articles 1 and 20(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 of 30 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive for the 1998/99, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years(7), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1273/1999(8), so that the Portuguese authorities can input the declarations into the GIS as they are lodged and deal immediately with any adjustments that need to be made.
(2) In view of the checks that need to be undertaken, the time limits laid down by Regulation (EC) No 2428/2000 for lodging crop declarations are not long enough and must therefore be adjusted.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
The date "31 January 2001" in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2428/2000 is replaced by "15 March 2001".
The date "28 February 2001" in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2428/2000 is replaced by "15 April 2001".
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 February 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  DECISION
of 26 April 1982
applying Decision 82/169/EEC empowering the Commission to contract loans for the purpose of promoting investment within the Community
(82/268/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 82/169/EEC of 15 March 1982 empowering the Commission to contract loans for the purpose of promoting investment within the Community (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas the purpose of the Community's action is to implement structural investment projects that help attain Community priority objectives in the energy industry and infrastructure sectors;
Whereas the Community has set itself the objective of stimulating the recovery of economic activity and of supporting common policies by Community measures - in particular by making optimum use of the Community's financial instruments - which aim to realise investment projects contributing to greater convergence of the economic policies of the Member States, an objective reaffirmed by the European Council in Luxembourg on 30 June 1981;
Whereas particular attention should be directed to investment which contributes to the more efficient use of energy, to investment which contributes to the development of regional infrastructures and/or which is of Community interest, and to investment by small and medium-sized undertakings;
Whereas the new Community instrument is designed to facilitate investment by providing access to the Community's financial sources in specific high priority sectors;
Whereas Community action in those areas will, in particular, serve the Community's objectives of reducing unemployment and regional disparities,
A single tranche of borrowings is hereby authorized for an amount which shall not exceed the equivalent of 1 000 million ECU in principle.
The proceeds of these borrowings shall be lent to finance investment projects which are carried out on Community territory and which help attain the priority Community's objectives in the energy and infrastructure sectors and for the promotion of small and medium-sized undertakings.
For the purposes of this tranche the investment shall cover:
(a) the efficient use of energy, the replacement of oil by other sources of energy in all sectors and infrastructure projects facilitating such replacement;
(b) infrastructure projects contributing to regional development and/or of Community interest, including transport, telecommunications and information technology, the transmission of energy, water supply infrastructure and environmental protection;
(c) productive investment projects of small and medium-sized undertakings.
The Commission shall decide whether or not projects are eligible in accordance with the following guidelines:
- the provisions of Article 2 in order to meet the Community's principal economic problems,
- the provisions of the Treaty and secondary legislation, in particular those relating to competition, and Community rules and policies applicable in the fields in question.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1479/1999
of 6 July 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 1221/1997 laying down general rules for the application of measures to improve the production and marketing of honey
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 of 25 June 1997 laying down general rules for the application of measures to improve the production and marketing of honey(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2070/98(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2300/97(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2767/98(4), lays down provisions for the implementation of measures to improve the production and marketing of honey;
(2) Whereas there have been changes to the number of hives in the Member States' communications to update the structural data on the situation in the sector as provided for in Article 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2300/97; whereas, as a result, Annex I to that Regulation should be amended;
(3) Whereas Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 lays down a final date for implementation of measures under annual programmes; whereas, as a result, the new Annex I is to apply for the first time to the annual programmes covering the 1999/2000 marketing year;
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply for the first time to the annual programmes covering the 1999/2000 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 306/2002
of 18 February 2002
on import licences in respect of beef and veal products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20 July 1998 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 of 9 September 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and repealing Regulation (EC) No 589/96(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98 provides for the possibility of issuing import licences for beef and veal products. However, imports must take place within the limits of the quantities specified for each of these exporting non-member countries.
(2) The applications for import licences submitted between 1 and 10 February 2002, expressed in terms of boned meat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, do not exceed, in respect of products originating from Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the quantities available from those States. It is therefore possible to issue import licences in respect of the quantities applied for.
(3) The quantities in respect of which licences may be applied for from 1 March 2002 should be fixed within the scope of the total quantity of 52100 tonnes.
(4) This Regulation is without prejudice 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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001(4),
The following Member States shall issue on 21 February 2002 import licences for beef and veal products, expressed as boned meat, originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific States, in respect of the following quantities and countries of origin:
Germany:
- 150 tonnes originating in Namibia.
United Kingdom:
- 200 tonnes originating in Namibia,
- 60 tonnes originating in Swaziland.
Licence applications may be submitted, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/98, during the first 10 days of February 2002 for the following quantities of boned beef and veal:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 208/77  of 31 January 1977  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1350/72 on rules for granting aid to hop producers as regards the definition of areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), as amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Article 13 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1350/72 of 28 June 1972 on rules for granting aid to hop producers (3) lays down that producers are to submit each year a declaration of the areas which they have planted;
Whereas the method of assessing the areas planted with hops can vary from one region to another ; whereas the concept of "area planted" should therefore be defined at Community level to ensure uniform calculation of the areas qualifying for production aid;
Whereas the production aid at present being paid should be granted under comparable conditions in all the Member States ; whereas it is therefore necessary to authorize that the areas registered be increased by a standard rate to offset the differences in calculation existing between the Member States;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops.
The following two paragraphs are hereby added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1350/72:
"3. "Area planted" means:    (a) the area bounded by the line of the outer anchorage strings of the hop poles;
(b) the areas at either end of the rows which are required for operating agricultural machinery, provided that neither area is more than five metres in length and that it does not form part of a highway.
4. On application by a producer submitted within three months of the entry into force of this Regulation, the area registered for the purposes of the 1975 and 1976 harvests shall be increased:    1. by 5 % in the Member States in which the areas referred to in paragraph (3) (b) have not been included in the areas registered;
2. by 10 % in the Member States in which the areas registered comprised only the areas bounded by the bases of the hop poles."
Article 2 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1350/72 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(a) were planted, as regards the areas referred to in Article 1 (3) (a), with a uniform density of at least:    - 1 500 plants per hectare in the case of double staking,
- 2 000 plants per hectare in the case of single staking".
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 (EC) No 321/94 of 11 February 1994 laying down exceptional measures in relation to the set-aside rules in order to alleviate the effects of severe flooding in certain areas of the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 232/94 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas eligibility for the compensatory payment under the general scheme referred to Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 is subject to an obligation to set-aside land; whereas the dtailed rules of application laid down in Commission Regulation  (EEC) No 2293/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2594/93 (4), specify that the set-aside period shall commence on 15 January at the latest and that no agricultural production is allowed on set-aside land;
Whereas, as a result of servere flooding, it is impossible for producers in certain areas within certain Member States to harvest existing crops, in particular of potatoes, sugar beet, fodder beet, carrots or parsnips prior to 15 January 1994 on land  destined to be set aside; whereas exceptionally the harvest of those crops prior to 28 February 1994 should, on an application by a producer, be allowed without this prohibiting the land from being validly set aside, provided that a producer provides  proof that the relevant conditions are satisfied;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
On application to the competent authority of the Member State concerned, and notwithstanding Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2293/92 prohibiting agricultural production on set-aside land, where a producer can prove:
- that, as a result of servere flooding of land it was impossible to harvest an existing crop prior to 15 January 1994,
- that the crop, if harvested, was harvested prior to 28 February 1994,
- that all other relevant conditions in relation to set-aside land have been respected,
that land may be considered to be validly set aside in respect of the 1994 harvest.
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 15 January 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  DECISION
of 30 June 1984
concerning an aid granted to farmers in the Federal Republic of Germany
(84/361/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the request from the Federal Republic of Germany,
Whereas, under Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (1), the Federal Republic of Germany was authorized to grant special aid to agricultural producers using value added tax as an instrument;
Whereas, under the terms of the aforementioned Regulation, the aid in question may not exceed 3 % of the ex-VAT price paid by the purchaser for the agricultural product;
Whereas this limit has proved insufficient in view of the particular difficulties encountered by German agriculture; whereas, in this exceptional situation, exceeding this limit should be deemed to be compatible with the common market;
Whereas, however, the compensation thus granted should not exceed the effects arising out of the dismantling of monetary compensatory amounts,
For the period 1 July 1984 to 31 December 1988 the aid granted by the Federal Republic of Germany in the form of VAT relief shall be deemed to be compatible with the common market up to a maximum of 5 % of the ex-VAT price paid by the purchaser for the agricultural product.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
REGULATION (EEC) No 2369/72 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 November 1972 amending Regulation (EEC) Nos 1282/72 and 1717/72 on the sale of butter at a reduced price to the armies of the Member States and to certain institutions and organisations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/681 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71,2 and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/683 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1075/71,4 and in particular Article 7a thereof;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1282/725 of 21 June 1972 on the sale of butter at a reduced price to the army and similar forces and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1717/726 of 8 August 1972 on the sale of butter at a reduced price to non-profit-making institutions and organisations provide that Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that these sales are in addition to normal consumption ; whereas the provisions of the different Regulations on the sale of butter at a reduced price should be harmonised as far as possible to make them easier to implement and, to the extent compatible with the proper functioning of such sales, to simplify the administrative provisions required for the application of these Regulations in the Member States; whereas the present requirement should not be retained in the two Regulations in question;
Whereas, also in the interests of consistency, the period of validity of the certificate required for the delivery of butter and for determining the maximum quantities of butter to be allocated, which was fixed in days by Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1717/72, should be expressed in months;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products;
The words "that sales under Article 1 are in addition to normal consumption and" shall be deleted from Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1282/72 and Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1717/72.
"Three months" shall be substituted for "ninety days" in Article 4 (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1717/72.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
2 OJ No L 148, 3.7.1971, p. 4.
3 OJ No L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 1.
4 OJ No L 116, 28.5.1971, p. 1.
5 OJ No L 142, 22.6.1972, p. 14.
6 OJ No L 181, 9.8.1972, p. 11.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 64/2003
of 15 January 2003
altering the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
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), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 37/2003(3).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 37/2003 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 37/2003 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of the products set out therein.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2059/2003
of 17 November 2003
amending Regulation No 79/65/EEC setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 37(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee(2),
Following consultation of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas:
(1) The data network set up by Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC(3) provides the Commission with objective and relevant information on the common agricultural policy.
(2) For management reasons, the Commission should be authorised to amend the list of divisions of Member States set out in the Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC, at the request of a Member State.
(3) The data network is a useful tool which enables the Community to develop this policy and it serves, as a consequence, the Member States as well as the Community. The costs of the computerised systems on which the network relies and of studies and development activities of other aspects of the network, should therefore be eligible for Community financing.
(4) Regulation No 79/65/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation No 79/65/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Chapter I, the following Article shall be added:
"Article 2a
At the request of a Member State the list of divisions shall be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 19, provided that the request concerns the Member State's divisions.";
2. Article 22(1) shall be replaced by the following:
"1. Appropriations to be included in the general budget of the European Union, in the Commission section, shall cover:
(a) those costs of the data network attributable to payment of fees to accountancy offices in consideration of their performance of the duties referred to in Articles 9 and 14;
(b) all the costs of the computerised systems operated by the Commission for the reception, verification, processing and analysis of accountancy data supplied by the Member States.
The costs referred to in point (b) include, where appropriate, the costs of disseminating the results of those operations and the costs of studies into, and development of, other aspects of the data network."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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.