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24.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/31
COUNCIL DECISION 2012/36/CFSP
of 23 January 2012
amending Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 25 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (1).
(2) On 10 October 2011, the Council extended the existing restrictive measures until 31 October 2012 by adopting Decision 2011/666/CFSP (2).
(3) In view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus, additional restrictive measures against Belarus should be adopted.
(4) The restrictions on admission and on the freezing of funds and economic resources should be applied to persons responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, in particular persons in a leading position, and to persons and entities benefiting from or supporting the Lukashenka regime, in particular persons and entities providing financial or material support to the regime.
(5) Decision 2010/639/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
Decision 2010/639/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:
(1) in Article 1(1), the following points are added:
‘(e) for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus, as listed in Annex V;
(f) and persons or entities benefiting from or supporting the Lukashenka regime as listed in Annex V.’;
(2) in Article 2(1), the following points are inserted:
‘(c) for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus, as listed in Annex V;
(d) and persons or entities benefiting from or supporting the Lukashenka regime, as listed in Annex V;’;
(3) in Article 2, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
(4) in Article 3(1), point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) necessary to satisfy the basic needs of the persons listed in Annexes IIIA, IV and V and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;’.
The Annex to this Decision shall be added to Decision 2010/639/CFSP as Annex V.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2003
of 19 February 2003
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
8.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 264/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 935/2009
of 7 October 2009
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/2010 marketing year
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 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2009/2010 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 930/2009 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/2010, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 October 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 160/18
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 527/2012
of 20 June 2012
withdrawing the suspension of submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Submission of applications for import licences concerning order number 09.4321 were suspended as from 19 January 2012 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 41/2012 of 18 January 2012 suspending submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas (3), in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009.
(2) Following notifications on unused and/or partly used licences, quantities became available again for that order number. The suspension of applications should therefore be withdrawn,
The suspension laid down by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 41/2012 of submission of applications for import licences for order number 09.4321 as from 19 January 2012 is withdrawn.
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  DECISION
of 21 December 1983
changing the import arrangements established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 and applied in the Benelux countries, in the Federal Republic of Germany, in the United Kingdom and in Greece in respect of Romania regarding various industrial products
(Only the Dutch, English, French, German and Greek texts are authentic)
(84/11/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 of 14 November 1983 on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries, not liberalized at Community level (1), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 established the list of products originating in State-trading countries whose release for free circulation in the Member States is subject to quantitative restrictions;
Whereas the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania of 28 July 1980 on trade in industrial products (2) met in Brussels on 1 and 2 December 1983; whereas upon completion of its work it recommended, among other measures, the abolition of quantitative restrictions on the release for free circulation in certain Member States of products originating in Romania;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83, the Governments of the Benelux countries, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom have informed the other Member States and the Commission that they consider that the import arrangements applied in the Benelux countries, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom in respect of imports of various industrial products from Romania should be amended in accordance with that Regulation;
Whereas, following the examination of different aspects of the measures recommended by the Joint Committee, action should be taken thereon, account being taken in particular of Article 3 (1) of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Republic of Romania on trade in industrial products,
The quantitative restrictions on the release for free circulation in the Member States specified in the Annex, of the goods therein indicated originating in Romania, are hereby abolished.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/2002
of 9 July 2002
on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 of 23 June 1995 on implementing rules for export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those granted for added sugars(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1111/2002(3) specifies the quantities which may be covered by applications submitted for export licences with advance fixing of the refund other than those applied for in connection with food aid.
(2) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 lays down the conditions under which special measures may be taken by the Commission to prevent an overrun in the quantities for which export licence applications may be submitted.
(3) In view of the information available to the Commission as of today, the quantity of 301 tonnes of orange juice with a value of 55° Brix or more in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1111/2002, reduced or increased by the quantities referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95, would be exceeded if licences were issued with advanced fixing of refunds without restriction in response to applications submitted since 4 July 2002. A reducing factor should accordingly be applied to the quantities applied for on 4 July 2002, and applications for export licences with advance fixing of refunds submitted subsequently with a view to such licences being issued during the current period should be rejected,
Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for orange juice with a value of 55° Brix or more for which applications were submitted on 4 July 2002 pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1111/2002 shall be issued for 100 % of the quantities applied for.
Applications for export licences with advance fixing of refunds for the above product submitted after 4 July 2002 and before 25 October 2002 shall be rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
23.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 218/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 983/2007
of 22 August 2007
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
4.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 180/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1009/2006
of 3 July 2006
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 3 December 1997 concerning the extension of an exemption granted to Germany pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the German text is authentic) (97/846/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/27/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas by Decision 95/458/EC (3) of 19 October 1995 the Commission approved the request for an exemption submitted by the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Directive 70/456/EEC concerning the production of a third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE Regulation No 7 and the fitting thereof in accordance with ECE No 48, with a view to the granting of EC type approval;
Whereas the request for an extension of the exemption submitted by Germany on 7 May 1997 is justified by the fact that the measures needed to adapt the directives which were the subject of that exemption have not yet come into force and the exemption should therefore be extended until the entry into force of the adaptations to those directives and, in any case, for a maximum period of 24 months;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The exemption granted to Germany by Commission Decision 95/458/EEC of 19 October 1995 is hereby extended until the entry into force of the adaptations to the directives concerned and, in any case, for a period not exceeding 24 months.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
2.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 268/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 September 2010
appointing and replacing members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
2010/C 268/01
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975 establishing the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and in particular Article 4 thereof (1),
Having regard to the nomination submitted by the Maltese Government,
Whereas:
(1) By its Decision of 14 September 2009 (2), the Council appointed the members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 18 September 2009 to 17 September 2012.
(2) A member's seat on the Governing Board of the Centre in the category of Government representatives has become vacant as a result of the resignation of Mr Paul ATTARD,
The following person is hereby appointed member of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the remainder of the term of office, which runs until 17 September 2012:
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE:
MALTA: Mr James Joachim CALLEJA
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2575/1999
of 6 December 1999
on the payment of an additional advance on compensatory aid in the banana sector for 1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1467/1999(4), lays down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 404/93 as regards the system of compensatory aid for loss of income from the marketing of bananas. Article 4 of that Regulation lays down the conditions under which advances on the compensatory aid are paid;
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1063/1999 of 21 May 1999 fixing the compensatory aid for bananas produced and marketed in the Community in 1998, the time limit for payment of the balance of the aid and the unit value of the advances for 1999(5) fixes the unit value of each advance in respect of the aid yet to be determined for 1999 at EUR 18,34 per 100 kilograms;
(3) to take account of the difficult financial situation in which Community banana producers find themselves because of an appreciable worsening of the Community market, provision should be made to pay a top-up to the advances paid for the quantities marketed in the Community between 1 January and 31 October 1999, without prejudice to the level of compensatory aid yet to be fixed pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 404/93 and the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93. This additional payment should be made conditional on the lodgement of a security in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93;
(4) the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
The producer Member States shall pay in respect of 1999 an additional advance on the compensatory aid provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of EUR 6,55 per 100 kilograms, for quantities marketed in the Community between 1 January and 31 October 1999.
The additional advance shall be paid on marketed quantities for which applications for compensatory aid have been made in respect of 1999.
The application for payment of the additional advance shall be accompanied by proof that a security of EUR 3,27 per 100 kilograms has been lodged.
Payment shall be made within two months of the entry into force of this Regulation.
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 1798/2001
of 13 September 2001
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
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 third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1760/2001(2).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2001 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(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1760/2001 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.