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30.12.1995 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 324/10
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 December 1995
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Colombia on precursors and chemical substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances
(95/568/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2), and Article 228 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas, on 25 September 1995, the Council authorized the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Community, agreements on the control of precursors and chemical substances with the Member States of the Organization of American States, and as a priority with the Member Countries of the Cartagena Agreement; whereas the Commission, on the basis of this authorization, completed negotiations with the Republic of Colombia on 13 November 1995;
Whereas it is appropriate that the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Colombia on precursors and chemical substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances should be approved;
Whereas it is appropriate that the Council authorize the Commission, in consultation with a special committee appointed by the Council, to approve modifications on behalf of the Community where the Agreement provides for them to be adopted by the Joint Follow-Up Group; whereas, such authorization must be limited to the modification of the Annexes of the Agreement in so far as it concerns substances already covered by Community legislation on precursors and chemical substances,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Colombia on precursors and chemical substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances is approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, deposit the instrument provided for in Article 12 of the Agreement (1).
1.   The Community shall be represented in the Joint Follow-Up Group provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement by the Commission, assisted by the representatives of the Member States.
2.   The Commission is authorized to approve, on behalf of the Community, modifications to the Annexes to the Agreement adopted by the Joint Follow-Up Group by the procedure laid down in Article 10 of the Agreement.
The Commission shall be assisted in this task by a special committee designated by the Council and charged with establishing a common position.
3.   The authorization referred to in paragraph 2 shall be limited to those substances which are already covered by the relevant Community legislation on drugs precursors and chemical substances.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2063/2003
of 24 November 2003
prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1754/2003(4), lays down quotas for blue whiting for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES divisions IIa (EC waters) and North Sea (EC waters), by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock from 31 October 2003. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES divisions IIa (EC waters) and North Sea (EC waters), by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 2003.
Fishing for blue whiting in the waters of ICES divisions IIa (EC waters) and North Sea (EC waters), by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 31 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 3 May 1989 amending, for the ninth time, Directive 73/241/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption (89/344/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
In cooperation with the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal authorized the Kingdom of Spain to continue to place on its internal market, until 31 December 1987, products of the type 'familiar a la taza' and 'a la taza' under the name of chocolate;
Whereas Directive 73/241/EEC (3), as last amended by the Act of Accession, did not define in Annex I chocolate of this type containing flours and/or starches and intended for consumption after cooking;
Whereas the situation could lead to the prohibition of the sale of this product, which would be undesirable; whereas Directive 73/241/EEC should therefore be amended,
The following is added to Article 14 (2) of Directive 73/241/EEC:
'(g)  authorizing the marketing under the name of "chocolate familiar a la taza" and "chocolate a la taza" of chocolate containing flours and/or starches and intended for consumption with milk after cooking, not defined in Annex I;'.
With effect from 1 January 1988, Member States shall, where necessary, amend their national legislation in order to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2001
of 10 October 2001
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 1809/2001(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Paragraph 6 of 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 31 December 1994 and approved by Council Decision 96/386/EC(3), provides that favourable consideration shall be given to certain requests for so-called "exceptional flexibility" by Pakistan.
(2) The Islamic Republic of Pakistan submitted a request for transfers between different textile and clothing products on 27 August 2001.
(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, therefore, appropriate to grant the request.
(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,
Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan fixed by 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 are authorised for the quota year 2001 in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
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.
22.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 374/48
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2208/2004
of 21 December 2004
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled and medium and long grain A rice issued in Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004 (2).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 14(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003, a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 13 to 16 December 2004 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled rand, medium and long grain A rice to certain third European countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 2031/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2011/96 of 21 October 1996 fixing the intervention price of olive oil for the 1996/97 marketing year at a reduced level to take account of the overrun of the maximum guaranteed quantity during the 1994/95 and 1995/96 marketing years
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 organization of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2), and in particular Article 4a thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1583/96 (3) fixes, for the 1996/97 marketing year, the intervention price for olive oil;
Whereas Article 4a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC extends the system of maximum guaranteed quantities to the intervention price for olive oil; whereas, for the 1994/95 marketing year, for which the maximum guaranteed quantity was fixed at 1 350 000 tonnes, the estimated production of olive oil was fixed at 1 408 023 tonnes, while final production for the same marketing year was established as 1 463 228 tonnes; whereas, pursuant to the second indent of the abovementioned Article 4a, the intervention price for the 1996/97 marketing year should be reduced in proportion to the difference between the extents to which the final and estimated production in the 1994/95 marketing year exceeded the abovementioned maximum guaranteed quantity;
Whereas, for the 1995/96 marketing year, for which the maximum guaranteed quantity is fixed at 1 350 000 tonnes, estimated olive oil production is fixed at 1 417 200 tonnes; whereas, pursuant to the abovementioned Article 4a, the intervention price for the 1996/97 marketing year should be reduced in proportion to the extent that estimated production for the 1995/96 marketing year exceeds the abovementioned maximum guaranteed quantity;
Whereas, however, such reductions may not exeed 3 %;
Whereas the intervention price fixed for the 1996/97 marketing year by Regulation (EC) No 1583/96 must therefore be reduced by 3 %,
The intervention price for olive oil for the 1996/97 marketing year shall be ECU 180,58/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 November 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2622/87
of 31 August 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on footwear with outer soles of other materials, falling within heading 64.04, originating in South Korea to which the tariff preferences set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 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 3924/86, 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 9 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 countries and territories concerned may at any time be reintroduced;
Whereas, in the case of footwear with outer soles of other materials, falling within heading 64.04, the individual ceiling was fixed at 3 285 000 ECU; whereas, on 18 August 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in South Korea reached the celling in question after being charged thereagainst;
Whereas, it is appropriate to reintroduce the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against South Korea,
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against South Korea,
As from 4 September 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in South Korea:
1.2.3 //  //  //  // Order No  // CCT heading No and NIMEXE-code  // Description  //  //  //  // 10.0690   // 64.04 (*) (64.04-all numbers)   // Footwear with outer soles of other materials   //    //   //
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 DECISION of 16 December 1992 amending Decision 89/380/EEC authorizing certain Member States provisionally to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC, in respect of plants of Pinus L. originating in  Japan
(93/31/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by  Commission Directive 92/103/EEC (2), and in particular Article 14 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by the Member States concerned,
Whereas, under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, plants of Pinus L., other than fruit and seeds, originating in non-European countries, may in principle not be introduced into the Community;
Whereas by Decision 89/380/EEC (3) the Commission authorized a derogation under special technical conditions in respect of Pinus plants of the bonsai type, originating in Japan;
Whereas that Decision stipulated that the authorization shall expire on 31 December 1992;
Whereas the provisions laid down in the Annexes to Directive 77/93/EEC have been subjected to a review taking into account a pest risk assessment to adapt the relevant provisions to the single market concept;
Whereas that pest risk assessment has been the basis for an amendment and revision of the relevant provisions of the said Directive;
Whereas, however, according to the provisions of Council Directive 91/683/EEC (4) Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 91/683/EEC six months after the revisions of  Annexes I to V to Directive 77/93/EEC;
Whereas it appears that the revision has been delayed;
Whereas the authorization is applicable without prejudice to the abolition of the intra-Community border controls from 1 January 1993;
Whereas the circumstances justifying the authorization still obtain;
Whereas the authorization should therefore be extended for a further period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Decision 89/380/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1 (2) (g), '89/380/EEC' is replaced by '93/31/EEC';
2. in Article 4, the words 'expire on 31 December 1992' are replaced by 'apply for a period expiring on the deadline for implementation into national legislation of the modifications to Directive 77/93/EEC as referred to in Article 3 (1) to Directive  91/683/EEC, this being the last date of entry into the Community.'
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom  of the Netherlands, the Republic of Portugal and the United Kingdom.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1620/88
of 10 June 1988
re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Cooperation Agreement betwen the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1), and in particular Protocol 1 thereto,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4186/87 of 21 December 1987 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Yugoslavia (1988) (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned Protocol 1 and Article 15 of the Cooperation Agreement provide that the products listed in Article 1 hereto are imported exempt of customs duty into the Community, subject to the annual ceiling of 1 786 tonnes, above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be re-established;
Whereas imports into the Community of those products, originating in Yugoslavia, have reached that ceiling; whereas the situation on the Community market requires that customs duties applicable to third countries on the products in question be re-established,
From 14 June to 31 December 1988, the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Yugoslavia:
1.2.3 //  //  //  // Order No  // CN code   // Description  //  //  //  // 01.0190   // 7604   // Aluminium bars, rods and profiles, excluding code 7604 21 00   //    //   //
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.
Council Decision
of 12 March 2001
authorising the Netherlands, in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to diesel consumed by taxis in 2000
(2001/228/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/81/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on mineral oils(1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorise any Member State to introduce further exemptions or reductions for specific policy considerations.
(2) The Netherlands has asked to be authorised to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to diesel consumed by taxis in the course of 2000. A degressive refund, not exceeding NLG 0,14 per litre of diesel, is planned for all taxis operating in the Netherlands.
(3) The measure complies with the minimum rate of excise duty referred to in Article 5 of Council Directive 92/82/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the approximation of the rates of excise duties on mineral oils(2).
(4) The refund falls short of the increase in retail fuel prices. The measure is therefore proportionate.
(5) The Commission and all the Member States consider that the application of a differentiated rate of excise duty to diesel consumed by taxis in 2000 will not cause distortions of competition or hinder the operation of the single market. Being confined to taxis, whose activity is by definition local, the derogation does not affect intra-Community trade.
(6) The above information has been communicated to the other Member States,
1. In accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC, the Netherlands is authorised to apply a degressive differentiated rate of excise duty, not exceeding NLG 0,14 per litre, on diesel fuel consumed by taxis in the period 1 January to 31 December 2000.
2. The differentiated rate must comply with the terms of Directive 92/82/EEC and in particular the minimum rates laid down in Article 5 thereof.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2000.
This Decision is addressed to the Netherlands.