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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1171/2003
of 30 June 2003
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2002(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in an adjustment of the import duties that have been fixed as from 15 May 2003 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2003(5) as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be adjusted in compliance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 and fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
20.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 253/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 850/2012
of 19 September 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
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.
24.2.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 51/8
COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 February 2009
on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
(2009/153/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
AND THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the Council’s approval pursuant to Article 101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Whereas:
(1) The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, has been signed on behalf of the Community on 15 July 2008 in accordance with Council Decision 2008/800/EC (2).
(2) The Protocol should be concluded,
The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Member States.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, deposit the instruments of approval provided for in Article 12(2) of the Protocol. The President of the Commission shall simultaneously deposit these instruments on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.
COMMISSION  DIRECTIVE
amending Directive 77/535/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of sampling and analysis for fertilizers
(87/566/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/116/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to fertilizers (1), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Directive 77/535/EEC (2) provides for official controls for EEC fertilizers for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements imposed by the Community provisions concerning the quality and composition of fertilizers; whereas that Directive should be amended by adapting Annex I, 'Method of sampling for the control of fertilizers' so that fluid fertilizers can also be checked when Directive 76/116/EEC relating to fertilizers has been extended to fluid fertilizers; whereas a modification has also proved necessary for the control of ammonium nitrate (3) (4);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the removal of technical barriers to trade in fertilizers,
The paragraphs in the Annex to this Directive are added to or substituted for those with the same numbers in Annex I to Directive 77/535/EEC.
1. Member States shall take measures necessary to comply with this Directive not later than the 31 October 1988 and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3300/92  of 12 November 1992  concerning the stopping of fishing for sprat by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3882/91 of 18 December 1991 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1992 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No  2985/92 (4), provides for sprat shares of total allowable catches available to the Community for 1992;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to total allowable catches, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the  flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the share of the total allowable catches available to the Community;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of sprat in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the share of  the total allowable catches available to the Community for 1992,
Catches of sprat in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone), by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the share of the total allowable catches available to  the Community for 1992.
Fishing for sprat in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such  stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2633/98 of 8 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 on detailed rules to implement Council Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 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,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1472/98 (4), lays down provisions for the implementation of measures to improve the production and the marketing of honey;
Whereas consistency between measures of national programmes and other measures under the various Community policies, in particular Regulations on the coordination of agro-food research policies must be ensured during the implementation of national programmes; whereas, in particular, any over-compensation owing to the combination of aid and any other inconsistency in the definition of measures must be avoided;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2300/97 is replaced by the following:
'3. The same measure may not be the subject of payments simultaneously under Regulation (EC) No 1221/97 and under another Community aid scheme in respect of Council Regulations (EC) No 950/97 (*), (EC) No 951/97 (**) and (EC) No 952/97 (***) as well as Community programmes of research, technological development and demonstration provided for in Article 2(3) of this Regulation.
(*) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997, p. 1.
(**) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997, p. 22.
(***) OJ L 142, 2.6.1997, p. 30.`
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 3598/93 of 21 December 1993 fixing the amount of the flat-rate premium for certain fishery products during the 1994 fishing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4176/88 of 28 December 1988 laying down detailed rules for the grant of a flat-rate aid for certain fishery products (1) and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas the flat-rate premium should encourage the producers' organizations to prevent the destruction of products withdrawn from the market;
Whereas the amount of the premium must be fixed in such as way as to take account of the interdependence of the markets concerned and of the need to prevent distortion of competition;
Whereas the amount of the premium may not exceed the technical and financial costs of processing and storage recorded during the previous fishing year, the highest costs being disregarded;
Whereas, on the basis of the information concerning the technical and financial costs associated with the concerned operations recorded in the Community, the amount of the premium should be fixed for the 1994 fishing year as shown below;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 1994 fishing year, the amount of the flat-rate premium for the products listed in Annex VI to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 (2) shall be as follows:
(a) freezing and storage of products, whole, gutted with head, or cut:
ECU 95/tonne, for the first month
ECU 14/tonne, per additional month;
(b) filleting, freezing and storage:
ECU 157/tonne for the first month
ECU 14/tonne, per additional month.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE
of 8 December 1986
amending Directive 65/66/EEC laying down specific criteria of purity for the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption
(86/604/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/54/EEC of 5 November 1963 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the preservatives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (1), as last amended by Directive 85/585/EEC (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Directive 65/66/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 76/463/EEC (4), laid down specific criteria of purity for the preservatives listed in the Annex to Directive 64/54/EEC; whereas that Annex was supplemented by Directive 85/585/EEC, which added potassium acid sulphite (potassium bisulphite) to the list of authorized preservatives;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down specific criteria of purity for this preservative,
The following specifications are hereby inserted between Nos E 227 and E 230 of the Annex to Directive 65/66/EEC:
E 228 - Potassium acid sulphite (potassium bisulphite)
1.2 // Appearance:   // Clear colourless solution prepared by bubbling sulphur dioxide (SO2) (E 220) in an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide (KOH) as used in foodstuffs  // Chemical formula:   // KHSO3 in aqueous solution (1)  // Content:   // Not less than 280 g KHSO3 per litre (or 150 g SO2 per litre)   // Sodium:   // Not more than 1 % of the SO2 content   // Selenium:   // Not more than 10 mg/kg of the SO2 content   // Chloride:   // Not more than 1 000 mg/kg expressed as Cl.
(1) Other potassium salts of sulphur dioxide may be present following deterioration due to storage in open containers.'
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 1988. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1246/2001
of 26 June 2001
establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Azores and Madeira of cereal products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 to 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira, with regard to certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The quantities of products eligible for the specific supply arrangements are determined by means of periodic forecast balances which may be revised according to the essential requirements of the market taking into account local production and traditional trade flows.
(2) In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 these arrangements include requirements for direct human consumption, and for processing and packaging in the Islands of products listed in the Annex to the aforementioned Regulation. An assessment of these requirements is made annually in the context of a forecast supply balance which can be revised in the course of the year in the light of developments in the requirements of the Islands. The assessment of the requirements of the processing and packaging industries, as regards products intended for the local market or traditionally dispatched to the rest of the Community, may result in the establishment of a separate forecast supply balance.
(3) Pending the entry into force of the reform of the specific supply arrangements and in order to avoid any break in the application of the specific supply arrangements in force, the supply balance should be established for the period 1 July to 31 December 2001.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For the purpose of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 the quantities in the forecast supply balance which shall benefit, as appropriate, from exemption from import charges in the case of products coming from third countries, or from payment of Community aid in the case of products coming from the Community market, are as indicated in the Annex.
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 1 July 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 18 December 1975  amending Directive 72/464/EEC on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco  (75/786/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 99 and 100 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 Economic and Social Committee (2);
Whereas, pursuant to Council Directive 72/464/EEC (3) of 19 December 1972 on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco, as amended by Directive 74/318/EEC (4), the Council must adopt by 30 June 1975 a Directive laying down the special criteria applicable after the first stage which, under Article 7 (1), covers, subject to Article 1 (4), a period of 36 months from 1 July 1973;
Whereas the Commission has submitted a proposal to the Council on measures necessary to decide how manufactured tobacco should be defined and grouped in accordance with Article 3 (2) of the abovementioned Directive;
Whereas in order to lay down the special cirteria applicable in the following stage or stages, a further examination must be made of the conditions on the market in manufactured tobacco in the enlarged Community;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend the first stage for a further 12 months,
In Article 7 (1) of Directive 72/464/EEC, the words "period of 36 months" shall be replaced by the words "period of 48 months".
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
9.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 177/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1078/2005
of 8 July 2005
correcting Regulation (EC) No 951/2005 fixing the A1 and B export refunds for fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2005 (2) fixed export refunds on fruit and vegetables for tomatoes, oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches.
(2) A number of errors have been discovered in the Annex to the draft submitted to the Management Committee for an opinion. Regulation (EC) No 951/2005 should therefore be corrected.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 951/2005 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 July 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.