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COMMISSION DECISION  of 6 February 1992  on certain protective measures with respect to scallops originating in Japan  (92/91/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/CEE of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as amended by Directive 91/496/EEC (2), and in  particular Article 19 (1) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 19 of Directive 90/675/EEC, the necessary decisions must be adopted as regards the import of certain products from third countries on the appearance or spread of any phenomenon liable to present a serious threat to public  health;
Whereas the presence of a paralytic toxin (PSP) has been recorded on several occasions in consignments of scallops imported from Japan;
Whereas the levels of toxin observed can constitute a danger to public health; whereas the necessary protective measures should be adopted at Community level;
Whereas in the absence of health guarantees from the Japanese authorities imports of scallops from Japan should be prohibited;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Member States shall prohibit the importation of consignments of great scallops, variegated scallops, queen scallops and other bivalve molluscs of the Pectinidae family originating in Japan.
The Commission will monitor the development of the situation and this Decision will be amended in the light of such development.
This Decision shall enter into force on the 30th day following its notification.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Decision
of 4 April 2000
amending Decision 92/486/EEC on the form of cooperation between the ANIMO host centre and the Member States
(notified under document number C(2000) 922)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/288/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning the veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2), and in particular Article 20(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Various Community studies and seminars indicate that the ANIMO network architecture should be reviewed so that a veterinary system integrating various computerised applications can be implemented.
(2) Decision 92/486/EEC of 25 September 1992 establishing the form of cooperation between the ANIMO host centre and the Member States(3), as last amended by Decision 1999/716/EC(4), should be amended so as to guarantee the continuity of the ANIMO network.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee
The following paragraph is added to Article 2(a) of Decision 92/486/EEC:
"5. For the period from 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 the coordination authorities provided for in Article 1 shall ensure that the contracts referred to in that Article are extended for one year.
The following charge shall apply in respect of this paragraph:
EUR 386 per unit (central unit, local unit, frontier inspection post) for all the ANIMO units listed in Decision 2000/287/EC(5)."
This Decision is applicable from 1 April 2000.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 22 November 1993 authorizing the United Kingdom to apply a particular measure in accordance with Article 22 (12) (a) of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover  taxes (93/609/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1), and in particular Article 22  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 22 (12) of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, may authorize any Member State to introduce particular measures to simplify the statement obligations laid down in  paragraph 6 (b) of Article 22; whereas Article 22 (12) further stipulates that such simplification measures may not jeopardize the proper monitoring of intra-Community transactions, and may take the forms outlined in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of Article  22 (12);
Whereas the United Kingdom, by letter received by the Commission on 27 April 1993, has requested authorization of a simplification measure which takes the form laid down in subparagraph (a) of Article 22 (12);
Whereas the authorization will be temporary;
Whereas the particular measure will not effect the European Communities' own resources arising from value added tax,
As provided for by Article 22 (12) of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC, the United Kingdom is hereby authorized, with effect from 1 January 1993 until 31 December 1996 or until the end of the transitional arrangements, should this be later, to  introduce a particular measure in accordance with subparagraph (a) of Article 22 (12), to simplify the obligations laid down in paragraph 6 (b) of Article 22 regarding recapitulative statements.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
14.8.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 214/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 732/2010
of 11 August 2010
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, pursuant to Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months pursuant to Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 715/86
of 6 March 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 on the sale at reduced prices of  intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of  concentrated butter
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 000/86 (4), made provision for the sale at reduced prices of intervention butter intended for direct consumption in the form of concentrated butter;
Whereas Article 2 (4) and Article 4 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 set time limits for the removal of the butter, for its processing into concentrated butter and for packaging of the concentrated butter; whereas experience has shown that operators are having difficulties in meeting these time limits; whereas they should therefore be extended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 3143/85 is amended as follows:
1. In the third subparagraph of Article 2 (4), '12 days' is replaced by '15 days'.
2. In Article 4 (4), '60 days' is replaced by '90 days'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to contracts already concluded.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
12.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 160/11
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 21 May 2013
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/010 AT/Austria Tabak from Austria)
(2013/276/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to 30 December 2011 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(4) Austria submitted an application on 20 December 2011 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Austria Tabak GmbH and in 14 suppliers and downstream producers and supplemented it by additional information up to 9 October 2012. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission therefore proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 3 941 999.
(5) The EGF should therefore be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Austria,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 3 941 999 in commitment and payment appropriations.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2169/2002
of 5 December 2002
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries, with the exclusion of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 899/2002(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1520/2002(7).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 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 notified from 29 Îovember to 5 December 2002 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 December 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
9.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 214/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 767/2013
of 8 August 2013
withdrawing the approval of the active substance bitertanol, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (1), and in particular the second alternative of Article 21(3) and Article 78(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1278/2011 (2) approved bitertanol as active substance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, with the condition that the applicant at whose request bitertanol has been approved provides further confirmatory information on the toxicological relevance of the impurities BUE 1662, thus referred to for confidentiality reasons, and 3-chlorophenoxy compound by 30 June 2012.
(2) The applicant at whose request bitertanol had been approved did not submit any confirmatory information by the deadline of 30 June 2012. By letter of 11 December 2011 it had already informed the Commission of its intention not to submit such information.
(3) Consequently, it is appropriate to withdraw the approval of bitertanol.
(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1278/2011 should therefore be repealed.
(5) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (3) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Member States should be provided with time to withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing bitertanol.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Withdrawal of approval
The approval of the active substance bitertanol is withdrawn.
Repeal of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1278/2011
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1278/2011 is repealed.
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011
In Part B of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 21, bitertanol, is deleted.
Transitional measures
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing bitertanol as active substance by 1 March 2014.
Grace period
Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall be as short as possible and shall expire 12 months after withdrawal of the respective authorisation at the latest.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1852/85
of 2 July 1985
laying down detailed rules of application with a view to exempting Member States from the obligation to buy in certain types of fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1332/84 (2), and in particular Article 19a (6) thereof,
Whereas Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 specifies that Member States producing pears during the period 1 July to 31 August, peaches, apricots, tomatoes and aubergines may be exempted by the Commission from the obligation to buy in where a state of serious crisis has been recorded in respect of any of the products concerned;
Whereas details should be given of the information which the Member States must supply to the Commission to enable it to assess whether the conditions justifying exemption provided for in paragraph 4 of the said Article are satisfied;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
1. Member States wishing to be exempted, pursuant to the first indent of Article 19a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, from the obligation to buy in provided for in the said Article, shall forward to the Commission information on the proportion of each product which was marketed through recognized producer organizations during the previous marketing year.
2. Member States wishing to be exempted from the said obligation pursuant to the second indent of Article 19a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 shall forward to the Commission each year the size of the harvested crop of summer pears, peaches, apricots, tomatoes and aubergines grown in their territory in the three preceding marketing years.
3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 in respect of each product must be received at the latest by 30 April of each year.
In order to determine whether, for a given Member State, the conditions for exemption under the second indent of Article 19a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 have been satisfied, the information referred to in Article 1 (2) of this Regulation shall be compared with average Community production of the product concerned over the three years preceding the marketing year for which exemption is requested.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
However, for the 1985/86 marketing year the information referred to in Article 1 (1) and (2) must be received for all the above products at the latest 10 days after the publication of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
5.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 120/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 690/2006
of 4 May 2006
fixing 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 (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products in the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2).
(3) As far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of cereals required for their manufacture. These quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying the detailed rules set out above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, excluding malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.