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COMMISSION  REGULATION (EC) No 1572/95 of 30 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89 on the marketing  stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers
THE COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization  of the market in pigmeat  (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3290/94  (2), and  in particular Article 4 (6) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1541/95 of 29 June 95 fixing the basic price and the standard  quality for slaughtered pigs for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996  (3), has fixed grade E as  the standard quality for carcases weighing 60 to less than 120 kilograms; whereas it is  consequently necessary to introduce this modification into Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89   (4), which fixes the standard of pig carcases to be used to determine the Community market price  for pig carcases;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Pigmeat,
In the first indent of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89,  'grade U` is replaced by 'grade E`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
30.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 198/56
COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 July 2009
appointing one Spanish member of the Committee of the Regions
(2009/577/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Spanish Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).
(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Manuel CHAVES GONZÁLES,
The following is hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as a member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010:
Mr José Antonio GRIŇÁN MARTÍNEZ, Presidente de la Junta de Andalucía.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2836/92  of 29 September 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2548/92 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products from the Community to the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the Canary Islands (1), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas the amounts of aid for the supply of rice products to the Canary Islands has been settled by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2548/92 (2), whereas, as a consequence of the changes of the rates and prices for rice products in the European part of  the Community and on the world market, the aid for supply to the Canary Islands should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex of Regulation (EEC) No 2548/92 is replaced by the Annex to the present 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 applicable as from 1 October 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 419/89
of 20 February 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 laying down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to milk products imported into Spain from the Community of Ten
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 83 (1) and 84 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas the supplementary trade mechanism applies to the milk and milk products sector pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3851/88 (4); whereas the third indent of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1) thereof indicates that the monthly quantity covered by STM licence applications for cheeses including blue-veined cheese may not be less than one tonne; whereas experience gained in the application of this provision has shown that one tonne for Roquefort cheese is too much; whereas that quantity should accordingly be reduced to 0,3 tonnes;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3851/88 reduces in particular the number of categories of cheese referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 606/86; whereas the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of that Regulation should accordingly be adapted; whereas, owing to a substantive error, the date of application of this Regulation must be fixed at the same date as the date of application of Regulation (EEC) No 3851/88;
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 606/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following sentence is added to the third indent of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1):
'However, for category 2, as regards Roquefort cheese, the minimum monthly quantity shall be 0,3 tonnes.';
2. In the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1), 'categories 1, 3, 7 and 10' is replaced by 'categories 1, 2, 6 and 9'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
However, Article 1 (2) shall apply with effect from 13 December 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1398/2001
of 10 July 2001
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 1498/98(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 11 July 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1998 deferring, as regards the importation of ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants from third countries, the date referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 91/682/EEC (notified under document number C(1998) 4254) (1999/9/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/682/EEC of 19 December 1991 on the marketing of ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 97/108/EC (2), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof,
Whereas Directive 91/682/EEC will be replaced by Council Directive 98/56/EC (3) with effect on 1 July 1999;
Whereas, by virtue of Commission Decision 97/108/EC the date in Article 16(2) of the said Directive was deferred until 31 December 1998;
Whereas the Commission is required pursuant to Article 16(1) of Directive 91/682/EEC to decide whether propagating material and ornamental plants produced in a third country and affording the same guarantees as regards obligations on the supplier, identity, characteristics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspection arrangements, marking and sealing, are equivalent in all these respects to propagating material and ornamental plants produced in the Community and complying with the requirements and conditions of the Directive;
Whereas, however, the information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is still not sufficient to enable the Community to make any such decision in respect of any third country at this stage;
Whereas it is known that Member States have imported propagating material and ornamental plants produced in certain third countries; whereas, in order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted Member States should be allowed to continue to apply to the import of propagating material and ornamental plants from third countries conditions equivalent to those applicable to the production and marketing of products obtained in the Community, in accordance with Article 16(2) of the said Directive;
Whereas propagating material and ornamental plants imported by a Member State in accordance with a decision taken by that Member State pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 16(2) of the said Directive should be subject to no marketing restrictions as regards the matters referred to in Article 16(1) of the said Directive in other Member States;
Whereas accordingly the date referred to in Article 16(2) of the said Directive should be further deferred;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of Standing Committee for Propagating Materials and Ornamental Plants,
The date referred to in Article 16(2), first subparagraph, of Directive 91/682/EEC is hereby deferred until 30 June 1999.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3625/82 of 21 December 1982 on the application of Decision No 1/82 of the EEC-Iceland Joint Committee amending, in relation to heading No 84.59, List A annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland [1] was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 April 1973;
[1] OJ No L 301, 31.12.1972, p. 2.
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 1/82 amending, in relation to heading No 84.59, List A annexed to that Protocol;
Whereas this Decision shall be applied in the Community,
For the application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland, Joint Committee Decision No 1/82 shall apply in the Community.
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 (EEC) No 1426/86
of 14 May 1986
determining the operative event for private storage aid for flax and hemp fibres
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organization of the market in flax and hemp (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof,
Whereas under Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70, aid is granted to holders of flax or hemp fibres who have concluded private storage contracts;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3) specifies the rules governing the exchange rate between the ECU and the national currencies to be used for the purposes of the common agricultural policy, and the consequences arising from the fixing of agricultural conversion rates; whereas Article 4 of the said Regulation specifies that alterations of agricultural conversion rates are applicable to all amounts in respect of which the operative event occurs after the alterations have taken effect;
Whereas the operative event for entitlement to the aid in the case of private storage contracts for flax or hemp should therefore be determined;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85, 'operative event' is taken to mean, inter alia the conclusion of a contract; whereas the date of conclusion appears to be the most suitable in the case of the storage of flax or hemp fibre; whereas the date of the conclusion of the storage contract should therefore be chosen as the operative event for entitlement to private storage aid;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
For the purposes of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85, the operative event for entitlement to private storage aid for flax or hemp fibre shall be regarded as having occurred on the day of the conclusion of the storage contract between the holder of the fibre and the intervention agency.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Is shall apply to contracts concluded from 6 February 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
18.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 181/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 986/2004
of 17 May 2004
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 18 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Decision
of 27 November 2001
prolonging the period of validity of Decision 1999/178/EC establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to textile products
(notified under document number C(2001) 3680)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/831/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme(1), and in particular Articles 4 and 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides for the award of an eco-label to a product possessing characteristics which enable it to contribute significantly to improvements in relation to key environmental aspects.
(2) According to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000, specific eco-label criteria should be established according to product groups, and a review of the eco-label criteria as well as of the assessment and verification requirements related to the criteria should take place in due time before the end of the period of validity of the criteria specified for each product group, resulting in a proposal for prolongation, withdrawal or revision.
(3) By Decision 1999/178/EC(2) the Commission established ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to textile products, which, according to Article 3 thereof, expire on 28 February 2002.
(4) Following the review, it is considered appropriate to prolong the period of validity of the definition of the product group and the ecological criteria, unchanged, for a period of eighteen months, in particular to allow those companies that have been awarded the eco-label to continue using the eco-label at least until the revision of Decision 1999/178/EC is completed.
(5) The period of validity set out in Article 3 of Decision 1999/178/EC should therefore be extended.
(6) The measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up under Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000,
The period of validity set out in Article 3 of Decision 1999/178/EC for the product group definition and the criteria of the product group bearing the administrative code number 016 is prolonged until 31 August 2003.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3016/93 of 29 October 1993 extending Regulation (EEC) No 420/93 making imports of certain fishery products subject to observance of the reference price
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1891/93 (2), and in particular Article 22 (6) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 420/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2621/93 (4), makes imports of certain fishery products subject to observance of the reference price until 31 October 1993;
Whereas since the adoption of the above measure, the free-at-frontier prices of significant quantities of those same products continue to be lower than the reference prices applicable to them; whereas the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 420/93  should accordingly be extended by two months;
Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 22 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, the Commission may adopt the measure provided for in this Regulation in the interval between the scheduled meetings of the Management Committee for  Fish Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 420/93 is hereby amended as follows: in Article 2, '31 October 1993' is replaced by '31 December 1993'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1267/2002
of 11 July 2002
on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(2), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1110/2002(3) fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences other than those sought in the context of food aid.
(2) In the light of the information available to the Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities laid down for the current export period for oranges will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.
(3) To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences for oranges exported after 11 July 2002 should be rejected until the end of the current export period,
Applications for system B export licences for oranges submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1110/2002, export declarations for which are accepted after 11 July 2002 and before 17 September 2002, are hereby rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 94/16/EC of 22 April 1994 amending Council Directive 74/63/EEC on undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 on undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition (1), as last amended by Directive 93/74/EEC (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Directive 74/63/EEC provides for regular updating of its Annexes to take account of advances in scientific and technical knowledge;
Whereas the arsenic content of complete feedstuffs for fish must be altered since fish feed mainly comprises fish meal which has a natural arsenic content, this level does not represent a threat to animal or human health or the environment;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs,
Annex I to Directive 74/63/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 March 1995 at the latest. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When the Member States adopt such provisions, the latter shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be laid down by the Member  States.
This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.