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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2353/2001
of 30 November 2001
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter and the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 87th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The minimum selling prices and the maximum aid and processing securities applying for the 87th individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2547/86
of 12 August 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 578/86 introducing a charge on maize exported from Spain
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, Article 90 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 578/86 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2404/86 (2), provides for the application of a charge on maize exported from Spain until 30 September 1986;
Whereas the said charge relates to maize imported into Spain before 1 March 1986 and exported after that date to the Community, third countries and Portugal and should not penalize maize harvested in Spain;
Whereas the new maize harvest begins in the south of Spain from 15 August; whereas provisions should be made to ensure that the charge in question is not applied to any exports of maize of Spanish origin made on or after 15 August 1986; whereas, in order to prevent illegal trafficking and in view of the location of stocks of imported maize, it should be laid down that only those exports of maize made from the ports on the Gulf of Cadiz or by land are exempt from the charge, provided that the maize in question is of Spanish origin;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The following subparagraph is added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 578/86:
'However the charge shall not be applied to exports made from the port zones of Cadiz and Seville or by land to Portugal provided that proof is furnished to the satisfaction of the competent authorities that the maize to be exported is of Spanish origin.'
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.
29.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 150/2005
of 28 January 2005
fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 12th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter held by them.
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling price should be fixed.
(4) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the 12th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 25 January 2005, the minimum selling price for butter is fixed at 270 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 645/92  of 13 March 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 19/82 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 2641/80 with regard to imports of sheepmeat and goatmeat products originating in  certain non-member countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1741/91 (2), and in particular Article 15 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2641/80 of 14 October 1980 derogating from certain import rules laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)  No 3939/87 (4), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82 of 6 January 1982 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No 2641/80 with regard to imports of sheepmeat and goatmeat products originating in certain non-member countries (5), as amended by  Regulation (EEC) No 823/91 (6), relates in particular to licences issued in the framework of voluntary-restraint agreements and Annex III thereof contains a list of authorities in third countries empowered to issue export licences;
Whereas Hungary and Argentina have changed the authority empowered to issue export licences; whereas Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 19/82 should accordingly be modified by details of the Hungarian and Argentine authorities now empowered to issue  export licences;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 19/82 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In point I, 'Junta nacional de carnes' is replaced by 'Secretaria de agricultura, ganaderia y pesca'.
2. In point V, 'TERIMPEX' is replaced by 'Ministry of International Economic Relations'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 April 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 22 December 1980  amending Directive 72/464/EEC on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco  (80/1275/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 (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, under Council Directive 72/464/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 77/805/EEC (5), the transition from one stage of harmonization to the next shall be decided on by the Council on a proposal from the Commission;
Whereas the second stage of harmonization, introduced by Directive 77/805/EEC expires on 31 December 1980;
Whereas the special criteria applicable during the third stage, which should begin on 1 January 1981, are dealt with in a proposal for a Directive submitted by the Commission (6);
Whereas the Council will not be in a position to decide on that proposal before 31 December 1980;
Whereas, in these circumstances, it is necessary that the second stage be extended by six months;
Whereas the derogation granted to the United Kingdom under Article 10c of Council Directive 72/464/EEC should also be extended by six months,
1. In Article 10a (1) of Directive 72/464/EEC, "31 December 1980" is hereby replaced by "30 June 1981".
2. In the first subparagraph of Article 10c of Directive 72/464/EEC "30 months" is hereby replaced by "36 months".
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
11.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 122/47
COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 April 2007
on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies in Hungary and Malta concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2005 financial year
(notified under document number C(2007) 1894)
(Only the English and Hungarian texts are authentic)
(2007/326/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decisions 2006/322/EC (2) cleared, for the 2005 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the German paying agency ‘Bayern-Umwelt’, the Italian paying agency ‘AGEA’, the Luxembourg paying agency ‘Ministère de l'Agriculture’, the Hungarian paying Agency ‘ARDA’, the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFADAP’ and the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’.
(2) Following the transmission of new information by Hungary and Malta, and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Hungarian paying agency ‘ARDA’ and the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’.
(3) In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, this Decision does not prejudice decisions adopted subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,
The accounts of the Hungarian paying agency ‘ARDA’ and the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’ concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, in respect of the 2005 financial year are hereby cleared.
The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each of the Member States concerned pursuant to this Decision are set out in Annex I.
The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in Hungary and Malta are set out in Annex II and Annex III.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Malta.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2003
of 5 March 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 of 14 December 1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries(1), and in particular Articles 5 and 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) For the purpose of implementing measures forming part of the programmes referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999, Article 9(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1854/2002(3), lays down 30 April of each year as the deadline for Member States to notify the Commission of programmes and implementing bodies.
(2) Given the low uptake of the funding available under support measures for information and promotion in previous applications, the bodies concerned should be permitted to present new programmes of measures twice a year.
(3) The list of target markets should be revised to take account of the coming enlargement of the Union. In view of the date for the adoption of programmes in 2003, those countries due to join the Union the following year should be removed from the list.
(4) The list of products that may be covered by promotional measures in third countries should be revised. The list should be extended to cover fibre flax, past promotional measures for which have been evaluated positively.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 should consequently be amended.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Meeting of Management Committees - Promotion of Agricultural Products,
Regulation (EC) No 2879/2000 is hereby amended as follows.
1. Article 9 is amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1, the first sentence is replaced by the following:"No later than 15 June and 15 December of each year, the Member States shall send the Commission the provisional list of programmes and implementing bodies they have selected and a copy of each programme.";
(b) in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, "30 September" is replaced by "15 September and 28 February".
2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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 572/90
of 7 March 1990
fixing, for the sixth 12-month period, amounts for the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3880/89 (2), and in particular Article 11 (a) thereof,
Whereas Article 5c of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3879/89 (4) instituted a levy payable by every producer or purchaser of milk or other milk products on quantities exceeding an annual reference quantity; whereas rates for this levy are set in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84, the Commission must state amounts for the levy,
The amount of the levy referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 is fixed for the sixth 12-month period at;
- ECU 27,84 per 100 kilograms of milk end/or milk equivalent where formula A or formula B is applied,
- ECU 20,88 per 100 kilograms of milk and/or milk equivalent where there is direct sale for consumption.
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.
COUNCIL  DECISION
of 12 February 1990
amending, for the fourth time, Decision 88/303/EEC recognizing certain parts of the territory of the Community as being either officially swine-fever free or swine-fever free
(90/63/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), as last amended by Directive 89/662/EEC (2), and in particular Article 4b (1) (c) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/461/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat (3), as last amended by Directive 89/662/EEC, and in particular Article 13a (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Decision 88/303/EEC (4), as last amended by Decision 89/578/EEC (5), recognizes certain parts of the territory of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, the Netherlands and Spain as being officially swine-fever free and certain parts of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy and Greece as being swine-fever free;
Whereas, in a certain part of the territory of Belgium, swine fever has not been detected for more than a year; whereas vaccination against swine fever has not been authorized for at least the preceeding 12 months; whereas the holdings concerned contain no pigs which have been vaccinated against swine fever during the previous 12 months; whereas, consequently, this part of the territory fulfils the requirements for being recognized as officially swine-fever free for the purpose of intra-Community trade;
Whereas, within the framework of an eradication plan, the Commission, by Decision 90/3/EEC (6), recognized certain regions in Belgium as being officially swine-fever free;
Whereas, in certain parts of Italy, swine fever has not been detected for more than one year; whereas therefore these parts of the territory fulfil the requirements for being recognized as swine-fever free for the purpose of intra-Community trade in fresh meat,
Decision 88/303/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Chapter 5 of Annex I, the following is added after the last indent:
'- East Flanders';
2. in Chapter 4 of Annex II, the following is added after the last indent:
'- Arezzo, Florence, Lucca, Pistoia and Massa Carrara (Toscana region),
- Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa and Trapani (Sicilia region).'
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
6.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 98/57
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 555/2006
of 4 April 2006
establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2) laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, and in particular Article 173(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation.
(2) The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 April 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1992 amending Decision 89/152/EEC authorizing certain Member States to provide for exceptions from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of potatoes for human consumption originating in  Cuba (Only the Dutch, French and German texts are authentic)
(93/36/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 Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands,
Whereas under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, potato tubers originating in Cuba may in principle not be introduced into the Community because of the risk of introducing exotic potato diseases unknown in the Community;
Whereas the early growing in Cuba of potatoes for human consumption from seed potatoes supplied by Member States has become an established practice; whereas part of the early supply of potatoes for human consumption in the Community has been ensured by  imports of such material from Cuba;
Whereas by Decisions 87/306/EEC (3), 88/223/EEC (4), 89/152/EEC (5) and 91/593/EEC (6), the Commission authorized derogations under special technical conditions in respect of potatoes for human consumption originating in Cuba;
Whereas Decision 91/593/EEC stipulated that the authorization shall expire on 30 April 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 (7) 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 89/152/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 2 (1), '30 April 1992' is replaced by '30 April 1993, being the last day of entry into the Community';
2. in Annex II, point 8, '1991' is replaced by '. . .'.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.