razaulhaq/eurlex_sdg_coverage huggingface dataset:
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 1999
extending the prohibition on the use of the comprehensive guarantee for certain Community transit operations introduced by Decision 96/743/EC
(notified under document number C(1999) 3988)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/8/EC)
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 955/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 249 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/1999(4), and in particular Article 362 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 362(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 use of the comprehensive guarantee may be temporarily prohibited, at the request of one or more Member States, for goods presenting an increased risk of fraud;
(2) The Commission has to determine at least once a year whether there are grounds for maintaining the measures adopted under Article 362(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93;
(3) Under Commission Decision 96/743/EC of 9 December 1996 on the adoption of specific measures to temporarily prohibit the use of the comprehensive guarantee for certain external Community transit operations(5), as amended by Decision 97/583/EC(6) and extended by Decision 98/697/EC(7), the Commission decided temporarily to prohibit the use of the comprehensive guarantee in such operations in respect of cigarettes of HS subheading 2402 20 and certain goods listed in the Annex to the Decision, which present an increased risk of fraud;
(4) To protect the financial interests at risk in those operations, it is necessary to maintain the measures for a further 12 months pending full application of the new rules on the comprehensive guarantee;
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The measures adopted by Decision 96/743/EC shall be extended for a further period of 12 months.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2000.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 4 August 1993 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 November 1992 to the renumeration of officials of the European Communities serving in countries outside the Community
(93/489/Euratom, ECSC, EEC)THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of the Officials of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 3761/92 (2), and in particular the second paragraph of
Article 13
of Annex X thereto,
Whereas pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1419/93 (3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 July 1992 to the remuneration of officials serving in  countries outside the Community payable in the currency of their country of employment;
Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjustments to these weightings in recent months, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations (4);
Whereas, some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 November 1992 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain countries outside the Community the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of  the weigthing and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down,
Sole Article
With effect from 1 November 1992 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in countries outside the Community payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the date on which this Decision takes effect.
Decision of the Director of Europol
of 3 July 2000
adapting the amounts mentioned in the Europol Staff Regulations to the euro
(2001/C 65/03)
THE DIRECTOR OF EUROPOL
,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 2 December 1999, amending the Council Act of 3 December 1998 laying down the Staff Regulations applicable to Europol employees, with regard to the establishment of remuneration, pensions and other financial entitlements in euro(1), and in particular Article 1(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with that Decision it is the responsibility of the Director to effect the conversion into euro units of the different financial entitlements referred to in the Staff Regulations applicable to Europol employees (Staff Regulations) laid down by the Council Act of 3 December 1998(2) on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro(3) and Council Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 of 31 December 1998 on the conversion rates between the euro and the currencies of the Member States adopting the euro(4).
(2) The Director shall ensure that the values thus established are published in the Official Journal of the European Communities,
With effect from 1 July 1999, subsequent to the Council Decision of 2 December 1999 adjusting the remuneration and allowances applicable to Europol employees(5), the value in euro of the different financial entitlements incorporated in the Staff Regulations shall be established as follows:
1.
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2. the first amount mentioned in Article 59(3) of the Staff Regulations shall be established at EUR 812,38;
3. the second amount mentioned in Article 59(3) of the Staff Regulations shall be established at EUR 1624,76;
4. the amount mentioned in Article 60(1) of the Staff Regulations shall be established at EUR 216,63;
5. in Appendix 5 to the Staff Regulations:
(a) the amount mentioned in Article 2(1), shall be established at EUR 226,48;
(b) the first amount mentioned in Article 3(1), shall be established at EUR 9847,03;
(c) the second amount mentioned in Article 3(1), shall be established at EUR 2215,58;
(d) the amount mentioned in Article 3(2) shall be established at EUR 13293,49;
(e) the first amount mentioned in Article 4(1), shall be established at EUR 984,70;
(f) the second amount mentioned in Article 4(1), shall be established at EUR 738,53;
(g) the third amount mentioned in Article 4(1), shall be established at EUR 492,35;
(h) the fourth amount mentioned in Article 4(1), shall be established at EUR 393,88;
(i) the first amount mentioned in Article 5, shall be established at EUR 1477,05;
(j) the second amount mentioned in Article 5, shall be established at EUR 1969,41;
(k) the third amount mentioned in Article 5, shall be established at EUR 2461,76;
(l) the amount mentioned in Article 7(3), shall be established at EUR 0,20.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision shall enter into force the day following its adoption by the Director.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 14 April 1980  finding that the apparatus described as "Ampex-multiband instrumentation recorder, model FR-3020", is not a scientific apparatus and that Decisions 76/544/EEC and 76/812/EEC are hereby repealed  (80/477/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 9 October 1979, the Government of Italy has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure now provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Ampex-multiband instrumentation recorder, model FR-3020", intended for use in connection with stratospheric experiments in telemetry stations, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 27 March 1980 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a magnetic recorder;
Whereas it does not have the requisite objective characteristics making it specifically suited to scientific research ; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus ; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus;
Whereas the technical evolution of this kind of apparatus leads to the conclusion that this is applicable for all magnetic recorders ; whereas, moreover, these recorders are principally used for non-scientific activities ; whereas, therefore, the contrary Decisions which were adopted in the past by the Commission for this type of apparatus need to be repealed,
The apparatus described as "Ampex-multiband instrumentation recorder, model FR-3020", is not considered to be a scientific apparatus.  (1)OJ No L 184, 15.7.1975, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 134, 31.5.1979, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 318, 13.12.1979, p. 32.
Commission Decision 76/544/EEC recognizing the scientific character of an apparatus described as "Ampex recording apparatus PR 2200" (1) and Commission Decision 76/812/EEC excluding from admission free of Common Customs Tariff duties the scientific apparatus described as "Ampex recording apparatus PR 2200" (2) are hereby repealed.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
1.5.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 114/14
COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 April 2007
amending Decision 2004/210/EC setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/263/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 152 and 153 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2004/210/EC (1) provides for the establishment of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (the SCCP), the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (the SCHER), and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (the SCENIHR) (the Scientific Committees). The Scientific Committees are composed of members appointed by the Commission.
(2) Under Article 7(1) of that Decision, the term of office of members of the Scientific Committees is limited to three years and the term of office of current members is due to expire on 24 July 2007.
(3) New developments are expected over the next two years which will have significant consequences for the Commission needs for scientific advice on risk assessment and for the structure and competences of the Scientific Committees. In particular, the establishment in 2008 of the European Chemical Agency (ECHA), implementing the Registration, Evaluation Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals (REACH) under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), will require a redefinition of the tasks of SCHER.
(4) In order to obtain a better view of the future tasks for the Scientific Committees and to prepare for a scientific advice structure and composition better adapted to future needs, while ensuring the provision of necessary scientific advice until the establishment of the ECHA, it is appropriate to permit the prolongation of the term of office of the members of the Scientific Committees, in exceptional circumstances, by a period not exceeding 18 months.
(5) In addition, it also appropriate to provide for the possibility to appoint new members to the Scientific Committees following the publication of a call for expression of interest, if the necessary expertise is not available among members on the reserve list.
(6) It is urgent, in the light of operational experience and in order to cover immediate needs, to increase the number of members of the SCENIHR.
(7) Decision 2004/210/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
Decision 2004/210/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Article 3, paragraph 2, the first sentence is replaced by the following:
2. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2016/96 of 22 October 1996 providing for an increasing of a Community tariff quotas bound in GATT for newsprint coming from Canada (1996)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 of 24 July 1995 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT for certain industrial, agricultural and fisheries products and establishing the detailed provisions for amending these quotas (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1444/96 (2), and in particular Articles 9 and 10 thereof,
Whereas, for newsprint, the Community has reached an agreement which provides in particular for the opening of a Community tariff quota of 650 000 tonnes, of which 600 000 tonnes are reserved, until 30 November of each year, exclusively for products from Canada, in accordance with Article XIII of the GATT; whereas this agreement provides equally for the obligation to increase, by 5 %, that part of the quota reserved for imports from Canada, in the event that that part is used up before the end of a given period of one year;
Whereas tariff quota for newsprint from Canada has been exhausted, whereas the volume of that part of quota reserved for these imports should be increased, therefore, by 30 000 tonnes;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
In Regulation (EC) No 1808/95 for Order No 09.0015 the quota volume will increase by 30 000 tonnes for the year 1996.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 232/2004
of 10 February 2004
on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 649/2003(2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).
(2) Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in and imported from the United States of America and Canada which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 at 11500 t.
(3) It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit,
1. All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 February 2004 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full.
2. Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of March 2004 for 7804,922 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 2 June 1987
authorizing the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of seed of certain fodder plant species
(87/309/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 87/120/EEC (2), and in particular the last sentence of Article 10 (1) (a) thereof,
Whereas fodder plantseed may not normally be placed on the market unless its packages are labelled with an official label in accordance with the provisions laid down in Directive 66/401/EEC;
Whereas, in repect of cereal seed, Commission Decision 80/755/EEC (3) authorized the indelible printing of the prescribed information on the package itself, on the basis of the model laid down for the label, under certain conditions which ensured that responsibility rested with the certification authority;
Whereas that system has proved to be useful;
Whereas it is now desirable to grant a similar authorization, under the same conditions, in respect of field pea and field bean;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agricultural, Horticulture and Forestry,
1. The Member States are hereby authorized, under the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, to provide for the printing under official supervision of the prescribed information on packages of seed of field pea and field bean of the categories 'basic seed' and 'certified seed'.
2. The following conditions shall apply in respect of the authorization granted in paragraph 1:
(a) the prescribed information shall be printed or stamped indelibly on the package;
(b) the lay-out and the colour of the printing or the stamp shall be in accordance with the model for the label used in the Member State concerned;
(c) of the prescribed information, at least that required under Annex IV (A) (a) (3), (3a) and (6) to Directive 66/401/EEC shall be printed or stamped when samples are taken pursuant to Article 7 (2) of the Directive, the printing or stamping being done officially or under official supervision;
(d) in addition to the prescribed information, each package shall have an officially attributed individual serial number which shall have been printed or stamped indelibly on it by the package printing firm; that firm shall inform the certification authority of the quantities of packages issued, including their serial numbers;
(e) the certification authority shall keep records of the quantities of seed thus marked, including the number and contents of the packages of each lot, as well as the serial numbers referred to under (d);
(f) producers' records shall be subject to supervision by the certification authority.
The Member States shall notify the Commission of the conditions under which they make use of the authorization granted in Article 1. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1115/89 of 27 April 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of the Council of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 763/89 (2), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Whereas Article 2a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 548/87 (5), lays down a margin within which the aid for skimmed-milk powder may be fixed; whereas, in view of the criteria set out in Article 2a (1), the  limits of that margin should be adjusted,
The first subparagraph of Article 2a (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 is hereby replaced by the following:
Â´3.  The amount of aid for skimmed-milk powder shall be fixed within a range of ECU 50 to 80 per 100 kilograms.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1989/90 milk year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  DECISION
of 26 November 1986
amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, Decision 82/752/EEC on the adoption of a European Economic Community research and development programme for a machine translation system of advanced design (Eurotra)
(86/591/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 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),
Having regard to the opinion of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST),
Whereas Decision 82/752/EEC (3) expressly requires that the machine translation system of advanced designed (Eurotra) to be created should be capable of dealing with all official languages of the Community;
Whereas the accession to the Community of Spain and Portugal increases the number of official languages to be handled by Eurotra from seven to nine which, in view of the contrastive treatment of language pairs planned for the system, will result in a substantial increase in such language pairs;
Whereas the technical and financial implications of this extension call for substantial modifications to the Eurotra programme, its timetable, overall budgetary appropriations and the arrangements for its execution;
Whereas, as a result of the progress of the programme, there is a time lag in the two new Member States, to be made up as quickly as possible;
Whereas, by Decision 84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (4), the Advisory Committee on Programme Management (ACPM) was replaced by the Management and Coordination Advisory Committee 'Linguistic Problems' (CGC-12),
Decision 82/752/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. (a) In Article 1, 'five-and-a-half years' is replaced by 'seven years'.
(b) The second paragraph is replaced by the following:
'Under the terms of Annex I, the programme shall be divided into phases, each one concluding with a review. At the end of each phase the Council acting in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Treaty, shall decide, on the basis of a report from the Commission and the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 3, whether to move on to the next phase.'
2. In Article 2, '16 million ECU' is replaced by '20 500 000 ECU' and 'eight temporary agents' by '14 temporary agents'.
3. The first subparagraph of Article 3 is replaced by the following:
'The Commission shall be responsible for the execution of the programme, in particular by means of research contracts. It shall be assisted by the Management and Coordination Advisory Committee "Linguistic Problems" (CGC-12), provided for by Decision 84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (1).
(1) OJ No L 177, 4. 7. 1984, p. 25.'
4. In Annex I, point 2 (b), '2 years' and '8,5 million ECU' are replaced by '3 years' and '13 million ECU', respectively.
5. In Annex I, point 2 (c), '18 months' is replaced by '2 years'.
6. Annex II shall be deleted.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall take effect on the date of its publication.