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24.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 218/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 796/2014
of 23 July 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 501/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 of 17 December 2007 on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 501/2008 (2) establishes rules for the drawing-up, selection, implementation, financing and checking of the programmes referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3/2008.
(2) In view of the reform of the Union policy concerning the promotion of agricultural products which is intended to apply as of 1 December 2015, it is appropriate to revise the calendar for the submission of programmes laid down in Articles 8 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 501/2008. The revised calendar will also allow the trade and inter-trade organisations concerned to become acquainted with the new frequency of the submissions that would be applied as of 2016 due to the reform of the policy.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 501/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Regulation (EC) No 501/2008 is amended as follows:
(a) in Article 8(1), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
(b) Article 11 is replaced by the following:
(a) the Union rules; or
(b) the guidelines, in the case of the internal market; or
(c) the criteria referred to in Article 9(2), in the case of third countries.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply to the proposals for programmes referred to in Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 to be submitted as from 2015.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1995 amending Decision 95/357/EC drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on products and animals from third countries detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the veterinary experts of the Commission and repealing Decision 94/24/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (96/35/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by the Treaty of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (2), as last amended by the Treaty of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 95/357/EC (3) draws up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on products and animals from third countries;
Whereas certain border inspection posts have been inspected by the Commission's departments; whereas, in addition, the Member States may propose that posts included in the list be withdrawn or that new posts be included therein, these new posts having to be inspected before inclusion in the list;
Whereas, in view of the results of the inspections and the proposals by the competent authorities of Member States, Decision 95/357/EC must be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex of Decision 95/357/EC is amended as follows:
1. in the part concerning Denmark, the references relating to the border inspection post Ålborg are replaced by the following:
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2. in the part concerning Germany, the references relating to the border inspection post of Weil/Rhein are replaced by the following:
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3. in the part concerning the Netherlands, the references relating to all the border inspection posts are replaced by the following:
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4. in the part concerning Portugal, the following inspection post is added in the alphabetical order:
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5. in the part concerning the United Kingdom:
- the border inspection posts of Boston and Keadby Wharf, Howdendyke Wharf and Mistley and the relating references are deleted,
- the references relating to the border inspection post of Harwich are replaced by the following:
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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 10 August 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Coherent - Single Frequency He Ne Laser, model 200' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/438/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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (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 11 February 1983, Belgium requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Coherent - Single Frequency He Ne Laser, model 200', ordered on 17 November 1981 and intended to be used for determining the frequency of all radiation produced by another tunable laser and in particular for the study of the structures and properties of gaseous molecules, should be considered to be 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 5 July 1983 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 laser; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the precision of the frequency, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as 'Coherent - Single Frequency He Ne Laser, model 200', which is the subject of an application by Belgium of 11 February 1983, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 6 March 1995 amending Decision 94/381/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the feeding of mammalian derived protein (Text with EEA relevance) (95/60/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 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 10 (4) thereof,
Whereas cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) have been reported in the United Kingdom and some other Member States; whereas scrapie is also known to exist in several Member States;
Whereas the origin of BSE in cattle is considered to be from ruminant protein which contained agents of animal spongiform encephopathies, which had not been sufficiently processed to inactivate the infectious agents; whereas the Scientific Veterinary  Committee has stated that it is not possible at present to define processes which can guarantee total inactivation of the agents in the commercial rendering industry, in the light of recent studies;
Whereas, in order to protect ruminant species from the risk that methods for the processing of protein may not completely inactivate these agents, the Commission has adopted Decision 94/381/EC of 27 June 1994 concerning certain protection measures with  regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the feeding of mammalian derived protein (3);
Whereas, however, the BSE subgroup of the Scientific Veterinary Committee has evaluated the risk from certain animal products and by-products and has recommended that certain of these may be exempted from the provisions of Decision 94/381/EC;
Whereas 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 1 of Decision 94/381/EC:
'3. The prohibition mentioned in paragraph 1 shall not apply to:
- milk,
- gelatin,
- amino acids produced from hides and skins by a process which involves exposure of the material to a pH of 1 to 2 followed by a pH of > 11 followed by heat treatment at 140 Â°C for 30 minutes at 3 bar,
- dicalcium phosphate derived from defatted bones,
- dried plasma and other blood products.'
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 556/2003
of 27 March 2003
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
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 barley to all third countries except the United States of America, Canada, Estonia and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 901/2002(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/2002(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 21 to 27 March 2003 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
7.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 291/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1065/2009
of 5 November 2009
establishing special measures as regards the private storage aid for pigmeat laid down by Regulation (EC) No 1278/2008
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 826/2008 of 20 August 2008 laying down common rules for the granting of private storage aid for certain agricultural products (2), and in particular Article 23(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An examination of the situation has indicated a risk that there will be an excessively large number of applications for the private storage aid scheme for pigmeat introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1278/2008 of 17 December 2008 adopting emergency support measures for the pigmeat market in form of private storage aid in Ireland (3)
(2) Therefore, it is necessary to suspend application of the scheme established by Regulation (EC) No 1278/2008 and reject the applications in question,
(3) In order to avoid speculation the Regulation should enter into force on the day following its publication,
1.   Application of Regulation (EC) No 1278/2008 is hereby suspended for the period 8 November 2009 to 13 November 2009. Applications to conclude contracts submitted during this period shall not be accepted.
2.   Applications submitted from 3 November 2009, whose acceptance would have been decided during the period referred to in the first paragraph, are hereby rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
31.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 302/13
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 October 2012
on extending the availability period of the European Union macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2012/674/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2009/891/EC of 30 November 2009 providing macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), and in particular to Article 1(4),
Whereas:
(1) The availability of the European Union macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the above mentioned Decision 2009/891/EC, expires on 7 November 2012.
(2) Article 1(4) of Decision 2009/891/EC foresees the possibility for the Commission to extend the availability period by a maximum of one year.
(3) The availability period should be extended by one year in order to complete the financial assistance programme.
(4) The Economic and Financial Committee has been duly consulted on this extension,
The availability period of the macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina is extended by one additional year, until 7 November 2013.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 571/95 of 15 March 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 121/94 relating to the import of certain products in the cereals sector originating from the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic
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 organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 of 22 December 1994 on opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opens new tariff quotas in favour of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; whereas the provisions laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 121/94 of 25 January 1994 relating to the exemption from the import levy for certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3003/94 (4), should be used as the detailed rules for the application of those quotas; whereas the Annex to that Regulation should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The tables in points II A and II B of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 121/94 are hereby replaced by the tables contained in the Annex to this Regulation.
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.
30.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 172/66
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 768/2007
of 29 June 2007
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 34th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
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 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies may sell by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter from intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of that Regulation lays down 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 laid down that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure. The amount of the processing security as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should 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,
For the 34th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the minimum selling prices for butter from intervention stocks and the amount of the processing security, as referred to in Articles 25 and 28 of that Regulation respectively, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 168/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 625/2011
of 27 June 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 601/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 June 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE
of 29 May 1989
amending Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
(89/359/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas by Directive 77/93/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 88/572/EEC (4), the Council laid down protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products; whereas the protection of plants against such organisms is absolutely necessary to increase agricultural productivity, which is one of the objectives of the common agricultural policy;
Whereas seeds are not included amongst the plants, plant products and other objects, listed in Annex V to Directive 77/93/EEC, which must be subjected to a plant health inspection in the country of origin or the consignor country before being permitted to enter any of the Member States;
Whereas, however, in the case of seeds, the measures to ensure compliance with the requirement that they be officially examined in order to make sure that they comply with the relevant special requirements listed in Annex IV, part A to the said Directive are to determined at Community level;
Whereas, since the adoption of Directive 77/93/EEC, special requirements relating to the importation of certain seeds into certain Member States have been included in the said Directive by amendment to Annex IV, Part B; whereas Member States are required by Article 6 (2) to lay down inspection measures in order to ensure compliance with the requirements set out in the Annexes to the said Directive; whereas the measures to ensure compliance with the requirements relating to the introduction of seeds into the Member States set out in Part B as well as those set out in Part A of Annex IV should be determined at Community level;
Whereas the period specified for the determination of the necessary measures at Community level has not been sufficient and should therefore be extended,
In Article 7 (3) of Directive 77/93/EEC:
- 'Article 6 (3)' is replaced by 'Article 6 (2), in so far as seeds referred to in Annex IV, Part B are concerned and Article 6 (3)', and
- '31 December 1986' is replaced by '31 December 1991'.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.