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11.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 325/1
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 25 November 2009
on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
(2009/931/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a result of the global financial and economic crisis.
(3) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(4) Belgium submitted two applications to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the textiles sector, on 5 May 2009. These applications comply with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, therefore the Commission proposes to deploy an amount of EUR 9 198 874.
(5) Ireland submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the computer manufacturing industry, on 29 June 2009. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, therefore the Commission proposes to deploy an amount of EUR 14 831 050.
(6) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the applications submitted by Belgium and Ireland,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 24 029 924 in commitment and payment appropriations.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1993 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community of the Additional Protocol to the interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and  the European Coal and Steel Community and Bulgaria and to the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and Bulgaria (94/55/ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the conclusions of the European Council which has taken place in Copenhagen on 21 and 22 June 1993,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Communities an Additional Protocol to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters and to the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria;
Whereas it is necessary to approve this Additional Protocol;
Whereas the conclusion of the Additional Protocol is necessary to attain the objectives of the Community set out in particular in Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community;
Whereas the Treaty did not make provision for all the cases covered by this Decision;
Having consulted the Consultative Committee and with the unanimous assent of the Council,
The Additional Protocol to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and Bulgaria, of the other part and to the Europe Agreement between  the European Communities and their Member States of the one part and Bulgaria of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community.
This text is attached to this Decision (1).
The President of the Commission shall give the notification provided for in Article 8 of the Additional Protocol on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community.
25.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1050/2008
of 24 October 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges
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), and in particular Article 143(b) thereof, in conjunction with Article 4,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2) provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in Annex XVII thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of 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).
(2) For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2005, 2006 and 2007, the trigger levels for additional duties of cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges should be adjusted.
(3) As a result, Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2450/77  of 8 November 1977  amending Commission Regulations (EEC) No 1559/70, (EEC) No 1562/70 and (EEC) No 55/72 laying down conditions for the disposal of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in particular Article 21 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1559/70 of 31 July 1970 laying down conditions for the supply to the animal feedingstuffs industry of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market (3) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1562/70 of 31 July 1970 laying down conditions for the supply to the distilling industry of certain fruit withdrawn from the market (4), both as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (5), each laid down in Article 9 the method for calculating the processing security to be lodged by the successful tenderer or the purchaser;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/72 of 10 January 1972 laying down conditions for inviting tenders for the disposal of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2705/76 (7), laid down in Article 7 the method for calculating the security;
Whereas experience has shown that the amount of the security, as calculated in accordance with the above provisions, may in certain cases discourage the disposal of products withdrawn from the market ; whereas, to prevent this, the amount of the security should be adjusted to depend upon the degree of perishability of the product concerned while providing for the introduction of a system of inspection to ensure that the product is rendered unfit for human consumption in its natural state;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1559/70, Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1562/70 and Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/72:
"However, the agency appointed by the Member State concerned may fix the amount of the security:    - in the case of peaches, at 20 % of the amount resulting from the application of the preceding subparagraph,
- in the case of other products, at 40 % of the amount resulting from the application of the preceding subparagraph,
provided that the product concerned is inspected to ensure that at the time of delivery to the processing plant it is rendered unfit for human consumption in its natural state."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
Council Decision
of 21 January 2002
on the signing and on the provisional application of an Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade in textile products initialled on 12 November 2001
(2002/72/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community a Memorandum of Understanding on trade in textile products with the Arab Republic of Egypt.
(2) The Memorandum of Understanding was initialled on 12 November 2001.
(3) Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Memorandum of Understanding should be signed on behalf of the European Community.
(4) It is appropriate to apply this Memorandum on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2002 pending the completion of the relevant procedures for its formal conclusions, subject to reciprocity,
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt on trade in textile products is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the said Memorandum.
The text of the Memorandum is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Community subject to its conclusion.
Subject to reciprocity, the Memorandum of Understanding shall be applied on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2002 pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1868/90
of 2 July 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 19/82 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 2641/90 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), 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 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (3), 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 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1249/90 (5), 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 the German Democratic Republic has changed the authority empowered to issue export licences; Whereas Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 19/82 should accordingly by modified by details of the authority of of the German Democratic Republic 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,
In point VIII of Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 19/82: 'Nahrung Export import' is replaced by 'Anstalt fuer landwirtschaftliche Marktordnung'.
This Regulation shall enter 3into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 March 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2579/94 of 24 October 1994 laying down the amount of the aid for silkworms fixed in ecus by the Council and reduced following the monetary realignments
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), and in  particular Article 9 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus to be amended as a result of the monetary realignments (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1663/93 (4), and in  particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 lists the prices and amounts to which the coefficient of 1,000426 fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1331/93 (6), is to be applied from the beginning of the 1994/95  marketing year within the framework of the arrangements for the automatic dismantlement of negative monetary gaps; whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 provides that the prices and amounts resulting from the reduction must be specified for  each sector concerned and that the value of the reduced prices should be fixed;
Whereas, for the 1994/95 marketing year, Council Regulation (EC) No 1879/94 (7), fixes the aid for silkworms;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
The amount of the aid for silkworms fixed in ecus by the Council for the 1994/95 marketing year and reduced in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 shall be ECU 110,36 per box.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 1994/95 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Decision
of 27 December 2000
amending Decision 92/160/EEC with regard to imports of equidae from Brazil
(notified under document number C(2000) 4145)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/27/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/426/EEC of 26 June 1990 on animal health conditions governing the movement and imports from third countries of equidae(1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 13(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Community legislation Member States are authorised to import equidae from third countries or in the case of official regionalisation from parts of the territory of a third country which have been free from glanders for the past six months prior to export.
(2) Commission Decision 92/160/EEC(2), as last amended by Decision 2000/508/EC(3), establishes the regionalisation of certain third countries for imports of equidae.
(3) Decision 92/160/EEC was amended with regard to imports into the Community of equidae from Brazil by Decision 2000/163/EC(4) and 2000/508/EC due to reports of glanders in local equidae in the States Pernambuco and Alagoas and Sergipe and Ceará respectively.
(4) Brazil reported new clinical cases of glanders in indigenous working horses in certain districts of the States Maranhão and Piaui in the north-east of the country. In 11 States mainly in the north-east of the country a serological survey is being carried out to assess the disease situation.
(5) It is therefore appropriate to adapt the regionalisation to the disease situation in the country concerned, taking into account the survey currently being carried out.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The words "Maranhão", "Piaui", "Rio Grande do Norte", "Paraiba", "Bahia" and "Tocantins" are deleted from the list of States of Brazil in the Annex to Decision 92/160/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
11.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 119/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 708/2005
of 10 May 2005
amending the specification for a designation of origin in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (Azeites do Norte Alentejano) (PDO)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 6(3), the second indent of Article 6(4) and Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, Portugal's application to amend points of the specification of the protected designation of origin ‘Azeites do Norte Alentejano’, registered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2), was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (3).
(2) As no statement of objections has been notified to the Commission under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, those amendments must be registered and published in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The specification for the designation of origin ‘Azeites do Norte Alentejano’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I hereto.
The summary of the main points of the specification is given in Annex II hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
16.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 69/55
COMMISSION DECISION
of 11 March 2005
amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to Saudi Arabia
(notified under document number C(2005) 564)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/219/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 of June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/296/EC of 22 April 1997 drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption (2) lists the countries and territories from which imports of fishery products for human consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex to that Decision lists the countries and territories covered by a specific Decision under Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (3), and part II of that Annex lists the countries and territories meeting the conditions set out in Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.
(2) Commission Decision 2005/218/EC (4), set specific import conditions for fishery products from Saudi Arabia. This country should therefore be added to the list in part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC.
(3) In the interest of clarity, the lists concerned should be replaced in their entirety.
(4) Decision 97/296/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) This Decision should apply from the same day as Decision 2005/218/EC, as regards the import of fishery products from Saudi Arabia.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 97/296/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 19 March 2005.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 536/2001
of 19 March 2001
correcting Regulation (EC) No 2905/2000 concerning the increase and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000(2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2000/239/EC of 13 March 2000 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation(3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2905/2000(4) increased and opened the tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Errors have been found in Table 1 of its Annex. The Regulation should therefore be corrected.
(2) The measures laid down in this Regulation comply with the opinion of the Management Committee on Horizontal Questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
Table 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2905/2000 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.