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COMMISSION DECISION of 3 December 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Italy pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the Italian text is authentic) (97/849/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/27/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas the request submitted by Italy on 21 May 1997, which reached the Commission on 27 May 1997, contained the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the fuelling with compressed natural gas of a class M1 type of vehicle;
Whereas the reasons given in the request, according to which such fuelling systems do not meet the requirements of the Directives concerned, in particular Council Directive 70/220/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by gases from spark-ignition engines of motor vehicles (3), as last amended by Directive 96/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), and Council Directive 80/1268/EEC of 16 December 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the fuel consumption of motor vehicles (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 93/116/EC of 17 December 1993 (6) are well founded; whereas, however, the tests performed in accordance with the abovementioned Directives were conducted using both petrol and natural gas as fuel; whereas the relevant limit values were respected with both types of fuel, while recorded emissions of pollutants were lower with natural gas; whereas equivalent environmental protection is thus ensured;
Whereas, in order to assure themselves of the safety of vehicles in service, Member States may periodically carry out leak-tightness tests at a pressure of at least the service pressure;
Whereas the Community Directives concerned will be amended in order to permit the production of vehicles powered by compressed natural gas;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The request submitted by Italy for an exemption concerning the production and placing on the market of a class M1 type of vehicle powered by compressed natural gas is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
6.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 173/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1053/2005
of 5 July 2005
determining to what extent applications for the right to import bulls, cows and heifers of certain Alpine and mountain breeds pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 can be met
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 of 26 May 1999 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter, of certain Alpine and mountain breeds, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1012/98 and amending Regulation (EC) No 1143/98 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 provides for the quantities reserved for traditional importers under the two tariff quotas to be allocated in proportion to their imports during the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2005.
(2) Allocation of the quantities available to operators covered by Article 2(3) of that Regulation under the two tariff quotas is to be in proportion to the quantities applied for within the meaning of Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999, under order No 09.0003. Since the quantities applied for exceed those available, a fixed percentage reduction should be set,
1.   Every application for the right to import lodged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 under serial number 09.0001 shall be granted to the following extent:
(a) 100 % of the quantities imported within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999;
(b) 100 % of the quantities applied for within the meaning of Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999.
2.   Every application for the right to import lodged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 under serial number 09.0003 shall be granted to the following extent:
(a) 100 % of the quantities imported within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999;
(b) 42,253521 % of the quantities applied for within the meaning of Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 January 1999 amending Decision 93/24/EEC and concerning additional guarantees relating to Aujeszky's disease for pigs destined for regions free of the disease in France (notified under document number C(1998) 4543) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/56/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 97/12/EC (2), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,
Whereas France considers that part of its territory is free from Aujeszky's disease and has submitted supporting documentation to the Commission as provided for in Article 10 of Directive 64/432/EEC;
Whereas an eradication programme was undertaken in these regions for Aujeszky's disease;
Whereas the programme is regarded to have been successful in eradicating this disease from the Departments Aisne, Allier, Ardennes, Aube, Calvados, Cantal, Cher, Corrèze, Côte d'or, Creuse, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Gard, Indre, Indre et Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loire, Haute-Loire, Loiret, Lozère, marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Oise, Puy-de-Dôme, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Seine-Maritime, Somme, Vosges, Yonne;
Whereas the authorities of France apply for national movement of pigs rules at least equivalent to those provided by the present Decision;
Whereas these additional guarantees must not be requested from Member States or regions of Member States which are themselves regarded as free from Aujeszky's disease;
Whereas Decision 93/24/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 97/835/EEC (4) lays down additional guarantees relating to Aujeszky's disease for pigs destined for Member States or regions free of the disease and lists those regions in Annex I;
Whereas these parts of France which are free of the disease should be added to Annex I of Commission Decision 93/24/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Annex I of Decision 93/24/EEC is replaced by the Annex of this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 15 January 1999.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
15.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 296/35
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2011/90/EU
of 14 November 2011
amending Part II of Annex I to Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council providing additional assumptions for the calculation of the annual percentage rate of charge
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC (1) (the Consumer Credit Directive), and in particular Article 19(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The experience gathered by Member States with the implementation of Directive 2008/48/EC has shown that the assumptions set out in Part II of Annex I to that Directive do not suffice to calculate the annual percentage rate of charge in a uniform manner and moreover are not adapted any more to the commercial situation at the market.
(2) It is necessary to add to those assumptions by providing new assumptions on standards for the calculation of the annual percentage rate of charge for credits without fixed duration or repayable in full repeatedly. It is also necessary to provide standards for the timing of the initial drawdown of credit and the payments to be made by the consumer.
(3) Part II of Annex I to Directive 2008/48/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 25(1) of Directive 2008/48/EC and neither the European Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,
Part II of Annex I to Directive 2008/48/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2012 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2013.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
1.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/44
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1006/2006
of 30 June 2006
fixing, for the period 1 July 2005 to 31 March 2006, the aid for unginned cotton for the 2005/06 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the cotton aid scheme (3) provides that the amount of aid for unginned cotton applicable for each period for which a world market price for that product has been determined is to be fixed no later than 30 June of the marketing year concerned.
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, Commission Regulation (EC) No 871/2006 (4) fixes actual production of unginned cotton and the resulting reduction in the guide price for the 2005/06 marketing year.
(3) In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton was fixed periodically during the 2005/06 marketing year.
(4) The amount of aid applicable for each period for which a world market price for unginned cotton has been determined should accordingly be fixed for the 2005/06 marketing year,
For the period 1 July 2005 to 31 March 2006, the amounts of the aid for unginned cotton corresponding to the world market prices established in the Regulations listed in the Annex hereto are fixed in that Annex from the date of entry into force of the Regulations concerned.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 94/49/EC of 11 November 1994 updating the list of entities covered by Council Directive 91/296/EEC on the transit of natural gas through grids
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/296/EEC of 31 May 1991 on the transit of natural gas through grids (1), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas the high-pressure natural gas transmission grids and the entities responsible for them in the Member States covered by the Directive 91/296/EEC are listed in the Annex to that Directive;
Whereas the list is to be updated by the Commission after consultation with the Member States concerned, whenever necessary within the context of the objectives of the Directive 91/296/EEC, and in particular taking into account paragraph 1 (a) of
Article 2;
Whereas the evolution of the gas industries in Germany, in particular with regard to the German reunification, and in Italy, necessitates the updating of the list,
After consultation with the Member States concerned,
The Annex to Directive 91/296/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Directive.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 31 December 1994. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member  States.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3684/91  of 17 December 1991  fixing the quotas applying to imports into Spain of beef and veal products from third countries
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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 491/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down rules for the application of quantitative restrictions on imports into Spain of certain agricultural products from third countries (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No  3296/88 (2), and in particular Articles 1 (3) and 3 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 77 of the Act of Accession, Spain may, until 31 December 1995, apply quantitative restrictions on imports from third countries; whereas the said restrictions concern products which are subject to the supplementary trade  mechanism in the case of beef and veal; whereas the initial quotas in volume were fixed in respect of each product or group of products by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1870/86 (3);
Whereas the quotas for 1992 should be fixed for products other than those referred to in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3913/89 of 20 December 1989 withdrawing certain products in the beefmeat sector from the list of products under the supplementary  trade mechanism (4);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. The quotas for 1992 applying to imports into Spain of beef and veal products from third countries, referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 491/86 under the supplementary trade mechanism, are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
2. Articles 1 (3), 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1870/86 shall remain applicable.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/2002
of 9 July 2002
on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1128/2002(3) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences other than those tendered for as part of food aid.
(2) In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.
(3) In the case of oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
In the case of oranges, table grapes, apples and peaches, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 1128/2002 shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
15.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 11/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 25/2008
of 14 January 2008
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 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 (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 9 December 2002
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 June 2002 to 31 May 2005, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe
(2002/1007/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37, in conjunction with Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé(1), the Community and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe have held negotiations with a view to determining the amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol.
(2) As a result of these negotiations, a new Protocol was initialled on 14 February 2002.
(3) The Protocol provides Community fishermen with fishing opportunities in waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1 June 2002 to 31 May 2005.
(4) In order to ensure uninterrupted fishing activities by Community vessels, it is essential that the new Protocol be approved as quickly as possible. To this end, the two parties initialled an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters providing for the provisional application of the initialled Protocol from 1 June 2002.
(5) The allocation of the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined as well as their obligations to notify the catches,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 June 2002 to 31 May 2005, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The texts of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters and of the Protocol are attached to this Decision.
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
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If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.
The Member States whose vessels fish under this Protocol shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught in the São Tomé and Príncipe fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001(2).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.