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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1409/2003
of 7 August 2003
derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation No 79/65/EEC of the Council of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1256/97(2), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83(3) provides that the liaison agency shall forward all the farm returns to the Commission not later than nine months after the end of the accounting year to which they relate.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2002(4) provided, by way of derogation from the first and second paragraphs of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83, for a period of 22 months for the delivery of the farm returns for the accounting years 2000 and 2001.
(3) This prolongation of the period was justified, inter alia, because of the introduction of amendments to the form of the farm return.
(4) In order to allow liaison agencies more time to adapt to the new farm return, it is appropriate to provide for the accounting year 2002 also for a prolongation of the period for the delivery of the farm return to the Commission.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,
By way of derogation from the first and second paragraphs of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83, for the accounting year 2002, the period for the forwarding of the farm returns shall be 15 months.
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.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2237/78  of 26 September 1978  concerning the conclusion of the Financial Protocol and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, in order to achieve the aims of the Community in the field of external economic relations, the Community must conclude the Financial Protocol and the Additional Protocol which were signed in Brussels on 20 September 1976 and which will form an integral part of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic (2) signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972 ; whereas certain actions of economic cooperation provided for in the Protocols go beyond the powers of action laid down in the field of the common commercial policy,
The Final Protocol, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic and the declarations and the exchange of letters annexed to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The texts referred to in the first paragraph are annexed to this Regulation.
The President of the Council shall give the notifications provided for in Article 12 of the Financial Protocol and in Article 22 of the Additional Protocol (3).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 902/91  of 9 April 1991  on the supply of various consignments of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3) lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations  and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas, following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated to certain countries and beneficiary organizations 15 000 tonnes of cereals;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be  supplied as Community food aid (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 790/91 (5); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs,
  Article 1
Cereals shall be mobilized in the Community as Community food aid for supply to the recipients listed in the Annex in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex. Supplies shall be awarded by the  tendering procedure.
The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.  Article 2
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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1527/93 of 18 June 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of categories 22, 23 and 75 (order Nos 40.0220, 40.0230 and 40.0750), originating in India, to which the preferential tariff  arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 (2), and  in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for 1993 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities  specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community  level;
Whereas, in respect of products of categories 22, 23 and 75 (order No 40.0220, 40.0230 and 40.0750), originating in India, the relevant ceilings amount to 649 and 308 tonnes and 10 000 pieces respectively;
Whereas on 27 April 1993 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against those ceilings;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to India,
As from 26 June 1993 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in India:
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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.
19.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 365/143
COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 December 2014
determining the composition of the Committee of the Regions
(2014/930/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Article 300 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) sets out the rules for the composition of the Committee of the Regions.
(2) Article 305 TFEU provides that the Council is to determine the composition of the Committee of the Regions. The number of members is not to exceed 350.
(3) The Committee of the Regions adopted, on 6 October 2010, recommendations to the Commission and to the Council on the future composition of the Committee of the Regions (1).
(4) The current balance in the composition of the Committee of the Regions should as far as possible be maintained as it is the result of successive Intergovernmental Conferences.
(5) This Decision is of a transitional nature as it is adopted to address a specific legal issue, namely the discrepancy which exists between the total number of members of the Committee of the Regions resulting from successive Intergovernmental Conferences and the maximum number of members established by Article 305 TFEU.
(6) This Decision is adopted in the context of specific circumstances related to the Committee of the Regions and does not constitute a precedent for the composition of any institution.
(7) This Decision shall be revised by the Council, on the basis of a Commission proposal, in time for the mandate of the Committee starting in 2020 or, in any case, in view of the next enlargement.
(8) The review shall be based on the outcome of the current Decision, namely respecting the number of seats established hereby for Member States interested by the present change. As a result of this review the further reduction of seats will not be applicable to Member States affected by the current Decision.
(9) In order to allow the Committee of the Regions to be composed in accordance with Article 24 of the Act of Accession of Croatia until the end of the term of office of the current members, the entry into force of this Decision should be deferred until that date,
The number of members of the Committee of the Regions shall be as follows:
Belgium 12
Bulgaria 12
Czech Republic 12
Denmark 9
Germany 24
Estonia 6
Ireland 9
Greece 12
Spain 21
France 24
Croatia 9
Italy 24
Cyprus 5
Latvia 7
Lithuania 9
Luxembourg 5
Hungary 12
Malta 5
Netherlands 12
Austria 12
Poland 21
Portugal 12
Romania 15
Slovenia 7
Slovakia 9
Finland 9
Sweden 12
United Kingdom 24.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 26 January 2015.
6.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 229/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 887/2011
of 5 September 2011
concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Enterococcus faecium CECT 4515 as feed additive for chickens for fattening (holder of the authorisation Norel SA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of the preparation of Enterococcus faecium CECT 4515. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(3) The application concerns the authorisation of the preparation set out in the Annex as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.
(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 16 March 2011 (2) that Enterococcus faecium CECT 4515, under the proposed conditions of use, does not have an adverse effect on animal health, consumer health or the environment, and that this additive has the potential to improve the body weight gain and feed to gain ratio in chickens for fattening. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(5) The assessment of the preparation of Enterococcus faecium CECT 4515 shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of this preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘gut flora stabilisers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1719/97 of 3 September 1997 fixing the coefficients for reducing the compensatory payments granted under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 in the 1997/98 marketing year in certain regions of the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1422/96 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas, in order to prevent complicated regionalization plans resulting in actual yields which significantly exceed historical yields, Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 provides for the reduction of compensatory payments during the following marketing year in proportion to the overrun of the average historical yield resulting from the 1993 regionalization plans;
Whereas the procedure to be used for measuring such overruns is laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/95 of 31 May 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of the stabilizer to the yields used for the calculation of the compensatory payments referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 769/96 (4);
Whereas application of that method results in the fixing of the coefficients indicated in this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,
Pursuant to Article 3 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, the compensatory payments for the 1997/98 marketing year shall be multiplied by a coefficient of 0,994 in the case of France.
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.
16.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/42
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1500/2005
of 15 September 2005
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005 (2).
(2) Article 7 of 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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(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 9 to 15 September 2005 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 1058/2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 July 1999
fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 3 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006
(notified under document number C(1999) 1774)
(1999/505/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular the first and second subparagraphs of Article 7(3) thereof,
(1) Whereas point 3 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that Objective 3 of the Structural Funds aims to support adaptation and modernisation of policies and systems of education, training and employment;
(2) Whereas the fourth subparagraph of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates that 12,3 % of the appropriations for the Structural Funds are to be allocated to Objective 3;
(3) Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates that the Commission is to use transparent procedures to make indicative breakdowns by Member State of the commitment appropriations available for programming in 2000 to 2006;
(4) Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates, in the case of Objective 3, that the breakdown by Member State shall be based principally on the eligible population, the employment situation and the severity of problems, such as social exclusion, education and training levels, and participation of women in the labour market;
(5) Whereas the Berlin European Council of 24 and 25 March 1999 approved, in paragraph 45 of the Presidency conclusions, the methodology proposed by the Commission in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 for the indicative allocation of Objective 3 appropriations;
(6) Whereas the Berlin European Council of 24 and 25 March 1999, in paragraph 44(d) and (e) of the Presidency conclusions, fixed the amounts pertaining to certain specific cases for the period 2000 to 2006;
(7) Whereas the Commission's statement annexed to the minutes of the Council meeting of 21 June 1999 indicates the method that the Commission will use to decide the indicative allocation by Member State of the appropriations for Objective 3, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999;
The indicative amounts per Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 3 for 2000 to 2006 shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
31.7.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 255/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1398/2004
of 30 July 2004
fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the 2nd individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter held by them.
(2) In the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award, in accordance with Article 24a of Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, a minimum selling price should be fixed.
(4) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the 2nd individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 27 July 2004, the minimum selling price for butter is fixed at 275 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 July 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3329/82 of 3 December 1982 on the application of Decision No 2/82 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee - Community transit - amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of the rules on Community transit
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 16 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of the rules on Community transit [1] empowers the Joint Committee set up under that Agreement to adopt decisions making certain amendments to the Agreement and to its Appendices;
[1] OJ No L 294, 29.12.1972, p. 87.
Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to make certain technical amendments to the Agreement made necessary following changes in the legislation on Commity transit;
Whereas these amendments are the subject of Decision No 2/82 of the Joint Committee ; whereas it is necessary to take the measures required to implement the abovementioned Decision,
Decision No 2/82 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee - Community transit - amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of rules on Community transit shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
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.