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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 5 December 1978  on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to automatic checkweighing and weight grading machines  (78/1031/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas in the various Member States construction and methods of control of checkweighing and weight grading machines are subject to mandatory provisions which differ from one Member State to another and consequently hinder trade in such instruments ; whereas it is therefore necessary to approximate these provisions;
Whereas Council Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (4), as last amended by Directive 72/427/EEC (5), has laid down the EEC pattern approval and EEC initial verification procedures ; whereas, in accordance with that Directive, it is necessary to lay down the technical requirements which the manufacture and operation of checkweighing and weight grading machines must satisfy in order to be imported, marketed and freely used after having undergone the requisite inspections and having been provided with the required marks and signs,
This Directive applies to automatic checkweighing and weight grading machines. These instruments are defined in Section 1 of the Annex.
Those checkweighing and weight grading machines which may bear EEC marks and signs are described in the Annex.
They shall be subject to EEC pattern approval and shall be submitted for EEC initial verification.
No Member State may prevent, prohibit or restrict the placing on the market or entry into service of automatic  (1)OJ No C 54, 8.3.1976, p. 44. (2)OJ No C 125, 8.6.1976, p. 43. (3)OJ No C 197, 23.8.1976, p. 13. (4)OJ No L 202, 6.9.1971, p. 1. (5)OJ No L 291, 28.12.1972, p. 156.
checkweighing and weight grading machines bearing the EEC pattern approval sign or EEC initial verification mark on grounds concerning their metrological characteristics.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed in order to comply with this Directive within 18 months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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 is addressed to the Member States.
7.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 4/8
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE 2012/1/EU
of 6 January 2012
amending Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the crop Oryza sativa
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), and in particular Article 21a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Recent information and studies from Member States have shown the need to introduce a threshold for the presence of plants infected by Fusarium fujikuroi in fields where seed of Oryza sativa is produced, since Fusarium fujikuroi causes damage to rice and is not susceptible to efficient treatment with the available plant protection products. Those studies have also shown the need to reduce the presence of wild or red-grain plants in fields where seed of Oryza sativa is produced, since under the current threshold the yield and quality of rice seed are significantly decreased.
(2) In view of that, a threshold for the presence of plants infected by Fusarium fujikuroi, in fields where seed of Oryza sativa is produced, should be introduced and the threshold for the presence of wild or red-grain plants, in fields where seed of Oryza sativa is produced, should be reduced for the production of the category of certified seed. Those thresholds should be set on the basis of the studies carried out by Members States.
(3) Directive 66/402/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Amendments to Directive 66/402/EEC
In Annex I to Directive 66/402/EEC, point 3.A. is replaced by the following:
‘A. Oryza sativa:
— 2 per 200 m2 for the production of basic seed,
— 4 per 200 m2 for the production of certified seed, first generation,
— 8 per 200m2 for the production of certified seed, second generation.
— 0 for the production of basic seed,
— 1 per 100 m2 for the production of certified seed, first and second generation,’
Transposition
1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 May 2012 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
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 texts of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
10.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 210/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 948/2007
of 9 August 2007
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July 2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2007/2008 marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 9 August 2007, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 9 August 2007, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 shall be 41,751 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 August 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
REGULATION (EEC) No 846/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 24 April 1972 providing for special measures for the award of contracts for processing tomatoes which have been the subject of intervention measures
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 159/66/EEC1 of 25 October 1966 laying down additional provisions on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1425/71,2 and in particular Article 14 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas Article 7b of Regulation No 159/66/EEC provides that products which have been the subject of intervention measures may be processed for free distribution to welfare organization or benevolent institutions and to persons whose right to public assistance is recognized by their national laws ; whereas, in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Article, contracts for processing are awarded to industry by tender;
Whereas experience has demonstrated that because tomatoes soon perish the market may be subject to sudden and concentrated shortages over brief periods ; whereas the tendering procedure, because of the time required in applying it, cannot always provide for the maximum use of tomatoes withdrawn from the market ; whereas provision should therefore be made for the possibility of awarding contracts for processing by private agreement;
Whereas the time limits for concluding private agreements should be laid down;
By way of derogation from the third subparagraph of Article 7b (3) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC the intervention agencies appointed by the Member States may, by private agreement, award contracts to industry for processing tomatoes into juice and into concentrate.
For the purposes of applying this Regulation, processing contracts may be awarded only at prices corresponding to the most favourable processing conditions.
If a Member State intends to have recourse to the provisions of this Regulation, it shall so inform the Member States and the Commission immediately.
Member States shall notify the Commission at least once a month of the quantities and prices in respect of which they have had recourse to the provisions of this Regulation.
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted, if necessary, in accordance with the  1 OJ No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3286/66.
2 OJ No L 151, 7.7.1971, p. 1.  procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation No 231 on the progressive establishment of the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71.2
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  DECISION
of 30 December 1988
amending Decision 86/477/EEC approving an integrated Mediterranean programme for Crete (Greece)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(89/39/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean programmes (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas by Decision 86/477/EEC (2) the Commission approved an integrated Mediterranean programme for Crete, hereinafter referred to as the IMP for Crete;
Whereas the Commission of the European Communities and the Hellenic Republic signed a programme contract (3), concerning the implementation of the IMP for Crete in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85;
Whereas Article 9 of the programme contract for the IMP for Crete provides in particular that the Greek authorities shall present to the Commission a draft detailed financial plan for the years 1988 to 1992 and that the Commission shall then determine, together with any amendments, the list and schedule of measures to be adopted under the IMP for Crete and update the timetable for commitments and payments;
Whereas the estimates for expenditure on the measures making up the IMP for Crete and for the Community contributions from budgetary funds should be revised following the presentation by the Greek authorities in December 1987 of a detailed financial plan for the years 1988 to 1992;
Whereas, moreover, this detailed financial plan shows that the ceiling on the contribution towards such measures from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 needs to be raised;
Whereas the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes referred to in Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 has been informed of these changes,
In Decision 86/477/EEC the text of Article is hereby replaced by the following:
'The contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 shall not exceed ECU 103 641 000 in respect of the expenditure to be incurred in the period from 13 November 1985 to 12 November 1992 on measures to be financed in the context of the IMP for Crete, for which the total Community assistance from budgetary funds is estimated at ECU 245 243 000.'
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
23.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 305/10
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1202/2011
of 18 November 2011
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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 REGULATION (EEC) No 2907/92  of 6 October 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2824/88 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the system of maximum guaranteed quantities in the tobacco sector
THE COMMISSION OF  THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 860/92 (2), and in particular Article 3 (3) and Article 4 (5) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 861/92 (3) provides that the system of maximum guaranteed quantities shall be maintained for the 1992 harvest; whereas it is accordingly necessary to maintain also the detailed rules for the application of this system  for the 1992 harvest as provided for by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2824/88 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3699/91 (5);
Whereas with Regulation (EEC) No 860/92 the Council amended the limitation of premium and price reductions in the case where the maximum guaranteed quantity has been exceeded; whereas this amendment only concerns the 1992 harvest; whereas the 1989 to  1991 harvests therefore continue to be governed by Regulation (EEC) No 2824/88 as applicable before the amendment made with this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Raw Tobacco,
Regulation (EEC) No 2824/88 is amended as follows:
1. the second subparagraph of Article 2 (1) is replaced by the following:
'However, the reduction may not exceed 23 % for the 1992 harvest.'
2. Article 3 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1. Until actual production has been determined as provided for in Article 1, not more than 77 % of the amounts fixed for the intervention prices and premiums for the 1992 harvest may be paid. However, at the discretion of the Member State, 100 % of  those prices and premiums may be paid if a security equal to 23 % is lodged for the 1992 harvest.'
3. in Article 4, the first two indents are replaced by the following:
'- in the case referred to in Article 7 (2) (a), the security shall be increased by 23 % or the advance shall be reduced by 23 % for the 1992 harvest,
- in the case referred to in Article 7 (2) (b), a security of 23 % of the premium for the 1992 harvest shall be lodged, or the advance shall be reduced by the abovementioned percentage for this harvest.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 1992 harvest. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 25 January 1999 on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards light composite wood-based beams and columns (notified under document number C(1999) 116) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/92/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products (1), as amended by Directive 93/68/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,
Whereas the Commission is required to select, as between the two procedures pursuant to Article 13(3) of Directive 89/106/EEC for attesting the conformity of a product, the 'least onerous possible procedure consistent with safety`; whereas this means that it is necessary to decide whether, for a given product or family of products, the existence of a factory production control system under the responsibility of the manufacturer is a necessary and sufficient condition for an attestation of conformity, or whether, for reasons related to compliance with the criteria mentioned in Article 13(4), the intervention of an approved certification body is therefore required;
Whereas Article 13(4) requires that the procedure thus determined must be indicated in the mandates and in the technical specifications; whereas, therefore, it is desirable to define the concept of products or family of products as used in the mandates and in the technical specifications;
Whereas the two procedures provided for in Article 13(3) are described in detail in Annex III to Directive 89/106/EEC; whereas it is necessary therefore to specify clearly the methods by which the two procedures must be implemented, by reference to Annex III, for each product or family of products, since Annex III gives preference to certain systems;
Whereas the procedure referred to in point (a) of Article 13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in the first possibility, without continuous surveillance, and the second and third possibilities of point (ii) of Section 2 of Annex III, and the procedure referred to in point (b) of Article 13(3) corresponds to the systems set out in point (i) of Section 2 of Annex III, and in the first possibility, with continuous surveillance, of point (ii) of Section 2 of Annex III;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Construction,
The products set out in Annex I shall have their conformity attested by a procedure whereby, in addition to a factory production control system operated by the manufacturer, an approved certification body is involved in assessment and surveillance of the production control or of the product itself.
The procedure for attesting conformity as set out in Annex II shall be indicated in mandates for guidelines for European technical approval.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 17 December 1996 amending for the fifth time Decision 95/32/EC approving the Austrian programme for the implementation of Article 138 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (Only the German text is authentic) (97/24/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 138 thereof,
Whereas on 8 November 1994 Austria notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 143 of the Act of Accession, of the Austrian programme for the implementation of its Article 138 aid for a number of products for the period 1995 to 1999 inclusive;
Whereas this programme, as modified by letter dated 16 December 1994, was approved by Commission Decision 95/32/EC (1); whereas that Decision was amended by Commission Decisions 95/209/EC (2), 95/416/EC (3), 96/38/EC (4) and 96/140/EC (5); whereas by letter dated 29 October 1996 Austria notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 143 of the Act of Accession, of a request for Commission authorization to further amend that programme; whereas that request was the subject of amendments by letter dated 3 December 1996;
Whereas the request involves aid for various fruits and vegetables for 1996 onwards; whereas Decision 96/38/EC stipulated that for fruits and certain vegetables, the maximum levels of aid from 1996 onwards can best be determined at a later stage; whereas the requests for aid for all products are in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Accession, and in particular Article 138 thereof; whereas the form of the aid on the basis of area reflects principles of the reformed common agricultural policy and so may be deemed to be appropriate,
The Annex to Decision 95/32/EC is replaced by the Annex to the present Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria.