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COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 July 1999
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on mutual recognition of OECD principles of good laboratory practice (GLP) and compliance monitoring programmes between the European Community and the State of Israel
(1999/662/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 Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) and Article 300(4),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) the Agreement on mutual Recognition of OECD principles of good laboratory practice (GLP) and compliance monitoring programmes, initialled in Brussels on 16 January 1997, was negotiated by the Commission in accordance with its negotiating guidelines and should be approved;
(2) certain aspects of implementation have been assigned to the Joint Committee established by the Agreement, and in particular the power to amend certain parts of the two Annexes;
(3) it is necessary to lay down the internal procedures required for the proper functioning of the Agreement; the Commission should be empowered to make certain technical changes to the Agreement and to take certain decisions concerning its implementation,
The Agreement on mutual recognition of OECD principles of good laboratory practice (GLP) and compliance monitoring programmes between the European Community and the State of Israel is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement and the Agreed Minutes are attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, transmit the note provided for in Article 16 of the Agreement(1).
1. The Commission, assisted by the Special Committee appointed by the Council, shall represent the Community in the Joint Committee provided for in Article 10 of the Agreement. After consulting the Special Committee, the Commission shall carry out the notifications, consultations and exchanges of information, shall make the requests for inspections and for participation in inspections, and, if need be, shall reply to requests, in accordance with Articles 3(2), 5(2), 6, 7, 9 and 12 of the Agreement and in Annex II thereto, and adopt the Decision provided for in Article 11(2) and (3) and the second sentence of Article 12.
2. The position of the Community within the Joint Committee, with regard to amendments to Annex I decided on in accordance with the second sentence of Article 4 of the Agreement and to amendments to Annex II decided on in accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement, shall be adopted by the Commission after it has consulted the Special Committee referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. All other decisions shall be taken by the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.
26.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1505/2004
of 25 August 2004
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 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
7.10.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 264/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 882/2010
of 6 October 2010
fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export-licence applications and suspending the lodging of export-licence applications for out-of-quota sugar
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 7e in conjunction with Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 61, first subparagraph, point (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 the sugar produced during the marketing year in excess of the quota referred to in Article 56 of that Regulation may be exported only within the quantitative limit fixed by the Commission.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 397/2010 of 7 May 2010 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2010/2011 marketing year (3) sets the above mentioned limits.
(3) The quantities of sugar covered by applications for export licences exceed the quantitative limit fixed by Regulation (EU) No 397/2010. An acceptance percentage should therefore be set for quantities applied for on 1 October 2010. All export-licence applications for sugar lodged after 1 October 2010 should accordingly be rejected and the lodging of export-licence applications should be suspended,
1.   Export licences for out-of-quota sugar for which applications were lodged on 1 October 2010 shall be issued for the quantities applied for, multiplied by an acceptance percentage of 69,810682 %.
2.   Applications for out-of-quota sugar export licences submitted on 4 October, 5 October, 6 October, 7 October and 8 October 2010 are hereby rejected.
3.   The lodging of applications for out-of-quota sugar export licences shall be suspended for the period 11 October 2010 to 30 September 2011.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1577/91  of 11 June 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 laying down detailed rules of application for aid for the production of certain varieties of grapes for drying
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2201/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (6)  thereof,
Whereas the sound operation of the aid scheme per hectare requires in particular that Community aids should not be paid in combination in respect of the same area; whereas only aids granted to improve agricultural production structures, excluding any  allowance to offset loss of income, during the period of application of such aids should be considered compatible with the abovementioned principle; whereas, as a consequence, aids or allowances provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 895/85 of 1  April 1985 on a common measure to improve the structures of the wine-making sector in Greece (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (4), and the Commission Decision of 5 July 1989 for granting financial assitance from EAGGF, Guidance Section,  for an operational programme to combat phylloxera which has affected the vineyards of Crete (Greece) (5) should accordingly be excluded; whereas the provisions in force should accordingly be made more flexible and defined more closely and Article 3 of  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 (6) should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
(2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 is hereby replaced by the following:
'(d) a declaration by the producer that none of the areas in question nor the products harvested therefrom are the subject of an application for aid under other schemes and in particular those to offset loss of income to the producer for dried grapes  pursuant to:
- Council Regulation (EEC) No 895/85 (*),
- the Commission Decision of 5 July 1989 (**).
(*) OJ No L 94, 4. 4. 1985, p. 2.
(**) OJ No C 188, 25. 7. 1989, p. 4.'  Article 2  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 1749/95 of 18 July 1995 fixing an export tax in relation to products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00 and 1103 11 10
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/95 (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas Article 16 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that where quotations or prices on the world market for certain products reaches the level of Community prices and such situation is likely to continue and deteriorate thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market, appropriate measures may be taken; whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 (3) provides that where such conditions are met, an export tax may be fixed and may vary according to destination;
Whereas prices on the world market for durum wheat have reached the level of those in the Community and the trend in those prices is that they will increase; whereas this has also affected the price of groats and meal of durum wheat; whereas this is likely to lead to their export from the Community; whereas it has therefore been decided to fix an export tax for these products at a level which will avoid disturbance to the Community market;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export tax referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, for the export of products falling within CN codes 1001 10 00 and 1103 11 10 is fixed at the level set out in 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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
22.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 83/14
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/34/EC
of 21 March 2006
amending the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC as regards the inclusion of certain substances
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/398/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,
After consulting the European Food Safety Authority,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Directive 2001/15/EC of 15 February 2001 on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses (2) specifies certain categories of substances and mentions for each of them the chemical substances that may be used in the manufacture of foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses.
(2) Those chemical substances that have been evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (hereafter ‘the Authority’) and have received a favourable scientific evaluation should be included in the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC.
(3) Favourable scientific evaluation for some vitamins and mineral substances has been recently given and made public by the Authority.
(4) It is appropriate to replace the category heading ‘folic acid’ in order to take account of the inclusion of other forms of folate in the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC.
(5) Directive 2001/15/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2006 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 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.
24.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 230/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1262/2006
of 23 August 2006
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards the list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the north-east Atlantic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular point 13.2. of Annex III thereto,
Whereas:
(1) The European Community has, since 1981, been a Party to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (2).
(2) In May 2006 the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) made a recommendation to amend the list of vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries. Implementation of the recommendation in the Community legal order should be ensured.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Appendix 4 to Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 788/89
of 20 March 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 on the financing by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of certain intervention measures, particularly those involving the buying-in, storage and sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 787/89 (2), and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, as a result of the amendment, made by Regulation (EEC) No 2050/80 (3), of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, which provides for depreciation of the purchase value of products bought into public intervention, the carry-over prices specified in Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2632/85 (5), no longer correspond to the prices to be repaid to the EAGGF Guarantee Section should the product taken into storage have deteriorated or been destroyed; whereas a new price reference applicable in such cases must be determined;
Whereas the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 should also be adapted to take account of the financing, according to the system of standard amounts, of special measures to guarantee the utilization and/or destination of products held by intervention agencies for given purposes, pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78,
Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The first indent of Article 4 (3) is replaced by the following:
'- the price to be entered in the accounts shall be the basic intervention price applicable for the standard quality on the first day of the current financial year. Where appropriate, the percentage applicable to the intervention price upon purchase of the product shall be applied to this price. The conversion rate applicable shall be that applying on the same day,'
2. In Annex I the following point is added under point 1 of 'I. Costs, material operations':
'(g) by special measures to guarantee the utilization and/or destination of the product'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(1) shall apply to expenditure incurred from 1 October 1988 and Article 1 (2) to expenditure incurred from 1 January 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
30.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 200/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1237/2005
of 29 July 2005
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 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1009/2001
of 23 May 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 on the purchase of beef under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001
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 690/2001 of 3 April 2001 on special market support measures in the beef sector(2), and in particular Article 2(2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 provides in its Article 2(2) in particular for the opening or the suspension of tendering for purchase of beef depending on the average market prices for the reference class during the two most recent weeks with price quotations preceding the tender.
(2) The second subparagraph of Article 12 of the abovementioned Regulation provides for a voluntary application of the tendering rules until 30 June 2001 in certain Member States while the application is obligatory in others.
(3) The application of Articles 2 and 12 referred to above results in the opening of purchase by tender in a number of Member States. Commission Regulation (EC) No 713/2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 932/2001(4), on the purchase of beef under Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 should be amended accordingly.
(4) Since this Regulation should be applied immediately it is necessary to provide for its entry into force on the day of its publication,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 713/2001 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/46/EEC of 22 June 1993 replacing and modifying the Annexes to Council Directive 92/109/EEC on the manufacture and placing on the market of certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/109/EEC of 14 December 1992 on the manufacture and placing on the market of certain substances used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (1), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas it is necessary to give effect to the decision taken by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in April 1992 to include the substances sagfrole, piperonal and isosafrole in Table I of the Annex to the 1988 UN Convention by transferring the said substances from category 2 to category 1 in Annex I of the Directive, and by removing them from Annex II;
Whereas such transfer will align the Directive with Council Regulation (EEC) No 3677/90 (2) of 13 December 1990 laying down measures to discourage the diversion of certain substances to the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 900/92 (3), and implemented and amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3769/92 (4),
Annexes I and II to Directive 92/109/EEC shall be replaced by Annexes I and II to this Directive.
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 July 1993. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.