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COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2836/87
of 23 September 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on hexachlorocyclohexanes falling within subheading 29.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff originating in China to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 duties on the products listed in Annex II originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 14;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 14, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, causes, or threatens to cause, economic difficulties in the Community or in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may be re-established once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered shall be, as a general rule, equal to 5 % of the total importations into the Community, originating from third countries in 1984;
Whereas, in the case of hexachlorocyclohexanes falling within subheading 29.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, the reference base is fixed at 291 000 ECU; whereas, on 16 September 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the reference base in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas the exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community; whereas, therefore, customs duties in respect of the products in question must be re-established against China,
As from 27 September 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:
1.2 //  //  // CCT heading No  // Description  //  //  // 29.02 B I (NIMEXE code 29.02-81)  // Hexachlorocyclohexanes   //    //
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 887/2001
of 4 May 2001
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2281/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2281/2000(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2281/2000 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 27 April to 3 May 2001 at 230,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 May 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
23.11.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 305/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1366/2007
of 22 November 2007
establishing that no award shall be made in the framework of the standing invitation to tender of white sugar provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007
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 1060/2007 of 14 September 2007 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 21 November 2007, it is appropriate to decide that no award shall be made 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 21 November 2007, for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007, no award shall be made.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1158/2003
of 30 June 2003
fixing the derived intervention prices for white sugar for the 2003/04 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 fixes the intervention price for white sugar for non-deficit areas at EUR 63,19/100 kilograms for the 2001/02 to 2005/06 marketing years.
(2) Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that derived intervention prices for white sugar are to be fixed for each deficit area each year. When those prices are fixed, account is to be taken of the regional variations in the price of sugar, which, given a normal harvest and free movement of sugar, may be expected to occur under natural conditions of price formation on the market and in view of experience gained and the costs of transporting sugar from surplus areas to deficit areas.
(3) To establish whether an area is a deficit area, projections should be made based on the data returned by the Member States relating both to the current marketing year as regards consumption trends, and to the prospects for the coming marketing year as regards developments in available production. As a result, areas should be recognised as deficit areas only where the projections clearly indicate that a deficit is likely to occur.
(4) On this basis, the areas of production in Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal and Finland are likely to be deficit areas.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The derived intervention prices for white sugar in the deficit areas of the Community for the 2003/04 marketing year shall be:
(a) EUR 64,88 per 100 kilograms for all areas in Spain;
(b) EUR 64,65 per 100 kilograms for all areas in Ireland and the United Kingdom;
(c) EUR 65,53 per 100 kilograms for all areas in Italy;
(d) EUR 64,65 per 100 kilograms for all areas in Portugal;
(e) EUR 64,65 per 100 kilograms for all areas in Finland.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
27.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 259/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 879/2012
of 26 September 2012
fixing the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 8 to 14 September 2012 for sugar products under certain tariff quotas and suspending submission of applications for such licences
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 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (3), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Quantities covered by applications for import licences submitted to the competent authorities from 8 to 14 September 2012 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009, exceed the quantity available under order numbers 09.4317, 09.4318, 09.4319, 09.4320 and 09.4321.
(2) In these circumstances, an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued regarding order numbers 09.4317, 09.4318, 09.4319, 09.4320 and 09.4321 should be fixed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. Submission of further applications for licences for these order numbers should be suspended until the end of the marketing year, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009,
1.   The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 from 8 to 14 September 2012 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2.   Submission of further applications for licences, which correspond to the order numbers indicated in the Annex, shall be suspended until the end of the marketing year 2012/13.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 Decision
of 24 October 2002
amending for the fourth time Decision 2002/383/EC, concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in France, Germany and Luxembourg
(notified under document number C(2002) 4009)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/839/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market(1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC(2) and, in particular, Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Classical swine fever has occurred in certain bordering areas of France, Germany and Luxembourg.
(2) In view of the trade in live pigs, these outbreaks are liable to endanger the herds of other parts of the Community.
(3) France, Luxembourg and Germany have taken measures within the framework of Directive 2001/89/EC on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever(3).
(4) The Commission has adopted Decision 2002/383/EC(4) concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in France, Germany and Luxembourg, which was last amended by Decision 2002/790/EC(5).
(5) In the light of the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the feral and domestic pigs it is appropriate to prolong the measures adopted. Decision 2002/383/EC should be therefore amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Article 9 of Decision 2002/383/EC the words "20 October 2002" are replaced by the words "20 April 2003" and the words "31 October 2002" are replaced by the words "30 April 2003".
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
30.6.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 169/16
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 April 2009
on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mauritius on the short-stay visa waiver
(2009/480/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular point (2)(b)(i) of Article 62, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1932/2006 (1) amended Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (2) listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of the European Union (negative list), and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (positive list) by, inter alia, transferring the Republic of Mauritius (hereinafter referred to as Mauritius) from the negative to the positive list. Furthermore, Regulation (EC) No 1932/2006 provides that the exemption is to be applied only from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded between the European Community and Mauritius.
(2) By decision of 5 June 2008, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate an agreement between the European Community and Mauritius on the short-stay visa waiver.
(3) Negotiations on the agreement were opened on 11 July 2008 and concluded on 16 October 2008.
(4) The Agreement initialled in Brussels on 12 November 2008, should be signed and the attached declarations approved. The Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion.
(5) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and without prejudice to Article 4 of the said Protocol, these Member States are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application,
The signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mauritius on the short-stay visa waiver (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to its conclusion.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The Declarations attached to this Decision shall be approved on behalf of the Community.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Community, subject to its conclusion.
The Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the date of signature thereof (3), pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion.
1.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/40
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1004/2006
of 30 June 2006
fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
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 market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(b) of that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the sugar market, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and certain criteria provided for in Articles 32 and 33 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(3) The first subparagraph of Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund according to destination.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
(5) The negotiations within the framework of the Europe Agreements between the European Community and Romania and Bulgaria aim in particular to liberalise trade in products covered by the common organisation of the market concerned. For those two countries export refunds should therefore be abolished.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
Export refunds as provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3220/94 of 21 December 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 2205/94 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered for intervention in certain Member States during the 1994/95 marketing year
THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession for Norway, Austria, Finland, and Sweden (1), and in particular Article 169 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1866/94 (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas, following requests by Austria and Sweden under Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) 689/92 of 19 March 1992 fixing the procedures and conditions for the taking over of cereals by intervention agencies (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No  2204/94 (5), the maximum moisture content for cereals offered into intervention in Austria and Sweden during the 1994/95 marketing year should be 15 %;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 2205/94 fixing the maximum moisture content of cereals offered into intervention in certain Member States during the 1994/95 marketing year (6);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of the Treaty of Accession, the Institutions of the Union may adopt before Accession the measures referred to in Article 169 of the Act of Accession, these measures entering into force subject to, and on the date of  the entry into force of the Treaty,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2205/94 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date and subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 18 January 1999 amending Decision 94/942/CFSP on the joint action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union, concerning the control of exports of dual-use goods (1999/54/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article J.3 thereof,
Having regard to the general guidelines given by the European Council held at Lisbon on 26 and 27 June 1992,
Having regard to Decision 94/942/CFSP (1),
Whereas further to Decision 98/106/CFSP (2) updating Annex I to the above Decision, Annex V to the Decision also needs updating,
The list contained in Annex V to Decision 94/942/CFSP, referred to in Article 6 of that Decision, and in Article 20(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 3381/94 of 19 December 1994 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use goods (3) shall be amended as follows:
- as from 8 March 1998 the table corresponding to headings 0C004 to 0C201 shall be replaced by the following:
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- as from the 30th day following the entry into force of this Decision, the table corresponding to headings 0C004 to 0C201 shall be replaced by the following:
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This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication.
, first indent shall apply from 8 March 1998, and Article 1, second indent shall apply from the 30th day following the date of publication.