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COUNCIL  DECISION
of 9 February 1987
on the conclusion of the Protocol of Accession of Mexico to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(87/209/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishiing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Whereas Mexico entered into negotiations with the Community and the other Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade with a view to its accession to the General Agreement;
Whereas the results of these negotiations are acceptable to the Community,
The Protocol of Accession of Mexico to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2004
of 26 February 2004
derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat(1), and in particular Articles 8(2) and 11(1) and the second paragraph of Article 22 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May 2004 should enable those countries to qualify for the tariff quotas for pigmeat provided for by Regulation (EC) No 774/94 under fair conditions compared with those applicable to the existing Member States. Economic operators in those countries must be given the possibility therefore of participating fully in those quotas upon accession.
(2) In order not to create disturbance on the market before and after 1 May 2004, the timetable for the tranches provided for in 2004 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/94(3) must be altered and the allocation of quantities adjusted without however altering the overall quantities provided for by Regulation (EC) No 774/94. The deadline for submitting applications should also be amended.
(3) It is therefore necessary, for 2004, to provide for amendments and adjustments to the measures laid down in Articles 2 and 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1432/94.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
1. In derogation from Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1432/94, for the period from 1 April to 30 June 2004, the quotas shall be distributed as follows:
(a) 8 % during the period from 1 to 30 April 2004;
(b) 17 % during the period from 1 May to 30 June 2004.
2. In derogation from Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1432/94, for the period from 1 May to 30 June 2004, licence applications shall be submitted during the first seven days of May.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 April to 30 June 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1886/2001
of 27 September 2001
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
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), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1846/2001(2).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1846/2001 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1846/2001 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 315/92  of 10 February 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry
THE COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 of 26 June 1990 on certain marketing standards for poultry (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2988/91 (3), lays down on exemption by which operators were authorized to use packing material bearing old indications until 31 December 1991; whereas,  in view of the continued existence of stocks of old packing material, and in order to make the transitional period easier for small and medium-sized enterprises, this date should be extended until 31 March 1992;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
In Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 '31 December 1991' is hereby replaced by '31 March 1992'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 159/2003
of 29 January 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2377/2002 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for malting barley from third countries and derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 1766/92
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 organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 2377/2002(3) opens a tariff quota for the import of 50000 tonnes of malting barley falling within CN code 1003 00 50. This CN code was created during the special Uruguay Round negotiations and refers to HS code 1003 00. In order to avoid practical customs problems when malting barley is imported under this quota, HS code 1003 00, which covers malting barley, should be used.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2377/2002 is hereby replaced by the following:
"1. A tariff import quota of 50000 tonnes of malting barley falling within HS code (ex) 1003 00 to be used in the manufacture of beer aged in vats containing beechwood is hereby opened."
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 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 484/95 of 3 March 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 2947/94 fixing the uniform reduction coefficient for determining the quantities of bananas to be allocated to each operator in categories A and B in the context of  the 1995 tariff quota (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2947/94 (3) fixes for each category of operator established in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1995 the uniform reduction coefficient to be applied to each operator's reference quantity to determine the  provisional quantity to be allocated to the latter for 1995 under a 2 000 000 tonne tariff quota, pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 478/95 (5);
Whereas the tariff quota for 1995 currently amounts to 2 200 000 tonnes; whereas the coefficients laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2947/94 should be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas provision should be made for the immediate application of this Regulation so that the operators can qualify thereunder as soon as possible;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The coefficients set out in the first and second indents of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2947/94 are hereby replaced by the following:
- for category A operators: '0,553646,'
- for category B operators: '0,473009,'
established in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1995.
The Member States concerned shall notify operators registered with their competent authorities individually and as soon as possible of their reference quantities as adjusted by the coefficients laid down in Article 1.
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.
3.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 121/45
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 408/2013
of 2 May 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed 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 Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
6.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 3/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 5/2006
of 5 January 2006
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 6 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
REGULATION (EEC) No 793/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 1972 fixing the standard quality for white sugar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/EEC 1 of 18 December 1967 on the common organization of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 607/72, 2 and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Whereas the target price for white sugar must be fixed for a standard quality ; whereas consequently it is necessary to determine that standard quality;
Whereas the standard quality chosen for white sugar should be a quality representative of Community production;
1. White sugar of the standard quality shall have the following characteristics:    (a) sound, fair and marketable quality, dry, in homogeneous granulated crystals, free-flowing,
(b) minimum polarization 99 77º,
(c) maximum moisture content 0 706 %,
(d) maximum invert sugar content : 0 704 %,
(e) the number of points determined in accordance with paragraph 2 shall not exceed a total of 22, nor:      - 15 for the ash content,
- 9 for the colour type, determined according to the method of the Brunswick Institute of Agricultural Technology, hereinafter called the "Brunswick method",
- 6 for the colouring of the solution, determined according to the method of the International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis, hereinafter called the "ICUMSA method".
2. One point shall correspond to:    (a) 0 70018 % of ash content determined according to the ICUMSA method at 28º Brix,
(b) 0 75 units of colour type determined according to the Brunswick method,
(c) 7 75 units of colouring of the solution determined according to the ICUMSA method.
3. The methods for determining the factors referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the same as those used for the determination of those factors within the framework of the intervention measures.
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 1 July 1972.
1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p 1.  2 OJ No L 75, 28.3.1972, p. 4.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2221/94 of 13 September 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 1550/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the management of a quota of preparations of a kind used in animal feeding falling within CN codes 2309 90  31 and 2309 90 41 provided for in the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters concluded with Bulgaria
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3641/93 of 20 December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the  one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria of the other part (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1550/94 (2) lays down detailed rules on the import of certain quantities of preparations intended for animal feeding which are specified in the Annex thereto, under the Interim Agreement concluded with Bulgaria;
Whereas on 30 June 1994 the Community concluded an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters with Bulgaria (3), which amends the Interim Agreement with that country and provides for certain compensatory measures which take effect on 1 July 1994;  whereas Regulation (EC) No 1550/94 should therefore be amended by adding to the quantities indicated in the Annex thereto, for each of the three years between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 1997, an annual quantity of 398,6 tonnes by way of compensation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1550/94 is hereby replaced by 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.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
4.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 318/50
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1190/2009
of 3 December 2009
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported under the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 676/2009
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), and in particular Article 144(1) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries was opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2009 (2).
(2) Under Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 of 18 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3) the Commission, in accordance the procedure laid down in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, may decide to fix a maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 must be taken into account.
(3) A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(4) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
For tenders lodged from 27 November to 3 December 2009 under the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 676/2009, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 17,33 EUR/t for a total maximum quantity of 55 700 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 December 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2206/2002
of 12 December 2002
prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December 2001 fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), lays down quotas for common sole for 2002.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of common sole in the waters of the Skagerrak and Kattegat, ICES divisions IIIb, c and d (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark have exhausted the quota allocated for 2002. Denmark has prohibited fishing for this stock from 20 November 2002. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of common sole in the waters of the Skagerrak and Kattegat, ICES divisions IIIb, c and d (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Denmark for 2002.
Fishing for common sole in the waters of the Skagerrak and Kattegat, ICES divisions IIIb, c and d (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 20 November 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.