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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/2001
of 17 August 2001
postponing the date by which the sugar storage levy must be paid
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 Article 50 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The second subparagraph of Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 states that, in the case of sugar in storage on 30 June 2001 under the compensation system for storage costs provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(2), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 906/2001(3), the date of disposal for the purposes of collecting the storage levy is 30 June 2001.
(2) Because of the large size of the storage levy due for the sugar stored on 30 June 2001, the conditions under which interested parties make payment should be eased by introducing a derogation to Article 15 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1998/78 of 18 August 1978 laying down detailed rules for the offsetting of storage costs for sugar(4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1758/93(5).
(3) The rules applying to the sugar carried forward by the producer undertakings from the 2000/01 marketing year to the 2001/02 marketing year under Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 will be established at a later date.
(4) These measures should be applied with effect from the date of application of the new common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The Member States shall not take into account the sugar carried forward by the producer undertakings from the 2000/01 marketing year to the 2001/02 marketing year under Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 when establishing the sugar in storage on 30 June 2001 under the second paragraph of Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.
1. Notwithstanding Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 1998/78, the Member States shall establish, by 20 October 2001 at the latest, the amount owing by each person subject to the storage levy referred to in the second paragraph of Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be paid by 20 November 2001 at the latest.
The Regulation does not prejudice the provisions applicable to sugar carried forward as referred to in Article 1. The applicable provisions shall be laid down at a later date.
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 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1073/86
of 14 April 1986
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on gramophone records and other sound or similar recordings, falling within heading No 92.12, originating in South Korea, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85 of 17 December 1985 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1986 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of gramophone records and other sound or similar recordings, falling within heading No 92.12, originating in South Korea, the individual ceiling was fixed at 5 475 000 ECU; whereas, on 9 April 1986, imports of these products into the Community originating in South Korea reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against South Korea,
As from 18 April 1986, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in South Korea:
1.2 //  //  // CCT heading No  // Description  //  //  // 92.12 (NIMEXE code 92.12-all numbers)  // Gramophone records and other sound or similar recordings; matrices for the production of records, prepared record blanks, film for mechanical sound recording, prepared tapes, wires, strips and linked articles of a kind commonly used for sound or similar recording.   //    //
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 (EC) No 1615/94 of 1 July 1994 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
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), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3676/93 of 21 December 1993 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1994 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (2), provides for cod quotas for 1994;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member  State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, II b by vessels flying the flag of Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands or registered in Belgium,  Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have reached the quota allocated for 1994,
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, II b by vessels flying the flag of Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands or registered in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the  Netherlands are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands for 1994.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, II b by vessels flying the flag of Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands or registered in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands is  prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of 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.
25.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 197/57
COMMISSION DECISION
of 24 July 2008
amending Decision 2008/155/EC as regards certain embryo collection and production teams in Canada and the United States
(notified under document number C(2008) 3748)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/610/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2008/155/EC of 14 February 2008 establishing a list of embryo collection and production teams in third countries approved for imports of bovine embryos into the Community (2) provides that Member States are to import embryos from third countries only if they have been collected, processed and stored by embryo collection and production teams listed in the Annex to that Decision.
(2) Canada and the United States have requested that amendments be made to the entries for those countries on that list as regards certain embryo collection teams.
(3) Canada and the United States have provided guarantees regarding compliance with the appropriate rules set out in Directive 89/556/EEC and the embryo collection teams concerned have been officially approved for exports to the Community by the veterinary services of those countries.
(4) Decision 2008/155/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 2008/155/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
6.11.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 288/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1294/2007
of 5 November 2007
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 November 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 920/2002
of 30 May 2002
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 885/2001(2), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(4), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement.
(3) On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 29 May 2002, the quantity still available for the period until 30 June 2002, for zone (4) Western Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 22 to 28 May 2002 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for this zone until 1 July 2002,
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 22 to 28 May 2002 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued for 79,52 % of the quantities requested for zone (4) Western Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 29 May 2002 and the submission of export licence applications from 31 May 2002 for zone (4) Western Europe shall be suspended until 1 July 2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 May 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1798/2002
of 9 October 2002
on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2002(2),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).
(2) Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in and imported from the United States of America and Canada which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 at 11500 t.
(3) It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit,
1. All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 October 2002 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full.
2. Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of November 2002 for 4461,279 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1100/2003
of 25 June 2003
determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2003 for import licences under the regime provided for by tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector for the period 1 July to 30 September 2003 can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 of 28 June 1995 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1006/2001(2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The applications for import licences lodged for the third quarter of 2003 are for quantities less than the quantities available and can therefore be met in full.
(2) The surplus to be added to the quantity available for the following period should be determined,
1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 July to 30 September 2003 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.
2. For the period 1 October to 31 December 2003, applications may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 for import licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3324/91  of 13 November 1991  re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 2523, originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation  (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, duties on certain products 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 8;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 8, 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 6,3 % of  the total importations into the Community, originating from third countires in 1988;
Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN code 2523, originating in Romania, the reference base is fixed at ECU 7 464 000; whereas, on 15 May 1991, imports of these products into the Community originating in Romania, reached the reference base  in question after being charged there-against; 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 Romania,
As from 18 November 1991, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in:
CN code  Description     2523  Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
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.
15.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 250/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 821/2012
of 12 September 2012
establishing a prohibition of fishing for skates and rays in EU waters of VIII and IX by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2012.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2012.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2012 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
13.2.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 42/16
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 February 2009
appointing a United Kingdom member of the Committee of the Regions
(2009/122/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Government of the United Kingdom,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).
(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr W.J. WILLIAMS,
The following is hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as a member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010:
— Mr Robert BRIGHT, Councillor, Newport City.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.