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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2968/95 of 19 December 1995 fixing the amount of the carry-over  aid for certain fishery products for the 1996 fishing year (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 3901/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down general rules  for the granting of a carry-over aid for certain fishery products  (1) as amended by Regulation  (EC) No 1337/95  (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas the purpose of the carry-over aid is to give suitable encouragement to producers'  organizations to carry over products withdrawn from the market so that their destruction can be  avoided;
Whereas the amount of the aid must be such as not to disturb the balance of the market for the  products in question;
Whereas, on the basis of the information on technical and financial costs associated with the  concerned operations, recorded in the Community, the amount of the aid should, for the 1996 fishing  year, be as indicated in the Annex;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 1996 fishing year, the carry-over aid for the products listed  in Annex I A, D and E to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92  (3) shall be as indicated in the  Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
18.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 15/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 31/2008
of 15 November 2007
on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 in conjunction with Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) The Community and the Republic of Madagascar have negotiated and initialled a Fisheries Partnership Agreement providing Community fishermen with fishing opportunities in the waters falling within the sovereignty of the Republic of Madagascar.
(2) It is in the Community’s interest to approve that Agreement.
(3) The method for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined,
The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation (1).
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
Fishing category Type of vessel Member State Licences or quota
Tuna fishing Freezer tuna seiners Spain 23
France 19
Italy 1
Tuna fishing Surface longliners over 100 GT Spain 25
France 13
Portugal 7
United Kingdom 5
Tuna fishing Surface longliners of 100 GT or below France 26
Demersal fishing Exploratory line or bottom longline fishing France 5
If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.
The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within Madagascar’s fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas (2).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 2473/88
of 5 August 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88 on the sale by the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1251/88
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2248/88 (2),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88 (3) provides for the sale by the procedure laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2539/84 (4), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1809/87 (5), of hindquarters for processing; whereas in order for these quantities to be available in the United Kingdom the buying-in date of the beef should be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2294/88, the fourth indent is hereby replaced by the following:
- '2 000 tonnes of bone-in beef held by the United Kingdom intervention agency and bought in before 31 December 1987.'
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.
28.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 285/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1769/2005
of 27 October 2005
on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1),
Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with Thailand under GATT Article XXIII (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2458/2001, and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
Examination of the quantities for which applications have been submitted under the October 2005 tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages not covered and notifies the final use, in percentage terms, of each quota for the year 2005,
1.   Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for, reduced by the percentages set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2.   The final use of the quotas concerned for 2005, in percentage terms, is set out in the annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
9.4.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/71
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2015/568
of 7 April 2015
amending Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU as regards the definition of bovine lactoferrin
(notified under document C(2015) 2173)
(Only the English text is authentic)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU (2) authorises the placing on the market of bovine lactoferrin as a novel food ingredient.
(2) Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU lays down the specifications for bovine lactoferrin. Those specifications contain a definition of bovine lactoferrin. This definition should be amended to better describe the authorised novel food ingredient.
(3) Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
In Annex I to Implementing Decision 2012/725/EU, the definition of bovine lactoferrin is replaced by the following:
‘Bovine lactoferrin (bLF) is a protein that occurs naturally in cow's milk. It is an iron-binding glycoprotein of approximately 77 kDa and consists of a single polypeptide chain of 689 amino acids.
This Decision is addressed to Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd, 33-1, Shiba 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8384, Japan.
12.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 66/27
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 247/2011
of 11 March 2011
on selling prices for cereals in response to the eighth individual invitations to tender within the tendering procedures opened by Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010
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 43(f), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010 (2) has opened the sales of cereals by tendering procedures, in accordance with the conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (3).
(2) In accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010, in the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, the Commission has to fix for each cereal and per Member State a minimum selling price or to decide not to fix a minimum selling price.
(3) On the basis of the tenders received for the eighth individual invitations to tender, it has been decided that a minimum selling price should be fixed for the cereals and for the Member States.
(4) In order to give a rapid signal to the market and to ensure efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
For the eighth individual invitations to tender for selling of cereals within the tendering procedures opened by Regulation (EU) No 1017/2010, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 9 March 2011, the decisions on the selling price per cereal and Member State are 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 Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
13.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1958/2004
of 12 November 2004
fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder for the 71th individual invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2) According to Article 30 of the said Regulation, in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award. The amount of the processing security shall also be fixed taking account of the difference between the market price of skimmed-milk powder and the minimum selling price.
(3) In the light of the tenders received, the minimum selling price should be fixed at the level specified below and the processing security determined accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 71th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 9 November 2004, the minimum selling price and the processing security are fixed as follows:
— minimum selling price:
— minimum selling price:
— processing security:
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
16.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 319/6
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 November 2012
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Central Bank of Ireland
(2012/703/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Protocol (No 4) on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,
Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 14 September 2012 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Ireland (ECB/2012/20) (1),
Whereas:
(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2) The mandate of the current external auditors of the Central Bank of Ireland will expire after the audit for the financial year 2011. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2012.
(3) The Central Bank of Ireland has selected RSM Farrell Grant Sparks as its external auditors for the financial years 2012 to 2016.
(4) The Governing Council of the ECB has recommended that RSM Farrell Grant Sparks be appointed as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Ireland for the financial years 2012 to 2016.
(5) It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) accordingly,
Article 1(5) of Decision 1999/70/EC is replaced by the following:
‘5.   RSM Farrell Grant Sparks is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Ireland.’.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 421/2003
of 6 March 2003
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except the United States of America, Canada, Estonia and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 901/2002(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/2002(7).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 28 February to 6 March 2003 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
20.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 306/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1112/2009
of 19 November 2009
suspending submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Quantities covered by applications for import licences submitted to the competent authorities from 1 to 7 November 2009 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009, are equal to the quantity available under order number 09.4321.
(2) Submission of further applications for licences for order number 09.4321 should be suspended until the end of the marketing year, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009,
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 2009/10.
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.
8.4.1995 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 80/50
COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 March 1995
fixing the criteria for the testing of poultry for slaughter originating in a surveillance zone for Newcastle disease, in application of Article 5 (3) of Council Directive 91/494/EEC
(Text with EEA relevance)
(95/117/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/494/EEC of 26 June 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of fresh poultry meat (1), as last amended by Directive 93/121/EC (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof,
Whereas in application of the provisions of Article 5 (3) of Directive 91/494/EEC it is necessary to determine in particular the methodologies for the performance of virological tests for Newcastle disease; whereas in this regard it is appropriate to provide for details of the sampling procedure, the procedure for carrying out the tests and the interpretation of the test results;
Whereas the Scientific Veterinary Committee was consulted and delivered its report on 12 December 1994;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In application of Article 5 (3) of Directive 91/494/EEC the virological sampling and testing to detect Newcastle disease virus must comply with the requirements of the Annex.
This Decision shall apply with effect from 1 April 1995.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
6.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 243/47
COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 August 2006
drawing up the list of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2007-2013
(notified under document number C(2006) 3479)
(2006/596/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (1), and in particular Articles 5(3) and 8(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 establishing a Cohesion Fund the Cohesion Fund contributes to strengthening the economic and social cohesion of the Community in the interests of promoting sustainable development.
(2) Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund shall be those whose per capita gross national income (GNI), measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Community figures for the period 2001-2003, is less than 90 % of the average GNI of the EU-25.
(3) Pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund in 2006 and which would have continued to be eligible had the eligibility threshold remained at 90 % of average GNI of the EU-15, but which lose eligibility because their nominal per capita GNI will exceed 90 % of average GNI of the EU-25 average measured and calculated according to Article 5(2) of that Regulation, are also eligible, on a transitional and specific basis, for financing by the Cohesion Fund.
(4) It is necessary to establish the lists of eligible Member States accordingly,
The Member States eligible for funding from Cohesion Fund on 1 January 2007 shall be those listed in Annex I.
The Member States eligible for funding from Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis, as referred to in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be those listed in Annex II.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.