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19.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 May 2014
on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol between the European Union and the Union of the Comoros setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement currently in force between the two parties
(2014/369/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) and (7) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) On 5 October 2006, the Council approved the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros (the ‘Partnership Agreement’) by means of Regulation (EC) No 1563/2006 (1).
(2) The European Union has negotiated with the Union of the Comoros a new protocol to the Partnership Agreement granting vessels of the European Union fishing opportunities in Comoros waters.
(3) That new protocol was signed on the basis of Council Decision 2013/786/EU (2), and is provisionally applicable as from 1 January 2014.
(4) It is in the interest of the European Union to implement the Partnership Agreement by means of a Protocol establishing the fishing opportunities and the corresponding financial contribution, and setting out the conditions for promoting responsible and sustainable fishing in Comoros waters.
(5) The Partnership Agreement sets up a Joint Committee which is responsible for monitoring the application of this Agreement. Furthermore, in accordance with the Protocol, the Joint Committee may approve certain modifications to the Protocol. In order to facilitate the approval of such modifications, it is appropriate to empower the Commission, subject to specific conditions, to approve them under a simplified procedure..
(6) The new Protocol should be approved,
The Protocol between the European Union and the Union of the Comoros setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Communiity and the Union of the Comoros (the ‘Protocol’) is hereby concluded on behalf of the European Union (3).
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European Union, give the notification provided for in Article 14 of the Protocol.
Subject to the provisions and conditions set out in the Annex, the Commission shall be empowered to approve, on behalf of the European Union, modifications to the Protocol in the Joint Committee.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
COUNCIL DECISION of 27 October 1997 appointing a member of the Economic and Social Committee (97/743/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 194 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 166 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 94/660/EC, Euratom of 26 September 1994 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 1994 to 20 September 1998 (1),
Whereas a seat as a member of that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Werner Lรถw, of which the Council was notified on 14 May 1997;
Having regard to the nominations submitted by the German Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Communities,
Ms Renate Hornung-Draus is hereby appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee in place of Mr Werner Lรถw for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 20 September 1998.
17.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 67/9
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 March 2010
prolonging the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC requiring Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters
(notified under document C(2010) 1314)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/157/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2006/502/EC (2) requires Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters.
(2) Decision 2006/502/EC was adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Directive 2001/95/EC, which restricts the validity of the Decision to a period not exceeding 1 year, but allows it to be confirmed for additional periods none of which shall exceed 1 year.
(3) Decision 2006/502/EC was amended three times, firstly by Decision 2007/231/EC (3) which prolonged the validity of the Decision until 11 May 2008, secondly by Decision 2008/322/EC (4) which prolonged the validity of the Decision until 11 May 2009 and thirdly by Decision 2009/298/EC (5) which prolonged the validity of the Decision for a further year until 11 May 2010.
(4) In the absence of other satisfactory measures addressing the child safety of lighters, it is necessary to prolong the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC for a further 12 months and to amend it accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Directive 2001/95/EC,
In Article 6 of Decision 2006/502/EC, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2.   This Decision shall apply until 11 May 2011.’
Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision by 11 May 2010 at the latest and shall publish those measures. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 220/2002
of 6 February 2002
repealing Regulation (EC) No 2460/2001 relating to the issuing of a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the French intervention agency
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 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/2000(4), lays down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by the intervention agencies.
(2) For economical reasons, it is appropriate to repeal the invitation to tender under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2460/2001(5).
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 2460/2001 is hereby repealed.
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.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2291/84
of 6 August 1984
concerning the stopping of fishing for sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities by vessels of the Member States (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1729/83 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 320/84 of 31 January 1984 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks occurring in the Community's fishing zone, provisional total allowable catches for 1984, the provisional share of these catches available to the Community, the allocation of that share between the Member States and the conditions under which the total allowable catches may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1638/84 (4), provides for sole quotas for 1984;
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 by Regulation 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 by Belgium to the Commission, catches of sole in waters of ICES division VII e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium have reached the quota allocated for 1984,
Catches of sole in waters of ICES division VII e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 1984.
Fishing for sole in waters of ICES division VII e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of sole fished in this division 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.
20.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 159/32
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 686/2007
of 19 June 2007
on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of June 2007 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat (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 533/2007 of 14 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector (3), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of products in the poultrymeat sector.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of June 2007 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2007 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for.
(3) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of June 2007 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2007 do not, for some quotas, cover the total quantity available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod,
1.   The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 for the subperiod 1 July to 30 September 2007 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2.   The quantities for which import licence applications have not been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 533/2007, to be added to the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2007, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 June 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
9.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 214/48
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 801/2008
of 8 August 2008
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year
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),
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 of the Article 36,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2007/08 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2008 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 August 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 512/2003
of 20 March 2003
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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2380/2002(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 19 March 2003, the quantity still available for the period until 30 April 2003, for destination zone 3: eastern 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 16 to 18 March 2003 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for this zone until 1 May 2003,
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 16 to 18 March 2003 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 7,15 % of the quantities requested for zone 3: eastern Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 19 March 2003 and the submission of export licence applications from 21 March 2003 for destination zone 3: eastern Europe shall be suspended until 1 May 2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
30.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1021/2009
of 29 October 2009
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 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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 October 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 6 February 1995 amending the Council Decision of 6 December 1993 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure, following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden (95/24/EC, Euratom, ECSC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 151 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 30 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 121 (3) thereof,
In Article 7 (4) of the Council's Rules of Procedure, the word 'six` shall be replaced by 'eight`.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 27 September 1990
on provisional measures applicable following the unification of Germany concerning areas free of classical swine fever
(90/482/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2684/90 on interim measures applicable after the unification of Germany, in anticipation of the adoption of transitional measures by the Council either in cooperation with, or after consultation of, the European Parliament (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 72/461/EEC (2) on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat provides for the establishment of a list of the Member States and areas which are free of swine fever;
Whereas the Council, by Decision 88/303/EEC (3), recognized certain parts of the territory of the Community as being either officially swine fever free or swine fever free;
Whereas the status of the regions of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic must be determined;
Whereas the measures adopted by this Decision are to apply subject to the amendments resulting from the decisions of the Council on the proposals presented by the Commission on 21 August 1990;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the ad hoc committee provided for by Council Directive 90/476/EEC (4) of 17 September 1990 on provisional measures to be applied after the unification of Germany in anticipation of transitional measures to be adopted by the Council in consultation with the European Parliament,
The regions of 'Bezirke Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Potsdam, Frankfurt, Cottbus, Magdeburg, Halle, Erfurt, Gera, Suhl, Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz and Berlin-Ost' are hereby to be considered swine fever free within the meaning of Article 13 (2) of Directive 72/461/EEC pursuant to Article 3 of Decision 80/303/EEC.
This Decision shall apply as from the unification of Germany until the entry into force in the agricultural sector of the Council Directive on the transitional measures and adjustments required to the Directives on plant products, seeds, plants and animal feedingstuffs and to the veterinary and zootechnical legislation as a result of the integration of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic into the Community, the proposal for which was presented on 21 August 1990. This Decision shall apply, however, until 31 December 1990 at the latest.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 779/2004
of 26 April 2004
correcting the French and Dutch versions of Regulation (EC) No 2277/2003 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs(1), and in particular the second indent of Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Some errors have been found in the French and Dutch versions of Regulation (EC) No 2277/2003(2). The necessary corrections should therefore be made to those texts.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,
Regulation (EC) No 2277/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Concerns the French version only.
2. Concerns the Dutch version only.
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.
16.4.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/13
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 374/2011
of 11 April 2011
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Farina di castagne della Lunigiana (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Farina di castagne della Lunigiana’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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.