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COMMISSION DECISION of 6 September 1996 approving the plan presented by Germany for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and repealing Decision 93/617/EC (Only the German text is authentic) (96/552/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the eradication of classical swine fever (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 6a (3) thereof,
Whereas, by Decision 93/617/EC (2), the Commission approved the plan submitted by Germany for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and the Rhineland Palatinate, whereas the said plan was amended by Commission Decision 95/297/EC (3);
Whereas the German authorities in the light of the evolution of classical swine fever in feral pigs have presented a new disease eradication plan;
Whereas this plan takes into account that classical swine fever virus has not been detected for more than 12 months in the feral pig population in Lower Saxony and Rhineland Palatinate, and that the virus is present in the feral pig population in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania;
Whereas the newly submitted plan covering certain areas of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has been examined and found to comply with the provisions of Directive 80/217/EEC;
Whereas the newly submitted plan contains measures to ensure that from an area defined as infected in accordance with the provisions of Article 6a (3) of Council Directive 80/217/EEC Germany will not send to other Member States:
- live pigs before a period of 12 months have elapsed after the last isolation of classical swine fever virus in feral pigs,
- meat originating from feral pigs before a period of 24 months have elapsed after the last isolation of classical swine fever virus in feral pigs;
Whereas Decision 93/617/EC in the interest of clarity must be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The plan submitted by Germany for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Brandenburg and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, is hereby approved.
Germany shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions for implementing the amendment of the plan referred to in Article 1.
The present Decision shall repeal Decision 93/617/EC.
This Decision is addressed to Germany.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 31/2003
of 8 January 2003
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2002(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2618/84
of 14 September 1984
amending Regulations (EEC) No 2268/84 and (EEC) No 2278/84 as regards the quantities of butter produced before 2 April 1984 for which the refund has been fixed in advance
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/84 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 of 31 July 1984 on special sales of intervention butter for export to various destinations and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (3) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2278/84 of 31 July 1984 on the sale at a fixed price of butter to be exported to certain destinations in the form of ghee and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (4) provide for the sale for export of intervention butter of a certain age at a reduced price; whereas refunds are applicable in the case of these exports;
Whereas, however, it is necessary to prevent operators who applied for export licences entailing the advance-fixing of refunds before 6 April 1984 from claiming the refund applicable to butter produced during the 1983/84 marketing year when the buying-in price was fixed at a higher level; whereas Regulations (EEC) No 2268/84 and (EEC) No 2278/84 should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. The following Article 7a is hereby added to Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84:
'Article 7a
Export licences entailing the advance-fixing of refunds applied for before 6 April 1984 may not be used for the purposes of the customs formalities relating to exports of the butter referred to in this Regulation.'
2. The following Article 13a is hereby added to Regulation (EEC) No 2278/84:
'Article 13a
Export licences entailing the advance-fixing of refunds applied for before 6 April 1984 may not be used for the purposes of the customs formalities relating to exports of the ghee referred to in 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.
28.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 89/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 497/2006
of 27 March 2006
determining the extent to which applications lodged in March 2006 for import licences for certain poultrymeat sector products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 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 2497/96 of 18 December 1996 laying down rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the system provided for by the Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the State of Israel (1), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
Whereas:
The applications for import licences lodged for the period 1 April to 30 June 2006 are greater than the quantities available and must therefore be reduced by a fixed percentage to ensure a fair distribution,
1.   Applications for import licences for the period 1 April to 30 June 2006 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 shall be met as referred to in the Annex.
2.   Application for import licences for the period 1 July to 30 September 2006 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 16 June 2003
concluding the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities
(2003/520/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 83 and 308, in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas:
(1) Given the increasingly pronounced international dimension to competition problems, international cooperation in this field should be strengthened.
(2) The sound and effective enforcement of competition laws is a matter of importance to the efficient operation of the markets and to international trade.
(3) Elaboration of the principles of positive comity in international law and implementation of those principles in the enforcement of the competition laws of the European Community and Japan are likely to increase the effectiveness in their application.
(4) To this end, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with Japan regarding the application of the competition rules of the European Community and Japan.
(5) Article 308 of the Treaty must be invoked owing to the inclusion in the text of the Agreement of mergers and acquisitions which are covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings(3), which in turn is essentially based on Article 308.
(6) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the European Community(4).
29.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 348/21
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 22 December 2009
authorising the Republic of Austria to continue to apply a measure derogating from Article 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
(2009/1013/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2006/112/EC (1), and in particular Article 395(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) By letter registered with the Secretariat-General of the Commission on 2 June 2009, the Republic of Austria (hereinafter Austria) requested an authorisation to continue to apply a measure derogating from the provisions of Directive 2006/112/EC governing the right of deduction and previously granted by Decision 2004/866/EC (2) under the then applicable Sixth Directive 77/388/EC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (3).
(2) In accordance with Article 395(2) of Directive 2006/112/EC, the Commission informed the other Member States of the request made by Austria in a letter dated 10 September 2009. By a letter dated 21 September 2009, the Commission notified Austria that it had all the information that it deemed necessary to consider the request.
(3) With a view to simplifying the levying of value added tax (VAT), the derogating measure is intended to exclude completely from the right of deduction VAT borne on goods and services when those goods and services are used for more than 90 % for the private purposes of the taxable person or of his employees, or for non-business purposes in general.
(4) The measure derogates from Article 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC establishing the general principle of the right of deduction and is intended to simplify the procedure for charging VAT. The amount of tax due at the final consumption is only affected to a negligible extent.
(5) The legal and factual situation which justified the current application of the simplification measure in question has not changed, and continues to exist. Austria should therefore be authorised to apply the simplification measure during a further period, but limited in time in order to allow an evaluation of the measure.
(6) The derogation will not adversely affect the Union's own resources accruing from VAT,
By way of derogation from Article 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC, Austria is authorised to exclude VAT borne on goods and services from the right to deduct when the goods and services in question are used more than 90 % for the private purposes of a taxable person or of his employees, or, more generally, for non-business purposes.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2012.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria.
19.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 167/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 560/2013
of 14 June 2013
approving a minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the second sentence of Article 53(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined the United Kingdom’s application for the approval of an amendment to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 986/2009 (2).
(2) The application concerns an amendment to the method of production in order to provide flexibility in the sourcing of the raw materials to now include fillets as well as fresh whole fish.
(3) The Commission has examined the amendment in question and decided that it is justified. Since this concerns a minor amendment, in accordance with Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission may adopt it without using the procedure set out in Articles 50 and 52 of that Regulation,
The amendment to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish’ in Annex I to this Regulation is approved.
The consolidated single document setting out the main points of the specification is set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 19 December 1984
approving an amendment to the programme relating to establishments for the processing and marketing of livestock products in Greece, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(85/56/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fish products are processed and marketed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1932/84 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas on 3 May 1984 the Government of Greece forwarded an amendment on the programme relating to establishments for the processing and marketing of livestock products, which has been approved by the Commission Decision of 22 June 1982 (3);
Whereas the said amendment relates to the up-dating of this programme, particularly as regards the capacity of the facilities in question and their planned geographic distribution, as well as its extension up to 1987;
Whereas the amended programme contains the details referred to in Article 3 (1) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77;
Whereas the approval of the amendment to the programme does not affect the decisions to be given under Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 concerning Community financing of projects in the sector in question, in particular as regards an examination as to whether the establishment locally of new capacity is justified and whether an economic return can be ensured on this capacity;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,
The amendment to the programme relating to establishments for the processing and marketing of livestock products pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 communicated by the Government of Greece on 3 May 1984 is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
COMMISSION DECISION of 27 September 1994 amending the information contained in the list in the  Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3438/93 establishing, for 1994, the list of vessels  exceeding eight metres length overall and permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the  Community using beam trawls whose aggregate length exceeds nine metres (94/665/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain  technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources  (1), as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 3919/92  (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3554/90 of 10 December 1990 adopting provisions for  the establishment of the list of vessels exceeding eight metres overall which are permitted to fish  for sole within certain areas of the Community using beam trawls of an aggregate length exceeding  nine metres  (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3407/93  (4), and in particular Article 2  thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3438/93  (5) establishes, for 1994, the list of vessels  exceeding eight metres overall which are permitted to fish for sole within certain areas of the  Community using beam trawls of an aggregate length exceeding nine metres as provided in Article 9  (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86;
Whereas the authorities of the Member States concerned have applied for the information in the list  provided for in Article 9 (3) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 to be amended; whereas the said  authorities have provided all the information supporting their applications pursuant to Article 2  of Regulation (EEC) No 3554/90; whereas it has been found that the information complies with the  requirements; whereas, therefore, the information in the list annexed to the Regulation should be  amended,
The information in the list annexed to Regulation (EC) No 3438/93 is  amended as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
1.2.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 32/19
COUNCIL DECISION 2013/71/CFSP
of 31 January 2013
concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 and Article 31(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 16 December 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/845/CFSP concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians (1), which provided for an extension of the validity of their national permits for entry into, and stay in, the territory of the Member States referred to in Common Position 2002/400/CFSP of 21 May 2002 concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians (2) for a further period of 12 months.
(2) On the basis of an evaluation of the application of Common Position 2002/400/CFSP, the Council considers it appropriate that the validity of those permits be extended for a further period of 12 months,
The Member States referred to in Article 2 of Common Position 2002/400/CFSP shall extend the validity of national permits for entry and stay granted pursuant to Article 3 of that Common Position for a further period of 12 months.
The Council shall evaluate the application of Common Position 2002/400/CFSP within six months of the adoption of this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 306/2001
of 12 February 2001
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987, on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2559/2000(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000(4), for a period of three months by the holder.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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.