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31.7.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 228/3
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 827/2014
of 23 July 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 as regards the introduction of the euro in Lithuania
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 140(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 (1) provides for the substitution of the euro for the currencies of the Member States which fulfilled the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro at the time when the Community entered the third stage of economic and monetary union.
(2) In accordance with Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession, Lithuania is a Member State with a derogation as defined in Article 139(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (the ‘Treaty’).
(3) Pursuant to Council Decision 2014/509/EU of 23 July 2014 on the adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (2), Lithuania fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro and the derogation in favour of Lithuania is to be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2015.
(4) The introduction of the euro in Lithuania requires the extension to Lithuania of the existing provisions on the introduction of the euro set out in Regulation (EC) No 974/98.
(5) Lithuania's National Euro Changeover Plan specifies that euro banknotes and coins should become legal tender in Lithuania on the day of the introduction of the euro as its currency. Consequently, the euro adoption date and the cash changeover date should be 1 January 2015. No ‘phasing-out’ period should apply.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 974/98 should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 974/98 is amended by inserting the following row in the table between the entries for Latvia and Luxembourg:
‘Lithuania 1 January 2015 1 January 2015 No’
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2015.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1121/93 of 7 May 1993 on the definitive application of the guarantee limitation arrangements for sheepmeat and goatmeat for the 1992 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 363/93 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 introduces arrangements for the limitation of the guarantee applicable for each marketing year; whereas those arrangements provide that the reduction in the guarantee depends on the number of ewes  compared with a maximum guaranteed level; whereas that reduction, fixed provisionally on the basis of an estimate of ewe numbers, must, where appropriate, be subsequently corrected on the basis of ewe numbers actually recorded for the marketing year in  question;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1310/88 (3) lays down the detailed rules for the application of those arrangements;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1829/92 (4) fixes the reduction coefficient applicable provisionally for the 1992 marketing year; whereas the definitive recording of ewe numbers on the basis of statistics obtained pursuant to Council Directive  82/177/EEC (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (6), together with the other objective data available leads to the final coefficient laid down in this Regulation being fixed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
Pursuant to the second indent of Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the final coefficient for the 1992 marketing year shall be fixed at 7 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
23.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 304/89
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2014/99/EU
of 21 October 2014
amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Directive 2009/126/EC on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2009/126/EC provides for the technical adaptation of its Articles 4 and 5 to technical progress where necessary to ensure consistency with any relevant standard drawn up by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN).
(2) On 25 September 2013, CEN made available Standards EN 16321-1:2013 and EN 16321-2:2013. Standard EN 16321-1:2013 specifies the test methods for the type approval of petrol vapour recovery systems for use in service stations. Standard EN 16321-2:2013 specifies the test methods to be used at service stations to verify the operation of such vapour recovery systems.
(3) A technical adaptation of Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 2009/126/EC is therefore necessary in order to ensure consistency with those standards.
(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 9(1) of Directive 2009/126/EC,
Directive 2009/126/EC is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 4, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(2) in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 12 May 2016 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
They shall apply those provisions from 13 May 2016.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 30 March 1998 on the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions contained in the accession partnership with Romania (98/261/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 622/98 of 16 March 1998 on assistance to the applicant countries in the framework of the pre-accession strategy, and in particular on the establishment of accession partnerships (1), and in particular to Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Luxembourg European Council stated that the accession partnership is a new instrument, the key feature of the enhanced pre-accession strategy;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 622/98 sets out that the Council shall decide, by a qualified majority and following a proposal from the Commission, on the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions contained in the individual accession partnerships, as they are submitted to each applicant country, as well as on subsequent significant adjustments applicable to them;
Whereas Community assistance is conditional on the fulfilment of essential elements, and in particular on the respect of the commitments contained in the Europe Agreements and on progress towards fulfilment of the Copenhagen criteria; whereas, where an essential element is lacking, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may take appropriate steps with regard to any pre-accession assistance;
Whereas the Luxembourg European Council decided that the implementation of the accession partnership and progress in adopting the acquis will be examined in the Europe Agreement bodies;
Whereas the Commission's opinion presented an objective analysis on Romania's preparations for membership and identified a number of priority areas for further work;
Whereas, in order to prepare for membership, Romania should draw up a national programme for the adoption of the acquis; whereas this programme should set out a timetable for achieving the priorities and intermediate objectives established in the accession partnership,
In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 622/98, the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions contained in the accession partnership for Romania are set out in the Annex hereto, which forms an integral part of this Decision.
The implementation of the accession partnership will be examined in the Europe Agreement bodies and through the appropriate Council bodies to which the Commission will report regularly.
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
23.10.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 279/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1231/2007
of 19 October 2007
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), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, 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 laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also 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 those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(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 table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 985/2002
of 7 June 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001
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), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2009/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 31 May to 6 June 2002 at 80,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 June 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE  of 14 April 1972  on determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for inspecting vine varieties  (72/169/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to the Council Directive of 9 April 1968 1 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine, as amended by the Directive of 22 March 1971, 2 and in particular Article 5d (2) thereof;
Whereas in accordance with the provisions of the abovementioned Directive, Member States are obliged to compile a catalogue of the varieties accepted for certification and inspection of standard propagation material in their territory;
Whereas the acceptance of varieties is subject to Community conditions which must be enforced by means of official inspections and in particular by crop inspections;
Whereas the inspections must cover a sufficient number of characteristics to enable the varieties to be described;
Whereas the minimum characteristics which have to undergo inspection should be determined at Community level;
Whereas, moreover, the minimum conditions for carrying out the inspections must be laid down:
Whereas these characteristics and minimum conditions for inspection should be laid down in the light of the present state of scientific and technical knowledge;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry;
Member States shall provide that official inspections carried out for the acceptance of vine varieties shall cover at least the characteristics listed in Annex I.
They shall ensure that the minimum conditions listed in Annex II are fulfilled at the time of the inspections.
Member States shall bring into force not later than 1 July 1972 the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3626/84
of 19 December 1984
amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79 (3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas, Council Directive 84/647/EEC (3) makes provision for carriers for hire or reward and carriers for own account to use hired vehicles;
Whereas the definition of own-account carriage of goods by road contained in Article 9 of Regulation No 11 (4) excludes the use of hired vehicles; whereas it is therefore necessary to amend the said Regulation,
First indent of Article 9 of Regulation No 11 is hereby replaced by the following:
'- the goods must be carried by vehicles owned or obtained on deferred terms or hired by the undertaking, provided that in the latter case they meet the conditions of Article 2 of Directive 84/647/EEC (1).
(1) OJ No L 335, 22. 12. 1984, p. 72.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
12.6.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 149/60
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 496/2009
of 11 June 2009
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia, (1) and in particular Article 11 (a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 lists the natural and legal persons, bodies and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 12 May 2009, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the identifying information of one person to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
29.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 384/98
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 December 2006
on the signing and the provisional application of a bilateral agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products
(2006/1012/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community a bilateral agreement to extend for one year the existing bilateral agreement and protocols on trade in textile products with the Republic of Belarus, with some adjustments of the quantitative limits.
(2) This bilateral agreement should be applied on a provisional basis as of 1 January 2007, pending the completion of procedures required for its conclusion, subject to the reciprocal provisional application by the Republic of Belarus.
(3) The proposed agreement should be signed on behalf of the Community,
Subject to a possible conclusion at a later date, the President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign on behalf of the European Community the agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products.
Subject to reciprocity, the Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis, pending its formal conclusion, from 1 January 2007.
The text of the agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
1.   If the Republic of Belarus fails to fulfil its obligations under paragraph 2.4 of the Agreement, the quota for 2007 will be reduced to the levels applicable in 2006.
2.   The decision to implement paragraph 1 shall be taken in accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (1).
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal.
28.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 884/2012
of 21 September 2012
establishing a prohibition of fishing for haddock in Norwegian waters of I and II by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
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 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non- EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are 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.