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20.3.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 74/30
COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 March 2009
appointing the Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board
(2009/249/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Decision No 235/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Commission,
Having regard to the approval of the European Parliament,
Mr Johnny ÅKERHOLM is hereby appointed Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board for a period of three years.
This Decision shall take effect on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
14.9.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 241/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1055/2007
of 13 September 2007
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
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), and in particular the second subparagraph and point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July 2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar for the 2007/2008 marketing year (2) requires the issuing of partial invitations to tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the partial invitation to tender ending on 13 September 2007, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for that partial invitation to tender.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the partial invitation to tender ending on 13 September 2007, the maximum export refund for the product referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 shall be 40,545 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 September 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2582/88
of 17 August 1988
concerning the stopping of fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3977/87 of 21 December 1987, fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, total allowable catches for 1988 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (2), provides for total allowable catches of herring for 1988;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to total allowable catches, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the total allowable catches;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions VI a South and VII b, c by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the total allowable catches for 1988,
Catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions VI a South and VII b, c by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the total allowable catches for 1988.
Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES divisions VI a South and VII b, c by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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 (EC) No 1219/96 of 28 June 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1474/95 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin resulting from the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
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 the concessions in list CXL established as a result of the conclusion of the negotiations under Article XXIV:6 of the GATT (1),
Whereas, in the framework of the World Trade Organization, the Community has undertaken to open tariff quotas for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin; whereas as a result, detailed rules for the application of those quotas for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 should be laid down;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/95 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1102/96 (3), provides for the administration of those quotas for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996; whereas provision should be made for their administration for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation (EC) No 1474/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the title is replaced by the following:
'opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin`.
2. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'Article 1
For the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, the import tariff quotas listed in Annex I are opened for the product groups and under the conditions indicated therein.`
3. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2078/88
of 13 July 1988
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on cortisones, falling within combined nomenclature codes 2937 21 00 and 2937 29 10, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 of 17 November 1987 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1988 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87, duties on certain products originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 15;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 15, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, causes, or threatens to cause, economic difficulties in the Community or in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may be re-established once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered shall be, as a general rule, equal to 5 % of the total importations into the Community, originating from third countries in 1986;
Whereas, in the case of cortisones falling within combined nomenclature codes 2937 21 00 and 2937 29 10, the reference base is fixed at 270 000 ECU; whereas, on 22 June 1988, imports of these products into the Community originating in China, reached the reference base in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas the exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community; whereas, therefore, customs duties in respect of the products in question must be re-established against China,
As from 17 July 1988, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:
1.2 //  //  // CN code  // Description  //  //  // 2937 21 00   // Cortisone, hydrocortisone, prednisone (dehydrocortisone) and prednisolone (dehydrohydrocortisone)   // 2937 29 10  // Acetates of cortisone or hydrocortisone   //    //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
19.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 214/59
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1362/2005
of 18 August 2005
establishing a prohibition of fishing for forkbeards in ICES zone V, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters) by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep sea stocks in waters where catch limitation are required (3), lays down quotas for 2005.
(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 2005.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
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 2005 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing 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. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
15.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 355/104
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 December 2006
on the continuation in the year 2007 of Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of Asparagus officinalis L. under Council Directive 2002/55/EC started in 2005
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/934/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (1),
Having regard to Commission Decision 2005/5/EC of 27 December 2004 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/33/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC for the years 2005 to 2009 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2005/5/EC sets out the arrangements for the comparative trials and tests to be carried out under Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards Asparagus officinalis L. from 2005 to 2009.
(2) Tests and trials carried out in 2005 and 2006 should be continued in 2007,
Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2005 on seeds and propagating material of Asparagus officinalis L. shall be continued in 2007 in accordance with Decision 2005/5/EC.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2003
of 22 May 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
12.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 248/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1337/2006
of 11 September 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 September 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1310/90
of 18 May 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 on the sale by tender of butter to intervention agencies
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 3879/89 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7a (1) and Article 7a (3) thereof,
Whereas under Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 (3), butter purchased by an intervention agency is paid for during a period commencing on the 90th day following that on which it was taken over; whereas in the case of commercial transactions between private persons payment is made within a shorter period; whereas these periods should now be brought into closer conjunction by reducing the earliest date for payment following intervention purchasing to the 45th day after the butter has been taken over and shortening the maximum time limit for payment;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1589/87 '90th' is replaced by '45th' and '120th' by '65th'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable for the first time to butter sold following the second invitation to tender of the month of May 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1791/2003
of 13 October 2003
on the supply of cereals as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security(1), as modified by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 24(1)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The abovementioned Regulation lays down the list of countries and organisations eligible for Community aid and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage.
(2) Following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid, the Commission has allocated cereals to certain beneficiaries.
(3) It is necessary to make these supplies in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilisation of products to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid(3). It is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply to determine the resultant costs,
Cereals shall be mobilised in the Community, as Community food aid for supply to the recipient listed in the Annex, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 and under the conditions set out in the Annex.
The tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in his tender is deemed unwritten.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 2899/95 of 15 December 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 1538/95 (2), and in particular Article 17 (14) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2448/95 of 10 October 1995 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (3) provides for amendments for certain products falling within CN codes 0403, 0404 and 0405 from 1 January 1996; whereas the classification of certain cheeses falling within CN code 0406 is reserved for imports;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2806/95 (5) establishes, on the basis of the combined nomenclature, an agricultural product nomenclature for refunds; whereas that nomenclature should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Sector 10 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is hereby amended as follows:
- the information relating to headings CN 0403 10 to 0403 10 36 is replaced by the information given in Annex I hereto,
- the information relating to heading CN 0404 90 is replaced by the information given in Annex II hereto,
- the information relating to heading CN 0405 is replaced by the information in Annex III hereto,
- the information relating to subheadings 0406 90 02 to 0406 90 06 is deleted,
- in notes 4 and 5, the references to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1098/68 are replaced by references to Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95,
- in note 6, heading CN 0406 90 93 is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 929/2003
of 27 May 2003
authorising transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in the People's Republic of China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 of 12 October 1993 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 138/2003(2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products(3), initialled on 9 December 1988 and approved by Council Decision 90/647/EEC, as last amended and extended by an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, initialled on 19 May 2000 and approved by Council Decision 2000/787/EC(4), provides that transfers may be made between quota years. Those flexibility provisions were notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body of the World Trade Organisation following China's accession to it.
(2) Appendix B to Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 sets out the quantitative limits for textiles and clothing products originating in the People's Republic of China and used exclusively at European fairs.
(3) On 21 October 2002 the People's Republic of China submitted a request for transfers of quantities from the quota year 2002 to the quota year 2003.
(4) The transfers requested by the People's Republic of China fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 5 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textiles products as set out in Annex VIII to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93.
(5) It is appropriate to grant the request to the extent that quantities are available.
(6) It is desirable for this Regulation to enter into force on the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee set up by Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93,
Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in the People's Republic of China fixed by the Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products are authorised for the quota year 2003 in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.