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20.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 333/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2086/2005
of 19 December 2005
determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2005 for import licences for certain poultrymeat products under the regime provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products 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 1431/94 of 22 June 1994, laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products (1) and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
The applications for import licences lodged for the period from 1 January to 31 March 2006 are, in the case of certain products, for quantities less than or equal to the quantities available and can therefore be met in full, but in the case of other products the said applications are for quantities 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 January to 31 March 2006 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 shall be met as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
2.   Applications for import licences for the period 1 April to 30 June 2006 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 182/47
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 688/2014
of 20 June 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 209/87
of 23 January 1987
on the financing of transport costs resulting from the free distribution of fishery products withdrawn from the market
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3879/86 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 of 9 November 1981 on the financing by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of certain intervention measures, particularly those involving the buying in, storage and sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2632/85 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1501/83 of 9 June 1983 on the disposal of certain fishery products which have been the subject of measures to stabilize the market (5) provides for the distribution free of charge of products withdrawn from the market by producers' organizations in the fisheries sector in the natural state of their own consumption to charitable societies or institutions established in the Community or to persons who, because of inadequate incomes, are recognized by the national legislation of the Member State concerned as being entitled to public assistance;
Whereas on 14 January 1987 the Commission decided, on account of the exceptional weather conditions obtaining, to have agricultural products and fishery products which have been the subject of intervention measures distributed free of charge to charitable institutions established in the Community;
Whereas, in order to make such free distribution more effective, the transport costs, including packaging costs, resulting from the distribution should be defrayed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation have been examined by the Management Committee for Fishery Products and whereas they are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
The total amount of the expenditure for transport incurred as a result of the free distribution provided for in Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1501/83 shall be determined as shown below on the basis of the distance between the place of warehousing of the products and their point of distribution and shall be financed within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 by means of the following flat-rate amounts:
- distance less than 25 km: 55 ECU/tonne of fish,
- distance not less
than 25 km but less
than 200 km: 90 ECU/tonne of fish,
- distance not less
than 200 km: 124 ECU/tonne of fish.
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 15 January to 31 March 1987.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
9.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 333/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1931/2004
of 8 November 2004
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 as regards the latest date by which butter must have been taken into storage in order to be sold pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 3143/85 and (EC) No 2571/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the grant of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice cream and other foodstuffs (2), the butter put up for sale must have been taken into storage before a date to be determined.
(2) In view of the trends on the butter market and the quantities of stocks available, the date in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88 (3), relating to the butter referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, should be amended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1609/88, the second subparagraph is hereby replaced by the following:
‘The butter referred to in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 must have been taken into storage before 1 January 2003.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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 25 March 1997 amending Commission Decision 92/452/EEC establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community (Text with EEA relevance) (97/249/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species (1), as last amended by Decision 94/113/EC (2) and in particular Article 8 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/452/EEC (3) as last amended by Decision 97/104/EC (4) establishes lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community;
Whereas the competent authorities of the United States of America have forwarded an amendment to their list of embryo collection teams; whereas guarantees regarding compliance with the requirements specified in Article 8 of Directive 89/556/EEC have been received by the Commission;
Whereas it is now necessary to amend the list of approved teams as regards the United States of America;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
In part 3 of the Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC, in respect of the United States of America:
(a) the following teams are added:
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(b) the following team is deleted:
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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
8.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 89/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 541/2005
of 7 April 2005
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2275/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2275/2004 (2).
(2) Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, may decide to fix a maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. Whereas a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty 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,
For tenders notified from 1 to 7 April 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2275/2004, the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported shall be 18,85 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 4 985 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
SEVENTH  COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 1 July 1988
amending certain Annexes to Council Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
(88/430/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of harmful organismus of plants or plant products (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 88/272/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13, second paragraph, fourth indent thereof,
Whereas Ceratocystis ulmi and its vectors are no longer considered to be a harmful organism whose introduction must be prohibited in all Member States; whereas it is no longer appropriate to maintain the current provisions set out in Directive 77/93/EEC in relation to this organism harmful to elm trees; whereas these provisions should therefore be deleted;
Whereas it has been determined that Thrips palmi is a harmful organism not yet present in the Community; whereas it is considered that this pest represents a serious danger to, and may be carried upon, a wide range of plants and plant material grown in or imported into the Community; whereas appropriate measures to combat this pest should be included within Directive 77/93/EEC;
Whereas therefore the relevant Annexes of Directive 77/93/EEC should be amended accordingly in the light of developments in scientific or technical knowledge;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Directive 77/93/EEC is hereby amended as indicated in the Annex to this Directive.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this Directive by 1 January 1989 at the latest.
Member States shall immediately inform the Commission of all laws, regulations and administrative provisions adopted in implementation of this Directive.
The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 13 June 1974  exempting the United Kingdom from applying to certain species the Council Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants  (Only the English text is authentic)  (74/360/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to the Council Directive of 30 June 1969 (1) on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, as last amended by the Council Directive of 11 December 1973 (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof;
Having regard to the request from the United Kingdom;
Whereas groundnut, hemp, caraway, cotton and opium poppy species are not normally cultivated in the United Kingdom, whereas the seeds of these species are no longer propagated or marketed there;
Whereas these conditions have held for sometime, it is appropriate to exempt the United Kingdom from applying the provisions of this Directive to the species in question;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The United Kingdom is exempted from applying the Council Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, with the exception of the provisions of Article 13 (1), to the species listed below:    (a) Arachis hypogaea L. - groundnut (peanut);
(b) Cannabis sativa L. - hemp;
(c) Carum carvi L. - caraway;
(d) Gossypium sp. - cotton;
(e) Papaver somniferum L. - opium poppy.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
12.2.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 41/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 119/2013
of 11 February 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP): transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP, as regards establishing harmonised indices of consumer prices at constant tax rates
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (1), and in particular the third paragraph of Article 4 and Article 5(3) thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (2),
Whereas:
(1) By virtue of Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95, Member States are required to produce harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP).
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (3) establishes the sub-indices of the HICP to be produced by the Member States, and provided to and disseminated by the Commission (Eurostat).
(3) For inflation analysis and for convergence assessment in Member States, it is necessary to collect information on the impact of tax changes on inflation. To this end, HICPs should additionally be calculated on the basis of constant tax rate prices instead of observed prices in the form of harmonised indices of consumer prices at constant tax rates (HICP-CT).
(4) In order to obtain reliable and comparable results from all Member States, a common methodological framework for the compilation of HICP-CT should be established and maintained.
(5) The principle of cost-effectiveness has been taken into account in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 is amended as follows:
(1) In Article 2, the following subparagraph is added:
(2) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect with the index for January 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
29.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 232/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 781/2012
of 28 August 2012
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on apples and tomatoes
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 143(b) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2) provides for the surveillance of the imports of the products listed in Annex XVIII thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).
(2) For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture (4) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2009, 2010 and 2011, the trigger levels for additional duties should be adjusted from 1 September 2012 for apples and from 1 October 2012 for tomatoes.
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Annex XVIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) No 2730/94 of 31 October 1994 amending the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 78h thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Ecomonic Community, and in particular Article 209 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 183 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors (3),
Whereas conciliation has taken place within a conciliation committee, as provided for in the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 4 March 1975 (4);
Whereas, in accordance with the conclusions of the European Council in Edinburgh, the institutions agreed that, pursuant to Council Decision 94/729/EC of 31 October 1994 concerning budgetary discipline (5) and the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29  October 1993 (6), the general budget of the European Communities should include a reserve relating to Community loans and loan guarantees to non-member countries and a reserve for emergency aid;
Whereas, consequently, the necessary amendments need to be made to the Financial Regulation (7),
The Financial Regulation is hereby amended as follows:
1. the following paragraph shall be added to Article 19:
'7. The subsection concerning "Cooperation with developing countries and other third countries" shall include the following two reserves, the conditions for the entry, utilization and financing of which are laid down in Council Decision 94/729/EC of 31  October 1994 on budgetary discipline (*) and in Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89:
(a) a reserve for emergency aid for non-member countries;
(b) a reserve relating to Community loans and loan guarantees to non-member countries and in those countries;
(*) OJ No L 293, 12. 11. 1994, p. 14.';
2. the following point shall be added to Article 20:
'6. The budget headings under revenue and expenditure necessary for implementing the reserve relating to Community loans and loan guarantees to non-member countries and in those countries and also for implementing the Guarantee Fund established by  Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94.';
3. the following paragraph shall be added to Article 26:
'11. Decisions on transfers to allow the utilization of the reserve relating to Community loans and loan guarantees to non-member countries and in those countries and the reserve for emergency aid shall be taken by the budgetary authority in accordance  with paragraph 5 (a) and (b) respectively.'
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.