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3.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 169/7
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2010/46/EU
of 2 July 2010
amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directives 2002/53/EC and 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (2), and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Directives 2003/90/EC (3) and 2003/91/EC (4) were adopted to ensure that the varieties the Member States include in their national catalogues comply with the guidelines established by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination of the various species and the minimum conditions for examining the varieties, as far as such guidelines had been established. For other varieties those Directives provide that guidelines of the International Union for Protection of new Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are to apply.
(2) The CPVO and UPOV have since established further guidelines for a number of other species, and have updated existing ones.
(3) Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) 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,
Annexes I and II to Directive 2003/90/EC are replaced by the text in part A of the Annex to this Directive.
The Annexes to Directive 2003/91/EC are replaced by the text in part B of the Annex to this Directive.
For examinations started before 1 January 2011 Member States may apply Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC in the version applying before their amendment by this Directive.
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2010 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 and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2011.
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.
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1998 on amendment of Annex II to Council Directive 92/44/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (98/80/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/44/EEC of 5 June 1992 on the application of open network provision (ONP) to leased lines (1), as last amended by Directive 97/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas Article 7(3) of Directive 92/44/EEC provides for the modification of its Annex II in order to adapt it to new technical developments and to changes in market demand, taking into account the state of development of national networks;
Whereas, following a standardisation mandate issued by the Commission, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has adopted European Telecommunications Standards (ETSs) for leased lines, developed on the basis of the relevant recommendations of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU);
Whereas there is no requirement for telecommunications organisations to withdraw any existing leased lines offerings;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive 92/44/EEC, the Commission has submitted the draft Decision for an opinion of the ONP Committee, under the procedure provided for in Article 10 of Council Directive 90/387/EEC (3);
Whereas the amendment of Annex II to Directive 92/44/EEC adopted in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the ONP Committee,
Annex II to Directive 92/44/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision within two months of the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
10.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 207/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1085/2004
of 9 June 2004
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),
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 (2), 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 an adjustment of the import duties 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 are fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 June 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2915/93 of 22 October 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 on the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from non-member countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of the market in hops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3124/92 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2238/91 (4), recognizes the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from certain non-member countries and lists the  organizations in those countries authorized to issue equivalence attestations as well as the products covered; whereas subsequent political events have made it necessary to revise that list; whereas it is the responsibility of the organizations  concerned in those non-member countries to keep up to date the information contained in the Annex to this Regulation and to maintain close cooperation with the Commission by communicating to its departments the information concerned;
Whereas Hungary has subsequently undertaken to comply with the requirements stipulated in respect of the marketing of hops and hop products and has authorized an organization to issue equivalence attestations; whereas such attestations should therefore  be recognized as equivalent to Community certificates and the products which they cover be released for free circulation; whereas the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,
The following sentence is added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78:
'The Annex shall be revised on the basis of information communicated by the non-member countries concerned.'
The Annex to this Regulation replaces the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78.
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.
17.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 299/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1172/2011
of 16 November 2011
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:
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,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 November 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION  (EEC) No 3565/92
of 10 December 1992
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1054/73 on detailed rules for  aid in respect of silkworms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 of 24 April 1972 laying down special measures  to encourage silkworm rearing  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2059/92  (2), and in  particular Article 2 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1054/73  (3), as amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 683/74  (4), provides in particular that silkworm rearers are to submit aid applications  each year by 30 November at the latest, or forfeit the aid totally; whereas the consequences  attendant on a short overrun in the deadline for the submission of aid applications as referred to  above should be limited taking account of the need both for proportionality and for the aid scheme  in question to operate properly;
Whereas as a consequence the provisions in question should be amended and parties concerned who  submit applications before a given date should qualify under the measure from the 1991/92 marketing  year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No  1054/73 is hereby replaced by the following:
'1.  Aid shall be granted to silkworm rearers who submit applications by 30 November each year at  the latest, except in cases of force majeure.
However, where aid applications are submitted:
-  no later than 31 December of the same year, two thirds of the aid shall be granted,
-  no later than 31 January of the following year, one third of the aid shall be granted.
Rearers may submit only one application each.`
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 the 1991/92 marketing year to parties concerned who submit applications before  1 March 1993 and who provide proof to the satisfaction of the Member State concerned that they have  attained the minimum production referred to in Article 2 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1054/73.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1714/2003
of 26 September 2003
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 organization of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 10,
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(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), 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(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1598/2003(6), 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 2002."
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.
20.3.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 74/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 227/2009
of 19 March 2009
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2009 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 of 26 November 2007 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 as regards opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat (3), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of March 2009 for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2009 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of March 2009 for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2009 do not, for some quotas, cover the total quantity available. The quantities for which applications have not been lodged should therefore be determined, and these should be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod,
1.   The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged for the subperiod from 1 April to 30 June 2009 under Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.
2.   The quantities for which applications have not been lodged, to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2009, are set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
11.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 151/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 515/2008
of 10 June 2008
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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in 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 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 June 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3202/90
of 22 October 1990
on the application of Decision No 3/90 of the EEC-Cyprus Association Council amending, on account of the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Decision 87/608/EEC of 21 December 1987 on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community (1) laid down from 1 January 1988 the arrangements for Spanish and Portuguese trade with Cyprus;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 25 of the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation (2), the EEC-Cyprus Association Council has adopted Decision No 3/90 amending the Protocol to take account of the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community;
Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community,
Decision No 3/90 of the EEC-Cyprus Association Council shall be applied in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.9.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 907/2013
of 20 September 2013
setting the rules for applications concerning the use of generic descriptors (denominations)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (1), and in particular Article 1(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 specific generic descriptors (denominations) which have traditionally been used to indicate a particularity of a class of foods or beverages which could imply an effect on health may be exempted from the application of that Regulation following an application by the food business operators concerned.
(2) In order to ensure that applications on generic descriptors are dealt with transparently and within a reasonable time, Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 requires the Commission to adopt and make public the rules according to which such applications shall be made.
(3) The rules should ensure that the application is compiled in a way which presents and provides all the necessary information for the assessment of the application. Furthermore they should not prevent the Commission from requiring supplementary information, where appropriate and depending on the nature of the generic descriptor and the extent of the derogation applied for.
(4) It is appropriate to allow trade associations representing specific food sectors to submit applications on behalf of their members, in order to avoid multiple applications in respect of the same generic descriptor (denomination).
(5) In order, inter alia, to ensure a high level of protection for consumers, the use of claims should not be false, ambiguous or misleading. The same principle should apply for the use of generic descriptors (denominations) which could imply an effect on health. In order to achieve such objective and in line with the principle of proportionality, national authorities will have to exercise their own faculty of judgment, having regard to the case-law of the Court of Justice, to determine the typical reaction of the average consumer in a given case.
(6) Generic descriptors (denominations) should correspond to a period of at least 20 years proven usage within the Member State(s) prior to the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
(7) Member States have been consulted,
Applications concerning the use of generic descriptors (denominations) within the meaning of Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 shall be submitted and presented in accordance with the rules set out in the Annex.
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.