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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 217/97 of 4 February 1997 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (2),
Having regard to 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 89/97 (4), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation;
Whereas the result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 February 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
15.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2033/2005
of 8 December 2005
fixing for the 2006 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 18(3) and Article 26(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Article 18(1) and Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provide that a guide price and a Community producer price should be fixed for each fishing year in order to determine price levels for intervention on the market for certain fisheries products.
(2) Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires the guide price to be fixed for each of the products and groups of products listed in Annexes I and II to that Regulation.
(3) On the basis of currently available data on the prices for the products concerned and the criteria referred to in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the guide prices should be increased, maintained or reduced for the 2006 fishing year depending on the species.
(4) Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires the Community producer price to be fixed for the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation. It is appropriate to establish the Community producer price for one of those products and calculate the Community producer price for the others by means of the conversion factors established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/82 of 23 December 1982 fixing the conversion factors applicable to fish of the genera Thunnus and Euthynnus
 (2).
(5) On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and second indents of Article 18(2) and in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the Community producer price for the 2006 fishing year should be adjusted.
(6) Given the urgency of the matter, it is important to grant an exception to the six-week period mentioned in paragraph 1(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on the European Union,
For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2006, the guide prices as provided for in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2006, the Community producer prices as provided for in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be as set out in Annex II 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.
19.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 343/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1984/2004
of 18 November 2004
fixing the maximum export refund on oats in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004
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 7 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004 of 3 September 2004 on a special intervention measure for oats in Finland and Sweden for the 2004/2005 marketing year (3),
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland or Sweden to all third countries with the exception of Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Switzerland was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004.
(2) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should be fixed.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 12 to 18 November 2004, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004, the maximum refund on exportation of oats shall be 29,99/EUR t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 November 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 23 September 2002
appointing an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2002/774/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 22 January 2002(1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas a seat of an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Ms Margherita COGO, alternate member, notified to the Council on 10 April 2002,
Having regard to the proposal from the Italian Government,
Mr Carlo ANDREOTTI is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Ms Margherita COGO for the remainder of her term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006.
15.8.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 218/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 734/2012
of 10 August 2012
establishing a prohibition of fishing for Atlantic salmon in EU waters of subdivisions 22-31 (Baltic Sea excl. Gulf of Finland) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
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 1256/2011 of 30 November 2011 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010 (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.
COMMISSION DECISION of 16 October 1995 amending Commission Decision  89/540/EEC on the organization of a temporary experiment on the marketing of seeds and propagating  material (95/431/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed  (1),  as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article  13 (a) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed   (2), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular  Article 13 (a) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed  (3),  as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article  13 (a) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and  fibre plants  (4), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in  particular Article 12 (a) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 89/540/EEC  (5) established a temporary experiment at Community level  with the aim of assessing whether unofficial field inspections could ensure simplification of the  procedures for official seed certification required under Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC,  66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC without a significant decrease in the quality of the seed;
Whereas in the light of experience gained in the course of the experiment, which lasts until 30  June 1996, it has become apparent that it is desirable to amend the said Decision to ensure that  proper conclusions may be drawn from the results of the experiment;
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,
Article 2 (g) of Decision 89/540/EEC is replaced by the following:
'(g)  (i)  Member States may provide for official laboratory seed testing for varietal identity and  purity through morphological, physiological or biochemical identification in appropriate cases, in  so far as the results of the said laboratory tests are considered to give relevant additional  information to the results of the post-control plots.
(ii)  For those species in respect of which Member States provide for such testing in conjunction  with the official post-control plots under (e) above, the percentages of 10  % and 20  % referred  to in paragraph (c) above shall be replaced by 5  % and 15  % respectively.
(iii)  Where negative results are obtained as a result of such testing, this shall normally  disqualify from certification seed produced from that lot.`
The following indent is added after the last indent of Article 4  (3) of Decision  89/540/EEC:
'-  the results of the official laboratory seed testing carried out in accordance with Article 2   (g)`.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
27.4.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 115/25
COUNCIL DECISION 2012/225/CFSP
of 26 April 2012
amending Decision 2010/232/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 26 April 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/232/CFSP (1).
(2) The Union has followed with respect and appreciation the historic changes in Burma/Myanmar over the past year and has encouraged the wide-ranging reforms to continue in a developing partnership with political and civil society actors. The Union has welcomed the concrete steps taken towards these ends.
(3) In view of these developments and as a means to welcome and encourage the reform process, restrictive measures should be suspended with the exception of the arms embargo and the embargo on equipment which might be used for internal repression which should be retained.
(4) Decision 2010/232/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
Article 15 of Decision 2010/232/CFSP is hereby replaced by the following:
‘Article 15
1.   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
2.   This Decision shall apply until 30 April 2013.
3.   The measures referred to in Articles 3 to 13a shall be suspended until 30 April 2013.’.
The persons listed in the Annex shall be removed from the list of persons in part J of Annex II to Decision 2010/232/CFSP.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 107/2003
of 21 January 2003
determining the extent to which applications for import licences lodged in respect of subquota II for frozen meat of bovine animals, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 954/2002, 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 954/2002 of 4 June 2002 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (1 July 2002 to 30 June (2003)(1), and in particular Article 12(4) thereof,
Whereas:
Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 954/2002 fixes at 13250 tonnes the quantity of subquota II in respect of which approved operators can lodge an application for an import licence based on imports in the period 7 to 9 January 2003. As the import licences applied for exceed the available quantity, a reduction coefficient should be fixed in accordance with Article 12(4) of Regulation (EC) No 954/2002,
Each application for an import licence lodged in accordance with Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 954/2002 in the period 7 to 9 January 2003 shall be accepted at a rate of 2,5754 % of the quantities applied for.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 746/87
of 16 March 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on other articles of furskin falling within subheading 43.03 B, originating in South Korea, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in devloping countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of other articles of furskin, falling within subheading 43.03 B, originating in South Korea, the individual ceiling was fixed at 2 400 000 ECU; whereas, on 10 March 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in South Korea reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of cutoms duties in respect of the products in question against South Korea,
As from 20 March 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in South Korea:
1.2.3 //  //  //  // Order No  // CCT heading No  // Description  //  //  //  // 10.0600   // 43.03 (NIMEXE code 43.03-40, 60, 80)  // Articles of furskin: B. Other   //    //  //
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.
COUNCIL DECISION of 25 July 1996 repealing Decision 94/939/EC providing further macro-financial assistance for the Slovak Republic (96/464/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, by Decision 94/939/EC (3), the Council approved further macro-financial assistance for the Slovak Republic of up to ECU 130 million in the form of a medium-term loan facility;
Whereas, however, the Commission and the Slovak authorities have not made sufficient progress in agreeing on the economic policy conditions to be attached to this facility;
Whereas the mid-term review of the economic programme agreed between the Slovak Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and supported by a 'stand-by arrangement` has not been completed; whereas discussions between the Slovak authorities and the World Bank on an enterprise and financial sector adjustment loan have been discounted;
Whereas the balance of payments situation and foreign exchange reserve position of the Slovak Republic have strengthened substantially, as has also the Slovak Republic's access to the international private capital markets;
Whereas the strengthening of the country's external financial position has allowed the Slovak Republic to stop making purchases under the 'stand-by arrangement` approved by the IMF on 22 July 1994;
Whereas, in these circumstances, there are no longer any grounds for the implementation of Community macro-financial assistance for the Slovak Republic; whereas this assistance should therefore be discontinued;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the adoption of this Decision, powers other than those of Article 235,
Decision 94/939/EC is hereby repealed.
3.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 200/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 761/2011
of 29 July 2011
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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 provisions of the Union, 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 code 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 code 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 twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DIRECTIVE
of 26 July 1988
amending the Annex to Council Directive 82/471/EEC concerning certain products used in animal nutrition
(88/485/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982 concerning certain products used in animal nutrition (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 86/530/EEC (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Directive 82/471/EEC provides for regular amendment of the content of the Annex thereto as a result of developments in scientific or technical knowledge;
Whereas it is appropriate for reasons of clarity to split up the group of amino acids and their salts according to the different amino acids;
Whereas the study of two new lysine-based products has shown that these products fulfil the requirements of Directive 82/471/EEC; whereas the use of the products in animal nutrition should, therefore, be permitted under certain conditions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,
The Annex to Directive 82/471/EEC is amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 1 not later than 30 June 1989. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.