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COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2288/83
of 29 July 1983
establishing the list of biological or chemical substances provided for in Article 60 (1) (b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (1), and in particular Article 143 thereof,
Whereas Article 60 (1) (b) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 provides for admission with relief from import duties for biological or chemical substances imported exclusively for non-commercial purposes by public establishments, or those departments of public establishments, or by officially authorized private establishments, whose principal activity is education or scientific research; whereas such admission with relief from import duties is limited, however, to biological or chemical substances for which there is no equivalent production in the customs territory of the Community and which are included in a list drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 143 (2) and (3) of the above Regulation;
Whereas according to information obtained from the Member States there is no equivalent production in the customs territory of the Community of the biological or chemical substances listed in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements,
The list of biological or chemical substances eligible for admission with relief from import duty provided for in Article 60 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2802/1999
of 22 December 1999
fixing, for the 2000 fishing year, the withdrawal and selling prices for fishery products listed in Annex I(A)(D) and (E) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94(2), and in particular Article 11(3) and Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11(1) and Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provide that the Community withdrawal and selling prices for each of the products listed, respectively, in Annex I(A), (D) and in Annex I(E) shall be fixed on the basis of the freshness, size or weight and the presentation of the product by applying the conversion factor for the product category concerned to an amount equal to at least 70 % but not more than 90 % of the relevant guide price.
(2) Article 11(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that the withdrawal price may be multiplied by conversion factors in landing areas which are very distant from main centres of consumption in the Community.
(3) Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 of 26 November 1996 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 323/97(4), provides that when a lot is placed in category B, that lot is ineligible for the financial assistance granted in respect of intervention from 1 January 2000. Therefore, withdrawal prices for "B" quality products need no longer be fixed.
(4) The guide prices for the 2000 fishing year were fixed for all the products in question by Council Regulation (EC) No 2746/1999(5).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for fishery products,
The percentages of the guide price which are used as a basis for calculating the Community withdrawal and selling prices shall be as shown in Annex I for the products concerned.
The conversion factors which are used for calculating the Community withdrawal and selling prices for the products listed, respectively, in Annex I(A) and (D) and in Annex I(E) to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 shall be as shown in Annex II.
The Community withdrawal and selling prices applicable for the 2000 fishing year and the products to which they refer shall be as shown in Annex III.
The withdrawal prices applicable for the 2000 fishing year in the landing areas which are very distant from the main centres of consumption in the Community and the products to which those prices relate, shall be as shown in Annex IV.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 22 May 2001
on the signature and provisional application of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Malta, to associate Malta to the Fifth Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (1998-2002)
(2001/516/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 170, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement establishing an association (hereinafter referred to as "the Association Agreement") between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Malta, (hereinafter referred to as "Malta")(1) entered into force on 1 April 1971.
(2) The conclusions of the Luxembourg European Council of 12-13 December 1997 confirmed the possibility of associating candidate countries to the Community's Framework Programme in the field of research and technological development as one of the instruments of the pre-accession strategy to be applied to these countries.
(3) By Decision No 182/1999/EC(2), the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Community in the field of Research and Technological Development and Demonstration (1998-2002) (hereinafter referred to as the "Fifth Framework Programme").
(4) The Helsinki European Council of 10-11 December 1999 decided to convene a bilateral intergovernmental conference on the accession of Malta to the European Union.
(5) On 3 April 2000 Malta formally informed the European Commission that it wished such an association with the Fifth Framework Programme from 1 January 2001.
(6) By its Decision of 17 October 2000, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate on behalf of the European Community an Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement, to associate Malta to the Fifth Framework Programme (hereinafter referred to as "the Additional Protocol").
(7) Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Additional Protocol initialled on 6 December 2000 should be signed on behalf of the Community.
(8) It is appropriate to apply the Additional Protocol on a provisional basis as from 1 March 2001 pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion, subject to reciprocity,
Subject to a possible conclusion at a later date, the President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Malta.
The text of the Additional Protocol is annexed to this Decision.
The Additional Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from 1 March 2001, subject to reciprocity, pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
20.7.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 186/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 634/2010
of 19 July 2010
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Ricotta di Bufala Campana (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Ricotta di Bufala Campana’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
25.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 53/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/292
of 24 February 2015
approving carbon dioxide as an active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 15
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular Article 90(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Netherlands received on 22 February 2012 an application, in accordance with Article 11(1) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), for the inclusion of the active substance carbon dioxide in its Annex I for use in product-type 15, avicides, as defined in Annex V to that Directive.
(2) The Netherlands submitted an assessment report, together with its recommendations, to the Commission on 30 August 2013 in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 98/8/EC.
(3) The opinion of the European Chemicals Agency was formulated on 17 June 2014 by the Biocidal Product Committee, having regard to the conclusions of the evaluating competent authority.
(4) According to that opinion, biocidal products used for product-type 15 and containing carbon dioxide may be expected to satisfy the requirements laid down in Article 5 of Directive 98/8/EC provided that certain specifications and conditions relating to its use are satisfied.
(5) It is therefore appropriate to approve carbon dioxide for use in biocidal products for product-type 15 subject to compliance with certain specifications and conditions.
(6) Since the evaluations did not address nanomaterials, the approval should not cover such materials in accordance with Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
Carbon dioxide shall be approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 15, subject to the specifications and conditions 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.
COUNCIL DECISION of 24 July 1997 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the interim extension of the Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal for the period from 2 October 1996 to 1 November 1996 (97/531/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with Article 228 (2) and the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the Community and the Republic of Senegal have entered into negotiations, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 17 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal, signed on 15 June 1997, in order to establish the arrangements to be applied after 1 October 1996, the date on which the Protocol annexed to the Agreement expires;
Whereas both Parties agreed on 27 September 1996 to extend the said Protocol for an interim period from 2 October 1996 to 1 November 1996, pending the outcome of the negotiations referred to above,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the interim extension of the Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal on fishing off the coast of Senegal (3) for the period from 2 October 1996 to 1 November 1996 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the Community.
19.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 273/26
COUNCIL DECISION 2005/728/JHA
of 12 October 2005
fixing the date of application of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 of 29 April 2004 concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism (1), and in particular to Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 specifies that the provisions of Article 1 of that Regulation shall apply from a date fixed by the Council, as soon as the necessary preconditions have been fulfilled, and that the Council may decide to fix different dates for the application of different provisions. Those preconditions have been fulfilled in respect of Article 1(6) of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004.
(2) It is appropriate for Article 1(10) of Council Decision 2005/211/JHA of 24 February 2005 concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism (2), which is identical to Article 1(6) of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004, to apply from the same date.
(3) A separate Council Decision provides for the entry into force of Article 1(10) of Decision 2005/211/JHA.
(4) As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement signed between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the association of the Swiss Confederation with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (3), which falls in the area referred to in Article 1, point G of Decision 1999/437/EC (4) read in conjunction with Article 4(1) of Council Decisions 2004/849/EC (5) and 2004/860/EC (6) of 25 October 2004 on the signing on behalf of the European Union, and on the signing on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of that Agreement,
Article 1(6) of Regulation (EC) No 871/2004 shall apply from 1 January 2006.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1994 amending Decision 92/469/EEC authorizing methods for grading pig carcases in Denmark (Only the Danish text is authentic) (94/564/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
Wheread the Commission, by Decision 92/469/EEC (3), has authorized methods for grading pig carcases in Denmark;
Whereas the amendments concerning the standard presentation of pig carcases introduced by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 to Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 as from 1 July 1994 allow to delete, as from the same date, the derogation from the standard presentation provided for in Article 3 of Decision 92/469/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Decision 92/469/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3 is deleted;
2. Article 4 becomes Article 3, Article 5 becomes Article 4 and Article 6 becomes Article 5.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1994.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2445/81 of 27 July 1981 on the application of Decision No 1/81 of the EEC - Switzerland Joint Committee further amending Article 8 of Protocol 3 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 the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (1) was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;
(1) OJ No L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189.
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the said Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 1/81 further amending Article 8 of that Protocol;
Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the Community,
Decision No 1/81 of the EEC - Switzerland Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
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 May 1981.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Decision
of 4 July 2002
amending Decision 2001/783/EC as regards the protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue in Italy
(notified under document number C(2002) 2494)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/543/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue(1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the evolution of the bluetongue situation in four Member States in 2001, Commission Decision 2001/783/EC of 9 November 2001 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue and on rules applicable to movements of animals in and from those zones(2), as last amended by Decision 2002/189/EC(3), was adopted.
(2) Italy has requested in conformity with Article 8(3) of Directive 2000/75/EC the deletion of Napoli province from those protection and surveillance zones.
(3) It is clear from the results of the epidemiological survey carried out by the Italian authorities that no circulation of bluetongue virus has taken place in Napoli province for more than 100 days and as a consequence this province may be considered as free of the disease.
(4) Napoli province should therefore be deleted from the list of administrative units included in the protection and surveillance zones established by Decision 2001/783/EC.
(5) Decision 2001/783/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Annex I A to Decision 2001/783/EC the word "Napoli" is deleted.
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision and they shall give immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
12.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 191/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 661/2013
of 8 July 2013
establishing a prohibition of fishing for greater forkbeard in EU and international waters of V, VI and VII by vessels flying the flag of Spain
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 1262/2012 of 20 December 2012 fixing for 2013 and 2014 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (2), lays down quotas for 2013.
(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 2013.
(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 2013 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.