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COUNCIL  DECISION
of 5 April 1989
amending Decision 87/499/EEC introducing a communications network Community programme on trade electronic data interchange systems (Tedis)
(89/241/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and social Committee (3),
Whereas by Decision 87/499/EEC (4) the Council set up a communications network Community programme on trade electronic data interchange systems (Tedis) in trade, industry and administration; whereas this programme includes activities and studies aimed at avoiding incompatibility between different electronic trade data interchange systems by lack of common standards;
Whereas certain non-member countries, in particular the member states of the European Free Trade Association, take an active part in drawing up European and international standards in this area; whereas these countries have expressed the desire to be associated with the Tedis programme;
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to avoid fresh barriers to trade with these countries in the sector in question and to contribute to the coordinated development of trade electronic data interchange systems in Europe;
Whereas agreements to this effect should therefore be concluded with the non-member countries concerned;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the action concerned, powers other than those of Article 235,
Decision 87/499/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
(1) In Article 5, the phrase 'established in the Community' is replaced by the phrase 'established in the Community or a non-member country with which the Community has concluded an agreement associating the country in question with the programme.'
(2) The following Article shall be inserted:
'Article 5a
In accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty, the Community may conclude agreements with non-member countries, and in particular with the members of the European Free Trade Association, with a view to associating them fully or partially with the programme.
The Commission shall be authorized to negotiate these agreements.'
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
19.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 271/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1477/2004
of 18 August 2004
on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (3), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the delivery obligations at zero duty of products of CN code 1701, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.
(2) Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the zero duty tariff quotas for products of CN code 1701 11 10, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.
(3) Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 opens tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne for products of CN code 1701 11 10 for imports originating in Brazil, Cuba and other third countries.
(4) In the week of 9 to 13 August 2004 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding a country's delivery obligation quantity of ACP-India preferential sugar determined pursuant to Article 9 of that Regulation.
(5) In these circumstances the Commission must set reduction coefficients to be used so that licences are issued for quantities scaled down in proportion to the total available and must indicate that the limit in question has been reached,
In the case of import licence applications presented from 9 to 13 August 2004 in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 licences shall be issued for the quantities indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1084/2002
of 21 June 2002
on the issuing of system A3 export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 678/2002(2) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences other than those tendered for as part of food aid.
(2) In the light of the tenders submitted, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.
(3) In the case of lemons and apples, the maximum rate necessary to award licences for the indicative quantity up to the quantities tendered for is more than one-and-a-half times the indicative refund rate.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
In the case of lemons and apples, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 678/2002 shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 June 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1309/2003
of 23 July 2003
determining the extent to which applications submitted in July 2003 for import licences for the tariff quota for beef and veal provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2475/2000 for the Republic of Slovenia 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 2673/2000 of 6 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of the tariff quota for beef and veal provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2475/2000 for the Republic of Slovenia(1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2673/2000 fixes the quantity of fresh or chilled beef and veal originating in Slovenia which may be imported under special conditions from 1 July to 31 December 2003. The quantity of meat for which import licences have been submitted is such that applications may be granted in full,
Import licences shall be granted for the full quantities covered by applications submitted for the quota referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2673/2000 for the period 1 July to 31 December 2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2002
of 5 September 2002
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002(4). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling EUR 22,578/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 September 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
10.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 5/14
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/3/EC
of 9 January 2006
amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Annexes I and II to Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on textile names (1), and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 96/74/EC lays down rules governing the labelling or marking of products as regards their textile fibre content, in order to ensure that consumer interests are thereby protected. Textile products may be placed on the market within the Community only if they comply with the provisions of that Directive.
(2) In view of recent findings by a technical working group, it is necessary, for the purposes of adapting Directive 96/74/EC to technical progress, to add the fibre elastomultiester to the list of fibres set out in the Annexes I and II to that Directive.
(3) Directive 96/74/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Directives relating to Textile Names and Labelling,
Directive 96/74/EC is amended as follows:
1. in Annex I the following row 45 is added:
‘45 elastomultiester fibre formed by interaction of two or more chemically distinct linear macromolecules in two or more distinct phases (of which none exceeds 85 % by mass) which contains ester groups as dominant functional unit (at least 85 %) and which, after suitable treatment when stretched to one and half times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length’
2. in Annex II the following entry 45 is added:
‘45 Elastomultiester 1,50’
1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 9 January 2007 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
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.
2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
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.
22.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 228/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1255/2006
of 21 August 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 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
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat (1), and in particular Article 3(2) and Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 (2) provides for the opening and administration, on a multi-annual basis, of a number of import quotas of poultrymeat.
(2) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 (3), approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC (4), provides for an increase of the annual import tariff quota of poultrymeat, erga omnes, of 2 485 tonnes for certain frozen turkey cuts.
(3) In view of the possible accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union as from 1 January 2007, it is advisable to provide for a different period for lodging the licence applications for the first quarter of the year 2007.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 is amended as follows:
1. Article 3(c) is replaced by the following:
‘(c) Section 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the country of origin; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from the country indicated except for groups 3, 5 and 6.’;
2. Article 4 is amended as follows:
(a) the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 1:
(b) the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
3. the Annexes are replaced by the text 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.
It shall apply from 1 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
19.6.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 160/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 558/2008
of 18 June 2008
setting the allocation coefficient for issuing of licences applied for from 9 to 13 June 2008 to import sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for importing and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authority during the period from 9 to 13 June 2008, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 or Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006 of 13 December 2006 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (3) for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for serial number 09.4366 (2007 to 2008).
(2) In these circumstances, the Commission should fix an allocation coefficient in order to issue licences in proportion to the quantity available and inform the Member States that the set limit has been reached,
Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of applications for import licences submitted from 9 to 13 June 2008, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 or Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1832/2006.
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.
25.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 275/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1498/2004
of 24 August 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 633/2004 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the poultrymeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat (1), and in particular Articles 3(2) and 8(12) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The economic situation on the poultrymeat export markets varies widely. The conditions on which export refunds are granted for products in this sector should therefore be specified.
(2) In order to attain more effectively the objectives of adjustment of the method for the allocation of the quantities which may be exported with a refund and the most efficient possible use of the resources available, as referred to in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, it would be advisable to extend the circumstances, provided for in Article 3(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 633/2004 (2), in which the Commission may take steps to restrict the issue of export licences or the lodging of applications for such licences during the reflection period for which provision is made following the lodging of applications.
(3) The circumstances in which these measures may be taken by destination should also be laid down.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 633/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 633/2004 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
(a) set a single acceptance percentage for the quantities applied for;
(b) reject applications for which licences have not yet been granted;
(c) suspend the lodging of licence applications for a maximum period of five working days, extendable by the procedure specified in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.
2. The following paragraph 4a is inserted:
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.
29.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/32
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1095/2011
of 28 October 2011
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges
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 2008, 2009 and 2010, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges should be adjusted.
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) 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 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 following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.