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19.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 16/16
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 January 2013
amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
(2013/37/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(3), first and fourth subparagraphs, of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaties provide that, until 31 October 2014, when an act is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, and if a member of the Council so requests, it must be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union.
(2) That percentage is calculated according to the population figures set out in Article 1 of Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure (hereinafter ‘Rules of Procedure’).
(3) Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year, must amend the figures set out in Article 1 of that Annex.
(4) The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for 2013,
Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
For the purposes of implementing Article 16(5) of the TEU and Article 3(3) and (4) of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaties, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 shall be as follows:
Member State Population
Germany 81 843,7
France 65 397,9
United Kingdom 62 989,6
Italy 60 820,8
Spain 46 196,3
Poland 38 538,4
Romania 21 355,8
Netherlands 16 730,3
Greece 11 290,9
Belgium 11 041,3
Portugal 10 541,8
Czech Republic 10 505,4
Hungary 9 957,7
Sweden 9 482,9
Austria 8 443,0
Bulgaria 7 327,2
Denmark 5 580,5
Slovakia 5 404,3
Finland 5 401,3
Ireland 4 582,8
Lithuania 3 007,8
Slovenia 2 055,5
Latvia 2 041,8
Estonia 1 339,7
Cyprus 862,0
Luxembourg 524,9
Malta 416,1
Total 503 679,7
Threshold (62 %) 312 281,4’
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2013.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 794/91  of 25 March 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1424/76 with regard to the conditions for selling products to be supplied under food-aid schemes
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1806/89 (2), and in particular Article 5 (5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1424/76 (1) of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in rice, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1908/87 (2), provides that paddy rice held by intervention agencies must be sold by  tender; whereas there should be an exception to that selling procedure in the case of food aid supplied pursuant to international conventions or other complementary programmes;
Whereas, for the purposes of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (4), the products to be supplied by the successful tenderer are always  purchased by the latter; whereas, where products held by intervention agencies are being mobilized, the most suitable procedure for bringing about satisfactory competition between all Community traders in order to calculate the overall supply costs  would be to sell the products concerned at prices and in accordance with detailed rules of application which are determined in advance and designed to avoid disruption on the Community market and distortion of the conditions of competition; whereas the  use of that procedure should be specified in the case of Community food aid supplied pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1424/76,
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1424/76 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 4
1. If special circumstances so require, the Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may establish selling procedures other than laid down in Article 3.
2. Where rice is purchased from intervention agencies for the purposes of fulfilling obligations arising from the award of food-aid supply contracts in connection with international conventions or other complementary programmes, the conditions  applicable with regard to price and the detailed rules of application shall be determined in advance.
The detailed rules of application shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of 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.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 21 May 1991  authorizing the French Republic to apply intra-Community surveillance in respect of imports of certain textile products originating in certain third countries  (Only the French text is authentic)  (91/285/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 87/433/EEC of 22 July 1987 on surveillance and protective measures which Member States may be authorized to take pursuant to Article 115 of the EEC Treaty (1), and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof,
Whereas on 22 April 1991 a request was made pursuant to Article 2 of Decision 87/433/EEC by the French Government for authorization to apply intra-Community surveillance in respect of imports of the textile products listed below:
Category  Third country of origin     2  China  20  Thailand
Whereas the importation into the Community of certain textile products, including the products in question originating in China and Thailand, are subject to agreements between  the Community and the abovementioned countries;
Whereas China undertook to take all the necessary measures to restrict its exports of products falling within category 2 to the Community to a given ceiling divided among the Member States;
Whereas, in accordance with the agreement between the Community and Thailand the Commission has, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1366/89 (2), imposed a quantitative restriction on imports into France of products originating in Thailand, falling within  category 20;
Whereas the information given by the French authorities in support of this request has been examined closely by the Commission in accordance with the criteria laid down in Decision 87/433/EEC;
Whereas the Commission examined in particular whether the imports could be made subject to intra-Community surveillance pursuant to Article 2 of Decision 87/433/EEC and whether information was given as regards the alleged economic difficulties and the  risk of deflection of trade;
Whereas this examination has shown that the risk does exist and that a through knowledge of the likely trends of intra-Community imports is required in order to detect rapidly any potentially damaging developments;
Whereas France should therefore be authorized to make the imports concerned subject to prior intra-Community surveillance until 31 December 1991,
Article 1
The French Republic is hereby authorized, in accordance with Decision 87/433/EEC, to apply intra-Community surveillance until 31 December 1991 to the following products put into free circulation in other Member States:
Category  Description of goods  Third country of origin      2  Woven fabrics of cotton other than gauze, terry fabrics, narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics, chenille fabrics, tulle and other net fabric.  China  20  Bed linen, other than knitted or  crocheted.  Thailand
This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1991.  Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
25.9.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 257/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 934/2008
of 24 September 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 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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
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 Annex XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1516/79  of 19 July 1979  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 laying down special provisions for the implementation of the system of import licences for seeds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 (2) and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 (3) requires the country of origin to be indicated in the application and in the import licence ; whereas as drafted at present this provision may give rise to difficulties in interpretation ; whereas it should therefore be made clear that such an indication merely involves an obligation to import a product originating in the non-member country so indicated;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds,
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1119/79 is amended to read as follows:
"The country of origin shall be indicated in section 14 of the application and of the import licence. The licence shall carry with it the obligation to import products originating in the country so indicated."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1979.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
24.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 342/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2143/2005
of 23 December 2005
fixing the export refunds on malt
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 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under 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).
(3) The refund applicable in the case of malts must be calculated with amount taken of the quantity of cereals required to manufacture the products in question. The said quantities are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying these rules to the present situation on markets in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on malt listed in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
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.
COMMISSION DECISION of 8 October 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Italy pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the Italian text is authentic) (97/676/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas the request submitted by Italy on 27 January 1997, which reached the Commission on 28 January 1997, contains the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the fitting of one type of vehicle with one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No 7 carried out in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48;
Whereas the reasons given in the request, according to which the fitting of the stop lamps and the stop lamps themselves do not meet the requirements of Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/30/EC (4), and of Council Directive 76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/28/EC (6), are well founded; whereas the descriptions of the tests, the results thereof and their compliance with ECE Regulations No 7 and No 48 ensure a satisfactory level of safety;
Whereas the Community Directives concerned will be amended in order to permit the production and fitting of such stop lamps;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The request submitted by Italy for an exemption concerning the production of one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE Regulation No 7 and the fitting thereof in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48 on the type of vehicle for which it is intended is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2164/93 of 2 August 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 on transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in 1993
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 (2), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2009/93 (3), lays down transitional measures for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in 1993, and, in particular in
Article 4
thereof, provides for the provisional allocation of a part of the tariff quota to each operator for the period 1 July to 30 September 1993, and also lays down the arrangements for the issue of licences for the import of traditional bananas  from the ACP States during the same period; whereas the import licences issued in this connection are valid until 7 October 1993;
Whereas the provisional quantities allocated in accordance with Article 4 of the Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 for use of the tariff quota for the period 1 July to 30 September 1993 significantly exceed the volume of imports during this period in previous  years; whereas this situation risks causing either disturbances to the market due to imports of third country and non-traditional ACP bananas exceeding the capacity of the Community market to absorb them, or the non-utilization of import licences giving  rise to subsequent requests for reallocation; whereas the quantities on the licences issued pursuant to Article 7 of the abovementioned Regulation for the import of traditional bananas from the ACP States are greater in the case of several States than  those normally imported during the same period; whereas, in these circumstances, it is necessary to extend the period of validity of the licences to import under the tariff quota and of the licences issued for the import of traditional quantities from  the ACP countries to allow the operators concerned to spread their imports over a longer period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/93 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 8
The import licences issued in accordance with Titles I and II of this Regulation shall be valid until 31 October 1993.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 636/87
of 2 March 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on fish-hooks, line fishing rods and tackle; fish landing nets and butterfly nets; decoy 'birds', lark mirrors and similar hunting or shooting requisites, falling within subheading 97.07 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 developing 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 fish-hooks, line fishing rods and tackle; fish landing nets and butterfly nets; decoy 'birds', lark mirrors and similar hunting or shooting requisites, falling within subheading 97.07 B, originating in South Korea, the individual ceiling was fixed at 4 500 000 ECU; whereas, on 24 February 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 customs duties in respect of the products in question against South Korea,
As from 7 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 //  //  // CCT heading No  // Description  //  //  // 97.07 (NIMEXE code 97.07-91, 99)   // Fish-hooks, line fishing rods and tackle; fish landing nets and butterfly nets; decoy 'birds', lark mirrors and similar hunting or shooting requisites: 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.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 10 March 1983
approving the extended plan for the eradication of bovine brucellosis presented by Italy
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(83/119/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/391/EEC of 17 May 1977 introducing Community measures for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle (1), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 78/52/EEC of 13 December 1977 establishing the Community criteria for national plans for the accelerated eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and enzootic leucosis in cattle (2), and in particular Chapter II thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 80/122/EEC of 21 December 1979 approving the plan for the accelerated eradication of brucellosis submitted by Italy (3),
Having regard to Council Directive 82/400/EEC of 14 June 1982 amending Directive 77/391/EEC and introducing a supplementary Community measure for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle (4),
Whereas, by letter dated 15 December 1982, Italy notified the Commission of an extended plan to eradicate brucellosis;
Whereas, after examination and taking into account the success of the initial plan, the extended plan was found to comply with Directives 77/391/EEC, 78/52/EEC and 82/400/EEC;
Whereas the extended plan ensures continuity with the measures put in hand under the initial plan; whereas the initial plan expired on 31 December 1982;
Whereas the measures under the extended plan have been applied since the 31 December 1982; whereas, consequently, the condition for financial participation by the Community has been met;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee; whereas the Fund Committee has been consulted,
The extended plan for the eradication of brucellosis as applied by Italy from 31 December 1982 is hereby approved.
Financial participation by the Community shall be in respect of eligible expenditure on account of slaughterings taking place on or after 31 December 1982.
This Decision is addressed to Italy.