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6.5.1995 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 104/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 April 1995
on the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products not covered by the MFA bilateral Agreement on trade in textile products initialled on 9 December 1988 as extended and modified by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992
(95/155/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community with the People's Republic of China an Agreement on trade in textile products not covered by the MFA bilateral Agreement on trade in textile products initialled on 9 December 1988 as extended and modified by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992;
Whereas this Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1995, pending the completion of the procedures required for its conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the People's Republic of China,
The Agreement between the European Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile products not covered by the MFA bilateral Agreement on trade in textile products initialled on 9 December 1988 as extended and modified by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992 shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1995, pending its formal conclusion, subject to reciprocal application by the People's Republic of China.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 463/2003
of 13 March 2003
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1176/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 284/2003(3) opens an invitation to tender setting the indicative refund rates and indicative quantities for system A3 export licences, which may be issued, 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 of quantities to be awarded for tenders quoting those maximum rates should be set.
(3) In the case of tomatoes, 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 Vegetable,
In the case of tomatoes, the maximum refund rates and the percentages for reducing the quantities awarded under the invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 284/2003 shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1260/78  of 12 June 1978  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 as regards the procedure for fixing the threshold price for round grain husked rice and for broken rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 14 (4) and 15 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1126/78 (4), the threshold prices for round grain husked rice and broken rice are fixed by the Council acting on a proposal from the Commission;
Whereas the threshold price for round grain husked rice is fixed by deducting from the target price the cost of transport between Rotterdam and Duisburg, the cost of unloading and a trading margin ; whereas the threshold price for broken rice is fixed at between 130 and 140 % of the threshold price for maize ; whereas, since these threshold prices are only derived prices and the derivation factors are technical in the case of husked rice and already determined by the Council in the case of broken rice, the prices should be fixed by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76,
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 is hereby amended as follows:    1. Article 14 (4) shall be replaced by the following:
"4. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall fix the protective amount referred to in paragraph 3."
2. Article 14 (5) shall be replaced by the following:
"5. The following shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27:      (a) the threshold price for round grain husked rice;
(b) the threshold price for long grain husked rice;
(c) the threshold price for round grain wholly milled rice;
(d) the threshold price for long grain wholly milled rice;
(e) the variety of long grain rice representative of Community production and the difference in value, per tonne of husked rice, between that variety and the variety of round grain rice corresponding to the standard quality."
3. Article 15 (3) shall be replaced by the following:
"3. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall fix the standard quality for which the threshold price for broken rice is fixed."
4. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 15:
"4. The threshold price for broken rice shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1978.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2479/95 of 25 October 1995 adapting to  technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport  (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in  road transport  (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in  particular Article 17 thereof,
Whereas it is necessary to eliminate the possibilities of fraud in the use of the electronic  recording equipment in road transport;
Whereas in the light of experience and in view of the current state of the art it is possible to  protect the connecting cables of the appliance to the impulse transmitter in order to make them  inviolable by means other than a continuous plastic-coated rust-protected steel sheath with crimped  ends, as presently provided for;
Whereas, having regard to the lifetime of the existing recording equipment, there is a need to  implement this new technology in the Community construction and installation standards for  electronic recording equipment;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Committee for Adaptation of Regulation (EC) No 3821/85 to Technical Progress,
Point 5 of Chapter V of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 is  replaced by the following:
'5.  The cables connecting the recording equipment to the transmitter must be protected by a  continuous plastic-coated rust-protected steel sheath with crimped ends except where an equivalent  protection against manipulation is guaranteed by other means (for example by electronic monitoring  such as signal encryption) capable of detecting the presence of any device, which is unnecessary  for the correct operation of the recording equipment and whose purpose is to prevent the accurate  operation of the recording equipment by short circuiting or interruption or by modification of the  electronic data from the speed and distance sensor. A joint, comprised of sealed connections, is  deemed to be continuous within the meaning of this Regulation.
The aforementioned electronic monitoring may be replaced by an electronic control which ensures  that the recording equipment is able to record any movement of the vehicle, independent from the  signal of the speed and distance sensor.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in  the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply as from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1968/91  of 4 July 1991  exempting certain Member States from the obligation to buy in certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3920/90 (2), and in particular Article 19a (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1852/85 of 2 July 1985 laying down detailed rules of application with a view to exempt Member States from the obligation to buy in certain types of fruit and vegetables (3) specified what information the Member  States were to provide to the Commission with a view to their being exempted if they so requested, as provided for in Article 19a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, from intervention purchasing;
Whereas this information must concern either the proportion of each of the products indicated in Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 marketed through recognized producer organizations or the proportion harvested in the Member State concerned  during the last three marketing years;
Whereas the Member States have supplied this information; whereas the conditions for exemption laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1852/85 are met by certain Member States for certain products for the 1991/92 marketing year; whereas those Member States  which have so applied should therefore be exempted from the obligation to make intervention purchases,
The following Member States are hereby exempted from the obligations to make intervention purchases, as provided for in Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, of pears from 1 July to 31 August 1991, and peaches, apricots, tomatoes and  aubergines during the 1991/92 marketing year:
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
This exemption shall apply in respect of Greece only to the pears during the period referred to above.
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 REGULATION (EC) No 289/97 of 18 February 1997 subjecting the issue of import licences for processed tomatoes originating in Turkey to special conditions
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organization of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular Article 11 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 of 3 August 1995 laying down detailed rules for application of the system of import licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2405/89 and (EEC) No 3518/86 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2427/95 (3) states that, for products for which import trends need to be monitored closely in order to assess the risk of disturbance or threatened disturbance of the market, the Commission may decide that import licences are to be issued following a cooling-off period; whereas when it has been decided to use this provision Member States are required to notify to the Commission three times a week the particulars of the import licences issued;
Whereas the recent import trend for processed tomatoes falling within CN code 2002 originating in Turkey calls for increased surveillance;
Whereas to prevent improper import licence applications from being lodged in the days preceding entry into force of the present Regulation it should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,
For processed tomatoes falling within CN code 2002 originating in Turkey:
(a) import licences as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 shall be issued on the third working day following that on which the application was lodged;
(b) particulars of licence applications shall be notified by Member States to the Commission as specified in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1921/95.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 Regulation (EC) No 2293/2001
of 26 November 2001
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 November 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
29.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/90
COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 July 2005
authorising the placing on the market of isomaltulose as a novel food or novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document number C(2005) 2776)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2005/581/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 4 March 2004 Südzucker AG made a request to the competent authorities of Germany to place isomaltulose on the market as a novel food or novel food ingredient.
(2) On 1 October 2004 the competent food assessment body of Germany issued its initial assessment report. In that report it came to the conclusion that the proposed uses for isomaltulose are safe for human consumption.
(3) The Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to all Member States on 30 November 2004.
(4) Within the 60-day period laid down in Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 reasoned objections to the marketing of the product were raised in accordance with that provision. The objections/comments were discussed with Member States at the meeting of the Standing Committee on 14 February 2005 in connection with the first request for the placing on the Community market of isomaltulose submitted by Cargill.
(5) As regards the nutrition information included in the labelling and advertising of foods containing isomaltulose, Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs (2) applies.
(6) On the basis of the initial assessment report, it is established that isomaltulose complies with the criteria laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Isomaltulose as specified in the Annex, may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food or novel food ingredient for use in foodstuffs.
The designation ‘isomaltulose’ shall be displayed on the labelling of the product as such or in the list of ingredients of foodstuffs containing it.
In a prominently displayed footnote related to the designation isomaltulose by means of an asterisk (*) the words ‘isomaltulose is a source of glucose and fructose’ shall be displayed. The words shall have a typeface of at least the same size as the list of ingredients itself.
This Decision is addressed to Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, Maximilianstraβe 10, D-68165 Mannheim.
Commission Decision
of 30 March 2004
amending Annex I to Decision 2003/804/EC laying down the animal health conditions and certification requirements for imports of molluscs, their eggs and gametes for further growth, fattening, relaying or human consumption
(notified under document number C(2004) 1076)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/319/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products(1), and in particular Article 19(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A list of third countries from which Member States are authorised to import live molluscs, their eggs and gametes for further growth, fattening, relaying or human consumption in the Community, as well as model certificates that must accompany such consignments were drawn up by Decision 2003/804/EC(2).
(2) At the time of adoption of Decision 2003/804/EC, no third countries could be listed in Annex I to the Decision.
(3) Since the entering into force of Directive 91/67/EEC, the animal health requirements for import of aquaculture animals into the Community from third countries have been unchanged. Pending the establishment of harmonised certification requirements, the Member States have been responsible for ensuring that imports of aquaculture animals and products thereof from third countries be subjected to conditions at least equivalent to those applying to placing on the market of Community products according to Article 20(3) of Directive 91/67/EEC.
(4) There is therefore an ongoing trade in live bivalve molluscs for the purpose of human consumption between certain third countries and certain Member States. This trade would be blocked from 1 May 2004, when Decision 2003/804/EC will be implemented.
(5) In order not to interrupt, unnecessarily, ongoing trade from third countries that Member States have found to comply with conditions at least equivalent to those applicable for placing on the market within the Community, certain third countries should be included in Annex I to this Decision for a interim period of time, pending the completion of the on-the-spot inspections provided for by Community rules.
(6) Such temporary listing should be limited to imports of live bivalve molluscs for the purpose of human consumption only, from areas authorised according to Council Directive 91/492/EEC(3).
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Decision 2003/804/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 1 May 2004.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
1.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 285/23
COUNCIL DECISION
of 11 October 2011
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Banco de Portugal
(2011/714/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,
Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2011/11 of the European Central Bank of 25 August 2011 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Banco de Portugal (1),
Whereas:
(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2) The mandate of the current external auditors of the Banco de Portugal ended after the audit for the financial year 2010. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2011.
(3) The Banco de Portugal has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados — Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda. as its external auditors for the financial years 2011 to 2016.
(4) The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados — Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda. should be appointed as the external auditors of the Banco de Portugal for the financial years 2011 to 2016.
(5) It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) accordingly,
Article 1(10) of Decision 1999/70/EC shall be replaced by the following:
‘10.   PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados — Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda. is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banco de Portugal for the financial years 2011 to 2016.’.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 2962/88
of 26 September 1988
temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on crude proteinaceous material extracts falling within CN code ex 3504 00 00
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas production of the product referred to in the Annex is at present inadequate or non-existent within the Community and producers are thus unable to meet the needs of user industries in the Community;
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to suspend the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty for the product in question only partially;
Whereas, taking account of the difficulties encountered in accurately assessing the development of the economic situation in the sector concerned in the near future, this suspension should be taken only temporarily, by fixing the period of validity by reference to the interests of Comunity production,
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty for the product appearing in the Annex shall be suspended at the level shown therein.
This suspension shall apply form 1 October to 31 December 1988.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.