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24.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 112/25
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 April 2008
appointing a Belgian member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2008/325/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,
Having regard to Decision 2006/651/EC, Euratom of 15 September 2006 appointing Belgian, Greek, Irish, Cypriot, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish and British members and two Italian members of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Having regard to the proposal submitted by the Belgian Government,
Having obtained the opinion of the Commission,
Whereas:
A member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has fallen vacant following the appointment of Mr PIETTE as a Minister in the Belgian Federal Government and as a result of the incompatibility of that office with being a member of the European Economic and Social Committee. This incompatibility no longer exists following Mr PIETTE’s resignation as a Minister,
Mr Josly PIETTE, honorary General Secretary of the CSC, is hereby appointed a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the term of office, which runs until 20 September 2010.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
COMMISSION DECISION of 14 November 1994 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to soil improvers (94/923/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 of 23 March 1992 on a Community eco-label award scheme (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 5 (1) thereof,
Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 provides that the conditions for the award of the Community eco-label shall be defined by product group;
Whereas Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 states that the environmental performance of a product shall be assessed by reference to the specific criteria for product groups;
Whereas in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 the Commission has consulted the principal interest groups within a consultation forum;
Whereas the measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92,
The product group 'soil improvers' shall mean:
'Materials sold as branded products for hobby gardeners to be added to the soil mainly to improve its physical and/or biological condition without causing harmful effects.'
The environmental performance of the product group as defined in Article 1 shall be assessed by reference to the specific ecological criteria set out in the Annex.
The product group definition and the specific ecological criteria for the product group shall be valid for a period of three years from the date on which this Decision takes effect.
For administrative purposes, the code number assigned to the product group shall be '003'.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1307/2002
of 18 July 2002
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
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), amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on the Community and world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 28 of that Regulation. The same Article provides that the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into account.
(3) The refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of the standard quality. The latter is defined in Annex I, point II, to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Candy sugar is defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector(3). The refund thus calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for sugar according to destination.
(5) In special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixed by other legal instruments.
(6) The refund must be fixed every two weeks. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(7) It follows from applying the rules set out above to the present situation on the market in sugar and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the Community and on the world market that the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(8) Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 does not make provision to continue the compensation system for storage costs from 1 July 2001. This should accordingly be taken into account when fixing the refunds granted when the export occurs after 30 September 2001.
(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 July 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 11 November 2002
extending and amending Decision 1999/730/CFSP concerning a European Union contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in Cambodia
(2002/904/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 23(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP of 12 July 2002 on the European Union's contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons and repealing Joint Action 1999/34/CFSP(1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 15 November 1999 the Council adopted Decision 1999/730/CFSP concerning a European Union contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in Cambodia(2), which was aimed at implementing Joint Action 1999/34/CFSP(3).
(2) Some objectives could not be fulfilled by 15 November 2002, the date on which Decision 2001/796/CFSP expired, and others should be consolidated and expanded after that date.
(3) The European Union's continued contribution is part of the follow-up to the Programme of Action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects (New York, 9 to 20 July 2001). This should encourage other donors to support the drive to reduce and control small arms and light weapons and, where appropriate, allow the implementation of joint projects with other donors.
(4) Decision 1999/730/CFSP should therefore be extended and amended,
Decision 1999/730/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:
(a) in Article 3(1), the financial reference amount shall be replaced by EUR 1568000;
(b) in the second subparagraph of Article 4, "15 November 2002" shall be replaced by "15 November 2003";
(c) the Annex shall be replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall take effect on 16 November 2002.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1065/2003
of 20 June 2003
on the opening of a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of some 7425 tonnes of rice from the 2000 harvest held by the Spanish intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular the last indent of Article 8(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 75/91 of 11 January 1991 laying down the procedures and conditions for the disposal of paddy rice held by intervention agencies(3) lays down requirements relating to those procedures and conditions.
(2) For a very long time now the Spanish intervention agency has been storing a significant quantity of round-, medium- and long-grain A paddy rice from the 2000 harvest. A standing invitation to tender should be opened for the resale on the internal market of approximately 7425 tonnes of round-, medium- or long-grain A paddy rice from the 2000 harvest held by the Spanish intervention agency.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Spanish intervention agency shall open, on the terms laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 75/91, a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of some 7425 tonnes of round-, medium- or long-grain A paddy rice from the 2000 harvest which it holds.
1. The closing date for submitting tenders under the first partial invitation to tender shall be 2 July 2003.
2. The closing date for submitting tenders under the last partial invitation to tender shall be 30 July 2003.
3. The tenders must be lodged with the Spanish intervention agency: Fondo EspaĂąol de GarantĂ­a Agraria (FEGA) Beneficencia 8 E - 28004 Madrid Telex: 23427 FEGA E Fax: (34) 915 21 98 32, (34) 915 22 43 87.
No later than the Tuesday of the week following the closing date for submitting tenders, the Spanish intervention agency shall inform the Commission of the quantities and average prices of the various lots sold.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3241/91  of 6 November 1991  amending the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the  Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4056/89 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of 30 December 1986 establishing the list of vessels exceeding eight metres length overall permitted to use beam trawls within certain areas of the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)  No 3240/91 (4), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas the German authorities have requested replacement in the list annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 of one vessel that no longer meets the requirements laid down in Article 1 (2) of that Regulation; whereas the national authorities have provided  all the information in support of the request required pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 55/87; whereas scrutiny of this information shows that the requirements of the Regulation are met; whereas the vessel in question should be replaced in  the list,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 55/87 is amended as indicated 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 Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/105
COUNCIL DECISION
of 17 December 2007
appointing the Chairperson of the Board of Appeal of the Community Plant Variety Office and his Alternate
(2007/858/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights (1), and in particular Article 47(1) thereof,
Having regard to the lists of candidates proposed by the Commission on 29 October 2007, after obtaining the opinion of the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office,
Mr Paul A.C.E. VAN DER KOOIJ, born on 13 January 1956, is hereby appointed Chairperson of the Board of Appeal of the Community Plant Variety Office for a period of five years.
Mr Timothy MILLETT, born on 6 January 1951, is hereby appointed Alternate to the Chairperson of the Board of Appeal of the Community Plant Variety Office for a period of five years.
Their terms of office shall run from the date on which they take up their duties. That date shall be agreed with the President and the Administrative Council of the Office.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1017/96 of 5 June 1996 correcting the German and Spanish versions of Regulation (EEC) No 920/89 as regards the marking of carrots
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 920/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/96 (4), lays down quality standards for carrots; whereas a difference in wording has been noted between certain language versions; whereas these said language versions should accordingly be corrected;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 920/89 is hereby corrected.
The correction concerns the German and Spanish versions only.
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.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1624/87
of 9 June 1987
increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota, opened for 1987, for ferro-chromium containing not less than 6 % by weight of carbon falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission,
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 476/87 (1), the Council opened, for 1987, and allocated among the Member States, a duty-free Community tariff quota for ferro-chromium containing not less that 6 % by weight of carbon, falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff, and the volume of which was provisionally fixed at 120 000 tonnes;
Whereas it can be estimated, from the economic data now available on consumption, production and imports benefiting from other preferential tariff arrangements, that immediate Community requirements of imports from third countries for products of this kind could, during the current year, reach levels higher than the volume laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 476/87; whereas, in order not to disturb the equilibrium of the market for this product and to ensure parallel development in sales of Community production and satisfactory security of supplies to the user industries, it is appropriate to provide for an increase in volume by a quantity corresponding to the needs of user industries until the end of the current year, that is to say, to 100 000 tonnes; whereas fixing the increase at this level does not however exclude a new adjustment in the autumn;
Whereas, it is appropriate to divide into two instalments the volume of the increase, the first instalment being allocated among certain Member States in proportion to their foreseeable needs, and the second held as a Community reserve to cover possible additional requirements,
The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 476/87 for ferro-chromium containing not less than 6 % by weight of carbon, falling within subheading ex 73.02 E I of the Common Customs Tariff , shall be raised from 120 000 to 220 000 tonnes.
1. A first instalment of the additional volume referred to in Article 1 and amounting to 90 100 tonnes shall be allocated among certain Member States as follows:
1.2 //  // (tonnes)   // Benelux   // 3 357   // Germany  // 31 446   // Spain   // 9 783   // France   // 20 961  // Italy   // 15 372   // Portugal   // 100   // United Kingdom   // 9 081.
2. The second instalment, being 9 900 tonnes, shall constitute the reserve. The reserve provided for in Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 476/87 shall thus be raised from 11 870 tonnes to 21 770 tonnes.
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.
10.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/40
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 911/2011
of 9 September 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 902/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 September 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3214/92  of 4 November 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 304/92 (4), set the conversion factors to be used for calculating the buying-in prices for products with commercial characteristics differing from those for which  the standard basic and buying-in prices are set;
Whereas conversion factors should be set for a number of apple varieties traditionally important in the new German Laender;
Whereas in view of their similarity the same conversion factor must be applied to the varieties 'Ingrid Marie and Red Ingrid Marie (Karin Schneider)';
Whereas it has become apparent that the characteristics of the varieties 'Ingrid Marie', 'Red Dougherty' and 'Red Ingrid Marie (Karin Schneider)' do not allow them to be classified as large fruit varieties; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 920/89  (5) laying down quality standards for carrots, citrus fruit and dessert apples and pears and amending Commission Regulation No 58, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 658/92 (6), so classified these varieties; whereas they should also be removed from  the list of varieties of large dessert apples given in Annex X to Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Annex X 'APPLES' to Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 is amended as follows:
- the varieties 'Piglos, Pikant, Pilot, Pimona, Pinova, Piros, Reanda, Reglindis, Retina, Revena and Shampion' are added at the first indent under point (a),
- the varieties 'Apollo, Carola (Kalco) and Red Ingrid Marie (Karin Schneider)' are added at the second indent under point (a),
- the varieties 'Auralia' and 'Helios' are added at the third indent under point (a),
- the varieties 'Ingrid Marie', 'Red Dougherty' and 'Red Ingrid Marie (Karin Schneider)' are withdrawn from the list of varieties of large dessert apples.
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.