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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1056/98 of 20 May 1998 reducing the Community withdrawal compensation for cauliflowers for the 1998/99 marketing year as a result of the overrun of the intervention threshold fixed for the 1997/98 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2), and in particular Article 27(2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1109/97 (3) fixes at 111 300 tonnes the intervention threshold for cauliflowers for the 1997/98 marketing year; whereas under Article 3 of that Regulation, if the quantity of cauliflowers withdrawn in the period between 1 March 1997 and 28 February 1998 exceeds the threshold set, the Community withdrawal compensation indicated in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the 1998/99 marketing year will be reduced in proportion to the size of the overrun based on the production used to calculate the relevant threshold;
Whereas the information supplied by the Member States indicates that the withdrawals for the 1997/98 marketing year involved 118 909 tonnes of cauliflowers;
Whereas, as a result of the above, the Community withdrawal compensation set by Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the 1998/99 marketing year must be reduced by 0,34 % for cauliflowers;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1109/97 lays down that the consequences of the threshold overrun are to apply in the following marketing year; whereas it is therefore necessary to apply the reduced Community withdrawal compensation from 1 May 1998, the date on which the marketing year for cauliflowers begins;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The Community withdrawal compensation for cauliflowers for the 1998/99 marketing year is hereby fixed at ECU 8,85 per 100 kilograms net.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 May 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
4.1.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 1/13
COUNCIL DECISION
of 1 January 2007
appointing Bulgarian and Romanian members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2007/6/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the fourth paragraph of Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Articles 13 and 49 thereof,
Having regard to the proposals made by the governments of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania,
Whereas:
(1) The members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions were appointed for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 by Council Decision 2006/116/EC (1).
(2) Following the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, the Committee of the Regions should be enlarged by the appointment of 27 members and 27 alternate members representing regional and local bodies in the new Member States who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly,
The following persons are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the period up to 25 January 2010:
— as members, those listed by Member State in Annex I,
— as alternate members, those listed by Member State in Annex II.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
It shall apply from 1 January 2007.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 530/91  of 4 March 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 827/90 adopting the list of representative producer markets for certain 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 3920/90 (2), and in particular Article 17 (2) thereof,
Whereas the lists of representative markets in Portugal, the Netherlands and Spain introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 827/90 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1760/90 (4), should be adjusted in the light of new information from the  Member States concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 827/90 are hereby amended in respect of Portugal, the Netherlands and Spain as indicated in the Annex hereto.
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 729/2003
of 25 April 2003
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid(5) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
15.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 219/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 782/2013
of 14 August 2013
amending Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the EU Ecolabel
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to increase the use of the EU Ecolabel and to encourage those whose products meet the EU Ecolabel criteria, the costs of using the EU Ecolabel should be as low as possible but still sufficient to cover the costs for running the EU Ecolabel scheme.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 provides the possibility of increasing the maximum fees where necessary and appropriate.
(3) The competent bodies carried out an internal evaluation in order to assess if the current level of fees is sufficient to cover all tasks they are asked to carry out for running the EU Ecolabel scheme.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 66/2010,
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 12 June 1990
adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 April 1990 to the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in non-member countries
(90/343/Euratom, ECSC, EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 3728/89 (2), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,
Whereas pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations, Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1051/90 (3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 January 1990 to the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country of employment;
Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjustments to these weightings in recent months, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations (4);
Whereas some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 April 1990 given that the statistics available to the Commission show that in certain non-member countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
With effect from 1 April 1990 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex hereto.
The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the date on which this Decision takes effect.
3.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 118/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 675/2006
of 2 May 2006
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), 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 3 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1940/90
of 6 July 1990
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 1193/90 (2), and in particular Article 16 (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3593/89 (4), fixes the conversion factors permitting the calculation of the prices at which products with characteristics different from those of products used for the fixing of the basic and buying-in prices are bought in;
Whereas with respect to table grapes the conversion factors shall, in accordance with Article 16 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, be so fixed as to maintain a balance between the price at which the product is bought in under Article 19 and the price obtained for grapes produced with a view to the obligatory distillation of wine made from table grapes; that in order to satisfy the objective, it is suitable to adapt the coefficient fixed for this product;
Whereas it is necessary to revise the conversion factor for apples of the 'Jonagored' variety as a result of the trend in prices of the Community representative markets in recent seasons;
Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
Regulation (EEC) No 3587/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The first indent of point (b) in Annex IX is replaced by the following:
'-II. 0,40';
2. In Annex X, under point (a) first indent the name 'Jonagored' is included after the name 'Jonagold'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
29.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 319/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1178/2008
of 28 November 2008
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1503/2006 and (EC) No 657/2007 as regards adaptations following the revision of statistical classifications NACE and CPA
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics (1), and in particular Article 17 indents (b), (e) and (j) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 established a common framework for the production of short-term Community statistics on the business cycle.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006 of 28 September 2006, implementing and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards definitions of variables, list of variables and frequency of data compilation (2), provided methodological definitions of variables used in short-term statistics.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2007 of 14 June 2007, implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the establishment of European sample schemes (3), specified the rules and conditions with regard to transmission of data by Member States participating in European sample schemes for short-term statistics.
(4) It is necessary to update the list of variables, the levels of breakdown and aggregation to be applied to certain variables and the rules and conditions for the European sample schemes following the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006, establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (4), and Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008, establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 (5).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1165/98
Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 657/2007
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 657/2007 is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 6 July 1981 establishing that the apparatus described as "Dionex auto ion TM system 12 S analyzer" may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties (81/570/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1027/79 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 21 January 1981, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as "Dionex auto ion TM system 12 S analyzer", to be used for research into the chemical structure of temperate ice cores and into the environmental chemistry, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 28 April 1981 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an analyzer ; whereas its objective technical characteristics such as the precision and the sensitivity of the ionic analysis and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research ; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities ; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value capable of use for the same purpose is not currently manufactured in the Community ; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as "Dionex auto ion TM system 12 S analyzer" which is the subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 21 January 1981 may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 652/90
of 16 March 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1546/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), and in particular Article 5c (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 3b of Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3880/89 (4), authorizes the Member States to grant additional or special reference quantities to be given to producers with the approval of the Commission provided that such quantities have not already been allocated in excess of the guaranteed total quantity fixed in Article 5c (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3881/89 of 11 December 1989 establishing, for the period 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990, the Community reserve for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (5) increases that reserve to that end to 1 039 885,740 tonnes, which must be allocated; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1546/88 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3835/89 (7), should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The following point (c) is hereby added to the third paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1546/88:
'(c) 1 039 885,740 tonnes shall be distributed pursuant to Article 3b (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 to given producers with the approval of the Commission and pursuant to paragraph 2 of that Article.
The quantity shall be distributed as follows:
- Belgium 32 110 tonnes,
- Denmark 48 820 tonnes,
- Germany 234 230 tonnes,
- Greece 5 370 tonnes,
- Spain 46 500 tonnes,
- France 256 340 tonnes,
- Ireland 52 800 tonnes,
- Italy 87 980 tonnes,
- Luxembourg 2 650 tonnes,
- Netherlands 119 790 tonnes,
- United Kingdom 153 295,740 tonnes.'
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.