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26.1.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 26/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 69/2013
of 23 January 2013
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
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.
3.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 62/27
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 March 2006
amending Decision 2006/135/EC as regarding the establishment of areas A and B in France due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in that Member State
(notified under document number C(2006) 721)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2006/175/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) 998/2003 of 26 May 2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (3), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (4), and in particular Article 66(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) France has notified the Commission and the other Member States of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus of subtype H5N1 in poultry in certain areas of its territory and has taken the appropriate measures provided for in Commission Decision 2006/135/EC of 22 February 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Community (5).
(2) After notification of those measures, the Commission has examined them in collaboration with France, and is satisfied that areas A and B established by France are at sufficient distance to the outbreak in poultry and epidemiologically related cases in wild birds. It is therefore necessary to amend Parts A and B of Annex I to that Decision accordingly and to fix the duration of that regionalisation.
(3) 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 2006/135/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
3.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 53/2
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 February 2010
appointing members of the European Social Fund Committee
2010/C 53/02
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 163 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (1), and in particular Article 104(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Under Council Decision 2007/C 52/06 of 16 February 2007 appointing the membership of the European Social Fund Committee (2) (hereinafter ‘Committee’), the term of office of the members and alternate members of this Committee expired on 31 December 2009.
(2) In accordance with Article 104(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, the Member States, with the exception of Slovenia, have submitted their nominations for each category of representatives referred to in Article 104(1) of this Regulation and their alternates.
(3) Pending the missing nominations by Slovenia, the representatives and the alternates already nominated should be appointed for a period of three years,
The persons listed in the Annex are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee for the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012.
This Decision shall be published, for information, in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2073/85
of 25 July 1985
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 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 1332/84 (2), and in particular Article 19a (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1852/84 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 1985/86 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, in respect of the 1985/86 marketing year, 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, peaches, apricots, tomatoes and aubergines:
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
This exemption shall apply in respect of Greece only to the pears referred to above.
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 (EEC) No 416/93 of 25 February 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2384/91 on the transitional measures applicable to the wine-growing sector in Portugal during the 1991/92 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 257 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (2) (a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2384/91 (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 195/92 (2), initiates a distillation operation reserved for producers of table wine in Portugal for a total quantity not exceeding two million  hectolitres;
Whereas the actual operation covers a slightly larger volume; whereas this excess should be allowed, and, as a result, the volume of products to be distilled previously laid down should be amended; whereas this operation is a special transitional  measure to facilitate the integration of the Portuguese market into the common organization of the market in wine and to ensure stabilization of the market in response to the table wine production surpluses; whereas an adjustement of the quantities to  be eliminated to sustain prices will help to achieve the desired economic effect;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
In Article 3 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2384/91, 'two million hectolitres' is hereby replaced by '2,279 million hectolitres'.
The intervention agency shall verify that all the requirements have been met before payment of the aid.
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.
11.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 39/46
COUNCIL DECISION
of 31 January 2005
appointing a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2005/120/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 2002/60/EC of 22 January 2002 appointed the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (1).
(2) a seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Ms Maria Theresia OPLADEN, notified to the Council on 29 November 2004,
Mr Hans-Josef VOGEL, Bürgermeister der Stadt Arnsberg, is hereby appointed alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Ms Maria Theresia OPLADEN for the remainder of her term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2026/86
of 30 June 1986
abolishing the accession compensatory amounts applicable to egg products on account of the accession of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 471/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the system of accession compensatory amounts for eggs on account of the accession of Spain (1), and in particular Article 8 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 504/86 of 25 February 1986 on transitional arrangements for trade between Spain and other Member States and third countries in glucose and lactose covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75, and in ovalbumin and lactalbumin covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1584/86 (3) fixes the prices of cereals in the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and in Spain for the marketing year commencing on 1 July 1986; whereas the calculation of accession compensatory amounts for egg products on the basis of the accession compensatory amounts applicable to feed-grain from 1 July leads to minimal amounts within the meaning of Article 72 (2) of the Act of Accession; whereas such compensatory amounts should accordingly not be fixed;
Whereas, as a consequence, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 587/86 (4) should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
1. The accession compensatory amounts applicable to egg products on account of the accession of Spain are hereby abolished.
2. Regulation (EEC) No 587/86 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
19.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 365/163
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 11 December 2014
on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2015
(ECB/2014/53)
(2014/937/EU)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(2) and Article 140(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2014/509/EU of 23 July 2014 on the adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right since 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro.
(2) The derogation in favour of Lithuania referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession has been abrogated with effect from 1 January 2015.
(3) The 18 Member States whose currency is the euro and Lithuania have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2015, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology.
(4) As the right of Member States to issue euro coins is subject to approval by the ECB of the volume of the issue, the volumes approved by the ECB may not be surpassed by the Member States without prior approval by the ECB,
Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2015
The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro in 2015 as set out in the following table:
(million EUR)
Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2015
Belgium 0,8
Germany 529,0
Estonia 10,3
Ireland 39,0
Greece 13,3
Spain 301,4
France 230,0
Italy 41,5
Cyprus 10,0
Lithuania 120,7
Luxembourg 45,0
Malta 8,7
Netherlands 52,5
Latvia 30,6
Austria 248,0
Portugal 30,0
Slovenia 13,0
Slovakia 13,4
Finland 60,0
Taking effect
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification to the addressees.
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Member States whose currency is the euro and Lithuania.
17.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 71/61
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 431/2005
of 16 March 2005
derogating for 2005 from Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 regarding the date of issue of export licences in the pigmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 of 28 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector (2) provides that export licences are to be issued on the Wednesday following the week in which the licence applications have been lodged, provided that no special measures have since been taken by the Commission.
(2) In view of the public holidays in 2005 and the irregular publication of the Official Journal of the European Union during those holidays, the period between the submission of applications and the day on which the licences are to be issued will be too brief to guarantee proper administration of the market and so should be extended.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003, licences shall be delivered for 2005 on the dates set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This derogation shall apply provided that none of the special measures referred to in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1518/2003 have been taken before the dates of issue in question.
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.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2615/97 of 18 December 1997 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) and the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau (2), the two Parties have conducted negotiations to determine any amendments and additions to be made to that Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol annexed thereto;
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the abovementioned Agreement for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001 was initialled on 4 June 1997;
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve that Protocol;
Whereas the allocation of fishing possibilities among the Member States should be determined on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing possibilities under the fisheries agreement,
The Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1997 to 15 June 2001 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (3).
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a) shrimps
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(b) cephalopods/fin-fish
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If licence applications from those Member States do no exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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  REGULATION (EEC) No 729/87
of 13 March 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3127/86 (2), and in particular Article 3 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 19 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3025/86 (4), makes provisions for a time limit for submission to the competent authority of declarations of usage of the products; whereas this time limit depends on the date of usage; whereas to simplify administrative control procedures it should be made to depend on the month of usage;
Whereas the provision concerning the time-limit for submitting the declaration of usage has been applied in differing ways; whereas accordingly, the amendment in question should, in the interests of sound management, be made to apply form the same date as Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Dried Fodder,
Article 19 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 is amended as follows:
1. In the second subparagraph 'during the two months which follow usage' are replaced by 'during the two months following that of usage'.
2. In the third subparagraph 'by the end of the second month following the end of usage' are replaced by 'by the end of the second month following that in which usage was completed'.
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 January 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.