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Commission Regulation (EC) No 195/2004
of 4 February 2004
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2294/2003(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in an adjustment of the import duties that have been fixed as from 15 May 2003 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2003(5) as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be adjusted in compliance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 and fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
4.11.1988 EN FR Official Journal of the European Communities L 301/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3417/88
of 31 October 1988
concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1858/88 (2), and in particular Article 9,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and these rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivisions to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff or other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the nomenclature Committee
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day after 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 DECISION  of 3 March 1992  authorizing the Portuguese Republic to extend until 7 March 1993 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa  (92/159/EEC)
THE COUNCIL 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 354 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement on mutual fishery relations between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the Government of the Republic of South Africa, signed on 9 April 1979, entered into force on that day for an initial period of 10 years; whereas the  agreement remains in force for an indeterminate period if it is not denounced by the giving of 12 months' notice;
Whereas Article 354 (2) of the Act of Accession laying down that the rights and obligations flowing, for the Portuguese Republic, from fisheries agreements concluded with third countries, shall not be affected during the period for which the provisions  of such agreements are provisionally maintained;
Whereas, under Article 354 (3) of the said Act, the Council is to adopt, before the expiry of the fisheries agreements concluded by the Portuguese Republic with third countries, decisions appropriate for the continuation of fishing activities resulting  therefrom, including the possibility of prolonging for periods not exceeding one year;
Whereas, in order to avoid fishing by the Community vessels concerned being interrupted, it appears appropriate to authorize the Portuguese Republic to renew the Agreement in question until 7 March 1993,
The Portuguese Republic is hereby authorized to extend until 7 March 1993 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa which entered into force on 9 April 1979.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
27.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 23/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 62/2011
of 26 January 2011
excluding ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from certain fishing effort limitations for 2011, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 779/97 (1), in particular Article 29(2) thereof,
Having regard to the reports submitted by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden,
Having regard to the opinion of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF),
Whereas:
(1) Provisions for setting fishing effort limitations for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea are set out in Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007.
(2) On the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007, Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010 of 29 November 2010 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea (2) has established fishing effort limitations for 2011 in the Baltic Sea.
(3) According to Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 the Commission may exclude Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from the scope of certain fishing effort limitations when the catches of cod were below a certain threshold in the last reporting period.
(4) Taking into account the reports submitted by Member States and the advice from the STECF, Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 should be excluded in 2011 from the scope of those fishing effort limitations.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1124/2010 applies from 1 January 2011. In order to ensure coherence with that Regulation, this Regulation should apply retroactively from that date.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 shall not apply to ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 in the year 2011.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  DECISION
of 23 November 1987
concerning the conclusion of the International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products (1982)
(87/554/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products (1982) was signed on behalf of the Community on 6 June 1983; whereas in accordance with Council Decision 83/328/EEC of 26 May 1983 on the signature and notification of provisional application of the Agreement (1), 10 Member States have signed the said Agreement;
Whereas, pursuant to the said Decision, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization was informed that the Community intended to set in motion the institutional procedure necessary for the Agreement to be approved and that it would apply the Agreement provisionally as from its entry into force in accordance with Article 40;
Whereas the aims pursued by the Agreement fall in part, within the framework of common trade policy and, in part, within that of technical cooperation or development cooperation; whereas application of the Agreement thus presupposes both Community action and joint action by the Member States;
Whereas subsequently the Signatory Member States have ratified the Agreement and two Member States have acceded to the Agreement;
Whereas the Agreement has entered into force definitively;
Whereas the Community should approve the International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products (1982) in accordance with Article 37 thereof,
The International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products (1982) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to Decision 83/328/EEC.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to deposit the instrument of approval.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1964/96 of 11 October 1996 fixing the intervention thresholds for oranges, mandarins, satsumas and clementines for the 1996/97 marketing year
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 Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2), and in particular Articles 16a (5) and Article 16b (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing, for peaches, lemons and oranges, the rules for applying Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1327/95 (4), and in particular Article 1 (3) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88, the intervention threshold for oranges is to be equal, as from the 1991/92 marketing year, to 10 % of the average production intended to be consumed fresh in the last five marketing years for which data are available; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3119/93 of 8 November 1993 laying down special measures to encourage the processing of certain citrus fruits (5), the threshold for oranges thus calculated must be increased by a quantity equal to the average quantity of oranges in respect of which financial compensation was paid during the 1984/85 to 1988/89 marketing years inclusive;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the intervention thresholds for mandarins, satsumas and clementines are to be equal, as from the 1991/92 marketing year, to 10 % of the average production intended to be consumed fresh in the last five marketing years for which data are available; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 9 of the abovementioned Regulation (EC) No 3119/93, the quantities of mandarins and clementines delivered for processing under that Regulation are to be treated as production intended to be consumed fresh for the purposes of fixing the intervention thresholds for those products; whereas the threshold for satsumas thus calculated must be increased by a quantity equal to the average quantity of satsumas in respect of which financial compensation was paid during the 1989/90 to 1991/92 marketing years inclusive;
Whereas the intervention thresholds for the products in question should be fixed for the 1996/97 marketing year in accordance with the abovementioned provisions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The intervention thresholds for oranges, mandarins, satsumas and clementines for the 1996/97 marketing year shall be as follows:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 26 July 1995 amending Decision 94/269/EC laying  down specific conditions for importing fishery and aquaculture products from Colombia (Text with  EEA relevance) (95/332/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991  (1), laying down the health  conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products, as last amended by  the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof,
Whereas the list of establishments approved by Colombia for importing fishery and aquaculture  products into the Community has been drawn up in Decision 94/269/EC  (2), as last amended by  Commission Decision 94/469/EC  (3); whereas this list may be amended following the communication of  a new list by the competent authority in Colombia;
Whereas the competent authority in Colombia has communicated a new list adding 2 establishments and  amending the data of 1 establishment;
Whereas it is necessary to amend the list of approved establishments accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision have been drawn up in accordance with the  procedure laid down by Commission Decision 90/13/EEC  (4),
Annex B of Decision 94/269/EC is replaced by the Annex to this  Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
28.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/43
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 September 2012
appointing an Estonian member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/526/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Estonian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Teet KALLASVEE,
The following is hereby appointed as member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
— Mr Georg LINKOV, Mayor of Kärdla.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
19.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 16/33
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 37/2012
of 18 January 2012
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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.
Council Decision
of 6 February 2003
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Malta adding a Protocol on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta
(2003/315/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Whereas:
(1) To allow mutual administrative assistance in customs matters between the two Parties as provided for in the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta(2), which entered into force on 1 April 1971, a Protocol should be added to that Agreement.
(2) To that end, the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community a bilateral Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters.
(3) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters should be approved on behalf of the Community,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Malta adding a Protocol on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
29.8.1980 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 226/33
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2213/80
of 27 June 1980
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Guinea Bissau and the European Economic Community on fishing off the coast of Guinea Bissau, and of the two exchanges of letters referring thereto
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),
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea Bissau, and the two exchanges of letters referring thereto, signed in Brussels on 27 February 1980;
Whereas the conclusion of this Agreement renders nugatory Council Decision 80/255/EEC of 26 February 1980, concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the provisional application of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Guinea Bissau and of the two exchanges of letters relating thereto (2);
The Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Guinea Bissau and the European Economic Community on fishing off the coast of Guinea Bissau, and the two exchanges of letters referring thereto are approved on behalf of the Community.
The instruments referred to in the preceding paragraph are annexed to this Regulation.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 18 of the Agreement (3).
Decision 80/255/EEC is hereby repealed.
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 1916/2003
of 30 October 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 as regards the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges
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 last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003(2), and in particular Article 33(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 of 30 July 1996 on rules of application for additional import duties on fruit and vegetables(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1740/2003(4), provides for surveillance of imports of the products listed in the Annex thereto. That surveillance is to be carried out in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1335/2003(6).
(2) For the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Agreement on agriculture(7) concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and in the light of the latest data available for 2000, 2001 and 2002, the trigger levels for additional duties on cucumbers, artichokes, clementines, mandarins and oranges should be adjusted.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1555/96 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.