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4.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 58/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 369/2005
of 3 March 2005
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004 of 3 September 2004 on a special intervention measure for cereals in Finland and Sweden for the 2004/2005 marketing year (3),
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats produced in Finland and Sweden for export from Finland and Sweden to all third countries, with the exception of Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Switzerland was opened pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004.
(2) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 25 February to 3 March 2005 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of oats issued in Regulation (EC) No 1565/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States
27.8.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 225/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 764/2010
of 26 August 2010
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/10 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 2009/10 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2009 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 755/2010 (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 (EC) No 877/2009 for the 2009/10, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
1.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 256/55
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 September 2005
appointing two members and an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2005/678/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 Estonian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 January 2002 the Council adopted Decision 2002/60/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2002 to 25 January 2006 (1).
(2) Two seats as members of the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the resignations of Mr Andrus ANSIP and Mr Edgar SAVISAAR and one seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the nomination of Mr Väino HALLIKMÄGI as a member,
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of their term of office, namely until 25 January 2006:
(a) as members:
Mr Väino HALLIKMÄGI
Mr Tõnis PALTS
(b) as alternate member:
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect on the day of its adoption.
22.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 56/2011
of 21 January 2011
fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences for olive oil lodged from 17 to 18 January 2011 under the Tunisian tariff quota and suspending the issue of import licences for the month of January 2011
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 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(1) and (2) of Protocol No 1 (3) to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part (4), opens a tariff quota at a zero rate of duty for imports of untreated olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90, wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported direct from that country to the European Union, up to the limit laid down for each year.
(2) Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 of 20 December 2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quota for olive oil originating in Tunisia (5) lays down monthly quantitative limits for the issue of import licences.
(3) Import licence applications have been submitted to the competent authorities under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 in respect of a total quantity exceeding the limit laid down for the month of January in Article 2(2) of that Regulation.
(4) In these circumstances, the Commission must set an allocation coefficient allowing import licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available.
(5) Since the limit for the month of January has been reached, no more import licences can be issued for that month,
The quantities for which import licence applications were lodged for 17 and 18 January 2011 under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 21,673003 %.
The issue of import licences in respect of amounts applied for as from 24 January 2011 shall be suspended for January 2011.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 17 July 1987
amending Decision 87/305/EEC of 26 May 1987 setting up an advisory committee on the opening-up of public procurement
(87/560/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the Commission, in its Decision of 87/305/EEC (1) has set up an advisory committee on the opening-up of public procurement with the task of assisting it in the economic, technical, legal and social aspects of public procurement;
Whereas the number of members constituting the committee was initially fixed at a maximum of 24, as provided in Article 3 of the abovementioned Decision;
Whereas the number of members originally fixed is proving insufficient to enable the Committee to carry out its task effectively, particularly the assessment of the social dimension of public procurement, and there is, therefore, ground for enlarging it,
Article 3 of Decision 87/305/EEC is replaced by the following text:
'The Committee shall comprise 25 members at most'.
This Decision shall take effect on 17 July 1987.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2853/89
of 22 September 1989
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on other made-up textile articles, woven, products of category 112 (order No 40.1120), originating in Hong Kong to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of those Annexes;
Whereas Article 12 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of other made-up textile articles, woven, products of category 112 (order No 40.1120), the relevant ceiling amounts to 6 tonnes;
Whereas on 11 September 1989 imports of the products in question into the Community originating in Hong Kong, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Hong Kong,
As from 26 September 1989 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Hong Kong:
1.2.3.4 //  //  //  //  // Order No  // Category (Unit)  // CN code   // Description  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  // 40.1120   // 112 (tonnes)  // 6307 20 00 ex 6307 90 99  // Other made-up textile articles, woven, excluding those of categories 113 and 114  //    //   //   //
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 29 May 1996 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in the United Kingdom of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (Only the English text is authentic) (96/353/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Commission Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas by virtue of Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11 December 1991 establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines (3), establishment of antigen banks is part of the Community's action to create Community reserves of foot-and-mouth vaccine;
Whereas Article 3 of that Decision designates the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in the United Kingdom as an antigen bank holding Community reserves;
Whereas the functions and duties of these antigen banks are specified in Article 4 of that Decision; whereas Community assistance must be conditional on accomplishment of these;
Whereas Community financial assistance should be granted to these banks to enable them to carry out the said functions and duties;
Whereas for budgetary reasons the Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year;
Whereas for supervisory purposes Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on financing of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (5), should apply;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Community shall grant the United Kingdom financial assistance for the stocking of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine.
The Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in the United Kingdom shall hold the stock of antigen to which Article 1 relates. The provisions of Article 4 of Council Decision 91/666/EEC shall apply.
The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of ECU 60 000 for the period 1 August 1995 to 31 July 1996.
The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:
- 70 % by way of an advance at the United Kingdom's request,
- the balance following presentation by the United Kingdom of supporting documents, which demonstrate the effective completion of the tasks. These documents must be presented before 1 October 1996.
Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
20.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 242/8
COUNCIL DECISION
of 12 September 2011
on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in Romania
(2011/547/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (1), in particular Article 25 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA (2), in particular Article 20 and Chapter 4 of the Annex thereto,
Whereas:
(1) According to the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties.
(2) Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is applicable and the Council must unanimously decide whether the Member States have implemented the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision.
(3) Article 20 of Decision 2008/616/JHA provides that decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision 2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With respect to automated data exchange in accordance with Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot run.
(4) According to Chapter 4, point 1.1, of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data category.
(5) Romania has completed the questionnaire on data protection and the questionnaire on Vehicle Registration Data (VRD).
(6) A successful pilot run has been carried out by the Netherlands with Romania.
(7) An evaluation visit has taken place in Romania and a report on the evaluation visit has been produced by the Belgian/Dutch evaluation team and forwarded to the relevant Council Working Group.
(8) An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning VRD has been presented to the Council,
For the purposes of automated searching of Vehicle Registration Data (VRD), Romania has fully implemented the general provisions on data protection of Chapter 6 of Decision 2008/615/JHA and is entitled to receive and supply personal data pursuant to Article 12 of that Decision as from the date of the entry into force of this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
COMMISSION DECISION of 19 July 1995 on  additional financial aid from the Community for the work of the Laboratoire des médicaments  vétérinaires, Fougères, France, a Community reference laboratory for residue testing (95/306/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary  field  (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC  (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Whereas under Article 1 (b) of Council Decision 91/664/EEC of 11 December 1991 designating the  Community reference laboratories for testing certain substances for residues  (3) the Laboratoire  des médicaments vétérinaires, Fougères, France has been designated as the reference laboratory for  the residues referred to in Annex I, group A.III. (a), of Council Directive 86/469/EEC  (4) with  the exception of sulphonamides;
Whereas all the tasks to be performed by the reference laboratory are defined in Article 1 of  Council Decision 89/187/EEC of 6 March 1989 determining the powers and conditions of operation of  the Community reference laboratories provided for by Directive 86/469/EEC concerning the  examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues  (5);
Whereas in accordance with Commission Decision 93/461/EEC  (6) a contract has been concluded  between the European Community and the Laboratoire des médicaments vétérinaires; whereas by  Commission Decision 94/490/EC  (7) the Community granted additional financial aid for one year;  whereas the original contract should again be extended and additional financial aid granted to  enable the reference laboratory to continue to perform the functions and tasks referred to in  Decision 89/187/EEC;
Whereas the Community financial aid is provided for an additional one-year period; whereas this  will be reviewed, with a view to an extension, before the end of that period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Community shall make a second grant of additional financial aid  amounting to not more than ECU 400  000 to the Laboratoire des médicaments vétérinaires, a  reference laboratory designated in Article 1 of Decision 91/664/EEC.
1.  For the purposes of Article 1, the contract referred to in Decision 93/461/EEC is  hereby extended for a second period of one year.
2.  The Director-General for Agriculture is hereby authorized to sign the amendment to the contract  in the name of the Commission of the European Communities.
3.  The financial aid provided for in Article 1 shall be paid to the reference laboratory in  accordance with the procedure set out in the contract referred to in Decision 93/461/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 630/2003
of 8 April 2003
setting, for the 2002/2003 marketing year, the amounts to be paid to producer organisations and associations thereof recognised under Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001(2), and in particular Article 20d(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 20d(1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides for a percentage of production aid to be withheld to help finance the work of recognised producer organisations and associations thereof. For the 1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 marketing years that percentage is 0,8 %.
(2) Article 21(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 of 30 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 marketing years(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2383/2002(4), provides that the unit amounts to be paid to producer organisations and associations thereof are to be fixed on the basis of forecasts of the overall sum to be distributed. The funds that will become available in each Member State as a result of the amount withheld as referred to above must be suitably distributed among those eligible.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
For the 2002/2003 marketing year, the amounts provided for in Article 21(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 shall be as follows:
- for Spain: EUR 4,5 and EUR 2,2 respectively,
- for Portugal: EUR 0,0 and EUR 5,5 respectively,
- for Greece: EUR 2,0 and EUR 2,0 respectively,
- for France: EUR 0,0 and EUR 0,0 respectively,
- for Italy: EUR 2,0 and EUR 2,2 respectively.
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.