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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1620/94 of 4 July 1994 amending and correcting Regulations (EEC) No 1913/92 and (EEC) No 2255/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for supplying the Azores and Madeira with products  from the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures for the Azores and Madeira concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1974/93 (2), and in particular
Article 10
thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 provides for the establishment, for the beef and veal sector and for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995, of the quantities of the specific supply balances for the Azores and Madeira with beef and veal, male  bovines for fattening and pure-bred breeding animals;
Whereas the quantities of the forecast supply balances for those products were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 577/94 (4), and by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2255/92 (5), as last amended by  Regulation (EEC) No 2139/93 (6);
Whereas, pending further information to be supplied by the competent authorities, and in order to guarantee continuity of the specific supply arrangements, the balance laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 should be adopoted for a period  limited to three months on the basis of the quantities determined for the 1993/94 marketing year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
1. Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
2. Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2255/92 is hereby replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
3. Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 1913/92 is hereby replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1652/2001
of 14 August 2001
on the authorisation of transfers between the quantitative limits of textiles and clothing products originating in Taiwan
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 47/1999 of 22 December 1998 on the arrangements for imports of certain textile products originating in Taiwan(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1556/1999(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Taiwan made a request on 9 May 2001.
(2) The transfers requested by Taiwan fall within the limits of the flexibility provisions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 47/1999.
(3) It is appropriate to grant the request.
(4) It is desirable that this Regulation enters into force the day after its publication in order to allow operators to benefit from it as soon as possible.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee provided for in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93(3),
Transfers between the quantitative limits for textile goods originating in Taiwan are authorised for the quota year 2001 as detailed 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.
9.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 4/61
COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE 2014/9/EU
of 18 October 2013
amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead and cadmium in metallic bonds creating superconducting magnetic circuits in MRI, SQUID, NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) or FTMS (Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer) detectors
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2011/65/EU prohibits the use of lead and of cadmium in electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market.
(2) The existing exemption No 12 only covers MRI and SQUID detectors but an exemption is needed also for sub-category 9 industrial applications.
(3) The substitution or elimination of lead and cadmium is currently not possible in MRI, SQUID, NMR and FTMS detectors.
(4) Time is required for reliability testing and qualification of alternative solutions.
(5) Directive 2011/65/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the last day of the sixth month after entry into force at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1530/2000
of 13 July 2000
altering, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the adjustment aid and additional aid to the sugar refining industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular Article 43(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides that during the 1995/96 to 2000/01 marketing years adjustment aid of EUR 0,10 per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar is to be granted as an intervention measure to the Community industry refining imported preferential raw cane sugar. Under those provisions, additional aid equal to that amount is to be granted during the same period for the refining of raw cane sugar produced in the French overseas departments.
(2) Article 43(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides that the adjustment aid and the additional aid referred to above shall be altered in respect of a given marketing year in the light of the storage levy fixed for that year and previous adjustments. The storage levy for the 2000/01 marketing year was fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1434/2000(2) at EUR 2 per 100 kilograms of white sugar. That amount is equal to that applicable for the 1999/2000 marketing year. After taking into account previous adjustments, the amount of these aids should consequently be fixed for the 2000/01 marketing year at EUR 2,92 per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The amounts of the adjustment aid and the additional aid referred to respectively in Article 43(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 shall be fixed at EUR 2,92 per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar for the 2000/01 marketing year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
30.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 346/17
COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 December 2011
amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
(2011/900/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(3), first and fourth subparagraphs, of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaties provides that, until 31 October 2014, when an act is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, and if a member of the Council so requests, it must be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union calculated according to the population figures set out in Article 1 of Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure (hereinafter ‘Rules of Procedure’).
(2) Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year, must amend the figures set out in Article 1 of that Annex.
(3) The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for 2012,
Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
For the purposes of implementing Article 16(5) of the TEU and Article 3(3) and (4) of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaties, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012 shall be as follows:
Member State Population
Germany 81 751,6
France 65 075,4
United Kingdom 62 435,7
Italy 60 626,4
Spain 46 152,9
Poland 38 200,0
Romania 21 413,8
Netherlands 16 655,8
Greece 11 325,9
Belgium 10 918,4
Portugal 10 637,0
Czech Republic 10 532,8
Hungary 9 985,7
Sweden 9 415,6
Austria 8 404,3
Bulgaria 7 504,9
Denmark 5 560,6
Slovakia 5 435,3
Finland 5 375,3
Ireland 4 480,9
Lithuania 3 244,6
Latvia 2 229,6
Slovenia 2 050,2
Estonia 1 340,2
Cyprus 804,4
Luxembourg 511,8
Malta 417,6
Total 502 486,7
Threshold (62 %) 311 541,8’
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
26.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 194/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1196/2005
of 22 July 2005
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 Community provisions, 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.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that, subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of 60 days 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 good 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.
Subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, 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 60 days, 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.
14.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 330/17
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1303/2011
of 9 December 2011
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 Customs Code Committee has not issued an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
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.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1542/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing the basic price and buying-in prices  applicable in the fruit and vegetables sector for the 1995/96 marketing year
THE  COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
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), and in particular Article 16 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 975/95 (2) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/95 of  29 May 1995 fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices of certain fruit and vegetables for the  months of May and June 1995 (3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (5),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (6),
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, a basic price and a buying-in  price are to be fixed for each marketing year for each of the products listed in Annex II to the  said Regulation: whereas, in accordance with Article 1 (3) of the above Regulation, the marketing  years for the products in question are as follows:
- for tomatoes and aubergines, from 1 January to 31 December,
- for apricots, from 1 May to 31 August,
- for peaches and nectarines, from 1 May to 31 October,
- for cauliflowers and table grapes, from 1 May to 30 April,
- for lemons and pears, from 1 June to 31 May,
- for apples, from 1 July to 30 June,
- for mandarins, satsumas and clementines, from 1 October to 15 May,
- for oranges, from 1 October to 15 July;
Whereas, however, pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No  1035/72, no basic price or buying-in price need be fixed for the slack marketing periods at the  beginning and at the end of the marketing year;
Whereas, when the basic and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables are fixed, account has to be  taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy; whereas the objectives of the common  agricultural policy are, in particular, to guarantee a fair standard of living for the farming  community and to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable  prices;
Whereas the basic prices must be fixed by reference to the trend in the average prices recorded  during the three previous years on the most representative producer markets within the Community  for a product of defined commercial characteristics, such as variety or type, quality class, size  and packaging; whereas the buying-in prices must be fixed by reference to the basic price in  accordance with Article 16 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72,
The basic and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables for the  1995/96 marketing year, the periods during which they apply and the standard qualities to which  they refer shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
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 2853/91  of 27 September 1991  setting the amount of the payment on account of the cost of disposal of certain distillation products for 1992
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation 1734/91 (2), and in particular Article 37 (2) thereof;
Whereas, as regards alcohol from distillation as referred to in Article 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) is to bear only the costs arising from its disposal; whereas the amount of the  payment on account of the cost of disposal of the products must be fixed having regard to depreciation in a way similar to that by which alcohol from distillation as referred to in Article 39 of that Regulation is depreciated;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee,
The amount of the payment on account of the cost of disposal of the products of distillation under Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 shall be determined by application of a coefficient to the value of purchase made by  intervention agencies.
For the 1992 financial year this coefficient shall be 0,75.
The expenditure amounts determined in this way shall be notified to the Commission under the declaration established pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2776/88 of the Commission (1).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable from 1 October 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
20.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 849/2007
of 19 July 2007
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 20 July 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2003
of 4 September 2003
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the fourth partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 of 18 July 2003 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(3), for the 2003/2004 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the fourth partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the fourth partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 the maximum amount of the export refund to certain third countries is fixed at 50,351 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 September 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.