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COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 1996 amending Decision 80/862/EEC authorizing the Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC, in respect of potato breeding material (Text with EEA relevance) (96/713/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 96/14/EC (2), and in particular Article 14 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by the Member States,
Whereas, in principle, pursuant to Directive 77/93/EEC, potato material intended for planting, other than tubers, may not be introduced into any Member State and potato tubers intended for planting may only be introduced into the Member States where they belong to officially accepted varieties or to advance selections;
Whereas, in the Member States, there is a need to import potato material, including tubers, for work on varietal selection, or for gene conservation or official scientific research purposes;
Whereas the Commission has established that, on the basis of the information currently available, there is, under such circumstances, no risk of spreading harmful organisms provided that certain special technical conditions are satisfied;
Whereas by Decision 80/862/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 96/7/EC (4), the Commission has already granted such a derogation to the Member States for a period which expires on 31 December 1996;
Whereas no information has been received in the meantime giving cause for the derogation to be restricted to the abovementioned period;
Whereas there is, however, new information necessitating a modification of the list of harmful organisms to be tested for;
Whereas the Member States should therefore be authorized to provide for derogations in respect of potato breeding material for a further period;
Whereas the authorization will be extended unless new information gives cause for its revision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Decision 80/862/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 1 (2) (d) second sub-indent of the third indent, point '(i) Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith` is added after point (h).
2. In the first sentence of Article 2, '1996` is replaced by '1997`.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 6 August 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Nicolet - High Speed Signal Averager, model 1174, with accessories' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/586/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 16 March 1982, the United Kingdom has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Nicolet - High Speed Signal Averager, model 1174, with accessories', ordered on 3 February 1982 and to be used in the measurement of free calcium in muscle fibres during relaxation, should be considered as a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 2 July 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a signal analyzer; whereas it does not have the requisite objective characterstics making it specifically suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for non-scientific activities; whereas its use in the case in question could not alone confer upon it the character of a scientific apparatus; whereas it therefore cannot be regarded as a scientific apparatus; whereas the duty-free admission of the apparatus in question is therefore not justified,
The apparatus described as 'Nicolet - High Speed Signal Averager, model 1174, with accessories', which is subject of an application by the United Kingdom of 16 March 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
24.5.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 130/17
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 May 2005
amending Decision 2004/233/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores
(notified under document number C(2005) 1439)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/392/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision 2000/258/EC designated the laboratory of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments de Nancy (the AFSSA Laboratory, Nancy, France) as the institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines. That Decision also provides for the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy to send to the Commission the list of Community laboratories to be authorised to carry out those serological tests. Accordingly, the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy operates the established proficiency testing procedure to appraise laboratories for authorisation to perform the serological tests.
(2) Commission Decision 2004/233/EC of 4 March 2004 authorising laboratories to check the effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores (2), established a list of approved laboratories in the Member States on the grounds of the results of the proficiency tests communicated by the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy.
(3) Five laboratories, respectively in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary had been approved by the AFSSA Laboratory of Nancy, in compliance with Decision 2000/258/EC.
(4) Accordingly, it is appropriate to add those five laboratories to the list of approved laboratories in the Member States as established in the Annex to Decision 2004/233/EC.
(5) Decision 2004/233/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) 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 2004/233/EC is replaced by the the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2480/2001
of 17 December 2001
determining the quantity available for the first half of 2002 for certain products in the milk and milk products sector under the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia, and in the Agreements on free trade between the Community and the Baltic States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 of 15 December 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia, and the Agreements on free trade between the Community and the Baltic States(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2856/2000(4), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
Whereas:
In application of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1529/2001(5), determining the extent to which applications for import licences for the said products lodged in July 2001 can be accepted, applications for import licences lodged for the products referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 concern quantities less than those available. Therefore, the quantity available for the period 1 January to 30 June 2002 should be fixed for each product,
The quantity available for the period 1 January to 30 June 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2508/97, shall be as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
8.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 320/24
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1991/2005
of 7 December 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 1166/2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of maize held by the French intervention agency
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 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1166/2005 (2) was amended in order to extend the closing date for tenders until 28 June 2006.
(2) In the context of this extension, however, the weeks from 26 October 2005 when no invitation to tender will be made were not specified. Tenders could thus be lodged in good faith by traders during those weeks, although no Management Committee meetings are scheduled.
(3) It is necessary, therefore, to exclude the weeks up to 28 June 2006 during which no invitation to tender will be made.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1166/2005 should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1166/2005 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 15.00 (Brussels time), with the exception of 3 August 2005, 17 August 2005, 31 August 2005, 28 December 2005, 12 April 2006 and 24 May 2006, i.e. weeks when no invitation to tender shall be made.’
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.
24.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 249/18
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 September 2005
declaring operational the Regional Advisory Council for the North-Western Waters under the common fisheries policy
(2005/668/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2004/585/EC of 19 July 2004 establishing Regional Advisory Councils under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation transmitted by Ireland on 27 June 2005 on behalf of Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (2) and Decision 2004/585/EC provide the framework for the establishment and operation of Regional Advisory Councils.
(2) Article 2 of Decision 2004/585/EC establishes a Regional Advisory Council to cover the North-Western Waters in International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) areas (3) V (excluding Va and only EC waters in Vb), VI and VII.
(3) In accordance with Article 3(1) of Decision 2004/585/EC, representatives of the fisheries sector and other interests groups submitted a request concerning the operation of that Regional Advisory Council to Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.
(4) As required by Article 3(2) of Decision 2004/585/EC, the Member States concerned determined whether the application concerning the Regional Advisory Council for the North-Western Waters was in conformity with the provisions laid down in that Decision. On 27 June 2005, the Member States concerned transmitted a recommendation on that Regional Advisory Council to the Commission.
(5) The Commission has evaluated the application by the interested parties and the recommendation in the light of Decision 2004/585/EC and the aims and principles of the common fisheries policy, and considers that the Regional Advisory Council for the North-Western Waters is ready to become operational,
The Regional Advisory Council for the North-Western Waters, established by Article 2(1)(d) of Decision 2004/585/EC, shall be operational as from 26 September 2005.
5.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 59/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 379/2005
of 4 March 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 1168/1999 laying down marketing standards for plums
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), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 537/2004 of 23 March 2004 adapting several regulations concerning the market of fresh fruit and vegetables by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (2) added several varieties to the non-exhaustive list of large-fruited varieties of Prunus domestica by replacing the Appendix to the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1168/1999 (3). However, the new Appendix does not contain the non-exhaustive list of large-fruited varieties of Prunus salicina it included before the amendment, following the recommendation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to distinguish between varieties of Prunus domestica and those of Prunus salicina. In the interest of transparency on the world market, that list should be re-established.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1168/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
The Appendix to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1168/1999 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/2003
of 28 October 2003
amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1110/2003(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1817/2003(5).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1817/2003,
Annexes I and II to the amended Regulation (EC) No 1817/2003 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2790/95 of 1  December 1995 providing for the partial release of minimum stocks in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of  the markets in the sugar sector  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1101/95  (2), and in  particular Article 12 (3) thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure normal supplies to the Community as a whole or to one of its areas,  there is a standing obligation, in the European territories of the Community, for minimum stocks to  be maintained by each sugar producing undertaking or sugar refinery;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 of 30 June 1981 laying down general rules  concerning the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector  (3), fixed the level of minimum stocks  to be held, as the case may be, at 5  % of the actual production within the A quota or 5  % of the  quantity of sugar refined during the 12 months preceding the month in question; whereas, pursuant  to these provisions, this percentage has been brought down in turn to 3  % and to 0  % until 30  November 1995 in order to ensure normal supplies to the Community pending the arrival of the new  production of the 1995/96 marketing year;
Whereas to permit such normal supplies to be better ensured at the appropriate time throughout the  marketing year in all the regions of the Community, particularly those situated in the south where  production is more forward, the minimum stocks should be brought down to the level of 3  %;
Whereas the said percentage should be applied in the place of the abovementioned 5  % from 1  December 1995 onwards on account in particular of the monthly system for establishing stocks held  by undertakings;
Whereas the measured provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Sugar,
The percentages referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1 of  Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 are hereby reduced to 3  % during the period from 1 December 1995 to 30  November 1996.
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 112/2002
of 23 January 2002
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), 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 24 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
24.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 138/12
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 May 2013
on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in Bulgaria
(2013/230/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) Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria with the Netherlands.
(7) An evaluation visit has taken place in Bulgaria 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), Bulgaria 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 day of the entry into force of this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.