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10.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 36/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 117/2011
of 9 February 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 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 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 108/2011 (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 (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 February 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2333/83
of 11 August 1983
on the classification of goods falling within heading No 15.06 of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature, provisions must be laid down concerning the tariff classification of a product consisting of partly hydrolyzed pig fat, obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of gelatin from pigskin by the action of strong acids, with a free fatty acid content (calculated as oleic acid) of 10 % or more, and a peroxide index of about 5 or more;
Whereas heading No 15.01 of the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3000/82 (3), refers to lard, other pig fat and poultry fat rendered or solvent-extracted:
Whereas heading No 15.06 refers to animal oils and fats (including neat's-foot oil and fats from bones or waste);
Whereas the product in question, by reason of its production process, cannot be classified under heading No 15.01 and that it therefore falls within heading No 15.06;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
The product consisting of partly hydrolyzed pig fat, obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of gelatin from pigskin by the action of strong acids, with a free fatty acid content (calculated as oleic acid) of 10 % or more, and a peroxide index of about 5 or more, shall be classified in the Common Customs Tariff under heading No:
15.06 Other animal oils and fats (including neat's- foot oil and fats from bones or waste).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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 12 February 2001
amending Decision 98/488/EC establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community Eco-label to soil improvers
(notified under document number C(2001) 345)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/157/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July(1) on a revised Community Eco-label award scheme, and in particular Articles 3, 4 and 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides that the eco-label may be awarded to a product possessing characteristics which enable it to contribute significantly to improvements in relation to key environmental aspects.
(2) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides that specific Eco-label criteria shall be established according to product groups.
(3) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides that the review of the Eco-label criteria as well as of the assessment and verification requirements related to the criteria shall take place in due time before the end of the period of validity of the criteria specified for each product group and shall result in a proposal for prolongation, withdrawal or revision.
(4) By Decision 98/488/EC(2), the Commission established ecological criteria for the award of the Community Eco-label have been made for this product group.
(5) Several awards for the use of the community Eco-label have been made for this product group.
(6) It is appropriate to prolong the period of validity of the definition of the product group and the ecological criteria without change, for a period of eighteen months.
(7) The measures set out in this Decision have been developed and adopted under the procedures for the setting of Eco-label criteria ais laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000.
(8) The measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up under Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000,
Article 3 of Decision 98/488/EC shall be replaced by the following text:
"Article 3
The product group definition and the criteria for the product group shall be valid from 1 April 1998 until 30 September 2002."
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
1.4.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 86/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 275/2010
of 30 March 2010
implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the criteria for the evaluation of the quality of structural business statistics
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statistics (1), and in particular Article 11(2)(j) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 established a common framework for the collection, compilation, transmission and evaluation of European statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the European Union.
(2) For the purposes of comparing the benefits of the availability of the data with the costs of collection and the burden on business, especially on small enterprises, a quality evaluation should be carried out in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 295/2008. It is therefore necessary to establish the quality evaluation criteria and the key indicators.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
The criteria for the evaluation of quality and the contents of the quality reports to be provided by the Member States are laid down in the Annex.
The data and metadata supplied for quality reports shall be transmitted or uploaded in electronic format to the single entry point for data at the Commission (Eurostat) by any organisation designated by the national authorities. Transmission shall comply with an appropriate interchange standard specified by Eurostat.
The first quality report, for the data for the reference year 2008, shall be delivered by 31 March 2011. An extra 3 months for transmission of the quality reports for the reference year 2008 has been granted to Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania and the United Kingdom. Subsequent reports shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest 27 months after the end of the reference period for which the data were collected.
The Commission (Eurostat) shall evaluate the quality of the data transmitted and shall prepare and publish reports on the quality of European statistics.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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.
30.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 110/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 678/2005
of 29 April 2005
fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
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 organization of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 15(2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which application for an export licence is made must be applied on request to exports to be effected during the period of validity of the export licence. In this case, a corrective amount may be applied to the refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under 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) allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the malt referred to in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (3). That corrective amount must be calculated taking account of the factors referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(3) It follows from applying the provisions set out above that the corrective amount must be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The corrective amount referred to in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 which is applicable to export refunds fixed in advance in respect of malt shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 413/2002
of 5 March 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 6 March 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
13.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 302/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1120/2008
of 12 November 2008
setting the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 3 to 7 November 2008 for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Applications for import licences were submitted to the competent authorities in the period from 3 to 7 November 2008 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Council Regulation (EC) No 508/2007 of 7 May 2007 opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 (3), for a total quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity available for order number 09.4434.
(2) In these circumstances, the Commission should establish an allocation coefficient for licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available and/or inform the Member States that the limit established has been reached,
Licences shall be issued within the quantitative limits set in the Annex to this Regulation in respect of import licence applications submitted from 3 to 7 November 2008, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and/or Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 508/2007.
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.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2637/90
of 13 September 1990
determining the overrun in the Community maximum guaranteed area under cotton and the reduced aid for small cotton producers for the 1989/90 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 of 27 April 1990 instituting a system of aid in favour of small cotton producers (1), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (2) of the abovementioned Regulation, the Commission is to record any overrun in the Community maximum guaranteed area and is to determine the resulting reduction in the aid; whereas, on the basis of information received from the producer Member States, the Commission has recorded an overrun for the 1989/90 marketing year in the maximum guaranteed area determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2048/90 of 18 July 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of aid in favour of small cotton producers (2); whereas that overrun should therefore be determined and, using the formula laid down in Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2048/90, the reduced aid for that marketing year should be determined as indicated below,
For the marketing year, the overrun in the Community maximum guaranteed area under cotton referred to in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 shall be 773 hectares.
For the 1989/90 marketing year, the aid reduced pursuant to Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 shall be ECU 247,38 per hectare.
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 31 October 1991  amending Decision 90/644/EEC concerning the clearance of the accounts of the Member States in respect of the expenditure financed by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee  Fund for the financial exercise 1988  (91/583/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas by way of Decision 90/644/EEC (3) the Commission provisionally disallowed an amount of FF 446 472 537 relating to non-collection of the additional levy in the milk sector; whereas the Commission stated its readiness to re-examine this Decision  provided France produced proof capable of removing the doubts regarding the correct application of the scheme in question; whereas this proof has now been provided both by on-the-spot checks and by a new study of the statistics available; whereas the  amount specified during the 1988 clearance procedure can therefore be released;
Whereas, as regards export refunds granted on cereals and sugar, Decision 90/644/EEC disallowed the following amounts: DM 27 510 204 in the case of Germany; Fl 125 403 941 in the case of the Netherlands; FF 547 383 456 in the case of France and Dkr 45  027 353 in the case of Denmark; whereas the Commission, however, undertook to re-examine that Decision if the Member States concerned carried out a further check of the expenditure in question and supplied proof capable of removing the doubts regarding  the justification for the removing declared; whereas the subsequent investigation of exporting firms in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark did not reveal anomalies in the declaration; whereas the Community should therefore assume responsibility for  the amounts specified in the case of Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands; whereas it is not possible to reach a similar decision in the case of France, given the delays in the carrying out of this supplementary investigation in that Member State,
The Annex to Decision 90/644/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision as regards Denmark, Germany, France and the Netherlands.
1. The following amounts are repaid to Member States in the framework of advances effected for the 1991 exercice:
- for Denmark: Dkr 45 027 353,
- for Germany: DM 27 510 204,
- for France: FF 446 472 537,
- for the Netherlands: Fl 125 403 941.
2. The expenditure resulting from the present Decision is to be charged to Chapter B 1-37 of the budget.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3581/85
of 17 December 1985
amending, for the eighth time, Regulation (EEC) No 351/79 concerning the addition of alcohol to products in the wine sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3307/85 (2), and in particular Article 42 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pending the adoption of provisions supplementing or harmonizing the definitions of semi-sparkling wines and of products falling within heading No 22.06 of the Common Customs Tariff, provision should be made to extend by nine months the provisions referred to in Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 351/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3689/84 (4); whereas, moreover, experience has shown that no difficulty should arise following this extension,
In Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 351/79, '31 December 1985' is hereby replaced by '30 September 1986'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1324/84
of 11 May 1984
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on other regenerated cellulose, falling within subheading 39.03 B I b) and originating in Mexico to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C, other than those listed in column 4 of Annex A, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex A; whereas, as provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of other regenerated cellulose falling within subheading 39.03 B I b), the individual ceiling was fixed at 663 000 ECU; whereas, on 10 May 1984, imports of these products into the Community, originating in Mexico, reached that ceiling after being charged thereagainst;
Whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Mexico,
As from 18 May 1984, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Mexico:
1.2 //   //   // CCT heading No  // Description  //   //  // 39.03 B I b) (NIMEXE codes 39.03-08, 12, 14, 15)  // Regenerated cellulose, other  //   //
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.
6.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 2/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3/2009
of 5 January 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 1347/2008 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 January 2009
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 in respect of import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 January 2009 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1347/2008 (3).
(2) As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5/tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1347/2008.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1347/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1347/2008 are hereby replaced by the text 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.
It shall apply from 6 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.