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Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/2002
of 17 April 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 18 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 19 March 1990
approving the draft measures for implementation in Spain of Article 3b of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(90/151/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3880/89 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3b (1) thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned provision stipulates that the Member States are to notify to the Commission the draft national measures they contemplate adopting for the implementation of the said Article 3b and that these must first be approved by the Commission;
Whereas the draft measures notified by Spain on 22 February 1990 should be approved,
The draft national measures for implementation in Spain of Article 3b of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84, which provide for assignment of an additional reference quantity to young farmers practising farming as their main activity whose individual reference quantities are less than or equal to 60 000 kilograms and of a special reference quantity of 60 000 kilograms to producers newly installed, are hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 273/81 of 30 January 1981 adjusting the common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 on the common organization of the markets in fishery products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3443/80 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish were laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/79 (4);
Whereas application of these standards should have the effect of keeping products of unsatisfactory quality off the market and facilitating trade relations based on fair competition, thus helping to improve the profitability of production;
Whereas, under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/76, these standards may be adjusted to take account of the requirements of production techniques ; whereas changes have been noted especially in respect of redfish and sardines ; whereas, therefore, the sizing of these products should be adjusted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 is hereby amended as follows in respect of redfish and sardines:
(1) OJ No L 20, 28.1.1976, p. 1.  (2) OJ No L 359, 31.12.1980, p. 13.  (3) OJ No L 20, 28.1.1976, p. 29.  (4) OJ No L 343, 31.12.1979, p. 22.   >PIC FILE= "T0020147">
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 February 1981.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1126/1999
of 28 May 1999
fixing, for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 411/97, the ceiling for Community financial assistance granted to producer organisations setting up operational funds for 1998
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/97 of 3 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial assistance(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1013/1999(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
(1) Whereras Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 857/1999(4), provides for the granting of Community financial assistance to producer organisations setting up operational funds; whereas paragraph 5 of that Article provides that up to 1999, that financial assistance is to be capped at 4 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation, provided that the total financial assistance represents less than 2 % of the total turnover of all producer organisations; whereas, as from 1999, that 4 % will be increased to 4,5 % and the percentage of the total turnover will rise from 2 % to 2,5 %;
(2) Whereas, according to information forwarded to the Commission by the Member States pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 411/97, the financial assistance applied for in respect of 1998 by producer organisations amounts to EUR 264,40 million against a total turnover of all producer organisations of EUR 11893,95 million; whereas the ceiling for the abovementioned Community financial assistance should therefore be set at 2,9180 % of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation,
The Community financial assistance provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 shall be capped at 2,9180 % of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation for aid applications in respect of 1998.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2428/93 of 1 September 1993 fixing depreciation percentages to be applied when agricultural products are bought in, for the 1994 financial year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down the general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)  No 1571/93 (2) and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas, under Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, systematic depreciation of public intervention agricultural products must take place when they are bought in, and whereas accordingly the Commission determines the depreciation percentage for each  product concerned before the beginning of each year and whereas such percentage shall not exceed the difference between the buying-in price and the foreseeable disposal price for each of these products;
Whereas, under Article 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, the Commission may, at its discretion, restrict depreciation at the time of buying into a proportion of this depreciation percentage, but such proportion may not be less than 70 %; whereas,  coefficients to be applied also for the 1994 financial year by the intervention agencies to the monthly buying-in values of products should be fixed, to enable the agencies to establish the depreciation amounts;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
In respect of the products listed in the Annex, which, having been bought in by public intervention have entered store or been taken over by the intervention agencies between 1 October 1993 and 30 September 1994, the authorities shall  depreciate their value to account for the difference between the buying in prices and the foreseeable selling prices of the relevant products.
To establish the amount of the depreciation, the intervention agencies shall apply to the values of the products bought every month in the coefficients set out in the Annex.
The expenditure amounts determined in this way shall be notified to the Commission under the declarations established pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2776/88 (3).
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 October 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4147/88  of 21 December 1988  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 as regards the fixing of quantities of cheeses imported from Norway
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1109/88 (2), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof,
Whereas, under the new Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concluded between the Community and Norway on 21 December 1988 (3), annual tariff quotas were fixed for the Community and Norway for 1989, 1990 and 1991; whereas the entry opposite  Norway in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 of 1 July 1982 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3852/88 (5), should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk products,
Point (s) in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 is hereby replaced by the following:
CN code   Description of goods   Country  of origin   Import levy in ECU  per 100 kg net weight  unless specified  otherwise        Â´(s) ex 0406 90 39  ex 0406 90 89   - Jarlsberg, with a minimum fat content of 45 % by weight in the dry matter and a dry matter content of at least 56 %, matured for at least three months:
Norway   55,00   - Whole cheeses with rind, from 8 to 12 kg     - In rectangular blocks with a net weight of not more than 7 kg (4)     - Pieces packed in vacuum or in inert gas, with a net weight of not less than 150 g and not more than 1 kg (4)     - Ridder,  with a minimum fat content of 60 % by weight, in the dry matter, matured for at least four weeks:     - Whole cheeses with rind, from 1 to 2 kg     - Pieces packed in vacuum or in inert gas, with rind on at least one side, with a net weight of at least  150 g (4)     Originating from Norway, subject to an annual tariff quota of:     - 2 020 tonnes for 1989,     - 2 020 tonnes for 1990,     - 2 020 tonnes for 1991.'         Article 2   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 January 1989.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 119/96 of 22 January 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84 authorizing the offer for disposal for direct human consumption of certain imported wines which may have undergone oenological processes not provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 73 (1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 70 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 provides that the products referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) and (b) of that Regulation may only be imported if accompanied by a certificate attesting that they comply with the provisions on production, release for free circulation and, where appropriate, disposal for direct human consumption applying in the third country in which they originate;
Whereas Article 73 (1) of that Regulation stipulates that if the imported products in question have undergone oenological practices not allowed by Community rules or do not comply with the provisions of that Regulation or of those adopted pursuant thereto, they may not, except by way of a derogation, be offered or disposed of for direct human consumption; whereas the Council derogated from this principle by Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84 (2); whereas this derogation expires on 31 December 1995; whereas, so that consultations can continue between the Community and the third country concerned with a view to an agreement on this matter, the term of validity of the derogation should be extended until the end of 1996,
In the second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1873/84, the date '31 December 1995` is hereby replaced by '31 December 1996`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply as from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
19.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 99/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 598/2005
of 18 April 2005
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export to certain third countries of wholly milled and parboiled long grain rice B issued in Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004 (2).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75 (3), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 14(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) 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 submitted from 11 to 14 April 2005 in response to the invitation to tender for the export refund on wholly milled and parboiled long grain rice B to certain third countries issued in Regulation (EC) No 2032/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 906/98 of 27 April 1998 laying down general rules for the import of olive oil originating in Tunisia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 3 of Protocol 1 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, signed on 17 July 1995, provides for customs duty of ECU 7,81 per 100 kg on imports into the Community between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999 of 46 000 tonnes per marketing year of untreated olive oil of CN code 1509 10 10 or 1509 10 90 wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported directly from that country to the Community;
Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 447/97 (1), the Council provides for special measures applicable to the import of olive oil originating in Tunisia until the entry into force of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement signed with Tunisia; whereas, since that Agreement comes into force on 1 March 1998, the said Regulation should be formally repealed;
Whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 2004/97 (2), the Council provided for certain implementing rules concerning the special arrangements for the import of olive oil originating in Tunisia which are no longer applicable now that the said Euro-Mediterranean Agreement has come into force; whereas therefore the said Regulation should be formally repealed;
Whereas the supply forecast for the Community market in olive oil indicates that this quantity can be absorbed without risk of market disturbance if imports are not concentrated in a short period of the marketing year; whereas therefore, for the sake of efficient operation of the quota arrangements, their management should be entrusted to the Commission,
1. The quota of 46 000 tonnes per marketing year of untreated olive oil of CN code 1509 10 10 or 1509 10 90, wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported directly from that country to the Community, to which a customs duty of ECU 7,81 per 100 kg applies, shall be opened and managed by the Commission in line with arrangements adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats (3).
2. Import licences issued under Regulation (EC) No 447/96 for the 1997/1998 marketing year shall be valid for the quota referred to in paragraph 1 for the same period.
Regulation (EC) No 447/96 and Regulation (EC) No 2004/97 are hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 March 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2124/96 of 5 November 1996 providing for the determination and the administration of the agricultural component for certain goods originating in Latvia resulting from the processing of certain agricultural products referred to in the Annexes to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1) and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof,
Whereas Protocol 2 of the Agreement on free trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia of the other part (2) provides for reductions of the agricultural components for certain goods referred to in Annex I to the said Protocol within the limits of the quotas fixed in Annex II to the same Protocol;
Whereas goods falling within CN codes 1806 31 00 and 1806 32 10 originating in Latvia qualify for a reduced agricultural component upon import into the Community, whereas quotas should be opened accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex II,
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1996, goods originating in Latvia which are listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be subject to a reduced agricultural component within the limits of the annual quotas set out therein.
2. The quotas referred to in the Annex to this Regulation shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 (3) establishing the detailed rules for implementing the preferential trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, as provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93.
In Part 1 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1913/96 (4) laying down the reduced agricultural components and additional duties applicable from 1 July to 31 December 1996 to the importation into the Community of goods covered by Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 under agreements with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the following lines are inserted.
'1806 30 10 (*),
1806 32 10 (*)`.
The reduced agricultural components referred to in Article 1 shall be those set out in Regulation (EC) No 1913/96.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
24.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 274/20
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 August 2004
on the inventory of wine production potential presented by the Czech Republic pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999
(notified under document number C(2004) 3154)
(Only the Czech text is authentic)
(2004/611/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 23(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) As a prior condition for access to the increase in planting rights and support for restructuring and conversion, Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 provides for the compilation of an inventory of wine production potential by the Member State concerned. The inventory must be presented in accordance with Article 16 of that Regulation.
(2) Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000 of 31 May 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine as regards production potential (2) details how the information included in the inventory is to be presented.
(3) By letter dated 13 April 2004, the Czech Republic sent the Commission the information referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000. Examination of this information shows that the Czech Republic has compiled the inventory.
(4) This Decision does not entail recognition by the Commission of the accuracy of the information contained in the inventory or of the compatibility of the legislation referred to in the inventory with Community law. It is without prejudice to any future Commission decision on these points.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The Commission notes that the Czech Republic has compiled the inventory of wine production potential in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic.