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25.1.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 21/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 115/2006
of 23 January 2006
on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 in conjunction with Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) Under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles (2), the two parties conducted negotiations to determine the amendments or additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol thereto.
(2) As a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol defining for the period 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011 the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in that Agreement was initialled on 23 September 2004.
(3) It is in the Community's interest to approve that Protocol.
(4) The scale for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing opportunities under the Fisheries Agreement,
The Protocol setting out, for the period from 18 January 2005 to 17 January 2011, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (3).
The fishing opportunities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
Spain : 22 vessels
France : 17 vessels
Italy : 1 vessel
Spain : 2 vessels
France : 5 vessels
Portugal : 5 vessels
If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.
Member States whose vessels fish under the Protocol are obliged to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock taken in the Seychelles fishing zone in accordance with the arrangements laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third-country waters and on the high seas (4).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
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.
10.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 158/72
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 518/2013
of 13 May 2013
adapting Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 50 of the Act of Accession of Croatia, where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in that Act of Accession or its Annexes, the Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall, to this end, adopt the necessary acts, if the original act was not adopted by the Commission.
(2) The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession of Croatia indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of Union law.
(3) In view of the accession of Croatia to the Union, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (1) which defines zones composed of Member States with comparable agricultural, plant health and environmental (including climatic) conditions, in particular in order to facilitate the examination of applications and granting of authorisations of plant protection products in the Union and the mutual recognition of authorisations, should be amended. Croatia should be added to the list of Member States belonging to the Southern zone since the agricultural, plant health and environmental conditions in Croatia are comparable to those in Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Portugal.
(4) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 594/95 of 17 March 1995 laying down a transitional measure regarding the total acidity content of the table wine produced in Spain and Portugal and released to the markets in those Member States for 1995
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (1), and in particular Article 90 thereof, the period of application of which was extended to 31 December 1995 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 4007/87 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 497/95 (3),
Whereas table wine must have a total acidity content, expressed as tartaric acid, of not less than 4,5 grams per litre in accordance with point 13 of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (4), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and in particular Article 56 (4) thereof, whereas Article 127 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal lays down that, until 31 December 1990, table wine produced in Spain and released to the Spanish market may have a total acidity content of not less than 3,5 grams per litre; whereas the conditions justifying this derogation are connected, in addition to the climatic conditions, with the structure of winegrowing, change in which is relatively slow; whereas the same conditions justify the measure's being extended to Portugal;
Whereas imbalance should be avoided on the markets for table wine in Spain and Portugal; whereas to that end provision should be made for a derogation for those regions as regards the total acidity content of table wine produced and released to the market on their territory; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/94 (5) provides for a derogation applying until 31 December 1994, whereas the period of application of that derogation should be extended for the same reasons until 31 December 1995;
Whereas there should be a gradual process of alignment with the total acidity content of table wine from the other Member States; whereas for that reason the derogation should be restricted to Part B of Regions 6 and 7 as provided for in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 343/94 (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Until 31 December 1995, table wine produced in Part B of Regions 6 and 7 as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 343/94 and released to the Spanish and Portuguese markets may have a total acidity content, expressed as tartaric acid, of not less than 3,5 grams per litre.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1208/2003
of 4 July 2003
fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the first invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1033/2003 and derogating therefrom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Tenders have been invited for certain quantities of beef fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1033/2003 of 17 June 2003 on periodical sales by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 of 4 October 1979 on detailed rules of application for the disposal of beef bought in by intervention agencies and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 216/69(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95(5), the minimum selling prices for meat put up for sale by tender should be fixed, taking into account tenders submitted.
(3) Given the particularities of the summer season, it is appropriate to extend the time limit of two months as referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1033/2003 for the taking over of the meat sold following tenders that were submitted until 23 June 2003 in accordance with Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1033/2003.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The minimum selling prices for beef for the first invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1033/2003 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 23 June 2003 are as set out in the Annex hereto.
By way of derogation from Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1033/2003, the time limit for taking over meat sold following tenders submitted until the date as stipulated in Article 2(1)(a) of that Regulation, shall be three months from the day of the notification referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
29.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1063/2004
of 28 May 2004
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector (2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in an adjustment of the import duties that have been fixed as from 27 May 2004 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1025/2004 (3) as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be adjusted in compliance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 and fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
REGULATION (EEC) No 1353/75 OF THE COMMISSION  of 28 May 1975  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70 on the procedure for granting the premium for leaf tobacco as regards the event giving entitlement to the premium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 (1) of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco, as last amended by the Act (2) concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof;
Whereas, according to Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 (3) of 30 July 1968 laying down rules for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 653/68 (4) on conditions for alterations to the value of the unit of account used for the common agricultural policy, sums owed by a Member State or a duly authorized body, expressed in national currency and representing amounts fixed in units of account, shall be paid on the basis of the relationship between the unit of account and the national currency which obtained at the time when the transaction or part transaction was carried out;
Whereas, according to Article 6 of the same Regulation, the time when a transaction is carried out shall be considered as being the date on which occurs the event, as defined by Community rules or, in the absence of and pending adoption of such rules, by the rules of the Member State concerned, which gives entitlement to the amount involved in the transaction;
Whereas Article 6 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) 1726/70 (5) of 25 August 1970 on the procedure for granting the premium for leaf tobacco, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 903/74 (6), stipulates that the right to the premium shall accrue as soon as the tobacco leaves the place in which it was under supervision ; whereas, consequently, the amount involved in the transaction immediately becomes due and payable within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 ; whereas it is therefore desirable to adopt, for the calculation of the amount of this premium in national currency, the conversion rate obtaining on the date when the tobacco leaves the place where it was under supervision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
The following text shall be added to Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1726/70:
"The event giving entitlement to the premium, within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68, shall be considered to have occurred on that date."
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.
10.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 207/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1301/2005
of 9 August 2005
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 10 August 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1907/1999
of 3 September 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 1755/1999 on the sale, at prices fixed in advance, of beef held by certain intervention agencies, with a view to its processing in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/98(2), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1755/1999(3) provides for a sale of intervention stocks held by certain intervention agencies; whereas the quantities stated in that Regulation should be amended to take account of the stocks already sold;
(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EC) No 1755/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in Article 1:
(a) the third indent is deleted;
(b) the fourth indent is replaced by the following:
"- 5000 tonnes of bone in beef held by the French intervention agency,";
(c) the fifth indent is replaced by the following:
"- 2000 tonnes of bone in beef held by the Spanish intervention agency,";
(d) the sixth indent is replaced by the following:
"- 3500 tonnes of deboned beef held by the Irish intervention agency,".
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
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.
15.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 252/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1354/2006
of 13 September 2006
establishing a prohibition of fishing for mackerel in ICES zone IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IIIb, c, d (EC waters), IV by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2006.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2006.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2006 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
13.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 327/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1466/2007
of 12 December 2007
establishing a prohibition of fishing for hake in ICES zones VIII c, IX and X; EC waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2007.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2007.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2007 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.