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17.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 13/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 34/2009
of 16 January 2009
on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of January 2009 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultry meat
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 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 of 4 June 2007 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for poultry meat originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries (3), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of products in the poultry meat sector.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of January 2009 for the subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2009 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for.
The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for the subperiod 1 April to 30 June 2009 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2476/89
of 11 August 1989
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena and records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded phenomena falling within CN codes 8523 and 8524 originating in China to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 7 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 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 prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena and records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded phenomena falling within CN codes 8523 and 8524 the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 9 000 000; whereas, on 1 April 1989, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,
As from 25 August 1989, the levying of customs duties suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:
1.2.3 //  //  //  // Order No  // CN code   // Description  //  //  //  // 10.1053   // 8523   // Prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena, other than products of Chapter 37   //   // 8524  // Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded phenomena, including matrices and masters for the production of records, but excluding products of Chapter 37   //    //   //
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.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 265/86
of 4 February 1986
extending the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating in Japan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 of 23 July 1984 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 11 (5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 2865/85 (2), the Commission imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating in Japan;
Whereas an exporter representing a significant percentage of the trade involved has requested an extension of the period of validity of the provisional duty for a further period not exceeding two months;
Whereas this exporter has asserted that more time is required to enable it to submit to the Commission supplementary documentation necessary for the defence of its interests; whereas, given the particular circumstances, this request may be granted,
The period of validity of the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating in Japan, imposed by Regulation (EEC) No 2865/85, is hereby extended for a period not exceeding two months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Without prejudice to Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2176/84 and to any other Decision taken by the Council, it shall apply until the Council has adopted definitive measures or, at the latest, until the expiry of a period of two months beginning on 18 February 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 471/2001
of 8 March 2001
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss of income from marketing in the banana sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 216/2001(2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1467/1999(4), lays down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss of income from marketing in the banana sector. Article 7 of that Regulation sets out the timetable for submission of applications for advances on compensatory aid for bananas marketed during the two-month period preceding the month of application.
(2) This timetable currently allows for the possibility of paying five advances. To take account of cash-flow problems on the part of producers, pending the determination of the compensatory aid and the payment of the balance, provision should be made for the possibility of payment of a sixth advance for bananas marketed during the months of November and December.
(3) The necessary provisions should be adopted to this end and specific administrative arrangements should be laid down for aid for the year 2000.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,
Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 is replaced by the following:
"2. Applications shall be submitted:
(a) in the case of advances, at the latest on 30 March, 30 May, 30 July, 30 September and 30 November of the marketing year and at the latest on 30 January of the year following that in respect of which the aid is applied for, for bananas marketed during the two-month period preceding the month of application;
(b) in the case of payment of the balance of the aid, at the latest on 10 February of the year following that in respect of which the aid is applied for.
The balance shall comprise the adjustment to the amounts paid for bananas marketed during the periods referred to in point (a), on the basis of the definitive amount of aid.
In the case of the compensatory aid in respect of 2000, applications for advances for bananas marketed in November and December shall be submitted by 30 March 2001 and applications for payment of the balance shall be submitted by 11 April 2001."
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 15 February 2001
on the application of Council Directive 72/166/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability in relation to Cyprus
(notified under document number C(2001) 371)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/160/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/166/EEC of 24 April 1972 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure againsts such liability(1), as last amended by Directive 90/232/EEC(2) and in particular Articles 2(2) and 7(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The present relationships between the national insurers' bureaux of the Member States, Norway, Switzerland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Iceland, Slovenia and Croatia as defined in Article 1(3) of Directive 72/166/EEC ("bureaux"), which collectively provide for the practical means to abolish insurance inspection in the case of vehicles normally based in the territories of those countries, are governed by agreements supplementary to the Uniform Agreement on the Green Card System between national insurers' bureaux of 2 September 1951 ("Supplementary Agreements").
(2) The Commission subsequently adopted Decisions relating to the application of Directive 72/166/EEC requiring each Member State to refrain from making checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of vehicles which are normally based in the European territory of another Member State or in the territories of the non-member countries concerned and which are the subject of the supplementary agreements.
(3) The bureaux have reviewed and unified the texts of the supplementary agreements and replaced them by a single agreement ("the Multilateral Guarantee Agreement") which was concluded on 15 March 1991 in accordance with the principles laid down in Article 2(2) of Directive 72/166/EEC.
(4) The Commission subsequently adopted Decision 91/323/EEC(3) annulling the supplementary agreements requiring Member States to refrain from making checks on insurance against civil liability on vehicles which are normally based in the European territory of another Member State or in the territories of the non-member countries concerned replacing those supplemantary agreements by the Multilateral Guarantee Agreement as from 1 June 1991.
(5) Cyprus signed the Multilateral Guarantee Agreement on 9 September 1999,
As from 1 January 2001, each Member State shall refrain from making checks on insurance against civil liabiltiy in respect of vehicles which are normally based in the territory of Cyprus and which are the subject of the Multilateral Guarantee Agreement between national insurers bureaux of 15 March 1991.
Member States shall forthwith inform the Commission of measures taken to apply this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
30.1.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 21/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 82/2007
of 29 January 2007
fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
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 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products in the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) The refunds must be fixed taking into account the factors referred to in Article 1 of 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).
(3) As far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of cereals required for their manufacture. These quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination.
(5) The refund must be fixed once a month. It may be altered in the intervening period.
(6) It follows from applying the detailed rules set out above to the present situation on the market in cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, excluding malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
30.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 226/28
COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 August 2007
on the allocation to Ireland and the United Kingdom of additional days at sea for an enhanced data pilot project in accordance with Annex IIA to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007
(notified under document number C(2007) 3983)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2007/593/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to 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 stocks, applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels in waters where catch limitations are required (1), and in particular points 11.4 and 11.5 of Annex IIA,
Whereas:
(1) Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 specifies inter alia the maximum number of days per year for which a Community vessel may be present within the Irish Sea having carried on board trawls, Danish seines and similar gears, except beam trawls.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 enables the Commission to allocate to Member States 6 or 12 additional days at sea within the Irish Sea on the basis of an enhanced data pilot project.
(3) On 30 April 2007 Ireland and the United Kingdom submitted a joint proposal for such a project. The proposal was approved on 13 June 2007.
(4) In view of the enhanced data pilot project, either 6 or 12 additional days at the Irish Sea should be allocated for vessels flying the flag of Ireland or the United Kingdom according to the mesh size of the fishing gear carried on board,
For vessels flying the flag of Ireland or the United Kingdom which are involved in the enhanced data pilot project submitted on 30 April 2007, the maximum number of days at sea within the area referred to in point 2.1 (c) of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, as specified in Table I of that Annex, shall be increased as follows:
(a) by six days for vessels carrying on board gear referred to in points 4.1.a (iv) and 4.1.a (v) of that Annex;
(b) by 12 days for vessels carrying on board gear referred to in point 4.1.a of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, except gear referred to in points 4.1.a (iv) and 4.1.a (v) of that Annex.
1.   Seven days after the publication of this Decision in the Official Journal of the European Union, Ireland and the United Kingdom shall submit to the Commission an exhaustive list of vessels selected for participation in the enhanced data pilot project.
2.   Only vessels selected and having participated until the end of the enhanced data pilot project shall benefit from the allocation of additional days as laid down in the Article 1.
Two months after the end of the enhanced data pilot project, Ireland and the United Kingdom shall provide a report to the Commission on the outcomes of the enhanced data pilot project.
This Decision is addressed to Ireland and to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 230/85
of 29 January 1985
on the application of Decision No 2/84 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee - Community transit - adapting the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of the rules on Community transit
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 16 (3) (d) of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of the rules on Community transit (1) empowers the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement to adopt Decisions making any adjustments to the definition of the ECU in Article 13 (3) of the Agreement which may be made necessary by amendments to the Community rules relating thereto;
Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to adapt Article 13 (3) of the Agreement in order to take account of a recent change in the Community rules on the definition of the ECU;
Whereas this adaptation is the subject of Joint Committee Decision No 2/84; whereas it is necessary to take the measures required to implement the abovementioned Decision,
Decision No 2/84 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee - Community transit - adapting the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on the application of the rules on Community transit shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2600/90
of 7 September 1990
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 3503 00 10 originating in Brazil to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89, suspension of customs duties is accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 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 products falling within CN code 3503 00 10 originating in Brazil, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 700 000; whereas, on 19 April 1990, imports of these products into the Community originating in Brazil reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Brazil,
As from 1990, the levying of customs duties suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Brazil.
1.2.3 //  //  //  // Order No  // CN code   // Description  //  //  //  // 10.0435   // 3803 00 10   // Activated carbon  //    //   //
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.