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16.7.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/39
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/1168
of 15 July 2015
amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC and Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (2), and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Directives 2003/90/EC (3) and 2003/91/EC (4) were adopted to ensure that the varieties the Member States include in their national catalogues comply with the guidelines established by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination of the various species and the minimum conditions for examining the varieties, as far as such guidelines had been established. For other varieties those Directives provide that guidelines of the International Union for Protection of new Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are to apply.
(2) The CPVO has since established further guidelines and has updated existing ones.
(3) Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
Annexes I and II to Directive 2003/90/EC are replaced by the text in part A of the Annex to this Directive.
The Annexes to Directive 2003/91/EC are replaced by the text in part B of the Annex to this Directive.
For examinations started before 1 July 2016 Member States may apply Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC in the version applying before their amendment by this Directive.
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 June 2016 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2016.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
19.3.1996 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 69/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 20 November 1995
concerning the provisional application of certain provisions of the Interregional Framework Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Southern Common Market and its Party States, of the other part (1)
(96/205/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) have undertaken to adopt procedures for the early application of certain provisions of the Interregional Framework Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Southern Common Market and its Party States, of the other part, which deal with trade cooperation between the Parties and the institutional framework for such cooperation;
Whereas the provisional application of the provisions in question will contribute to facilitating and promoting closer trade relations between the Community and Mercosur, pending the completion of the procedures required to bring the Agreement into force,
The exchange of letters between the Community and Mercosur, which provides for the provisional application of certain provisions of the Interregional Framework Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Southern Common Market and its Party States, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the exchange of letters is attached to this Decision.
The Commission shall represent the Community within the bodies referred to in Articles 27 and 29 of the Agreement.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
21.1.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 16/51
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 29 August 2013
amending Decision ECB/2010/29 on the issue of euro banknotes
(ECB/2013/27)
(2014/29/EU)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision ECB/2013/28 of 29 August 2013 on the national central banks’ percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (1) provides for the adjustment of the key for subscription to the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB) (hereinafter ‘capital key’) in accordance with Article 29.3 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and establishes, with effect from 1 January 2014, new weightings assigned to each national central bank (NCB) in the adjusted capital key (hereinafter the ‘capital key weightings’).
(2) Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2013/387/EU of 9 July 2013 on the adoption by Latvia of the euro on 1 January 2014 (2), in accordance with Article 140(2) of the Treaty, Latvia fulfils the necessary conditions for adoption of the euro and the derogation granted to it under Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession (3) will be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2014.
(3) Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (4) defines the ‘banknote allocation key’ and refers to Annex I to that Decision, which specifies the banknote allocation key applying since 1 July 2013. Given that new capital key weightings will apply from 1 January 2014 and that Latvia will adopt the euro on 1 January 2014, Decision ECB/2010/29 needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2014,
Amendment
1.   The final sentence of Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 is replaced by the following:
‘Annex I to this Decision specifies the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2014.’
2.   Annex I to Decision ECB/2010/29 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2014.
11.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 145/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 June 2010
granting a derogation from implementing Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning livestock and meat statistics with regard to Bulgaria and Germany
(notified under document C(2010) 3617)
(Only the Bulgarian and German texts are authentic)
(2010/323/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 concerning livestock and meat statistics and repealing Council Directives 93/23/EEC, 93/24/EEC and 93/25/EEC (1), and in particular Article 20(1) thereof,
Having regard to the request made by Bulgaria on 10 February 2009,
Having regard to the request made by Germany on 20 March 2009,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008, the Commission may grant Member States a derogation from implementing that Regulation in so far as applying it to their national statistical systems requires major adaptations and is likely to cause significant practical problems.
(2) Such derogations should be granted, at their request, to Bulgaria and Germany.
(3) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008, a Member State having been granted a derogation until 1 January 2010 shall continue to apply the provisions of Council Directives 93/23/EEC (2), 93/24/EEC (3) and 93/25/EEC (4) until that date.
(4) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008, a Member State having been granted a derogation until 1 January 2011 shall continue to apply the provisions of Council Directive 93/25/EEC until that date,
1.   Bulgaria and Germany shall be granted a derogation from application of Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 for a period ending on 1 January 2010.
2.   Germany shall be granted a derogation from application of Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 concerning sheep and goats for a period ending on 1 January 2011.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria and the Federal Republic of Germany.
This Decision shall apply as from 1 January 2009.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2069/2002
of 21 November 2002
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2018/2002(3).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 2018/2002 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2018/2002 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 November 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 25 July 1994 concerning the signing by the European Community of the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the provisional application by the  Community of that Agreement and of Part XI of the Convention (94/562/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea stemming from the informal consultations held by the United Nations Secretary-General has made the United Nations Convention on the  Law of the Sea universally acceptable;
Whereas the European Community, in accordance with its Declaration on competence deposited at the moment of its signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on 7 December 1984 enjoys competence, with regard to the provisions of Part  XI, in matters of commercial policy, including the control of unfair economic practices;
Whereas the Member States, as far as their competence is concerned, have made clear their intention to sign and, to the extent that it is possible for them to do so, provisionally apply the abovementioned Agreement and Part XI of the abovementioned  Convention as modified by that Agreement;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of the Agreement, the European Community may sign the abovementioned Agreement if a majority of its Member States are signatories,
1. The Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea shall be signed by the Community as soon as the condition provided for in its Article 3 is fulfilled.
2. The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement.
3. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The Agreement referred to in Article 1 and Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea shall be applied provisionally as early as possible but not before 16 November 1994.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 54/2002
of 11 January 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain European third countries, in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001
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 organization of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/95(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain European third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2008/2001 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 4 to 10 January 2002 at 218,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2443/81 of 27 July 1981 on the application of Decision No 1/81 of the EEC - Portugal Joint Committee further amending Article 8 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation
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 the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic (1) was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;
(1) OJ No L 301, 31.12.1972, p. 165.
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the said Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 1/81 further amending Article 8 of that Protocol;
Whereas it is necessary to apply that Decision in the Community,
Decision No 1/81 of the EEC - Portugal Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
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 May 1981.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Decision
of 20 August 2003
authorising Member States pursuant to Directive 96/49/EC to adopt certain derogations with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail
(notified under document number C(2003) 3026)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/627/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail(1) as amended by Directive 2000/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), and in particular Article 6(9) and (11) thereof,
Having regard to the notification received from the Member States concerned,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Directive 96/49/EC, Member States may adopt provisions which are less stringent than those provided for in the Annexes to that Directive with regard to the transport, within their territory, only of small quantities of certain dangerous goods, with the exception of substances having a medium or high level of radioactivity. A number of Member States have notified to the Commission their wish to adopt such provisions. Those provisions have been examined by the Commission which has concluded that the relevant conditions are met. It is therefore appropriate to authorise the adoption of those provisions.
(2) Pursuant to Directive 96/49/EC, Member States may authorise the regular transport on particular designated routes within their territory of dangerous goods, forming part of a defined industrial process, which are either prohibited by the provisions of the Annex to that Directive or are performed under conditions different from those set out in that Annex, where such operations are of a local nature and are tightly controlled under clearly specified conditions. A number of Member States have notified to the Commission their wish to adopt provisions authorising such regular transport. The Commission has concluded that the requirements for such authorisation are met. It is therefore appropriate to authorise the Member States concerned to adopt such provisions.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on transport of dangerous goods, set up by Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC,
Member States listed in Annex I are authorised to adopt, with regard to the transport by rail within their territory only of small quantities of certain dangerous goods, the provisions set out in that Annex.
Those provisions shall be applied without discrimination.
Member States listed in Annex II are authorised to adopt, with regard to the regular transport on particular designated routes within their territory of dangerous goods, forming part of a defined industrial process, being of local nature and tightly controlled under clearly specified condition, the provisions set out in that Annex.
Those provisions shall be applied without discrimination.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
6.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 31/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 108/2007
of 5 February 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 1356/2004 as regards the conditions for authorisation of the feed additive Elancoban, belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The additive monensin sodium (Elancoban G100, Elancoban 100, Elancogran 100, Elancoban G200, Elancoban 200) was authorised under certain conditions in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2). Commission Regulation (EC) No 1356/2004 (3) authorised that additive for 10 years for use for chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying and turkeys, linking the authorisation to the person responsible for putting that additive into circulation. That additive was notified as an existing product on the basis of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Since all the information required under that provision was submitted, that additive was entered into the Community Register of Feed Additives.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possibility of modifying the authorisation of an additive further to a request from the authorisation holder and an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority). The holder of the authorisation of the additive monensin sodium (Elancoban G100, Elancoban 100, Elancogran 100, Elancoban G200, Elancoban 200) has submitted an application which proposes changing the terms of the authorisation by introducing maximum residue limits (MRLs) as evaluated by the Authority.
(3) In its opinion adopted on 21 November 2006, the Authority proposed to establish provisional MRLs for the active substance concerned (4). It may be necessary to review the MRLs set out in the Annex in the light of the results of a future evaluation of that active substance by the European Medicines Agency.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1356/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1356/2004 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
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.
25.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 138/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 790/2006
of 24 May 2006
fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (2) provides for a permanent tender.
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 23 May 2006.
(3) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the permanent tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, for the tendering period ending on 23 May 2006, the maximum amount of refund for the products referred to in Article 1(1) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.