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4.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 33/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 2 February 2012
on the recognition of the RINA SpA (Italian Register of Shipping) as a classification society for inland waterway vessels
(notified under document C(2012) 402)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/64/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC (1), and in particular Article 10(1) and Part II of Annex VII thereof,
After consulting the Committee referred to in Article 7 of Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the reciprocal recognition of national boat masters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway (2),
Whereas:
(1) By letter of 22 July 2008 Italy submitted an application to the Commission for recognition of the RINA SpA (hereafter RINA) as a classification society within the meaning of the Directive. RINA has its headquarters in Italy.
(2) With the application Italy has submitted the information and documentation needed to verify that the criteria for recognition are met.
(3) A hearing was organised in the joint meeting of experts from the Member States of the European Union and the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (hereinafter ‘CCNR’) on technical requirements for inland waterway vessels in April 2009, where the Italian authority and RINA gave presentations.
(4) The secretariat of the CCNR has been consulted as referred to in Part II paragraph 4 of Annex VII to Directive 2006/87/EC.
(5) The Commission has assessed the compliance of RINA with the criteria of Part I of Annex VII to Directive 2006/87/EC and has concluded that RINA meets them,
The classification society RINA shall be recognised pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 2006/87/EC.
This Decision is addressed to the Member State(s) which have inland waterways as referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 2006/87/EC and to the Italian Register of Shipping, Via Corsica 12, 16128 Genova, Italy.
20.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 77/12
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 247/2013
of 19 March 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 25 February 1994 in accordance with Council Decision 94/4/EC determining the United States of America as a country to the companies or other legal persons of which legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products  is extended (94/142/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products (1),
Having regard to Council Decision 94/4/EC of 20 December 1993 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the United States of America (2), and in particular Article 1 (3) thereof,
Whereas the abovementioned Decision designates the United States of America as a country which is to benefit from protection under Directive 87/54/EEC;
Whereas protection for natural persons is unconditional, but protection for companies and other legal persons is subject to the condition that the Community companies and legal persons benefit from protection in the country in question;
Whereas the Commission is obliged by Decision 94/4/EC to determine and communicate to the Member States the fulfilment by the United States of America and territories in question of this condition;
Whereas, in the United States of America, based on interim orders issued under Section 914 of the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984, legal protection is available without discontinuity until 1 July 1994 to owners of mask works who are national,  domiciliaries or sovereign authorities of Community Member States, and consequently the United States fulfils the condition of reciprocity required for the protection of companies and other legal persons laid down in Article 1 (2) of Council Decision  94/4/EC,
The United States of America fulfils the condition for protection of companies and other legal persons laid down in Article 1 (2) of Decision 94/4/EC.
This Decision is applicable as from 1 January 1994 until 1 July 1994.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 474/2002
of 15 March 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 20/2002 laying down detailed rules for implementing the specific supply arrangements for the outermost regions introduced by Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the French overseas departments, amending Directive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 525/77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom)(1), and in particular Article 22,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima)(2), and in particular Article 34,
Whereas:
(1) For technical reasons and in order to conduct suitable checks of the specific supply arrangements for the Azores and Madeira during the transitional period expiring on 30 June 2002, the Portuguese authorities have requested that special provisions should apply to the presentation of licence applications and to their term of validity. That request should be acceded to and the presentation of licence applications should be limited to the first five working days of each month and the term of validity of licences should expire at the end of the second month following that of issue. These new provisions should apply from 1 April 2002.
(2) A material error appears in the second indent of the second paragraph of Article 30 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 20/2002(3). As a result of that error, difficulties could arise in implementing the specific supply arrangements during the transitional period allowed from 1 January to 30 June 2002 in the French overseas departments, the Azores and Madeira. That error should be corrected so that the issuing of licences can proceed properly during the transitional period.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned,
Regulation (EC) No 20/2002 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following paragraph is added to Article 29: "3. Until 30 June 2002 the following provisions shall apply in the Azores and Madeira:
(a) licence applications shall be submitted in the first five working days of each month and the licences shall be issued in the following five working days;
(b) licences shall be valid during the two months following that of issue."
2. The second indent of the second paragraph of Article 30 is replaced by the following: "- Articles 4, 5, 7 and 9, Article 10(1) and Articles 11, 13, 14, 15, 26 and 27 shall not apply to the French overseas departments, the Azores and Madeira until 1 July 2002."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(1) shall apply from 1 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
22.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 367/63
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1958/2006
of 21 December 2006
fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 15(2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the export refund applicable to cereals on the day on which application for an export licence is made must be applied on request to exports to be effected during the period of validity of the export licence. In this case, a corrective amount may be applied to the refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (2) allows for the fixing of a corrective amount for the malt referred to in Article 1(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003. That corrective amount must be calculated taking account of the factors referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95.
(3) It follows from applying the provisions set out above that the corrective amount must be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The corrective amount referred to in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 which is applicable to export refunds fixed in advance in respect of malt shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
13.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 266/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 June 2004
listing the areas of the Slovak Republic eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2004 to 2006
(notified under document number C(2004) 2137)
(Only the Slovakian text is authentic)
(2004/596/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds (1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development and the Committee on Structures for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Whereas:
(1) Objective 2 of the Structural Funds is to support the economic and social conversion of areas facing structural difficulties.
(2) The Commission and the Member States seek to ensure that assistance is genuinely concentrated on the areas most seriously affected and at the most appropriate geographical level.
(3) The ceiling for eligible population is 192 000 habitants, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, laying down the ceiling for the Slovak Republic at 31 % of the population of the NUTS II regions not covered by Objective 1.
(4) The Commission, on the basis of proposals from the Member States and in close concertation with the Member State concerned, draws up the list of the areas eligible under Objective 2 with due regard to national priorities,
The areas in the Slovak Republic eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds from 1 May 2004 to 31 December 2006 are listed in the Annex hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the Slovak Republic.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 235/86
of 31 January 1986
introducing Community surveillance of imports of video tape recorders originating in South Korea
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 of 5 February 1982 on common rules for imports (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having consulted the committee set up under the abovementioned Regulation,
Whereas, according to information currently available, imports of video tape records falling within subheading 92.11 B of the Common Customs Tariff and corresponding to NIMEXE code 92.11-91 and 99 originating in South Korea could reach a relatively high level in 1986 and account for a considerable share of the Community market;
Whereas the first imports have taken place at prices much lower than Community market prices;
Whereas, combined with the imports originating in Japan already under surveillance (2), the imports in question are likely to have a depressive effect on the Community video tape recorder industry's level of prices and financial results, thereby injuring the Community producers of like competing products;
Whereas, in these circumstances, it is in the Community's interest to introduce Community surveillance of these imports,
Imports into the Community of video tape recorders falling within subheading 92.11 B of the Common Customs Tariff and corresponding to NIMEXE code 92.11-91 and 99, originating in South Korea are hereby made subject to retrospective Community surveillance in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles 10 and 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 and this Regulation.
Annex II of Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 is modified by the insertion of the Common Customs Tariff heading and the NIMEXE code of the products referred to in Article 1 followed by the sign (+) in the 'EUR' column.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Decision
of 17 March 2000
amending Decision 1999/710/EC on drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments form which the Member States authorise imports of minced meat and meat perparations
(notified under document number C(2000) 700)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/252/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EEC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs(1), as amended by Decision 98/603/EC(2), and in particular Article 2(1) and Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A provisional list of establishments producing minced meat and meat preparations has been drawn up by Commission Decision 1997/710/EC(3).
(2) Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Israel, Poland and Thailand have sent a list of establishments producing minced meat and meat preparations and for which the responsible authorities certify that the establishments are in accordance with the Community rules.
(3) Provisional lists of establishments producing minced meat and meat preparations can thus be drawn up for Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Israel, Poland and Thailand in accordance with the procedure laid down in Decision 95/408/EEC in respect of certain countries.
(4) Some third countries have not sent their establishment lists in time; therefore it is necessary to grant as a transitional measure an additional period to import meat preparations from these third countries in order not to interrupt trade.
(5) In this event the Member States will be responsible therefore for ensuring themselves that the establishments from which they import meat preparations meet the requirements which are not less stringent than the Community requirements.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The text of the Annex of this Decision is added to the Annex of Decision 1999/710/EC.
2. Concerning third countries other than those in the Annex of Decision 1999/710/EC, Member States may authorise establishments for import of meat preparations up to 1 September 2000
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
(of 31 July 1987)
amending Decision 74/441/EEC relating to the setting up of a Joint Committee on Social Problems in Sea Fishing
(87/446/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the enlargement of the Community requires an increase in the number of representatives of European organizations in the Joint Committee on Social Problems in Sea Fishing,
Whereas the Commission must take account of the scientific situation in the various Member States in order to ensure optimum participation by the social partners of the sea fishing sector in the work of the Joint Committee and thus safeguard its representativeness of the socio-economic forces concerned;
Commission Decision 74/441/EEC (1), as amended by Commission Decision 83/53/EEC (2), is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 4 is replaced by the following:
'Article 4
1. The Committee shall consist of 54 members.
2. Seats shall be allocated as follows:
(a) 27 to the representatives of the employers' organizations
(b) 27 to the representatives of the employees' organizations.
3. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission as follows:
(a) 48 on proposals from the following employers' and employees' organizations:
- Association of National Organizations of Fishing Enterprises in the EEC (EuropĂŞche) ans specialized Committee for Fishing Cooperatives in the EEC (COGECA): 24 members:
- Committee of Transport Workers' Unions in the European Community: 24 members.
(b) six, directly by the Commission, after consultation of the bodies mentioned in 3 (a) above; from amongst the most representative associations of employers and employees, where appropriate other than the bodies mentioned in 3 (a).'
2. Article 13 (3) and (4) is replaced by the following:
'3. A representative of the secretariat of each of the bodies mentioned in Article 4.3 (a) may attend the meetings of the Committee as observer.
4. The Commission may, after consulting the associations of employers and employees referred to in Article 4, paragraph 3 (a), invite organizations other than those referred to in Article 4, paragraph 3 to participate in the Committee's work as observers.'
This Decision shall enter into force on 31 July 1987.
COUNCIL DECISION of 22 April 1996 on the conclusion of the Third Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part (96/275/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with Article 228 (2), first sentence, thereof,
Having regard to the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part (1), signed on 8 March 1993, as amended by the Second Additional Protocol (2), signed on 30 December 1994,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas in the framework of the negotiations held on 27 and 28 November 1995 in accordance with Article 1 (3) of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on Trade in Textile Products between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria, Bulgaria declared that it is prepared to accelerate by one year its tariff dismantling for products of Chapters 50 to 63 of the Bulgarian Customs Tariff listed in Annex VI to the Europe Agreement, to reach zero duty on 1 January 2001; whereas in return Bulgaria requested the reduction by the European Community of customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to textile products falling within Section XI (Chapters 50 to 63) of the combined nomenclature and originating in Bulgaria in accordance with Protocol 4 of the Europe Agreement to a rate equal to two-sevenths of the basic duty rate from 1 January 1996;
Whereas it is necessary to approve this Third Additional Protocol,
A Third Additional Protocol amending the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Third Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Third Additional Protocol on behalf of the European Community.
The President of the Council shall give the notification on behalf of the European Community that all necessary procedures have been completed.
26.7.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 194/33
COUNCIL DECISION
of 19 July 2011
appointing a Cypriot member and a Cypriot alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2011/461/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Cypriot Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Christos MESSIS. An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the appointment of Mr Charalambos PITTAS as a member of the Committee of the Regions,
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
(a) as member:
— Mr Charalambos PITTAS, Δήμαρχος Μόρφου
(b) as alternate member:
— Mr Andreas HADZILOIZOU, Δήμαρχος Αγίου Δομετίου.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.