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11.9.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 290/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1592/2004
of 10 September 2004
on granting import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
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),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (3), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 lays down detailed rules on determining the delivery obligations at zero duty for products falling within CN code 1701 expressed as white sugar equivalent for imports originating in countries which are parties to the ACP Protocol and the India Agreement.
(2) The weekly totals referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/ 2003 show that some sugar is still available for the delivery obligations for preferential sugar originating in India and Swaziland for the 2004/05 delivery period which have already reached their limits.
(3) Under these circumstances, the Commission must indicate that the limits concerned have not been reached,
The limits for the delivery obligations for preferential sugar originating in India and Swaziland for the 2004/05 delivery period have not yet been reached.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 September 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 15 October 1998 amending Commission Decision 94/278/EC, drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC (notified under document number C(1998) 3115) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/597/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 94/278/EC (3), as last amended by Decision 97/752/EC (4), establishes a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products referred to by Directive 92/118/EEC; whereas Part II(B) of the Annex to this Decision includes the lists of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of fish meal and other meals derived from sea animals except mammals;
Whereas Commission Decision 97/296/EC (5), as last amended by Decision 98/419/EC (6), lists the third countries from which the importation of fishery products is authorised for human consumption;
Whereas Commission Decision 94/344/EC (7), as last amended by Decision 97/198/EC (8), lays down the animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the importation from third countries of fish meal and other meals derived from sea animals except mammals;
Whereas it is therefore appropriate to add the countries listed in Annex I to Decision 97/296/EC to Part II(B) of the Annex to Decision 94/278/EC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 94/278/EC, Part II(B) is amended as follows:
'B. List of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of fish meal and other meal derived from sea animals except mammals
Third countries listed in Part I and Part II of Annex I to Decision 97/296/EC, and the following countries:
(EE) Estonia
(PR) Puerto Rico
(UA) Ukraine`.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
20.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 363/416
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2006/109/EC
of 20 November 2006
adapting Directive 94/45/EC on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts of the institutions remain valid beyond 1 January 2007, and require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council, unless the Commission adopted the original act.
(2) The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession 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 the law of the Union.
(3) Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (2) should therefore be amended accordingly,
Directive 94/45/EC shall be amended as set out in the Annex.
1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1044/98 of 19 May 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Articles 9(2) and 23 thereof, and to the corresponding provisions of the other regulations establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products,
Whereas Article 16a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1033/98 (4), provides for computerised and electronic systems to be used for issuing and administering licences and certificates; whereas a legal framework should be laid down to allow such systems to be used more flexibly and more widely;
Whereas Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 provides for a period of six months within which proof must be provided that products exported have left the customs territory of the Community or have reached a specified destination; whereas in order to simplify the task of exporters, that time limit should be increased so that it is no shorter than that for the furnishing of the same proof as regards export refunds;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant management committees,
Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 16a(2) is replaced by the following:
'2. Where titular holders or transferees of licences or certificates need to use the electronic form thereof in a Member State which is not linked to the computerised issuing system, they shall request an extract therefrom.
Such extracts shall be issued without delay and at no additional cost in the form provided for in Article 16.
In Member States linked to the computerised issuing system, such extracts shall, where applicable, be used in the form of the paper extract.`;
2. in the second indent of Article 33(3)(a) and Article 33(4), 'six months` is replaced by '12 months`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the Communities.
However, Article 1(2) shall also apply to licences and certificates still valid on the day of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
12.1.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 7/28
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 December 2006
amending Decision 2002/613/EC as regards the approved porcine semen collection centres of Canada
(notified under document number C(2006) 6812)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/14/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/429/EEC of 26 June 1990 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species (1) and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2002/613/EC of 19 July 2002 laying down the importation conditions of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species (2) establishes a list of third countries, including Canada, from which Member States are to authorise the importation of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species.
(2) Canada has requested that an amendment be made to the list of semen collection centres approved under Decision 2002/613/EC as regards entries for that country.
(3) Canada has provided guarantees regarding compliance with the appropriate rules set out in Directive 90/429/EEC and the new centre to be added to the list has been officially approved for exports to the Community by the veterinary services of that country.
(4) Decision 2002/613/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex V to Decision 2002/613/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 18 January 1991  terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain cotton terry-towelling articles (bathrobes, toilet and kitchen linen) originating in Turkey  (91/33/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1) and in particular Article 9 thereof,
After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for by the above Regulation,
Whereas:
(1) In December 1989 the Commission received a complaint against Turkish exporters lodged by Eurocoton, the Committee of the Cotton and Allied Textile Industries of the EEC on behalf of terry-towelling producers whose collective output was alleged to  constitute substantially all the Community production of the products in question. The complaint contained evidence of dumping and material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. The  Commission accordingly announced, by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (2) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of knitted or crocheted terry-towelling bathrobes of  cotton falling within CN codes ex 6107 91 00 and ex 6108 91 00, woven terry-towelling bathrobes of cotton falling within CN codes ex 6207 91 00 and ex 6208 91 00 and cotton toilet and kitchen linen of terry-towelling or similar terry fabrics falling  within CN code 6302 60 00.
(2) The Commission officially notified the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the Community producers, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make their views known in  writing and to request a hearing.
(3) The Commission commenced the investigation including transmission of questionnaires to the parties involved seeking the information necessary for the assessment of dumping and injury. A high proportion of the Community producers failed to reply to  the questionnaires despite the fact that the original deadline for reply was extended by the Commission.
(4) In calculating the proportion of the Community industry which replied to the questionnaires, the Commission found that their combined production did not constitute a major proportion of the total Community production as set out in the complaint.
(5) In view of the circumstances set out above, the Commission does not have the information available to it to establish whether injury is being suffered by the producers accounting for a major proportion of the total Community production of the  products concerned, as required by Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88. It therefore considers that the proceeding should be terminated forthwith,
    Sole Article  The anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain cotton terry-towelling articles (bathrobes, toilet and kitchen linen) originating in Turkey is hereby terminated.
9.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 36/27
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 108/2012
of 8 February 2012
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 REGULATION (EC) No 2443/94 of 7 October 1994 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas, Council Regulation (EC) No 3692/93 of 21 December 1993 allocating, for 1994, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen (2), as last amended by  Regulation (EC) No 1092/94 of 6 May 1994 (3), provides for cod quotas for 1994;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member  State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, II a, b (Norwegian waters of 62 ° N) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain have reached the quota allocated for  1994; whereas Spain has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 17 September 1994; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, II a, b (Norwegian waters North of 62 ° N) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Spain for 1994.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions I, II a, b (Norwegian waters North of 62 ° N) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock  captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 17 September 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
29.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 116/46
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 667/2006
of 28 April 2006
fixing the export refunds 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 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 within 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) The refund applicable in the case of malts must be calculated with amount taken of the quantity of cereals required to manufacture the products in question. The said quantities are laid down 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 these rules to the present situation on markets 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 malt listed in Article 1(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Council Decision
of 18 February 2002
concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
(2002/148/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 300(2), second subparagraph, thereof,
Having regard to the Internal Agreement on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000(1), as put into provisional application by Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of 18 September 2000, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The essential elements cited in Article 9 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement have been violated by the Government of Zimbabwe.
(2) Consultations under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement were held on 11 January 2002 with Zimbabwe, at which the Zimbabwean authorities explained their point of view and made specific commitments that are still insufficient as regards ending violence, the holding of free and fair presidential elections on 9 and 10 March 2002, in particular allowing access for international election observers and for the media.
(3) Recent events in Zimbabwe's political development have been taken into consideration, as well as the fact that certain important measures concerning the essential elements of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement have still not been adequately implemented. Restrictive legislation which has been recently adopted and the escalation of violence and intimidation of political opponents seriously undermine the freedom of expression, of association and of peaceful assembly in Zimbabwe,
Consultations with the Republic of Zimbabwe under Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement are hereby concluded.
The measures specified in the annexed letter are hereby adopted as appropriate measures within the meaning of Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
These measures shall be revoked once conditions prevail which ensure respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law.
These measures shall apply for a period of twelve months. They shall be reviewed within six months.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.