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Commission Regulation (EC) No 336/2003
of 21 February 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of analysis for determining the quality of cereals
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 Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5(5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2000(3) provides for a tolerance of 5 % between the quantity determined by weighing and the quantity estimated in accordance with the volumetric method in the case of take-over in the store in which the cereals are being held at the time of the offer. Where the tolerance is exceeded, the cereals are weighed forthwith. The costs of weighing are borne by the storekeeper, where the weight determined is less than that recorded, or by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, where it is more.
(2) Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 147/91 defining and fixing the tolerances for quantity losses of agricultural products in public intervention storage(4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 652/92(5), lays down for cereals a tolerance limit for quantity losses resulting from normal storage operations and the differences in results between two weighing operations. This tolerance must also be taken into account in determining who should bear the costs of the weighing operation provided for in Article 5(5)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 824/2000.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 5(5)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 is replaced by the following:
"(d) where the tolerance is exceeded, the cereals shall be weighed forthwith. The costs of weighing shall be borne by the storekeeper, where the weight determined is less than that recorded, or by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, where it is more, account being taken of the tolerance provided for in the first indent of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 147/91."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2147/92  of 29 July 1992  cancelling monetary compensatory amounts fixed in advance in respect of operations carried out after 31 December 1992
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3155/85 of 11 November 1985 providing for the advance fixing of monetary compensatory amounts (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3247/89 (4), stipulates that the amount fixed in advance is to  apply to operations carried out during the term of validity of the certificate; whereas the Commission has submitted a regulation to the Council on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural  policy providing for the discontinuation of the system of monetary compensatory amounts from 1 January 1993; whereas, in order to curtail unnecessary expenditure, monetary compensatory amounts fixed in advance in respect of imports and exports to be  carried out from 1 January 1993 should be cancelled;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the Management Committees concerned,
Monetary compensatory amounts fixed in advance from the date of entry into force of this Regulation and applying to imports and exports to be carried out after 31 December 1992 are hereby cancelled.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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.
DIRECTIVE 1999/87/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 23 November 1999
amending Council Directive 76/625/EEC concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 285 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(2),
Whereas:
(1) Council Directive 76/625/EEC(3) lays down the basic provisions for statistical surveys of the area of plantations of certain species of fruit trees in order to determine the potential and medium-term development of Community production;
(2) the said Directive requires the Member States to provide the Commission every year with annual data on the clearing and new plantations of fruit trees, and requires the Commission to submit annual reports to the Council on that basis;
(3) those data are not indispensable for determining the potential and medium-term development of Community production;
(4) the collection and transmission of data on clearing and new plantations and the annual reports to be presented to the Council by the Commission should be made optional,
The following Article shall be inserted in Directive 76/625/EEC: "Article 8a
The measures provided for in Articles 5 and 6, and the annual reports provided for in Article 8, shall be optional."
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
17.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 370/62
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2160/2004
of 16 December 2004
amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 for the 2004/2005 marketing year
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementing rules for the import of products in the sugar sector other than molasses (2), and in particular the second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 1(2), and Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2004/2005 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 (3). These prices and duties have last been amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2004 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95,
The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1210/2004 for the 2004/2005 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 623/2003
of 7 April 2003
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2086/2002
of 25 November 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001(2), and in particular Articles 53 and 80 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002(3) provides for a period to elapse between its entry into force and the date from which it is to apply, namely 1 January 2003, to allow the operators and authorities concerned a smooth transition from the previous rules, included in several Council and Commission Regulations on the designation and presentation of wine and the new detailed rules implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
(2) In order to allow the Member States more time to bring their national legislation up to date, following many discussions between the various authorities concerned and between those authorities and the trade, and so that economic operators are not inconvenienced by measures entering into force on 1 January 2003, i.e. in the middle of the current wine year, and in order to provide certain third countries with the necessary information on the new Regulation, the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 should be postponed until the beginning of the next wine year.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 is hereby amended as follows:
(a) In the first subparagraph of Article 47(2), "31 December 2002" is replaced by "31 July 2003".
(b) In the second paragraph of Article 49, "1 January 2003" is replaced by "1 August 2003".
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.
7.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 4/7
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 10/2012
of 6 January 2012
fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences for olive oil lodged from 2 to 3 January 2012 under the Tunisian tariff quota and suspending the issue of import licences for the month of January 2012
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 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,
Whereas:
(1) Article 3(1) and (2) of Protocol No 1 (3) to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part (4), opens a tariff quota at a zero rate of duty for imports of untreated olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90, wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported direct from that country to the European Union, up to the limit laid down for each year.
(2) Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 of 20 December 2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quota for olive oil originating in Tunisia (5) lays down monthly quantitative limits for the issue of import licences.
(3) Import licence applications have been submitted to the competent authorities under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 in respect of a total quantity exceeding the limit laid down for the month of January in Article 2(2) of that Regulation.
(4) In these circumstances, the Commission must set an allocation coefficient allowing import licences to be issued in proportion to the quantity available.
(5) Since the limit for the month of January has been reached, no more import licences can be issued for that month,
The quantities for which import licence applications were lodged for 2 and 3 January 2012 under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 91,091273 %.
The issue of import licences in respect of amounts applied for as from 9 January 2012 shall be suspended for January 2012.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 January 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
19.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 196/12
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 688/2013
of 18 July 2013
on the allocation of import rights for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 431/2008 for frozen meat of bovine animals
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 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,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 431/2008 of 19 May 2008 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (3) opens an import tariff quota for beef and veal products.
(2) The applications for import rights lodged for the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 relate to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import rights may be allocated should therefore be determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for,
The quantities for which import right applications covered by the quota with the serial number 09.4003 have been lodged for the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 under Regulation (EC) No 431/2008 shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 29,736422 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 July 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
17.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 47/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 285/2006
of 16 February 2006
providing for the rejection of applications for export licences in the cereal sector in relation to products of CN code 1101 00 15
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003 of 27 July 2003 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (2), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
Whereas:
The quantity covered by applications for advance fixing of refunds on CN code 1101 00 15 products is of great importance and could give rise to speculation. It has therefore been decided to reject all applications for export licences of such products made on 14, 15 and 16 February 2006,
In accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2003, applications for export licences with advance fixing of refunds for products falling within CN code 1101 00 15 made on 14, 15 and 16 February 2006 shall be rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 February 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1931/2003
of 31 October 2003
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 129th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000(4), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter from intervention stocks that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The minimum selling prices of butter from intervention stocks and processing securities applying for the 129th individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
No award shall be made as regards the sale of concentrated butter from intervention stocks.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
3.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 261/3
COUNCIL DECISION
adopting the Council position on the draft budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012
2011/C 261/03
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314(3) thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic and Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 26 May 2011, the Commission submitted a proposal containing the draft budget for the financial year 2012 (1).
(2) The Council examined the Commission proposal with a view to defining a position consistent, on the revenue side, with Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (2), and on the expenditure side, with Part I of Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3), which, in the absence of any multiannual financial framework established pursuant to Article 312 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, constitutes the currently applicable instrument of budgetary discipline,
The Council's position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 was adopted by the Council on 25 July 2011.
The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council's website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 195/92  of 29 January 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2384/91 on the transitional measures applicable to the wine-growing sector in Portugal during the 1991/92 wine year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 257 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2384/91 on the transitional measures applicable to the wine-growing sector in Portugal during the 1991/92 wine year (1) introduced a specific distillation measure as a substitute for Community aid measures, limited  to 1,3 million hectolitres; whereas this figure was set at a time when it was difficult to anticipate market reactions for the wine year in question and whereas the current surplus situation justifies an increase in the volume to be distilled in that  Member State, in order to eliminate a quantity of wine sufficient to sustain prices;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
Regulation (EEC) No 2384/91 is hereby amended as follows:
In Article 3 (2) (a) '1,3 million hectolitres' is replaced by '2 million hectolitres'.
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.