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1.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 171/46
COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 June 2009
amending Decision 2008/788/EC fixing the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in Portugal for the calendar years 2009 to 2012
(notified under document number C(2009) 5095)
(only the Portuguese text is authentic)
(2009/505/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 of 27 March 2007 laying down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2008/788/EC (2) establishes the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in Portugal for the calendar years 2009 to 2012.
(2) Under Article 1(5) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 the rates established in Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (3), reduced by five percentage points, must be deducted from the rate of voluntary modulation applied by the Member States. Consequently, the net amounts resulting from voluntary modulation should be reduced.
(3) Decision 2008/788/EC should therefore be amended,
Article 1 of Decision 2008/788/EC shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
The net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in Portugal for the calendar years 2009 to 2012 shall be as follows:
(EUR million)
2009 2010 2011 2012
32,8 29,0 25,0 21,0’
This Decision shall apply from the 2010 budgetary year.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
3.8.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1181/2006
of 2 August 2006
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), 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 3 August 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
9.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 5/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 14/2009
of 8 January 2009
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 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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 258/98 of 30 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 94/98 on olive oil storage contracts for the 1997/98 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2), and in particular Article 20d(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 94/98 (3) opens the possibility of concluding olive oil storage contracts in Italy and Greece; whereas it has been established that market prices in Spain and Portugal, at the production stage and primarily for the quality of olive oil which is of greatest importance in terms of the prices of most of the olive oils consumed in the Community, are close to the intervention prices; whereas, as a result, the conditions provided for in Regulation No 136/66/EEC and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 314/88 (4) are also met in those Member States; whereas, as a result, the conclusion of storage contracts for this marketing year should also be permitted in Spain and Portugal;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 94/98 is hereby replaced by the following:
'4. The maximum quantity that may be covered by contracts at any one time during the 1997/98 marketing year shall be 180 000 tonnes, broken down as follows:
- 76 000 tonnes in Spain,
- 70 000 tonnes in Italy,
- 30 000 tonnes in Greece,
- 4 000 tonnes in Portugal.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 648/93 of 19 March 1993 amending Regulations (EEC)  No 3477/92 and (EEC) No 3478/92 with regard to the fixing of certain time limits in respect of raw  tobacco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of  the market in raw tobacco  (1), and in particular Articles 7 and 11 thereof,
Whereas, in view of the administrative difficulties Member States are confronted with in order to  implement two Regulations for the application of the reform, namely Commission Regulation (EEC) No  3477/92 of 1 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the raw tobacco quota  system for the 1993 and 1994 harvests  (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 473/93  (3), and  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 of 1 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for the  application of the premium system for raw tobacco  (4), certain deadlines or time limits should be  extended, in particular the dates fixed for the conclusion and registration of cultivation  contracts, the issue of cultivation certificates and the final date for the redistribution of  additional quantities;
Whereas, in the interest of clarity and precision, certain definitions of Regulation (EEC) No  3477/92 should also be retained in Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92;
Whereas the distribution of quotas and cultivation certificates as well as the conclusion and  registration of cultivation contracts shall be carried out as rapidly as possible;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Tobacco,
Regulation (EEC) No 3477/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  Article 9 (6) is replaced by the following:
'6.  Cultivation certificates shall be issued by 31 March of the year of harvest at the latest.
If applicable, the competent authorities shall issue these certificates to processors by 24 March  of the same year at the latest.`;
2.  in Article 11 (3), '1 April` is replaced by '1 May`.
Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  in Article 3 (1), '15 March` and '10 April` are replaced by '14 April` and '10 May`  respectively;
2.  in Article 3 (2), '1 April` and '20 April` are replaced by '1 May` and '20 May` respectively;
3.  the following Article is inserted:
'Article 17a The definitions provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3477/92 shall apply.`
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.
COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE
of 6 March 1989
amending Annex II to Directive 76/895/EEC relating to the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and vegetables
(89/186/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/895/EEC of 23 November 1976 relating to the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Directive 88/298/EEC (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Whereas Article 5 of Directive 76/895/EEC lays down that the Annexes thereto shall be amended taking account in particular of technical and scientific progress as well as of the requirements of health and agriculture;
Whereas, in the light of the developments in technical and scientific knowledge, it is appropriate that Annex II to the said Directive be brought up to date by adding to it particulars concerning the pesticide maleic hydrazide, which may well be present as a residue in fruit and vegetables,
In Annex II to Directive 76/895/EEC, the following pesticide residue, together with its corresponding particulars, shall be inserted in the table:
1,2.3 //  //  // Pesticide residues  // Maximum levels (in mg/kg (ppm))   //  1.2.3 // Common name   // Chemical formula  //   //    //   //   // maleic hydrazide  // 6-hydroxy-3(2H)-pyridazinone   // 10: Onions 1: Other products
//  //  // Article 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 1 by 1 August 1989. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 476/97 of 13 March 1997 amending, with respect to statistical territory, Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the French Republic has decided to include the overseas departments in France's statistical territory as from 1 January 1997;
Whereas the Kingdom of Spain had decided to include the Canary Islands in Spain's statistical territory as from the same date;
Whereas the definition of the statistical territory of the Community set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (1) and the field of application of the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries as defined in Article 4 of the abovementioned Regulation need to be adapted accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3 (2) shall be replaced by the following:
'2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the statistical territory of the Community shall include Helgoland.`;
2. the second subparagraph of Article 4 (1) shall be deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
26.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 80/40
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 262/2010
of 24 March 2010
amending for the 122nd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan, (1) and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and 7a(1) (2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 10 March 2010 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove one natural person and two legal persons or entities from its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply (the list). On 11 March 2010, it decided to add two natural persons to the list and to amend identifying data concerning six natural persons and one legal person or entity on the list.
(3) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated accordingly,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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 (EEC) No 1548/88
of 3 June 1988
fixing for the 1987/88 marketing year the average world market price and the indicative yield for linseed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 of 15 March 1976 laying down special measures for linseed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4003/87 (2), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,
Whereas an average world market price for linseed must be determined each year according to the criteria laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1774/76 of 20 July 1976 on special measures for linseed (3);
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76 of 22 July 1976 laying down detailed rules for the application of special measures in respect of linseed (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1208/87 (5), provides that this average price is to be the arithmetic mean of the world market prices as referred to in that Article and recorded each week over a representative period;
Whereas the most representative period for the marketing of Community linseed may be taken to be that from 7 September 1987 to 25 March 1988; whereas this is therefore the period to be taken into account;
Whereas the application of all these provisions produces the average world market price for linseed specified below;
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 569/76 provides that the subsidy is to be granted for a production figure obtained by applying an indicative yield to the areas sown and harvested; whereas that yield must be determined by applying the criteria laid down in Regulations (EEC) No 569/76 and (EEC) No 1774/76;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1799/76, the producer Member States have supplied the Commission with the results of the sampling, carried out pursuant to Article 2a (2) of that Regulation, regarding the yields per hectare of seed harvested from each of the types of flax referred to in Articles 7a and 10a of the said Regulation in the homogeneous production areas; whereas, on the basis of those results, the indicative yield for linseed should be that specified below;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,
For the 1987/88 marketing year, the average world market price for linseed shall be 13,280 ECU per 100 kilograms.
For the 1987/88 marketing year, the indicative yields for linseed and the relevant production zones shall be as specified in the Annex.
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.
16.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 74/20
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 237/2013
of 15 March 2013
fixing the reference prices for certain fishery products for the 2013 fishing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 29(1) and (5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that reference prices valid for the Union may be fixed each year, by product category, for products that are the subject of a tariff suspension under Article 28(1). The same holds for products which, by virtue of being either the subject of a binding tariff reduction under the WTO or some other preferential arrangements, must comply with a reference price.
(2) Pursuant to Article 29(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price for the products listed in Annex I, Parts A and B to that Regulation, is to be the same as the withdrawal price fixed in accordance with Article 20(1) of that Regulation.
(3) The Union withdrawal prices for the products concerned are fixed for the 2013 fishing year by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 232/2013 (2).
(4) Pursuant to Article 29(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the reference price for products other than those listed in Annexes I and II to that Regulation is to be established in particular on the basis of the weighted average of customs values recorded on the import markets or in the ports of import in the three years immediately preceding the date on which the reference price is fixed.
(5) There is no need to fix reference prices for those products falling under the criteria laid down in Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 which are imported from third countries in insignificant volumes.
(6) In order to allow a swift application of the reference prices in the year 2013, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 104/2000,
The reference prices for the 2013 fishing year of fishery products, as referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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.
30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 406/7
REGULATION (EC) No 1928/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 20 December 2006
on amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, as regards the financial framework for the period 2007-2009 and the maximum Community contribution for Bulgaria and Romania
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) 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,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (2) provides for the Member States to be reimbursed up to a maximum amount per survey, as a contribution to expenses incurred.
(2) In order to carry out the surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, considerable funding will be required from the Member States and from the Community to meet the information requirements of the Community institutions.
(3) With a view to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania and to conducting surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in these new Member States in 2007, it is appropriate to provide for a maximum Community contribution per survey; this adaptation is needed by reason of accession and has not been provided for in the Act of Accession.
(4) This Regulation lays down, for the remainder of the programme, a financial envelope constituting the prime reference for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure, within the meaning of point 37 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3),
Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 is amended as follows:
1) the following indents are added to the first subparagraph:
‘— EUR 2 000 000 for Bulgaria,
— EUR 2 000 000 for Romania.’;
2) the third, fourth and fifth subparagraphs of paragraph 1 are replaced by the following:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(1) shall apply as from 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 404/2002
of 1 March 2002
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grain rice to the island of Réunion referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2011/2001
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 organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(2), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1453/1999(4), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2011/2001(5) opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on rice exported to Réunion.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89, a maximum subsidy should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 25 to 28 February 2002 in response to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2011/2001 for the subsidy on exports to Réunion of husked long grain rice falling within CN code 1006 20 98.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.