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COUNCIL DECISION of 2 June 1994 authorizing the Portuguese Republic to extend until 7 March 1995 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa (94/318/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 354 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement on mutual fishery relations between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the Government of the Republic of South Africa, signed on 9 April 1979, entered into force on that day for an initial period of 10 years; whereas the  Agreement remains in force for an indeterminate period if it is not denounced by the giving of 12 months' notice;
Whereas Article 354 (2) of the Act of Accession laying down that the rights and obligations flowing, for the Portuguese Republic, from fisheries agreements concluded with third countries, shall not be affected during the period for which the provisions  of such agreements are provisionally maintained;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 354 (3) of the said Act, the Council is to adopt, before the expiry of the fisheries agreements concluded by the Portuguese Republic with third countries, decisions appropriate for the continuation of fishing activities  resulting therefrom, including the possibility of prolonging for periods not exceeding one year; whereas the abovementioned Agreement has been extended until 7 March 1994 (1);
Whereas, in order to avoid fishing by the Community vessels concerned being interrupted, it apears appropriate to authorize the Portuguese Republic to renew the Agreement in question until 7 March 1995,
The Portuguese Republic is hereby authorized to extend until 7 March 1995 the Agreement on mutual fishery relations with the Republic of South Africa which entered into force on 9 April 1979.
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2007/85
of 19 July 1985
extending the duration of private storage contracts in the pigmeat sector, concluded in Belgium pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 772/85 and (EEC) No 978/85
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2763/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting private storage aid for pigmeat (3), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, because of the health situation in the breeding sector in Belgium exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat were adopted by the Commission in the form of private storage aid in respect of that Member State among others by Regulation (EEC) No 772/85 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 978/85 (5), and Regulation (EEC) No 978/85 itself, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1086/85 (6);
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2763/75 states that storage contracts may be extended under conditions to be determined; whereas Article 3 (1) (f) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 of 2 May 1980 laying down detailed rules for granting private storage aid for pigmeat (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 201/85 (8), states that storage contracts must include a provision that the storage period may be curtailed or extended;
Whereas private storage aid contracts under Regulations (EEC) No 772/85 and (EEC) No 978/85 will expire as from the end of July 1985 without any final decision having been taken on the treatment of the meat in question on removal from storage; whereas a further storage period of one month should therefore be stipulated in order to enable the conditions in which the meat is to be put back on the market to be defined;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
1. The storage period for pigmeat covered by private storage aid contracts concluded under Regulations (EEC) No 772/85 and (EEC) No 978/85 is hereby extended by one month.
The amounts of aid shall be increased in accordance with the tables annexed to the said Regulations.
2. Where, as a result of the extension of the storage contract provided for in paragraph 1, it becomes necessary to store the meat other than in the original place of storage, Article 3 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1092/80 shall not apply as to the transfer of the meat from one store to another. Transfers shall be subject to the prior agreement of the Belgian intervention agency.
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.
10.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 71/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 410/2006
of 9 March 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 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 (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 26(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products (2), provides that exports from the Community of products for which an export refund is requested shall be subject to the presentation of an export licence.
(2) However, the second subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 further lays down that an export licence must also be presented for the products referred to in category II of Annex I thereto, where no refund is applied for, except in the cases referred to in the first and fourth indents of Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (3).
(3) Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 provides that a licence is not to be required and may not be produced for the purposes of exports with export refunds relating inter alia to small quantities not exceeding those set out in Annex III to that Regulation.
(4) It is appropriate, where exports without refunds of skimmed-milk powder, as referred to in category II of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, relating to those small quantities, to exempt exporters from the obligation of an export licence.
(5) Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, at the end of product sector D, the following text is added:
Export licence without refund (Article 1(1) second subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999)
‘0402 10  150 kg’
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.
27.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 200/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 685/2012
of 24 July 2012
establishing a prohibition of fishing for blue ling in EU waters and international waters of Vb, VI, VII by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2012.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2012.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2012 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
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.
20.1.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 14/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 48/2010
of 19 January 2010
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 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 20 January 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 22 February 1993 drawing up the standard form provided for by Article 16 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport
(93/173/EEC)THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 of 20 December 1985 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Having consulted the Member States in accordance with Article 16 (3) thereof,
Whereas the standard form referred to in Article 16 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 should be drawn up, as the medium through which the Member States communicate to the Commission, every two years, the necessary information for the  preparation of a report on the implementation of the common rules and on developments in the fields in question,
The standard form referred to in Article 16 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1969/2001
of 9 October 2001
prohibiting fishing for hake by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2001(4), lays down quotas for hake for 2001.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock from 18 August 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 2001.
Fishing for hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above 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 from 18 August 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
17.9.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 245/34
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 September 2010
on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in Finland
(2010/559/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Article 25 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (1),
Having regard to Article 20 and Chapter 4 of the Annex to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA (2),
Whereas:
(1) According to the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties.
(2) Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is applicable and the Council must unanimously decide whether the Member States have implemented the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision.
(3) Article 20 of Decision 2008/616/JHA provides that decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision 2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With respect to automated data exchange in accordance with Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot run.
(4) According to Chapter 4, point 1.1, of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data category.
(5) Finland has completed the questionnaire on data protection and the questionnaire on Vehicle Registration Data (VRD).
(6) A pilot run has been carried out by Finland with the Netherlands, with a view to evaluating the results of the questionnaire concerning VRD.
(7) An evaluation visit has taken place in Finland and a report on the evaluation visit has been produced by the evaluation team and forwarded to the relevant Council Working Group with a view to evaluating the questionnaire concerning VRD.
(8) An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning VRD has been presented to the Council,
For the purposes of the automated searching of vehicle registration data (VRD), Finland has fully implemented the general provisions on data protection of Chapter 6 of Decision 2008/615/JHA and is entitled to receive and supply personal data pursuant to Article 12 of that Decision as from the date of the entry into force of this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
19.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 80/5
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 276/2014
of 18 March 2014
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.
22.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 321/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1835/2004
of 21 October 2004
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004
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) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004 (2).
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of 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 (3), the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified on 15 to 21 October 2004, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1757/2004, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be EUR 16,90/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 727/2004
of 19 April 2004
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 20 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION  of 30 March 1992  on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the interim extension for the period from 1 March to 30 April 1992 of the Agreement on relations in the sea-fisheries sector  between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco and of the Protocol annexed thereto  (92/211/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Agreement on relations in the sea-fisheries sector between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco and to the Protocol annexed thereto (1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and the Kingdom of Morocco have entered into negotiations as provided for in Article 12 (2) of the Agreement to establish the arrangements to be applied after 29 February 1992, the date on which the Agreement and the Protocol  annexed thereto expire;
Whereas the two Parties agreed on 28 February 1992 to extend the said Agreement and the Protocol annexed thereto for an interim period from 1 March to 30 April 1992 pending the result of the said negotiations,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the interim extension for the period from 1 March to 30 April 1992 of the Agreement on relations in the sea-fisheries sector between the European Economic Community and the  Kingdom of Morocco and of the Protocol annexed thereto is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the Community.