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28.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 107/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 642/2005
of 27 April 2005
imposing testing and information requirements on the importers or manufacturers of certain priority substances in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of risks of existing substances (1), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rapporteurs designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 have evaluated the information submitted by the manufacturers and importers in respect of certain priority substances. After consultation of those manufacturers and importers, the rapporteurs have determined that it is necessary for the purposes of the risk evaluation to require those manufacturers and importers to submit further information and carry out further testing.
(2) The information needed to evaluate the substances in question is not available from former manufacturers or importers. The manufacturers and importers have checked that tests on animals cannot be replaced or limited by using other methods.
(3) It is therefore appropriate to request manufacturers and importers of priority substances to submit further information and carry out further testing of those substances. The protocols submitted by the rapporteurs to the Commission should be used for performing those tests.
(4) The provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93,
The manufacturers and importers of the substances listed in the Annex, who have submitted information in accordance with the requirements of Articles 3, 4, 7 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93, shall provide the information and perform the tests indicated in the Annex and shall deliver the results to the relevant rapporteurs.
The tests shall be performed according to the protocols specified by the rapporteurs.
The results shall be delivered within the time limits laid down in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.
8.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 148/15
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 482/2012
of 7 June 2012
approving minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Tettnanger Hopfen (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Germany’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Tettnanger Hopfen’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2010 (2).
(2) The aim of the application is to amend the specification. New trellis systems shall be authorised for economic reasons. The pruning period shall be adjusted to allow growers to better adjust to less and less favourable weather conditions. The use of herbicides with the new trellis systems shall be authorised to increase the water available to hop plants. The maximum drying temperature shall be raised to 65 °C as a result of new scientific information.
(3) The Commission has examined the amendment in question and decided that it is justified. Since the amendment is a minor one within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission can approve it without recourse to the procedure laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the said Regulation,
The specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Tettnanger Hopfen’ is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Annex II to this Regulation contains the Single Document setting out the main points of the specification.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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 (EC) No 429/2002
of 7 March 2002
fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1005/2001
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),
Having regard to 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2001(4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of rye to all third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1005/2001(5).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 provides that the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, 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 at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 1 to 7 March 2002, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1005/2001, the maximum refund on exportation of rye shall be EUR 37,75/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 March 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 801/91  of 26 March 1991  on the supply of various lots of butteroil as food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (2), and in particular Article 6 (1) (c) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1420/87 of 21 May 1987 laying down implementing rules for Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (3) lays down the list of countries and organizations eligible for food-aid operations  and specifies the general criteria on the transport of food aid beyond the fob stage;
Whereas following the taking of a number of decisions on the allocation of food aid the Commission has allocated to certain countries and beneficiary organizations 150 tonnes of butteroil;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for the carrying-out of this measure in accordance with the rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 of 8 July 1987 laying down general rules for the mobilization in the Community of products to be  supplied as Community food aid (4); whereas it is necessary to specify the time limits and conditions of supply and the procedure to be followed to determine the resultant costs,
Milk products shall be mobilized in the Community, as Community food aid, for supply to the recipients listed in the Annexes in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2200/87 and under the conditions set out in the Annex. Supplies shall be  awarded by the tendering procedure.
The successful tenderer is deemed to have noted and accepted all the general and specific conditions applicable. Any other condition or reservation included in this tender is deemed unwritten.
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.
9.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 178/16
COUNCIL DECISION
of 3 July 2009
appointing a new member of the Commission of the European Communities
(2009/528/EC, Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 128 thereof,
Whereas:
In a letter dated 24 June 2009, Ms Danuta HÜBNER resigned from her post as a member of the Commission. She should be replaced for the remainder of her term of office,
Mr Pawel SAMECKI is hereby appointed a member of the Commission for the period from 4 July 2009 to 31 October 2009.
This Decision shall take effect on 4 July 2009.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1586/85
of 12 June 1985
re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries on certain products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1), and in particular Protocol 1 thereto,
Having regard to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3219/84 of 6 November 1984 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Yugoslavia (2);
Whereas Article 1 of the abovementioned Protocol provides that the products listed below, imported under reduced duty rates according to Article 15 of the Cooperation Agreement are subject to the annual ceiling indicated below, above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be re-established:
(tonnes)
1.2.3 //   //   //   // CCT heading No  // Description  // Ceiling  //   //   //   // 40.11  // Rubber tyres, tyre cases, interchangeable tyre treads, inner tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels of all kinds:  // 3 416  //   // B. Other  //   //  // II. Other  //   //   // - Other  //   //   //   //
Whereas imports into the Community of those products originating in Yugoslavia have reached that ceiling; whereas the situation on the Community market requires that customs duties applicable to third countries on the products in question be re-established,
From 16 June to 31 December 1985, the levying of customs duties applicable to third countries shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products:
1.2.3 //   //   //   // CCT heading No  // Description  // Origin  //   //   //   // 40.11  // Rubber tyres, tyre cases, interchangeable tyre treads, inner tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels of all kinds:  // Yugoslavia  //   // B. Other  //  //   // II. Other  //   //   // - Other  //   //   //   //
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 (EC) No 1392/2002
of 31 July 2002
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 1498/98(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 1 August 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
20.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 14/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 39/2009
of 19 January 2009
on the issue of licences for the import of preserved mushrooms in 2009
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 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) The quantities for which licence applications have been lodged by traditional importers and/or by new importers between 2 and 8 January 2009 pursuant to Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 of 22 December 2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms imported from third countries (3) exceed the quantities available for products originating in China and other third countries.
(2) It is therefore necessary to establish the extent to which the licence applications sent to the Commission no later than 15 January 2009 can be met,
Applications for import licences lodged pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1979/2006 between 2 and 8 January 2009 and sent to the Commission no later than 15 January 2009 shall be met at a percentage rate of the quantities applied for as set out in the Annex hereto.
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.
CONCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1746/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing rice prices for the 1992/93 marketing year
THE COUNCIL 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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas the markets and prices policy, based on modern farms, is the main instrument of the incomes policy in agriculture; whereas full advantage cannot be drawn from such a policy unless it is integrated into the common agricultural policy as a whole,  including a dynamic social and structural policy and the application of the rules on competition contained in the Treaty;
Whereas the intervention price for paddy rice must be fixed at a rate which takes account of the policy in respect of rice production, with a view to the uses to which it is put;
Whereas the target price for husked rice must be derived from the intervention price for paddy rice, in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76;
Whereas, for the products referred to in this Regulation, the application of the criteria for the fixing of the different prices in agriculture entails fixing those prices at the levels indicated below;
Whereas the second indent of Article 2 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 of 11 December 1990 introducing transitional measures governing the common organization of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal (5) lays down the rules for aligning  the Portuguese prices for rice on the common prices; whereas those rules result in the fixing of the Portuguese prices at the levels set out below,
For the 1992/93 marketing year, rice prices shall be as follows:
1. Community except Portugal:
(a) intervention price, paddy rice: ECU 313,65 per tonne,
(b) target price, husked rice: ECU 545,52 per tonne;
2. Portugal:
(a) intervention price, paddy rice: ECU 332,21 per tonne,
(b) target price, husked rice: ECU 545,52 per tonne.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
24.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 379/105
COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 December 2004
amending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards movements of animals from and inside a restricted zone in Spain and Portugal, in relation to outbreaks of bluetongue in Spain
(notified under document number C(2004) 5212)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/898/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Articles 8(2)(d) and 9(1)(c) and Article 12 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2004/762/EC (2) has amended Decision 2003/828/EC of 25 November 2003 on protection and surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue (3) by establishing a restricted zone (zone F) corresponding to the bluetongue situation prevailing in Spain.
(2) New epidemiological, ecological and geographical data allow to exclude certain Spanish regions from this restricted zone.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2003/828/ EC is amended as follows:
in Annex I, zone F is replaced by the following:
— Province of Cádiz, Málaga, Sevilla, Huelva, Córdoba, Cáceres, Badajoz,
— Province of Jaen (comarcas of Jaen and Andujar)
— Province of Toledo (comarcas of Oropesa, Talavera de la Reina, Belvis de Jara and Los Navalmorales,)
— Province of Ciudad Real (comarcas of Horcajo de los Montes, Piedrabuena, Almadén and Almodóvar del Campo).
— Regional Direction of Agriculture of Alentejo: concelhos of Niza, Castelo de Vide, Marvão, Ponte de Sôr, Crato, Portalegre, Alter-do-Chão, Avis, Mora, Sousel, Fronteira, Monforte, Arronches, Campo Maior, Elvas, Arraiolos, Estremoz, Borba, Vila Viçosa, Alandroal, Redondo, Évora, Portel, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Mourão, Moura, Barrancos; Mértola, Serpa, Beja, Vidigueira, Ferreira do Alentejo, Cuba, Alvito, Viana, Montemor-o-Novo, Vendas Novas, Alcácer do Sal (East of A2, the freguesias of Santa Susana, Santiago and Torrão) Gavião (feguesias of Gavião, Atalaia, Margem and Comenda);
— Regional Direction of Agriculture of Ribatejo e Oeste: concelhos of Montijo (freguesias of Canha, S. Isidoro de Pegões and Pegões), Coruche, Salvaterra de Magos, Almeirim, Alpiarça, Chamusca, (freguesias of Pinheiro Grande, Chamusca, Ulme, Vale de Cavalos, Chouto and Parreira), Constância (freguesia of Sta Margarida de Coutada), Abrantes (freguesias of Tramagal, S. Miguel do Rio Torto, Rossio ao Sul do Tejo, Pego, Concovoadas, Alvega, S. Facundo, Vale das Mós and Bemposta).’
This Decision shall apply from 27 December 2004.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 17 November 1982
on the list of establishments in the Kingdom of Swaziland approved for the purpose of importing fresh meat into the Community
(82/814/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), and in particular Articles 4 (1) and 18 (1) (a) and (b) thereof,
Whereas establishments in third countries cannot be authorized to export fresh meat to the Community unless they satisfy the general and special conditions laid down in Directive 72/462/EEC;
Whereas Swaziland has proposed, in accordance with Article 4 (3) of Directive 72/462/EEC, one establishment authorized to export to the Community;
Whereas a Community on-the-spot visit has shown that the hygiene standards of this establishment are sufficient and it may therefore be approved in accordance with Article 4 (1) of the said Directive, for the importation of fresh meat into the Community;
Whereas it should be recalled that imports of fresh meat are also subject to other Community veterinary legislation, particularly as regards health protection requirements, including the special provisions for Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom;
Whereas the conditions of importation of fresh meat from the establishment appearing in the Annex to the present Decision remain subject to provisions laid down elsewhere and to the general provisions of the Treaty; whereas, in particular, the importation from third countries and the re-exportation to other Member States of certain categories of meat, such as meat weighing less than 3 kilograms, or meat containing residues of certain substances which are not yet covered by harmonized Community rules, remain subject to the health legislation of the importing Member State;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. The establishment in Swaziland appearing in the Annex is hereby approved for the import into the Community of fresh meat pursuant to the said Annex.
2. Imports from the establishment referred to in paragraph 1 shall remain subject to the Community veterinary provisions laid down elsewhere and, in particular, those concerning health protection requirements.
Member States shall prohibit imports of fresh meat coming from establishments other than that appearing in the Annex.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1983.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.