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COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2217/90
of 30 July 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1759/88 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrangements applicable to imports of sweet potatoes and manioc starch intended for certain uses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1471/88 of 16 May 1988 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports of sweet potatoes and manioc starch intended for certain uses and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3847/89 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1759/88 (3) provides that the importer is to undertake to process all the imported manioc starch within four months of the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry for free circulation;
Whereas, in view of the practices currently applying for similar products, that time limit is too short; whereas, for the sake of equality of treatment, a time limit of six months should accordingly be laid down for processing;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EEC) No 1759/88 is hereby amended as follows:
In Article 11 (3) (a), 'four months' is replaced by 'six months'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to import licences issued after its date of entry into force.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 9 February 1981 amending Decision 77/711/EEC as regards the regions in which the co-responsibility levy introduced in respect of milk and milk products is not applicable (Only the Greek text is authentic) (81/108/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1364/80 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Article 1 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 of 5 August 1977 laying down detailed rules for the collection of the co-responsibility levy introduced in respect of milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1381/80 (4), provides that this levy shall not apply to milk sold by a producer to a dairy situated in a region where, during 1976, the average daily quantity of milk delivered by producers was less than 10 kilograms per producer ; whereas the regions which may be taken into consideration for applying the said provision are those defined in Article 4 (3) (a) of Council Directive 72/280/EEC of 31 July 1972 on the statistical surveys to be made by Member States on milk and milk products (5), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece;
Whereas the information supplied by Greece and the statistical data available to the Commission show that the abovementioned conditions for non-application of the levy are fulfilled in that Member State, the territory of which is a single region for the purposes of Directive 72/280/EEC ; whereas Commission Decision 77/711/EEC (6) should be supplemented accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The Annex to Decision 77/711/EEC is hereby supplemented to include the following : "Greece : the whole country".
This Decision shall apply with effect from 1 January 1981.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 33/2002
of 9 January 2002
fixing the import duties in the rice sector
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 of 29 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2831/98(4), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by a certain percentage according to whether it is husked or milled rice, minus the cif import price provided that duty does not exceed the rate of the Common Customs Tariff duties.
(2) Pursuant to Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market or on the Community import market for the product.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as regards import duties in the rice sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force. They also remain in force in cases where no quotation is available from the source referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 during the two weeks preceding the next periodical fixing.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1503/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in the Annexes to this Regulation,
The import duties in the rice sector referred to in Article 11(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 21 March 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on trade in textile products (97/550/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, in conjunction with Article 228 (2), first sentence,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an Agreement on trade in textile products with the Republic of Moldova;
Whereas the Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on trade in textile products 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 person empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the European Community.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 20 of the Agreement on behalf of the European Community.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
22.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 155/33
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION BiH/16/2010
of 15 June 2010
on the appointment of the Head of the EU Command Element at Naples for the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2010/344/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 2004/570/CFSP of 12 July 2004 on the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Exchange of Letters between the Secretary-General/High Representative and the NATO Secretary-General on 28 September 2004 and on 8 October 2004 respectively, the North Atlantic Council has agreed to make available the Chief of Staff of the Joint Force Command Headquarters Naples as Head of the EU Command Element at Naples.
(2) The EU Operation Commander has recommended to appoint Lieutenant General Leandro DE VICENTI, Chief of Staff of the Joint Force Command Headquarters at Naples, as Head of the EU Command Element at Naples for the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(3) The EU Military Committee has supported the recommendation.
(4) Pursuant to Article 6 of Joint Action 2004/570/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee to exercise the political and strategic direction of the EU military operation.
(5) In accordance with Article 5 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark does not participate in the elaboration and implementation of decisions and actions of the European Union which have defence implications.
(6) The Copenhagen European Council of 12 and 13 December 2002 adopted a Declaration stating that the ‘Berlin plus’ arrangements and the implementation thereof will apply only to those EU Member States which are also either NATO members or parties to the ‘Partnership for Peace’ and which have consequently concluded bilateral security agreements with NATO,
Lieutenant General Leandro DE VICENTI is hereby appointed Head of the EU Command Element at Naples for the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This Decision shall enter into force on 15 June 2010.
Commission Decision
of 25 July 2001
setting the date on which dispatch from Portugal of bovine products under the Date-Based Export Scheme may commence by virtue of Article 22(2) of Decision 2001/376/EC
(notified under document number C(2001) 2363)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/577/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market [1], as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC,
Having regard to Commission Decision 2001/376/EC of 18 April 2001 concerning measures made necessary by the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal and implementing a date-based export scheme [2], and in particular Article 22(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 22(2) of Decision 2001/376/EC requires the Commission to set the date on which dispatch of products referred to in Article 11 of that Decision may commence, after having carried out Community inspections and after having informed the Member States.
(2) Inspections carried out by the Commission services in Portugal from 14 to 18 May and 25 to 27 June 2001, in particular to assess the system of veterinary checks pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 and Annex IV to Decision 2001/376/EC, have shown that the conditions are complied with satisfactorily.
(3) The Commission has presented the results of the inspections and the consequences it draws from them to the Member States convened in the Standing Veterinary Committee. The Commission has received from Portugal guarantees on the full application and effective enforcement of Community legislation on surveillance for and eradication of TSEs, in addition to those guarantees requested by the report of the Food and Veterinary Office,
The date referred to in Article 22(2) of Decision 2001/376/EC, upon which the dispatch of products referred to in Article 11 of that Decision may commence or recommence in accordance with the conditions laid down, shall be 1 August 2001.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
27.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 221/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 864/2011
of 26 August 2011
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:
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,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1788/2002
of 8 October 2002
prohibiting fishing for deepwater prawn by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) 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 2555/2001 of 18 December 2001 fixing for 2002 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), lays down quotas for deepwater prawn for 2002.
(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 deepwater prawn in Norwegian waters South of 62°00'N by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated for 2002. Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock from 8 April 2002. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of deepwater prawn in Norwegian waters South of 62°00'N by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 2002.
Fishing for deepwater prawn in Norwegian waters South of 62°00'N by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden 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 8 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 125/67
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 423/2009
of 20 May 2009
on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the May 2009 subperiod by Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007
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 1529/2007 of 21 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration in 2008 and 2009 of import quotas for rice originating in the ACP States which are part of the Cariforum region and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) (2), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 opens and provides for the administration of an annual import tariff quota for 2009 of 250 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in States that are part of the Cariforum region (order number 09.4220), an import tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (order number 09.4189) and an import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes of rice, in husked-rice equivalent, originating in the least-developed OCTs (order number 09.4190).
(2) May is the second subperiod for the quota laid down in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007.
(3) The notification sent in accordance with Article 6(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 shows that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4220, 09.4189, and 09.4190, the applications lodged in the first seven days of May 2009 under Article 2(1) of the Regulation cover a quantity, in husked-rice equivalent, lower than that available.
(4) The total quantities available for the following subperiod should therefore be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4220, 09.4189, and 09.4190, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007,
The total quantities available for the following subperiod under the quotas with order numbers 09.4220, 09.4189, and 09.4190 as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1529/2007 are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1272/2002
of 12 July 2002
amending the codes and descriptions of certain products listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 on the common organisation of the market in certain products listed in Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 of 5 February 1979 on the procedure for adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2002(4), contains the Combined Nomenclature currently in force.
(2) Some of the codes and descriptions in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 827/68(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 195/96(6), no longer correspond to those in the Combined Nomenclature. The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 should therefore be amended. For ease of readability, the Annex to that Regulation should be replaced by a new, updated Annex.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the Management Committees concerned,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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.
30.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 201/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 741/2008
of 29 July 2008
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 996/97 for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals
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) Commission Regulation (EC) No 996/97 of 3 June 1997 on the opening and administration of an import tariff quota for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals falling within CN code 0206 29 91 (3) opens an import tariff quota for beef and veal products.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 relate to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for,
The quantities for which import licence applications covered by the quota with the order number 09.4020 have been lodged for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 under Regulation (EC) No 996/97 shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 1,694843 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 July 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.