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Commission Regulation (EC) No 59/2004
of 14 January 2004
on the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms for the period from 1 January to 30 April 2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 of 6 September 1995 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms(1), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The quantities applied for on 2 and 5 January 2004 pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 exceed the available quantities. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined.
(2) As a result of the adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2334/2003 of 30 December 2003 derogating for the year 2004 from Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms(2) and because of the accession to the Community on 1 May 2004 of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, this Regulation should remain applicable only until 30 April 2004,
1. Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 on 2 and 5 January 2004 and submitted to the Commission on 7 and 8 January 2004 shall be issued for 100 % of the quantity applied for.
2. Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 on 2 and 5 January 2004 and submitted to the Commission on 7 and 8 January 2004 shall be issued for 8,41 % of the quantity applied for.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 2004.
It shall apply until 30 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
3.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 323/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1199/2008
of 2 December 2008
on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the subperiod 1 March to 31 May 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) Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 (3) opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas and introduces a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and other agricultural products imported from third countries.
(2) The quantities for which ‘A’ licence applications have been lodged by traditional importers and by new importers during the first five working days following the 15th day of November 2008, pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 exceed the quantities available for products originating in China, Argentina, and all third countries other than China and Argentina.
(3) Therefore, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, it is now necessary to establish the extent to which the ‘A’ licence applications sent to the Commission by the end of November 2008 can be met in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007,
Applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 during the first five working days following the 15th day of November 2008 and sent to the Commission by the end of November 2008 shall be met at a percentage rate of the quantities applied for as 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.
21.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 349/96
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 December 2013
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2013/001 FI/Nokia from Finland)
(2013/788/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
(2) The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(3) Finlandsubmitted an application on 1 February 2013 to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Nokia plc, Nokia Siemens Networks and 30 of its subcontractors, and supplemented it by additional information up to 21 August 2013. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 9 810 000.
(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application submitted by Finland,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 9 810 000 in commitment and payment appropriations.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 232/2003
of 6 February 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002
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 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of barley to all third countries except for the United States of America, Canada, Estonia and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 901/2002(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1230/2002(7).
(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 31 January to 6 February 2003, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 901/2002, the maximum refund on exportation of barley shall be EUR 14,00/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
5.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 234/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 813/2009
of 4 September 2009
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
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 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2009 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 September 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
11.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 124/15
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 401/2012
of 7 May 2012
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The Customs Code Committee has not issued an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.
6.5.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 121/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 694/2006
of 27 April 2006
amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (1), and in particular Article 45 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the initiative of the Slovak Republic (2),
Whereas:
(1) The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 list the designations given in the national legislation of the Member States to the proceedings and liquidators to which that Regulation applies. Annex A to that Regulation lists the insolvency proceedings referred to in Article 2(a) of that Regulation. Annex B to that Regulation lists the winding-up proceedings referred to in Article 2(c) and Annex C thereto lists the liquidators referred to in Article 2(b) of that Regulation.
(2) Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 were amended by the 2003 Act of Accession so as to include the insolvency proceedings, the winding-up proceedings and the liquidators of the new Member States, and by Council Regulation (EC) No 603/2005 (3) in order to modify the said Annexes as regards several Member States.
(3) On 29 November 2005 the French Republic notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000, of amendments to the lists set out in Annexes A and C to that Regulation.
(4) On 6 March 2006 the Slovak Republic notified the Council General Secretariat, pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000, of amendments to the lists set out in Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation.
(5) The United Kingdom and Ireland, in accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, have given notice of their wish to take part in the adoption and application of this Regulation.
(6) Denmark, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, is not participating in the adoption of this Regulation, and is therefore not bound by it nor subject to its application.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly,
Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex A shall be replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation;
2. Annex B shall be replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation;
3. Annex C shall be replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.
8.8.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/16
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 763/2013
of 7 August 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 as regards the classification of certain plant species for the purposes of assessing the suitability of the denominations of varieties
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1) and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (2), and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) As regards certain species, the classes set out in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 of 22 July 2009 establishing implementing rules as to the suitability of the denominations of varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (3) should be adapted to take into account changes in international botanical classification. The Community Plant Variety Office already included, in November 2012, those changes in the ‘Guidelines with explanatory notes on Article 63 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community Plant Variety Rights’.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.
COUNCIL  DECISION
of 2 May 1985
on a financial contribution from the Community to the campaign against foot-and-mouth disease in south-east Europe
(85/255/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas there have been outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease caused by viruses foreign to the Community in recent years in certain regions of south-east Europe; whereas the danger to Community livestock from such exotic foot-and-mouth viruses has not yet been removed; whereas, consequently, aid should continue to be granted to the non-member countries concerned to enable them to apply measures designed to prevent the spread of these viruses, in particular by the creation of buffer zones in these regions,
The Community shall contribute to the campaign in the countries of south-east Europe against exotic foot-and-mouth viruses. The Commission shall be responsible for paying a contribution to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) programme for 1985 and 1986.
The Commission shall be responsible for supervising the manner in which the contribution provided for in Article 1 is used. It shall report to the Council and to the European Parliament on the implementation of this Decision.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 744/85
of 21 March 1985
on the application of the EEC-Jordan Cooperation Council Decision No 3/84 amending the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1) was signed on 18 January 1977 and entered into force on 1 November 1978;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 of the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, the EEC-Jordan Cooperation Council has adopted Decision No 3/84 amending the Protocol as regards the rules of origin;
Whereas that Decision should be made to apply in the Community,
Decision No 3/84 of the EEC-Jordan Cooperation Council shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
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 DECISION of 13 July 1994 amending Annex I (13) to Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements  laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (94/466/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/118/EEC of 17 December 1982 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community  rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, given the experience gained during the application of the measures provided for, the conditions under which game trophies are traded and imported should be amended; whereas, therefore, Annex I (13) to the above Directive should be reworded;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Chapter 13, Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 December 1994.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
18.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/98
EUROPEAN COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 May 2013
concerning the number of members of the European Commission
(2013/272/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 17(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) At its meetings of 11-12 December 2008 and 18-19 June 2009, the European Council noted the concerns of the Irish people with respect to the Treaty of Lisbon and therefore agreed that, provided the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force, a decision would be taken, in accordance with the necessary legal procedures, to the effect that the Commission continue to include one national of each Member State.
(2) The decision on the number of members of the Commission should be adopted in due time before the appointment of the Commission due to take up its duties on 1 November 2014.
(3) The implications of this Decision should be kept under review,
The Commission shall consist of a number of members, including its President and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, equal to the number of Member States.
The European Council shall review this Decision, in view of its effect on the functioning of the Commission, in sufficient time in advance of either the appointment of the first Commission following the date of accession of the 30th Member State or the appointment of the Commission succeeding that due to take up its duties on 1 November 2014, whichever is earlier.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2014.