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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1527/2001
of 26 July 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 825/2001 laying down special measures derogating from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 as regards products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000(2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It is useful that special measures as foreseen in Commission Regulation (EC) No 825/2001 of 27 April 2001 laying down special measures derogating from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 as regards products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty(3) be brought in line with the common rules for the fixing in advance of refund rates.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in line with the opinion of the Management Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
In Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 825/2001, the following subparagraph is added: "By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, where the system of advance fixing of the refund rate is applied, the rate in force on the day on which the application for advance fixing is lodged shall apply to goods exported during the extended period of validity of the refund certificate."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to all extended certificates.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1366/85
of 24 May 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 and (EEC) No 2278/84 as regards the selling price of intervention butter for export
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1298/85 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 of 31 July 1984 on special sales of intervention butter for export to various destinations and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1007/85 (4), provides that intervention butter for export which is six months old or more on the date of signature of the contract may be sold at the buying-in price applied by the intervention agency at the time the sales contract is concluded, less 34,50 ECU per 100 kilograms; whereas Article 2 (1) (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2278/84 of 31 July 1984 on the sale at a fixed price of butter to be exported to certain destinations in the form of ghee and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3480/84 (6), provides that intervention butter taken into store before 1 April 1983 and intended for export as pure butter ghee may be sold at the buying-in price applied by the intervention agency at the time the sales contract is concluded, less 40 ECU per 100 kilograms;
Whereas, from the start of the 1985/86 milk year, the buying-in price of butter is to be reduced by 6,50 ECU per 100 kilograms; whereas, in order to avoid having to change export prices, the reduction in the selling price of intervention butter as laid down in the said Regulations should be cut by the same amount as the buying-in price;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
1. '34,50 ECU' in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 is hereby replaced by '28 ECU'.
2. '40 ECU' in Article 2 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2278/84 is hereby replaced by '33,50 ECU'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 May 1985.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1572/2002
of 2 September 2002
fixing the minimum selling prices for beef put up for sale under the third invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1197/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Tenders have been invited for certain quantities of beef fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1197/2002(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95(5), the minimum selling prices for meat put up for sale by tender should be fixed, taking into account tenders submitted.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
The minimum selling prices for beef for the third invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1197/2002 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 26 August 2002 are as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 September 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1555/94 of 30 June 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 133/94 (4), and in particular Article 19 (7) thereof,
Whereas, following the amendment of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, inulin syrup may, pursuant to Article 19 (2) of that Regulation, receive, where appropriate, an export refund; whereas it is accordingly necessary to amend Regulation  (EEC) No 394/70 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1021/94 (4);
Whereas, in particular as regards trade, the provisions covering isoglucose should, given the great similarity of the two products, be applied mutatis mutandis to inulin syrup; whereas, in the first instance, without prejudice to appropriate measures to  be taken at a later date, the product should forthwith be defined by reference to its content of fructose, polysaccharides and other types of sugar so that the refund may be granted, where appropriate, only for the true product in the natural state;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The following Article is added to Regulation (EEC) No 394/70:
'Article 13 b
The export refund for the products referred to in Article 1 (1) (h) or Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be granted only in respect of products:
- which constitute an immediate product obtained by hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructoses;
- which have a content by weight in the dry state of at least 80 % fructose, and
- of which the total content by weight in the dry state of polysaccharides and oligosaccharides, including the di- or trisaccharides content, does not exceed 8,5 %.'
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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1059/91  of 26 April 1991  on residual duties applicable in 1991 in the framework of the progressive reductions in accordance with the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal
THE COMMISSION 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, and in particular Article 75 (4) and 243 (4) thereof,
Whereas the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal makes it possible to suspend in whole or in part the customs duties on agricultural products in trade between those two Member States and the Community of Ten; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No  3792/85 (1) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 396/88 (2), provides that the suspension may apply to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal;
Whereas, in the context of the extension of tariff concessions in the framework of the GSP to certain East European countries, provision should be made on the basis of reciprocity that, in view of the duties applicable to imports from Spain and Portugal  in accordance with Articles 75 (1) and 243 (1) of the Act of Accession, agricultural products consigned from Spain and Portugal should not be treated less favourably than the same products covered by Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 (3)  and originating in Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria;
Whereas Spain and Portugal have requested the application of these measures to imports of their products into the Community of Ten;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned,
Article 1
In so far as they are higher than the preferential duties granted in accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 on agricultural products originating in Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, the  residual duties applicable to imports from the Community of Ten from 1 January 1991 in accordance with the timetables laid down in Articles 75 (1) and 243 (1) of the Act of Accession shall be reduced to the level of those preferential duties.  Article 2
shall apply mutatis mutandis to imports into Spain and Portugal of the products in question from the Community of Ten and in trade between the said Member States.  Article 3
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 1240/2003
of 10 July 2003
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 699/2003
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 1104/2003(2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported into Spain was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 699/2003(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, may decide to fix a maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 must be taken into account. Whereas a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum reduction in the import duty 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 4 to 10 July 2003, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 699/2003, the maximum reduction in the duty on sorghum imported shall be 38,95 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 80000 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 773/2009
of 20 August 2009
establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in VI; EC waters of Vb; EC and international waters of XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 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 catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2009.
(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 2009.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
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 2009 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing 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. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such 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.
Commission Directive 2003/16/EC
of 19 February 2003
adapting to technical progress Annex III to Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/1/EC(2), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-food Products Intended for Consumers (SCCNFP),
Whereas:
(1) The Scientific Committee for Cosmetic Products and Non-food Products Intended for Consumers (SCCNFP) recommends that musk xylene can be safely used in cosmetic products, excluding oral care products, up to a maximum daily theoretically absorbed dose of about 10Îźg/kg/day.
(2) The SCCNFP recommends that musk ketone can be safely used in cosmetic products, excluding oral care products, up to a maximum daily theoretically absorbed dose of about 14Îźg/kg/day.
(3) Pending completion of the risk assessment of these two substances in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23 March 1993 on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances(3), these two substances have been provisionally included, until 28 February 2003, in Part 2 of Annex III to Directive 76/768/EEC.
(4) The risk assessment has not yet been completed in accordance with the abovementioned Regulation. Therefore, the period of inclusion of musk xylene and musk ketone in Part 2 of Annex III to Directive 76/768/EEC should be extended.
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of Directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in the cosmetic products sector,
The date "28.2.2003" is replaced by "30.9.2004" for reference numbers 61 and 62 in Part 2, column g, of Annex III to Directive 76/768/EEC.
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 28 February 2003 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Decision
of 5 December 2003
amending Decision 92/452/EEC as regards embryo collection teams in the United States of America
(notified under document number C(2003) 4524)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/843/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/556/EEC of 25 September 1989 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of domestic animals of the bovine species(1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 92/452/EEC of 30 July 1992 establishing lists of embryo collection teams and embryo production teams approved in third countries for export of bovine embryos to the Community(2) provides that Member States are only to import embryos from third countries where they have been collected, processed and stored by embryo collection teams listed in that Decision.
(2) The United States of America has requested that amendments be made to the list as regards entries for that country.
(3) The United States of America has provided guarantees regarding compliance with the appropriate rules set out in Directive 89/556/EEC and the teams concerned have been officially approved for exports to the Community by the veterinary services of that country.
(4) Decision 92/452/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Decision 92/452/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 9 December 2003.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1267/95  of 29 May 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1332/92 introducing specific measures for table olives
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament  (1),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1332/92  (2) provides for aid, with a financial contribution from the  Community, for the constitution of working capital intended to stabilize supply by ensuring in  particular the financing of storage required for the suitable release to the market of the product;  whereas, for the purposes of granting that aid, the cooperatives and associations thereof in the  sector concerned are to be considered, for a maximum period of three years, as being equivalent to  the producer groups or associations thereof;
Whereas, given the existing situation in the producing Member States, the period of three years has  proven to be insufficient to allow all the cooperatives and associations thereof concerned to  complete transformation into the groups or associations thereof referred to; whereas, as a result,  in order to prevent interruption in the financing of the working capital and to enable the said  transformations to be completed, that time limit should be extended by a year,
In Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1332/92, 'three years` is  hereby replaced by 'four years`.
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 1232/96 of 28 June 1996 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2537/95 (2), and in particular Articles 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas in application of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance for the milk sector should be determined for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997 for supplies to the Canary Islands;
Whereas the quantities of the forecast supply balance for those products is fixed in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2883/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 956/96 (4), for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996; whereas, in order to continue to satisfy requirements for milk and milk products, the abovementioned quantities should be fixed for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92, the quantities of the forecast supply balance in the milk sector benefiting, as appropriate from exemption from import duties for products from third countries or for Community aid for products from the Community market shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Where, as regards a particular product separate amounts are fixed in the forecast supply balance for direct consumption, and for processing and/or packaging respectively, an adjustment in the breakdown as between the prescribed uses is permitted, within a limit of 20 % of the total quantity fixed for that product.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.