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COMMISSION DECISION of 30 September 1998 amending for the second time Decision 98/339/EC concerning certain protective measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain (notified under document number C(1998) 2871) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/555/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas a number of outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever have occurred in Spain;
Whereas Spain has taken measures within the framework of Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden;
Whereas as a result of disease situation it was necessary to adopt Commission Decision 97/285/EC of 30 April 1997 (4) concerning certain protection measures relating to classical swine fever in Spain, to amend it by Decisions 97/446/EC (5), 98/93/EC (6) and 98/271/EC (7), to repeal it by Decision 98/339/EC of 14 May 1998 (8) and to amend Decision 98/339/EC by Decision 98/411/EC (9);
Whereas Spain has adopted the national serosurveillance programme for classical swine fever approved with Commission 98/176/EC (10);
Whereas due to Classical swine fever favourable evolution it is necessary to modify adopted measures concerning the movement of pigs and the trade of boar semen from some areas of Spain;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
1. Annex I of Commission Decision 98/339/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
2. Article 3 and Annex II of Commission Decision 98/339/EC are hereby repealed.
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 12 July 1999
concerning the validity of certain binding tariff information
(notified under document number C(1999) 1966)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(1999/637/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 955/1999(2), and in particular Articles 12(5)(a)(iii) and 249(4) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 502/1999(4), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
(1) Whereas the binding tariff information referred to in the Annex to this Decision is inconsistent with other binding tariff information, and the tariff classification it contains is incompatible with the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature set out in Section I A of Part I of 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(5), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 861/1999(6);
(2) Whereas the said binding tariff information should cease to be valid; whereas, therefore, the customs administrations which issued the information should revoke it as soon as possible and notify the Commission to that effect;
(3) Whereas under Article 14(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 the holder may make use for a given period of time of the possibility of invoking such binding tariff information which has ceased to be valid;
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The binding tariff information referred to by number in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex, issued by the customs authorities named in column 2 in respect of the tariff classification shown in column 3, must be revoked as soon as possible but not later than the 21st day following that of the publication of this Decision in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
7.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 261/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1632/2005
of 6 October 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
25.9.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 281/1
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 1001/2014
of 18 July 2014
amending Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (1), and in particular Article 46(9)(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Chapter 3 of Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 establishes the conditions for granting the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Those conditions include rules on ecological focus areas in order to meet objectives of biodiversity.
(2) In order to simplify the administration of such ecological focus areas and to take account of the characteristics of the different types of areas, Article 46(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 provides for the use of conversion and weighting factors.
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 (2) amended Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 in order to establish the relevant conversion and weighting factors referred to in Article 46(3) of that Regulation.
(4) As a result of the discussions with the European Parliament and the Council on Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014, the Commission undertook to increase the weighting factor for areas with nitrogen-fixing crops as referred to point (j) of the first subparagraph of Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 in order to meet the above-mentioned objectives.
(5) Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) This Regulation should apply with respect to aid applications relating to calendar years subsequent to calendar year 2014,
Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
In Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the weighting factor of ‘0,3’ for areas with nitrogen-fixing crops is replaced by ‘0,7’.
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply with respect to aid applications relating to calendar years subsequent to calendar year 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1615/93 of 25 June 1993 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1652/92 fixing, in respect of 1988, 1989 and 1990 crops, export refunds for baled tobacco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 860/92 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the third subparagraph of
Article 9
(2) thereof,
Whereas export refunds were fixed in respect of certain varieties of tobacco from the 1988, 1989 and 1990 crops by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1652/92 (3), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3686/92 (4);
Whereas the final date for granting those refunds was set at 31 December 1992 for the 1988 harvest and at 30 June 1993 for the 1989 and 1990 harvests; whereas, in respect of certain varieties of that tabacco, export possibilities after that date have  presented themselves; whereas it is advisable to grant refunds in respect of the varieties in question from the 1989 and 1990 harvests, in order to enable those exports to be carried out;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,
The text in Article 2, second subparagraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 1652/92 shall be replaced by the following text:
'It shall apply until 31 December 1992 for the 1988 harvest and until 31 December 1993 for the 1989 and 1990 harvests.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1459/2002
of 9 August 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 10 August 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
30.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 176/69
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 975/2006
of 29 June 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter and Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for exports refunds concerning skimmed milk powder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 31(3)(b) and (14) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 (2) and to Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 (3), certain destinations are excluded from the granting of an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2006 of 24 May 2006 fixing the export refunds for milk and milk products (4) has included Bulgaria and Romania, as from 25 May 2006, under the destination zones L 20 and L 21, listing the destinations not eligible for export refunds. It is therefore necessary to exclude Bulgaria and Romania from the export refunds fixed under Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 and Romania from the export refunds fixed under Regulation (EC) No 582/2004.
(3) Regulations (EC) No 581/2004 and (EC) No 582/2004 should be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘The products referred to in the first subparagraph are intended for export for all destinations except Andorra, Bulgaria, Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Romania, the United States of America and Vatican City.’
In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 582/2004, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.   A permanent tender is opened in order to determine the export refund on skimmed milk powder referred to in Section 9 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (5) in bags of at least 25 kilograms net weight and containing no more than 0,5 % by weight of added non-lactic matter falling under product code ex ex 0402 10 19 9000, intended for export to all destinations except Andorra, Bulgaria, Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Romania, the United States of America and Vatican City.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 4 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3729/89
of 27 November 1989
amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 4194/88 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1989 and certain conditions under which they may be fished
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (1), as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under the terms of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 170/83, it is incumbent upon the Council to establish the total allowable catches (TACs) by stock or group of stocks, the share available for the Community and the specific conditions under which these catches must be taken; whereas the share available to the Community is allocated among the Member States, pursuant to Article 4 of that Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4194/88 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2278/89 (3), fixes, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the TACs for 1989 and certain conditions under which they may be fished;
Whereas the latest review by the Scientific and Technical Committee for Fisheries concluded that, for cod in ICES divisions VII b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j and k, sub-areas VIII, IX and X and Copace division 34.1.1 (EC zone), the catch should be in a range which would permit an increase of the TAC from 24 600 tonnes to 25 400 tonnes,
The Annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding items of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 4194/88.
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.
Council Decision
of 18 June 2001
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Romania concerning the participation of Romania in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network
(2001/584/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas:
(1) The European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network were established by Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90(3).
(2) The Luxembourg European Council (December 1997) made participation in the Community programmes and agencies a way of stepping up the pre-accession strategy for the central and east European countries. In the case of the agencies, the European Council's conclusions provide that "the Community agencies in which applicant countries will be able to participate will be determined on a case-by-case basis".
(3) The Helsinki European Council (December 1999) reaffirmed the inclusive nature of the accession process, which now comprises 13 candidate countries within a single framework with the candidate countries participating in the accession process on an equal footing.
(4) The Council, on 14 February 2000, authorised the Commission to conduct negotiations on the participation in the European Environment Agency of the countries applying for accession. The Commission signed the Final Act of the negotiations on 9 October 2000.
(5) The Agreement as referred to in this Decision should be approved,
The Agreement between the European Community and Romania concerning the participation of Romania in the European Environment Agency and the European environment information and observation network is approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is set out as an Annex to this Decision.
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the notification provided for in Article 18 of the Agreement.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2630/2000
of 30 November 2000
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 establishing common rules and procedures to apply to shipments of certain types of waste from the European Community to Bahrain, Haiti, Honduras, Libya, Namibia, Qatar, Uzbekistan and the Vatican City
(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 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/816/EC(2), and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In January, the European Commission sent a "note verbale" to all non-OECD countries (plus Hungary and Poland, which do not yet apply OECD Decision C(92)39 final). The purpose of this "note verbale" was threefold: (i) to inform these countries of the Community's new Regulations; (ii) to ask for confirmation of the respective positions as outlined in the Annexes to both Regulations; and (iii) to have an answer from those countries which did not reply in 1994.
(2) Among the countries that replied, the following notified the Commission that they do not wish to receive any shipment of waste listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 259/93:
1. Bahrain (reply of 29 February 2000);
2. Haiti (reply of 1 March 2000);
3. Honduras (reply of 23 March 2000);
4. Libya (reply of 22 February 2000);
5. Namibia (reply of 20 February 2000);
6. Qatar (reply of 9 May 2000);
7. Uzbekistan (reply of 6 March 2000);
8. Vatican City (reply of 16 March 2000).
(3) In accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93, the Committee instituted by Article 18 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste(3), as last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC(4), was notified of the official request of these countries on 19 June 2000.
(4) In order to take into account the new situation of these countries, it is necessary to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999(5) establishing common rules and procedures to apply to shipments of certain types of waste,
Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following countries are added to those listed in Annex A with the mention "All types": "Bahrain, Haiti, Honduras, Libya, Namibia, Qatar, Uzbekistan and the Vatican City."
2. The following countries are deleted from the list in Annex B: "Bahrain, Haiti, Honduras, Namibia, Qatar, Uzbekistan and the Vatican City."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 (EEC) No 2429/92  of 18 August 1992  re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 24 (order No 40.0240), originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council  Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended into 1992 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3387/91  (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for each category of products in Annexes I and II thereto individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of  Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-establish at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of products of category 24 (order No 40.0240), originating in India, the relevant ceiling amounts to 499 000 pieces;
Whereas on 13 March 1992 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to India,
As from 24 August 1992 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in India:
Order No  Category
(unit)  CN code  Description           40.0240  24 (1 000 pieces)  6107 21 00
6107 22 00
6107 29 00
6107 91 00
6107 92 00
ex 6107 99 00  Men's or boys' nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted    6108 31 10
6108 31 90
6108 32 11
6108 32 19
6108 32 90
6108 39 00
6108 91 00
6108 92 00
6108 99 10  Women's or girls' nightdresses, pyjamas, nĂŠgligĂŠs, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted
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.