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21.9.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 251/12
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUMM GEORGIA/1/2013
of 13 September 2013
on the appointment of the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia)
(2013/465/CFSP)
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2010/452/CFSP of 12 August 2010 on the European Union Monitoring in Georgia, EUMM Georgia (1), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Council Decision 2010/452/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising political control and strategic direction of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia), including the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.
(2) On 14 September 2012, the PSC adopted Decision EUMM Georgia/1/2012 (2) extending the mandate of Mr Andrzej TYSZKIEWICZ, as Head of EUMM Georgia until 14 September 2013.
(3) On 24 July 2013, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy proposed the appointment of Mr Toivo KLAAR as Head of EUMM Georgia from 15 September 2013 to 14 December 2014,
Mr Toivo KLAAR is hereby appointed Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia) from 15 September 2013 to 14 December 2014.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1144/79  of 11 June 1979  amending for the sixth time Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of aid for dried fodder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 of 22 May 1978 on the common organization of the market in dried fodder (1), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 14 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 449/79 (3), provides that, where a processing undertaking uses dried fodder for the purposes of a farming enterprise belonging to it, the dried fodder produced during a month shall be considered to have left the processing undertakings on the last day of the month in question ; whereas, when such enterprises market part of their output, this provision has proved difficult to apply ; whereas the said provision should accordingly be adapted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Dried Fodder,
Article 14 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1528/78 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"3. Dried fodder used during a month for the purposes of a farm belonging to a processing undertaking and coming from that undertaking shall be considered to have left that undertaking on the last day of the month in question."
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 25 March 2002
rectifying Decision 2000/275/EC on equivalences between certain categories of driving licences
(notified under document number C(2002) 1175)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/256/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/56/EC(2), and in particular Article 1(2) and the first paragraph of Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
Errors were made in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/275/EC(3). That Decision ought therefore to be amended,
The Annex to Decision 2000/275/EC is hereby rectified as follows, on the pages indicated in brackets:
1. in the Description of Model Belgium 1 (p. 3), the words "Generally it is a pink" are replaced by the word "Pink";
2. in the Table of equivalences for Model Germany 2 (p. 8), "Corresponding categories" column, third line, the words "less than 25 passenger seats" are replaced by the words "25 passenger seats or fewer";
3. in the Table of equivalences for Model Greece 1 (p. 14), "Corresponding categories" column, third line, "B*" is replaced by "B for professional use";
4. in the Table of equivalences for Model Spain 1 (p. 15), "Corresponding categories" column, sixth and seventh lines, "C1" and "C1E" are replaced by "C1 (see: 1)" and "C1E (see: 1)" respectively; in the eighth line, "C, CE (see: 1)" is replaced by "C, CE (see: 2)";
5. the "Additional information" section of Model Spain 1 (p. 15) is replaced by the following: "Additional information:
1. if no restriction to a maximum authorised mass of 7500 kg appears on page 6 of the licence, category C1 includes the right to drive C vehicles. If no such restriction is indicated and the holder is entitled to drive C1E or C2E vehicles, those categories include the right to drive CE vehicles;
2. the holder of a C2 licence is additionally entitled to drive DE vehicles if he also holds a D licence;"
6. only concerns the French version;
7. in the Table of equivalences for Model Austria 3 (p. 29), "Corresponding categories" column, fifth line, "(see: 1)" is replaced by "(see: 2)";
8. in the Table of equivalences for Model Austria 4 (p. 30), "Corresponding categories" column, second line, "A1, B" is replaced by "B";
9. the section entitled "Models issued in Norway" (pp. 47-50) is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision;
10. the figure "1." is inserted after "Additional information" for each of the following models:
France 1 (OJ L 91, 12.4.2000, p. 16), France 2 (p. 17), France 4 (p. 18), France 5 (p. 19), Portugal 1 (p. 31), Sweden 2 (p. 37), United Kingdom 3 (p. 39), Iceland 1 (p. 44), Iceland 2 (p. 44), Iceland 3 (p. 45), Iceland 4 (p. 45) and Liechtenstein 2 (p. 47).
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
8.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 100/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 579/2006
of 7 April 2006
on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector (lemons)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 230/2006 (3) fixes the indicative quantities for which system B export licences may be issued.
(2) In the light of the information available to the Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities laid down for the current export period for lemons will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.
(3) To avoid this situation, applications for system B licences for lemons after 7 April 2006 should be rejected until the end of the current export period,
Applications for system B export licences for lemons submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 230/2006, export declarations for which are accepted after 7 April and before 16 May 2006, are hereby rejected.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
14.3.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 74/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 216/2012
of 13 March 2012
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:
(1) 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.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed 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 (EEC) No 2259/87
of 29 July 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on lactic acid falling within subheading 29.16 A I, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of lactic acid, falling within subheading 29.16 A I, originating in China, the individual ceiling was fixed at 270 000 ECU; whereas, on 10 July 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,
As from 2 August 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in:
1.2 //  //  // CCT heading No  // Description  //  //  // 29.16 A I (NIMEXE code 29.16-11)   // Lactic acid and its salts and esters   //    //
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.
25.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 310/10
COUNCIL DECISION 2011/752/CFSP
of 24 November 2011
amending Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (1), EULEX KOSOVO
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28 and Articles 42(4) and 43(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 4 February 2008, the Council adopted Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP (2).
(2) On 9 June 2009, the Council adopted Joint Action 2009/445/CFSP (3), which amended Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP by increasing the financial reference amount to cover the expenditure of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (‘EULEX KOSOVO’) until the expiry of Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP.
(3) On 8 June 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/322/CFSP (4), which amended Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP and extended it for a period of 2 years until 14 June 2012.
(4) The current financial reference amount covers the period until 14 December 2011. Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP should be amended to provide a new financial reference amount for the period from 15 December 2011 until 14 June 2012.
(5) EULEX KOSOVO will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the achievement of the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,
Article 16(1) of Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP is hereby replaced by the following:
‘1.   The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure of EULEX KOSOVO until 14 October 2010 shall be EUR 265 000 000.
The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure of EULEX KOSOVO from 15 October 2010 until 14 December 2011 shall be EUR 165 000 000.
The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure of EULEX KOSOVO from 15 December 2011 until 14 June 2012 shall be EUR 72 800 000.’.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 3 July 1992  amending Decision 89/3/EEC in regard to health protection measures in connection with imports of certain fresh meat from the State of Goias, Brazil  (92/378/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries (1), as last amended by  Regulation (EEC) No 3763 (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas the requirements as regards animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from Brazil are laid down in Commission Decision 86/195/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 92/76/EEC (4), with particular reference to  the situation of foot-and-mouth disease obtaining in Brazil at that time;
Whereas this situation led to the adoption by Decision 89/3/EEC (5), as last amended by Decision 91/343/EEC (6), of health protection measures in connection with imports of certain fresh meat from Brazil;
Whereas the last on-the-spot check by Community inspectors, carried out in April 1992, revealed a deterioration in the situation in the State of Goias;
Whereas Decision 89/3/EEC should therefore be amended in order to suspend the importation of fresh meat of bovine animals from the State of Goias, Brazil;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The State of Goias is added to the list of States of Brazil set out in Article 1 of Decision 89/3/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
12.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 66/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 243/2011
of 11 March 2011
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Oravský korbáčik (PGI))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Slovakia's application to register the name ‘Oravský korbáčik’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 February 2000
amending Decision 97/217/EC establishing groups of third countries which are able to use the veterinary certification for imports of wild game meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries
(notified under document number C(2000) 286)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/161/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 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), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/217/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 1999/758/EC(4), lays down groups of third countries, or parts thereof, which are able to use the veterinary certification for imports of wild game meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat from third countries.
(2) Following a Community veterinary mission in the Russian region of Murmansk, it appears that the health situation in this territory is controlled by veterinary services which can offer satisfactory guarantees concerning diseases which might be transmitted through the imports into the Community of farmed or wild cloven-hoofed game meat, excluding swine.
(3) The responsible veterinary authorities of Russia have confirmed that the region of Murmansk has during the last 24 months been free from foot-and-mouth disease.
(4) No vaccinations have been carried out against this disease during the past 12 months.
(5) The responsible veterinary authorities of Russia have undertaken to notify the Commission and the Member States, by telex or fax, within 24 hours of confirmation of the occurrence of the abovementioned disease or of the adoption of vaccination against it.
(6) A regionalisation should be applicable to imports of farmed cloven-hoofed game meat, excepting swine, from the Russian region of Murmansk.
(7) It is therefore necessary to amend Decision 97/217/EC.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Annex to Decision 97/217/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3946/92 of 19 December 1992  amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86 on Community measures to improve and adapt  structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular  Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas the common measure for restructuring, adapting and reorientating capacity in the fisheries  sector must be continued using all available means to ensure the rationalization of fishing fleet  structures appropriate to the resources available, in accordance with the provisions of Title I or  Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86 (2);
Whereas the range of measures available to the Member States to attain balance between the fishing  capacity of their fleets and the resources available should be supplemented by introducing the  concept of fishing effort into Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86, thereby allowing the Member States to  resort to measures to limit the fishing effort of their fleets, differentiated according to the  stocks concerned, and to fix objectives for the evolution of fishing effort in a coordinated and  balanced way at Community level, in their Multiannual Guidance Programmes;
Whereas the system would be more flexible if the final cessation premium were to be determined  otherwise than on a standard rate basis;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86 should be amended accordingly;
Regulation (EEC) N° 4028/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 1 (1) (d) shall be replaced by the following:
'(d) the adjustment of fishing effort by the temporary or permanent withdrawal of certain vessels  from fishing activities;` 2. the following Article will be inserted:
'Article 1a 1. The Member States shall adopt measures by which to restrict fishing effort to bring it into line  with a balanced exploitation of fishery resources.
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall combine a reduction in the capacity of the  Community fleets and an adjustment of their activity.`;
3. in Article 2:
- the following shall be added to paragraph 2 (a):
'depending on the fishing effort per section of the fleet, expressed as the product of capacity and  activity;` - in the second indent of paragraph 6, the words 'a reduction in the overall capacity of the  fishing fleet` shall be replaced by an 'adjustment of the fishing effort per section of the fleet;` 4. in Article 24 (3), the words 'at a standard rate` shall be deleted;
5. Annex I shall be amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.
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.
5.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 34/30
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 February 2010
on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Malta concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for the 2007 financial year
(notified under document C(2010) 459)
(Only the Maltese text is authentic)
(2010/60/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Articles 30 and 39 thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decisions 2008/395/EC (2) and 2009/85/EC (3) cleared, for the 2007 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’.
(2) Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’.
(3) In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,
The accounts of the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’ concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in respect of the 2007 financial year, are hereby cleared.
The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, the Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in Malta are set out in Annex I and Annex II.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Malta.