razaulhaq/eurlex_sdg_coverage huggingface dataset:
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 5 July 1983
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Aerovironment - Acoustic Radar System, consisting of: Transceiver Display Unit, model 300C; Antenna, model 302; Acoustic Enclosure, model 301' may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(83/347/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 21 December 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Aerovironment - Acoustic Radar System, consisting of: Transceiver Display Unit, model 300C; Antenna, model 302; Acoustic Enclosure, model 301', ordered on 18 January 1979 and intended to be used for studying the influence of inversion height on vertical profiles of wind, and in particular for recording the inversion height at ground level, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 22 June 1983, within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements, to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is an acoustic radar system; whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the transmission and reception field, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of equivalent scientific value, capable of use for the same purpose, is not currently manufactured in the Community; whereas, therefore, duty-free admission of this apparatus is justified,
The apparatus described as 'Aerovironment - Acoustic Radar System, consisting of : Transceiver Display Unit, model 300C; Antenna, model 302; Acoustic Enclosure, model 301', which is the subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 21 December 1982, may be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
25.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 52/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 320/2005
of 24 February 2005
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2277/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2277/2004 (2).
(2) Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3) the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, may decide to fix 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. 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 18 to 24 February 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2277/2004, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 30,99 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 139 000 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 February 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2123/2001
of 29 October 2001
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2001(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid(5) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
31.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 225/28
COMMISSION DECISION
of 29 August 2005
concerning essential requirements as referred to in Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ensuring access of Cospas-Sarsat locator beacons to emergency services
(notified under document number C(2005) 3059)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/631/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (1), and in particular Article 3(3)(e) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Certain locator beacons, the Emergency position-indicating radiobeacons (EPIRBs) operating on 406 MHz with the Cospas-Sarsat system, are an element of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).
(2) In accordance with Commission Decision 2004/71/EC of 4 September 2003 on essential requirements relating to marine radio communication equipment which is intended to be used on non-Solas vessels and to participate in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) (2), manufacturers of EPIRBs have to ensure that equipment is to be designed so as to function correctly, meet all the operational requirements of the GMDSS under distress conditions and provide clear and robust communications.
(3) However, locator beacons intended for other purposes are not covered by Decision 2004/71/EC. Since those types of Cospas-Sarsat locator beacons are expected to be used in large numbers as distress beacons, it is necessary to provide that they, as far as they are covered by Directive 1999/5/EC, should be so designed as to function correctly according to accepted operational requirements and to meet all the requirements of the Cospas-Sarsat system.
(4) The measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Telecommunications Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Committee,
This Decision shall apply to locator beacons intended to operate on 406 MHz with the Cospas-Sarsat system and which do not fall within the scope of Decision 2004/71/EC.
The locator beacons referred to in Article 1 shall be designed so as to ensure correct functioning according to the accepted operational requirements under exposure to the environment in which they may be used. Under distress conditions they shall provide clear and robust communication with a high degree of fidelity by meeting all the requirements of the Cospas-Sarsat system.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1634/1999
of 26 July 1999
fixing the coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of Scotch whisky for the period 1999/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93 of 15 October 1993 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the fixing and granting of adjusted refunds in respect of cereals exported in the form of certain spirit drinks(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3098/94(2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93 provides that the quantities of cereals eligible for the refund are to be the quantities placed under control and distilled, weighted by a coefficient to be fixed annually for each Member State concerned; whereas that coefficient expresses the ratio between the total quantities exported and the total quantities marketed of the spirituous beverage concerned on the basis of the trend noted in those quantities during the number of years corresponding to the average ageing period of the spirituous beverage in question; whereas, in view of the information provided by the United Kingdom on the period 1 January to 31 December 1998, the average ageing period in 1998 was seven years for Scotch whisky; whereas the coefficients for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 should be fixed;
(2) Whereas Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area(3) precludes the grant of refunds for exports to Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway; whereas, therefore, pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93, account should be taken of this in the calculation of the coefficient for 1999/2000;
(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, the coefficients provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93 applying to cereals used in the United Kingdom for manufacturing Scotch whisky shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
7.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 155/9
COUNCIL DECISION 2013/269/CFSP
of 27 May 2013
authorising Member States to sign, in the interests of the European Union, the Arms Trade Treaty
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 and Article 207(3) in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 11 March 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate the Arms Trade Treaty in the framework of the United Nations on those matters coming under the exclusive competence of the Union.
(2) On 2 April 2013, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the text of the Arms Trade Treaty. The General Assembly also requested the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Treaty, to open it for signature on 3 June 2013 and called upon all States to consider signing and, thereafter, according to their respective constitutional processes, becoming parties to the Treaty at the earliest possible date.
(3) The object of the Treaty is to establish the highest possible common international standards for regulating or improving the regulation of the international trade in conventional arms, to prevent and eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and prevent their diversion. Member States expressed their satisfaction with the outcome of the negotiations and their willingness to urgently proceed to the signature of the Treaty.
(4) Some of the provisions of the Treaty concern matters that fall under the exclusive competence of the Union because they are within the scope of the Common Commercial Policy or affect the Internal Market rules for the transfer of conventional arms and explosives.
(5) The European Union cannot sign the Treaty, as only States can be parties thereto.
(6) Therefore, in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, with respect to those matters falling under the exclusive competence of the Union, the Council should authorise Member States to sign the Treaty in the interests of the Union,
With respect to those matters falling under the exclusive competence of the Union, Member States are hereby authorised to sign the Arms Trade Treaty in the interests of the Union.
Member States are encouraged to sign the Arms Trade Treaty at the Solemn Ceremony in New York, on 3 June 2013, or at the earliest possible date.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
3.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 62/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 375/2006
of 2 March 2006
amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk 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 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the milk and milk products sector (1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 17 February 2006 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2006 (2).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 271/2006 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 271/2006 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
TENTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE  of 19 December 1990  amending certain Annexes to Council Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products  (91/27/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 90/506/EEC (2), and in  particular Article 13, second paragraph, indents three and four thereof,
Whereas Directive 77/93/EEC laid down protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products; whereas the harmful organisms concerned are listed in Annex II to that Directive; whereas a list  of commodities which are subject to an import ban under some conditions is also given in Annex III; whereas this Directive also specified special requirements, which are to be met in order to have better guarantees of freedom from the abovementioned  harmful organisms;
Whereas the scope of the Directive should be clarified in respect of intergeneric hybrids resulting from crosses between the genera Citrus L., Fortunella Swingle and Poncirus Raf.;
Whereas therefore the relevant Annexes of Directive 77/93/EEC should be amended accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
     Article 1
Directive 77/93/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.   Article 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this Directive by 1 April 1991 at the latest. These shall make express reference to this Directive.
Member States shall immediately inform the Commission of all laws, regulations and administrative provisions adopted in implementation of this Directive.
The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.   Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/2003
of 20 June 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice 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,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2002 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 16 to 19 June 2003 at 138,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Directive 2004/55/EC
of 20 April 2004
amending Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed(1), and in particular Article 2(1a) and 21a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 66/401/EEC contains a list of the genera and species of plants which are considered as fodder plants within the meaning of that Directive. That list includes hybrids resulting from the crossing of meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Hudson) with Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam).
(2) The scope of Directive 66/401/EEC should be extended to cover crossings of Festuca spp. with Lolium spp.
(3) The abovementioned directive, within the conditions to be satisfied by the seed, has established the minimum germination ( % of pure seed) of seed of field bean (Vicia faba L.).
(4) The minimum germination of seed of field beans (Vicia faba L.) currently achieved in the Community is lower than that required by Directive 66/401/EEC.
(5) Directive 66/401/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:
1. in point (a) of Part A of paragraph 1 of Article 2 the words
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2. Annexes II and IV are amended as follows:
(a) in column 2 of the table in Section I.2.A of Annex II, in the entry relating to Vicia faba, "85" is replaced by "80".
(b) in point I (a) 4 and (c) 4 of Section A of Annex IV the following sentence is added:
"In the case of x Festulolium the names of the species within the genus Festuca and Lolium shall be indicated"
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2004 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
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.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.