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29.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 345/17
COUNCIL DECISION No 895/2011/EU
of 19 December 2011
amending Decision 2002/546/EC as regards its period of application
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 349 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 2002/546/EC (2) authorises Spain, up to 31 December 2011, to apply exemptions from or reductions in the tax known as ‘Arbitrio sobre las Importaciones y Entregas de Mercancías en las islas Canarias’ (hereinafter ‘the AIEM tax’) to certain products produced locally in the Canary Islands. The Annex to that Decision contains a list of products to which exemptions and reductions from the AIEM tax may be applied. The difference between the taxation of locally produced products and the taxation of other products may not exceed 5, 15 or 25 %, depending on the product.
(2) It is justified to extend the period of application of Decision 2002/546/EC for two years, since the basic elements justifying the authorisation provided under that Decision have remained unchanged. In this regard, the report from the Commission to the Council of 28 August 2008 on the application of the special arrangements concerning the AIEM tax applicable in the Canary Islands confirmed that the AIEM tax was functioning in a satisfactory manner and without the need for any amendments to Decision 2002/546/EC.
(3) Moreover, the report received by the Commission from the Spanish authorities confirms that the handicaps that justified the authorisation of total exemptions and partial reductions of the AIEM tax to a list of products produced locally in the Canary Islands are still valid.
(4) Decision 2002/546/EC should be amended accordingly,
In the first sentence of Article 1(1) of Decision 2002/546/EC, the date ‘31 December 2011’ is replaced by that of ‘31 December 2013’.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2319/88
of 26 July 1988
fixing for the period 1988/89 certain coefficients applicable to cereals exported in the form of certain spirituous beverages
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2221/88 (2), and in particular Article 16 (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 of 28 April 1981 laying down general rules for granting refunds adjusted in the case of cereals exported in the form of certain spirituous beverages and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 concerning certain products not covered by Annex II to the Treaty (3), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 states that the quantity of cereals on which the refund shall be granted shall be that placed under control weighted by a coefficient, fixed annually for each Member State concerned, expressing the ratio for the spirituous beverage in question between the total quantity exported and the total quantity marketed; whereas, further to information provided by Ireland concerning the period 1 January to 31 December 1987, the coefficients for the period 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 should now be fixed;
Whereas the second indent of Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 provides for adjustment of the coefficient where foreseeable trends for exports of spirituous beverages show a tendency to change significantly in one of the Member States concerned; whereas such an assessment may be made by taking account of a reference period of sufficient length to eliminate insignificant short-term fluctuations; whereas a period of six years prior to the year in question seems to comply with this criterion; whereas, moreover, an annual difference of less than 1 % between the respective trends in exports and total quantities sold cannot show a tendency towards significant change;
Whereas the coefficients should be adapted accordingly, to take account of a tendency for Irish exports to increase;
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 1988 to 30 June 1989, the coefficients referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1188/81 and applicable to cereals used in Ireland for the manufacture of Irish whiskey shall be as shown 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 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 28 November 1997 on the implementation of the Joint Action 96/588/CFSP on anti-personnel landmines with a view to contributing to the funding of certain programmes of the SADC and the ICRC (97/819/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles J.3 and J.11 thereof,
Having regard to Joint Action 96/588/CFSP of 1 October 1996 adopted by the Council on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union on anti-personnel landmines (1),
Whereas, under the specific actions provided for by Article 8 of the Joint Action to support the Union's priority effort to help the victims of anti-personnel landmines, a contribution should be made to the funding of the regional programme of the Southern Africa Development Conference (SADC) and to the programmes of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the former Yugoslavia and in Iraq,
1. The following initiatives shall be eligible for the funding provided for by Joint Action 96/588/CFSP:
- the SADC's regional mine clearance programme, to be allocated an amount of ECU 2,07 million, and
- the ICRC's Mines Awareness Programme in the former Yugoslavia and the programme for the rehabilitation of victims disabled by mines in Iraq, to be allocated an amount of ECU 1,43 million.
Eligibility for expenditure shall commence on 1 July 1997.
2. The expenditure financed by the sums stipulated in paragraph 1 shall be managed in compliance with the European Community procedures and rules applicable to the budget.
This Decision shall come into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall be published in the Official Journal.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1482/96 of 26 July 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 on detailed rules for determining and applying in the agricultural conversion rates
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 provides the possibility of derogation from that Regulation's provisions where urgent decisions are required in the event of a risk of failure to respect obligations under the GATT Agreement and budgetary discipline;
Whereas Article 8 (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2853/94 (4), specifies cases of appreciable revaluation as those where there is a risk of an appreciable reduction in the agricultural conversion rate; whereas an appreciable reduction in an agricultural conversion rate is defined at point (e) of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92;
Whereas cases may arise where the terms of this definition are not met but which, owing to the short-term budget impact of application of Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 and the need to respect obligations under the GATT Agreement, should be defined as appreciable revaluations for the purposes of Article 9 thereof;
Whereas the definition given in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 should therefore be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant management committees,
Article 8 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 is hereby replaced by:
'3. Agricultural conversion rate reductions leading to application of Articles 7 or 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 shall be considered appreciable revaluations for the purposes of Article 9 of that Regulation.
All cases to which Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 applies shall also be considered cases of appreciable revaluation for the purposes of the said Article 9.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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.
14.12.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 330/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1296/2011
of 9 December 2011
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese (PDO)]
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) By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 982/2007 (2).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (3), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1397/2001
of 9 July 2001
amending the import duties in the cereals sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(4), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2001(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1362/2001(6).
(2) Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1301/2001,
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1301/2001 are hereby replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
6.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 309/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1731/2004
of 5 October 2004
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 6 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
25.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 193/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 876/2007
of 24 July 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs following the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (1), and in particular Article 107(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Following the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs adopted on 2 July 1999 approved by Council Decision 2006/954/EC (2) and the amendments of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 linked thereto, it is necessary to adopt certain technical implementing measures.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs (3) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 109 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002,
Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 is amended as follows:
1. the following Article 11a is inserted:
2. Article 22 is replaced by the following:
(a) the name of the person requesting renewal;
(b) the registration number;
(c) where applicable, an indication that renewal is requested for all the designs covered by a multiple registration or, if the renewal is not requested for all such designs, an indication of those designs for which renewal is requested.
(a) renewal fee, which, in cases where several designs are covered by a multiple registration, shall be proportionate to the number of designs covered by the renewal;
(b) here applicable, the additional fee for late payment of the renewal fee or late submission of the request for renewal, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, as specified in Regulation (EC) No 2246/2002.
3. the following Article 22a is inserted:
4. in Article 31, the following paragraph 6 is added:
5. in Article 47, the following paragraph 3 is added:
6. in Article 71, the following paragraph 3 is added:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date on which the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs enters into force with respect to the European Community. The date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1743/91 of 13 June 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 as regards the amount of the specific aid for sheep and goat farming from the 1992 marketing year onwards
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 (4) introduces with effect from the 1991 marketing year a flat-rate aid to be granted in less-favoured areas as defined in Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and  farming in certain less-favoured areas (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (6), in order to compensate for reduction of the ewe premium pursuant to Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common  organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1741/91 (8); whereas in order to compensate for the further reduction in the premium made by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1742/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the basic  price, the guide level and the seasonal adjustments to the basic price and the guide level for sheepmeat for the 1992 marketing year (9), the flat-rate aid should be raised,
Article 1
(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1323/90 is hereby replaced by the following:
'1.  In less-favoured areas as defined in Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC, the unit amounts of premiums to producers of sheepmeat and goatmeat, calculated in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, shall be  supplemented by a specific aid under the rural society schemes amounting to:
- ECU 5,5 per ewe to producers as specified in Article 5 (2) and (4) of that Regulation,
- ECU 3,8 per ewe to producers as specified in Article 5 (3) of that Regulation,
- ECU 3,8 per she-goat to producers as specified in Article 5 (5) of that Regulation,
- ECU 3,8 per female sheep where the second subparagraph of Article 5 (8) of that Regulation is applied,
- ECU 5,5 per ewe and ECU 4,4 per she-goat where Article 22 (6) of that Regulation is applied; the aid shall be restricted to animals meeting the requirements of that provision.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1992 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
25.10.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 295/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 981/2012
of 17 October 2012
establishing a prohibition of fishing for cod in Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1; Greenland waters of V and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Germany
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non- EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2012.
(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 2012.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,
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 2012 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing activities 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. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that 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.
9.7.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 178/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 593/2009
of 8 July 2009
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 as regards the list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North Atlantic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular point 4 of Annex XV thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Community has, since 1981, been a Party to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (2).
(2) In March 2009 the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) amended the list of vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries. Implementation of this amendment in the Community legal order should be ensured.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Appendix to Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
7.9.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 230/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1453/2005
of 6 September 2005
amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 lists the competent authorities to which specific functions relating to the implementation of that Regulation are attributed.
(2) Lithuania, the Netherlands and Sweden requested that the address details concerning their competent authorities be amended,
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
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.