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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NÂ° 000/86 of 24  February 1986 authorizing the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to include national  subdivisions for certain agricultural products within the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty estblishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and of Portugal, and in particular the second  subparagraph of Article 76 (3) and the second subparagraph of Article 244 (3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 76 (3) and the first subparagraph of Article  244 (3) of the Act of Accession, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic will apply the  Common Customs Tariff nomenclature form 1 March 1986 for the products specified in Articles 67 and  235 respectively of the Act; whereas, however, under the second subparagraph of Article 76 (3) and  of Article 244 (3), they may be authorized to include existing national subdivisions within the  Common Customs Tariff nomenclature for the purposes of gradual alignment with that Tariff or of  elimination of duties within the Community, always provided that no difficulties arise for the  application of Community rules ;
Whereas, for those of the abovementioned products subject to customs duties, such an authorization  will create no difficulties and is warranted when products covered by a single Common Customs  Tariff subheading are subject to different rates of duty ; whereas the new Member States should be  authorized in respect of the products in question to include national subdivisions within the  Common Customs Tariff nomenclature.
Whereas the Community rules on products falling under Articles 67 and 235 of the Act of  Accession involve the application of customs duties on importation from third countries the Kingdom  of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall be authorized to include, within the Common Customs  Tariff nomenclature, those national subdivisions indispensable for either gradual alignment with  that Tariff or elimination of duties within the Community in accordance with the terms of the Act  of Accession.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
28.5.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 129/60
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 463/2010
of 27 May 2010
opening an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries, for the quota year 2010
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), and in particular Article 144(1) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the Community's international obligations within the framework of the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (2), the Community undertook to import a certain quantity of maize into Portugal.
(2) Chapter II of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 of 18 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3) laid down the specific detailed rules necessary for applying a reduction to the import duties to ensure that the quantities provided for in Article 1(1) and (2) of that Regulation are actually imported.
(3) In view of the market conditions in Portugal for the year 2010, an invitation to tender for the reduction in the import duty on maize should be opened to ensure the import quota is completely used.
(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 677/2009 (4) opened an invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries up until 17 December 2009. This invitation was extended until 27 May 2010 by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1292/2009 (5). Regulation (EC) No 677/2009 should therefore be repealed.
(5) The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,
1.   A tendering procedure is opened for the reduction in the duty referred to in Article 136 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 on maize to be imported into Portugal.
2.   The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 shall apply.
The invitation shall remain open until 16 December 2010. During that period partial invitations to tender shall be issued and the dates for submission of tenders shall be laid down in the notice of invitation to tender.
Import licences issued in the context of this invitation to tender shall be valid for 50 days from the date of issue within the meaning of Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008.
Regulation (EC) No 677/2009 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 June 2010.
It shall expire on 16 December 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
20.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 824/2008
of 18 August 2008
establishing a prohibition of fishing for haddock in Norwegian waters of I and II by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.
(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 2008.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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.
14.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 129/23
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 436/2013
of 7 May 2013
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Queijo de Cabra Transmontano/Queijo de Cabra Transmontano Velho (PDO))
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 entered into force on 3 January 2013. It repealed and replaced 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 (2).
(2) By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Portugal’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Queijo de Cabra Transmontano’/‘Queijo de Cabra Transmontano Velho’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1263/96 (3).
(3) Since the amendments in question are not minor, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (4), as required by Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. As no statement of objection under Article 7 of that Regulation has been received by 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 2238/2002
of 16 December 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1932/2002(4), intervention agencies have organised a standing invitation to tender for skimmed-milk powder taken into storage before 1 April 2002.
(2) In view of the quantity still available and the market situation, that date should be amended to 1 May 2002.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
In Article 26(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, "1 April 2002" is hereby replaced by "1 May 2002".
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 205/2002
of 1 February 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 2 February 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
14.3.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 70/6
COUNCIL DECISION
of 11 March 2013
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus
(2013/127/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Protocol No 4 on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,
Having regard to Recommendation ECB/2013/3 of the European Central Bank of 4 February 2013 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus (1),
Whereas:
(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2) The mandate of the current external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus will expire after the audit for the financial year 2012. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2013.
(3) The Central Bank of Cyprus has selected KPMG Limited as its external auditors for the financial years 2013 to 2017.
(4) The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that KPMG Limited be appointed as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus for the financial years 2013 to 2017.
(5) It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) accordingly,
Article 1(14) of Decision 1999/70/EC is replaced by the following:
‘14.   KPMG Limited is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus for the financial years 2013 to 2017.’.
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.
COUNCIL DECISION of 11 July 1994 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning fish, amending the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and European Coal  and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, and the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic,  of the other part (94/733/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with Article 228 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas it is desirable to amend by means of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters with the Slovak Republic the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and European Coal and Steel  Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part (1), and the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the  other part, so as to provide for duty-free quotas for the importation into the Community of live trout and carp originating in the Slovak Republic, and for the importation into the Slovak Republic of frozen mackerel originating in the Community,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Slovak Republic concerning fish, amending Article 17 of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic  Community and European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part, and Article 24 of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States,  of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, and adding an Annex XVa and an Annex XVb to those Agreements is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2343/91  of 1 August 1991  re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 3503 00 10, originating in Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council  Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3835/90 (2),  and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, 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 ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 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 products falling within CN code 3503 00 10, originating in Brazil, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 735 000; whereas, on 21 March 1991, imports of these products into the Community originating in Brazil 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 Brazil,
As from 5 August 1991, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Brazil:
Order No  CN code  Description      10.0430  3503 00 10  Gelatin and derivatives thereof
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.
8.5.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 121/22
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 April 2012
on a revision of the Statutes of the Economic and Financial Committee
(2012/245/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 242 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 114(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, an Economic and Financial Committee (‘Committee’) was set up on 1 January 1999.
(2) On 21 December 1998, the Council adopted Decision 98/743/EC on the detailed provisions concerning the composition of the Economic and Financial Committee (1).
(3) On 31 December 1998, the Council adopted Decision 1999/8/EC adopting the Statutes of the Economic and Financial Committee (2); these Statutes were revised by Council Decision 2003/476/EC of 18 June 2003 (3) in order to ensure the continued effective functioning of the Committee after the accession of ten Member States on 1 May 2004.
(4) The Heads of State or Government of the Member States whose currency is the euro stated on 26 October 2011 that the preparatory body referred to in Article 1 of Protocol (No 14) on the euro Group, composed of representatives of the Ministers with responsibility for finance of the Member States whose currency is the euro and of the Commission (‘the Eurogroup Working Group’), would be chaired by a full-time President. As a consequence, the person nominated to this post will cease to be an official in a national administration and will be employed by the EU Institutions.
(5) On the same day, the Heads of State or Government of the Member States whose currency is the euro stated that the existing administrative structures providing assistance to the Council and to the Committee, namely, the General Secretariat of the Council and the Secretariat of the Economic and Financial Committee, would provide adequate support to the euro Summit President and the President of the Eurogroup, under the guidance of the President of the Committee/Eurogroup Working Group.
(6) The Committee should be able to choose its President from among the most qualified candidates, including the President of the Eurogroup Working Group.
(7) The Statutes of the Committee should therefore be revised,
The Statutes of the Economic and Financial Committee, as set out in the Annex to Decision 1999/8/EC, as amended by Decision 2003/476/EC, shall be replaced by the text set out in the Annex hereto.
This Decision shall enter into force the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 4 May 1984
concerning the implementation by Belgium of certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector, pursuant to Council Directive 83/515/EEC
(Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
(84/262/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 83/515/EEC of 4 October 1983 concerning certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector (1), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas the Government of Belgium intends to introduce a system of financial aids for measures involving the permanent reduction of production capacity in the fisheries sector; whereas, on 10 January and 28 February 1984, it communicated the information concerning this scheme required under Article 6 of Directive 83/515/EEC;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of the said Directive, the Commission has considered whether, having regard to their compatibility with the Directive and to the other structural measures existing or planned in the fisheries sector, the measures contemplated fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community;
Whereas this Decision does not relate to national aid referred to in Article 12 of the said Directive;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Fisheries Structures,
The measures which Belgium intends to take to implement a financial aid scheme for measures involving the permanent reduction of production capacity in the fisheries sector fulfil the conditions for a financial contribution from the Community.
This Decision shall not apply to national aid referred to in Article 12 of Directive 83/515/EEC.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.