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27.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 175/54
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 June 2013
amending Decision 98/481/EC approving the external auditors of the European Central Bank
(2013/324/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Protocol 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/2013/9 of the European Central Bank of 19 April 2013 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the European Central Bank (1),
Whereas:
(1) The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB's Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.
(2) The mandate of the ECB's external auditors ended following the audit for the financial year 2012. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2013.
(3) The ECB has selected Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft as its external auditors for the financial years 2013 to 2017.
(4) The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft be appointed as the external auditors of the ECB for the financial years 2013 to 2017.
(5) It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and amend Council Decision 98/481/EC (2) accordingly,
Article 1 of Decision 98/481/EC is replaced by the following:
"Article 1
Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft is hereby approved as the external auditors of the ECB for the financial years 2013 to 2017.".
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
This Decision is addressed to the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2003
of 27 February 2003
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 60/2003
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), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/2003(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, 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 21 to 27 February 2003, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 60/2003, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 33,98 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 31000 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 26/32
COUNCIL DECISION
of 23 January 2012
on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in the Netherlands
(2012/46/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (1), in particular Article 25 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA (2), in particular Article 20 thereof and Chapter 4 of the Annex thereto,
Whereas:
(1) According to the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties.
(2) Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is applicable and the Council must unanimously decide whether the Member States have implemented the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision.
(3) Article 20 of Decision 2008/616/JHA provides that decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision 2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With respect to automated data exchange in accordance with Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot run.
(4) According to Chapter 4, point 1.1, of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data category.
(5) The Netherlands has completed the questionnaire on data protection and the questionnaire on dactyloscopic data exchange.
(6) A successful pilot run has been carried out by the Netherlands with Germany.
(7) An evaluation visit has taken place in the Netherlands and a report on the evaluation visit has been produced by the German evaluation team and forwarded to the relevant Council Working Group.
(8) An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning dactyloscopic data exchange has been presented to the Council,
For the purposes of automated searching of dactyloscopic data, the Netherlands has fully implemented the general provisions on data protection of Chapter 6 of Decision 2008/615/JHA and is entitled to receive and supply personal data pursuant to Article 9 of that Decision as from the day of the entry into force of this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 25 January 1984
authorizing certain Member States to renew intra-Community surveillance of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China
(Only the Dutch, English, French, German, Greek and Italian texts are authentic)
(84/61/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Decision 80/47/EEC of 20 December 1979 on surveillance and protective measures which Member States may be authorized to take in respect of imports of certain products originating in third countries and put into free circulation in another Member State (1), and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to the abovementioned Decision, Member States may introduce intra-Community surveillance of imports only with prior authorization from the Commission;
Whereas Commission Decision 83/326/EEC of 28 June 1983 (2) and 83/433/EEC of 5 August 1983 (3) authorized certain Member States to apply such surveillance to imports of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China and subject in the Community to quantitative restrictions by virtue of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3061/79 of 20 December 1979 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in the People's Republic of China (4);
Whereas such authorization applied only until 31 December 1983, when the common rules established by Regulation (EEC) No 3061/79 expired;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 109/84 of 4 January 1984 (5) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3061/79 has extended the common rules in question for a further year and established quantitative limits for 1984 for the textile products to which they apply;
Whereas certain Member States have asked the Commission for authorization to renew the intra-Community surveillance measures authorized by the abovementioned Decisions 83/326/EEC and 83/433/EEC;
Whereas the circumstances which motivated the Commission to take those Decisions - deflection of trade in the textile products concerned, threatening to exacerbate or prolong the economic problems of the Member States in question - still persist;
Whereas the Member States in question should therefore be authorized, by virtue of the first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, to renew intra-Community surveillance of the imports originating in China covered by the abovementioned Decisions 84/326/EEC and 83/433/EEC,
The Member States mentioned in the Annex are hereby authorized, each in so far as it is concerned and in accordance with Decision 80/47/EEC, to renew for 1984 intra-Community surveillance measures in respect of the imports listed in the said Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1984.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Hellenic Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
27.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 166/81
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 557/2012
of 26 June 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.
10.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 267/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 945/2009
of 9 October 2009
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 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 Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
24.5.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 136/24
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 502/2011
of 23 May 2011
implementing Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 of 2 March 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (1), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 2 March 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.
(2) In view of the gravity of the situation in Libya and in accordance with Council Implementing Decision 2011/300/CFSP of 23 May 2011 implementing Decision 2011/137/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (2), an additional person and an additional entity should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 204/2011,
The person and the entity listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 204/2011.
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.
16.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 369/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2132/2004
of 6 December 2004
fixing for the 2005 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 18(3) and Article 26(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Article 18(1) and Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provide that a guide price and a Community producer price should be fixed for each fishing year in order to determine price levels for intervention on the market for certain fisheries products.
(2) Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires the guide price to be fixed for each of the products and groups of products listed in Annexes I and II to that Regulation.
(3) On the basis of the data currently available on the prices for the products concerned and the criteria referred to in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the guide prices should be increased, maintained or reduced for the 2005 fishing year depending on the species.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires the Community producer price to be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation. It is, however, sufficient to establish the Community producer price for only one of the products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 since the prices for the other products may be calculated by means of the conversion factors established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/82 (2).
(5) On the basis of the criteria laid down in the first and second indent of Article 18(2) and in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the Community producer price for the 2005 fishing year should be adjusted.
(6) Given the urgency of the matter, it is important to grant an exception to the six-week period mentioned in paragraph 1(3) of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on the European Union,
For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2005, the guide prices as provided for in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
For the fishing year from 1 January to 31 December 2005, the Community producer prices as provided for in Article 26(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 525/87 of 20 February 1987 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3529/86 on the protection of the Community's forests against fire
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3529/86 of 17 November 1986 on the protection of the Community's forests against fire(1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3529/86, for the first year of application of the said Regulation programmes or projects are to be submitted to the Commission within three months following the Regulation's entry into force; whereas, therefore, pending the adoption of all the  detailed rules for the application of that Regulation, the provisions relating to the submission of the programmes or projects in question should now be adopted;
Whereas applications for aid submitted under the Community scheme for the protection of forests against fire, in respect of programmes or projects, should contain all the information needed for an examination of such programmes and projects in the light  of the objectives and criteria of Regulation (EEC) No 3529/86;
Whereas this information should be presented in a standardized form to facilitate examination and a comparison of applications;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Committee on Forest Protection,
1.  Applications for aid from the Community for the carrying out of programmes or projects within the meaning of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3529/86, shall contain the information and documents specified in the Annexes to this  Regulation.
2.  Applications shall be submitted in triplicate in accordance with the Annexes.
3.  Applications not meeting the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be considered.
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 REGULATION (EC) No 1283/1999
of 18 June 1999
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89 laying down detailed rules concerning the aid for fibre flax and hemp
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp(1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(2), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
(1) Whereas Annex B to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1280/1999(4), contains a list of the varieties of hemp eligible for aid; whereas, as a result of the latest analyses done at the production stage, it was found that the "Fedora 19" variety did not systematically produce hemp with a tetrahydrocannabinol content complying with the percentage referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 619/71(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1420/98(6); whereas the overrun of that percentage is fairly limited but is sufficient reason not to encourage production of the "Fedora 19" variety which, moreover, does not appear to comply with the new percentage permitted from the 2001/02 marketing year;
(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Flax and Hemp,
The variety "Fedora 19" is hereby removed from Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1164/89.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the 2001/02 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
10.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 365/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2098/2004
of 8 December 2004
prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of France
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 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 limitations in catch are required (2), lays down quotas for herring for 2004.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions Vb (EC waters), VIaN and VIb by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. France has prohibited fishing for this stock from 23 October 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions Vb (EC waters), VIaN and VIb by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004.
Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES divisions Vb (EC waters), VIaN and VIb by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 23 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.