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Council Regulation (EC) No 313/2003
of 18 February 2003
extending Regulation (EC) No 310/2002 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,
Having regard to Council Common Position 2003/115/CFSP of 18 February 2003 amending and extending Common Position 2002/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe(1),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 310/2002 of 18 February 2002 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe(2) expires on 20 February 2003 and Article 13 of that Regulation provides expressly for the possibility of renewal.
(2) There has been a further deterioration in the situation in Zimbabwe, where serious violations of human rights and freedom of opinion, association and peaceful assembly continue to occur.
(3) Accordingly, Common Position 2003/115/CFSP provides for the extension until 20 February 2004 of the restrictive measures provided for by Common Position 2002/145/CFSP of 18 February 2002 concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe(3). In particular those measures include the freezing of funds, financial assets or economic resources of individual members of the government and natural or legal persons associated with them as well as a ban on the export of equipment which might be used for internal repression, and a ban on technical advice, assistance or training related to military activities.
(4) Consequently, Regulation (EC) No 310/2002 needs to be extended for a further 12 months,
The period of application of Regulation (EC) No 310/2002 is extended by 12 months, i.e. until 20 February 2004, unless its period of application is further renewed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 21 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
7.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 263/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 932/2009
of 5 October 2009
establishing a prohibition of fishing for saithe in VI; EC waters of Vb; EC and international waters of XII and XIV 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 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 (3), lays down quotas for 2009.
(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 2009.
(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 2009 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.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2309/95 of 29 September 1995 establishing transitional measures for the import of grape juice and must from Cyprus
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1544/95 (2), and in particular Articles 53 (3) and 83 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (3), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas the agreement creating an association between the European Community and the Republic of Cyprus provides for the opening of an annual Community tariff quota for certain concentrated grape juices and musts originating in Cyprus; whereas the quota duty is 0 %;
Whereas the reference price arrangements, with payment of countervailing levies in the event of non-compliance, for imports into the Community of the products in question is replaced with effect from 1 September 1995 by the arrangements resulting from the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations; whereas the new import arrangements must be taken into account when applying the agreement with Cyprus;
Whereas the application of the arrangements in force up to 31 August 1995 has resulted in the import of concentrated grape juice and must from Cyprus without payment of an ad valorem duty and without the imposition of a countervailing levy;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to maintain the situation existing before and to permit Cyprus to export its products to the Community under the tariff quota arrangements; whereas the transitional measures within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 should be taken in order to facilitate the transition to the new arrangements pending a long-term solution within the framework of the agreement between the European Community and Cyprus;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The special duty listed in Annex I, Part 3, Section I, Annex 2, of the Customs Tariff of the European Communities for the products falling within CN codes 2009 60 51, 2009 60 71, ex 2009 60 90 and ex 2204 30 92 shall be not be levied on the products in question originating in Cyprus and imported under tariff quota order number 09.1421 as referred to in Annex V of Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (4).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 1995 to 30 June 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 178/2004
of 30 January 2004
determining the extent to which the applications for import licences submitted in January 2004 for certain dairy products under certain tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 can be accepted
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas(2), and in particular Article 16(2) thereof,
Whereas:
Applications lodged from 12 to 16 January 2004 for certain quotas referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 concern quantities greater than those available; therefore, the allocation factors should be fixed for the quantities applied for,
The allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be applied to the quantities for which import licences have been sought for the period from 12 to 16 January 2004 in respect of products falling within the quotas referred to in part I.A, I.B, points 5 and 6, I.F and I.H of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 22 November 1996 adopted on the basis of Article J.4 (2) of the Treaty on European Union on the elaboration and implementation of a Joint Action by the Union in the Great Lakes Region (96/670/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article J.4 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the Declaration on Western European Union (WEU), set out in the Final Act signed when the Treaty on European Union was adopted,
Whereas the Council today adopted on the basis of Article J.3 of the Treaty on European Union a Joint Action on the Great Lakes Region,
Whereas the implementation of this Joint Action has defence implications and may, in particular, require the use of military means; whereas, in these circumstances, use should be made of the Western European Union,
The European Union hereby requests the WEU to examine as a matter of urgency how it can, for its part, contribute to the optimum use of the operational resources available.
This Decision is notified to the WEU in accordance with the conclusions adopted by the Council on 14 May 1996 on the forwarding of European Union documents to the WEU.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
It shall be published in the Official Journal.
26.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 125/68
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 429/2014
of 25 April 2014
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.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 2095/87
of 13 July 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3769/85 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas a list of measures which constitute interventions to stabilize the agricultural markets under Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 appears in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 801/87 (4); whereas that Annex has been updated periodically by the Council;
Whereas, in view of the many changes being made by the Council and by the Commission to the measures designed to stabilize the markets, the fact that more frequent updating of the list comprising all these measures is required and given the purely declaratory nature of the list, it would seem opportune to provide that in future the drawing-up of this list and its updating should be simplified in order to maintain the said measures in keeping with the rules applicable under the common organizations of agricultural markets,
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 1
The list of measures which comply with the concept of intervention intended to stabilize the agricultural markets, within the meaning of Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, shall be drawn up by the Commission according to the procedure provided for in Article 13 of the said Regulation and shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, L series.'
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 2019/2001
of 15 October 2001
concerning the issue of A licences for the import of garlic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 of 30 May 2001 introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin and establishing the method for managing the tariff quotas for garlic imported from third countries(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1865/2001(2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 provides that if quantities covered by applications for A licences exceed the quantities available, the Commission is to fix a simple reduction percentage and suspend the issue of such licences covered by subsequent applications.
(2) Quantities applied for on 8 and 9 October 2001 under Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in all third countries other than China and Argentina exceed the quantities available. The extent to which A licences can be issued, and whether the issue of those licences should be suspended for any subsequent applications, should therefore be determined,
A import licences covered by applications under Article 1(1), of Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in all third countries other than China and Argentina on 8 and 9 October 2001 and forwarded to the Commission on 10 October 2001 shall be issued, with the entry referred to in Article 1(2) of that Regulation, at the rate of:
- 21,396 % of the quantity applied for, for traditional importers,
- 4,719 % of the quantity applied for, for new importers.
The issue of A import licences relating to the quarter running from 1 December 2001 to 28 February 2002 covered by applications under Regulation (EC) No 1047/2001 for products originating in all third countries other than China and Argentina is hereby suspended for applications lodged after 9 October 2001. Applications for the quarter running from 1 March 2002 to 31 May 2002 may be lodged from 14 January 2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 482/2004
of 15 March 2004
fixing 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),
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(2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in Annex I to this Regulation,
The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 23 June 1986
approving an amendment to the programme relating to fresh, dried and processed fruit and vegetables in Greece pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(86/321/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed and marketed (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3827/85 (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof;
Whereas on 22 April 1985 the Greek Government forwarded an amendment to the programme approved by Commission Decision 81/515/EEC (3) relating to the marketing and processing of fresh and dried fruit and vegetables and on 1 April 1986 submitted supplementary information;
Whereas implementation of the programme has already had a positive effect in the fresh, dried and processed fruit and vegetables sector; whereas, however, the needs of the sector have not been sufficiently met and whereas, therefore, an extension of the programme is justified;
Whereas the purpose of the amendment is to permit the adaptation and extension of the programme until 1989; whereas it complies with the objectives and conditions of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures,
The amendment to the programme relating to the marketing and processing of fresh and dried fruit and vegetables forwarded by the Greek Government pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 on 22 April 1985 concerning which supplementary information was submitted on 1 April 1986 is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
Commission Decision
of 6 July 2001
amending Decision 94/442/EC setting up a conciliation procedure in the context of the clearance of the accounts of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section
(notified under document number C(2001) 1756)
(2001/535/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(1), and in particular Article 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure that the Conciliation Body can continue to function while its members are gradually replaced, members' terms of office should be renewable for a shorter term after the initial term of three years. The special rules to apply to the term of office of the Chariman of the Body should be made clearer. To that end, Commission Decision 94/442/EC of 1 July 1994 setting up a conciliation procedure in the context of the clearance of the accounts of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section(2), as last amended by Decision 2000/649/EC(3), should be adopted.
(2) The EAGGF Committee has delivered a favourable opinion,
Decision 94/442/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. The second and third subparagraphs of Article 3(2) are replaced by the following: "The Chairman and the members shall be appointed by the Commission for an initial term of office of three years after the EAGGF Committee has been consulted in accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999. Their terms of office may be renewed for a year at a time only, and the Committee must be informed. However, where the Chairman to be appointed is already a member of the Body, his/her initial term of office as Chariman shall be three years.
Furthermore, after the EAGGF Committee has been consulted as before in accordance with Article 14(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, the Commission shall appoint substitute members who meet the criteria laid down in the first subparagraph and who shall be called on in the order of the Commission's list."
2. Article 3(3) shall be replaced by the following: "After his/her term of office has expired, the member or, where applicable, the Chairman shall remain in office until he/she is replaced or his/her term of office is renewed."
3. The first subparagrpah of Article 3(4) is replaced by the following: "Before the expiry of the three-year period, a member's term of office may be terminted as a result of voluntary or compulsory resignation, or death. In such cases the member shall be replaced for the remainder of his/her term by the first available substitute member. However, should the Chariman resign or die, the member who is to perform the Chariman's duties for the remainder of the latter's term of office shall be appointed by the Commission after the EAGGF Committee has been consulted in accordance with Article 14(1) Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999."
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.