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Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/2003
of 26 May 2003
granting no award with regard to beef put up for sale under the third invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 598/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Tenders have been invited for certain quantities of beef fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 598/2003 of 1 April 2003 on periodical sales by tender of beef held by certain intervention agencies and intended for processing within the Community(3).
(2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 of 4 October 1979 on detailed rules of application for the disposal of beef bought in by intervention agencies and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 216/69(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2417/95(5), the minimum selling prices for meat put up for sale by tender should be fixed, taking into account tenders submitted. Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 598/2003, a decision may be taken not to proceed with the tendering procedure.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
No award is made against the third invitation to tender held in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 598/2003 for which the time limit for the submission of tenders was 12 May 2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
24.4.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 104/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 336/2009
of 23 April 2009
fixing the export refunds on pigmeat
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), and in particular Article 164(2), final subparagraph, and Article 170 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 162(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the difference between prices on the world market for the products listed in Part XVII of Annex I to that Regulation and prices for those products on the Community market may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Given the present situation on the market in pigmeat, export refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the rules and criteria provided for in Articles 162 to 164, 167, 169 and 170 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
(3) Article 164(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that the refund may vary according to destination, especially where the world market situation, the specific requirements of certain markets, or obligations resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty make this necessary.
(4) Refunds should be granted only on products that are allowed to move freely in the Community and that bear the health mark as provided for in Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (2). Those products must also satisfy the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (3) and Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (4).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
1.   Export refunds as provided for in Article 164 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be granted on the products and for the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the condition provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
2.   The products eligible for a refund under paragraph 1 must meet the relevant requirements of Regulations (EC) Nos 852/2004 and 853/2004, notably preparation in an approved establishment and compliance with the health marking requirements laid down in Annex I, Section I, Chapter III to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
5.4.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 95/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 380/2007
of 4 April 2007
establishing that certain limits for issuing import licences for sugar products under tariff quotas and preferential agreements are no longer reached
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The records referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 show that quantities of sugar are still available for the obligations laid down under Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 bearing the serial number 09.4318.
(2) Under these circumstances, the Commission must indicate that the limits concerned are no longer reached,
The limits for the obligations laid down under Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 bearing the serial number 09.4318 are no longer reached.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/46
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 October 2008
amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis
(notified under document number C(2008) 5987)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/816/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex D(I)(E) thereto,
Whereas:
(1) Annex D to Directive 64/432/EEC provides that a Member State or part of a Member State may, as regards bovine herds, be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free subject to compliance with certain conditions set out in that Directive.
(2) The lists of regions of Member States declared free of enzootic bovine leukosis are set out in Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (2).
(3) Poland has now submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the appropriate conditions provided for in Directive 64/432/EEC as regards 29 administrative regions (powiaty) within the superior administrative units (Voivodships) of Mazowieckie, Podlaskie and Warminsko-mazurskie in order that those regions may be considered officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of Poland.
(4) Following the evaluation of that documentation, those regions (powiaty) in Poland should be recognised as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free regions of that Member State.
(5) Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2183/2003
of 15 December 2003
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 1947/2002(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 16 December 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
27.7.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/33
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 25 July 2013
authorising Germany to prohibit on its territory the marketing of certain varieties of hemp listed in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC
(notified under document C(2013) 4702)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2013/404/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission, in accordance with Directive 2002/53/EC, published in the C-series of the Official Journal of the European Union, in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, certain varieties of hemp.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (2) provides, in Article 39, that in order to prevent support being granted for illegal crops, areas used for the production of hemp shall only be eligible if the varieties used have a tetrahydrocannabinol content not exceeding 0,2 %.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 (3) lays down, in Article 40(3), that, if for the second year the average of all the samples of a given hemp variety exceeds the tetrahydrocannabinol content as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the Member State shall request authorisation to prohibit the marketing of such variety in accordance with Directive 2002/53/EC.
(4) On 15 November 2012 the Commission received a request from Germany for authorisation to prohibit the marketing of the hemp varieties Bialobrzeskie and Carmagnola, because for the second year in a row their tetrahydrocannabinol content exceeded the authorised content of 0,2 %.
(5) On this basis, the request from Germany should be granted.
(6) In order to allow the Commission to inform the other Member States and to update the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, Germany should be required to inform the Commission when it makes use of the authorisation granted by this Decision.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Germany is authorised to prohibit the marketing, in any part of its territory, of the hemp varieties Bialobrzeskie and Carmagnola.
Germany shall notify to the Commission the date from which it makes use of the authorisation referred to in Article 1.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 726/2002
of 26 April 2002
altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 665/2002(3), as amended by Regulation (CE) No 707/2002(4).
(2) It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 665/2002 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto,
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 665/2002 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2557/93 of 16 September 1993 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN code 6911, originating in the Philippines, 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), extended for 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92  (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 for 1993 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 6911, originating in the Philippines, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 882 000; whereas on 19 August 1993, imports of these products into the Community originating in the Philippines 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 the Philippines,
As from 21 September 1993, the levying of customs duties, suspended for 1993 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in the Philippines:
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 1846/97 of 24 September 1997 concerning the stopping of fishing for salmon by vessels flying the flag of Finland
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) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 686/97 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 402/97 of 20 December 1996 allocating, for 1997, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Lithuanian waters (3), provides for salmon quotas for 1997;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitation on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of salmon in the waters of ICES division IIId (Lithuanian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland have reached the quota allocated for 1997; whereas Finland has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 10 September 1997; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of salmon in the waters of ICES division IIId (Lithuanian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Finland for 1997.
Fishing for salmon in the waters of ICES division IIId (Lithuanian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Finland or registered in Finland is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 10 September 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 10 September 1982
establishing that the apparatus described as 'Apollo - Tunable CO2 Laser, model 560' may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties
(82/648/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 of 10 July 1975 on the importation free of Common Customs Tariff duties of educational, scientific and cultural materials (1), last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 608/82 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 of 12 December 1979 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 1798/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas, by letter dated 26 February 1982, the Federal Republic of Germany has requested the Commission to invoke the procedure provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79 in order to determine whether or not the apparatus described as 'Apollo - Tunable CO2 Laser, Model 560', ordered on 4 February 1980 and to be used for the preparatory photochemical studies in the infrared range and in particular for the control of the radiation source, should be considered to be a scientific apparatus and, where the reply is in the affirmative, whether apparatus of equivalent scientific value is currently being manufactured in the Community;
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2784/79, a group of experts composed of representatives of all the Member States met on 15 July 1982 within the framework of the Committee on Duty-Free Arrangements to examine the matter;
Whereas this examination showed that the apparatus in question is a laser;
Whereas its objective technical characteristics, such as the emission field, and the use to which it is put make it specially suited to scientific research; whereas, moreover, apparatus of the same kind are principally used for scientific activities; whereas it must therefore be considered to be a scientific apparatus;
Whereas, however, on the basis of information received from Member States, apparatus of scientific value equivalent to the said apparatus, capable of being used for the same purposes, are currently being manufactured in the Community; whereas this applies, in particular, to the apparatus 'Serie 6000' manufactured by Fairlight Technische en Wetenschappelijke Apparaten BV, Jan Luykenstraat 23, NL-1007 AA Amsterdam,
The apparatus described as 'Apollo - Tunable CO2 Laser, model 560', which is subject of an application by the Federal Republic of Germany of 26 February 1982, may not be imported free of Common Customs Tariff duties.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1861/2001
of 20 September 2001
amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 September 2001 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1721/2001(2).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 1721/2001 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1721/2001 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.