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1.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 32/32
COUNCIL DECISION
of 28 January 2014
authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers, 2011, of the International Labour Organisation (Convention No 189)
(2014/51/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 153 in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a)(v) and Article 218(8), first subparagraph thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission are promoting the ratification of international labour conventions that have been classified by the International Labour Organisation as up-to-date, as a contribution to the European Union’s effort to promote decent work for all both inside and outside the Union, of which the protection and improvement of workers’ working conditions is an important aspect.
(2) Most of the rules under Convention No 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers, 2011, of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), hereinafter ‘the Convention’, are covered to a large extent by Union acquis in the areas of social policy, anti-discrimination, judicial cooperation in criminal matters and asylum and immigration.
(3) The Convention’s provisions on protecting migrant domestic workers potentially affect the freedom of movement for workers — an area which falls under the Union’s exclusive competence.
(4) As a consequence, parts of the Convention fall within the competence of the Union, and Member States may not enter into commitments in relation to these parts outside the framework of the Union’s institutions.
(5) The European Union cannot ratify the Convention, as only States can be parties thereto.
(6) In this situation, Member States and the Union’s institutions must cooperate in regard to the ratification of the Convention.
(7) The Council should therefore authorise the Member States that are bound by Union law on minimum requirements in the area of working conditions to ratify the Convention in the interests of the Union,
Member States are hereby authorised to ratify, for the parts falling under the competence conferred upon the Union by the Treaties, the Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers, 2011, of the International Labour Organisation (Convention No 189).
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
4.3.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 58/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 373/2005
of 3 March 2005
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), 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 2276/2004 (2).
(2) Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 (3), the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, 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 25 February to 3 March 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2276/2004, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be 29,75 EUR/t and be valid for a total maximum quantity of 89 500 t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
REGULATION (EEC) No 771/75 OF THE COMMISSION  of 24 March 1975  amending Regulations (EEC) No 3130/73 and (EEC) No 3197/73 establishing the conditions for the application of the system of tendering for export levies for cereals and for rice respectively
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organization of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 85/75 (2);
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the market in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 476/75 (4);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 (5) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market being disturbed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 86/75 (6), and in particular Article 4 thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 (7) of 8 October 1973 laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the rice market being disturbed, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 477/75 (8), and in particular Article 4 thereof;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 645/75 (9) of 13 March 1975 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the export levies and charges on agricultural products has repealed the Regulations on detailed rules for the application of export levies for cereals and for rice without incorporating certain specific provisions concerning export levies fixed by tender ; whereas it is necessary to incorporate these specific provisions in Commission Regulations (EEC) No 3130/73 (10) of 16 November 1973 and (EEC) No 3197/73 (11) of 23 November 1973 establishing the conditions for the application of the system of tendering for export levies;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
An Article 8a as follows is inserted in Regulations (EEC) No 3130/73 and (EEC) No 3197/73:
"Article 8a
The provisions of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 645/75 shall not apply where the export levy is fixed by tender for specific destinations."
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 1975.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 874/89
of 5 April 1989
concerning the stopping of fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4194/88 of 21 December 1988 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1989 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 295/89 (4), provides for whiting quotas for 1989;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which ctches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information comunicated to the Commission, catches of whiting in the waters of ICES division VII b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j, k by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have reached the quota allocated for 1989; whereas Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 30 March 1989; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of whiting in the waters of ICES division VII b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j, k by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 1989.
Fishing for whiting in the waters of ICES division VII b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j, k by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium 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 that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 30 March 1989.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2849/89
of 22 September 1989
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (staple or waste), products of category 3 (order No 40.0033), originating in India to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of those Annexes;
Whereas Article 12 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (staple or waste), products of category 3 (order No 40.0033), the relevant ceiling amounts to 600 tonnes;
Whereas on 21 April 1989 imports of the products in question into the Community originating in India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to India,
As from 26 September 1989 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4259/88, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in India:
1.2.3.4 //  //  //  //  // Order No  // Category (Unit)  // CN code   // Description  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  //  // 40.0033  // 3 (tonnes)  // 5512 5513 5514 5515 5803 90 30 ex 5905 00 70 ex 6308 00 00  // Woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (staple or waste) other than narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics (including terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics   //    //   //   //
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.
20.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 47/10
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/272
of 19 February 2015
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 612/2013 on the operation of the register of economic operators and tax warehouses, related statistics and reporting pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 on administrative cooperation in the field of excise duties
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 of 2 May 2012 on administrative cooperation in the field of excise duties and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2073/2004 (1), and in particular Article 22 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Registered consignees or authorised warehouse keepers should be prevented from claiming falsely that they have been authorised under Article 17(2) of Council Directive 2008/118/EC (2) to have excise goods moved to a place of direct delivery under a duty suspension arrangement.
(2) Registered consignors and authorised warehouse keepers should therefore be able to verify, via the central register referred to in Article 19(4) of Regulation (EU) No 389/2012, whether registered consignees or authorised warehouse keepers have obtained such authorisation.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 612/2013 (3) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) It is necessary to provide for a sufficient period of time to allow the Commission to implement changes in the register of economic operators and tax warehouses referred to in Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No 389/2012.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Excise Duty,
In point (a) of Article 6(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 612/2013, the following point (iv) is added:
‘(iv) information on the operator role code indicating whether a registered consignee or an authorised warehouse keeper is authorised under Article 17(2) of Directive 2008/118/EC to have excise goods moved to a place of direct delivery (data group 2.3 set out in Table 2 of Annex I).’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 March 2015.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 441/2004
of 9 March 2004
establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(2), and in particular Article 173(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classification in Annex 26 to that Regulation.
(2) The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question,
The unit values provided for in Article 173(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 25 February 1991 concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on a research and development programme for the European Economic Community in the field of applied metrology and chemical analysis (BCR) (91/122/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130q (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas by Decision 88/418/EEC (4), the Council adopted a research and development programme for the European Economic Community in the field of applied metrology and chemical analysis (1988 to 1992) (BCR); whereas Article 4
of this Decision authorizes the Commission to negotiate agreements with third countries and in particular with
those European countries having concluded framework agreements for scientific and technical cooperation with the Community with a view to associating them wholly or partly with the programme;
Whereas by Decision 87/177/EEC (5), the Council approved the conclusion on behalf of the European Economic Community of the Framework Agreement for scientific and technical cooperation between the European Communities and, among others, the Republic of Finland;
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on a research and development programme for the European Economic Community in the field of applied metrology and chemical analysis (BCR) should be approved,
The Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on a research and development programme for the European Economic Community in the field of applied metrology and chemical analysis (BCR) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall carry out the notification as provided for in Article 11 of the Agreement.
12.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 8/34
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 19/2012
of 11 January 2012
fixing an acceptance percentage for the issuing of export licences, rejecting export-licence applications and suspending the lodging of export-licence applications for out-of-quota sugar
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 Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 7e in conjunction with Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) According to Article 61, first subparagraph, point (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 the sugar produced during the marketing year in excess of the quota referred to in Article 56 of that Regulation may be exported only within the quantitative limit fixed by the Commission.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 372/2011 of 15 April 2011 fixing the quantitative limit for the exports of out-of-quota sugar and isoglucose until the end of the 2011/2012 marketing year (3) sets the abovementioned limits.
(3) The quantities of sugar covered by applications for export licences exceed the quantitative limit fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 372/2011. An acceptance percentage should therefore be set for quantities applied for from 2 to 6 January 2012. All export-licence applications for sugar lodged after 6 January 2012 should accordingly be rejected and the lodging of export-licence applications should be suspended,
1.   Export licences for out-of-quota sugar for which applications were lodged from 2 to 6 January 2012 shall be issued for the quantities applied for, multiplied by an acceptance percentage of 38,474060 %.
2.   Applications for out-of-quota sugar export licences submitted on 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 January 2012 are hereby rejected.
3.   The lodging of applications for out-of-quota sugar export licences shall be suspended for the period 16 January 2012 to 30 September 2012.
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.
21.9.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 255/3
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 February 2011
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports
(2012/508/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 77(2)(a) in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a)(v) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the European Union an Agreement with the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports.
(2) That Agreement was signed, on behalf of the European Union, on 8 November 2010 subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2010/622/EU (1).
(3) This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
 (2); the United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(4) This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
 (3); Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application,
The Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports (‘the Agreement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 9(1) of the Agreement (4).
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.