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Commission Decision
of 17 November 2003
drawing up lists of third countries from which Member States are to authorise imports of certain products for human consumption subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC
(notified under document number C(2003) 4181)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/812/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(1) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2003/721/EC(2), and in particular Article 10(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 92/118/EEC sets out Community rules concerning animal and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products of animal origin.
(2) Commission Decision 94/278/EC of 18 March 1994 drawing up a list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of certain products subject to Council Directive 92/118/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2003/235/EC(4), sets out lists of third countries from which Member States are to authorise imports of certain products subject to Directive 92/118/EC, including products not intended for human consumption.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption(5), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 808/2003(6), sets out Community rules on animal products not intended for human consumption. The date of application of the model health certificates provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 is 1 January 2004.
(4) Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2002 amending Council Directives 90/425/EEC and 92/118/EC as regards health requirements for animal by-products(7), has significantly amended Directive 92/118/EEC in order to limit its scope to products intended for human consumption.
(5) It is necessary to take into account that the Acceding States are scheduled to join as of 1 May 2004.
(6) In the interests of clarity and consistency of Community legislation, Decision 94/278/EC should be repealed and replaced by the provisions of this Decision.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Member States shall authorise imports of certain animal products intended for human consumption subject to Directive 92/118/EEC from third countries or parts of third countries or territories appearing on the lists set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Decision 94/278/EC is repealed.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2004.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1211/2003
of 7 July 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1081/2000 prohibiting the sale, supply and export to Burma/Myanmar of equipment which might be used for internal repression or terrorism, and freezing the funds of certain persons related to important governmental functions in that country
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 301 thereof,
Having regard to Common Position 2003/297/CFSP of 28 April 2003 on Burma/Myanmar(1) and Council Decision 2003/461/CFSP of 20 June 2003 implementing Common Position 2003/297/CFSP(2) on Burma/Myanmar,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Council has expressed its grave concern over the deteriorating overall situation in Burma/Myanmar, in particular the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of the National League for Democracy and the closure of NLD offices.
(2) In view of this, Decision 2003/461/CFSP provides, inter alia, for enforcement of the ban on technical training or assistance related to arms and related material.
(3) This ban on technical advice, assistance or training related to arms and related material falls under the scope of the Treaty. Therefore, with a view to avoiding distortion of competition, Community legislation is necessary as far as the territory of the Community is concerned. For the purposes of this Regulation, such territory is deemed to encompass all the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.
(4) This ban should therefore be added to the measures imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1081/2000(3),
Regulation (EC) No 1081/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the following Article shall be inserted:
"Article 1a
1. Without prejudice to the powers of the Member States in the exercise of their public authority, providing Burma/Myanmar with technical training or assistance related to the supply, manufacture, maintenance or use of arms and related material of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the aforementioned, shall be prohibited.
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to technical assistance or training related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use.";
2. Article 5 shall be replaced by the following:
"Article 5
The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in related activities, the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions or activities referred to in Articles 1 and 1a or to circumvent the provisions of this Regulation, shall be prohibited."
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Directive 2003/47/EC
of 4 June 2003
amending Annexes II, IV and V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/22/EC(2), and in particular point (c) of the second paragraph of Article 14 thereof,
Having regard to the agreement of the Member State concerned,
Whereas:
(1) From information supplied by Portugal based on updated surveys, it appears that the protected zone for Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll. should be modified and restricted to the Azores only.
(2) Due to a clerical error in the preparation of Commission Directive 2002/36/EC(3) amending certain annexes to Directive 2000/29/EC, new provisions as regards soil and growing medium, attached to or associated with plants, originating in Cyprus and Malta were unduly adopted.
(3) Due to a clerical error in the preparation of Directive 2002/36/EC, the text in point 2 under heading I of Part B of Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC was replaced without mentioning the relevant plant products concerned.
(4) The relevant Annexes to Directive 2000/29/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
Annexes II, IV and V to Directive 2000/29/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 15 June 2003 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply those provisions from 16 June 2003.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall immediately communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1263/96 of 1 July 1996 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 of 14 July 1992 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 17 (2) thereof,
Whereas additional information was requested concerning certain designations notified by the Member States under Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 in order to make sure that they complied with Articles 2 and 4 of that Regulation; whereas this additional information shows that the designations comply with the said Articles; whereas they should therefore be registered and added to the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2);
Whereas, following the accession of three new Member States, the six-month period provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 is to begin on the date of their accession; whereas some of the designations notified by those Member States comply with Articles 2 and 4 of that Regulation and should therefore be registered;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Regulatory Committee on Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin,
The designations in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby added to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1107/96.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 2631/1999
of 13 December 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 as regards the detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Lithuania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 98/677/EC of 18 May 1998 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing preferential arrangements(1), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2508/97(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1643/1999(3), lays down, inter alia, the detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Lithuania. Because of the conclusion of the Protocol referred to in Decision 98/667/EC, which replaces the combined nomenclature code applying to cheeses originating in Lithuania, the Annex to the Regulation must be amended with effect from the next application period for import licences.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Annex I, part I (Lithuania), of Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 820/86
of 20 March 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 on the sale of skimmed-milk powder from public storage
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (1) (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2610/85 (4), the skimmed-milk powder must be sold in quantities of not less than 10 tonnes; whereas experience has shown that a minimum quantity of 10 tonnes is too high for scientific institutes and for charities; whereas provision should therefore be made for a minimum quantity of one tonne;
Whereas, in the light of the situation on the market in skimmed-milk powder, the increment applicable to the price at which skimmed-milk powder stored by intervention agencies is sold should be increased from 1,50 to 3 ECU per 100 kg;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 2213/76 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In Article 2 (1) (a), '1,50 ECU per 100 kg' is replaced by '3 ECU per 100 kg'.
2. The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 (1) (b):
'However, that quantity may be reduced to one tonne in the case of a scientific institute or a charity.'
3. In the first subparagraph of Article 2 (2), '1,50 ECU per 100 kg' is replaced by '3 ECU per 100 kg'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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.
COUNCIL DECISION of 13 October 1998 approving amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking (98/585/Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 50 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, for the purpose of implementing the JET Project, the Council, by Decision 78/471/Euratom (4), established the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking and adopted the Statutes thereof;
Whereas Articles 4 and 8 of the JET Statutes should be amended following the judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December 1996 in Joined Cases T-177/94 and T-377/94, which found that the existing difference in treatment between two categories of JET staff was no longer justified on objective grounds;
Whereas this amendment should allow the JET Council to adopt the necessary transitional measures, in particular concerning the abovementioned difference of treatment of Project Team staff assigned before 21 October 1998;
Whereas the Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (KFA) has given notice of its withdrawal from the Joint Undertaking from 31 December 1997; whereas the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) has applied for membership of the Joint Undertaking from 1 January 1998; whereas the JET Council has approved this withdrawal from, and application for, membership of the Joint Undertaking and the amendments required thereby;
Whereas, following the conclusion of a Contract of Association between Euratom and the Dublin City University (DCU), the Dublin City University is replacing Ireland as Member of the Joint Undertaking; whereas the Instituto de Cooperação Científica e Tecnológica Internacional (ICCTI) is replacing the Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica (JNICT) as Portuguese member of the Joint Undertaking. The JET Council has approved the amendments to the Statutes required by these changes;
Whereas, following the accession of Austria to the European Union, the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) has applied for membership of the Joint Undertaking; whereas the JET Council has approved this application for membership of the Joint Undertaking and the amendments to the Statutes required thereby;
Whereas the JET Council has approved another amendment to the Statutes required by the adoption of the new UK Companies Act 1985 and 1989,
The amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking, annexed to this Decision, are hereby approved.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1799/96 of 17 September 1996 on the issuing of export licences for fruit and vegetables without advance fixing of the refund
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2), and in particular Article 26 (11) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121/96 (3), fixes the indicative quantities laid down for the issue of export licences without advance fixing of the refund other than those applied for in the context of food aid;
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/95 of 28 June 1995, on implementing rules for export refunds on fruit and vegetables (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2702/95 (5), provides that where there is an overrun of the indicative quantities, the excess quantities are to be deducted;
Whereas, in the light of information now available to the Commission, the indicative quantities laid down for the current period for table grapes and apples have already been exceeded; whereas these overruns will probably result in a reduction of the indicative quantity for the following period; whereas that reduction would be prejudicial to exports followed by applications for licences without advance fixing of the refund during that following period;
Whereas, in order to avoid that situation, the applications for licences without advance fixing of the refund for table grapes and apples exported after 19 September 1996 should be rejected up to the end of the current period;
Whereas, in order for them not be be included in the calculations made by the Commission pursuant to Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95, those applications must not be communicated to the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For table grapes and apples, the applications for export licences without advance fixing of the refund referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95, for which the export declaration for the products was accepted after 19 September 1996 and before 1 October 1996, are hereby rejected.
Notwithstanding Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95, those applications shall not be included in communications to the Commission.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 September 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
10.9.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 289/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1580/2004
of 8 September 2004
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia (1), and in particular Article 11(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 lists the natural and legal persons, bodies and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
(2) On 25 and 26 August 2004, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 is hereby amended in accordance with 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.
12.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 210/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1318/2005
of 11 August 2005
amending Annex II of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (1) and in particular the second indent of Article 13,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, certain Member States have since 2002 submitted information in view of including certain products in Annex II to that Regulation.
(2) Industrial lime, a by-product from vacuum salt production from brine found in mountains, is considered essential for specific soil-conditioning and nutrition requirements in some Member States and has been found not to have any harmful impact on the environment.
(3) Calcium hydroxide has been found to be essential to control a fungal disease in fruit trees in certain climates. The control of this disease in organic production is difficult and requires the use of copper, the use of which can be reduced by applying calcium hydroxide.
(4) Ethylene is already included in Part B of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 as a substance of traditional use in organic farming. It has appeared appropriate to complete the conditions for use of that substance in order to cover, besides bananas, certain other fruits for which ethylene is needed in the production.
(5) Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91,
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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.