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16.6.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 150/44
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 515/2010
of 15 June 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 as regards the use of the feed additive Bacillus subtilis (O35) in feed containing lasalocid sodium, maduramycin ammonium, monensin sodium, narasin, salinomycin sodium and semduramycin sodium
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possibility to modify the authorisation of a feed additive further to a request from the holder of the authorisation and an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority).
(3) The use of the micro-organism preparation of Bacillus subtilis DSM 17299 was authorised for 10 years for chickens for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 of 1 October 2007 concerning the authorisation of Bacillus subtilis (O35) as a feed additive (2).
(4) The holder of the authorisation submitted an application for a modification of the authorisation of this additive to allow its use in feed containing the coccidiostats lasalocid sodium, maduramycin ammonium, monensin sodium, narasin, salinomycin sodium and semduramycin sodium for chickens for fattening. The holder of the authorisation submitted the relevant data to support its request.
(5) The Authority concluded in its opinion of 10 March 2010 that the additive Bacillus subtilis DSM 17299 is compatible with lasalocid sodium, maduramycin ammonium, monensin sodium, narasin, salinomycin sodium and semduramycin sodium (3).
(6) The conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1137/2007 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 666/2002
of 18 April 2002
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 35th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001
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) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 of 13 July 2001 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(2) for the 2001/2002 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question.
(3) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the 35th partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 35th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1430/2001 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at 47,561 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
5.12.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 327/7
DIRECTIVE 2008/103/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 19 November 2008
amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as regards placing batteries and accumulators on the market
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THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 6(2) of Directive 2006/66/EC (3) should be clarified in order that batteries and accumulators which were legally placed on the market anywhere in the Community before 26 September 2008 and which do not comply with that Directive can remain on the market in the Community after this date. This clarification would provide legal certainty for batteries placed on the market in the Community and would ensure the smooth functioning of the internal market. The clarification is in line with the principle of waste minimisation and would contribute to reducing administrative burdens.
(2) Directive 2006/66/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
Amendment to Directive 2006/66/EC
(2) of Directive 2006/66/EC shall be replaced by the following:
‘2.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that batteries or accumulators which do not meet the requirements of this Directive are not placed on the market after 26 September 2008.
Batteries and accumulators which do not meet the requirements of this Directive and which are placed on the market after this date shall be withdrawn from the market.’
Transposition
1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 5 January 2009.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 295/2004
of 19 February 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 2314/2003 as regards the quantity covered by the standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of rye held by the German intervention agency
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), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2314/2003(2) opened a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the internal market of 1139000 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency.
(2) In the present situation on the market the quantities of rye held by the German intervention agency put up for sale on the internal market of the Community should be increased to 1639000 tonnes.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 2314/2003 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 1(1), "1139000 tonnes" is replaced by "1639000 tonnes";
2. in the title of Annex, "1139000 tonnes" is replaced by "1639000 tonnes".
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.
COMMISSION REGULATION  (EEC) N° 3990/87
of 23 December 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1418/76 on the common  organization of the market in rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical  nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3985/87 (2),  and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 establishes, with effect from 1 January 1988, a  combined goods nomenclature based on the Harmonized System which will meet the requirements both of  the Common Customs Tariff and the nomenclature of goods for the external trade statistics of the  Community;
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the descriptions of goods and tariff heading  numbers which appear in Council Regulation (EEC) N° 1418/76 (3), as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) N° 3877/87 (4), according to the terms of the combined nomenclature; whereas these  adaptations do not call for any amendment of substance,
Regulation (EEC) N° 1418/76 is modified as follows:
1.
(1) is replaced by the following:
'1.  The common organization of the market in rice shall comprise a price and trading system and  cover the following products:
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2.
1 a paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) are replaced by the following:
'2.  By way of derogation from Article 11 (1) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (i), no levy shall be charged  on imports of products falling within subheadings 1006 10 91, 1006 10 99, 1006 20 and 1006 40 00 in  the French overseas department of Réunion.
3.  By way of derogation from Article 11 (1) (e), (f), (g) and (h), the levy to be charged on  imports of products falling within subheading 1006 30 in the French overseas department of Réunion  shall be equal to be amount for the protection of the industry referred to in Article 14 (3).
4.  For consignments to the French overseas department of Réunion of products falling within  heading N° 1006 excluding subheading 1006 10 10 which come from Member States and are in one of the  situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty, a subsidy shall be granted, on application  by the party concerned, equal to the levy in force for the product concerned.
However, this subsidy shall:
- in respect of products falling within subheadings 1006 30 11 and 1006 30 19 be equal to the levy  applicable to products falling within subheading 1006 20,
- in respect of products falling within subheadings 1006 30 91 and 1006 30 99, be reduced by the  amount for the protection of the industry referred to in Article 14 (3)'.
3.
Annex B shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
Commission Decision
of 20 April 2001
amending Decision 2001/276/EC in order to take account of the animal health situation in Argentina
(notified under document number C(2001) 1133)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/322/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from third countries(1), as last amended by Council Directive 97/79/EC(2), in particular Articles 3 and 14 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of fresh meat from Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Argentina are laid down by Commission Decision 93/402/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2001/276/EC(4).
(2) Imports have been suspended from Argentina by Decision 2001/276/EC until 15 April 2001 as a precautionary measure until more detailed information can be obtained following changes in the health situation in Argentina and the suspension by Argentina of their exports of fresh meat to Canada, Chile and the USA.
(3) Following this decision the competent authority of Argentina itself suspended exports to the Community of fresh meat from species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, introduced a reorganisation of the veterinary services and a completely new strategic plan including regionalisation to control foot-and-mouth is being developed. At least until these changes can be properly evaluated it is necessary to prolong this suspension.
(4) The suspension of imports from Argentina was implemented through the replacement by Decision 2001/276/EC of the Annexes to Decision 93/402/EEC; for the sake of legal certainty it shall be necessary to adopt a new measure updating fully these Annexes and therefore it is not appropriate to limit in the meantime the validity of the current Annexes excluding Argentina. However the decision to suspend imports of meat from Argentina will be reviewed within 2 months of its notification.
(5) Argentina stopped certifying consignments from 13 March 2001 and for the sake of legal certainty consignments produced and certified on or prior to this date should be accepted.
(6) Decision 2001/276/EC should be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Article 2 of Decision 2001/276/EC is replaced by the following wording: "Member States shall accept consignments produced and certified on or before 13 March 2001."
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2805/88
of 9 September 1988
amending, as a result of the introduction of the combined nomenclature, Council Regulation (EEC) No 8/81 on the disposal by the Hellenic Republic of raw tobacco stocks existing in Greece and coming from harvests prior to accession
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1315/88 (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, technical adaptations of Community instruments referring to the combined nomenclature are to be made by the Commission;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3999/87 of 23 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (3) introduced the goods descriptions and tariff numbers according to the terms of the combined nomenclature;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 8/81 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 824/87 (5), must be adapted to take account of the use of the combined nomenclature; whereas those adaptations require no substantial amendment,
In Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 8/81, 'heading No 24.01 of the Common Customs Tariff' is hereby replaced by 'CN code 2401'.
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 1 January 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL DECISION of 29 April 1997 appointing one member and two alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (97/305/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 198a thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decisions 94/65/EC of 26 January 1994 (1) and 95/15/EC of 23 January 1995 (2) appointing members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas a seat as a member and two seats as alternate members of the Committee have become vacant following the resignations of Mr Dieter Spöri, member, and Mr Alfred Geisel and Mr Fritz Hopmeier, alternate members, notified to the Council on 29 October 1996, 24 October 1996 and 29 October 1996 respectively;
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
1. Mr Horst Mehrländer is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Dieter Spöri for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 25 January 1998.
2. Mr Frieder Birzele is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Alfred Geisel for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 25 January 1998.
3. Mr Peter Straub is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Fritz Hopmeier for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 25 January 1998.
23.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 346/11
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 October 2004
amending Decision 2003/56/EC on health certificates for the importation of live animals and animal products from New Zealand
(notified under document number C(2004) 4028)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/784/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 97/132/EC of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex V to the Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (‘the Agreement’) recognises the sanitary measures for fresh meat, meat products and certain other animal products traded with New Zealand. Depending on the equivalence or non-equivalence of those measures with those required by the Community, Annex VII of the Agreement provides that appropriate official health certificates should be used in the trade of fresh meat, meat products and certain other animal products with New Zealand.
(2) Commission Decision 2003/56/EC (2) lays down the certification requirements and provides models for official health certificates to be used for the importation from New Zealand of live animals and animal products. In cases where full equivalence of sanitary measures has been determined, simplified certificates may be used, models for which are set out in Annexes II to V to that Decision.
(3) Account should be taken of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/2003 (4), and of recent acknowledgements of equivalence of sanitary measures for fresh meat, meat products, fishery products and certain other animal products traded with New Zealand.
(4) Decision 2003/56/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annexes I and VII to Decision 2003/56/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply from 13 December 2004.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
13.10.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 268/16
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 October 2011
appointing a German member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2011/673/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).
(2) A member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Thomas ILKA,
Dr Sabine HEPPERLE, Leiterin der Vertretung des DIHK bei der EU is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2015.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 576/96 of 21 March 1996 on the conclusion of the Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1995 to 15 June 1997
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 in conjunction with the first subparagraph of Article 228 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, the two Parties have conducted negotiations to determine any amendments and additions to be made to the Agreement at the end of the period of application of the Protocol annexed thereto;
Whereas, as a result of those negotiations, a new Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and financial compensation provided for in the abovementioned Agreement for the period 16 June 1995 to 15 June 1997 was initialled on 7 June 1995;
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve the Protocol;
Whereas the allocation of fishing possibilities among the Member States should be determined on the basis of the traditional allocation of fishing possibilities under the fisheries agreement,
The Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1995 to 15 June 1997 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation.
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
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However, for the first year for which the Protocol applies, the allocation shall be as follows:
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If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol, the Commission may entertain licence applications from any other Member State.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that 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.