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30.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 320/7
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 November 2013
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the facilitation of the issuance of visas
(2013/695/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular point (a) of Article 77(2), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Joint Declaration of the Warsaw Eastern Partnership Summit of 30 September 2011 confirms the political support towards enhancing the mobility of citizens by way of visa liberalisation and the intention to take gradual steps towards visa free travel for their citizens in due course.
(2) On 19 December 2011, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Republic of Azerbaijan on an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (‘the Agreement’). The negotiations were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement on 29 July 2013.
(3) The Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion.
(4) This Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC (1); the United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(5) This Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC (2); Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
(6) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,
The signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the facilitation of the issuance of visas is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement (3).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
6.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 297/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1084/2008
of 5 November 2008
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009 marketing year
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),
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 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2008/2009 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1071/2008 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 945/2008 for the 2008/2009, marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 November 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1450/98 of 7 July 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1424/95 temporarily adapting the special arrangements for imports of certain products in the beef and veal product group originating in Switzerland and the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with the view to the implementation of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1340/98 (2), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1424/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1243/97 (4), lays down transitional measures, applicable until 30 June 1998, to facilitate the transition to the arrangements applicable to the import of certain products in the beef and veal sector originating in Switzerland resulting from the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1340/98 extending the period for taking transitional measures required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations extends the period during which the transitional measures are to be taken until 30 June 1999; whereas, pending the adoption by the Council of a definitive measure, the measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1424/95 should be extended for Switzerland until 30 June 1999;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
In Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1424/95, '30 June 1998` is replaced by '30 June 1999`.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
1.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 27/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 October 2010
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an Agreement between the Union and the Kingdom of Morocco establishing a Dispute Settlement Mechanism
(2011/58/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 February 2006 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with partners in the Mediterranean region in order to establish a dispute settlement mechanism related to trade provisions.
(2) Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in consultation with the committee appointed pursuant to Article 207 of the Treaty and within the framework of the negotiating directives issued by the Council.
(3) These negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco establishing a Dispute Settlement Mechanism (‘the Agreement’) was initialled on 9 December 2009.
(4) This Agreement should be signed,
The signing of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco establishing a Dispute Settlement Mechanism is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement (1).
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
REGULATION (EEC) No 2077/71 OF THE COUNCIL  of 27 September 1971  amending Regulation (EEC) No 143/67 on the compensatory amount applicable to imports of certain vegetable oils
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC 1 of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2254/70 2, and in particular Article 3 (6) thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1077/71 3 amended Council Regulation No 143/67/EEC 4 of 21 June 1967 on the compensatory amount applicable to imports of certain vegetable oils by extending its field of application to refined olive oil;
Whereas, in view of that amendment some other provisions of Regulation No 143/67/EEC should be adjusted;
The following shall be substituted for Article 1 of Regulation No 143/67/EEC:
"The compensatory amount referred to in the second and third subparagraphs of Article 3 (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC may be fixed, subject to the other conditions laid down in those subparagraphs, in respect of imports of oils falling within heading No 15.07 of the Common Customs Tariff, with the exception of olive oil, other than refined olive oil falling within sub-heading No 15.07 A II if the prices of these oils on importation into the Community:    (a) are lower than the prices which would be established for these products in the absence of subsidies or premiums for the production, manufacture, exportation or transport of oils, granted directly or indirectly by the exporting country or the country of origin, irrespective of the grounds for, nature of or manner of granting those subsidies or premiums;
(b) are, as a result of      - action by a country with a trading monopoly or near-monopoly in which all internal prices are fixed by the State ; or
- measures with an effect equivalent to a subsidy or premium,
in a ratio to the prices of the products from which they have been obtained different from that which would exist in the absence of such action or such measures.
For the purpose of calculating this ratio, the value of the processed products and processing costs shall be taken into account."
The following shall be substituted for Article 2 of Regulation No 143/67/EEC:
"Any ban on exports, any charge on exports or any equivalent measures applied to products from  1OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. 2OJ No L 275, 19.12.1970, p. 5. 3OJ No L 116, 28.5.1971, p. 4. 4OJ No 125, 26.6.1967, p. 2463/67.
which the exported oil is obtained shall be considered to be a measure having an effect equivalent to a subsidy or a premium."
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 DECISION  of 14 September 1992  amending Decision 91/146/EEC concerning protective measures against cholera in Peru  (92/472/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries (1), as last amended by Decision 92/438/EEC (2), and in  particular Article 19 thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 91/146/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 92/147/EEC (4), permits the importation into Community territory of certain consigments of fishery products covered by appropriate guarantees from the official Peruvian authorities;
Whereas, in the specific case of scallops produced by the company 'Mariexport SA' in an uncontaminated area and inspected by the official Peruvian authorities, these guarantees are satisfactory;
Whereas every consignment exported to the Community should nevertheless be accompanied by an attestation from the official authorities concerning compliance with the production and inspection conditions imposed by Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July  1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs (5);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Commmitee,
In Article 2 of Decision 91/146/EEC the following point 3 is added:
'3. to consignments of scallops (Argopecten purpuratus) produced by Mariexport SA and accompanied, along with the official certificate referred to in point 1, by a Cerper attestation certifying:
(a) that the production area of the scallops meets the conditions laid down in the Annex, Chapter 1, point 1 (a) to Directive 91/492/EEC;
(b) that the public health controls and the monitoring of production are carried out by Cerper and the Imarpe (Instituto del mar del Perú), in accordance with Chapter VI of the Annex to Directive 91/492/EEC.'
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
7.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 148/3
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 549/2011
of 6 June 2011
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year
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 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2010/11 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 523/2011 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EU) No 867/2010 for the 2010/11 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 June 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2360/96 of 11 December 1996 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), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (2),
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, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2153/96 (3), and in particular Article 173 (1) thereof,
Whereas 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;
Whereas 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 13 December 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
18.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 371/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2179/2004
of 17 December 2004
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 326th special invitation to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 429/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting by invitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butter intended for direct consumption in the Community (2), the intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation to tender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter. Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in the light of the tenders received in response to each special invitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to be fixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat content of 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award; the end-use security must be fixed accordingly.
(2) In the light of the tenders received, the maximum aid should be fixed at the level specified below and the end-use security determined accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 326th tender under the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC) No 429/90 the maximum aid and the end-use security are fixed as follows:
— maximum aid:
— maximum aid:
— end-use security:
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1259/2001
of 26 June 2001
determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 2001 for import rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1065/2001 of 31 May 2001 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002)(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1065/2001 fixes the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be imported under special terms in the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.
(2) Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1065/2001 lays down that the quantities applied for may be reduced. The applications lodged for "A" products relate to total quantities which exceed the quantities available. Under these circumstances and taking care to ensure an equitable distribution of the available quantities, it is appropriate to reduce proportionally the quantities applied for. The quantities for "B" products covered by import licence applications are such that import licences may be granted for the full quantities applied for,
Every application for import rights lodged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1065/2001 for the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002 shall be granted to the following extent, expressed as bone-in beef:
(a) 86,0109 % of the quantity requested for beef imports intended for the manufacture of "preserves" as defined by Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1065/2001;
(b) 100 % of the quantity requested for beef imports intended for the manufacture of products as defined by Article 1(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1065/2001.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
7.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 174/60
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1067/2005
of 6 July 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards the buying-in of beef
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), and in particular Article 27(4) and Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 (2) establishes the list of products eligible for intervention. Annex VI to that Regulation contains the addresses of the intervention agencies. Following the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May 2004, the information concerning those Member States should be inserted in those Annexes.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Regulation (EC) No 562/2000 is amended as follows:
1. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.
2. Annex VI is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.