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17.2.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 46/38
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 138/2012
of 16 February 2012
amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 for the 2011/12 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 2011/12 marketing year are fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 (3). Those prices and duties were last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 78/2012 (4).
(2) The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.
(3) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 971/2011 for the 2011/12 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
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 Decision
of 21 June 2002
amending Decision 93/52/EEC recording the compliance by certain Member States or regions with the requirements relating to brucellosis (B. melitensis) and according them the status of a Member State or region officially free of the disease
(notified under document number C(2002) 2213)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/482/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2002/261/EC(2), and in particular Annex A, Chapter 1.II thereto,
Whereas:
(1) In the Italian province of Bolzano, brucellosis has been a notifiable disease for at least five years and at least 99,8 % of the ovine or caprine holdings are officially brucellosis-free holdings.
(2) The province of Bolzano undertakes, furthermore, to comply with Annex A Chapter 1.II(2) to Directive 91/68/EEC.
(3) The province of Bolzano should consequently be recognised as officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis).
(4) Commission Decision 93/52/EEC(3), as last amended by Decision 2001/292/EC(4), 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,
Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1819/2003
of 15 October 2003
laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied under tariff quota for maize opened by Regulation (EC) No 925/2003
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 925/2003 of 27 May 2003, laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Decision 2003/298/EC as regards the concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas on certain cereal products originating in the Czech Republic and amending Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000(3),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 925/2003 opens an annual tariff quota of 20000 tonnes of maize.
(2) The quantities applied for on 13 October 2003, in accordance with Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 925/2003, exceed the quantities available. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined and a reduction coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for,
Each application for an import licence for quota "Czech Republic" for maize lodged and forwarded to the Commission on 13 October 2003 in accordance with Article 2(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 925/2003 shall be accepted at a rate of 42,2261 % of the quantity applied for.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
17.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 332/48
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1238/2009
of 11 December 2009
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio (PDO)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio’ has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union
 (2).
(2) As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the Register.
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.
5.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 61/8
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/353
of 4 March 2015
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 560/2004
of 25 March 2004
providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 for bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds
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),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 of 26 May 1999 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1012/98 and amending Regulation (EC) No 1143/98(2), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 provides for the opening, for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004, of two tariff quotas each of 5000 head for bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds. Article 9 of that Regulation provides for a further allocation, for both quotas, of quantities not covered by import licence applications at 15 March 2004,
The quantities referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 shall be:
- 252 head for serial number 09.0001,
- 97 head for serial number 09.0003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION of 11 May 1993 adjusting the weightings applicable from 1 June 1992 to  the remuneration of officials of the European Communities serving in non-member countries
(93/334/Euratom, ECSC, EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European  Communities,
Having regard to the Staff Regulations of the Officials of the European Communities laid down by  Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC,  Euratom, ECSC) No 3761/92  (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 13 of Annex X  thereto,
Whereas pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations  Council Regulation No 3948/92  (3) laid down the weightings to be applied from 1 January 1992 to  the remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their  country of employment;
Whereas the Commission has made a number of adjustments to these weightings in recent months,  pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations  (4);
Whereas some of these weightings should be adjusted with effect from 1 June 1992 given that the  statistics available to the Commission show that in certain non-member countries the variation in  the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has  exceeded 5  % since weightings were last laid down or adjusted,
With effect from 1 June 1992 the weightings applicable to the  remuneration of officials serving in non-member countries payable in the currency of their country  of employment are adjusted as shown in the Annex.
The exchange rates for the payment of such remuneration shall be those used for implementation of  the budget of the European Communities during the month preceding the date on which this Decision  takes effect.
6.8.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 233/29
COUNCIL DECISION
of 30 July 2014
appointing a Belgian member of the Committee of the Regions
(2014/520/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Belgian Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.
(2) A member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ,
The following is hereby appointed as member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:
— Mr Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, Präsident des Parlamentes der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Belgiens.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
21.5.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 134/11
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 497/2011
of 18 May 2011
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The Customs Code Committee has not issued an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
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 283/96 of 14 February 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2814/90 laying down detailed rules for the definition of lambs fattened as heavy carcases
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1265/95 (2), and in particular Articles 5 (9) and 28 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3901/89 of 12 December 1989 defining lambs as heavy carcases (3), modified by Regulation (EC) No 1266/95 (4), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,
Whereas detailed rules for the definition of lambs fattened as heavy carcases were adopted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2814/90 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2946/95 (6); whereas experience has shown that, to avoid excessive administrative burdens, it is appropriate to restrict, in a manner respectful of the production cycles of each Member State, the number, size and time period in which producers may present specific declarations to the competent authorities of their intention to fatten batches of lambs; whereas it is necessary to clarify the conditions under which producers may make these specific declarations;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
The third subparagraph of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2814/90 is replaced by the following text:
'Member States may require that this specific declaration shall relate to a minimum number of lambs per batch whose fattening begins in a set period, between 15 November preceeding the beginning of the marketing year for which the declaration is submitted and the following 14 November, defined by each Member State in function of the production cycle applicable in its territory. Member States may also set a limit to the maximum number of specific declarations which may be accepted from any producer.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to applications for premiums presented for the 1996 marketing year and subsequent years.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2426/97 of 4 December 1997 concerning the stopping of fishing for Atlantic redfish by vessels flying the flag of Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2205/97 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 407/97 of 20 December 1996 laying down for 1997 certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Convention Area as defined in the Convention on future Multilateral Cooperation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries (3), provides for Atlantic redfish quotas for 1997;
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 catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of Atlantic redfish in the waters of ICES divisions XIV/XII/V by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal have reached the quota allocated for 1997; whereas Portugal has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 17 November 1997; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of Atlantic redfish in the waters of ICES divisions XIV/XII/V by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Portugal for 1997.
Fishing for Atlantic redfish in the waters of ICES divisions XIV/XII/V by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 17 November 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
26.3.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 80/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 June 2010
approving the conclusion, by the European Commission on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the other part, and the Exchange of Letters amending the Interim Agreement as regards the authentic language versions
(2011/186/Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Pending the entry into force of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 25 May 1998, it is necessary to approve the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 10 November 1999 (‘Interim Agreement’) (1).
(2) Article 31 of the Interim Agreement should be amended in order to take into account the new official languages of the Union since the signature of the Interim Agreement, by the Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Turkmenistan amending the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the other part, as regards the authentic language versions (‘Exchange of Letters’) (2).
(3) The conclusion, by the European Commission on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Interim Agreement, its Annexes, the Protocol and the declarations, and the Exchange of Letters, should be approved,
The conclusion by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Turkmenistan of the other part, together with its Annexes, the Protocol and the declarations, and the Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Turkmenistan amending the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the other part, as regards the authentic language versions, is hereby approved.