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Commission Regulation (EC) No 712/2004
of 16 April 2004
fixing the minimum selling prices for butter for the 139th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97
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) The intervention agencies are, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs(2), to sell by invitation to tender certain quantities of butter from intervention stocks that they hold and to grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 18 of that Regulation stipulates that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further stipulated that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure, and that a decision may also be taken to make no award in response to the tenders submitted. The amount(s) of the processing securities must be fixed accordingly.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The minimum selling prices of butter from intervention stocks and processing securities applying for the 139th individual invitation to tender, under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2571/97, shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 159/52
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 27 May 2014
amending Decision 2011/166/EU setting up the SHARE-ERIC
(2014/302/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 of 25 June 2009 on the Community legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) (1), in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (SHARE-ERIC) was set up by Commission Decision 2011/166/EU (2).
(2) The Statutes of the SHARE-ERIC annexed to Decision 2011/166/EU provide for the transfer of the statutory seat from the Netherlands to Germany as soon as the necessary declaration according to point (d) of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 is provided by the German authorities.
(3) As a result of the declaration provided by Germany, SHARE-ERIC submitted on 21 September 2013 a proposal to the Commission to amend its Statutes in accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009.
(4) Several amendments, including the amendment taking into account the transfer of the statutory seat to Germany, entered into force in accordance with Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009.
(5) Other amendments specifying ownership and dissemination of SHARE-ERIC data and modifying tax exemptions as a result of the transfer of the seat to Germany require the Commission's approval.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 723/2009,
The Statutes of the SHARE-ERIC annexed to Decision 2011/166/EU are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COUNCIL DECISION of 26 September 1988 concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on research in the field of wood, including cork, as a renewable raw material  (88/512/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, by Decision 86/235/EEC (3), the Council adopted a research programme on materials (raw materials and advanced materials) (1986 to 1989) which includes a subprogramme on wood, including cork, as a renewable raw material; whereas Article 6 of  that Decision authorizes the Commission to negotiate agreements with third States, in particular those involved in European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research (COST), with a view to associating them fully or partly with this  programme;
Whereas, by Decision 87/177/EEC (4), the Council approved the conclusion on behalf of the European Economic Community of the Framework Agreement for scientific and technical cooperation between the European Communities and among others, the Republic of  Finland;
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on research in the field of wood, including cork, as a renewable raw material should be approved;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the action concerned, powers other than those of Article 235,
The Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland on research in the field of wood, including cork, as a renewable raw material is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 10 of the Agreement (5).
1.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/32
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 999/2006
of 30 June 2006
fixing the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter for the 12th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005
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 (EC) No 1898/2005 of 9 November 2005 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/99 as regards measures for the disposal of cream, butter and concentrated butter on the Community market (2), the intervention agencies may sell by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of butter of intervention stocks that they hold and may grant aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter. Article 25 of that Regulation lays down that in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed for butter and maximum aid shall be fixed for cream, butter and concentrated butter. It is further laid down that the price or aid may vary according to the intended use of the butter, its fat content and the incorporation procedure. The amount of the processing security as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 should be fixed accordingly.
(2) The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
For the 12th individual invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1898/2005 the amount of the maximum aid for cream, butter and concentrated butter and the amount the processing security, as referred to in Articles 25 and 28 of that Regulation respectively, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
28.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 285/44
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1774/2005
of 27 October 2005
fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005 (2).
(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), the Commission may, on the basis of the tenders notified, decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account of the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95. In that case a contract is awarded to any tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the maximum refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the cereal in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
For tenders notified from 21 to 27 October 2005, pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005, the maximum refund on exportation of common wheat shall be 7,49 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 918/2003
of 26 May 2003
prohibiting fishing for haddock by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
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 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(3), lays down quotas for haddock for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of haddock in the waters of ICES division VIIa by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock from 14 May 2003. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of haddock in the waters of ICES division VIIa by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 2003.
Fishing for haddock in the waters of ICES division VIIa by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 May 2003.
It shall apply from 14 May 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1724/93 of 30 June 1993 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus applicable in the sugar sector for the 1993/94 marketing year as a result of the monetary realignments during the 1992/93 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1548/93 (3),
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 provides for a reduction in prices fixed in ecus at the beginning of the marketing year following a monetary realignement; whereas, to that end, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 of 9 March 1993  fixing the coefficient reducing agricultural prices applicable from the beginning of the 1993/94 marketing year (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1331/93 (5), sets the coefficient for the sugar sector at 1,013088;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 of 28 December 1992 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus to be adjusted as a result of the monetary alignments (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1330/93 (7), fixed, in particular for  the sugar sector, the prices and the amounts to be divided by the coefficient in question;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1549/93 (8) sets, for the 1993/94 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1550/93 (9) sets the derived intervention prices for white sugar, the  intervention price for raw sugar, the minimum prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices and the amount of compensation for storage costs; whereas, therefore, the reducing coefficient should be applied to these prices;
Whereas the reduced prices must apply from 1 July 1993 which is the beginning of the 1993/94 marketing year in the sugar sector;
Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The prices and amounts fixed in ecus by the Council for the 1993/94 marketing year in the sugar sector and reduced in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 after having been divided by the reducing coefficient referred to  in the third indent of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 shall be those indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2518/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2248/98 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and those rules also apply 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 Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified within the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is accepted that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (3), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 82/97 (4), for a period of three months by the holder;
Whereas the tariff and statistical nomenclature section of the Customs Code Committee has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman as regards product No 1 in the annexed table;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the tariff and statistical nomenclature section of the Customs Code Committee as regards products Nos 2 to 7 in the annexed table,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the Combined Nomenclature within the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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.
1.9.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 238/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1306/2006
of 31 August 2006
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 september 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (2) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds.
(3) That calculation must also take account of the cereal products content. In the interest of simplification, the refund should be paid in respect of two categories of ‘cereal products’, namely for maize, the most commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and maize products, and for ‘other cereals’, these being eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize products. A refund should be granted in respect of the quantity of cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4) Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also take into account the possibilities and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market and the economic aspect of the export.
(5) The current situation on the cereals market and, in particular, the supply prospects mean that the export refunds should be abolished.
(6) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 593/96 of 2 April 1996 determining the percentages of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in March 1996 under additional tariff quotas for meat provided for in Regulation (EC) No 417/96 for the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 417/96 of 7 March 1996 setting for the period 1 January to 30 June 1996 rules of application for the additional tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary (1), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 417/96 fixes the quantities of fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in Poland and Hungary and of processed products originating in Poland which may be imported on special terms in respect of the period 1 January to 30 June 1996; whereas the quantities of beef and veal covered by import licence applications submitted are such that applications may be accepted in full; whereas, however, quantities covered by applications in respect of processed products must be reduced proportionately in accordance with Article 3 (4) of that Regulation,
The following percentages of quantities covered by import licence applications submitted in respect of the period 1 January to 30 June 1996 under the quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 417/96 may be allowed:
(a) 100 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Poland;
(b) 47,993 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Hungary;
(c) 13,622 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of products falling within CN codes 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in Poland.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.