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Council Decision
of 17 December 2001
on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part
(2002/196/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) It is desirable to complete by means of an Additional Protocol the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part(1), so as to provide for preferential conditions for the importation into the Community of certain fish and fishery products originating in the Slovak Republic, and into the Slovak Republic of certain fish and fishery products originating in the Community.
(2) To that end a new Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fishery products should be added to the said Europe Agreement.
(3) The Protocol should be approved,
The Additional Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for certain fish and fishery products to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.
13.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 236/10
COUNCIL DECISION 2011/538/CFSP
of 12 September 2011
amending Decision 2010/565/CFSP on the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28 and Article 43(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 21 September 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/565/CFSP on the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo) (1).
(2) It is necessary to provide a financial reference amount for the Mission for the period from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012.
(3) The Mission will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the achievement of the objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,
Decision 2010/565/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Article 5(6) is replaced by the following:
(2) in Article 9(1), the following subparagraph is added:
(3) Article 12(4) is replaced by the following:
(4) Article 12(7) is deleted.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 424/2004
of 8 March 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables(1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1984/86
of 24 June 1986
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1578/72 laying down general rules for fixing reference prices and for determining free-at-frontier offer prices for hybrid maize for sowing
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1355/86 (2), and in particular Article 6 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1355/86 amended Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 by providing that a reference price must also be determined for hybrid grain sorghum; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1578/72 (3), should be amended accordingly,
In the title and Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1578/72, 'for sowing' is replaced by 'and hybrid grain sorghum for sowing'.
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 28 October 1996 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever, Hannover, Germany (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (96/639/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 28 (2) thereof,
Whereas Annex VI to Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980 introducing Community measures for the control of Classical Swine Fever (3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, designates the Institute of Virology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany, as the Reference Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever;
Whereas all the functions and duties which the laboratory has to perform are specified in Annex VI to that Directive; whereas Community assistance must be conditional on the accomplishment of these;
Whereas the Community financial aid should be granted to the Community Reference Laboratory to enable it to carry out the said functions and duties;
Whereas for budgetary reasons the Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year;
Whereas for supervisory purposes Article 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on financing of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (5), should apply;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The Community shall grant Germany financial assistance for the functions and duties to be carried out in the Community Reference Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever at the Institute for Virology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover.
The Institute for Virology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany, shall perform the functions and duties to which Article 1 relates. The provisions of Annex VI to Directive 80/217/EEC shall apply.
The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of ECU 150 000 for the period from 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1997.
The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:
- 70 % by way of an advance at Germany's request,
- the balance following presentation of supporting technical and financial documents. These documents must be presented before 1 December 1997.
Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1818/2003
of 15 October 2003
laying down the reduction coefficient to be applied under tariff quota for maize opened by Regulation (EC) No 958/2003
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 958/2003 of 3 June 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Decision 2003/286/EC as regards the concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas on certain cereal products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria and amending Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000(3),
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 958/2003 opens an annual tariff quota of 80000 tonnes of maize.
(2) The quantities applied for on 13 October 2003, in accordance with Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2003, 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 "Bulgaria" for maize lodged and forwarded to the Commission on 13 October 2003 in accordance with Article 2(1), (2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 958/2003 shall be accepted at a rate of 3,87324 % 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.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 3055/86
of 6 October 1986
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices, light-emitting diodes, electronic micro-circuits and parts, falling within subheading 85.21 D, E, originating in Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85 of 17 December 1985 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1986 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices, light-emitting diodes, electronic micro-circuits and parts, falling within subheading 85.21 D, E, originating in Brazil, the individual ceiling was fixed at 3 285 000 ECU; whereas, on 2 October 1986, imports of these products into the Community originating in Brazil reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Brazil,
As from 10 October 1986, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3599/85, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Brazil:
1.2 //  //  // CCT heading No  // Description  //  //  // 85.21 (NIMEXE-code 85.21-47, 51, 53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 69, 71, 73, 75, 79, 81, 91, 99)   // D. Diodes transistors and similar semi-conductor devices; light-emitting diodes; electronic micro-circuits E. Parts   //    //
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.
11.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 188/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1047/2006
of 10 July 2006
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2426/88 of 24 May 1988 on the application of Decision No 1/88 of the EEC-Sweden Joint Committee amending Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of Â´originating products' and methods of administrative  cooperation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the Agreement between the  European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of Â´originating products' and methods of  administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the above Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 1/88 amending Protocol 3;
Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community,
Decision No 1/88 of the EEC-Sweden Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities It shall apply from 1 January 1988.   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1635/2003
of 18 September 2003
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the sixth partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003
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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 of 18 July 2003 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(3), for the 2003/2004 marketing year, requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar to certain third countries.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 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 sixth 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 sixth partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1290/2003 the maximum amount of the export refund to certain third countries is fixed at 51,600 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 September 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1647/96 of 30 July 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 658/96 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 149 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1575/96 (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96 of 9 April 1996 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1326/96 (4), restricts eligibility for compensatory payments to producers of colza who use seeds of specified qualities and varieties;
Whereas the main variety of colza cultivated in Sweden does not meet the eligibility criteria; whereas Sweden, following Accession, was granted a transitional period to enable it to produce replacement varieties that can be cultivated in the climatic conditions in that country; whereas the varieties developed during that transitional period do not make it possible for the existing variety to be replaced, in particular as a result of the insufficient quantity of new seeds available and their lower resistance to low temperatures; whereas the variety 'Per` should be considered, for an additional marketing year, to be an eligible variety in the regions in which it is traditionally cultivated,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Joint Management Committee for Cereals, Oils and Fats and Dried Fodder,
Article 4 (3) (f) of Regulation (EC) No 658/96 is replaced by the following:
'(f) notwithstanding paragraph 2, for the marketing years 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98 and in the areas of Sweden set out in Annex III only, certified seed of the variety "Per".`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 30 March 1989 approving the plan relating to the examination for residues of substances other than those having a hormonal action submitted by France (Only the French text is authentic) (89/268/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 86/469/EEC of 16 September 1986 concerning examination of animals and fresh meat for the presence of residues (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, by letter of 12 December 1989, France sent the Commission a plan setting out the national measures taken on the examination for residues of the substances referred to in Annex I, Groups A.III and B to Directive 86/469/EEC;
Whereas examination of this plan, as modified, has shown that it conforms to the provisions laid down in Directive 86/469/EEC, and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The plan relating to the examination for residues of the substances referred to in Annex I, Groups A.III and B to Directive 86/469/EEC submitted by France is hereby approved.
France shall adopt the necessary laws, regulations and administrative provisions for the implementation of the plan referred to in Article 1.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of France.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2019/2003
of 14 November 2003
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 10 to 13 November 2003 at 158,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.