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COMMISSION DECISION of 3 July 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by Belgium pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (97/495/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas the request submitted by Belgium on 27 November 1996, which reached the Commission on 29 November 1996, contains the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the fitting of one type of vehicle with one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No 7 carried out in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48;
Whereas the reasons given in the request, according to which the fitting of the stop lamps and the stop lamps themselves do not meet the requirements of Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/516/EEC (4), and of Council Directive 76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 91/663/EEC (6), are well founded; whereas the descriptions of the tests, the results thereof and their compliance with ECE Regulations No 7 and No 48 ensure a satisfactory level of safety;
Whereas the Community Directives concerned will be amended in order to permit the production and fitting of such stop lamps;
Whereas the measure provided for by this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The request submitted by Belgium for an exemption concerning the production of one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE Regulation No 7 and the fitting thereof in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48 on the type of vehicle for which it is intended is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 762/2003
of 30 April 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 418/2003(2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has received applications from the Antwerpsche Diamantkring CV, Beurs voor Diamanthandel CV, Diamantclub van Antwerpen CV and Vrije Diamanthandel NV to be listed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 (hereafter: the Regulation).
(2) The Antwerpsche Diamantkring CV, Beurs voor Diamanthandel CV, Diamantclub van Antwerpen CV and Vrije Diamanthandel NV have provided the Commission with information to prove that they have fulfilled the requirements of Article 17 of the Regulation, in particular by adopting a Code of Conduct that will be binding for all their members.
(3) On the basis of the information provided, the Commission has reached the conclusion that a listing of the Antwerpsche Diamantkring CV, Beurs voor Diamanthandel CV, Diamantclub van Antwerpen CV and Vrije Diamanthandel NV in Annex V to the Regulation is justified.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee designated in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002,
Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is amended as follows:
The text contained in the Annex to this Regulation is added to Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
27.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 82/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 266/2010
of 26 March 2010
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 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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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 XV, Part A thereto,
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 March 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2038/2001
of 18 October 2001
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/98(2), 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 19 October 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2800/1999
of 17 December 1999
establishing transitional arrangements for the aid payment provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 in respect of skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in another Member State and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76
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 15 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for aid for skimmed-milk powder intended for use as feedingstuffs and replaces Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for use as feed(2), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1802/95(3). The third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 stipulates that a Member State may grant aid for skimmed-milk powder produced on its territory if it is denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in another Member State;
(2) experience shows that these particular payment arrangements encumber application of the aid measure in question and make it more vulnerable to fraud. It is therefore appropriate to abolish these arrangements, the detailed rules of which are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3337/94(5). They should continue to apply for six months, however, so that the Member States concerned have sufficient time to introduce the normal payment arrangements. Provision should therefore be made for transitional arrangements for the period in question, which refer to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76;
(3) the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
The aid payment provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 for skimmed-milk powder produced in a Member State and destined for another Member State for denaturing or processing into compound feedingstuffs there in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999(6) shall be governed by Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 between 1 January and 30 June 2000 inclusive.
Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 is hereby repealed with effect from 1 July 2000. It shall continue to apply to quantities of skimmed-milk powder for which the administrative formalities for their consignment to the Member State of destination are completed before that date.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
10.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 37/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 118/2010
of 9 February 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 900/2008 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the application of the arrangements for imports of certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products
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 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2008 (2) lays down the formulas, procedures and methods to be used for the determination of starch/glucose for applying Annexes II and III of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 of 25 July 1996 establishing the detailed rules for implementing the preferential trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, as provided for in Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (3).
(2) Regulation (EC) No 900/2008 has been examined by a group of experts, with a view to assessing whether that Regulation takes account of the scientific and technological evolution of the methods laid down in that Regulation. Studies and tests carried out in the framework of that examination indicate that the determination of the starch/glucose content by solubilisation by means of sodium hydroxide (prior to enzymatic degradation to glucose) and the measurement of the total glucose content using the enzymatic method with spectrophotometry as prescribed for most goods now, do not meet any longer the current technical requirements and are therefore to be updated.
(3) It is therefore appropriate to provide that the degradation of starch/glucose is to be carried out in an enzymatic way by amylase and amyloglucosidase and that the total glucose content is to be determined using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and to specify how the enzymatic method is to be carried out.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 900/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 900/2008 is replaced by the text set out 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 DECISION
of 3 June 1992
relating to the computer  retrieval of local Animo units
(92/341/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and  zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a  view to the completion of the internal market  (1), as last amended by Directive 91/628/EEC  (2),  and in particular Article 20 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 19 July 1991 the Commission adopted Decision 91/398/EEC on a computerized network  linking veterinary authorities (Animo)  (3) and on 21 February 1992, Decision 92/175/EEC  establishing the list and identity of the units of the Animo computerized network  (4);
Whereas, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the Animo network, provision should be made for  a computerized system allowing the unit of destination to be identified via the postal  destinations;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Veterinary Committee,
1.  Each Member State shall, before 15  June 1992, transmit to the Commission, in computerized form as shown in the Annex, a list of postal  destinations in alphabetical order. Each postal destination shall be accompanied by the  identification number of the local unit corresponding to it.
2.  On the basis of the data transmitted by the Member States in accordance with paragraph 1, the  Commission shall establish, in computerized form to be integrated in the application software as  defined in the fourth indent of Article 2 (2) of Decision 91/398/EEC, a repertory showing, for the  Community as a whole, the postal destinations accompanied by the identification number of the local  units and shall transmit this repertory to the Member States.
3.  The repertory referred to in paragraph 2 shall be regularly updated by the Commission in the  light of data transmitted by the Member States.
This Decision is addressed to the  Member States.
13.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 138/98
COUNCIL DECISION
of 6 May 2014
on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
(2014/267/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 173(3) and 182(1) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.
(2) Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement.
(3) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
(4) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).
(5) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4).
(6) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2014.
(7) The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1993 amending Decision 92/590/EEC on a multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of the Netherlands for the period 1993 to 1996 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 (Only the Dutch text is  authentic)
(93/473/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3946/92 (2), and in particular Articles 4  and 5 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 92/590/EEC (3) states that the results achieved by the limitation of the number of days at sea during the period 1987 to 1991 have to be taken into account for the calculation of the objectives for 31 December 1996;
Whereas the Commission has examined the results achieved by the limitation of the days at sea for the cutter fleet of the Netherlands (excluding the vessels fishing for molluscs/crustaceans) for the period 1987 to 1991;
Whereas the results of this examination indicate that the objective for 31 December 1991 and consequently the objectives for 31 December 1996 have to be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry,
The table in the Annex to Decision 92/590/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
9.11.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 310/50
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 November 2012
appointing a Luxembourg member of the European Economic and Social Committee
(2012/694/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 Luxembourg 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 Christian ZEYEN,
Mr Christophe ZEEB, Conseiller à la Chambre de Commerce du Luxembourg, 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  DIRECTIVE
of 25 February 1986
amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, Directive 82/117/EEC on the statistical surveys to be carried out by Member States on sheep and goat stocks
(86/82/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 396 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Directive 82/177/EEC (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), has provided for surveys on sheep and goat stocks to be carried out by the Member States;
Whereas it is necessary to make certain technical amendments to the said Directive and in particular to define the Community's financial contribution to the expenses incurred by the new Member States for the surveys to be carried out in 1986, 1987 and 1988;
Whereas, in accordance with the conclusions of the Negotiating Conference, special arrangements should be made for Portugal owing to the technical problems to be overcome in connection with the implementation of the surveys,
With effect from 1 March 1986, Directive 82/177/EEC shall be amended as follows:
1. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1 (1):
'Notwithstanding the above, in the Portuguese region of Madeira only, the results of the survey to be carried out in 1986 shall be obtained from an analysis of the agricultural survey to be carried out there in the same year in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1463/84 of 24 May 1984 on the organization of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings for 1985 and 1987 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (5).
(4) OJ No L 142, 29. 5. 1984, p. 3.
(5) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.';
2. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 1 (3): 'The Portuguese Republic shall carry out the first survey on goat stocks on the mainland part of its territory in December 1987, and in the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira not later than December 1990, and thereafter at least once every five years.';
3. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 3 (2):
'The Portuguese Republic shall make a yearly estimate of goat stocks in its territory as a whole; the first such estimate shall be for December 1987.';
4. The following shall be added to Article 5 (2):
'Spain: Communidades autĂłnomas
Portugal: RegiĂľes.';
5. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 11:
'The expenses incurred by the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic in carrying out the survey provided for by this Directive in 1986, 1987 and 1988 shall be charged as a fixed sum to the budget of the European Communities.'
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.