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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1841/93 of 8 July 1993 concerning the stopping of fishing for hake by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3919/92 of 20 December 1992 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1993 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), amended by Regulation (EEC) No  927/93 (4), provides for hake quotas for 1993;
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 hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIII a, b, d, e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have reached the quota allocated for 1993; whereas  Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 27 June 1993; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
Catches of hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIII a, b, d, e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 1993.
Fishing for hake in the waters of ICES divisions VIII a, b, d, e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium 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 27 June 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 July 1999
amending Decision 95/453/EC laying down special conditions for the import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating the Republic of Korea
(notified under document number C(1999) 2062)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/530/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to 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(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 1 of Commission Decision 95/453/EC of 23 October 1995 laying down special conditions for the import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Republic of Korea(3), states that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - National Fishery Products Inspection Station (NFPIS) shall be the competent authority in the Republic of Korea for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC;
(2) Whereas, following a restructuring of the Korean administration, the competent authority for health certificates for fishery products (NFPIS) has changed from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and Forestry and this new authority is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force; whereas it is, therefore, necessary to modify the nomination of the competent authority named by Decision 95/453/EC;
(3) Whereas it is convenient to harmonise the wording of the title of Decision 95/453/EC with the wording of the Articles of this Decision, and in particular to clarify that this Decision lays down the import conditions of frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderm, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Republic Korea
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Decision 95/453/EC shall be modified as follows:
1. the title shall be replaced by the following: "Commision Decision of 23 October 1995 laying special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Republic Korea";
2. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 1
The 'Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries - National Fishery Products Inspection Station (NFPIS)' shall be the competent authority in the Republic of Korea for verifyng and certifying that bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and gastropods fulfil the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC";
3. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 2
Bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Republic of Korea and intended for human consumption must originate in the authorised production areas listed in the Annex hereto."
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1625/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing, for the 1991/92 marketing year, the activating threshold price for aid, the guide price and the minimum price for peas, field beans and sweet lupins
THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1624/91 (2), and in particular Article 2 (1) and (5) and Article 3 (3)  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides that a price activating the aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins must be fixed for soya cake;
Whereas this activating price for aid for peas, field beans and sweet lupins must relate to a standard quality;
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides that the guide price for peas and field beans for human consumption must be fixed; whereas this price must realte to a standard quality;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 provides for the fixing of a minimum price,
1.  For the 1991/92 marketing year, the activating threshold price for aid, as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82, shall be:
- ECU 44,01 per 100 kilograms for peas and field beans,
- ECU 42,34 per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins.
2.  The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall relate to soya cake having:
- a total crude protein content of 44 %,
- a moisture content of 11 %.
1.  For the 1991/92 marketing year the guide price, as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82, shall be ECU 29,03 per 100 kilograms for peas and field beans.
2.  The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall relate to products in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable quality, with 2 % impurities and, for the product as such, 14 % moisture content. However, where the total of impurities and moisture is below  16 %, the products shall be deemed to be of the standard quality.
1.  For the 1991/92 marketing year, the minimum buying-in price shall be:
- ECU 25,34 per 100 kilograms for peas,
- ECU 23,47 per 100 kilograms for field beans,
- ECU 28,42 per 100 kilograms for sweet lupins.
2.  The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall relate to products in bulk, of sound, genuine and merchantable quality, with 2 % impurities and, for the product as such, 14 % moisture content. However, where the total of impurities and moisture is below  16 %, the products shall be deemed to be of the standard quality.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euopean Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1991.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
8.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 213/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 797/2008
of 7 August 2008
amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 25 July 2008 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 716/2008 (2).
(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 716/2008 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto,
The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 716/2008 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 August 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
REGULATION (EEC) No 3287/74 OF THE COUNCIL  of 2 December 1974  on the application of Decision No 3/74 of the ECC-Sweden Joint Committee supplementing and modifying Lists A and B annexed to Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "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 an Agreement (1) 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 pursuant to Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, which is an integral part of that Agreement, the Joint Committee adopted Decision No 3/74 supplementing and modifying Lists A and B annexed to the said Protocol;
Whereas it is necessary to give effect within the Community to that Decision,
For the purposes of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden, Decision No 3/74 of the Joint Committee annexed hereto shall apply within the Community.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1975.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
5.8.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 207/30
COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 July 2008
amending Decision 2002/994/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to products of animal origin imported from China
(notified under document number C(2008) 3882)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/639/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2002/994/EC of 20 December 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China (2) applies to all products of animal origin imported from China and intended for human consumption or for animal feed.
(2) Under Article 2 of that Decision Member States are to authorise imports of products listed in Part II of the Annex to that Decision which are accompanied by a declaration of the Chinese competent authority stating that each consignment has been subjected before dispatch to a chemical test in order to ensure that the products concerned do not present a danger to human health. That test must be carried out, in particular, with a view to detecting the presence of chloramphenicol and nitrofuran and its metabolites.
(3) The Chinese competent authority has provided the appropriate residue monitoring plan for poultry intended for export to the Community. That plan has been approved by Commission Decision 2004/432/EC of 29 April 2004 on the approval of residue monitoring plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Council Directive 96/23/EC (3).
(4) In addition, the Commission has recently verified, on the spot, the monitoring measures applied to the control of residues of veterinary medicines in poultry and the outcome of that verification has been favourable.
(5) By Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (4) the Province of Shandong in China has been authorised for the importation into the EU of heat treated poultrymeat products.
(6) Poultrymeat products should therefore be included in the list of products set out in Part II of the Annex to Decision 2002/994/EC and that Decision should be amended accordingly.
(7) The authorisation to import poultrymeat products from China into the Community is without prejudice to other sanitary measures adopted for public or animal health reasons.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
In Part II of the Annex to Decision 2002/994/EC, the following indent is added:
‘— poultrymeat products’
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
17.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 138/14
COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 May 2013
appointing 12 members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency
2013/C 138/05
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency (1), and in particular Article 79 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 79 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that the Council is to appoint as members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Management Board’) one representative from each Member State.
(2) The members of the Management Board should be appointed on the basis of their relevant experience and expertise in the field of chemical safety or the regulation of chemicals whilst also ensuring that relevant expertise is available amongst the board members in the fields of general, financial and legal matters.
(3) The duration of the term of office should be four years. It should be possible to renew the term of office once.
(4) By Decision of 7 June 2007 (2) the Council appointed 27 members of the Management Board.
(5) The members of the Management Board nominated by the Czech Republic, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden were all appointed for a period ending on 31 May 2013. Members of the Management Board from these Member States should therefore be nominated and appointed for a period which commences on 1 June 2013 and runs until 31 May 2017.
(6) Since the Decision of 7 June 2007, from the members appointed for the period ending on 31 May 2013, the French (3), Hungarian (4), Dutch (5), Slovenian (6), Finnish (7), and Swedish (8) members of the Management Board have been replaced.
(7) The Council has received nominations from all the Member States concerned,
The following persons shall be appointed members of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Management Board’) for a second term running from 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2017 (name, nationality, date of birth):
— Mr Karel BLÁHA, Czech, 20 December 1953,
— Ms Ana FRESNO RUIZ, Spanish, 31 January 1952,
— Mr Martin LYNCH, Irish, 13 August 1946,
— Ms Catherine MIR, French, 20 February 1955,
— Mr Antonello LAPALORCIA, Italian, 13 June 1952,
— Mr Johannes Karel Barend Henri KWISTHOUT, Dutch, 6 June 1964,
— Mr Thomas JAKL, Austrian, 13 June 1965,
— Ms Simona FAJFAR, Slovenian, 17 November 1970,
— Ms Pirkko Liisa KIVELÄ, Finnish, 23 October 1953,
— Ms Nina CROMNIER, Swedish, 14 October 1966.
The following persons shall be appointed members of the Management Board for a first term running from 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2017 (name, nationality, date of birth):
— Mr Paul RASQUÉ, Luxembourgish, 8 July 1981,
— Ms Krisztina BIRÓ, Hungarian, 5 April 1971.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
29.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 169/64
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 June 2007
amending for the second time Decision 2005/263/EC authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Council Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road
(notified under document number C(2007) 2587)
(Only the Danish, English, Finnish, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/447/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (1), and in particular Article 6(9) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC, Member States must give the Commission advance notification of their derogations for the first time by 31 December 2002 or up to two years after the last date of application of the amended versions of the Annexes to the Directive.
(2) By Commission Decision 2005/263/EC of 4 March 2005 authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (2), the Commission authorised Member States to adopt the derogations listed in Annexes I and II to that Decision.
(3) Commission Directive 2006/89/EC adapted for the sixth time Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC. By virtue of that Directive, Member States have to bring into force the necessary national legislation no later than 1 July 2007, as the last date of application referred to in Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC is 30 June 2007.
(4) Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Portugal and the United Kingdom notified the Commission by 31 December 2006 that they wished to adopt new derogations and to amend their existing derogations in Annexes I and II to Decision 2005/263/EC. The Commission has examined these notifications for compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 6(9) of Directive 94/55/EC and has approved them. Those Member States should therefore be authorised to adopt the derogations in question.
(5) It is therefore necessary to amend the Annexes to Decision 2005/263/EC.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods set up under Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC,
Decision 2005/263/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex I shall be amended as set out in Annex I to this Decision.
2. Annex II shall be amended as set out in Annex II to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Portugal and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
13.10.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 268/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 949/2009
of 12 October 2009
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 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 13 October 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 7 August 1991  fixing the minimum selling price for butter for the second special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 863/91  (91/460/EEC)
THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1630/91 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 863/91 of 8 April 1991 on the special sale of intervention butter for export to the Soviet Union (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1808/91 (4), intervention agencies have issued a standing  invitation to tender in respect of certain quantities of butter which they hold;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of that Regulation, the minimum selling price must be determined in the light of the tenders received for each invitation to tender, or a decision must be taken not to proceed with the tendering procedure; whereas  the amounts of the securities to be lodged in respect of the butter's destination and paymentmust be fixed in the light of the butter's intervention price;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the second special invitation to tender issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 863/91, for which tenders had to be submitted not later than 23 July 1991, the minimum selling price and the securities to be lodged in respect of the  butters's destination and payment shall be as follows:
Minimum selling price (ECU/100 kg butter)  62,50,  Security to be lodged in respect of the butter's destination (ECU/100 kg)  230,00,  Security to be lodged in respect of the butter's payment (ECU/100 kg)  69,00.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.