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9.6.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 144/25
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 May 2009
amending Decision 2006/493/EC laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective
(2009/434/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (1), and in particular Article 69(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Decision 2006/493/EC (2) lays down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective.
(2) The European Council, at its meeting on 11 and 12 December 2008, approved a European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP) which envisages the initiation of priority action to enable the Member States’ economies to adjust more rapidly to current challenges.
(3) The EERP is based on an effort equivalent in total to around 1,5 % of European Union GDP, a figure of around EUR 200 billion. Of that amount, EUR 1 020 million should be made available to all Member States via the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development with a view to developing broadband Internet in rural areas, and to strengthening the operations related to the priorities laid down in points (a) to (f) of Article 16a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005. According to the Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of projects in the field of energy and broadband Internet as well as the CAP Health Check in the framework of the European Economic Recovery Plan (3), EUR 600 million should be available in 2009 while EUR 420 million should be secured through a compensation mechanism at the conciliation of the 2010 Community budgetary procedure and should be available in 2010.
(4) Decision 2006/493/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
The Annex to Decision 2006/493/EC is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall apply as from 1 January 2009.
COUNCIL DECISION of 9 November 1998 on the provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on trade in textile products (98/678/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113, in conjunction with Article 228(2), first sentence, thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the European Community an Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on trade in textile products, initialled on 16 June 1998;
Whereas this Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis from 1 December 1998 pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the Lao People's Democratic Republic,
The Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic on trade in textile products shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 December 1998 pending the completion of the procedures for its conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
The text of the Agreement is attached hereto.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1356/97 of 15 July 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 on partial import duty exemption for certain cereals sector products as provided for in the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 202/97 (4), introduces rules for the application of partial import duty exemption for certain cereals sector products provided for in the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 provides that operators may withdraw their applications where a uniform reduction coefficient is applied; whereas this provision makes it possible to submit import licence applications for excessively large quantities; whereas, to avoid speculation, it should be stipulated that import licence applications may not be withdrawn;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 is hereby replaced by the following:
'3. If applications exceed the quantity specified in the Annex the Commission shall, no later than the third working day following that on which the applications were lodged, set a uniform reduction coefficient for the quantities applied for. Applications may not be withdrawn.`
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.
COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) No 1303/94 of 30 May 1994 amending Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1826/69 laying down the form of the laissez-passer to be issued to members and servants of the institutions
THE COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Article 7 (1) of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities annexed to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities,
Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1826/69 (1), the laissez-passer issued to members and servants of the institutions are drawn up in nine languages;
Whereas following the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union, the term 'European Union' should be inserted in the laissez-passer and the model of the laissez-passer annexed to Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1826/69 should therefore be  adapted,
The Annex to Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1826/69 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Those laissez-passer whose validity has not yet expired shall remain valid until the issue of a laissez-passer in the form laid down by this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3262/91  of 8 November 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 on detailed rules of application for intervention on the market in butter and cream
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 Article 24 (1) and, in the case of export, Article 26a of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3131/90 (4), lays down the minimum duration of private storage; whereas the present situation on the  market for butter and cream calls for storers to be given the possibility of reducing, at their request, the minimum duration of storage of quantities under contract;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 685/69 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 24 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1. Private storage aid as provided for in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 may be granted only where the storage period is at least 120 days. However, at the request of the storer, the minimum duration of storage shall be reduced to 90 days  and the aid adjusted accordingly.'
2. In the first subparagraph of Article 26a (1), the words 'or, at the request of the storer, of 60 days,' are inserted after '90 days,'.
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.
7.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 306/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1634/2006
of 6 November 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 7 November 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
29.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1231/2005
of 28 July 2005
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 1st partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005
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) and in particular the second indent of Article 27(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 of 15 July 2005 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2005/2006 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 1138/2005 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) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 1st partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1138/2005 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 41,620 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2226/2002
of 13 December 2002
fixing the maximum subsidy on exports of husked long grain rice B to Réunion pursuant to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1895/2002
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 10(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rules for exports of rice to Réunion(3) as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1453/1999(4), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1895/2002(5) opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on rice exported to Réunion.
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 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 subsidy.
(3) The criteria laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 should be taken into account when fixing this maximum subsidy. Successful tenderers shall be those whose bids are at or below the level of the maximum subsidy.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
A maximum subsidy on exports to Réunion of husked long grain rice B falling within CN code 1006 20 98 is hereby set on the basis of the tenders lodged from 9 to 12 December 2002 at 298,00 EUR/t pursuant to the invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1895/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 December 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
26.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 323/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1850/2004
of 25 October 2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004 fixing the exchange rate applicable in 2004 to certain direct aids and measures of a structural or environmental nature in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 of 22 April 2004 setting certain operative events for the exchange rate for 2004 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to take account of their accession to the European Union (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The exchange rates in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004 (2) apply to the support schemes for which the operative event for the exchange rate was fixed for the abovementioned Member States at 1 May 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 751/2004.
(2) Following the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 751/2004 by Regulation (EC) No 1843/2004, the operative event for the exchange rate for 2004 in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia for the purposes of converting into national currency the area payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (3), which establishes common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and certain support schemes for farmers, and amends certain regulations, is fixed as the date of entry into force of the 2003 Treaty of Accession.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004 does not refer to the area payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. The rates fixed in the Annex thereto should, however, also apply to the area payment for nuts.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly,
The following point (e) is added to the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1117/2004:
‘(e) the area payment for nuts provided for in Chapter 4 of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
Council Decision
of 10 December 2002
appointing a full member of the Committee of the Regions
(2003/38/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 22 January 2002(1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas a seat as a full member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Kurt SCHELTER, notified to the Council on 26 November 2002,
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Ms Barbara RICHTSTEIN is hereby appointed a full member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Kurt SCHELTER for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2006.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2282/77  of 17 October 1977  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1761/77 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1386/77 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1158/77 (4),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 of 29 October 1975 on production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2139/77 (6), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2139/77 increases the production refunds on common wheat and broken rice ; whereas it is also necessary to increase the amounts to be recovered referred to in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1761/77 of 29 July 1977 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 (7);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The figures in column 4 of the table in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1761/77 shall be replaced by the following:
17 700
24 729
20 789
17 700
20 791.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It will be applicable from 1 October 1977.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 593/2000
of 13 March 2000
suspending application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 laying down certain rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of olive oil originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 of 9 October 1997 laying down certain rules for the application of the special arrangements for imports of olive oil originating in Morocco [1],
Whereas:
(1) Articles 17 and 18 of, and Annex B to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco [2], provide for special arrangements for imports of olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 and 1510, wholly obtained in Morocco and transported direct from that country to the Community. Those arrangements were extended beyond 1 January 1994 by an agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters with the Kingdom of Morocco for the duration of the Cooperation Agreement.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 establishes certain rules for the application of the arrangements with the aim of adapting them to the requirements of the Agreement on agriculture concluded as part of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
(3) Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 states that where a new agreement is concluded the Commission shall adopt the resultant adjustments in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats [3], as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 [4]. The special arrangements will no longer be applicable once the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part [5], enters into force on 1 March 2000. Pending the formal repeal of Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 by an act of Council, therefore, it is necessary to adapt it to the new situation by suspending its application with effect from the entry into force of the new agreement.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for oils and fats,
Application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2006/97 is suspended.
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 March 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EEC) No 3952/87
of 21 December 1987
introducing a temporary derogation from Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2891/77 implementing the Decision of 21 April 1970 on the replacement of financial contributions from Member States by the Communities' own resources
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 78h thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 209 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 183 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 85/257/EEC, Euratom of 7 May 1985 on the Communities' system of own resources (1), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors,
Whereas the shortfall in traditional own resources in 1987 cannot be offset by own resources accruing from value added tax since the maximum rate of mobilization, set at 1,4 % by Decision 85/257/EEC, Euratom, has already been reached; whereas expenditure must, therefore, be reduced;
Whereas expenditure could be reduced by deferring certain refunds provided for in Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2891/77 (4),
The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2891/77:
'However, refunds totalling 400 million ECU in respect of the own resources established in June, July, August, September and October 1987 shall be made at the beginning of the 1988 financial year.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of 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.