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4.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 59/12
COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 February 2008
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt
(2008/180/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 170 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas:
(1) The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Community, an Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (the Agreement).
(2) Subject to possible conclusion at a later date, the Agreement initialled on 4 March 2004 was signed on 21 June 2005, with a provisional application upon its signature.
(3) The Agreement is based on the principles of mutual benefit, reciprocal opportunities for access to each other’s programmes and activities relevant to the purpose of the Agreement, non-discrimination, the effective protection of intellectual property, and equitable sharing of intellectual property rights. Participation in indirect actions of legal entities established in the Arab Republic of Egypt shall be subject to the terms and conditions for legal entities in third countries established by a decision taken by the European Parliament and the Council according to Article 167 of the Treaty, Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and other applicable Community legislation.
(4) The Agreement should be concluded in such a way that the languages of all Member States are authentic. This will be done via an Exchange of Letters.
(5) The Agreement should be approved,
The Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (3) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The President of the Council shall, acting on behalf of the Community, give the notification provided for in Article 7 of the Agreement and shall be authorised to approve with the Arab Republic of Egypt, via an Exchange of Letters, that the text of the Agreement is authentic in all the languages of the Member States following the accessions of 2004 and 2007.
COMMISSION  DECISION
of 25 February 1987
amending Decision 85/594/EEC authorizing the Hellenic Republic to take certain protective measures pursuant to Article 108 (3) of the EEC Treaty
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(87/152/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 108 (3) thereof,
Whereas, by Decision 85/594/EEC (1), as amended by Decision 86/614/EEC (2), the Commission authorized the Hellenic Republic to take certain measures concerning in particular capital movements liberalized in accordance with the Council Directive of 11 May 1960 (3), as amended by the Directive of 18 December 1962 (4);
Whereas Council Directive 86/566/EEC (5) widened the obligations of Member States in respect of the liberalization of capital movements; whereas the Hellenic Republic has requested the Commission to extend the scope of the previously authorized protective measures to newly liberalized operations of the same type as those covered by Decision 85/594/EEC or presenting an equivalent threat to the balance of payments;
Whereas the authorization to apply the protective measures should be amended accordingly,
Annex II to Decision 85/594/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
'ANNEX II
1.2 //  //  // Type of operation  // Restrictions authorized by way of derogation from Community obligations  //  //  // Direct investments   // Direct investments made by residents in other Member States may be subject to prior authorization.   // Investments in real estate   // Investments in real estate abroad made by residents may be subject to prior authorization. This shall be granted to residents emigrating under the heading of the free movement of employed and self-employed persons in respect of investments related to their installation or establishment.   // Personal capital movements   // Gifts, endowments and dowries to non-residents and the transfer abroad of emigrant's assets, beyond what is required for the installation or establishment of employed and self-employed persons in the context of the free movement of workers, may be subject to prior authorization.   // Operations in securities   // Acquisition by residents of foreign securities, or of domestic securities issued on a foreign market, may be prohibited or made subject to prior authorization. Residents' acquisitions of securities issued by the European Communities and by the European Investment Bank shall, however, continue to be governed by the provisions of Article 53 of the Accession Treaty beyond 31 December 1985.' 22. 1. 1963, p. 62/63. (5) OJ No L 332, 26. 11. 1986, p. 22.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
27.6.1997 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 169/76
COUNCIL DECISION
of 2 June 1997
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation adding to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation a protocol on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters
(97/403/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, for mutual administrative assistance in customs matters to take place between the two parties, it appears necessary to add a protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (1);
Whereas negotiations to that effect have taken place with the Swiss Confederation and have led to an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters which it is in the Community's interest to approve,
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation, adding to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation a protocol on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
If the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters has not entered into force on 1 July 1997, it will be applied provisionally as from that date.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons authorized to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters referred to in Article 1.
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, give the notification provided for by the Agreement in. the form of an Exchange of Letters (2).
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1967/95 of 9 August 1995 amending  Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for  the Canary Islands with regard to potatoes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92  (1), introducing specific measures for the  Canary Islands concerning certain agricultural products, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No  3290/94  (2), and in particular Article 21 thereof,
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 provides for a restriction on deliveries of ware  potatoes to the Canary Islands from third countries or from the rest of the Community, in order to  avoid disturbance of the market during the periods which are crucial for the marketing of the  Canary Islands' production; whereas it is appropriate to fix the sensitive period as well as the  maximum quantities of potatoes to be delivered to the Canary Islands during 1995; whereas it is  therefore appropriate to amend Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92  (3), as last amended by  Regulation (EEC) No 1481/95  (4);
Whereas the measures provided for in the present Regulation are in conformity with the opinion of  the Management Committee for Seeds,
Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 is amended as follows:
1.  The first indent of Article 10 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1.  During the period from 9 August to 31 October 1995, the delivery of potatoes falling within  headings CN 0701  90  51, 0701  90  59 and 0701  90  90 from third countries and the rest of the  Community to the Canary Islands, shall be limited to the quantities as set out in the Annex.`.
2.  The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official  Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 9 August 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1461/96 of 25 July 1996 on the tariff quotas opened in respect of the import of certain goods originating in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic resulting from the processing of agricultural products listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof,
Whereas the tariff quotas applicable to the import of certain goods originating in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 eligible for a reduction in the agricultural component have been opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/96 (2) amending Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 (3);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 (4) establishes 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 Regulation (EC) No 3448/93; whereas that Regulation replaces and repeals Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1294/94 (5), but does not open tariff quotas;
Whereas the quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 478/96 should therefore be maintained by means of separate legislation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex II,
From 1 January to 31 December 1996, goods originating in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic which are listed in Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 478/96 shall be subject to reduced agricultural components within the limits of the annual quotas and under the conditions set out in those Annexes.
Imports of goods falling within CN Code 1901 90 91 and eligible for a reduction in the agricultural component shall be assigned the following numbers:
- 09.5467 for goods originating in Bulgaria,
- 09.5227 for goods originating in Hungary,
- 09.5417 for goods originating in the Czech Republic,
- 09.5417 for goods originating in the Slovak Republic.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2701/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of 20 December 1996 (1) concerning structural business statistics, and in particular Article 12(ii), (v), and (vii) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 established a common framework for the production of Community statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community;
Whereas it is necessary to specify the frequency for the compilation of the multi-yearly structural business statistics; whereas it is necessary to specify the first reference year for the compilation of the preliminary results for structural business statistics; whereas it is necessary to specify the breakdown of the results for the production of structural business statistics;
Whereas the envisaged measures are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
The frequency for the compilation of multi-yearly characteristics, the breakdowns of results and the first reference year for the compilation of the preliminary results referred to in Articles 4, 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 are specified in the series of data in the Annex to this Regulation.
1. Member States shall produce these series for the data concerning the 1999 reference year and subsequent years.
2. Member States shall also produce these series for data concerning the 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 reference years where this corresponds to existing national practices.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 REGULATION (EC) No 1306/94 of 6 June 1994 concerning the stopping of fishing for salmon by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3689/93 of 20 December 1993 allocating, for 1994, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Lithuanian waters (2), provides for salmon quotas for 1994;
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 salmon in the waters of ICES division III d (Lithuanian waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the quota  allocated for 1994,
Catches of salmon in the waters of ICES division III d (Lithuanian waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Community for 1994.
Fishing for salmon in the waters of ICES division III d (Lithuanian waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State 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 entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
28.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 196/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 895/2007
of 27 July 2007
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 28 July 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 383/98 of 18 February 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 on the determination of prices of fresh or chilled lamb carcases on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other qualities of sheep carcases in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1589/96 (2), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2617/97 (4), lays down the rules for the determination of prices of fresh or chilled lamb carcases on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other qualities of sheep carcases in the Community;
Whereas the coefficients used for calculating the price of sheep carcases on the representative markets of the Community have been adjusted in the light of the figures available with regard to sheep production; whereas that adjustment was made in Regulation (EC) No 2617/97; whereas, however, as regards Ireland, a material error led to the coefficient applicable to one of the representative markets being incorrectly adjusted; whereas, as a result, that coefficient should be corrected; whereas, also as a result of a material error, no coefficient has been set for Sweden; whereas that coefficient should therefore be introduced;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
Regulation (EEC) No 1481/86 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the weighting coefficient in G.1 (b) in Annex II applicable to the market of Enniscorthy shall be 17 % instead of 12 %;
2. in O.2 in Annex II, the weighting coefficient shall be 100 %.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1998 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1028/93 of 26 April 1993 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 3917/92 extending into 1993 the application of Regulations (EEC) No 3831/90, (EEC) No 3832/90, (EEC) No 3833/90, (EEC) No 3834/90, (EEC) No 3835/90 and (EEC) No  3900/91 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain products originating in developing countries and adding to the list of beneficiaries of such preferences
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 Community has since 1980 confined the benefit of its generalized tariff preferences for products covered by the Arrangement regarding international trade in textiles (MFA) to those products which originate in countries and territories having  signed, within the framework of the MFA, bilateral agreements with the Community providing for a quantitative limitation of their exports of certain textile products to the Community, or to such products which originate in countries or territories  undertaking similar commitments;
Whereas Vietnam initialled an Agreement on trade in textiles with the Community on 15 December 1992; whereas that Agreement is provisionally applicable from 1 January 1993;
Whereas the fixed amounts set out in the Annex hereto may in no event lead to an overrun of the quantitative limits fixed in the abovementioned Agreement, but simply reflect more favourable tariff arrangements within the limit of the amounts fixed in  the said Agreement;
Whereas, in consequence, Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 (1) should be adapted and Vietnam should be included in Annex IV to that Regulation,
1. Vietnam shall be added to the list of countries in column 5 of Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 opposite the order numbers and categories specified in columns 1 and 2 respectively in the Annex to this Regulation. The fixed  duty-free amounts applicable to Vietnam for these products are indicated in columns 6A, 6B and 6 of that Annex.
2. The word 'Vietnam' shall be added to Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply as from 1 January 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.