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COMMISSION DECISION  of 4 February 1991  amending Decision 90/179/Euratom, EEC authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to use statistics for years earlier than the last year and not to take into account certain categories of transactions or to  use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base  (Only the German text is authentic)  (91/87/EEC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 of 29 May 1989 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 28 (3) of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (2),  hereinafter called 'the Sixth Directive', Member States may continue to exempt or tax certain transactions; whereas these transactions must be taken into account for the determination of the VAT own resources base;
Whereas, in the case of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Commission, on the basis of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89, adopted Decision 90/179/Euratom, EEC (3) authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany, with effect from 1989, not to take into  account certain categories of transactions and to use certain approximate estimates for the calculation of the VAT own resources base;
Whereas, since the Federal Republic of Germany terminated, on 1 January 1990, the graduated tax relief arrangements for small businesses granted under Article 24 (2) of the Sixth Directive, the authorization relating to the calculation of the VAT base  in connection with these arrangements should be discontinued with effect from that date; whereas the leasing and maintenance of terminals by the Federal Post and Telecommunications authority, Telekom, have been taxed since 1 July 1990 and should  therefore be taken into account with effect from that date;
Whereas the Advisory Committee on Own Resources has approved the report recording the opinions of its members on this Decision,
    Article 1
Decision 90/179/Euratom, EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3 (1) is repealed with effect from 1 January 1990.
2. The following is added to Article 3 (3) with effect from 1 July 1990: 'and the delivery and installation of terminals by the Federal Post and Telecommunications authority, Telekom (Annex F, ex point 5).'  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
18.9.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 854/2009
of 17 September 2009
fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95
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), and in particular Article 143 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 614/2009 of 7 July 2009 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (3) lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixes representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for egg albumin.
(2) Regular monitoring of the data used to determine representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for egg albumin shows that the representative import prices for certain products should be amended to take account of variations in price according to origin. The representative prices should therefore be published.
(3) In view of the situation on the market, this amendment should be applied as soon as possible.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2485/2001
of 18 December 2001
prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of France
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2001(4), lays down quotas for common sole for 2001.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of common sole in the waters of ICES divisions VII f, g, by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. France has prohibited fishing for this stock from 2 November 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES divisions VII f, g, by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 2001.
Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES divisions VII f, g, by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above 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 from 2 November 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION DECISION  of 9 November 1992  approving the programmes concerning bonamiosis and marteiliosis submitted by the United Kingdom  (92/528/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC governing the placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas Member States may submit to the Commission a programme designed to enable them, with regard to certain diseases affecting molluscs, to obtain the status of approved zone;
Whereas the United Kingdom, by letters dated 26 May 1992 and 31 July 1992 respectively, has submitted two programmes concerning bonamiosis and marteiliosis for Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
Whereas these programmes specify the geographical zones concerned, the measures to be taken by the official services, the procedures to be followed by the approved laboratories, the prevalence of the disease concerned and the measures to combat these  diseases where detected;
Whereas these programmes, after scrutiny, appear to be in conformity with the requirements laid down in Article 10 of Council Directive 91/67/EEC;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 10, paragraph 2 of the said Directive 91/67/EEC, the introduction of aquaculture animals and products into the zones referred to in these programmes shall be subject to the rules set out in Articles 7 and 8 of the  said Directive;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
The programme concerning bonamiosis and marteiliosis for Great Britain, submitted by the United Kingdom, is hereby approved.
The programme concerning bonamiosis and marteiliosis for Northern Ireland, submitted by the United Kingdom, is hereby approved.
The United Kingdom shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the programmes referred to in Articles 1 and 2 by 1 January 1993.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1663/93 of 29 June 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 laying down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus to be amended as a result of monetary realignments
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Articles 12 and 13 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1330/93 (3), establishes the list of prices and amounts in ecus adjusted as a result of monetary realignments; whereas an addition should be made to the list to  take account of the aids introduced as part of the application in 1993 of common prices in Portugal and of the fixing of prices and associated measures for the 1993/94 marketing year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committees concerned,
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 is hereby amended as follows:
1. in '1. CEREALS', the following points are added after point 1.9:
'1.10. Aid for the production of certain varieties of rice, as referred to in Article 8a of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1544/93 (*).
1.11. Aid to producers of paddy rice in Portugal as referred to in Article 1 (c) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 738/93 of 17 March 1993 amending the transitional measures governing common organization of the market as provided for by Regulation (EEC) No  3653/90 (**).
(*) OJ No 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5.
(**) OJ No L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 1.';
2. in '8. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS', the following point is added after point 8.12:
'8.13. Aid to milk producers in Portugal as referred to in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 739/93 of 17 March 1993 on application of the common price for milk powder in Portugal (***).
(***) OJ No L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 4.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1180/2001
of 15 June 2001
suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2771/1999 of 16 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in butter and cream(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/2001(4), lays down the criteria for opening or suspending the buying-in of butter by invitation to tender in the Member States.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1013/2001(5) suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States establishes the list of Member States in which intervention is suspended. As a result of the market prices communicated by Ireland, intervention must be suspended in this country and the list of Member States established by Regulation (EC) No 1013/2001 adjusted accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby suspended in Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, France, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Regulation (EC) No 1013/2001 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 32/98 of 8 January 1998 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 the Republic of 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 1595/97 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1986/97 (4), makes provision in respect of the second half of the 1997/98 marketing year and subsequent marketing years for concessions in the form of tariff quotas; whereas it is therefore necessary to restrict the validity of import licences issued in the course of the second half of the 1997/98 marketing year and in the course of subsequent marketing years to the end of the month of July; whereas Article 3 of the aforementioned Regulation should therefore be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 is replaced by the following:
'Article 3
(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 notwithstanding, import licences shall be valid from their date of issue until the end of the third month following that date. They shall not, however, be valid after the end of the month of July.`
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 12 January 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
27.8.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 278/46
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1526/2004
of 26 August 2004
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar to certain third countries for the 3rd partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004
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 1327/2004 of 19 July 20043rd on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), for the 2004/2005 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 1327/2004 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 3rd partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1327/2004 the maximum amount of the export refund shall be 47,175 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
22.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 340/83
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1573/2007
of 21 December 2007
fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the 2008 fishing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2814/2000 of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of carry-over aid for certain fishery products (2), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2001 of 14 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of flat-rate aid for certain fishery products (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that aid may be granted for quantities of certain fresh products withdrawn from the market and either processed to stabilise them and stored or preserved.
(2) The purpose of that aid is to give suitable encouragement to producers’ organisations to process or preserve products withdrawn from the market so that their destruction can be avoided.
(3) The aid level should not be such as to disturb the balance of the market for the products in question or distort competition.
(4) The aid level should not exceed the technical and financial costs associated with the operations essential to stabilising and storage recorded in the Community during the fishing year proceeding the year in question.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 2008 fishing year, the amounts of the carry-over aid referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, and the amounts of the flat-rate aid referred to in Article 24(4) of that Regulation, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
8.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 321/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1195/2009
of 7 December 2009
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 8 December 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
21.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 160/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 698/2007
of 20 June 2007
determining the extent to which import licence applications lodged in June 2007 for certain poultrymeat sector products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 (2) lays down procedures for applying in the poultrymeat sector the arrangements provided for in the Association Agreement between the European Community and Israel.
(2) The applications for import licences lodged in the first seven days of June 2007 for the subperiod from 1 July 2007 to 30 September 2007 relate to quantities in excess of those available. The extent to which licences may be issued should therefore be determined and the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities applied for should be laid down,
1.   The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged for the subperiod from 1 July 2007 to 30 September 2007 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
2.   Applications for import licences for the period 1 October 2007 to 31 December 2007 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.