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COMMISSION DECISION of 4 February 1997 concerning a request for exemption submitted by the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 8 (2) (c) of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (Only the English text is authentic) (97/140/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (1), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 96/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) (c) thereof,
Whereas the request submitted by the United Kingdom on 1 July 1996, which reached the Commission on 9 July 1996, contains the information required by Article 8 (2) (c); whereas the request concerns the fitting of one type of vehicle with one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation No 7 and fitted in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48;
Whereas the reasons given in the request, according to which the fitting of the stop lamps and the stop lamps themselves do not meet the requirements of Council Directive 76/758/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to end-outline marker lamps, front position (side) lamps, rear position (side) lamps and stop lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/516/EEC (4), or of Council Directive 76/756/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 91/663/EEC (6), are well founded; whereas the descriptions of the tests, the results thereof and their compliance with ECE Regulations No 7 and No 48 ensure a satisfactory level of safety;
Whereas the Community Directives concerned will be amended in order to permit the production and fitting of such stop lamps;
Whereas the measure provided for in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress set up by Directive 70/156/EEC,
The request submitted by the United Kingdom for an exemption concerning the production and fitting of one type of third stop lamp falling within category ECE S3 by virtue of ECE Regulation No 7 and fitted in accordance with ECE Regulation No 48 on the types of vehicles for which they are intended is hereby approved.
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
17.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 370/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2147/2004
of 16 December 2004
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 REGULATION (EEC) No 2464/81 of 27 July 1981 on the application of Decision No 4/81 of the EEC - Portugal Joint Committee amending, as regards products sent in small packages to private persons, Article 8 of 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 the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic (1) was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973;
(1) OJ No L 301, 31.12.1972, p. 165.
Whereas by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol 3 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, which forms an integral part of the above Agreement, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 4/81 amending, as regards products sent in small packages to private persons, Article 8 of that Protocol;
Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community,
Decision No 4/81 of the EEC - Portugal Joint Committee shall apply in the Community.
The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.
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.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1996/88
of 4 July 1988
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on umbrellas falling within CN code 6601, originating in Singapore, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 of 17 November 1987 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1988 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 14 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of umbrellas falling within CN code 6601, originating in Singapore, the individual ceiling was fixed at 2 100 000 ECU; whereas, on 24 June 1988, imports of these products into the Community originating in Singapore reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Singapore,
As from 10 July 1988, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Singapore:
1.2.3 //  //  //  // Order No  // CN code   // Description  //  //  //  // 10.0700   // 6601   // Umbrellas and sun umbrellas, (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas)   //    //   //
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 (EEC) No 1473/86 of 13 May 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and, in particular, Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/ 75 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/ 85 (4), lays down that market support measures may be taken in order to take account of any restrictions imposed on the free circulation of pigmeat in  consequence of measures taken in the field of veterinary or health policy; whereas the said measures are at present strictly limited to the markets affected by such restriction; whereas restrictions on imports into third countries of products from a  Member State part of whose territory is affected by an epidemic may have serious consequences for all the exports of the Member State concerned; whereas the possibility of adopting market support measures in such cases should therefore be extended to  the entire territory of a Member State,
Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2709/75 is hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 20
In order to take account of any restrictions on intra- Community trade or trade with third countries resulting from the application of measures taken to combat the spread of animal diseases, exceptional measures may be taken to support the market  affected by such restrictions, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24. Such measures may be taken only in so far as and for such period as is strictly necessary for the support of that market.'
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1267/2001
of 27 June 2001
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 45th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1527/2000(2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 18(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 of 13 July 2000 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar(3), requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar.
(2) Pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 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) Following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the 45th partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
For the 45th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1531/2000 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at 38,730 EUR/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) N° 1181/90
of 7 May 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1079/77 in respect of the  co-responsibility levy on milk and milk products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N° 1079/77 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1113/89 (5),  introduced a co-responsibility levy to apply until the end of the 1989/90 milk year and covering,  in principle, all milk supplied to dairies and certain sales of milk products at the farm;
Whereas the object of that levy was to achieve better balance on the market for milk by  establishing a more direct link between production and the possibilities of disposing of milk  products, in view of the importance of the public interests involved; whereas the data and  forecasts at present available show that the abovementioned objectives will probably not be  attained before the end of the period laid down; whereas the application of that Regulation should  therefore be extended for the 1990/91 milk year;
Whereas the trend on the market situation is such that the rate of the levy for the 1990/91 milk  year should be fixed at 1,5 % of the target price for milk,
Regulation (EEC) N° 1079/77 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  In Article 1 (1), 'and 1989/90` is replaced by ', 1989/90 and 1990/91`.
2.  The following paragraph is added to Article 2:
'12.  For the 1990/91 milk year, the levy shall be 1,5 % of the target price for milk.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of  the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1990/91 milk year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.
27.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1409/2005
of 26 August 2005
concerning the 88th special invitation to tender issued under the standing invitation to tender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 26 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed-milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder (2), intervention agencies have put up for sale by standing invitation to tender certain quantities of skimmed-milk powder held by them.
(2) According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in the light of the tenders received in response to each individual invitation to tender a minimum selling price shall be fixed or a decision shall be taken to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the examination of the offers received, the tendering procedure should not be proceeded with.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
For the 88th individual invitation to tender pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 23 August 2005, no award shall be made.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 August 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1637/2001
of 23 July 2001
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the North-East Atlantic
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the North-East Atlantic(1), and in particular Article 2(3) and Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in 1994 requested the monitoring of catch and trade data on elasmobranch fish species (sharks, skates and rays) be undertaken by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and by regional fishery agencies.
(2) At its 87th Statutory Meeting in 1999 the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) resolved to adopt the species groupings for elasmobranch fishes as described in the report of the Study Group on Elasmobranch Species and to request FAO to include these species on its Statlant 27A questionnaire on catch statistics for the North-East Atlantic.
(3) The ICES has extended its list of species for which catches in the North-East Atlantic are recorded in its database and thus Member States should be encouraged to submit available catch statistics for these additional species.
(4) Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 provides that Member States, with the prior approval of Eurostat, may submit data in a different form or on a different medium from that laid down in Annex IV to the Regulation.
(5) Several Member States have requested submission of data in a different form or through a different medium from that specified in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 (the equivalent of the abovementioned Statlant questionnaires).
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC(2).
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 shall be replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
Member States may submit data following that in the format detailed in Annex II to this Regulation.
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.
15.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 111/83
COUNCIL DECISION 2014/213/CFSP
of 14 April 2014
amending Decision 2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 25 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea (1).
(2) In view of the developments in the Republic of Guinea, the arms embargo and the embargo on equipment which might be used for internal repression should be lifted.
(3) Decision 2010/638/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
In Decision 2010/638/CFSP, Articles 1 and 2 are deleted.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1837/82
of 7 July 1982
amending for the fourth time Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 laying down detailed rules of application for special intervention measures to support the development of the market in common wheat of bread-making quality
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 1451/82 (2), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2158/81 (4), set out the special intervention measures that could be taken; whereas, should there be special intervention measures in the form of purchases of wheat meeting a minimum bread-making quality, the support level for this quality should, for the 1982/83 marketing year, in accordance with the Council's express desire, be fixed at a level of the reference price less 10;40 ECU per tonne;
Whereas, pursuant to the amendment brought about to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2731/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing the standard quality of common wheat, rye, barley, maize and durum wheat (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1454/82 (6), it is necessary to make the alterations to Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77;
Whereas, as from the 1982/83 marketing year, resale by intervention agencies of common wheat of breadmaking quality bought in by them pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is to be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 (7); whereas Article 5 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 should accordingly be deleted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EEC) No 1629/77 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In point 3 of Article 4:
- the words '1981/82 marketing year' are replaced by '1982/83 marketing year',
- the amount '7;88 ECU' is replaced by '10;40 ECU'.
2. The sixth indent of Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following:
'- the total percentage of miscellaneous impurities (Schwarzbesatz) does not exceed 3 % of which a maximum of 0;05 % of grains which have deteriorated through spontaneous generation of heat or by too extreme drying, 0;05 % of ergot and 0;10 % of harmful extraneous seeds'.
3. The eighth indent of Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following:
'- the percentage of grains overheated during drying does not exceed 0;50 %'.
4. Article 5 (6) is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1982.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 603/2004
of 31 March 2004
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 1 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.