(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,

(1)

Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products (2) lays down the terms of validity of export licences, including those issued in respect of Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter (3) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning skimmed milk powder (4).

(2)

By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 (5), fixes the day from which export licences are valid.

(3)

The scope of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 in conjunction with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 has at times been misinterpreted. To avoid any possible grounds for such misinterpretation, Article 8 of the latter Regulation should be amended.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk products,

‘(d)

the period of validity of the export licence referred to in Article 6 of that Regulation shall start on the closing date for the submission of tenders.’

(1)

The first subparagraph of Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2204/90 provides for a Community penalty in cases where caseins and caseinates are used without authorisation in the manufacture of cheese. The penalty is equal to 110 % of the difference between the value of the skimmed milk needed to make 100 kg of caseins and caseinates resulting from the market price for skimmed-milk powder, on the one hand, and the market price for caseins and caseinates, on the other hand.

(2)

Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2742/90 (2) fixes the sum due on the quantities of casein and/or caseinates used without authorisation in the manufacture of cheese at EUR 65,00 per 100 kg, on the basis of the prices for caseins and caseinates recorded on the markets in the last quarter of 2001. That sum should be reduced in view of the market price for skimmed-milk powder and the market price for caseins and caseinates recorded in the second quarter of 2005.

(3)

The prices recorded on the markets in the second quarter of 2005 are EUR 200 per 100 kg for skimmed-milk powder and EUR 580 per 100 kg for caseins and caseinates.

(4)

Regulation (EEC) No 2742/90 should be amended accordingly.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

(1)

The import duties in the cereals sector are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1799/2005 (3).

(2)

Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 provides that if during the period of application, the average import duty calculated differs by EUR 5 per tonne from the duty fixed, a corresponding adjustment is to be made. Such a difference has arisen. It is therefore necessary to adjust the import duties fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1799/2005,

(1)

Under Articles 2(2) and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87, Community import and producer prices are fixed each fortnight for uniflorous (bloom) carnations, multiflorous (spray) carnations, large-flowered roses and small-flowered roses and apply for two-week periods. Under Article 1(b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 of 17 March 1988 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (2), those prices are determined for two-week periods on the basis of weighted prices provided by the Member States.

(2)

Those prices should be fixed immediately so the customs duties applicable can be determined.

(3)

Following the accession of Cyprus to the European Union on 1 May 2004, it is no longer necessary to fix import prices for Cyprus.

(4)

Likewise, it is no longer necessary to fix import prices for Israel, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in order to take account of the agreements approved by Council Decisions 2003/917/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the State of Israel concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Association Agreement (3), 2003/914/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 3 to the EC-Morocco Association Agreement (4) and 2005/4/EC of 22 December 2004 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Palestinian Authority Interim Association Agreement (5).

(5)

In between the meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures,

(1)

Under Directive 2000/29/EC, plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., other than fruits and seeds, originating in non-European countries, must not in principle be introduced into the Community. However, Directive 2000/29/EC permits derogations from this rule, provided that it is established that there is no risk of introduction of harmful organisms.

(2)

Commission Decision 2002/499/EC (2), provides for a derogation for the importation of plants of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and Pinus L., other than fruits and seeds, originating in the Republic of Korea, subject to specific conditions.

(3)

The United Kingdom has asked for an extension of that derogation.

(4)

The situation justifying that derogation remains unchanged and the derogation should therefore continue to apply.

(5)

Decision 2002/499/EC should, therefore, be amended accordingly.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,

1.

Article 2 is replaced by the following text:

2.

Article 4 is replaced by the following:

3.

in the second sentence of point 3 of the Annex, ‘2004’ is replaced by ‘each year’.

(1)

On 23 March 2005, the Council adopted Joint Action 2005/265/CFSP (1) appointing Mr Adriaan JACOBOVITS de SZEGED as European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for Moldova.

(2)

On 28 July 2005, the Council adopted Joint Action 2005/584/CFSP (2) extending the mandate of the EUSR until 28 February 2006.

(3)

On 2 June 2005, President Voronin of Moldova and President Yuschenko of Ukraine sent a joint letter, inter alia requesting the European Union to examine the possibilities for offering assistance in establishing an international customs control on the Transnistrian segment of the Moldovan-Ukrainian state border, as well as for creating an effective international monitoring mechanism on this segment of the border.

(4)

On 20 September 2005, the Political and Security Committee agreed to the establishment of an EU Border Mission for Moldova-Ukraine including through the reinforcement of the team of the EUSR for Moldova.

(5)

Given the new tasks of the EUSR for Moldova in relation to the EU Border Mission for Moldova-Ukraine, his mandate should be amended accordingly,

(a)

the following point shall be added to Article 2(1):

(b)

the following point shall be added to Article 3(1):

(c)

in Article 5, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

(d)

in Article 8, the single paragraph shall be numbered 1 and a new paragraph shall be added as follows:

(e)

the second paragraph of Article 10 shall be replaced by the following:

‘It shall apply until 28 February 2006.’.