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Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period. The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. |
I Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory
REGULATIONS
23.3.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/1 |
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 309/2007
of 19 March 2007
amending the Financial Regulation of 27 March 2003 applicable to the 9th European Development Fund
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Partnership agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) (ACP-EC Agreement),
Having regard to Decision No 5/2005 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 25 June 2005 on transitional measures applicable from the date of signing to the date of entry into force of the revised ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (2),
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (Overseas Association Decision) (3),
Having regard to the Internal Agreement between Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies (4) (Internal Agreement), and in particular Article 31 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors (5),
Having consulted the European Investment Bank,
Whereas:
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On 27 March 2003, the Council adopted the Financial Regulation applicable to the 9th European Development Fund (6), which lays down the legal framework for the financial management of the 9th European Development Fund (EDF). |
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That Regulation takes into account as a cornerstone Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (7), (General Financial Regulation). |
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Decision No 2/2002 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 7 October 2002 regarding the implementation of Articles 28, 29 and 30 of Annex IV to the Cotonou Agreement (8) specifies the general regulations and general conditions applicable to works, supply and service contracts financed by the EDF, as well as the rules governing procedure, conciliation and arbitration in relation to such contracts. |
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This Regulation should anticipate the envisaged amendments to Annex IV of the amended ACP-EC Agreement which will refer in a more generic way to the Community regulations for the tendering procedures and which should be reflected by references to Annex IV in Articles 74, 76, 77 and 78 of the Financial Regulation applicable to the 9th EDF. |
(5) |
It is appropriate to take into account those amendments and the modifications proposed by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities in order to facilitate the implementation of the 9th EDF. |
(6) |
The Financial Regulation applicable to the 9th European Development Fund should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Financial Regulation of 27 March 2003 applicable to the 9th European Development Fund is hereby amended as follows:
1. |
Article 13(1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. In the context of decentralised management, the Commission shall undertake the financial implementation of EDF resources in accordance with the detailed rules laid down in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 without prejudice to delegation of residual tasks to bodies referred to in Article 14(3).’; |
2. |
The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 14(1): ‘Indirect implementation, in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 7 of this Article and with Article 15 also applies in the case of delegation of residual tasks to bodies referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article in the case of decentralised management.’; |
3. |
The following second subparagraph shall be inserted in Article 14(3): ‘The Commission shall inform annually the Council of the cases and bodies concerned by providing commensurate motivation of the use of national agencies.’; |
4. |
In Article 54(3), the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: ‘The Commission shall be under an obligation to effect payment from EDF resources whenever the responsible authorising officer:
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5. |
In Article 74(1), the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: ‘The procedures for the award of contracts relating to operations financed by the EDF to assist ACP States shall be those defined in Annex IV to the ACP-EC Agreement.’; |
6. |
Articles 76, 77 and 78 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 76 Within the limits of the powers conferred on it by the ACP-EC Agreement and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex IV thereto, the Commission shall ensure the broadest possible participation, on equal terms, in tendering procedures for contracts financed by the EDF and shall ensure compliance with the principles of transparency, proportionality, equal treatment and non-discrimination.; Article 77 Within the limits of the powers conferred on it by the ACP-EC Agreement the Commission shall take steps to establish, by analogy with the relevant rules of the general financial regulation, a central database containing details of candidates and tenderers who are, according to the rules defined in Annex IV to the ACP-EC Agreement, in a situation that excludes them from participation in procedures for the award of contracts relating to operations financed by the EDF.; Article 78 Within the limits of the powers conferred on it by the ACP-EC Agreement and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex IV thereto, the Commission shall take the necessary steps to have international tendering procedures published in the Official Journal of the European Union and on the Internet.’; |
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In Title V, the heading shall be replaced by the following:
‘DIRECT LABOUR AND INDIRECT DECENTRALISED OPERATIONS’; |
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Article 80 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 80 1. This Title shall govern the direct labour and indirect decentralised operations provided for in Article 24 of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Agreement. It shall apply mutatis mutandis to financial cooperation with the OCTs. 2. In the case of direct labour operations, projects and programmes shall be implemented directly through public departments of the ACP State or States concerned. The Community shall contribute to the costs of the departments involved by providing the equipment and/or materials that they lack and/or the resources to acquire any additional staff required, such as experts from within the ACP States concerned or other ACP States. The Community’s participation shall cover only costs incurred by supplementary measures and temporary expenditure relating to execution that are strictly confined to the requirements of the project in question. The financial management of a project implemented by direct labour in accordance with the first and second subparagraphs shall be carried out by imprest accounts administered by an imprest administrator and an accounting officer, appointed by the National Authorising Officer with the prior approval of the Commission’s responsible authorising officer. 3. In the case of indirect decentralised operations, the contracting authority within the meaning of Article 73(1)(a) shall entrust tasks relating to the implementation of projects or programmes to bodies governed by public law of the ACP State or States concerned or bodies governed by private law that are legally distinct from the ACP State or States concerned. In such cases, the body concerned shall assume responsibility for the management and implementation of the programme or project in place of the National Authorising Officer. Tasks so delegated may include the power to conclude contracts and manage contracts and the supervision of works on behalf of or for the account of the ACP State or States concerned. 4. Direct labour operations and indirect decentralised operations shall be implemented on the basis of a programme of measures to be carried out and an estimate of their cost, hereinafter referred to as the “programme estimate”. The programme estimate is a document laying down the human and material resources required, the budget and the detailed technical and administrative implementing arrangements for execution of a project over a specified period by direct labour and, possibly, by means of public procurement and the award of specific grants. Each programme estimate shall be prepared by the imprest administrator and the accounting officer referred to in paragraph 2, in the case of direct labour operations, or by the body referred to in paragraph 3, in the case of indirect decentralised operations, and shall then be approved by the National Authorising Officer and the Commission’s responsible authorising officer before the activities it provides for commence. 5. In the context of the implementation of the programme estimates referred to in paragraph 4, the procurement and grant award procedures shall comply with those laid down in Titles IV and VI respectively. 6. The financing agreements referred to in Article 51(3) must make provision for the implementation of direct labour operations or indirect decentralised operations.’; |
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Article 81 shall be amended as follows:
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply for the same period as the Internal Agreement.
Done at Brussels, 19 March 2007.
For the Council
The President
Horst SEEHOFER
(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. Agreement as amended by Agreement of 25 June 2005 (OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 4).
(2) OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355.
(5) OJ C 12, 17.1.2003, p. 19.
(7) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
23.3.2007 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/4 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 310/2007
of 22 March 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:
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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. |
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In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 March 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.
For the Commission
Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 386/2005 (OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 3).
ANNEX
to Commission Regulation of 22 March 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
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CN code |
Third country code (1) |
Standard import value |
0702 00 00 |
IL |
175,4 |
MA |
87,6 |
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TN |
143,7 |
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TR |
126,9 |
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ZZ |
133,4 |
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0707 00 05 |
JO |
171,8 |
TR |
117,0 |
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ZZ |
144,4 |
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0709 90 70 |
MA |
68,8 |
TR |
113,3 |
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ZZ |
91,1 |
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0805 10 20 |
CU |
47,3 |
EG |
45,1 |
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IL |
60,4 |
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MA |
55,4 |
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TN |
52,8 |
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TR |
95,3 |
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ZZ |
59,4 |
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0805 50 10 |
EG |
58,7 |
IL |
62,3 |
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TR |
52,5 |
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ZZ |
57,8 |
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0808 10 80 |
AR |
84,4 |
BR |
95,6 |
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CL |
78,7 |
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CN |
99,0 |
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US |
117,2 |
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UY |
60,8 |
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ZA |
106,4 |
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ZZ |
91,7 |
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0808 20 50 |
AR |
67,1 |
CL |
96,8 |
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CN |
73,6 |
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UY |
70,9 |
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ZA |
73,7 |
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ZZ |
76,4 |
(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ ZZ ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.
23.3.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/6 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 311/2007
of 19 March 2007
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (1), and in particular Article 122 thereof,
Whereas:
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Some Member States or their competent authorities have requested amendments to the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 574/72. |
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The proposed amendments derive from decisions taken by the Member States concerned or their competent authorities designating the authorities which are responsible for ensuring that social security legislation is implemented in accordance with Community law. |
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The schemes to be taken into consideration when calculating the average annual cost for benefits in kind, in accordance with Article 94 and Article 95 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72, are listed in Annex 9 of that Regulation. |
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The unanimous opinion of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers has been obtained, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes 1 to 5, Annexes 7, 9 and 10 to Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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.
Done at Brussels, 19 March 2007.
For the Commission
Vladimír ŠPIDLA
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 74, 27.3.1972, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
ANNEX
1.
Annex 1 is amended as follows:
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Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is replaced by the following:
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(b) |
Section ‘S. POLAND’ is replaced by the following:
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(c) |
Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is replaced by the following:
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Annex 2 is amended as follows:
(a) |
Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is amended as follows: Point (a) is replaced by the following:
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(b) |
Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is amended as follows: Point 1 is replaced by the following:
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(c) |
Section ‘J. ITALY’ amended as follows: Point 3.B. is replaced by the following:
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(d) |
Section ‘Q. NETHERLANDS’ is amended as follows: Point 1 is replaced by the following:
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(e) |
Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows: Point 6 is replaced by the following:
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(f) |
Section ‘X. SWEDEN’ is amended as follows: Point 1 is replaced by the following:
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(g) |
Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is amended as follows: Point 3 is replaced by the following:
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3.
Annex 3 is amended as follows:
(a) |
Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is amended as follows: Point II is replaced by the following: ‘II. INSTITUTIONS OF THE PLACE OF STAY
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(b) |
Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is amended as follows: Point 1 is replaced by the following:
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(c) |
Section ‘J. ITALY’ is amended as follows: Point 3B is replaced by the following:
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(d) |
Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows:
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(e) |
Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is amended as follows: Point 3 is replaced by the following:
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4.
Annex 4 is amended as follows:
(a) |
Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is amended as follows:
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(b) |
Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is amended as follows: Point 1 is replaced by the following:
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(c) |
Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows: Point 2 is replaced by the following:
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(d) |
Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is replaced by the following: ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM
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5.
Annex 5 is amended as follows:
(a) |
Section ‘16. BELGIUM-NETHERLANDS’ is replaced by the following: ‘16. BELGIUM-NETHERLANDS
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(b) |
Section ‘51. DENMARK-SPAIN’ is replaced by the following: ‘51. DENMARK-SPAIN None.’ |
(c) |
Section ‘54. DENMARK-ITALY’ is replaced by the following: ‘54. DENMARK-ITALY Agreement of 18 November 1998 on the reimbursement of costs of benefits in kind provided under the terms of Articles 36 and 63. The agreement has effect from 1 January 1995.’ |
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Section ‘110. ESTONIA-UNITED KINGDOM’ is replaced by the following: ‘110. ESTONIA-UNITED KINGDOM Arrangement finalised on 29 March 2006 between the Competent Authorities of the Republic of Estonia and of the United Kingdom under Articles 36(3) and 63(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 establishing other methods of reimbursement of the costs of benefits in kind provided under this Regulation by both countries with effect from 1 May 2004.’ |
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Section ‘195. ITALY-UNITED KINGDOM’ is replaced by the following: ‘195. ITALY-UNITED KINGDOM Arrangement signed on 15 December 2005 between the Competent Authorities of the Republic of Italy and of the United Kingdom under Articles 36(3) and 63(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 establishing other methods of reimbursement of the costs of benefits in kind provided under this Regulation by both countries with effect from 1 January 2005.’ |
6.
Annex 7 is amended as follows:
(a) |
Section ‘H. FRANCE’ is replaced by the following:
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(b) |
Section ‘V. SLOVAKIA’ is replaced by the following:
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7.
Annex 9 is amended as follows:
(a) |
Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is replaced by the following: ‘C. DENMARK The average annual costs of benefits in kind shall be calculated by taking into account the schemes set up by the law on the public health service, the law on hospital and, in respect of the cost of rehabilitation, the Active Social Policy Act and the Active Employment Measures Act.’ |
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Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is replaced by the following: ‘I. IRELAND The average annual cost of benefits in kind shall be calculated by taking into consideration the benefits in kind (health services) provided by the Health Service Executive, mentioned in Annex 2, in accordance with the provisions of the Health Acts 1947 to 2004.’ |
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Section ‘S. POLAND’ is replaced by the following: ‘S. POLAND The average annual costs of benefits in kind shall be calculated by taking into consideration the schemes set up by the law on healthcare services financed from the public resources, the law on the National Medical Emergency Service and, in respect of costs of rehabilitation, also the law on social insurance scheme and the law on social insurance of farmers.’ |
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Annex 10 is amended as follows:
(a) |
Section ‘B. CZECH REPUBLIC’ is amended as follows: Point 1 is replaced by the following:
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(b) |
Section ‘D. GERMANY’ is amended as follows: Point 2 is replaced by the following:
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(c) |
Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is amended as follows: Point 4 is replaced by the following:
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(d) |
Section ‘J. ITALY’ is amended as follows: Point 3 is replaced by the following:
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(e) |
Section ‘M. LITHUANIA’ is amended as follows:
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(f) |
Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows: Point 12 is replaced by the following:
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(g) |
Section ‘X. SWEDEN’ is replaced by the following: ‘X. SWEDEN
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(h) |
Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is amended as follows:
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23.3.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/24 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 312/2007
of 22 March 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 195/2007 opening the buying-in of butter in certain Member States for the period 1 March to 31 August 2007
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),
Having regard to 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 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Commission Regulation (EC) No 195/2007 (3) establishes the list of Member States in which buying-in for butter is open, as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999. |
(2) |
On the basis of most recent communications by Ireland, the Commission has observed that butter market prices have been equal or superior to 92 % of the intervention price for two consecutive weeks. Intervention buying-in should therefore be suspended in that Member State. Ireland should therefore be withdrawn from the list established in Regulation (EC) No 195/2007. |
(3) |
Regulation (EC) No 195/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 195/2007 is replaced by the following text:
‘Article 1
Buying-in of butter as provided for in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby open in the following Member States:
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Spain |
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Portugal.’ |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 March 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.
For the Commission
Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).
(2) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20).
23.3.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/25 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 313/2007
of 22 March 2007
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/2006 (2). |
(2) |
Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof, |
(3) |
On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should not be fixed. |
(4) |
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 16 to 22 March 2007 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 936/2006.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 March 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.
For the Commission
Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).
(2) OJ L 172, 24.6.2006, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last modified by Regulation (EC) No 777/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 50).
23.3.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/26 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 314/2007
of 22 March 2007
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in products in the wine sector (1), and in particular Article 7 and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
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Article 63(7) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (2), limits the grant of export refunds for wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditure contained in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations. |
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Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 lays down the conditions under which the Commission may take specific measures to prevent an overrun of the quantity laid down or the budget available under the said Agreement. |
(3) |
On the basis of information on export licence applications available to the Commission on 21 March 2007, the quantity still available for the period until 30 April 2007, for destination zones (1) Africa, (3) Eastern Europe and (4) Western Europe, referred to in Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001, could be exceeded unless the issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted. Therefore, a single percentage for the acceptance of applications submitted from 16 to 20 March 2007 should be applied and the submission of applications and the issue of licences suspended for this zone until 2 May 2007, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for wine-sector products for which applications are submitted from 16 to 20 March 2007 under Regulation (EC) No 883/2001 shall be issued in concurrence with 30,22 % of the quantities requested for zone (1) Africa, in concurrence with 40,02 % of the quantities requested for zone (3) Eastern Europe and in concurrence with 83,80 % of the quantities requested for zone (4) Western Europe.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products referred to in paragraph 1 for which applications are submitted from 21 March 2007 and the submission of export licence applications from 23 March 2007 for destination zone (1) Africa, (3) Eastern Europe and (4) Western Europe shall be suspended until 2 May 2007.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 March 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.
For the Commission
Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
(1) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2079/2005 (OJ L 333, 20.12.2005, p. 6).
(2) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).
DIRECTIVES
23.3.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/27 |
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/17/EC
of 22 March 2007
amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purposes of adapting Annexes III and VI thereto to technical progress
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
After consulting the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products,
Whereas:
(1) |
Annex VI to Directive 76/768/EEC establishes a list of preservatives allowed in cosmetic products. The substances listed in Annex VI marked with the symbol (*) may be used in concentrations other than those fixed in that Annex for non-preservative purposes, if the specific purpose is apparent from the presentation of the product. Nevertheless, the use of these substances may be restricted in other Annexes to that Directive. |
(2) |
The substances listed in Annex VI without the symbol (*) may not be used in concentrations other than those listed in that Annex and the other restrictions set out therein also apply when those substances are used for other specific purposes. |
(3) |
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Products, hereinafter ‘the SCCP’, has issued an opinion stating that the restrictions for usage level and warnings in Annex VI should also apply if the preservatives marked with the symbol (*) are used for other specific purposes. |
(4) |
The Commission therefore called upon the industry to submit safety files for substances listed with the symbol (*) when used in higher concentrations for other specific purposes. |
(5) |
On the basis of those safety-files, the SCCP concluded that the use of several of the preservative substances in Annex VI for other specific purposes in higher concentrations is safe. |
(6) |
The safe concentration limits for those preservative substances when used for other specific purposes should be included in Annex III to Directive 76/768/EEC. For the sake of clarity, it should be indicated for the relevant entries in Annex III that the same substance is listed in Annex VI to that Directive. |
(7) |
Substances that were not considered to be safe by the SCCP when used in concentrations other than those laid down in Annex VI for other specific purposes should be subject to the restrictions laid down in that Annex for use as preservatives. The symbol (*) should therefore be deleted from those substances in Annex VI. |
(8) |
In order to ensure a coherent approach, all substances listed in Annex VI which may also be added to cosmetic products, for other specific purposes, in higher concentrations than those laid down in that Annex should be marked with the symbol (*). |
(9) |
Moreover, the SCCP considered it safe to increase the maximum concentration of benzoic acid and its sodium salt in rinse-off products and oral-care products and to increase the maximum concentration of zinc pyrithione in rinse-off hair products for preservative use. It is therefore appropriate to amend reference numbers 1 and 8 of Annex VI to Directive 76/768/EEC accordingly. |
(10) |
The SCCP is also of the opinion that methyldibromo glutaronitrile should not be present in any cosmetic products, as no safe use-levels in cosmetic leave-on and rinse-off products have been established. It is therefore necessary to delete that substance from reference number 36 of Annex VI to Directive 76/768/EEC. |
(11) |
Directive 76/768/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly. |
(12) |
The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Cosmetic Products, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annexes III and VI to Directive 76/768/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2
Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that from 23 March 2008 no cosmetic products which fail to comply with this Directive are placed on the market by Community manufacturers or by importers established within the Community.
Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that those products are not sold or disposed of to the final consumer after 23 June 2008.
Article 3
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 23 September 2007 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 4
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President
(1) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 169. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/1/EC (OJ L 25, 1.2.2007. p. 9).
ANNEX
Directive 76/768/EEC is amended as follows:
(1) |
Annex III, Part 1, is amended as follows: Reference numbers 98 to 101 are added as indicated below:
|
(2) |
Annex VI, Part 1, is amended as follows:
|
(1) As a preservative, see Annex VI, Part 1, No 3.
(2) Solely for products which might be used for children under three years of age and which remain in prolonged contact with the skin.
(3) As a preservative, see Annex VI, Part 1, No 9.
(4) As a preservative, See Annex VI, Part 1, No 23.
(5) As a preservative, see Annex VI, Part 1, No 8.’
II Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory
DECISIONS
Commission
23.3.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/31 |
COMMISSION DECISION
of 22 March 2007
authorising Finnish aid for seeds and cereal seed in respect of the year 2006
(notified under document number C(2007) 1280)
(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2007/179/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 of 23 November 2005 on the common organisation of the market in seeds and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EEC) No 1674/72 (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organisation of the market in seeds (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
By letter dated 18 December 2006, the Finnish Government requested authorisation, from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006, to grant farmers aid for certain quantities of varieties of seeds and cereal seed produced solely in Finland because of its specific climatic conditions. |
(2) |
Finland requests authorisation to grant aid per hectare for certain areas under Gramineae (grass) and Leguminosae (legumes) seeds species as listed in Annex XI to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (3), with the exception of Phleum pratense L. (Timothy), and for certain areas under cereal seed. |
(3) |
The proposed aid meets the requirements laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005. It concerns seeds and cereal seed varieties for cultivation in Finland which are adapted to the weather conditions in that country and are not grown in other Member States. The Commission authorisation should be limited to the varieties included in the list of Finnish varieties which are cultivated only in Finland. |
(4) |
Provision should be made for the Commission to be informed of the measures taken by Finland to comply with the limits laid down in this Decision, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Finland is authorised, from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006, to grant aid to growers established on its territory producing certified seeds and certified cereal seed referred to in the Annex, within the limits of the amounts laid down in that Annex.
The authorisation shall cover exclusively varieties listed in the Finnish national catalogue and which are grown solely in Finland.
Article 2
Finland shall ensure, by an appropriate inspection system, that the aid is granted only in respect of the varieties referred to in the Annex.
Article 3
Finland shall send to the Commission a list of the certified varieties concerned and any amendment thereto and inform it of the areas and quantities of seeds and cereal seed for which the aid is granted.
Article 4
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2006.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Finland.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005.
(3) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 13).
ANNEX
Seeds
Eligible |
: |
Area under certified Gramineae (grass) and Leguminosae (legumes) seeds of species listed in Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 with the exception of Phleum pratense L. (Timothy). |
Maximum aid per hectare |
: |
EUR 220 |
Maximum budget |
: |
EUR 442 200 |
Cereal seed
Eligible |
: |
Area under certified seed of wheat, oats, barley and rye. |
Maximum aid per hectare |
: |
EUR 73 |
Maximum budget |
: |
EUR 2 190 000. |