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Official Journal of the European Union, L 142, 29 May 2013


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ISSN 1977-0677

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Official Journal

of the European Union

L 142

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Legislation

Volume 56
29 May 2013


Contents

 

II   Non-legislative acts

page

 

 

REGULATIONS

 

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 492/2013 of 28 May 2013 amending Regulations (EC) No 533/2007, (EC) No 536/2007 and (EC) No 442/2009 as regards the quantities available for the import tariff quotas under those Regulations

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 493/2013 of 28 May 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

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DECISIONS

 

 

2013/244/EU

 

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Commission Decision of 7 May 2013 adjusting monthly from 1 August 2011 to 1 June 2012 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

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Corrigenda

 

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Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 344/2013 of 4 April 2013 amending Annexes II, III, V and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products ( OJ L 114, 25.4.2013 )

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Notice to readers — Council Regulation (EU) No 216/2013 of 7 March 2013 on the electronic publication of the Official Journal of the European Union (see page 3 of the cover)

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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.


II Non-legislative acts

REGULATIONS

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 492/2013

of 28 May 2013

amending Regulations (EC) No 533/2007, (EC) No 536/2007 and (EC) No 442/2009 as regards the quantities available for the import tariff quotas under those Regulations

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), and in particular Article 144(1), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulations (EC) No 533/2007 of 14 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector (2), (EC) No 536/2007 of 15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for poultrymeat allocated to the United States of America (3) and (EC) No 442/2009 of 27 May 2009 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas in the pigmeat sector (4), open tariff quotas for certain quantities of poultrymeat and pigmeat products.

(2)

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union, approved by Council Decision 2013/125/EU (5), provides for additional quantities covered by import tariff quota for poultrymeat and pigmeat products to be granted by the Union. Therefore, the quantities available for the respective Union import tariff quotas for poultrymeat and pigmeat should be adjusted.

(3)

Regulations (EC) No 533/2007, (EC) No 536/2007 and (EC) No 442/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 536/2007 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 442/2009 is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from the quota year starting on 1 July 2013.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 May 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO


(1)   OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)   OJ L 125, 15.5.2007, p. 9.

(3)   OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 6.

(4)   OJ L 129, 28.5.2009, p. 13.

(5)   OJ L 69, 13.3.2013, p. 4.


ANNEX I

The table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 is amended as follows:

(1)

in the row for Group No P 2, the entry in the column ‘Annual quantities (tonnes)’ is replaced by ‘8 570’;

(2)

in the row for Group No P 3, the entry in the column ‘Annual quantities (tonnes)’ is replaced by ‘2 705’;

(3)

in the row for Group No P 4, the entry in the column ‘Annual quantities (tonnes)’ is replaced by ‘1 781’.


ANNEX II

In the table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 536/2007, the entry in the column ‘Total quantity as from 1 July 2006 (tonnes)’ is replaced by ‘ 21 345 ’ and the title of that column is replaced by ‘Annual quantity (tonnes)’.


ANNEX III

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 442/2009 is amended as follows:

(1)

in the table in Part A, in the row for order number 09.0123, the entry in the fourth column ‘Quantity in tonnes (weight of product)’ is replaced by ‘6 135’;

(2)

in the table in Part B, in the row for order number 09.4170, the entry in the fourth column ‘Quantity in tonnes (weight of product)’ is replaced by ‘4 922’.


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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 493/2013

of 28 May 2013

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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 XVI, Part A thereto.

(2)

The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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.

Done at Brussels, 28 May 2013.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Jerzy PLEWA

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development


(1)   OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)   OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.


ANNEX

Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

(EUR/100 kg)

CN code

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

0702 00 00

MA

56,4

TN

42,7

TR

67,1

ZZ

55,4

0707 00 05

MK

25,8

TR

139,4

ZZ

82,6

0709 93 10

MA

110,7

TR

146,5

ZZ

128,6

0805 10 20

EG

58,6

IL

71,7

MA

56,6

ZZ

62,3

0805 50 10

AR

108,5

TR

114,6

ZA

108,6

ZZ

110,6

0808 10 80

AR

143,6

BR

102,6

CL

120,3

CN

95,7

MK

42,6

NZ

139,4

US

207,5

ZA

113,8

ZZ

120,7

0809 29 00

US

557,8

ZZ

557,8


(1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ ZZ ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.


DECISIONS

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 May 2013

adjusting monthly from 1 August 2011 to 1 June 2012 the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries

(2013/244/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 336 thereof,

Having regard to the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, as laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council (1), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

The statistics available to the Commission show that for certain third countries the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate has exceeded 5 % since weightings applicable to remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries payable in the currency of their country of employment were last laid down;

(2)

In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations in such case those weightings need to be monthly adjusted, with effect from 1 August, 1 September, 1 October, 1 November, 1 December 2011 and 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 April, 1 May and 1 June 2012,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries, payable in the currency of the country of employment, shall be adjusted for certain countries as shown in the Annex hereto. It contains 11 monthly tables showing which countries are affected and the applicable dates for each one.

The exchange rates used for the calculation of this remuneration shall be established in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation (2) and correspond to the relevant dates referred to in the first paragraph.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO


(1)   OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.

(2)   OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.


ANNEX

August 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

August 2011

Exchange rate

August 2011 (*1)

Weighting

August 2011 (*2)

Belarus

3 838

7 116,11

53,9

Benin

639,0

655,957

97,4

Chad

756,5

655,957

115,3

Georgia

1,561

2,36590

66,0

India

44,31

62,8840

70,5

Kenya

83,54

129,752

64,4

Liberia

1,467

1,42600

102,9

Malawi

169,9

217,528

78,1

Mauritius

31,10

40,5968

76,6

Mozambique

30,25

38,5900

78,4

Nicaragua

16,76

32,1014

52,2

Sri Lanka

111,7

157,915

70,7

Sudan

3,610

3,99934

90,3

Syria

48,30

68,7600

70,2

Tanzania

1 277

2 238,61

57,0

Trinidad and Tobago

6,634

9,08750

73,0

Uruguay

23,84

26,4790

90,0

Venezuela

5,027

6,12417

82,1

Vietnam

14 308

29 354,2

48,7


September 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

September 2011

Exchange rate

September 2011 (*3)

Weighting

September 2011 (*4)

Albania

81,44

140,420

58,0

Belarus

4 171

7 268,69

57,4


October 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

October 2011

Exchange rate

October 2011 (*5)

Weighting

October 2011 (*6)

Bangladesh

55,17

101,524

54,3

Belarus

4 735

7 491,43

63,2

Sierra Leone

6 007

5 998,80

100,1

Uganda

2 199

3 815,54

57,6

Yemen

228,2

291,089

78,4


November 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

November 2011

Exchange rate

November 2011 (*7)

Weighting

November 2011 (*8)

Belarus

5 108

11 830,0

43,2

Senegal

625,1

655,957

95,3

Togo

542,5

655,957

82,7


December 2011

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

December 2011

Exchange rate

December 2011 (*9)

Weighting

December 2011 (*10)

Belarus

5 507

11 670,0

47,2

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

35,27

61,5050

57,3

Turkey

2,072

2,46920

83,9


January 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

January 2012

Exchange rate

January 2012 (*11)

Weighting

January 2012 (*12)

Belarus

5 834

10 930,0

53,4

Guinea

6 191

9 155,86

67,6

Kenya

88,45

109,362

80,9


February 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

February 2012

Exchange rate

February 2012 (*13)

Weighting

February 2012 (*14)

Cape Verde

77,80

110,265

70,6

Eritrea

22,99

19,8798

115,6

Ghana

1,791

2,11115

84,8

Malawi

192,3

217,304

88,5

Syria

52,75

75,1350

70,2

Thailand

32,29

40,9030

78,9

Venezuela

5,464

5,63029

97,0


March 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

March 2012

Exchange rate

March 2012 (*15)

Weighting

March 2012 (*16)

Liberia

1,557

1,34540

115,7

Sudan

3,824

3,77329

101,3

Tanzania

1 359

2 088,03

65,1


April 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

April 2012

Exchange rate

April 2012 (*17)

Weighting

April 2012 (*18)

Morocco

7,934

11,1375

71,2

Nigeria

200,4

205,899

97,3

Syria

56,30

79,3900

70,9


May 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

May 2012

Exchange rate

May 2012 (*19)

Weighting

May 2012 (*20)

Central African Republic

707,5

655,957

107,9

Sri Lanka

117,5

173,829

67,6

Sudan

4,082

3,71019

110,0

Uganda

2 317

3 317,44

69,8


June 2012

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

Economic parity

June 2012

Exchange rate

June 2012 (*21)

Weighting

June 2012 (*22)

Algeria

75,30

100,391

75,0

Angola

158,2

120,712

131,1

Ethiopia

20,54

22,2818

92,2

Ghana

1,894

2,32615

81,4

India

46,58

69,9420

66,6

Mali

669,2

655,957

102,0

Sierra Leone

6 350

5 403,82

117,5

Zambia

6 442

6 625,66

97,2


(*1)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*2)  Brussels = 100.

(*3)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*4)  Brussels = 100.

(*5)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*6)  Brussels = 100.

(*7)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*8)  Brussels = 100.

(*9)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*10)  Brussels = 100.

(*11)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*12)  Brussels = 100.

(*13)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*14)  Brussels = 100.

(*15)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*16)  Brussels = 100.

(*17)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*18)  Brussels = 100.

(*19)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*20)  Brussels = 100.

(*21)  1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for: Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste

(*22)  Brussels = 100.


Corrigenda

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Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 344/2013 of 4 April 2013 amending Annexes II, III, V and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products

( Official Journal of the European Union L 114 of 25 April 2013 )

On page 20, Annex, point 2(g) should read as follows:

‘(g)

The entry concerning reference number 45 is replaced by the following:

“45

Benzyl alcohol (7)

Benzyl Alcohol

100-51-6

202-859-9

(a)

Solvent

 

For purposes other than inhibiting the development of microorganisms in the product. This purpose has to be apparent from the presentation of the product.

 

(b)

Fragrance/aromatic compositions/their raw materials

(b)

The presence of the substance must be indicated in the list of ingredients referred to in Article 19(1)(g) when its concentration exceeds:

0,001 % in leave-on products

0,01 % in rinse-off products.


(7)  For use as a preservative, see Annex V, No 34.” ’


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