title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1912 of 23 October 2015 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the October 2015 subperiod by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011

text:
               24.10.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 280/18

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/1912
   of 23 October 2015
   on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the October 2015 subperiod by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 188 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 (2) opened and provided for the administration of certain import tariff quotas for rice and broken rice, broken down by country of origin and split into several subperiods in accordance with Annex I to that Regulation.

               (2)

               October is the only subperiod for the quota with order number 09.4138 provided for under Article 1(1)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011. This quota comprises the balance of the unused quantities from the quotas with order numbers 09.4127, 09.4128, 09.4129 and 09.4130 in the previous subperiod. October is the last subperiod for the quotas provided for under Article 1(1)(b) and (e) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011, which comprise the balance of the unused quantities from the previous subperiod.

               (3)

               The notifications sent in accordance with point (a) of Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 show that, for the quota with order number 09.4138, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2015 under Article 4(1) of that Implementing Regulation cover a quantity greater than that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested under the quota concerned, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (3).

               (4)

               The notifications also show that, for the quota with order number 09.4148, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2015 under Article 4(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 cover a quantity less than that available.

               (5)

               The final percentage take-up for 2015 of each quota provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 should also be made known.

               (6)

               In order to ensure sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   1.   For import licence applications for rice under the quota with order number 09.4138 referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 lodged in the first 10 working days of October 2015, licences shall be issued for the quantity requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   2.   The final percentage take-up for 2015 of each quota provided for by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 is given 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, 23 October 2015.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

      (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 of 7 December 2011 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (OJ L 325, 8.12.2011, p. 6).

      (3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13).

      ANNEX

         Quantities to be allocated for the October 2015 subperiod under Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 and final percentage take-up for 2015

                  (a)

                  Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

                              Origin

                              Order number

                              Allocation coefficient for October 2015 subperiod

                              Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2015

                              United States

                              09.4127

                              97,03 %

                              Thailand

                              09.4128

                              98,57 %

                              Australia

                              09.4129

                              99,24 %

                              Other origins

                              09.4130

                              100 %

                              All countries

                              09.4138

                              0,809052 %

                              100 %

                  (b)

                  Quota of husked rice covered by CN code 1006 20 as provided for in Article 1(1)(b) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

                              Origin

                              Order number

                              Allocation coefficient for October 2015 subperiod

                              Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2015

                              All countries

                              09.4148

                              — (1)

                              1,35 %

                  (c)

                  Quota of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00 as provided for in Article 1(1)(c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

                              Origin

                              Order number

                              Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2015

                              Thailand

                              09.4149

                              6,75 %

                              Australia

                              09.4150

                              0 %

                              Guyana

                              09.4152

                              0 %

                              United States

                              09.4153

                              0 %

                              Other origins

                              09.4154

                              62,54 %

                  (d)

                  Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in Article 1(1)(d) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

                              Origin

                              Order number

                              Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2015

                              Thailand

                              09.4112

                              100 %

                              United States

                              09.4116

                              100 %

                              India

                              09.4117

                              100 %

                              Pakistan

                              09.4118

                              100 %

                              Other origins

                              09.4119

                              100 %

                              All countries

                              09.4166

                              100 %

                  (e)

                  Quota of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00 as provided for in Article 1(1)(e) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

                              Origin

                              Order number

                              Allocation coefficient for October 2015 subperiod

                              Final percentage take-up of the quota for 2015

                              All countries

                              09.4168

                              — (2)

                              100 %

         (1)  No allocation coefficient applied for this subperiod: no licence applications were notified to the Commission.

         (2)  No quantity available for this subperiod.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1787 of 7 October 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               8.10.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 273/33

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1787
   of 7 October 2016
   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 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (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, 7 October 2016.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

      (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

                  175,1

                  ZZ

                  175,1

                  0707 00 05

                  TR

                  128,9

                  ZZ

                  128,9

                  0709 93 10

                  TR

                  137,2

                  ZZ

                  137,2

                  0805 50 10

                  AR

                  89,7

                  CL

                  101,2

                  TR

                  97,2

                  UY

                  50,0

                  ZA

                  108,2

                  ZZ

                  89,3

                  0806 10 10

                  BR

                  284,4

                  TR

                  134,6

                  US

                  210,1

                  ZZ

                  209,7

                  0808 10 80

                  AR

                  126,4

                  BR

                  100,2

                  CL

                  144,1

                  NZ

                  135,0

                  US

                  141,5

                  ZA

                  115,1

                  ZZ

                  127,1

                  0808 30 90

                  CN

                  74,4

                  TR

                  134,9

                  ZZ

                  104,7

         (1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/597 of 15 March 2017 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Estepa (PDO))

text:
               28.3.2017

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 81/15

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/597
   of 15 March 2017
   approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Estepa (PDO))
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Spain's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Estepa’, registered under Commission Regulation (EU) No 900/2010 (2).

               (2)

               Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union
                   (3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.

               (3)

               As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Estepa’ (PDO) are hereby approved.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.
      Done at Brussels, 15 March 2017.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Phil HOGAN

            Member of the Commission

      (1)  OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

      (2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 900/2010 of 8 October 2010 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Estepa (PDO)) (OJ L 266, 9.10.2010, p. 52).

      (3)  OJ C 453, 3.12.2016, p. 14.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/583 of 13 April 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 as regards declarations of expenditure for rural development programmes and transparency

text:
               14.4.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 97/5

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/583
   of 13 April 2015
   amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 as regards declarations of expenditure for rural development programmes and transparency
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (1), and in particular Article 36(6) and Article 114 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Article 22(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 (2) sets the deadlines by which Member States are to send declarations of expenditure for approved rural development programmes, as well as the corresponding periods of expenditure.

               (2)

               The Member States have to declare to the Commission all expenditure they have paid under their own responsibility to the beneficiaries prior to the approval of a rural development programme in the first declaration of expenditure following that approval. The same rule applies mutatis mutandis in case of amendment of a rural development programme.

               (3)

               For the purposes of accounting it is necessary to clarify that the declaration concerning expenditure paid by the paying agencies prior to the approval of a rural development programme or prior to the amendment of a rural development programme should correspond to entire periods as specified in the first subparagraph of Article 22(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014. Furthermore, all expenditure paid by paying agencies during the period in which the approval of a rural development programme or its amendment takes place should be declared by the deadline set for the corresponding period in that Article.

               (4)

               It is also necessary to clarify that the rule laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 22(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 should not apply for financing plan adjustments as referred to in Article 23(2) of that Regulation.

               (5)

               Article 57 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides that the information referred to in Article 111(1)(c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 includes a description of the measures financed by the Funds listed in Annex XIII to that Regulation. The support schemes set out under Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (3) should be added to Annex XIII as the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) only start to apply as of 1 January 2015.

               (6)

               Article 63 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides for derogation from the application of Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/2008 (5) as regards the period in which the information referred to in that Article should remain available on the website. This provision should be modified to apply to payments made for both financial years 2012 and 2013. To ensure the continuity of publication it should provide for the information to remain available on the website until 31 May 2015 or until the information concerning the payments made for financial year 2014 is published in accordance with Article 59(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014.

               (7)

               Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.

               (8)

               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 is amended as follows:

               (1)

               in Article 22(2), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
               ‘However, all expenditure paid by paying agencies to the beneficiaries in accordance with Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 until the end of the last period, as specified in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, prior to the approval of a rural development programme as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is made under the Member States' responsibility and shall be declared to the Commission in the first declaration of expenditure following the approval of that programme. The same rule shall apply mutatis mutandis in case of amendment of a rural development programme as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, except for financing plan adjustments as referred to in Article 23(2) of this Regulation.’;

               (2)

               in Article 63, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
               ‘However, Regulation (EC) No 259/2008 shall continue to apply to payments made for financial years 2012 and 2013. By way of derogation from Article 3(3) of that Regulation, the information referred to in that Article shall remain available on the website until 31 May 2015 or until the information concerning the payments made for the financial year 2014 is published in accordance with Article 59(2) of this Regulation.’;

               (3)

               in Annex XIII the following point 9 is added:

                           ‘9.

                           The support schemes set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.’

         Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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.
      Done at Brussels, 13 April 2015.

            For the Commission

            The President

         Jean-Claude JUNCKER

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549.

      (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 of 6 August 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparency (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 59).

      (3)  Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16).

      (4)  Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608).

      (5)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/2008 of 18 March 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the publication of information on the beneficiaries of funds deriving from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 76, 19.3.2008, p. 28).