Whereas with regard to shipments to ACP States, Article 39 of the Fourth ACP-EC Convention, signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989(7), prohibits export to those countries of Hazardous wastes listed in Annexes I and II to the Basel Convention on the Control of transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, which was concluded on behalf of the Community by Council Decision 93/98/EEC(8);

Consignments which contain samples of reference substances approved by the World Health Organization for the quality control of materials used in the manufacture of medicinal products and which are addressed to consignees authorized by the competent authorities of the Member States to receive such consignments free of tax shall be exempt on admission.'

Each Member State shall provide that the national supervisory authority or authorities designated pursuant to Article 28(1) of Directive 95/46/EC shall monitor independently, in accordance with its respective national law, the lawfulness of the processing, in accordance with this Regulation, of personal data by the Member State in question, including their transmission to the Central Unit.

Whereas Article 1(3)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community(4) excludes from the scope of application of that Regulation shipments of waste destined for recovery only and listed in Annex II thereto, except as provided for in, inter alia, Article 17(1), (2) and (3);

Whereas until the end of 1992 statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States will benefit from the formalities, documentation and controls which the customs authorities, for their own requirements or for those of other departments, prescribe for consignors and consignees of goods in circulation between Member States, but which will disappear through the elimination of physical frontiers and tax barriers;

The competent authorities of Bulgaria shall issue an export licence in respect of all consignments from Bulgaria of textile products referred to in Annex II, up to the relevant quantitative limits as may be modified under the provisions of this Protocol and of textile products subject to any quantitative limits or surveillance system established as a result of the application of Articles 7 and 8 of the Protocol.

collecting the data needed to evaluate the means used and the results obtained in carrying out the national control programmes provided for in Article 5 and for submitting those data and results yearly, including the results of any surveys undertaken, to the Commission, having regard to the rules laid down pursuant to Article 9(1) of Directive 2003/99/EC;

Consignments which contain samples of reference substances approved by the World Health Organization for the quality control of materials used in the manufacture of medicinal products and which are addressed to consignees authorized by the competent authorities of the Member States to receive such consignments free of duty shall be admitted free of import duties.'

Without prejudice to the provisions governing goods imported by travellers and consignments by letter and parcel post, the customs authorities may waive the lodging of a summary declaration on condition that this does not jeopardize customs supervision of the goods, where, prior to the expiry of the period referred to in Article 43, the formalities necessary for the goods to be assigned a customs-approved treatment or use are carried out.

the sending Party or its personnel shall be entitled to acquire all right, title and interest in and to any such intellectual property in its own territory, subject to a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free licence, with the right to sub-licence, to the other Parties for research and development on controlled thermonuclear fusion as a source of energy for peaceful purposes;

whereas, as a further step towards the completion of the internal market of postal services, a decision on the further gradual controlled liberalisation of the postal market, in particular with a view to the liberalisation of cross-border and direct mail as well as on a further review of the price and weight limits, should be taken by the European Parliament and the Council not later than 1 January 2000, on a proposal from the Commission following a review of the sector;

However, products constituting one single consignment may be transported through other territories with, should the occasion arise, transshipment or temporary warehousing in such territories, provided that they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

Canada through AECL or its personnel shall be entitled to acquire all right, title and interest in and to any such intellectual property in all countries except the sending Party and Euratom, subject to a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty- free licence, with the right to sub-licence, to each Party for research and development on controlled thermonuclear fusion as a source of energy for peaceful purposes;

Processing operations which, within the limit of the quantities set out in the Annex, may give rise to regional trade exports or traditional consignments must meet the processing conditions laid down in the provisions on the inward processing arrangements and the procedure for processing under customs control specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 and Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, mutatis mutandis, with the exception of all usual forms of handling.

Where the existence of a serious risk is confirmed in accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the final destination of the consignment containing undesirable substances, including possible decontamination, further action to render the products harmless, reprocessing or destruction, cannot have harmful effects on human or animal health or on the environment and where it is possible that the undesirable substances or the risk of such substances being present has extended to other consignments or to the feed or food chain they shall immediately identify and put under control other consignments of the products deemed hazardous and also, where appropriate, identify live animals fed with hazardous products and implement the measures provided for in Directive 96/23/EC or in other relevant Community provisions relating to animal health or to the food safety of products of animal origin ensuring coordination between the relevant control services, in order to avoid the hazardous products being put into circulation and to ensure the enforcement of recall procedures for the products already in circulation.

However, products constituting one single consignment may be transported through territory other than that of the Community and Iceland with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that the products have remained under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing and that they have not undergone operations other than unloading, reloading or any other operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

Member States shall not import products falling in any of the following categories, originating in or consigned from Turkey, which are intended for human consumption or to be used as an ingredient in foodstuffs, unless the consignment is accompanied by the results of official sampling and analysis, and by the health certificate set out in Annex 1 completed, signed and verified by a representative of the General Directorate of Protection and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Turkey:

Processing operations which, within the limit of the quantities to be determined by the Commission in accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001, may give rise to regional trade exports or traditional consignments must meet the processing conditions laid down in the provisions on the inward processing arrangements and the procedure for processing under customs control specified in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92(15) and Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, mutatis mutandis, with the exception of all usual forms of handling.

Processing operations which, within the limit of the quantities to be determined by the Commission in accordance with Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001, may give rise to regional trade exports or traditional consignments must meet the processing conditions laid down in the provisions on the inward processing arrangements and the procedure for processing under customs control specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 and Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, mutatis mutandis, with the exception of all usual forms of handling.

The Commission has indicated its intention to take initiatives especially as regards the scope of the labelling provision and notably on the manner in which the information on the environmental impact in terms of at least emissions of CO2 and the radioactive waste resulting from electricity production from different energy sources, could be made available in a transparent, easily accessible and comparable manner throughout the European Union and on the manner in which the measures taken in the Member States to control the accuracy of the information provided by suppliers could be streamlined.

However, goods originating in a beneficiary Republic or in the Community and constituting a single consignment may be transported through territory other than that of a beneficiary Republic or the Community with or without transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that the goods have remained under the supervision of the customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing, and have not undergone operations other than unloading, reloading or any other operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

With a view to minimising negative effects on trade, provisions have to be laid down with regard to consignments which left China and Turkey before 11 March 2002, on condition that the operator can demonstrate, by sampling and analysis in accordance with Commission Directive 98/53/EC of 16 July 1998 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs(4), that these consignments comply with the provisions of Community legislation as regards aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin total.

Where a product circulating under the external Community transit procedure or the common transit procedure is placed in a Member State other than that of export under a procedure as provided for in paragraph 1 for carriage to a station of destination or delivery to a consignee outside the customs territory of the Community, the customs office at which the product has been placed under a procedure as referred to above shall insert one of the following entries under 'Remarks' in the section headed 'Control of use and/or destination' on the back of the original of the T5 control copy: - Salida del territorio aduanero de la Comunidad bajo el régimen de tránsito comunitario simplificado por ferrocarril o en grandes contenedores: - Documento de transporte: - tipo: - número:

Before 31 December 1997, the Council shall take a decision on a proposal submitted by the Commission, by 30 June 1997 at the latest, for amendments to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (7) and in particular as regards Title IIa on the recording of data on fishing effort in the logbook, the procedures for forwarding the lists of named vessels to the Commission, the collection of data on fishing effort by the Member States and the forwarding of the assembled data on fishing effort to the Commission, in order to ensure compliance with the arrangements for the management of fishing effort referred to in this Regulation.

The customs authorities shall not allow the importation of consignments of products unless - without prejudice to the customs regulations and to the special provisions to be adopted in accordance with Article 10(2) and (3) and Article 18 - proof has been supplied that the relevant veterinary checks have been carried out with satisfactory results, that the relevant certificate has been issued in accordance with Article 5(1) and that the competent authority has a guarantee that the inspection fees referred to in Council Directive 85/73/EEC of 29 January 1985 on the financing of veterinary inspections and controls covered by Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 90/675/EEC and 91/496/EEC (amended and consolidated) (12) have been or will be paid, in accordance with the provisions of that Directive.

If the supplier wishes to dispute the findings with the monitor and the Commission, he must do so within two working days of dispatch of this notice.

The mission revealed, inter alia, that the control procedures in place for hazelnut, pistachio and dried fig consignments intended for export into the European Community do not ensure that the consignments comply with the maximum levels established in EC legislation.

Commission Regulation No 1547/1999/EC of 12 July 1999 determining the control procedures under Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to certain countries to which OECD Decision C(92)39 final does not apply (OJ L 185, 17.7.1999, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1800/2001.

The Community shall notify the Agency of any intended transfer out of the States of nuclear material subject to safeguards under this Agreement if the shipment exceeds one effective kilogram, or, for facilities which normally transfer significant quantities to the same State in shipments each not exceeding one effective kilogram, if so specified in the subsidiary arrangements.

The Community shall notify the Agency of any expected transfer into the States of nuclear material required to be subject to safeguards under this Agreement if the shipment exceeds one effective kilogram, or, for facilities to which significant quantities are normally transferred from the same State in shipments each not exceeding one effective kilogram, if so specified in the subsidiary arrangements.

Member States may not import products falling in any of the following categories, originating in or consigned from Turkey, which are intended for human consumption or to be used as an ingredient in foodstuffs, unless the consignment is accompanied by the results of official sampling and analysis, and by the health certificate in Annex I completed, signed and verified by a representative of the General Directorate of Protection and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Turkey:

"1. Member States shall not import products falling in any of the following categories, originating in or consigned from Turkey, which are intended for human consumption or to be used as an ingredient in foodstuffs, unless the consignment is accompanied by the results of official sampling and analysis, and by the health certificate set out in Annex 1 completed, signed and verified by a representative of the General Directorate of Protection and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Turkey:

However, goods originating in Bulgaria or in the Community and constituting one single consignment which is not split up may be transported through territory other than that of the Community or Bulgaria, with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that the goods have remained under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing and that they have not undergone operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

With a view to minimising negative effects on trade, provisions have to be laid down with regard to consignments which left China and Turkey before 11 March 2002, on condition that the operator can demonstrate, by sampling and analysis in accordance with Commission Directive 98/53/EC of 16 July 1998 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs, that these consignments comply with the provisions of Community legislation as regards aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin total.

Goods originating in Norway or in the Community and constituting one single shipment which is not split up may be transported through territory other than that of the Community, or of Sweden, Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal or Switzerland, with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that the crossing of the latter territory is justified for geographical reasons, that the goods have remained under the surveillance of the Customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing, that they have not entered into the commerce of such countries or been delivered for home use there and have not undergone operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

Goods originating in Norway or in the Community and constituting one single shipment which is not split up may be transported through territory other than that of the Community, Norway, Austria, Finland, Iceland, Portugal, Sweden or Switzerland, with, should, the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that the crossing of the latter territory is justified for geographical reasons, that the goods have remained under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing, that they have not entered into the commerce of such countries or been delivered for home use there and have not undergone operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.

Goods originating in the Community or in Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden or Switzerland and constituting one single shipment which is not split up may be transported through territory other than that of the Community, or of Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden or Switzerland, with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that the crossing of the latter territory is justified for geographical reasons, that the goods have remained under the surveillance of the Customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing, that they have not entered into the commerce of such countries or been delivered for home use there and have not undergone operations, other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.