# Official Journal L 76/2023

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| English edition | Legislation | Volume 6615 March 2023 |

ISSN 1977-0677

Official Journal

of the European Union

L 76

English edition

Legislation

Volume 6615 March 2023

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| | | REGULATIONS |
| | * | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/579 of 8 March 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Sörmlands Ädel (PGI)) | 1 |
| | * | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/580 of 14 March 2023 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq | 3 |
| | | DECISIONS |
| | * | Council Decision (EU) 2023/581 of 13 March 2023 appointing a member and three alternate members, proposed by the Republic of Poland, of the Committee of the Regions | 5 |

Contents

II   Non-legislative acts

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REGULATIONS

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/579 of 8 March 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Sörmlands Ädel (PGI))

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/580 of 14 March 2023 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq

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DECISIONS

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Council Decision (EU) 2023/581 of 13 March 2023 appointing a member and three alternate members, proposed by the Republic of Poland, of the Committee of the Regions

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| EN | 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. |
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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.

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REGULATIONS

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/579

of 8 March 2023

entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Sörmlands Ädel’ (PGI))

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 Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Sweden’s application to register the name ‘Sörmlands Ädel’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2). |
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(1)

Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Sweden’s application to register the name ‘Sörmlands Ädel’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).

| (2) | As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Sörmlands Ädel’ should therefore be entered in the register, |
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As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Sörmlands Ädel’ should therefore be entered in the register,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The name ‘Sörmlands Ädel’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.

The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.3 – Cheeses, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).

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, 8 March 2023.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI

Member of the Commission

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

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(2)  
  OJ C 444, 23.11.2022, p. 32.

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(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/580

of 14 March 2023

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists natural and legal persons, bodies or entities associated with the regime of former President Saddam Hussein covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources and by a prohibition to make funds or economic resources available. |
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(1)

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists natural and legal persons, bodies or entities associated with the regime of former President Saddam Hussein covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources and by a prohibition to make funds or economic resources available.

| (2) | On 9 March 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove two natural persons from the list of persons and entities to whom the assets freeze should apply. |
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(2)

On 9 March 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove two natural persons from the list of persons and entities to whom the assets freeze should apply.

| (3) | Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 14 March 2023.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Director-General

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

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  OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6.

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ANNEX

In Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, the following entries are deleted:

| ‘30. | NAME: Ayad Futayyih Khalifa Al-Rawi

  DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH: Circa 1942, Rawah
  NATIONALITY: Iraq
  UNSC RESOLUTION 1483 BASIS:
  Chief of Staff, Quds Force, 2001 to 2003;
  Former Governor of Baghdad and Ta'mim’ |
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‘30.

NAME: Ayad Futayyih Khalifa Al-Rawi

DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH: Circa 1942, Rawah

NATIONALITY: Iraq

UNSC RESOLUTION 1483 BASIS:

Chief of Staff, Quds Force, 2001 to 2003;

Former Governor of Baghdad and Ta'mim’

| ‘43. | NAME: Humam Abd-al-Khaliq Abd-al-Ghafur

  ALIAS: Humam 'Abd al-Khaliq 'Abd al-Rahman;
  Humam 'Abd-al-Khaliq Rashid
  DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH: 1945, Ar-Ramadi
  NATIONALITY: Iraq
  UNSC RESOLUTION 1483 BASIS:
  Minister of Higher Education and Research, 1992 to 1997, 2001 to 2003;
  Minister of Culture, 1997 to 2001;
  Director and Deputy Director, Iraqi Atomic Energy Organisation, 1980s;
  PASSPORT: 0018061/104, issued 12 September 1993
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‘43.

NAME: Humam Abd-al-Khaliq Abd-al-Ghafur

ALIAS: Humam 'Abd al-Khaliq 'Abd al-Rahman;

Humam 'Abd-al-Khaliq Rashid

DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH: 1945, Ar-Ramadi

NATIONALITY: Iraq

UNSC RESOLUTION 1483 BASIS:

Minister of Higher Education and Research, 1992 to 1997, 2001 to 2003;

Minister of Culture, 1997 to 2001;

Director and Deputy Director, Iraqi Atomic Energy Organisation, 1980s;

PASSPORT: 0018061/104, issued 12 September 1993
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DECISIONS

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COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/581

of 13 March 2023

appointing a member and three alternate members, proposed by the Republic of Poland, of the Committee of the Regions

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2019/852 of 21 May 2019 determining the composition of the Committee of the Regions (1),

Having regard to the proposals of the Polish Government,

Whereas:

| (1) | Pursuant to Article 300(3) of the Treaty, the Committee of the Regions is to consist of representatives of regional and local bodies who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly. |
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(1)

Pursuant to Article 300(3) of the Treaty, the Committee of the Regions is to consist of representatives of regional and local bodies who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly.

| (2) | On 20 January 2020, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2020/102 (2), appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025. |
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(2)

On 20 January 2020, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2020/102 (2), appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025.

| (3) | A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Ludwik Kajetan WĘGRZYN. |
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(3)

A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Ludwik Kajetan WĘGRZYN.

| (4) | Two alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the resignations of Ms Elżbieta Anna POLAK and Mr Marek Andrzej TRAMŚ. |
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(4)

Two alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the resignations of Ms Elżbieta Anna POLAK and Mr Marek Andrzej TRAMŚ.

| (5) | An alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Joachim Michał SMYŁA as a member of the Committee of the Regions. |
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(5)

An alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Joachim Michał SMYŁA as a member of the Committee of the Regions.

| (6) | The Polish Government has proposed Mr Joachim Michał SMYŁA, representative of a local body who holds a local authority electoral mandate, Radny Powiatu Lublinieckiego (Member of Lubliniec District Council), as a member of the Committee of the Regions until 30 April 2024, date on which his national mandate will end in accordance with the applicable national legislation. |
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(6)

The Polish Government has proposed Mr Joachim Michał SMYŁA, representative of a local body who holds a local authority electoral mandate, Radny Powiatu Lublinieckiego (Member of Lubliniec District Council), as a member of the Committee of the Regions until 30 April 2024, date on which his national mandate will end in accordance with the applicable national legislation.

| (7) | The Polish Government has proposed the following representatives of regional or local bodies who hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate as alternate members of the Committee of the Regions until 30 April 2024, date on which their respective national mandates will end in accordance with the applicable national legislation: Mr Marcin Artur JABŁOŃSKI, Członek Zarządu Województwa Lubuskiego (Member of the Management Board of the Lubuskie Voivodship), Mr Andrzej Antoni PŁONKA, Radny Powiatu Bielskiego (woj. śląskie) (Member of Bielsko District Council (Śląskie Voivodship)), and Ms Lucyna Teresa SOKOŁOWSKA, Radna Powiatu Rzeszowskiego (Member of Rzeszów District Council), |
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The Polish Government has proposed the following representatives of regional or local bodies who hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate as alternate members of the Committee of the Regions until 30 April 2024, date on which their respective national mandates will end in accordance with the applicable national legislation: Mr Marcin Artur JABŁOŃSKI, Członek Zarządu Województwa Lubuskiego (Member of the Management Board of the Lubuskie Voivodship), Mr Andrzej Antoni PŁONKA, Radny Powiatu Bielskiego (woj. śląskie) (Member of Bielsko District Council (Śląskie Voivodship)), and Ms Lucyna Teresa SOKOŁOWSKA, Radna Powiatu Rzeszowskiego (Member of Rzeszów District Council),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following representatives of regional or local bodies who hold an electoral mandate are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions until 30 April 2024:

| (a) | as a member:






  — | Mr Joachim Michał SMYŁA, Radny Powiatu Lublinieckiego (Member of Lubliniec District Council),
  and |
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(a)

as a member:

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Mr Joachim Michał SMYŁA, Radny Powiatu Lublinieckiego (Member of Lubliniec District Council),

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| (b) | as alternate members:






  — | Mr Marcin Artur JABŁOŃSKI, Członek Zarządu Województwa Lubuskiego (Member of the Management Board of the Lubuskie Voivodship), |
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(b)

as alternate members:

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Mr Marcin Artur JABŁOŃSKI, Członek Zarządu Województwa Lubuskiego (Member of the Management Board of the Lubuskie Voivodship),

| — | Mr Andrzej Antoni PŁONKA, Radny Powiatu Bielskiego (woj. śląskie) (Member of Bielsko District Council (Śląskie Voivodship)), |
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Mr Andrzej Antoni PŁONKA, Radny Powiatu Bielskiego (woj. śląskie) (Member of Bielsko District Council (Śląskie Voivodship)),

| — | Ms Lucyna Teresa SOKOŁOWSKA, Radna Powiatu Rzeszowskiego (Member of Rzeszów District Council). |
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Ms Lucyna Teresa SOKOŁOWSKA, Radna Powiatu Rzeszowskiego (Member of Rzeszów District Council).

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 13 March 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. PEHRSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 139, 27.5.2019, p. 13.

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(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2020/102 of 20 January 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 20, 24.1.2020, p. 2).

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