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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 547/2006

of 3 April 2006         

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:

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 4 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(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).

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ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 3 April 2006 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

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(1)  Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12). Code ‘            999            ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.

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Commission

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            COMMISSION DECISION         

of 27 March 2006         

amending Decision 2005/648/EC concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle disease in Bulgaria

(notified under document number C(2006) 893)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/263/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(7) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2005/648/EC is amended as follows:

Article 2

Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(2)OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

(3)OJ L 238, 15.9.2005, p. 16.

(4)OJ L 151, 14.6.2005, p. 3.

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ANNEX

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Administrative district of Blagoevgrad

Administrative district of Vratsa’               

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            COMMISSION DECISION         

of 27 March 2006         

concerning protection measures in relation to Newcastle disease in Romania

(notified under document number C(2006) 892)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/264/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), and in particular Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Member States shall suspend imports from the counties in Romania listed in the Annex to this Decision of live poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game and hatching eggs of these species.

Article 2

Member States shall suspend imports from the counties in Romania listed in the Annex to this Decision of:

Article 3

1.   By way of derogation from Article 2(a) and (b), Member States shall authorise imports of the products covered by that Article which have been obtained from poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game coming from the counties in Romania listed in the Annex to this Decision and which were slaughtered or killed before 1 October 2005.

2.   In the veterinary certificates accompanying consignments of the products referred to in paragraph 1, the following words shall be included:

                     ‘Fresh poultry meat/fresh ratite meat/fresh meat of wild feathered game/fresh meat of farmed feathered game/meat product consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat/meat preparation consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed or wild feathered game meat (*1) in accordance with Article 3(1) of Commission Decision 2006/264/EC.

3.   By way of derogation from point (b) of Article 2 of this Decision, Member States shall authorise imports of meat products consisting of, or containing meat of poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, when the meat of these species has undergone one of the specific treatments referred to in points B, C or D in Part 4 of Annex II to Commission Decision 2005/432/EC.

4.   The specific treatment applied in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article shall be specified in point 9.1 column B in the veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex III to Decision 2005/432/EC, and the following wording shall be added to that certificate:

                  ‘Meat products treated in accordance with Commission Decision 2006/264/EC’.

5.   The specific treatment applied in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article shall be certified by adding the following wording to the veterinary certificate drawn up in accordance with the model set out Annex IV to Decision 2005/432/EC:

                  ‘Meat products treated in accordance with Decision 2006/264/EC’.

Article 4

Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 5

This Decision shall apply until 31 July 2006.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(2)OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

(3)OJ L 151, 14.6.2005, p. 3.

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ANNEX

Parts of the territory of Romania referred to in Articles 1 and 2 respectively:

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            COMMISSION DECISION         

of 31 March 2006         

concerning certain protection measures in relation to a suspicion of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Switzerland

(notified under document number C(2006) 1107)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/265/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (1), and in particular Article 18(1), (3) and (6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(1), (5) and (6) thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of 26 May 2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC (3), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.   Member States shall suspend imports or introduction into the Community of the following from the part of the territory of Switzerland referred to in the Annex:

2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States shall authorise the importation of the products covered by paragraph 1 second to fourth indent, which have been obtained from birds slaughtered before 1 February 2006.

3.   In the veterinary certificates/commercial documents accompanying consignments of the products referred to in paragraph 2 the following words as appropriate to the species shall be included:

                     ‘Fresh meat of wild feathered game/minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat or meat product consisting of, or containing meat of wild feathered game/raw pet food and unprocessed feed material containing any parts of wild feathered game (*1) obtained from birds slaughtered before 1 February 2006 and in accordance with Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 2006/265/EC.

4.   By derogation from paragraph 1, Member States shall authorise the importation of meat products consisting of or containing meat of wild feathered game under the condition that the meat of these species has undergone at least one of the specific treatments referred to under points B, C or D in Part IV of Annex II to Commission Decision 2005/432/EC.

Article 2

Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision and publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply until 31 May 2006.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(2)OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1; corrected version in OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1).

(3)OJ L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 18/2006 (OJ L 4, 7.1.2006, p. 3).

(4)OJ L 151, 14.6.2005, p. 3.

(5)OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.

(6)OJ L 48, 18.2.2006, p. 28.

(7)OJ L 52, 23.2.2006, p. 41.

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ANNEX

Part of the territory of Switzerland referred to in Article 1(1)

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Corrigenda

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Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2006/109/EC of 19 January 2006 accepting an undertaking offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain castings originating in the People's Republic of China

(Official Journal of the European Union L 47 of 17 February 2006)

On page 61, in Article 1, under the 15th exporting producer on the list:

for:

               ‘Shane City Fangyuan Casting Co., Ltd., West of Nango Village, Shiliting Town, Shane City, Hebei Province’,

read:

               ‘Shahe City Fangyuan Casting Co., Ltd., West of Nango Village, Shiliting Town, Shahe City, Hebei Province’.

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