# Official Journal L 76/2008

| | ISSN 1725-2555 |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | L 76 |
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| English edition | Legislation | Volume 5119 March 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2555

Official Journal

of the European Union

L 76

English edition

Legislation

Volume 5119 March 2008

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| Contents | | I   Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory | page |
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| | | REGULATIONS |
| | * | Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) | 1 |
| | * | Council Regulation (EC) No 248/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the national quotas for milk | 6 |
| | * | Council Regulation (EC) No 249/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1425/2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain plastic sacks and bags originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand | 8 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2008 of 18 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables | 13 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 for poultrymeat | 15 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin | 17 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 253/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 for poultrymeat | 19 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 254/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1384/2007 for poultrymeat | 21 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 255/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1383/2007 for poultrymeat | 23 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 256/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007 for meat products originating in Switzerland | 24 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 for pigmeat | 25 |
| | | Commission Regulation (EC) No 258/2008 of 18 March 2008 amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year | 26 |
| | * | 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) | 28 |
| | * | Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/2008 of 18 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annex VII listing active substance/product combinations covered by a derogation as regards post harvest treatments with a fumigant (1) | 31 |
| | | DIRECTIVES |
| | * | Directive 2008/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2004/39/EC on markets in financial instruments, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission | 33 |
| | * | Directive 2008/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1) | 37 |
| | * | Directive 2008/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission | 39 |
| | * | Directive 2008/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 repealing Council Directive 84/539/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electro-medical equipment used in veterinary medicine (1) | 41 |
| | * | Directive 2008/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Council Directive 85/611/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS), as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission | 42 |
| | * | Directive 2008/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2002/83/EC concerning life assurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission | 44 |
| | * | Directive 2008/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2005/60/EC on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1) | 46 |
| | * | Directive 2008/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Council Directive 91/675/EEC setting up a European insurance and occupational pensions committee, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission | 48 |
| | * | Directive 2008/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission | 50 |
| | * | Directive 2008/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2006/49/EC on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission | 54 |

Contents

I   Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory

page

REGULATIONS

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Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)

1

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Council Regulation (EC) No 248/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the national quotas for milk

6

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Council Regulation (EC) No 249/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1425/2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain plastic sacks and bags originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand

8

Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2008 of 18 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

13

Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 533/2007 for poultrymeat

15

Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin

17

Commission Regulation (EC) No 253/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 for poultrymeat

19

Commission Regulation (EC) No 254/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1384/2007 for poultrymeat

21

Commission Regulation (EC) No 255/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1383/2007 for poultrymeat

23

Commission Regulation (EC) No 256/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007 for meat products originating in Switzerland

24

Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2008 of 18 March 2008 on the issuing of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of March 2008 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2007 for pigmeat

25

Commission Regulation (EC) No 258/2008 of 18 March 2008 amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year

26

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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)

28

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/2008 of 18 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annex VII listing active substance/product combinations covered by a derogation as regards post harvest treatments with a fumigant (1)

31

DIRECTIVES

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Directive 2008/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2004/39/EC on markets in financial instruments, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

33

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Directive 2008/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1)

37

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Directive 2008/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

39

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Directive 2008/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 repealing Council Directive 84/539/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electro-medical equipment used in veterinary medicine (1)

41

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Directive 2008/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Council Directive 85/611/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS), as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

42

*

Directive 2008/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2002/83/EC concerning life assurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

44

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Directive 2008/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2005/60/EC on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1)

46

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Directive 2008/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Council Directive 91/675/EEC setting up a European insurance and occupational pensions committee, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

48

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Directive 2008/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

50

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Directive 2008/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2006/49/EC on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

54

| | | II   Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory |
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| | | DECISIONS |
| | | Commission |
| | | 2008/233/EC |
| | * | Commission Decision of 17 March 2008 amending Decision 2004/558/EC implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Community trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and the approval of the eradication programme presented by certain Member States
  (notified under document number C(2008) 1004)

   (1) | 56 |
| | | 2008/234/EC |
| | * | Commission Decision of 18 March 2008 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis
  (notified under document number C(2008) 974)

   (1) | 58 |

II   Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory

DECISIONS

Commission

2008/233/EC

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Commission Decision of 17 March 2008 amending Decision 2004/558/EC implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Community trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and the approval of the eradication programme presented by certain Member States
  (notified under document number C(2008) 1004)

   (1)

(notified under document number C(2008) 1004)

56

2008/234/EC

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Commission Decision of 18 March 2008 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis
  (notified under document number C(2008) 974)

   (1)

(notified under document number C(2008) 974)

58

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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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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.