EN Official Journal of the European Union L 283/2

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1012/2014

of 25 September 2014

adapting Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 on trade in certain steel products between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan, by reason of the accession of Croatia to the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 50 of the Act of Accession of Croatia, where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council, if the original act was not adopted by the Commission.

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 (1) was adopted prior to the accession of Croatia and requires adaptation by reason of this accession and such an adaptation is not provided for in the Act of Accession of Croatia or its Annexes.

(3) Therefore, it is appropriate to add ‘HR’ to identify Croatia as a Member State of intended destination in the standardised serial number attached to each export licence or equivalent document and add the name and contact details of the Croatian national authority to the list of competent national authorities in charge of implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008.

(4) Retroactive application of this Regulation is necessary to ensure that trade in steel products under Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 is not affected.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 should, therefore, be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 is amended as follows:

(1) In Article 9, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: ‘6. The serial number shall be composed of the following elements: — two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: KZ = Republic of Kazakhstan, — two letters identifying the Member State of intended destination as follows: — BE = Belgium — BG = Bulgaria — CZ = Czech Republic — DK = Denmark — DE = Germany — EE = Estonia — IE = Ireland — GR = Greece — ES = Spain — FR = France — HR = Croatia — IT = Italy — CY = Cyprus — LV = Latvia — LT = Lithuania — LU = Luxembourg — HU = Hungary — MT = Malta — NL = Netherlands — AT = Austria — PL = Poland — PT = Portugal — RO = Romania — SI = Slovenia — SK = Slovakia — FI = Finland — SE = Sweden — GB = United Kingdom, — a one-digit number identifying the quota year corresponding to the last figure in the year in question, e.g. “9” for 2009, — a two-digit number identifying the issuing office in the exporting country, — a five-digit number running consecutively from 00 001 to 99 999 allocated to the specific Member State of destination.’ .

(2) Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 is replaced by the text 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.

It shall apply from 1 July 2013.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 September 2014. For the Council The President F. GUIDI

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008 of 8 December 2008 on trade in certain steel products between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 1).