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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 14/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 30/2008

of 16 January 2008

fixing the definitive rate of refund and the percentage of system B export licences to be issued in the fruit and vegetables sector (tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes and apples)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 of 8 October 2001 on detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (2), and in particular Article 6(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1203/2007 (3) fixed the indicative quantities for the issue of B system export licences.

(2) The definitive rate of refund for tomatoes, oranges, lemons, table grapes and apples covered by licences applied for under system B between 1 November and 31 December 2007 should be fixed at the indicative rate, and the percentage of licences to be issued for the quantities applied for should be laid down,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For applications for system B export licences submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1203/2007 between 1 November and 31 December 2007, the percentages of licences to be issued and the rates of refund applicable are fixed in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 January 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 January 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 548/2007 (OJ L 130, 22.5.2007, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 271, 16.10.2007, p. 10.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 8/2

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 15/2008

of 20 December 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards the entitlement to file an application for a Community plant variety right

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights (1) creates a Community regime for plant varieties, which allows for the grant of Community plant variety rights (CPVR), valid throughout the Community.

(2) In the interests of the facilitation of trade it is appropriate to make the CPVR easily accessible. Therefore, the conditions for entitlement to file an application for the CPVR should be simplified and one application system for all applicants should be introduced.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 12 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 12 Entitlement to file an application for a Community plant variety right An application for a Community plant variety right may be filed by any natural or legal person, or any body ranking as a legal person under the law applicable to that body. An application may be filed jointly by two or more such persons.’;

2. in Article 41(2), the words ‘12(1)(b),’ shall be deleted;

3. Article 52(4) shall be replaced by the following: ‘4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall also apply in respect of earlier applications that were filed in another State.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 20 December 2007. For the Council The President F. NUNES CORREIA

(1) OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 873/2004 (OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, p. 38).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 17/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 47/2008

of 21 January 2008

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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.

(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 January 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 15/1

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 31/2008

of 15 November 2007

on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 in conjunction with Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) The Community and the Republic of Madagascar have negotiated and initialled a Fisheries Partnership Agreement providing Community fishermen with fishing opportunities in the waters falling within the sovereignty of the Republic of Madagascar.

(2) It is in the Community’s interest to approve that Agreement.

(3) The method for allocating the fishing opportunities among the Member States should be defined,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation (1).

Article 2

The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

Fishing category Type of vessel Member State Licences or quota Tuna fishing Freezer tuna seiners Spain 23 France 19 Italy 1 Tuna fishing Surface longliners over 100 GT Spain 25 France 13 Portugal 7 United Kingdom 5 Tuna fishing Surface longliners of 100 GT or below France 26 Demersal fishing Exploratory line or bottom longline fishing France 5

If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.

Article 3

The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within Madagascar’s fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas (2).

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, 15 November 2007. For the Council The President M. L. RODRIGUES

(1) For the text of the Agreement, see OJ L 331, 17.12.2007, p. 7.

(2) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 22/4

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 59/2008

of 24 January 2008

amending for the 91st time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

(2) On 16 January 2008, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 24 January 2008. For the Commission Eneko LANDÁBURU Director-General for External Relations

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 46/2008 (OJ L 16, 19.1.2008, p. 11).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 40/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 126/2008

of 13 February 2008

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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.

(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 February 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 41/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 132/2008

of 14 February 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 laying down measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (1), and in particular the third indent of Article 8(5) 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 Articles 3(5), 16(3) and 17(7) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (3), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 (4) lays down measures with regard to imports of meat and meat products and of milk and milk products for personal consumption. Those products are defined by reference to some of the products listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 2002/349/EC of 26 April 2002 laying down the list of products to be examined at border inspection posts under Council Directive 97/78/EC (5).

(2) Following the repeal of Decision 2002/349/EC as from 17 May 2007 by Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (6) and in order to ensure clarity, coherence, and transparency, it is necessary to list in Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 the products falling within its scope.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 is amended as follows:

1. in Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. For the purposes of this Regulation, “meat and meat products” and “milk and milk products” mean the products listed in Annex V.’

2. the text in the Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex V.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 February 2008. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.

(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

(3) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 122, 26.4.2004, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 121, 8.5.2002, p. 6.

(6) OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 50/6

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 164/2008

of 22 February 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1444/2006 as regards the minimum content of the feed additive Bacillus subtilis C-3102 (Calsporin)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The additive Bacillus subtilis C-3102 (Calsporin) was authorised under certain conditions in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1444/2006 (2) authorised that additive for ten years for use for chickens for fattening, linking the authorisation to the holder of authorisation for putting that additive into circulation.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possibility of modifying the authorisation of an additive further to a request from the holder of the authorisation and an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’).

(3) The holder of the authorisation of the feed additive Bacillus subtilis C-3102 (Calsporin) has submitted an application which proposes changing the terms of the authorisation by reducing the minimum content of that additive.

(4) In its opinion adopted on 18 September 2007, the Authority has proposed to reduce the minimum content of active substance from 1 × 109 CFU to 5 × 108 CFU because there is evidence of efficacy at the lowest dose proposed (3).

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1444/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1444/2006 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 22 February 2008. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 271, 30.9.2006, p. 19.

(3) Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed on Safety and efficacy of Calsporin, a preparation of Bacillus subtilis, as a feed additive for chickens for fattening in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. The EFSA Journal (2007) 543, 1-8.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 48/14

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 156/2008

of 21 February 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 109/2007 as regards the minimum content of the feed additive monensin sodium (Coxidin)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1) and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The additive monensin sodium (Coxidin) was authorised under certain conditions in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/2007 (2) authorised that additive for 10 years for use for chickens for fattening and turkey, linking the authorisation to the holder of authorisation for putting that additive into circulation.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possibility of modifying the authorisation of an additive further to a request from the holder of the authorisation and an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority).

(3) The holder of the authorisation of the feed additive monensin sodium (Coxidin) has submitted an application which proposes changing the terms of the authorisation by reducing the minimum content of that additive as regards use for turkeys.

(4) In its opinion adopted on 18 September 2007, the Authority has proposed to reduce the minimum content of the additive for turkeys from 90 mg to 60 mg per kg of complete feedingstuff because it can be considered efficacious in the control of coccidiosis (3).

(5) Regulation (EC) No 109/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 109/2007 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 21 February 2008. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 31, 6.2.2007, p. 6.

(3) Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed on Efficacy of Coxidin 25 % (monensin sodium) as a feed additive for turkeys. Adopted on 18 September 2007. The EFSA Journal (2007) 545, 1-13.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 57/6

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/2008

of 29 February 2008

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 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.

(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 February 2008. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 57/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 192/2008

of 29 February 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 989/2007 registering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Barèges-Gavarnie (PDO) — Hořické trubičky (PGI))

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) An error was found in the publication of Commission Regulation (EC) No 989/2007 (2) regarding the class to which the product covered by the denomination ‘Barèges-Gavarnie’ belongs.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 989/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In point 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 989/2007, the words ‘Class 1.3 — Cheeses’ shall be replaced by ‘Class 1.1 — Fresh meat and offal’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply as from the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 989/2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 February 2008. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 219, 24.8.2007, p. 7.