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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 122/69

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/816

of 12 May 2017

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),

Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 Annex XVI, Part A thereto.

(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed 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, 12 May 2017. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Jerzy PLEWA Director-General Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2) OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 149/64

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/991

of 12 June 2017

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards the volume of the Union tariff quota for fresh strawberries originating in Egypt

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95 (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By Decision (EU) 2017/768 (2), the Council authorised the signing, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (‘the Protocol’).

(2) The text of the Protocol, which is attached to Decision (EU) 2017/768, provides for an increase of the volume of the Union tariff quota applicable to fresh strawberries originating in Egypt for release for free circulation in the Union.

(3) It is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 in order to implement the increase of the tariff quota laid down in the Protocol.

(4) The increase of the tariff quota should apply from 1 July 2013 when the Protocol becomes provisionally applicable in accordance with its Article 8(3) and pending its entry into force.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001, the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.1799 is replaced by the following:

‘09.1799 0810 10 00 Strawberries, fresh From 1.10.2010 to 30.4.2011 10 000 Exemption’ From 1.10.2011 to 30.4.2012 10 300 From 1.10.2012 to 30.4.2013 10 609 From 1.10.2013 to 30.4.2014 11 021 From 1.10.2014 to 30.4.2015 11 349 From 1.10.2015 to 30.4.2016 and for each period thereafter from 1.10. to 30.4. 11 687

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, 12 June 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2.

(2) OJ L 115, 4.5.2017, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 208/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/1452

of 7 August 2017

establishing a temporary prohibition of fishing for alfonsinos in Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (2) lays down quotas for 2017.

(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2017.

(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2017 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.

Article 3

Entry into force

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, 7 August 2017. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, João AGUIAR MACHADO Director-General Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

(1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 of 12 December 2016 fixing for 2017 and 2018 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks and amending Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 32).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 266/1

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1862

of 16 October 2017

amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (1), and in particular Article 38(d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 (2) provides for a period for the control bodies and control authorities to submit their request for recognition for the purpose of the import of compliant products in accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. As the implementation of the provisions regarding the import of compliant products is still under assessment and the related guidelines, models, questionnaires and the necessary electronic transmission system are still under development, the deadline for the submission of requests by control bodies and control authorities should be extended.

(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on organic production,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008, the date ‘31 October 2017’ is replaced by ‘31 October 2018’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 16 October 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 189, 20.7.2007, p. 1.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 of 8 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries (OJ L 334, 12.12.2008, p. 25).
(2)

Articles 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Advance payments 1. A beneficiary organisation may submit applications for advance payments by dates to be laid down by the Member State. 2. The total advances paid for a given year of implementation of a work programme may not exceed 90 % of the initially approved amount of aid for that work programme. 3. Member State may set a minimum amount for advances and the deadlines for the payment of advances. Article 4 Securities to be lodged 1. The security referred to in Article 7(3)(g) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014 shall be at least 10 % of the Union financing applied for. 2. Advances referred to in Article 3 shall be paid subject to the lodging of a security in accordance with Chapter IV of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (*1). The amount of the security shall be equal to 110 % of the advance. 3. Before a date to be stipulated by the Member State and at the latest before the end of each year of implementation of the work programme, beneficiary organisations may lodge with the Member State concerned a request for the release of the security referred to in paragraph 2. In addition to the documents referred to in Article 5(2)(b) and (c), the request shall be accompanied by a detailed description of the stages of the work programme that have been implemented, broken down by areas and measures as detailed in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014. The Member State shall check those documents and release the security corresponding to the expenditure concerned no later than in the course of the second month following that in which the application is lodged. (*1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 18).’;"
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 285/1

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1977

of 26 October 2017

repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (1), and in particular Articles 57(4) and 58(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 (2), the Commission classified a portable battery-operated apparatus for capturing and recording still and video images under CN code 8525 80 99 as other video camera recorders.

(2) In its judgment in Joined Cases C-435/15 and C-666/15 (3), the Court of Justice ruled that Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 is invalid.

(3) For reasons of legal certainty, provisions which have been declared invalid by the Court of Justice should be formally removed from the legal order of the Union.

(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 should therefore be repealed.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 is repealed.

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, 26 October 2017. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Stephen QUEST Director-General Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union

(1) OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 of 8 August 2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 240, 13.8.2014, p. 12).

(3) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 22 March 2017, GROFA and others, C-435/15 and C-666/15, ECLI:EU:C:2017:232.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 324/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/2251

of 4 December 2017

establishing a prohibition of fishing for hake in areas VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe by vessels flying the flag of Belgium

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (2) lays down quotas for 2017.

(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2017.

(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2017 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.

Article 3

Entry into force

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, 4 December 2017. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, João AGUIAR MACHADO Director-General Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

(1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 of 20 January 2017 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 24, 28.1.2017, p. 1).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 329/23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/2297

of 4 December 2017

establishing a prohibition of fishing for Norway lobster in areas VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe by vessels flying the flag of Belgium

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (2) lays down quotas for 2017.

(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2017.

(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2017 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.

Article 3

Entry into force

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, 4 December 2017. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, João AGUIAR MACHADO Director-General Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

(1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 of 20 January 2017 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 24, 28.1.2017, p. 1).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 336/12

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/2344

of 12 December 2017

establishing a prohibition of fishing for alfonsinos in Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Portugal

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (2) lays down quotas for 2017.

(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2017.

(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2017 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.

Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.

Article 3

Entry into force

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, 12 December 2017. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, João AGUIAR MACHADO Director-General Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

(1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 of 12 December 2016 fixing for 2017 and 2018 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks and amending Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 32).
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 29/35

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/187

of 2 February 2017

concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Bacillus subtilis (DSM 28343) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening (holder of authorisation Lactosan GmbH & Co. KG)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

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 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.

(2) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of Bacillus subtilis (DSM 28343). That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3) That application concerns the authorisation of a preparation of Bacillus subtilis (DSM 28343) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.

(4) The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 24 May 2016 (2) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of Bacillus subtilis (DSM 28343) does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment, and that it has a potential to improve performance in chickens for fattening. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(5) The assessment of the preparation of Bacillus subtilis (DSM 28343) shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘gut flora stabilisers’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

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, 2 February 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.

(2) EFSA Journal 2016;14(6):4507.