CELEX: 52008PC0048
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-04
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation adapting Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (Text with EEA relevance)

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52008PC0048

Proposal for a Council Regulation adapting Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (Text with EEA relevance)  /* COM/2008/0048 final */  

	[pic] | COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES |Brussels, 4.2.2008COM(2008) 48 finalProposal for aCOUNCIL REGULATIONadapting Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules(Text with EEA relevance)(presented by the Commission)EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUMRegulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishes a harmonised framework of general rules for the organisation of official controls regarding feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules.Provisions laid down in this Regulation are made for the organisation of official controls of feed and food, including feed and food imported into the territory of the Community.Annex I to this Regulation lists the territories in which this Regulation shall apply. The Regulation was adopted on 30.04.2004, i.e. before the accession of new Member States. Annex I has not yet been amended to include those new Member States.EU enlargement, and the consequent adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, require that Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 should apply to these territories. For this reason, Annex I should be modified accordingly.This proposal has no financial implications for the Community budget.Proposal for aCOUNCIL REGULATIONadapting Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules(Text with EEA relevance)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia , and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission[1],Whereas:(1) Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004[2] establishes a harmonised framework of general rules for the organisation of official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules. Those controls are applied to exports to the Community, to the placing on the market in the Community, and to the introduction from third countries, into the territories set out in Annex I to that Regulation.(2) It is now necessary to complete the list of territories in order to include all the Member States in that list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004.(3) Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.Article 2This 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 April 2004.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels,For the CouncilThe PresidentANNEX"Annex ITerritories referred to in Article 2(15)1. The territory of the Kingdom of Belgium2 The territory of the Republic of Bulgaria3. The territory of the Czech Republic4. The territory of the Kingdom of Denmark with the exception of the Faroe Islands and Greenland5. The territory of the Federal Republic of Germany6. The territory of the Republic of Estonia7. The territory of Ireland8. The territory of the Hellenic Republic9. The territory of the Kingdom of Spain with the exception of Ceuta and Melilla10. The territory of the French Republic11. The territory of the Italian Republic12. The territory of the Republic of Cyprus13. The territory of the Republic of Latvia14. The territory of the Republic of Lithuania15. The territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg16. The territory of the Republic of Hungary17. The territory of the Republic of Malta18. The territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe19. The territory of the Republic of Austria20. The territory of the Republic of Poland21. The territory of the Portuguese Republic22. The territory of Romania23. The territory of the Republic of Slovenia24. The territory of the Slovak Republic25. The territory of the Republic of Finland26. The territory of the Kingdom of Sweden27. The territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"[1] OJ C xxx, xx.xx.xxxx, p. xx.[2] OJ L 165, 29.4.2004, p.1; corrected version in OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).