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Commission Decision
of 22 December 2003
amending Decision 2002/657/EC as regards the setting of minimum required performance limits (MRPLs) for certain residues in food of animal origin
(notified under document number C(2003) 4961)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/25/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The presence of residues in products of animal origin is a matter of concern for public health. Commission Decision 2002/657/EC of 12 August 2002 implementing Council Directive 96/23/EC concerning the performance of analytical methods and the interpretation of results(3), as amended by Decision 2003/181/EC(4), provides for a procedure to progressively establish minimum required performance limits (MRPLs) of analytical methods employed to detect substances whose use is not authorised or is specifically prohibited in the Community.
(2) As a result of the detection of residues from the pharmacologically active substance malachite green whose use in veterinary medicinal products for food producing animals is not authorised in the Community, and its metabolite leucomalachite green in aquaculture products, the level to be set for harmonised MRPL for that substance has been agreed in consultation with the Community Reference Laboratories, the National Reference Laboratories and the Member States.
(3) It is necessary to provide harmonised levels for the control of that substance to ensure the same level of consumer protection in the Community.
(4) Decision 2002/657/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Decision 2002/657/EC is amended as follows:
1. Article 4 is replaced by the following:
"Article 4
Member States shall ensure that the analytical methods used for detecting the following substances meet the minimum required performance limits (MRPLs) set out in Annex II, against the matrixes referred to in that Annex:
(a) chloramphenicol;
(b) nitrofuran metabolites;
(c) medroxyprogesterone;
(d) malachite green.";
2. Annex II to Decision 2002/657/EC, is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
4.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 30/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 93/2011
of 3 February 2011
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Fontina (PDO)]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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) Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 and in accordance with Article 17(2) thereof, the Commission has examined Italy's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Fontina’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).
(2) Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union, as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation (3). As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been notified to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2050/2002
of 19 November 2002
prohibiting fishing for plaice by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December 2001 fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2000/2002(4), lays down quotas for plaice for 2002.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of plaice in the waters of ICES divisions VII f and g by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 2002. Belgium has prohibited fishing for this stock from 24 October 2002. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of plaice in the waters of ICES divisions VII f and g by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 2002.
Fishing for plaice in the waters of ICES divisions VII f and g by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 24 October 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 274/90
of 31 January 1990
introducing retrospective Community surveillance of imports into the Community of footwear originating in all non-member countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 of 5 February 1982 on common rules for imports (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3365/89 (2), and in particular Article 10 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/82 of 30 June 1982 on common rules for imports from State-trading countries (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1243/86 (4), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/82 of 30 June 1982 on common rules for imports from the People's Republic of China (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1409/86 (6), and in particular Article 10 (1) thereof,
Consultations having been held within the committees set up pursuant to Article 5 of the said Regulations,
Whereas by Decision 78/560/EEC (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2854/79 (8), the Commission set up a system of retrospective surveillance for imports into the Community of footwear falling within combined nomenclature (CN) codes 6401 10 to 6405 90; whereas the period of validity of the said Decision was extended to 31 December 1989 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4118/88 (9); whereas the reasons which led the Commission to take this action continue to apply;
Whereas Commission Decision 78/560/EEC has been amended several times; whereas for the sake of clarity the rules on this matter should be redrafted when a further amendment to the said Decision is made,
Imports into the Community of footwear originating in non-member countries falling within CN codes 6401 10 to 6405 90 shall be subject to retrospective Community surveillance until 31 December 1990.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2180/81 of 30 July 1981 laying down rules implementing restrictions on investment aids for pig production
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81 of 30 June 1981 restricting investment aids for pig production (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas, for the purpose of applying the restrictions on investment aids for pig production laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81, it is necessary to fix the ratio for converting fattening pig places to breeding sow places;
Whereas the extent of the authorization referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81 should be defined and minimum requirements to be met by Member States' applications for such authorization should be laid down;
Whereas, with a view to assessing the impact of such authorizations, it is necessary to require Member States receiving such authorization to present an annual report on the subject;
Whereas the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman;
The 550 pig places referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81 shall be fattening pig places. One breeding sow place shall be equivalent to 6 75 fattening pig places.
1. The authorization given to a Member State to alter the number of 550 pig places in the context of a farm development plan shall be restricted to special cases in which the expected income from the farm under the plan does not guarantee the comparable earned income for 1 75 man-work units.
2. The number of pig-places may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81 only to the extent necessary to guarantee the comparable earned income for a maximum of 1 75 man-work units under the development plan concerned.
A Member State applying for authorization under Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1945/81 must at the same time provide the Commission with a detailed description of the method of calculation. In particular, the following information relating to the pig operation must be included in the method of calculation:  - the costs related to the fattening pig and breeding sow places,
- the prices to be paid for piglets, fattening pigs, breeding sows and feed,
- the number of progeny per sow per year,
- the number of pigs kept per fattening place per year.
A Member State receiving authorization to alter the number of pig places shall submit to the Commission an annual report, before 1 May of the following year, on the specific cases in which the number of pig places has been altered in the context of a farm development plan. The report shall in particular contain information on the number of special cases and the number of pig places involved in each case.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  (1) OJ No L 197, 20.7.1981, p. 31.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
14.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 42/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 131/2007
of 13 February 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 as regards the quantities covered by standing invitations to tender for the export of common wheat and barley held by the intervention agencies of certain Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 (2) opened standing invitations to tender for the export of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States.
(2) Economic operators have not submitted tenders for some of the cereals covered by these tenders for several weeks now, apart from recent bids for small quantities. This is due in particular to the more favourable conditions for resale on the internal market under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1483/2006 of 6 October 2006 opening standing invitations to tender for the resale on the Community market of cereals held by the intervention agencies of the Member States (3). Resale on the internal market has increased sharply over that period.
(3) In view of this situation and in order to make the quantities of common wheat and barley currently blocked in respect of the standing invitations to tender under Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 available for resale on the internal market, the quantities covered by those invitations to tender should be reduced, in the case of common wheat, by 968 tonnes for the Czech Republic, 199 946 tonnes for Hungary and 91 tonnes for Slovakia, and, in the case of barley, by 342 tonnes for Lithuania, 19 011 tonnes for Hungary and 356 tonnes for Poland.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 990/2006 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
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.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2332/2003
of 30 December 2003
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 as regards the period for lodging applications for licences to import milk products under quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), and in particular Articles 26(3) and 29(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Chapter I of Title 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas(2) provides for, inter alia, the breakdown of the quantities to be imported in each six-month period under certain tariff quotas and the periods for lodging the relevant import licence applications.
(2) According to Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, import licence applications may be lodged only during the first 10 days of each six-month period.
(3) It is intended that, in January 2004, the opening of the quotas referred to in Chapter I of Title 2 of that Regulation for the WTO year (1 July to 30 June) should be limited to the quantities for four rather than six months, so that operators in the new Member States which are to join the Community on 1 May 2004 may have access to an additional tranche of these quotas, to be allocated in May 2004, equal to two months' quota.
(4) Pending finalisation of the procedures for the adoption and publication of those provisions, and in the interests of legal certainty, it is necessary to postpone the period for lodging applications provided for in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 and to derogate from that Article.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
By way of derogation from Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, for the period 1 January to 30 April 2004, import licence applications for the quotas referred to in Annex I. A, Annex I. B, points 5 and 6, Annex I. F and Annex I. H of that Regulation may be lodged only during the period 12 to 16 January 2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
19.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 157/17
COUNCIL DECISION
of 11 June 2007
appointing a member of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority
(2007/420/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular Article 25(1) thereof,
Having regard to the list of candidates submitted to the Council by the Commission of the European Communities,
Having regard to the views expressed by the European Parliament,
Whereas:
(1) It is vital to ensure the independence, high scientific quality, transparency and efficiency of the European Food Safety Authority (‘Authority’). Cooperation with Member States is also indispensable.
(2) A seat as a member of the Management Board of the Authority, appointed until 30 June 2008, has become vacant as a result of resignation.
(3) The candidatures have been examined with a view to appointing a new member of the Management Board on the basis of the documentation provided by the Commission and in the light of the views expressed by the European Parliament with the aim of securing the highest standard of competence, a broad range of relevant expertise, for instance in management and in public administration, and the broadest possible geographic distribution within the Union,
Mr Milan POGAČNIK is hereby appointed a member of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1470/98 of 1 July 1998 extending for an additional trial period the cumulative recovery system in the rice sector introduced by Regulation (EC) No 703/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 192/98 (2), and in particular Articles 11(4) and 21 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 703/97 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1403/97 (4), introduces a cumulative recovery system (CRS) for determining certain import duties on husked rice for a trial period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998; whereas, in view of the lack of results for the two trial periods laid down for that system, it cannot be assessed; whereas, as a result, the CRS should be extended for an additional trial period from the entry into force of this Regulation to 31 December 1998;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
1. The cumulative recovery system introduced by Regulation (EC) No 703/97 for an initial trial period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 is hereby extended for an additional trial period from the entry into force of this Regulation to 31 December 1998.
Regulation (EC) No 703/97 shall apply, subject to the provisions of this Regulation.
2. The registration of importers carried out in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 703/97 shall remain applicable throughout the additional trial period.
3. When making their first application for an import licence for the additional trial period, importers may, in respect of the whole of the period in question and all the consignments they intend to import irrevocably:
- withdraw the declaration made in accordance with Article 2(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 703/97,
- declare whether or not they opt for the adjustment of their import duties in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 703/97.
4. References in Regulation (EC) No 703/97:
- to the trial period,
- to the first half or second half of the trial period,
- to the first and/or second half of the trial period,
shall be construed as references to the additional trial period.
5. The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 703/97 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
17.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 370/60
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2159/2004
of 16 December 2004
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 september 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (2) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds.
(3) That calculation must also take account of the cereal products content. In the interest of simplification, the refund should be paid in respect of two categories of ‘cereal products’, namely for maize, the most commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and maize products, and for ‘other cereals’, these being eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize products. A refund should be granted in respect of the quantity of cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4) Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also take into account the possibilities and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market and the economic aspect of the export.
(5) The current situation on the cereals market and, in particular, the supply prospects mean that the export refunds should be abolished.
(6) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.