15.6.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/4

2022 intermediate update of the remuneration and pensions of the officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients applied thereto (1)

(2022/C 231/04)

1.1.

Table of the amounts of basic monthly salaries for each grade and step in function groups AD and AST referred to in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022:

1.1.2022	STEPS
GRADES	1	2	3	4	5
16	19 958,49	20 797,17	21 671,09
15	17 639,97	18 381,23	19 153,62	19 686,51	19 958,49
14	15 590,76	16 245,92	16 928,59	17 399,57	17 639,97
13	13 779,65	14 358,68	14 962,04	15 378,33	15 590,76
12	12 178,90	12 690,67	13 223,96	13 591,86	13 779,65
11	10 764,11	11 216,42	11 687,75	12 012,93	12 178,90
10	9 513,69	9 913,45	10 330,05	10 617,43	10 764,11
9	8 408,50	8 761,84	9 130,04	9 384,03	9 513,69
8	7 431,71	7 744,00	8 069,41	8 293,92	8 408,50
7	6 568,39	6 844,41	7 132,01	7 330,44	7 431,71
6	5 805,35	6 049,31	6 303,50	6 478,88	6 568,39
5	5 130,98	5 346,58	5 571,25	5 726,26	5 805,35
4	4 534,93	4 725,47	4 924,05	5 061,05	5 130,98
3	4 008,09	4 176,54	4 352,05	4 473,11	4 534,93
2	3 542,50	3 691,35	3 846,47	3 953,49	4 008,09
1	3 130,98	3 262,54	3 399,63	3 494,24	3 542,50

Table of the amounts of basic monthly salaries for each grade and step in function group AST/SC referred to in Article 66 of the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022:

1.1.2022	STEPS
GRADES	1	2	3	4	5
6	5 090,25	5 304,16	5 527,04	5 680,79	5 759,29
5	4 498,93	4 687,98	4 885,67	5 020,88	5 090,25
4	3 976,31	4 143,39	4 317,51	4 437,63	4 498,93
3	3 514,38	3 662,06	3 815,97	3 922,11	3 976,31
2	3 106,12	3 236,66	3 372,68	3 466,50	3 514,38
1	2 745,30	2 860,67	2 980,88	3 063,79	3 106,12

Table of the correction coefficients applicable to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union referred to in Article 64 of the Staff Regulations containing:

—	Correction coefficients applicable from 1 January 2022 to the remuneration of officials and other servants referred to in Article 64 of the Staff Regulations (indicated in column 2 of the following table);

—	Correction coefficients applicable from 1 July 2022 under Article 17(3) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations to transfers by officials and other servants (indicated in column 3 of the following table);

—

Correction coefficients applicable from 1 January 2022 to pensions under Article 20(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations (indicated in column 4 of the following table);

1	2	3	4
	Remuneration	Transfer	Pension
Country / Place	1.1.2022	1.7.2022	1.1.2022
Bulgaria	62,4	59,5
Czechia	88,0	74,7
Denmark	131,5	134,7	134,7
Germany	100,1	99,8
Karlsruhe	95,5
Munich	111,9
Estonia	90,1	94,5
Ireland	136,9	126,9	126,9
Greece	83,7	81,3
Spain	95,2	92,4
France	118,7	109,6	109,6
Croatia	77,3	68,0
Italy	94,1	95,7
Varese	90,1
Cyprus	81,2	83,5
Latvia	80,0	74,8
Lithuania	81,6	71,5
Hungary	75,7	63,0
Malta	92,0	96,5
Netherlands	110,3	111,6	111,6
Austria	108,3	112,1	112,1
Poland	72,3	62,3
Portugal	90,6	85,9
Romania	69,0	58,3
Slovenia	87,1	83,0
Slovakia	77,6	75,7
Finland	117,5	119,5	119,5
Sweden	129,3	118,9	118,9
United Kingdom			128,3

4.1.

Amount of the parental leave allowance referred to in the second paragraph of Article 42a of the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022 - EUR 1 075,51.

4.2.

Amount of the parental leave allowance referred to in the third paragraph of Article 42a of the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022 - EUR 1 434,02.

5.1.

Basic amount of the household allowance referred to in Article 1(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022 - EUR 201,15.

5.2.

Amount of the dependent child allowance referred to in Article 2(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022 - EUR 439,54.

5.3.

Amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022 - EUR 298,23.

5.4.

Amount of the education allowance referred to in Article 3(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022 - EUR 107,38.

5.5.

Minimum amount of the expatriation allowance referred to in Article 69 of the Staff Regulations and in the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Annex VII thereto, applicable from 1 January 2022 - EUR 596,18.

5.6.

Amount of the expatriation allowance referred to in Article 134 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022 - EUR 428,58.

6.1.

Amount of the kilometric allowance referred to in Article 7(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022:

0 -200 km	0,0000
201 -1 000 km	0,2217
1 001 -2 000 km	0,3697
2 001 -3 000 km	0,2217
3 001 -4 000 km	0,0738
4 001 -10 000 km	0,0356
Over 10 000 km	0,0000

6.2.

Amount of the flat-rate supplement to the kilometric allowance referred to in Article 7(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022:

—	EUR 110,87 if the geographical distance between the places referred to in paragraph 1 is between 600 km and 1 200 km,

—	EUR 221,74 if the geographical distance between the places referred to in paragraph 1 is greater than 1 200 km

7.1.

Amount of the kilometric allowance referred to in Article 8(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022:

EUR 0 for every km from	0 to 200 km
EUR 0,4471 for every km from	201 to 1 000 km
EUR 0,7452 for every km from	1 001 to 2 000 km
EUR 0,4471 for every km from	2 001 to 3 000 km
EUR 0,1489 for every km from	3 001 to 4 000 km
EUR 0,0719 for every km from	4 001 to 10 000 km
EUR 0 for every km over	10 000 km.

7.2.

Amount of the flat-rate supplement to the kilometric allowance referred to in Article 8(2) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022:

—	EUR 223,52 if the geographical distance between the place of employment and the place of origin is between 600 km and 1 200 km,

—	EUR 447,01 if the geographical distance between the place of employment and the place of origin is greater than 1 200 km

Amount of the daily subsistence allowance referred to in Article 10(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022:

—	EUR 46,20 for an official who is entitled to the household allowance;

—	EUR 37,26 for an official who is not entitled to the household allowance.

Amount of the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 24(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022:

—	EUR 1 315,28 for a servant who is entitled to the household allowance;

—	EUR 782,06 for a servant who is not entitled to the household allowance.

10.1.

Amount of the lower and upper limits of the unemployment allowance referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 28a(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022:

—	EUR 1 577,42 (lower limit);

—	EUR 3 154,84 (upper limit).

10.2.

Amount of the standard allowance referred to in Article 28a(7) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022

—	EUR 1 434,02.

11.

Table containing the amounts of the scale of basic salaries provided for in Article 93 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022:

1.1.2022	STEPS
FONCTION GROUPS	GRADES	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
IV	18	6 880,19	7 023,27	7 169,31	7 318,41	7 470,61	7 625,96	7 784,54
	17	6 080,90	6 207,34	6 336,43	6 468,21	6 602,72	6 740,02	6 880,19
	16	5 374,44	5 486,20	5 600,30	5 716,76	5 835,66	5 957,02	6 080,90
	15	4 750,06	4 848,84	4 949,69	5 052,62	5 157,70	5 264,95	5 374,44
	14	4 198,24	4 285,54	4 374,67	4 465,64	4 558,54	4 653,29	4 750,06
	13	3 710,50	3 787,67	3 866,43	3 946,85	4 028,92	4 112,71	4 198,24
III	12	4 750,00	4 848,77	4 949,62	5 052,53	5 157,59	5 264,84	5 374,33
	11	4 198,21	4 285,49	4 374,61	4 465,57	4 558,44	4 653,23	4 750,00
	10	3 710,49	3 787,65	3 866,41	3 946,82	4 028,89	4 112,68	4 198,21
	9	3 279,45	3 347,65	3 417,26	3 488,34	3 560,88	3 634,91	3 710,49
	8	2 898,49	2 958,77	3 020,30	3 083,09	3 147,22	3 212,66	3 279,45
II	7	3 279,38	3 347,60	3 417,21	3 488,28	3 560,86	3 634,91	3 710,50
	6	2 898,36	2 958,62	3 020,17	3 082,99	3 147,10	3 212,56	3 279,38
	5	2 561,58	2 614,85	2 669,24	2 724,77	2 781,43	2 839,29	2 898,36
	4	2 263,94	2 311,03	2 359,11	2 408,18	2 458,26	2 509,39	2 561,58
I	3	2 789,00	2 846,88	2 905,98	2 966,28	3 027,83	3 090,68	3 154,84
	2	2 465,60	2 516,77	2 569,00	2 622,32	2 676,75	2 732,31	2 789,00
	1	2 179,70	2 224,95	2 271,11	2 318,24	2 366,36	2 415,47	2 465,60

12.

Amount of the lower limit for the installation allowance referred to in Article 94 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022:

—	EUR 989,32 for a servant who is entitled to the household allowance;

—	EUR 586,56 for a servant who is not entitled to the household allowance.

13.1.

Amount of the lower and upper limits of the unemployment allowance referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 96(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022:

—	EUR 1 183,06 (the lower limit);

—	EUR 2 366,10 (the upper limit).

13.2.

Amount of the standard allowance referred to in Article 96(7) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants applicable from 1 January 2022 shall be EUR 1 075,51.

13.3.

Amount of the lower and the upper limits for the unemployment allowance referred to in Article 136 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022:

—	EUR 1 040,82 (lower limit);

—	EUR 2 449,03 (upper limit).

14.

Amount of the allowances for shift work laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76 (2):

—	EUR 450,83;

—	EUR 680,46;

—	EUR 744,00;

—	EUR 1 014,31.

15.

Coefficient, applicable from 1 January 2022 to the to the amounts referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 (3) - 6,5078.

16.

Table of the amounts provided for in Article 8(2) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations, applicable from 1 January 2022:

1.1.2022	STEPS
GRADES	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
16	19 958,49	20 797,17	21 671,09
15	17 639,97	18 381,23	19 153,62	19 686,51	19 958,49	20 797,17
14	15 590,76	16 245,92	16 928,59	17 399,57	17 639,97	18 381,23	19 153,62	19 958,49
13	13 779,65	14 358,68	14 962,04	15 378,33	15 590,76
12	12 178,90	12 690,67	13 223,96	13 591,86	13 779,65	14 358,68	14 962,04	15 590,76
11	10 764,11	11 216,42	11 687,75	12 012,93	12 178,90	12 690,67	13 223,96	13 779,65
10	9 513,69	9 913,45	10 330,05	10 617,43	10 764,11	11 216,42	11 687,75	12 178,90
9	8 408,50	8 761,84	9 130,04	9 384,03	9 513,69
8	7 431,71	7 744,00	8 069,41	8 293,92	8 408,50	8 761,84	9 130,04	9 513,69
7	6 568,39	6 844,41	7 132,01	7 330,44	7 431,71	7 744,00	8 069,41	8 408,50
6	5 805,35	6 049,31	6 303,50	6 478,88	6 568,39	6 844,41	7 132,01	7 431,71
5	5 130,98	5 346,58	5 571,25	5 726,26	5 805,35	6 049,31	6 303,50	6 568,39
4	4 534,93	4 725,47	4 924,05	5 061,05	5 130,98	5 346,58	5 571,25	5 805,35
3	4 008,09	4 176,54	4 352,05	4 473,11	4 534,93	4 725,47	4 924,05	5 130,98
2	3 542,50	3 691,35	3 846,47	3 953,49	4 008,09	4 176,54	4 352,05	4 534,93
1	3 130,98	3 262,54	3 399,63	3 494,24	3 542,50

17.

Amount, applicable from 1 January 2022, of the fixed allowance mentioned in the former Article 4a of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, in force before 1 May 2004, which is used for the application of Article 18(1) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations:

—	EUR 155,53 per month for officials in Grade C4 or C5;

—	EUR 238,46 per month for officials in Grade C1, C2 or C3.

18.

Table containing the amounts of the scale of basic salaries provided for in Article 133 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, applicable from 1 January 2022:

1.1.2022
Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Full-time basic salary	1 982,70	2 309,85	2 504,34	2 715,24	2 943,88	3 191,81	3 460,59
Grade	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Full-time basic salary	3 752,04	4 067,98	4 410,54	4 781,95	5 184,66	5 621,25	6 094,62
Grade	15	16	17	18	19
Full-time basic salary	6 607,85	7 164,31	7 767,63	8 421,72	9 130,95

19.

For staff members assigned in Estonia and Slovenia during the reference period, all references to 1 January 2022 in points 1 to 18 above should be read as referring to 16 November 2021 in line with Article 8(3)(a) of Annex XI to the Staff regulations.

(1) According to the Eurostat Report reference Ares(2022)3565929 dated 10 May 2022 on the intermediate update of remuneration and pensions of EU officials.

(2) Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 300/76 of 9 February 1976 determining the categories of officials entitled to allowances for shiftwork, and the rates and conditions thereof (OJ L 38, 13.2.1976, p. 1). Regulation as supplemented by Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1307/87 (OJ L 124, 13.5.1987, p. 6).

(3) Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 8).

15.6.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/10

Intermediate update of weightings (correction coefficients) applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in Extra-EU Delegations (1)

(2022/C 231/05)

AUGUST 2021

Place of employment	Economic parity August 2021	Exchange rate August 2021 (*1)	Weighting August 2021 (*2)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2 956	2 361,21	125,2
Haiti	101,9	110,845	91,9
Cambodia	3 881	4 831,00	80,3
South-Sudan	311,8	469,454	66,4
Sudan (*3)

SEPTEMBER 2021

Place of employment	Economic parity September 2021	Exchange rate September 2021 (*4)	Weighting September 2021 (*5)
Angola	742,8	745,395	99,7
Brazil	4,000	6,15290	65,0

OCTOBER 2021

Place of employment	Economic parity October 2021	Exchange rate October 2021 (*6)	Weighting October 2021 (*7)
Argentina	92,81	114,943	80,7
Barbados	2,504	2,33579	107,2
Guyana	193,0	244,700	78,9
Iran	88 904	48 946,8	181,6
Jamaica	152,3	172,782	88,1
Kyrgyzstan	68,85	98,8259	69,7
Liberia	258,1	199,351	129,5
Montenegro	0,5977	1,00000	59,8
Paraguay	4 402	8 019,50	54,9
Sierra Leone	11 767	12 329,8	95,4
United States (Washington)	1,121	1,16540	96,2
Zambia	14,58	19,5063	74,7

NOVEMBER 2021

Place of employment	Economic parity November 2021	Exchange rate November 2021 (*8)	Weighting November 2021 (*9)
Angola	795,6	692,779	114,8
Brazil	4,247	6,47980	65,5
Colombia	2 633	4 382,59	60,1
Ecuador (*8)	0,9352	1,15930	80,7
India	76,17	86,8032	87,8
Panama (*8)	1,065	1,15930	91,9
South Sudan	346,1	474,615	72,9

DECEMBER 2021

Place of employment	Economic parity December 2021	Exchange rate December 2021 (*10)	Weighting December 2021 (*11)
Armenia	505,5	544,180	92,9
Burundi	1 985	2 245,46	88,4
Cuba (*10)	1,102	1,12760	97,7
Georgia	2,476	3,49310	70,9
Liberia	238,9	160,354	149,0
Malawi	726,3	916,164	79,3
Mozambique	67,26	71,9100	93,5
Rwanda	811,4	1 129,04	71,9
Singapore	1,778	1,54410	115,1
South-Sudan	303,9	464,913	65,4
Trinidad and Tobago	6,770	7,95275	85,1
Turkey	4,864	14,3166	34,0

JANUARY 2022

Place of employment	Economic parity January 2022	Exchange rate January 2022	Weighting January 2022 (*13)
Afghanistan (*14)
Albania	67,60	120,390	56,2
Algeria	102,3	157,088	65,1
Angola	846	638,119	132,6
Argentina	100,1	116,219	86,1
Armenia	512,4	541,110	94,7
Australia	1,657	1,55940	106,3
Azerbaijan	1,769	1,92678	91,8
Bangladesh	84,62	97,2457	87,0
Barbados	2,620	2,27166	115,3
Belarus	2,130	2,84960	74,7
Benin	610,0	655,957	93,0
Bolivia	6,104	7,83179	77,9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,107	1,95583	56,6
Botswana	8,481	13,1926	64,3
Brazil	4,474	6,37340	70,2
Burkina Faso	599,2	655,957	91,3
Burundi	2 011	2 271,22	88,5
Cambodia	4 032	4 636,00	87,0
Cameroon	598,8	655,957	91,3
Canada	1,459	1,44810	100,8
Cape Verde	75,98	110,265	68,9
Central African Republic	738,3	655,957	112,6
Chad	631,7	655,957	96,3
Chile	629,6	973,126	64,7
China	6,386	7,22300	88,4
Colombia	2 711	4 526,97	59,9
Congo	744,9	655,957	113,6
Costa Rica	572,0	726,634	78,7
Cuba (*12)	1,112	1,13340	98,1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2 957	2 262,11	130,7
Djibouti	215,7	201,691	106,9
Dominican Republic	46,43	64,2744	72,2
Ecuador (*12)	0,9577	1,13340	84,5
Egypt	15,68	17,7657	88,3
El Salvador (*12)	0,7869	1,13340	69,4
Eritrea	17,78	17,2306	103,2
Eswatini	10,36	18,0173	57,5
Ethiopia	38,38	55,9456	68,6
Fiji	1,719	2,40154	71,6
Gabon	674,0	655,957	102,8
Gambia	54,37	60,5900	89,7
Georgia	2,514	3,48530	72,1
Ghana	5,868	6,76125	86,8
Guatemala	8,454	8,75491	96,6
Guinea	10 467	10 404,4	100,6
Guinea-Bissau	468,6	655,957	71,4
Guyana	197,6	236,960	83,4
Haiti	103,4	113,727	90,9
Honduras	22,71	27,5441	82,4
Hong Kong	10,23	8,83990	115,7
Iceland	188,7	147,600	127,8
India	77,91	84,2575	92,5
Indonesia	11 756	16 163,4	72,7
Iran	93 253	47 602,8	195,9
Iraq (*14)
Israel	4,283	3,52040	121,7
Ivory Coast	581,5	655,957	88,6
Jamaica	160,6	171,968	93,4
Japan	137,0	130,440	105,0
Jordan	0,7277	0,80358	90,6
Kazakhstan	366,8	488,020	75,2
Kenya	118,2	128,119	92,3
Kosovo	0,5487	1,00000	54,9
Kuwait	0,3085	0,34285	90,0
Kyrgyzstan	71,60	96,1123	74,5
Laos	8 335	12 660,5	65,8
Lebanon (*14)
Lesotho	10,77	18,0173	59,8
Liberia	235,7	162,671	144,9
Libya (*14)
Madagascar	3 731	4 474,86	83,4
Malawi	738,9	925,226	79,9
Malaysia	3,983	4,73360	84,1
Mali	555,2	655,957	84,6
Mauritania	29,63	41,1050	72,1
Mauritius	35,36	48,9042	72,3
Mexico	14,54	23,2431	62,6
Moldova	14,14	20,1515	70,2
Mongolia	2 254	3 228,64	69,8
Montenegro	0,5891	1,00000	58,9
Morocco	8,587	10,5070	81,7
Mozambique	68,47	72,3150	94,7
Myanmar	1 328	2 017,45	65,8
Namibia	13,14	18,0173	72,9
Nepal	95,36	135,790	70,2
New Caledonia	118,5	119,332	99,3
New Zealand	1,456	1,65450	88,0
Nicaragua	33,29	40,2595	82,7
Niger	477,2	655,957	72,7
Nigeria	412,2	469,626	87,8
North Macedonia	29,84	61,6230	48,4
Norway	13,33	9,97030	133,7
Pakistan	140,8	201,831	69,8
Panama (*12)	1,086	1,13340	95,8
Papua New Guinea	3,994	3,97684	100,4
Paraguay	4 597	7 712,87	59,6
Peru	3,688	4,51615	81,7
Philippines	52,17	57,8490	90,2
Qatar	4,599	4,12558	111,5
Russia	77,24	84,8888	91,0
Rwanda	808,2	1 140,88	70,8
São Tomé and Príncipe	23,38	24,5000	95,4
Saudi Arabia	3,731	4,25025	87,8
Senegal	561,0	655,957	85,5
Serbia	71,89	117,559	61,2
Sierra Leone	12 006	12 847,2	93,5
Singapore	1,763	1,53300	115,0
Somalia (*14)
South Africa	11,39	18,0173	63,2
South Korea	1 234	1 347,56	91,6
South-Sudan	326,8	486,975	67,1
Sri Lanka	158,3	227,221	69,7
Sudan (*14)
Switzerland (Bern)	1,343	1,03630	129,6
Switzerland (Geneva)	1,343	1,03630	129,6
Syria (*14)
Taiwan	27,09	31,4000	86,3
Tajikistan	8,714	12,8074	68,0
Tanzania	2 338	2 603,71	89,8
Thailand	27,07	37,8670	71,5
Timor Leste (*12)	0,8641	1,13340	76,2
Togo	625,5	655,957	95,4
Trinidad and Tobago	6,854	8,30960	82,5
Tunisia	2,407	3,28030	73,4
Turkey	5,447	14,7184	37,0
Turkmenistan	5,102	3,96690	128,6
Uganda	2 736	4 003,02	68,3
Ukraine	26,21	30,8551	84,9
United Arab Emirates	3,693	4,16910	88,6
United Kingdom	0,8983	0,83930	107,0
United States (New York)	1,176	1,13340	103,8
United States (Washington)	1,113	1,13340	98,2
Uruguay	39,82	50,3740	79,0
Uzbekistan	8 317	12 252,3	67,9
Venezuela (*14)
Vietnam	18 671	25 886,9	72,1
West Bank — Gaza Strip	4,283	3,52040	121,7
Yemen (*14)
Zambia	15,67	18,8211	83,3
Zimbabwe (*14)

(1) According to the Eurostat Report of 10 May 2022 on the interim update of weightings (correction coefficients) applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in Extra-EU Delegations in accordance with Article 64 and Annex X and Annex XI of the Staff Regulations applicable to officials and other servants of the European Union.Further information is available on the Eurostat website (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat > ‘Data’ > ‘Database’ > ‘Economy and finance’ > ‘Prices’ > ‘Correction coefficients’).

(*1) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for : None in table above.

(*2) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*3) Not available because of local instability or unreliable data.

(*4) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for : None in table above.

(*5) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*6) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for : None in table above.

(*7) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*8) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for : Ecuador, Panama.

(*9) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*10) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for : Cuba

(*11) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*12) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for : Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador Panama, Timor-Leste

(*13) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*14) Not available because of local instability or unreliable data.

15.6.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/21

Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of rebars originating in the Republic of Belarus

(2022/C 231/11)

Following the publication of a Notice of impending expiry (1) of the anti-dumping measures in force on the imports of rebars originating in the republic of Belarus (‘the country concerned’), the European Commission (’the Commission’) has received a request for review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (2) (’the basic Regulation’).

1. Request for review

The request was submitted on 16 March 2022 by the European Steel Association (‘Eurofer’ or ‘the applicant’) on behalf of the Union industry of rebars in the sense of Article 5(4) of the basic Regulation.

An open version of the request and the analysis of the degree of support by Union producers for the request are available in the file for inspection by interested parties. Section 5.6 of this Notice provides information about access to the file for interested parties.

2. Product under review

The product subject to this review is certain concrete reinforcement bars and rods, made of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, whether or not twisted after rolling, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process (’the product under review’), currently falling under CN codes ex 7214 10 00, ex 7214 20 00, ex 7214 30 00, ex 7214 91 10, ex 7214 91 90, ex 7214 99 10 and ex 7214 99 95 (TARIC codes: 7214100010, 7214200020, 7214300010, 7214911010, 7214919010, 7214991010, 7214999510). High fatigue performance iron or steel concrete reinforcing bars and rods are excluded.Other long products, such as round bars are excluded. The CN and TARIC codes are given for information only without prejudice to their possible amendment at future steps of the proceeding.

3. Existing measures

The measures currently in force are a definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/1019 (3).

4. Grounds for the review

The request is based on the grounds that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in continuation of dumping and recurrence of injury to the Union industry.

4.1. Allegation of likelihood of continuation of dumping

4.1.1. Allegation of likelihood of continuation of dumping from the Republic of Belarus

In the absence of reliable data on domestic prices for Belarus, the allegation of likelihood of continuation of dumping is based on a comparison of the normal value, based on prices for rebars sold in the domestic markets of the United States and Brazil, (adjusted at ex – works level) which are used as representative countries, with the export price (at ex-works level) of the product under review when sold for export to the Union.

On this basis the dumping margins calculated are significant for Belarus.

4.2. Allegation of likelihood of recurrence of injury

The applicant alleges the likelihood of recurrence of injury from Belarus. In this respect the applicant has provided sufficient evidence that, should measures be allowed to lapse, the current import level of the product under review from Belarus to the Union is likely to increase due to the existence of unused capacity in Belarus, attractiveness of the Union market and the various trade defence measures on rebars in force in third markets.

The applicant finally alleges that the removal of injury has been mainly due to the existence of measures and that any recurrence of substantial imports at dumped prices from Belarus would likely lead to a recurrence of injury to the Union industry should measures be allowed to lapse.

5. Procedure

Having determined, after consulting the Committee established by Article 15(1) of the basic Regulation, that sufficient evidence of a likelihood of dumping and injury exists to justify the initiation of an expiry review, the Commission hereby initiates a review in accordance with Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation.

The expiry review will determine whether the expiry of the measures would be likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping of the product under review originating in Belarus and a continuation or recurrence of injury to the Union industry.

The Commission also draws the attention of the parties to the published Notice (4) on the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations that may be applicable to this proceeding.

5.1. Review investigation period and period considered

The investigation of a continuation or recurrence of dumping will cover the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 (‘the review investigation period’). The examination of trends relevant for the assessment of the likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of injury will cover the period from 1 January 2018 to the end of the investigation period (‘the period considered’).

5.2. Comments on the request and the initiation of the investigation

All interested parties wishing to comment on the request (including matters pertaining to recurrence of injury and causality) or any aspects regarding the initiation of the investigation (including the degree of support for the request) must do so within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (5).

Any request for a hearing with regard to the initiation of the investigation must be submitted within 15 days of the date of publication of this Notice.

5.3. Procedure for the determination of a likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping

In an expiry review, the Commission examines exports that were made to the Union in the review investigation period and, irrespective of exports to the Union, considers whether the situation of the companies producing and selling the product under review in the country concerned is such that exports at dumped prices to the Union would be likely to continue or recur if measures expire.

Therefore, all producers (6) of the product under review from the country concerned, including those that did not cooperate in the investigation leading to the measures in force, are invited to participate in the Commission investigation.

5.3.1. Investigating producers in the country concerned

In view of the potentially large number of producers in Belarus involved in this expiry review and in order to complete the investigation within the statutory time limits, the Commission may limit the producers to be investigated to a reasonable number by selecting a sample (this process is also referred to as ’sampling’). The sampling will be carried out in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.

In order to enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary, and if so, to select a sample, all producers, or representatives acting on their behalf, including the ones who did not cooperate in the investigation leading to the measures subject to the present review, are hereby requested to make to provide the Commission with information on their companies within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice. This information must be provided via TRON.tdi at the following address: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/tdi/form/R773_SAMPLING_FORM_FOR_EXPORTING_PRODUCER. Tron access information can be found in sections 5.6 and 5.9 below.

In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for the selection of the sample of producers, the Commission will also contact the authorities of Belarus and may contact any known associations of producers in the country concerned.

If a sample is necessary, the producers will be selected based on the largest representative volume of production, sales or exports which can reasonably be investigated within the time available. All known producers in Belarus, the authorities of the country concerned and associations of producers will be notified by the Commission, via the authorities of the country concerned if appropriate, of the companies selected to be in the sample.

Once the Commission has received the necessary information to select a sample of producers, it will inform the parties concerned of its decision whether they are included in the sample. The sampled producers will have to submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of notification of the decision of their inclusion in the sample, unless otherwise specified.

The Commission will add a note to the file for inspection by interested parties reflecting the sample selection. Any comment on the sample selection must be received within 3 days of the date of notification of the sample decision.

A copy of the questionnaire for producers in the country concerned is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade’s Internet: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2607.

Without prejudice to the possible application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation, companies that have agreed to their possible inclusion in the sample but are not selected to be in the sample will be considered to be cooperating.

5.3.2. Investigating unrelated importers (7) (8)

Unrelated importers of the product under review from Belarus to the Union, including those that did not cooperate in the investigation leading to the measures in force, are invited to participate in this investigation.

In view of the potentially large number of unrelated importers involved in this expiry review and in order to complete the investigation within the statutory time limits, the Commission may limit to a reasonable number the unrelated importers that will be investigated by selecting a sample (this process is also referred to as ’sampling’). The sampling will be carried out in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.

In order to enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary and, if so, to select a sample, all unrelated importers, or representatives acting on their behalf, including the ones who did not cooperate in the investigation leading to the measures subject to the present review, are hereby requested to make themselves known to the Commission. These parties must do so within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice by providing the Commission with the information on their company(ies) requested in Annex to this Notice.

In order to obtain information, it deems necessary for the selection of the sample of unrelated importers, the Commission may also contact any known associations of importers.

If a sample is necessary, the importers may be selected based on the largest representative volume of sales of the product under review from Belarus in the Union that can reasonably be investigated within the time available. All known unrelated importers and associations of importers will be notified by the Commission of the companies selected to be in the sample.

The Commission will also add a note to the file for inspection by interested parties reflecting the sample selection. Any comment on the sample selection must be received within 3 days of the date of notification of the sample decision.

In order to obtain the information it deems necessary for its investigation, the Commission will make available questionnaires to the sampled unrelated importers. Those parties must submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of the notification of the sample selection, unless otherwise specified.

A copy of the questionnaire for unrelated importers is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade’s Internet: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2607.

5.4. Procedure for the determination of a likelihood of a recurrence of injury

In order to establish whether there is a likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of injury to the Union industry, the Commission invites Union producers of the product under review to participate in the investigation.

5.4.1. Investigating Union producers

In view of the large number of Union producers involved in this expiry review and in order to complete the investigation within the statutory time limits, the Commission has decided to limit to a reasonable number the Union producers that will be investigated by selecting a sample (this process is also referred to as ’sampling’). The sampling is carried out in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.

The Commission has provisionally selected a sample of Union producers. Details can be found in the file for inspection by interested parties.

Interested parties are hereby invited to comment on the provisional sample. In addition, other Union producers, or representatives acting on their behalf, including Union producers who did not cooperate in the investigation leading to the measures in force, that consider that there are reasons why they should be included in the sample must contact the Commission within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice. All comments regarding the provisional sample must be received within 7 days of the date of publication of this Notice, unless otherwise specified.

The Commission will notify all known Union producers and/or associations of Union producers of the companies finally selected to be in the sample.

The sampled Union producers will have to submit a completed questionnaire within 30 days from the date of notification of the decision of their inclusion in the sample, unless otherwise specified.

A copy of the questionnaire for Union producers is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade’s Internet: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2607.

5.5. Procedure for the assessment of Union interest

Should the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury be confirmed, a decision will be reached, pursuant to Article 21 of the basic Regulation, as to whether maintaining the anti-dumping measures would not be against the Union interest.

Union producers, importers and their representative associations, users and their representative associations, trade unions and representative consumer organisations are invited to provide the Commission with information on the Union interest.

Information concerning the assessment of the Union interest must be provided within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice, unless otherwise specified. This information may be provided either in a free format or by completing a questionnaire prepared by the Commission.

A copy of the questionnaires, including the questionnaire for users of the product under review, is available in the file for inspection by interested parties and on DG Trade’s Internet: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2607. In any case, information submitted pursuant to Article 21 will only be taken into account if supported by factual evidence at the time of submission, which substantiates its validity.

5.6. Interested parties

In order to participate in the investigation, interested parties, such as producers in the country concerned, Union producers, importers and their representative associations, users and their representative associations, trade unions and representative consumer organisations first have to demonstrate that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under review.

Producers in the country concerned, Union producers, importers and representative associations who made information available in accordance to the procedures described in sections 5.3.1, 5.3.2 and 5.4.1 will be considered as interested parties if there is an objective link between their activities and the product under review.

Other parties will only be able to participate in the investigation as interested party from the moment they make themselves known, and provided that there is an objective link between their activities and the product under review. Being considered as an interested party is without prejudice to the application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation.

Access to the file available for inspection for interested parties is made via Tron.tdi at the following address: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/TDI. Please follow the instructions on that page to get access (9).

5.7. Other written submissions

Subject to the provisions of this Notice, all interested parties are hereby invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence. Unless otherwise specified, this information and supporting evidence must reach the Commission within 37 days of the date of publication of this Notice.

5.8. Possibility to be heard by the Commission investigation services

All interested parties may request to be heard by the Commission investigation services. Any request to be heard must be made in writing and must specify the reasons for the request as well as a summary of what the interested party wishes to discuss during the hearing. The hearing will be limited to the issues set out by the interested parties in writing beforehand.

In principle, hearings will not be used to present factual information which is not yet on file. Nevertheless, in the interest of good administration and to enable Commission services to progress with the investigation, interested parties may be directed to provide new factual information after a hearing.

5.9. Instructions for making written submissions and sending completed questionnaires and correspondence

Information submitted to the Commission for the purpose of trade defence investigations shall be free from copyrights. Interested parties, before submitting to the Commission information and/or data which is subject to third party copyrights, must request specific permission to the copyright holder explicitly allowing the Commission a) to use the information and data for the purpose of this trade defence proceeding and b) to provide the information and/or data to interested parties to this investigation in a form that allows them to exercise their rights of defence.

All written submissions, including the information requested in this Notice, completed questionnaires and correspondence provided by interested parties for which confidential treatment is requested shall be labelled ‘‘Sensitive’ (10). Parties submitting information in the course of this investigation are invited to reason their request for confidential treatment.

Parties providing ‘Sensitive’ information are required to furnish non-confidential summaries of it pursuant to Article 19(2) of the basic Regulation, which will be labelled ’For inspection by interested parties’. These summaries must be sufficiently detailed to permit a reasonable understanding of the substance of the information submitted in confidence. If a party providing confidential information fails to show good cause for a confidential treatment request or does not furnish a non-confidential summary of it in the requested format and quality, the Commission may disregard such information unless it can be satisfactorily demonstrated from appropriate sources that the information is correct.

Interested parties are invited to make all submissions and requests via TRON.tdi (https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/ tron/TDI) including requests to be registered as interested parties, scanned powers of attorney and certification sheets. By using TRON.tdi or email, interested parties express their agreement with the rules applicable to electronic submissions contained in the document ‘CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN TRADE DEFENCE CASES’ published on the website of the Directorate-General for Trade: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/june/tradoc_148003.pdf. The interested parties must indicate their name, address, telephone and a valid email address and they should ensure that the provided email address is a functioning official business email which is checked on a daily basis. Once contact details are provided, the Commission will communicate with interested parties by TRON.tdi or email only, unless they explicitly request to receive all documents from the Commission by another means of communication or unless the nature of the document to be sent requires the use of a registered mail. For further rules and information concerning correspondence with the Commission including principles that apply to submissions via TRON.tdi and by email, interested parties should consult the communication instructions with interested parties referred to above.

Commission address for correspondence:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Trade

Directorate G

Office: CHAR 04/039

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

TRON. tdi: https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/tron/tdi

Email:

TRADE-R773-REBARS-BELARUS-DUMPING@ec.europa.eu

TRADE-R773-REBARS-BELARUS-INJURY@ec.europa.eu

6. Schedule of the investigation

The investigation shall normally be concluded within 12 months and in any event no later than 15 months from the date of the publication of this Notice, pursuant to Article 11(5) of the basic Regulation.

7. Submission of information

As a rule, interested parties may only submit information in the timeframes specified in section 5 of this Notice.

In order to complete the investigation within the mandatory deadlines, the Commission will not accept submissions from interested parties after the deadline to provide comments on the final disclosure or, if applicable, after the deadline to provide comments on the additional final disclosure.

8. Possibility to comment on other parties’ submissions

In order to guarantee the rights of defence, interested parties should have the possibility to comment on information submitted by other interested parties. When doing so, interested parties may only address issues raised in the other interested parties’ submissions and may not raise new issues.

Comments on the information provided by other interested parties in reaction to the disclosure of the definitive findings should be submitted within 5 days from the deadline to comment on the definitive findings, unless otherwise specified. If there is an additional final disclosure, comments on the information provided by other interested parties in reaction to this further disclosure should be made within 1 day from the deadline to comment on this further disclosure, unless otherwise specified.

The outlined timeframe is without prejudice to the Commission’s right to request additional information from interested parties in duly justified cases.

9. Extension to time limits specified in this Notice

Any extension to the time limits provided for in this Notice should only be requested in exceptional circumstances and will only be granted if duly justified. In any event, any extensions to the deadline to reply to questionnaires will be limited normally to 3 days, and as a rule will not exceed 7 days. Regarding time limits for the submission of other information specified in the Notice of initiation, extensions will be limited to 3 days unless exceptional circumstances are demonstrated.

10. Non-cooperation

In cases where any interested party refuses access to or does not provide the necessary information within the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation, findings, affirmative or negative, may be made on the basis of facts available, in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation.

Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or misleading information, the information may be disregarded and use may be made of facts available.

If an interested party does not cooperate or cooperates only partially and findings are therefore based on facts available in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation, the result may be less favourable to that party than if it had cooperated.

Failure to give a computerised response shall not be deemed to constitute non-cooperation, provided that the interested party shows that presenting the response as requested would result in an unreasonable extra burden or unreasonable additional cost. The interested party should immediately contact the Commission.

11. Hearing Officer

Interested parties may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer in trade proceedings. The Hearing Officer reviews requests for access to the file, disputes regarding the confidentiality of documents, requests for extension of time limits and any other request concerning the rights of defence of interested parties and third parties as may arise during the proceeding.

The Hearing Officer may organise hearings and mediate between the interested party/-ies and Commissions services to ensure that the interested parties’ rights of defence are being fully exercised. A request for a hearing with the Hearing Officer should be made in writing and should specify the reasons for the request. The Hearing Officer will examine the reasons for the requests. These hearings should only take place if the issues have not been settled with the Commission services in due course.

Any request must be submitted in good time and expeditiously so as not to jeopardise the orderly conduct of proceedings. To that effect, interested parties should request the intervention of the Hearing Officer at the earliest possible time following the occurrence of the event justifying such intervention. Where hearing requests are submitted outside the relevant timeframes, the Hearing Officer will also examine the reasons for such late requests, the nature of the issues raised and the impact of those issues on the rights of defence, having due regard to the interests of good administration and the timely completion of the investigation.

For further information and contact details interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer’s web pages on DG Trade’s Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/contacts/hearing-officer/.

12. Possibility to request a review under Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation

As this expiry review is initiated in accordance with the provisions of Article 11(2) of the basic Regulation, the findings thereof will not lead to the existing measures being amended but will lead to those measures being repealed or maintained in accordance with Article 11(6) of the basic Regulation.

If any interested party considers that a review of the measures is warranted so as to allow for the possibility to amend the measures, that party may request a review pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation.

Parties wishing to request such a review, which would be carried out independently of the expiry review mentioned in this Notice, may contact the Commission at the address given above.

13. Processing of personal data

Any personal data collected in this investigation will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (11).

A data protection notice that informs all individuals of the processing of personal data in the framework of Commission’s trade defence activities is available on DG Trade’s Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/accessing- markets/trade-defence/.

(1) OJ C 372/08, 16.9.2021, p. 9.

(2) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1019 of 16 June 2017 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain concrete reinforcement bars and rods originating in the Republic of Belarus (OJ L 155, 17.6.2017, p. 6).

(4) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52020XC0316%2802%29

(5) All references to the publication of this Notice will be references to publication of this Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, unless otherwise specified.

(6) A producer is any company in the country concerned which produces the product under review, including any of its related companies involved in the production, domestic sales or exports of the product under review.

(7) Only importers not related to producers in the country(ies) concerned can be sampled. Importers that are related to producers have to fill in Annex I to the questionnaire for these producers. In accordance with Article 127 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, two persons shall be deemed to be related if: (a) they are officers or directors of the other person’s business; (b) they are legally recognised partners in business; (c) they are employer and employee; (d) a third party directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds 5 % or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them; (e) one of them directly or indirectly controls the other; (f) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person; (g) together they control a third person directly or indirectly; or (h) they are members of the same family (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). Persons shall be deemed to be members of the same family only if they stand in any of the following relationships to one another: (i) husband and wife, (ii) parent and child, (iii) brother and sister (whether by whole or half blood), (iv) grandparent and grandchild, (v) uncle or aunt and nephew or niece, (vi) parent-in-law and son-in-law or daughter-in-law, (vii) brother-in-law and sister-in-law. In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code, ’’person’’ means a natural person, a legal person, and any association of persons which is not a legal person but which is recognised under Union or national law as having the capacity to perform legal acts (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

(8) The data provided by unrelated importers may also be used in relation to aspects of this investigation other than the determination of dumping.

(9) In case of technical problems please contact the Trade Service Desk by Email: trade-service-desk@ec.europa.eu or by Tel. +32 22979797.

(10) A ‘Sensitive’ document is a document which is considered confidential pursuant to Article 19 of the basic Regulation and Article 6 of the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement). It is also a document protected pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).

(11) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).

ANNEX

☐	‘Sensitive’ version
☐	Version ‘For inspection by interested parties’
(tick the appropriate box)

ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING CONCERNING IMPORTS OF REBARS ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

INFORMATION FOR THE SELECTION OF THE SAMPLE OF UNRELATED IMPORTERS

This form is designed to assist unrelated importers in responding to the request for sampling information made in point 5.3.2 of the Notice of initiation.

Both the ‘Sensitive’ version and the version ‘Open for inspection by interested parties’ should be returned to the Commission as set out in the Notice of initiation.

1. IDENTITY AND CONTACT DETAILS

Supply the following details about your company:

Company name
Address
Contact person
Email address
Telephone
Internet:

2. TURNOVER AND SALES VOLUME

Indicate the total turnover in euros (EUR) of the company, and the turnover and tonnes for imports and resales on the Union market after importation from Belarus, during the review investigation period, of rebars as defined in the Notice of initiation and the corresponding tonnes.

	Tonnes	Value in euros (EUR)
Total turnover of your company in euros (EUR)
Imports of the product under review originating in Belarus
Imports of the product under review (all origins)
Resales on the Union market after importation from Belarus of the product under review

3. ACTIVITIES OF YOUR COMPANY AND RELATED COMPANIES (1)

Give details of the precise activities of the company and all related companies (please list them and state the relationship to your company) involved in the production and/or selling (export and/or domestic) of the product under review. Such activities could include but are not limited to purchasing the product under review or producing it under sub-contracting arrangements, or processing or trading it.

Company name and location	Activities	Relationship

4. OTHER INFORMATION

Please provide any other relevant information which the company considers useful to assist the Commission in the selection of the sample.

5. CERTIFICATION

By providing the above information, the company agrees to its possible inclusion in the sample. If the company is selected to be part of the sample, this will involve completing a questionnaire and accepting a visit at its premises in order to verify its response. If the company indicates that it does not agree to its possible inclusion in the sample, it will be deemed not to have cooperated in the investigation. The Commission’s findings for non-cooperating importers are based on the facts available and the result may be less favourable to that company than if it had cooperated.

Signature of authorised official:

Name and title of authorised official:

Date:

(1) In accordance with Article 127 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, two persons shall be deemed to be related if: (a) they are officers or directors of the other person’s business; (b) they are legally recognised partners in business; (c) they are employer and employee; (d) a third party directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds 5 % or more of the outstanding voting stock or shares of both of them; (e) one of them directly or indirectly controls the other; (f) both of them are directly or indirectly controlled by a third person; (g) together they control a third person directly or indirectly; or (h) they are members of the same family (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558). Persons shall be deemed to be members of the same family only if they stand in any of the following relationships to one another: (i) husband and wife, (ii) parent and child, (iii) brother and sister (whether by whole or half-blood), (iv) grandparent and grandchild, (v) uncle or aunt and nephew or niece, (vi) parent-in-law and son-in-law or daughter-in-law, (vii) brother-in-law and sister-in-law. In accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, ’’person’’ means a natural person, a legal person, and any association of persons which is not a legal person but which is recognised under Union or national law as having the capacity to perform legal acts (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).

15.6.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/31

Publication of an application for registration of a name pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

(2022/C 231/12)

This publication confers the right to oppose the application pursuant to Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) within three months from the date of this publication.

SINGLE DOCUMENT

‘Garam Amed Bali / Bunga Garam Amed Bali’

EU No: PDO-ID-02610 – 1.6.2020

PDO (X) PGI ( )

1. Name(s) [of PDO or PGI]

‘Garam Amed Bali / Bunga Garam Amed Bali’

2. Member State or Third Country

Indonesia

3. Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

3.1. Type of product

Class 2.6 Salt

3.2. Description of the product to which the name in (1) applies

‘Garam Amed Bali’ refers to Amed Bali salt and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ refers to Amed Bali fleur de sel.

‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ are hand-harvested sea salt originating exclusively from the area of Amed in Bali, obtained by capturing the salt minerals contained in seawater with clay soil. The dried clay soil enriched with salt minerals is then rinsed with fresh seawater through a filtration system made of woven bamboo to release the salt minerals and to produce the brine, which is then deposited on the salt drying pans made from halved coconut or palm tree trunks for crystallisation. They are unrefined, unwashed, and additive-free sea salts. Their physical and properties are described below.

3.2.1. ‘Garam Amed Bali’

‘Garam Amed Bali’ is sea salt consisting of crystals which form at the bottom of salt drying pans. The salt is harvested by hand with a special tool. The crystals are mostly cube-shaped with the presence of a few tetragonal-shaped ones, with grain size between

0,8 mm and 2,0 mm, white in colour, shiny, clean, and easy to dissolve, having savoury taste, crunchy and crispy textures with old wood fragrance, not bitter, and not spicy.

3.2.2. ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’

‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ consists of light and fine flakes and brittle crystals that–under favourable wind and sun conditions–form on the surface of the brine in the salt drying pans. ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ is harvested by hand by skimming the surface of the salt drying pans using a special tool before it settles to the bottom of the salt drying pans. With minimal rubbing between fingers, it is easily crushed into small, light, mostly in cube-shaped crystals with the presence of a few tetragonal-shaped ones, with grain size between 0,6 mm and 1,7 mm, white in colour, shiny, and clean. It is savoury and possesses crunchy and crispy textures with old wood fragrance, not bitter, and not spicy. As it dissolves extremely easily, it can be used immediately as table salt.

The table below shows the physical and organoleptic test results of ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’:

Object Tested	Physical		Sight
Object Tested	Grain Size	Crystal Shape	Colour	Glossiness	Cleanliness	Foreign Substance
Garam Amed Bali	0,8 – 2,0 mm	Mostly in cube- shaped with the presence of a few tetragonal-shaped	White	Glossy	Clean	Trace
Bunga Garam Amed Bali	0,6 – 1,7 mm	Mostly in cube- shaped with the presence of a few tetragonal-shaped	White	Glossy	Clean	Trace

Object Tested	Smell	Touch	Taste
Object Tested	Scent	Hardness	Dryness	Chewiness	Solubility	Feel in Mouth	Other Tastes
Garam Amed Bali	Old wood fragrance	Soft	Dry	Soft	Very soluble	Strong saltiness without bitterness	Savoury, crunchy, and crispy
Bunga Garam Amed Bali	Old wood fragrance	Soft, easily crushed	Dry	Soft	Extremely soluble	Strong saltiness without bitterness	More savoury, crunchy, and crispy

The mineral composition analysis of the ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ (please see Annexes 4 bis and 8) are as follows:

Mineral Element	Unit of Measurement	Garam Amed Bali	Bunga Garam Amed Bali
Sodium Chloride (NaCl)	% by weight (dry matter)	greater than 91,0	greater than 88,0
Water (H2O)	% by weight (in wet matter)	less than 5,0	less than 5,0
Lead (Pb)	mg/kg	not detected	less than 0,16
Mercury (Hg)	mg/kg	not detected	not detected
Arsenic (As)	mg/kg	not detected	not detected
Copper (Cu)	mg/kg	greater than 0,3	not detected
Zinc (Zn)	mg/100 g	greater than 0,1	not detected
Sodium (Na)	mg/100 g	greater than 39,200	greater than 40,250
Iron (Fe)	mg/100 g	greater than 2	greater than 0,15
Magnesium (Mg)	mg/100 g	greater than 740	greater than 910
Potassium (K)	mg/100 g	greater than 310	greater than 290
Calcium (Ca)	mg/100 g	greater than 520	greater than 340
Manganese (Mn)	mg/kg	greater than 2	greater than 2
Iodine (calculated as KIO3)	mg/kg	greater than 4	greater than 2,5

3.3. Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

3.4. Specific steps in production that must take place in the identified geographical area

—	Preparing the drying pans and filtration device

—	Preparing the salting plots

—	Placing clay soil into the salting plots

—	Filling up the salting plots with seawater

—	Filtrating

—	Stirring the brines

—	Drying the salt

—	Harvesting

3.5. Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product the registered name refers to

3.6. Specific rules concerning labelling of the product the registered name refers to

The Indonesian GI logo (see below) for ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ must be used on the packaging of all products. The logo is made available to all enterprises who do the packaging.

It is also mandatory to use the EU PDO logo.

A traceability numeric code is given to enable tracing of the salt maker, their group, the type of product (whether salt or fleur de sel), the month of harvest, and year of production.

4. Concise definition of the geographical area

The defined geographical area comprises 2 communes named Amed and Lebah, which are part of Purwakerthi Village in Abang Sub-district of Karangasem Regency. This area is on the north eastern coast of the island of Bali, 20 km from Amlapura, the capital city of Karangasem Regency, and 100 km from Denpasar, the capital city of the province of Bali. In Purwakerthi Village, the delimitated area is 1 km along the coastline and 1 km to the mainland.

5. Link with the geographical area

5.1. Specificities of the geographical area

The specific characteristics of ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ are a result of the natural factors and climate conditions in the defined geographical area and of human factors.

Natural factors

Amed is located on a narrow coastal strip next to a deep sea, clear and clean ocean with calm waves. The ocean is characterised by its deep-water currents, cleanliness, mineral density and purity of its seawater.

The table below shows an analysis of the seawater of Amed, which contains a high sodium chloride and low pollutant contents. These contents are better than the standards set by the Indonesian National Standards (SNI).

Analysis of the seawater of Amed by the Center for Industrial Pollution Prevention Technology (the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia).

Sample

Smell

Taste

Colour

Content (% )

Metal Pollutant (mg/kg)

Sodium Chloride (NaCl) Minimum, dry

Water (H2O) Maximum, wet

Insoluble Substance Maximum, dry

Lead (Pb) Maximum

Copper (Cu) Maximum

Mercury (Hg)

Maximum

Arsenic (As)

Maximum

Amed seawater

Normal

Salty

Normal Clear

3,20

<0,005

0,97

<0,01

<0,001

<0,005

The equipment used to produce ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ are made from local trees (coconut and palm trees) and bamboo.

Clay soil around Amed beach is used to capture the salt minerals from seawater and enrich the salt with other beneficial minerals.

The production is conducted only during the dry season between June and October through which the sun is at its peak, with the presence of a moderate breeze that provides even heat distribution during the salt crystallisation process.

There are no activities such as heavy industry and shipping that cause environmental damages in the defined geographical area.

Human factors

The specificity of the geographical area also derives from human history dating back centuries ago during the rule of the Kings of Karangasem, where salt served as an official tribute by the Amed people to the kingdom. ‘Garam Amed Bali’ has been produced over 700 years using traditional salt making process.

The salt production in the Amed coastal area has been passed down from generations until to date in traditional way with the know-how, wisdom, and culture of local salt producers. The start of the salt production season is determined by elders who have a thorough understanding of weather conditions and have decades of salt-making experience.

The process is using a unique technique and equipment.

First, the process starts with preparing the equipment. The drying pans are made of old coconut/palm tree trunks that are halved and rid of their contents. A halved tree trunk is

2,5 m long and around 25-30 cm wide. The filtration device is made of woven bamboo, coated with thick plastic in the inner side, filled from the bottom up with compacted stones, gravels, and sand. Above the sand layer, woven palm/coconut leaves or coarse cloth are placed as a barrier.

Second, the salting plots are prepared. They have an area of 200 square meters consisting of 4 square sections where each side is 7 meters long. Local clay soil which captures the salt minerals is placed into the salting plot and flattened.

Third, from 375 to 600 liters of seawater from the seashore of Amed are poured every morning onto the clay soil in the salting plot. Water pumps can also be used to pump the water into the salting plots. The process of watering the clay soil in the salting plot runs for 4 consecutive days until it contains salt minerals and dries.

Fourth, the salt-enriched clay soil in each section of the salting plot is raked, collected and transferred into the filtration device. The salt makers will step inside the filtration device to stomp, level, and compact the salt-enriched clay soil.

Fifth, at midday, from 120 to 200 liters of fresh seawater are poured into the filtration device and have clay soil hot enough to produce good quality brine. This addition of seawater allows the clay soil to soak and release the salt minerals overnight.

Sixth, the filtered saltwater or brine, is collected in a brine reservoir made of a hollowed coconut or palm tree trunk or a concrete tube and stirred before it is transferred to the drying pans to dry and crystallize for 4 days, until the fleur de sel and salt crystals are formed. Fleur de sel forms only when favourable wind and sun conditions occur.

Finally, the fleur de sel that forms on the surface of the brine during crystallisation process is harvested by hand by skimming the surface with a wooden scraper. The crystalised brine that settles on the base of the drying pans is harvested with wooden scraper as salt.

The tradition of capturing salt minerals using local clay soil; filtering using a device that is made of leaves, stone, gravel, and sand; and the crystallising using locally grown, halved coconut/palm tree trunks is very specific to Amed salt. Other salts are mostly harvested simply by evaporating seawater in salt marshes or in green house.

5.2. Specificities of the product

Quality or characteristics of the product

‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ are produced using specific traditional processes and traditional tools.

They are naturally white in colour, glossy, clean, and easy to dissolve.

They are crystal white, mostly cube-shaped with the presence of a few tetragonal-shaped ones, and are different from other salts whose crystals are triclinic-shaped with the presence of a few tetragonal-shaped ones.

They are rich in minerals such as magnesium, calcium, and potassium. The magnesium content is especially much higher than that of other sea salts whose content is only up to 50 mg/100 g at most.

Their texture is soft and dry, and the grain size is uniformly between 0,6 mm and 2,0 mm; whereas the texture of other salts is harder, and their grain size is bigger–between 2 mm and 5 mm. The Amed salt has no bitter aftertaste, is not spicy, and has a woody scent.

‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ has higher content of magnesium, calcium and potassium minerals than ‘Garam Amed Bali’. It is finer and more fragile, brittle and tasty. It breaks easily into very small crystals when rubbed, and dissolves very easily when in contact with the moisture of food, which then enhances its original taste.

‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ are ready for immediate use without any further processing.

Due to their high quality (specialty or premium) salt or and status as gourmet salt, ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ are now consumed widely by households, hotels, restaurants, and catering industry. Nowadays, national newspaper and prominent chefs hold ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ in high esteem.

5.3. Link between the specificities of the product and the specificities of the geographical area

The unique qualities of ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ derive from the pure Amed seawater, the use of Amed clay soil to capture salt minerals, the use of traditional equipment, and exclusive method of crystallising the salt that have been practised from more than 700 years ago.

The high mineral content and purity of the seawater which contains less than 0,005 % of insoluble substances due to deep-sea currents, together with the traditional capturing process of salt minerals using clay soil and traditional filtration device determine the chemical composition of ‘Garam Amed Bali’ and ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’, and contribute to their high magnesium content compared to other salts.

The purity is also highlighted by the sensorial characteristics of the salt that is crystal white, unwashed, and thus ready for use as human food product without any further processing, unlike some other salts that are reprocessed by the salt collectors by repeatedly diluting with fresh seawater and then recrystallised.

The specific taste that does not leave any bitterness; texture; grain size, which is smaller compared to other salts; and colour are also directly attributable to the mineral content and the cleanliness of Amed seawater, and to the traditional production process of capturing salt minerals using clay soil and the unique filtration system.

The crystallisation process in coconut or palm tree trunks gives the salt and fleur de sel a specific taste and woody scent.

‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ consists of light flakes or salt crystals that contain higher content of magnesium, calcium and potassium minerals than ‘Garam Amed Bali’, hence the former’s more savoury, crunchy, and crispy taste. It is finer, more fragile and brittle, breaks easily into very small crystals, and dissolves extremely easily when in contact with the moisture. ‘Bunga Garam Amed Bali’ forms on the surface of the brine in the salt drying pans when favourable wind and sun conditions are present during the salt crystallisation process before harvesting the salt.

The use of drying pans made of coconut/palm tree trunks is perfectly suitable for salt making in Amed where there are not enough coastal areas, i.e., land alongside the beach that is used to dry and evaporate brine, but where many coconut and palm trees are available to prepare the drying pans.

Reference to publication of the specification

(1) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

15.6.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/37

(2022/C 231/13)

SINGLE DOCUMENT

‘Peitzer Karpfen’

EU No: PGI-DE-02587 – 5.9.2019

PDO ( ) PGI (X)

1. Name(s)

‘Peitzer Karpfen’

2. Member State or Third Country

Germany

3. Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

3.1. Type of product

Class 1.7. Fresh fish, molluscs, and crustaceans and products derived therefrom

3.2. Description of the product to which the name under point 1 applies

‘Peitzer Karpfen’ is a mirror carp with a straight back, a largely full row of dorsal scales from head to tail and a few mirror scales on the base of the paired fins, the caudal peduncle and the operculum. It has no or very few individual scattered scales. The colouring is characterised by yellow tones on the belly shading to olive green on the back. The ratio of depth to length varies between 1:2,5 and 1:3,4. The corpulence factor of spawning fish is between 3,0 and 4,0. The shape is primarily elongated.

The meat yield is as follows:

—	gutted, with head 70-80 %

—	gutted, without head 53-63 %

—	fillet with skin 32-42 %

—	fillet without skin 28-38 %

The meat is bright to pale pink, firm, tender and lean, with a distinct flavour that is typical for the species and an aromatic odour.

‘Peitzer Karpfen’ can be sold live; killed, gutted, cut or filleted; or as a frozen food product. Smoking the fish is also permitted; fish that have already undergone the freezing process can also be smoked. The fish may be hot smoked or cold smoked over hardwood chips after immersing the fish in brine. In all of the preparation and processing methods listed above, the above-mentioned distinct flavour that is typical for the species is preserved.

3.3. Feed (for products of animal origin only) and raw materials (for processed products only)

The principal source of feed for ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ is primarily the natural food found in the pond (zooplankton, phytoplankton, etc.). This food influences the growth of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ in all stages of development. This aspect ensures the quality of the meat described above. Feed supplementation is permitted; grain is also permitted from the second development stage. If grain is given as supplementary feed, it must comply with the applicable national regulations.

All feeds used as supplementary feed are GM free.

3.4. Specific steps in production that must take place in the identified geographical area

The fish are reared within the defined geographical area. Conditions appropriate to species and age are taken into account when determining the stocking density, corresponding to the phase of the production cycle. The choice of stocking density is intended to achieve optimum growth in size and number. In accordance with the guidelines of good professional practice, the stocking density and feeding guarantee that the natural nutrition available in the pond is utilised extensively, thereby ensuring the outstanding quality of the meat.

The production cycle of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ consists of the following stages: broodstock management and certification of the breeding animals; breeding the ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ broodstock in artificial ponds; releasing the spawn in natural ponds; fry rearing; food fish rearing; pond clearing; and keeping the fish in natural or artificial ponds.

3.5. Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc. of the product the registered name refers to

—

3.6. Specific rules concerning labelling of the product the registered name refers to

—

4. Concise definition of the geographical area

The geographical area comprises the following region of the federal state of Brandenburg:

—	the town of Peitz in the Spree-Neiße rural district;

—	the municipality of Teichland in the Spree-Neiße rural district;

—	the municipality of Kolkwitz in the Spree-Neiße rural district;

—	the town of Lübben in the Dahme-Spreewald rural district;

—	the municipality of Schlepzig in the Dahme-Spreewald rural district.

5. Link with the geographical area

(1) Specific features of the geographical area:

The application for registering the PGI ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ is based on the quality of the product and its particular renown. The particular appeal of the meat of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ lies in its distinct flavour and aromatic odour. The production in the geographical region follows traditions dating back more than 100 years, consisting of selection and rearing in combination with the highly favourable geographical and climatic conditions, which ensure the high quality as well as form the basis for the particular renown.

The region that comprises the geographical area of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ is a centre of the fishing culture in the federal state of Brandenburg. The size and structure of the carp pond farms shape the appearance of the landscape. The geographical area of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ stands out because the water in the artificial canals diverted from the Spree or its tributaries, such as the Hammergraben and the Priorgraben, ensures a high-quality, stable water supply throughout the year. The Peitz ponds have primarily sandy, limy, relatively nutrient-poor bottoms and are not very muddy. They have a good-quality but not overly rich microorganism population. The pH value of the water is between 7 and 8. A unique feature of the Peitz ponds is that despite their size (some measure more than 100 hectares) they are only 0,9-1,0 m deep on average. Hibernation ponds can be deeper. The biological advantage is that the water warms up quickly, which increases the amount of natural food for the carp.

This rapid warming potential is aided by the region’s mild average annual temperature, which was 8,9 °C in the period 1961-1990, 0,7 °C higher than the German average in the same period. These location factors, along with the semi-intensive farming practices, ensure that the fish have a unique meat quality. In terms of weight development, ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ generally achieves 25-50 g as a one-year-old and 250-500 g as a two-year-old, and is predominantly put on the market at three years of age with a weight between 1,5 and 2,5 kg. Heavier specimens are possible at three years of age if they have hibernated in warm water or at four or more years of age.

(2) Specificity of the product:

The ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ stock can be traced back to a variety developed by a civil servant by the name of Kuhnert in the late 19th century in the domain of Peitz and has been purebred since then.

The stock is the product of a cross between Galician, Holstein landrace and Lusatian species. This resulted in a variety characterised by rapid growth and very good resistance to diseases and bad weather, as well as high meat content and delicious flavour.

‘Peitzer Karpfen’ is a straight-backed type of mirror carp. The primarily elongated body shape is characterised by a ratio of depth to length of between 1:2,5 and 1:3,4. ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ is characterised by its bright to pale pink, firm, tender and lean meat, with a distinct flavour that is typical for the species and an aromatic odour. In terms of weight development, ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ achieves 25-50 g as a one-year-old and 250-500 g as a two-year-old. It is predominantly put on the market at three years of age with a weight between 1,5 and 2,5 kg and at four years of age with a weight of 2,5 kg or more.

(3) Causal link:

The quality of the product is the result of the following unique production steps, which represent a distinguishing feature of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’:

Broodstock management and certification of the breeding animals expressing characteristics that most completely match the characteristics of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’. The breeding animals are kept in nutrient-rich natural waters when given supplementary grain feed in order to achieve particularly high-quality spawn.

b)	Breeding the ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ broodstock in artificial ponds, to some of which warm water is added. In the latter case, artificial spawning is used to ensure optimum dates for the best conditions when the spawn is released. The eyespot stage and yolk-sac stage are undergone here.

c)	Release of the spawn in natural ponds. The spawn is released into natural ponds in the middle of the yolk-sac stage so as to adapt to the natural food. By the end of the yolk-sac stage the spawn is almost entirely feeding off natural food.

Fry rearing – Development during the first year to one year of age in natural rearing ponds. Fish between one and two years of age with an average weight of 25-50 grams are removed from the rearing ponds. The fish then hibernate in the natural ponds or are taken to artificial rearing ponds, to which warm water is added, to continue growing.

Fish between two and three years of age are traditionally reared in the natural ponds or in artificial warm-water ponds.

e)	Food fish rearing in appropriate natural growing ponds to three years of age and beyond. In general fresh water is added to the ponds when the fish are removed.

f)	Keeping the fish in natural or artificial ponds, with the addition of fresh water and, as needed, oxygen (for at least five days), so that the typically pure flavour that characterises ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ can reach maximum intensity.

In particular the maintenance of the original genetic line is based on the human factor, because a long-sighted staffing policy and long-term recruitment of the next generation maintain and continue the know-how developed through hundreds of years of tradition. The fact that experts carry out the individual steps ensures that, at the end of the process, the product is of unique quality and the meat has the distinct flavour and aromatic odour.

The product’s particular renown is the result of its long tradition going back more than 100 years, proven by its appointment as purveyor to the court of the Kingdom of Prussia and its highly exceptional visibility in the relevant food sector.

‘Peitzer Karpfen’ has a prominent market position in Germany at present. One out of every 20 carp produced in Germany comes from the geographical area described. The quality is based on the tradition of the ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ stock, which dates back more than 100 years, and the careful selection of healthy, vigorous breeding specimens since then. When making the selection, attention is paid to the typical characteristics of the product, such as its good body depth, the structure of the meat and the ratio of meat to bone. At the same time, interbreeding with other strains of carp is prevented, in order to preserve these typical characteristics. Thus, under highly favourable geographical and climatic conditions (abundant inflow of water from the Spree, sandy and nutrient-poor soil, little mud, shallow waters), the unique quality of the ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ has been able to develop. Because experienced personnel continually select the particularly healthy and strong fish for breeding, a lesser-quality product is avoided, and instead the uniformly high quality and unique flavour of the meat is guaranteed. This is reinforced in consumer perception and increases the product’s market volume as well as its renown. ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ has achieved several outstanding awards and honours, including the following:

—	1897 Hamburg city award and gold medal

—	1898 Top award in Dresden

—	1901 Champion at the fisheries exhibition in Danzig

—	1904 Top award and first-place award at the fisheries exhibition of the German Agricultural Society in Danzig

—	1906 Award at the Berlin fisheries exhibition

—	1964 Award at the 12th agricultural exhibition in Leipzig-Markleeberg

As a result of the quality of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ and the excellent reliability of its production, the Peitzer pond farming industry was made a purveyor to the court of the Kingdom of Prussia. Even the fame and significance of the Cottbus carp auction can be traced back to the quality and reputation of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’. For more than 50 years it was the centre of the carp trade in Central Europe. Even during the era of the German Democratic Republic, the Peitz region was the flagship of the carp breeding industry. ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ was even exported to West Berlin, for instance.

The ponds in Peitz, with an area of more than 1 000 hectares, make up one of the largest such regions in Europe. ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ is immensely popular in Germany and is distributed nationwide. Every year more than 500 tonnes of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ are reared and caught. This is only possible in this defined geographical area, where the Spree and its tributaries guarantee a stable water supply. Especially in drought years, when other regions face low water levels, the inflow of fresh water from the Spree prevents an increase of the underwater vegetation and sludge that would have a negative effect on the meat of the carp kept there. Carp reared in other regions then have a stronger muddy flavour. The meat of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’, on the other hand, maintains its excellent flavour, resulting in its quality and the product’s high renown.

The media frequently report on ‘Peitzer Karpfen’. The ARD and WDR television channels broadcast a full-length report on ‘Peitzer Karpfen’. The newspaper Lausitzer Rundschau reported on the state of ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ at the 2014 Fish International trade fair.

Countless exhibitions and information events mention ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ on a regular basis. The annual clearing of the ponds in the period from September to November is marked by a celebration with thousands of visitors enjoying demonstration fishing at the Peitz rearing pond. A fisher festival is held in the town of Peitz on the second weekend of August, drawing a great many visitors from far and wide. The period between Christmas and New Year primarily draws customers from Berlin and Cottbus, who patiently wait in long queues at the sales tables. Fresh fish are sold to customers in a region known as the ‘Peitzer Karpfen road’ stretching from the town of Königs Wusterhausen near Berlin to the town of Hoyerswerda in Saxony. Tours of the ponds provide a glimpse into the varied habitat and the practice of fish farming. A pond nature trail runs for 2.3 kilometres through the area of the ponds, with signboards and activity stops giving information about the Peitz pond landscape through history and the present day. There are also well-known regional and national cycling and hiking routes that lead through the idyllic pond region. In 2006 a fishery museum opened especially for the ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ that was funded in part by the EU. The museum’s opening was reported on nationwide on television. The museum has a variety of exhibits and explains the historical development of the Peitz fishing industry in the Peitz ponds to the present day.

Recipes for ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ can be found in internet recipe databases, and a small ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ cookbook is available from Amazon. Travel guides point out this special delicacy. Ronny Pietzner, a chef at the five-star hotel Grand Elysee Hamburg, included one of his favourite ‘Peitzer Karpfen’ recipes in his cookbook.

Reference to publication of the product specification:

https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/geo/detail.pdfdownload/41757

(1) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

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	European Commission
2022/C 231/01	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10623 – REPSOL / TELEFONICA / JV) ( 1 )	1
2022/C 231/02	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10705 – BLACKSTONE / CARLYLE / GOLDMAN SACHS / PRIMA) ( 1 )	2

	IV Notices
	NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
	European Commission
2022/C 231/03	Euro exchange rates — 14 June 2022	3
2022/C 231/04	2022 intermediate update of the remuneration and pensions of the officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients applied thereto	4
2022/C 231/05	Intermediate update of weightings (correction coefficients) applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in Extra-EU Delegations	10
	Court of Auditors
2022/C 231/06	Special report 13/2022 – Free movement in the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic – Limited scrutiny of internal border controls, and uncoordinated actions by Member States	16
	Single Resolution Board
2022/C 231/07	Decision concerning the assessment of the conditions for resolution in respect of Sberbank Europe AG	17
2022/C 231/08	Decision to take resolution action in respect of Sberbank banka d.d.	18
2022/C 231/09	Decision to take resolution action in respect of Sberbank d.d.	19

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,0452
JPY	Japanese yen	140,62
DKK	Danish krone	7,4403
GBP	Pound sterling	0,86578
SEK	Swedish krona	10,6220
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0394
ISK	Iceland króna	138,30
NOK	Norwegian krone	10,3945
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	24,749
HUF	Hungarian forint	398,68
PLN	Polish zloty	4,6563
RON	Romanian leu	4,9443
TRY	Turkish lira	18,0600
AUD	Australian dollar	1,5174
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,3522
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,2048
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,6755
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,4541
KRW	South Korean won	1 346,72
ZAR	South African rand	16,7959
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7,0417
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,5238
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	15 400,02
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,6224
PHP	Philippine peso	55,669
RUB	Russian rouble
THB	Thai baht	36,566
BRL	Brazilian real	5,3329
MXN	Mexican peso	21,4832
INR	Indian rupee	81,5590

Date of adoption of the decision	1 March 2022
Decision No	SRB/EES/2022/19
Addressee	Finanzmarktaufsicht
Institution	Sberbank Europe AG
Application of the write-down and conversion of capital instruments power	No
Resolution action	No
Fund aid	No

	V Announcements
	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
	European Commission
2022/C 231/10	Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community – Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations ( 1 )	20
	PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY
	European Commission
2022/C 231/11	Notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of rebars originating in the Republic of Belarus	21
	OTHER ACTS
	European Commission
2022/C 231/12	Publication of an application for registration of a name pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs	31
2022/C 231/13	Publication of an application for registration of a name pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs	37

	Corrigenda
	Corrigendum to Call for applications – Director of Human Resources and Personnel Administration (Grade AD 14 or AD 15) ( OJ C 223 A, 8.6.2022 )	42


	(1) Text with EEA relevance.