(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.

(2)

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

(1)

The import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 May 2007 were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 486/2007 (3).

(2)

As the average of the import duties calculated differs by more than EUR 5 a tonne from that fixed, a corresponding adjustment must be made to the import duties fixed by Regulation (EC) No 486/2007.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 486/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 (2) lays down the list of the agencies in third countries which are authorised to issue the attestations accompanying hop products imported from those countries. Those attestations are recognised as equivalent to the certificate laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1952/2005.

(2)

Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, the agencies of those new Member States should no longer appear on the list in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78.

(3)

Some of the names and addresses of the agencies listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 have changed.

(4)

Regulation (EEC) No 3077/78 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Hops,

(1)

The additive salinomycin sodium (Salinomax 120G) was authorised under certain conditions in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2). Commission Regulation (EC) No 600/2005 (3) authorised that additive for 10 years for use for chickens for fattening, linking the authorisation to the person responsible for putting that additive into circulation. That additive was entered into the Community Register of Feed Additives.

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the possibility of modifying the authorisation of an additive further to a request from the holder of the authorisation and an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (the Authority). The holder of the authorisation of the additive salinomycin sodium (Salinomax 120G) has submitted an application which proposes changing the conditions of the authorisation by introducing a maximum residue limit (MRL) as evaluated by the Authority.

(3)

In its opinion adopted on 26 January 2005 (4), the Authority proposed to establish an MRL for the active substance concerned. It may be necessary to review that MRL in the light of the results of a future evaluation of that active substance by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products.

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 600/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5)

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

(1)

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

(2)

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of the preparation set out in the Annex to this Regulation. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)

The application concerns a new use of the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum (CNCM MA 6-10) (Safizym X), as a feed additive for piglets (weaned), to be classified in the additive category ‘Zootechnical additives’.

(4)

The use of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum (CNCM MA 6-10) was authorised without a time limit for chickens for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1453/2004 (2), without a time limit for turkeys for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 943/2005 (3) and without a time limit for laying hens by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1810/2005 (4).

(5)

New data were submitted in support of an application for authorisation for piglets (weaned). The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority) concluded in its opinion of 17 October 2006 that the preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase EC 3.2.1.8 produced by Trichoderma longibrachiatum (CNCM MA 6-10) (Safizym X) does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment (5). It further concluded that that preparation does not present any other risk which would, in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, exclude authorisation. According to that opinion, the use of that preparation does not have an adverse effect on these additional animal categories. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(6)

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

(7)

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

(1)

Bt176 (SYN-EV176-9) maize has been granted consent pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (2) by Commission Decision 97/98/EC of 23 January 1997 concerning the placing on the market of genetically modified maize (Zea mays L.) with the combined modification for insecticidal properties conferred by the Bt-endotoxin gene and increased tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium, on application of Council Directive 90/220/EEC (3). Directive 90/220/EEC has been recast and repealed by Directive 2001/18/EC.

(2)

The consent was based on the respective opinions of the Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition established by Commission Decision 76/791/EEC (4), of the Scientific Committee for Food established by Commission Decision 95/273/EC (5) and of the Scientific Committee for Pesticides established by Commission Decision 78/436/EEC (6).

(3)

SYN-EV176-9 maize and its derived products have subsequently been notified by Syngenta Crop Protection AG (hereafter ‘the notifier’) as existing products under Article 8(1) and Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (hereafter ‘the Regulation’) and entered in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed. The scope of the notification covered food consisting of and/or containing or produced from SYN-EV176-9 maize, food additives produced from SYN-EV176-9 maize, feed consisting of and/or containing SYN-EV176-9 maize, feed materials produced from SYN-EV176-9 maize and feed additives produced from SYN-EV176-9 maize.

(4)

The notifier of SYN-EV176-9 maize, in a letter to the Commission dated 19 September 2005, indicated that it has stopped selling seeds of SYN-EV176-9 maize in the Community after the 2005 planting season.

(5)

The notifier has further indicated to the Commission that it has no intention to submit an application for renewal of the authorisation of SYN-EV176-9 maize under the Regulation in accordance with Article 8(4), Article 11, Article 20(4) and Article 23 respectively. Therefore neither the cultivation nor the placing on the market of SYN-EV176-9 maize and its derived products will be authorised in the Community after 18 April 2007.

(6)

Measures should therefore be adopted in order to ensure effective withdrawal from the market of seeds from inbred lines and hybrids derived from SYN-EV176-9 maize. As a consequence of the non-availability of seeds, any products derived from SYN-ENV176-9 maize can be expected to disappear from the food and feed chain in a reasonable period of time.

(7)

Since the notifier has stopped selling seeds of SYN-EV176-9 maize in the Community after the 2005 planting season, stocks of products derived from SYN-EV176-9 maize have been used up and are not expected to be present on the market after 18 April 2007. However, minute traces of genetically modified material from SYN-EV176-9 maize might remain present in food or feed products for a certain period of time.

(8)

For reasons of legal certainty, it is therefore necessary to provide for a transitional period of time within which food and feed products may contain such material without being considered to be in breach of Article 4(2) or Article 16(2) of the Regulation where this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable.

(9)

The tolerated level and the period of time should be set taking into account the time needed until the effective withdrawal from the market of the seeds produces its effects throughout the food and feed chain. In all cases, the tolerated level shall remain below the labelling and traceability threshold of no higher than 0,9 % provided for by the Regulation for the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of GM material in food and feed.

(10)

The entries in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of the Regulation, regarding SYN-EV176-9 maize should be modified in order to take account of this Decision.

(11)

The notifier has been consulted on the measures provided for in this Decision.

(12)

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

(a)

provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable; and

(b)

in a proportion no higher than 0,9 %.

(1)

Seeds of hybrid oilseed rape Ms1xRf1 (ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4) have been granted consent pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (2) by Commission Decision 96/158/EC of 6 February 1996 concerning the placing on the market of a product consisting of a genetically modified organism, hybrid herbicide-tolerant swede-rape seeds (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzq. MS1Bn x RF1Bn) (3) for the use of growing for obtaining seed but not for the use for human food or animal feed. Directive 90/220/EEC has been recast and repealed by Directive 2001/18/EC.

(2)

Seeds of hybrid oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 have been granted consent pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC by Commission Decision 97/392/EC of 6 June 1997 concerning the placing on the market of genetically modified swede-rape (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzg. MS1, RF1) pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC (4) for the intended use of growing and handling in the environment before and during processing to non-viable fractions.

(3)

The consents were based on the information contained in the dossiers submitted under Directive 90/220/EEC and all the information submitted by the Member States.

(4)

Processed oil from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape was placed on the market in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (5).

(5)

ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape and their derived products have subsequently been notified by Bayer CropScience AG (hereafter the notifier) as existing products under Article 8(1)(a) and Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (hereafter the Regulation) and entered in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed. The scope of the notification covered food (processed oil) produced from the male sterile MS1Bn (B91-4) oilseed rape line and all conventional crosses, the fertility restorer RF1Bn (B93-101) oilseed rape line and all conventional crosses and the hybrid combination MS1xRF1 (ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4) as well as feed containing or consisting of oilseed swede-rape derived from the male sterile MS1 (B91-4), cultivar Drakkar, oilseed rape line (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzg.), the fertility restorer RF1 (B93-101), cultivar Drakkar, oilseed rape line (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzg.) and the hybrid combination MS1xRF1 (ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4) (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzg. MS1Bn x RF1Bn) for the intended uses of growing and handling in the environment before and during processing to non-viable fractions.

(6)

The notifier of hybrid oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4, in a letter to the Commission dated 15 November 2005, indicated that varieties containing this event were no longer offered for sale on a global basis and that all inventory seed were recalled and destroyed after the 2003 sales season.

(7)

The notifier has further indicated to the Commission that it has no intention to submit an application for renewal of the authorisation of ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape under the Regulation in accordance with the first sub-paragraph of Article 8(4), Article 11, Article 20(4) and Article 23 respectively. Therefore neither the cultivation nor the placing on the market of ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 hybrid oilseed rape and its derived products will be authorised in the Community after 18 April 2007.

(8)

Measures should therefore be adopted in order to ensure effective withdrawal from the market of seeds of hybrid oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4. As a consequence of the non-availability of seeds, any products derived from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape can be expected to disappear from the food and feed chain in a reasonable period of time.

(9)

Since the notifier has stopped selling seeds of hybrid oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 after the 2003 planting season, stocks of products derived from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape have been used up and are not expected to be present on the market after 18 April 2007. However, minute traces of genetically modified material from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape might remain present in food or feed products for a certain period of time.

(10)

For reasons of legal certainty, it is therefore necessary to provide for a transitional period of time within which food and feed products may contain such material without being considered to be in breach of Article 4(2) or Article 16(2) of the Regulation where this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable.

(11)

The tolerated level and the period of time should be set taking into account the time needed until the effective withdrawal from the market of the seeds produces its effects throughout the food and feed chain. In all cases, the tolerated level shall remain below the labelling and traceability threshold of no higher than 0,9 % provided for by the Regulation for the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of GM material in food and feed.

(12)

The entries in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of the Regulation, regarding ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ1-4 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ1-4 oilseed rape should be modified in order to take account of this Decision.

(13)

The notifier has been consulted on the measures provided for in this Decision.

(14)

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

(a)

provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable; and

(b)

in a proportion no higher than 0,9 %.

(1)

Seeds of hybrid oilseed rape Ms1xRf2 (ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5) have been granted consent pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (2) by Commission Decision 97/393/EC of 6 June 1997 concerning the placing on the market of genetically modified swede-rape (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzg. MS1, RF2), in accordance with Council Directive 90/220/EEC (3), for the intended use of growing and handling in the environment before and during processing to non-viable fractions. Directive 90/220/EEC has been recast and repealed by Directive 2001/18/EC.

(2)

The consent was based on the information contained in the dossier submitted under Directive 90/220/EEC and all the information submitted by the Member States.

(3)

Processed oil from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape was placed on the market in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (4).

(4)

ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape and their derived products have subsequently been notified as existing products by Bayer CropScience AG (hereafter ‘the notifier’) under Article 8(1)(a) and Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (hereafter ‘the Regulation’) and entered in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed. The scope of the notification covered food (processed oil) produced from the male sterile MS1Bn (B91-4) oilseed rape line and all conventional crosses, the fertility restorer RF2Bn (B94-2) oilseed rape line and all conventional crosses and the hybrid combination MS1xRF2 (ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5)) as well as feed containing or consisting of oilseed swede-rape derived from the male sterile MS1 (B91-4), cultivar Drakkar, oilseed rape line (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzg.), the fertility restorer RF2 (B94-2), cultivar Drakkar, oilseed rape line (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzg.) and the hybrid combination MS1xRF2 (ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5) (Brassica napus L. oleifera Metzg. MS1Bn x RF2Bn) for the intended uses of growing and handling in the environment before and during processing to non-viable fractions.

(5)

The notifier of hybrid oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5, in a letter to the Commission dated 15 November 2005, indicated that varieties containing this event were no longer offered for sale on a global basis and that all inventory seed were recalled and destroyed after the 2003 sales season.

(6)

The notifier has further indicated to the Commission that it has no intention to submit an application for renewal of the authorisation of ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape under the Regulation in accordance with the first sub-paragraph of Article 8(4), Article 11, Article 20(4) and Article 23 respectively. Therefore neither the cultivation nor the placing on the market of ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 hybrid oilseed rape and its derived products will be authorised in the Community after 18 April 2007.

(7)

Measures should therefore be adopted in order to ensure effective withdrawal from the market of seeds of hybrid oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5. As a consequence of the non-availability of seeds, any products derived from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape can be expected to disappear from the food and feed chain in a reasonable period of time.

(8)

Since the notifier has stopped selling seeds of hybrid oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 after the 2003 planting season, stocks of products derived from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape have been used up and are not expected to be present on the market after 18 April 2007. However, minute traces of genetically modified material from ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape might remain present in food or feed products for a certain period of time.

(9)

For reasons of legal certainty, it is therefore necessary to provide for a transitional period of time within which food and feed products may contain such material without being considered to be in breach of Article 4(2) or Article 16(2) of the Regulation where this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable.

(10)

The tolerated level and the period of time should be set taking into account the time needed until the effective withdrawal from the market of the seeds produces its effects throughout the food and feed chain. In all cases, the tolerated level shall remain below the labelling and traceability threshold of no higher than 0,9 % provided for by the Regulation for the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of GM material in food and feed.

(11)

The entries in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of the Regulation, regarding ACS-BNØØ4-7, ACS-BNØØ2-5 and the hybrid combination ACS-BNØØ4-7xACS-BNØØ2-5 oilseed rape should be modified in order to take account of this Decision.

(12)

The notifier has been consulted on the measures provided for in this Decision.

(13)

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

(a)

provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable; and

(b)

in a proportion no higher than 0,9 %.

(1)

Seeds of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L. spp. oleifera) derived from traditional breeding crosses between non-genetically modified oilseed rape and a line resulting from transformation event Topas 19/2 (ACS-BNØØ7-1) have been granted consent pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (2) by Commission Decision 98/291/EC of 22 April 1998 concerning the placing on the market of genetically modified spring swede rape (Brassica napus L. ssp oleifera) pursuant to Council Directive 90/220/EEC (3) for handling in the environment during import and before and during storage and processing. Directive 90/220/EEC has been recast and repealed by Directive 2001/18/EC.

(2)

The consent was based on the opinion of 10 February 1998 of the Scientific Committee on Plants established by Commission Decision 97/579/EC (4).

(3)

Processed oil from seeds of oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ7-1 and all conventional crosses was placed on the market in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (5).

(4)

ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape and its derived products have subsequently been notified by Bayer CropScience AG (hereafter the notifier) as existing products under Article 8(1)(a) and Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (hereafter the Regulation) and entered in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed. The scope of the notification covered food (processed oil) produced from seeds of oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ7-1 and all conventional crosses as well as feed containing or consisting of or produced from ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape for the placing on the market of the product or handling in the environment during import and before and during storage and processing.

(5)

The notifier of oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ7-1, in a letter to the Commission dated 15 November 2005, indicated that varieties containing this event were no longer offered for sale on a global basis and that all inventory seed were recalled and destroyed after the 2003 sales season.

(6)

The notifier has further indicated to the Commission that it has no intention to submit an application for renewal of the authorisation of ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape under the Regulation in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 8(4), Article 11, Article 20(4) and Article 23 respectively. Therefore ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape and its derived products cannot be placed on the market in the Community after 18 April 2007.

(7)

Measures to ensure effective withdrawal from the market of seeds of oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ7-1 for the purpose of cultivation are not necessary since these seeds could never be legally placed on the market in the Community. Since the notifier has stopped selling seeds of oilseed rape ACS-BNØØ7-1 after the 2003 planting season, stocks of products derived from ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape have been used up and are not expected to be present on the market after 18 April 2007. However, minute traces of ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape might remain present in food or feed products for a certain period of time.

(8)

For reasons of legal certainty, it is therefore necessary to provide for a transitional period of time within which food and feed products may contain such material without being considered to be in breach of Article 4(2) or Article 16(2) of the Regulation where this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable.

(9)

The tolerated level and the period of time should be set taking into account the time needed until the effective withdrawal from the market of the seeds produces its effects throughout the food and feed chain. In all cases, the tolerated level shall remain below the labelling and traceability threshold of no higher than 0,9 % provided for by the Regulation for the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of GM material in food and feed.

(10)

The entries in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of the Regulation, regarding ACS-BNØØ7-1 oilseed rape should be modified in order to take account of this Decision.

(11)

The notifier has been consulted on the measures provided for in this Decision.

(12)

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

(a)

provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable; and

(b)

in a proportion no higher than 0,9 %.

(1)

Products derived from GA21xMON810 (MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6) maize have been notified as existing products by Monsanto Europe S.A (hereafter the notifier) under Article 8(1)(b) and Article 20(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (hereafter the Regulation) and entered in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed. The scope of the notification covered food additives, feed materials and feed additives produced from MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize.

(2)

No consent for placing on the market of seeds from MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize has been granted in the Community. The notifier of MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize, in a letter to the Commission dated 1 March 2007, indicated that 2005 was the last year of approved commercial sales of seeds of MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize on a global basis.

(3)

The notifier has further indicated to the Commission that it has no intention to submit an application for renewal of the authorisation of products derived from MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize under the Regulation in accordance with the second sub-paragraph of Article 8(4), Article 11, the second sub-paragraph of Article 20(4), and Article 23 respectively. Therefore products derived from MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize cannot be placed on the market in the Community after 18 April 2007.

(4)

Measures to ensure effective withdrawal from the market of seeds of MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize are not necessary since these seeds could never be legally placed on the market in the Community. Since the notifier has stopped selling seeds of MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize after the 2005 planting season, stocks of products derived from MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize have been used up and are not expected to be present on the market after 18 April 2007. However, minute traces of MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize might remain present in food or feed products for a certain period of time.

(5)

For reasons of legal certainty, it is therefore necessary to provide for a transitional period of time within which food and feed products may contain such material without being considered to be in breach of Article 4(2) or Article 16(2) of the Regulation where this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable.

(6)

The tolerated level and the period of time should be set taking into account the time needed until the non-availability of the seeds produces its effects throughout the food and feed chain. In all cases, the tolerated level shall remain below the labelling and traceability threshold of no higher than 0,9 % provided for by the Regulation for the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of GM material in food and feed.

(7)

The entries in the Community Register of genetically modified food and feed, as provided for in Article 28 of the Regulation, regarding MON-ØØØ21-9xMON-ØØ81Ø-6 maize should be modified in order to take account of this Decision.

(8)

The notifier has been consulted on the measures provided for in this Decision.

(9)

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

(a)

provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable; and

(b)

in a proportion no higher than 0,9 %.

(1)

Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution towards specific veterinary measures, including emergency measures. Decision 90/424/EEC, as amended by Decision 2006/53/EC (2), provides for a Community financial contribution to Member States to cover certain costs involved in taking measures to eradicate avian influenza.

(2)

Outbreaks of avian influenza occurred in Hungary in 2006. The emergence of that disease represents a serious risk to the Community’s livestock population. Under Article 3a(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, Hungary took measures to combat those outbreaks.

(3)

The payment of a Community financial contribution must be made subject to the condition that the planned measures were actually implemented and that the competent authorities provided all the necessary information to the Commission within certain deadlines.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 of 28 February 2005 laying down rules on the Community financing of emergency measures and of the campaign to combat certain animal diseases under Council Decision 90/424/EEC (3), following the amendment of Decision 90/424/EEC by Decision 2006/53/EC, no longer covers avian influenza. It is therefore necessary to expressly provide in the present Decision that the granting of a financial contribution to Hungary is subject to compliance with certain rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.

(5)

Article 3a(3) of Decision 90/424/EEC provides that the Community financial contribution is to be 50 % of the eligible costs incurred by the Member State.

(6)

Hungary has fully complied with its technical and administrative obligations as set out in Articles 3(3) and 3a(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC. Hungary has forwarded to the Commission information on the costs incurred in the framework of this outbreak on 27 October 2006.

(7)

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

(1)

Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution towards specific veterinary measures, including emergency measures. Decision 90/424/EEC, as amended by Decision 2006/53/EC (2), provides for a Community financial contribution to Member States to cover certain costs involved in taking measures to eradicate avian influenza.

(2)

Outbreaks of avian influenza occurred in Denmark in 2006. The emergence of that disease represents a serious risk to the Community’s livestock population. Under Article 3a(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, Denmark took measures to combat those outbreaks.

(3)

The payment of a Community financial contribution must be made subject to the condition that the planned measures were actually implemented and that the competent authorities provided all the necessary information to the Commission within certain deadlines.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 of 28 February 2005 laying down rules on the Community financing of emergency measures and of the campaign to combat certain animal diseases under Council Decision 90/424/EEC (3), following the amendment of Decision 90/424/EEC by Decision 2006/53/EC, no longer covers avian influenza. It is therefore necessary to expressly provide in the present Decision that the granting of a financial contribution to Denmark is subject to compliance with certain rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.

(5)

Article 3a(3) of Decision 90/424/EEC provides that the Community financial contribution is to be 50 % of the eligible costs incurred by the Member State.

(6)

Denmark has fully complied with its technical and administrative obligations as set out in Articles 3(3) and 3a(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC. Denmark has forwarded to the Commission information on the costs incurred in the framework of this outbreak on 8 June 2006 and thereafter continued to provide all necessary information on costs of compensation and operational expenditure.

(7)

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