5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/1

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 199/2008

of 25 February 2008

concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (3) provides for regular assessments by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (hereinafter referred to as the STECF) of the management of living aquatic resources, including biological, economic, environmental, social and technical considerations.

(2)

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the Agreement relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks both emphasise the need to develop research and data collection with a view to improving scientific knowledge of the sector.

(3)

In line with the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (hereinafter referred to as the CFP) on the conservation, management and exploitation of living aquatic resources in non-Community waters, the Community must take part in the efforts undertaken to conserve fisheries resources, notably in accordance with the provisions adopted in Fisheries Partnership Agreements or by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations.

(4)

On 23 January 2003, the Council adopted conclusions concerning the Commission’s Communication to the Council and the European Parliament setting out a ‘Community Action Plan to integrate environmental protection requirements into the CFP’ with guiding principles, management measures and a work programme, to move towards an ecosystem approach to fisheries management.

(5)

On 13 October 2003, the Council adopted conclusions concerning the Commission’s Communication to the Council and the European Parliament on the improvement of scientific and technical advice for Community fisheries management, describing the Community’s needs for scientific advice, setting out the mechanisms for providing advice, identifying the areas where system needs to be strengthened and suggesting possible solutions over the short to medium and long term.

(6)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 of 29 June 2000 establishing a Community framework for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (4) needs to be reviewed in order to take due consideration of a fleet-based approach towards fisheries management, the need to develop an ecosystem approach, the need for improved quality, completeness and broader access to fisheries data, more efficient support for provision of scientific advice and the promotion of cooperation among Member States.

(7)

The current regulations in the area of fisheries data collection and management include provisions on the collection and management of data relating to fishing vessels, their activities and catches and on price monitoring, which should be taken into account in this Regulation in order to streamline collection and use of these data throughout the CFP and to avoid any duplication of collection of data. Those current regulations are as follows: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (5), Council Regulation (EC) No 788/96 of 22 April 1996 on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture production (6), Commission Regulation (EC) No 2091/98 of 30 September 1998 concerning the segmentation of the Community fishing fleet and fishing effort in relation to the multi-annual guidance programmes (7), Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (8), Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks (9),

Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources (10), Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems (11), Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register (12), Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 of 26 April 2004 laying down measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries (13), Regulation (EC) No 1921/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on the submission of statistical data on landings of fishery products in Member States (14), Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 of 21 December 2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing (15), and Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel (16).

(8)

Data collected for the purposes of scientific evaluation should include information on fleets and their activities, biological data covering catches, including discards, survey information on fish stocks and the environmental impact that may be caused by fisheries on the marine ecosystem. It should also include data explaining price formation and other data which may facilitate an assessment of the economic situation of fishing enterprises, aquaculture and the processing industry, and of employment trends in these sectors.

(9)

In order to protect and conserve living aquatic resources and their sustainable exploitation, the ecosystem based approach to fisheries management should be progressively implemented. In view of this, it is necessary to collect data in order to assess the effects of fisheries on the marine ecosystem.

(10)	Community programmes to collect, manage and use fisheries data should be implemented under the direct responsibility of the Member States. Accordingly Member States should draw up national programmes in line with the Community programme.

(11)	It is necessary that Member States cooperate among themselves, as well as with third countries, and coordinate their national programmes with respect to the collection of data regarding the same marine region and regions covering relevant inland waters.

(12)	Priorities should be established at Community level, as should the procedures for data collection and processing within the Community, in order to ensure that the entire system is consistent and to optimise its cost-effectiveness by creating a stable multi-annual regional framework.

(13)

The data referred to in this Regulation should be put into national computerised databases so that they are accessible to the Commission and can be transmitted to end-users. It is in the interest of the scientific community that data which does not allow for personal identification is available to any party who has an interest in its analysis.

(14)

Managing fisheries resources requires the processing of detailed data in order to address specific issues. In that context, Member States should transmit data needed for scientific analysis and should ensure they have the technical capacity of doing so. If necessary, the detailed data may be aggregated before their transmission, to the level of aggregation stipulated in the request as defined by the end-users.

(15)

The obligations concerning access to the data covered by this Regulation are without prejudice to Member States’ obligations under Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information (17), as well as under Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (18).

(16)

The protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation is governed by Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (19) and by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (20).

(17)

The implementation of national programmes to collect and manage fisheries data requires significant expenditure. The benefit of such programmes can only be fully realised at Community level. There should therefore be provision for a Community financial contribution to the Member States’ costs, in accordance Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 of 22 May 2006 establishing Community financial measures for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy in the area of the Law of the Sea (21).

(18)	In case the Commission finds that the expenditure concerned is linked to irregularities, provision should be made for financial corrections in accordance with Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.

(19)

Correct execution of the National Programmes and, in particular, adherence to deadlines, quality control, validation and transmission of the data collected, is of high importance. For this reason Community financial contribution should be made conditional on adherence to the relevant deadlines, on quality control, on compliance with agreed quality standards and on provision of data. Consequently, a financial sanction system related to non-compliance with these conditions should be introduced.

(20)	In order to improve the reliability of scientific advice needed to conduct the CFP, the Member States and the Commission should coordinate and cooperate in the relevant international scientific bodies.

(21)	Priority should be given to ensuring the attendance of the relevant scientific experts in the expert groups conducting the scientific evaluation needed to conduct the CFP.

(22)

The scientific community should be consulted and those working in the fishing industry and other interest groups should be informed on the implementation of the data collection provisions. The appropriate bodies in which to gather the opinions required are the STECF, established by Commission Decision 2005/629/EC (22), the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, set up by Commission Decision 1999/478/EC (23), and the Regional Advisory Councils set up by Council Decision 2004/585/EC (24).

(23)

The management committee should ensure close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission in order to facilitate the correct implementation of this Regulation. The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (25).

(24)	Based on past experience and new needs it is appropriate to repeal Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 and to replace it by this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject-matter

1. This Regulation establishes rules on:

(a)	the collection and management, in the framework of multi-annual programmes, of biological, technical, environmental and socio-economic data concerning the fisheries sector;

(b)	the use of data concerning the fisheries sector in the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy (hereinafter referred to as the CFP), for the purpose of scientific analysis.

2. This Regulation also lays down provisions for the improvement of the scientific advice needed for the implementation of the CFP.

3. This Regulation shall be without prejudice to the obligations under Directive 95/46/EC, Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, Directive 2003/4/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)	‘fisheries sector’ means activities related to commercial fisheries, recreational fisheries, aquaculture and industries processing fisheries products;

(b)

‘aquaculture’ means the rearing or cultivation of aquatic organisms using techniques designed to increase the production of the organisms in question beyond the natural capacity of the environment; the organisms remaining the property of a natural or legal person throughout the rearing or culture stage, up to and including harvesting;

(c)	‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting living aquatic resources for recreation or sport;

(d)	‘marine regions’ means the geographical areas set out in Annex I to Council Decision 2004/585/EC and the areas established by the regional fisheries management organisations;

(e)	‘primary data’ means data associated with individual vessels, natural or legal persons or individual samples;

(f)	‘meta data’ means data giving qualitative and quantitative information on the collected primary data;

(g)	‘detailed data’ means data based on primary data in a form which does not allow natural persons or legal entities to be identified directly or indirectly;

(h)	‘aggregated data’ means the output resulting from summarising the primary or detailed data for specific analytic purposes;

(i)	‘end-users’ means bodies with a research or management interest in the scientific analysis of data in the fisheries sector;

(j)	‘fleet-fishery based sampling’ means biological, technical and socio-economic data collection surveys based on agreed regional fishing types and fleet segments;

(k)	‘Community fishing vessel’ means a vessel as defined in Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

CHAPTER II

COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF DATA IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

SECTION 1

Community programme and national programmes

Article 3

Community programme

1. A multi-annual Community programme for collection, management and use of biological, technical, environmental, and socio-economic data concerning:

(a)

commercial fisheries carried out by Community fishing vessels:

(i)	within Community waters, including commercial fisheries for eels and salmon in inland waters;

(ii)	outside Community waters;

(b)	recreational fisheries carried out within Community waters including recreational fisheries for eels and salmon in inland waters;

(c)	aquaculture activities related to marine species, including eels and salmon, carried out within the Member States and the Community waters;

(d)	industries processing fisheries products;

shall be defined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

2. The Community programme shall be drawn for three-year periods. The first period shall cover the years 2009 and 2010.

Article 4

National programmes

1. Without prejudice to their current data collection obligations under Community law, Member States shall collect primary biological, technical, environmental and socio-economic data within the framework of a multi-annual national programme (hereinafter referred to as the national programme) drawn up in accordance with the Community programme.

2. The national programme shall include, in particular, the following matters as provided for in Section 2:

(a)	multi-annual sampling programmes;

(b)	a scheme for at-sea monitoring of commercial and recreational fisheries, where necessary;

(c)	a scheme for research surveys-at-sea;

(d)	a scheme for management and use of the data for scientific analyses purposes.

3. The procedures and methods to be used in collecting and analysing data and in estimating their accuracy and precision shall be included in the national programmes.

4. Member States shall submit their national programmes for approval to the Commission. They shall submit them by electronic means by the date, in the format and to the address to be established by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

5. The first national programmes shall include the activities for the years 2009 and 2010.

Article 5

Coordination and cooperation

1. Member States shall coordinate their national programmes with other Member States in the same marine region and make every effort to coordinate their actions with third countries having sovereignty or jurisdiction over waters in the same marine region. For this purpose the Commission may organise Regional Coordination Meetings in order to assist Member States in coordinating their national programmes and the implementation of the collection, management and use of the data in same region.

2. In order to take into account any recommendation made at regional level at the Regional Coordination Meetings, Member States shall where appropriate submit amendments to their national programmes during the programming period. Those amendments shall be sent to the Commission at the latest two months prior to the year of implementation.

3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

Article 6

Evaluation and approval of national programmes

1. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall evaluate:

(a)	the conformity of the national programmes and any amendments thereto with Articles 4 and 5; and

(b)	the scientific relevance of the data to be covered by national programmes for the purposes laid down in Article 1(1) and the quality of the proposed methods and procedures.

2. If the evaluation by STECF, referred to in paragraph 1, indicates that a national programme does not comply with Articles 4 and 5 or does not guarantee the scientific relevance of the data or sufficient quality of the proposed methods and procedures, the Commission shall immediately inform the Member State concerned and propose amendments to that programme. Subsequently, the Member State concerned shall submit a revised national programme to the Commission.

3. The Commission shall approve the national programmes and the amendments thereto made in accordance with Article 5(2) on the basis of the evaluation by the STECF and the evaluation of costs carried out by its services.

Article 7

Evaluation and approval of the outcomes of the national programmes

1. Member States shall on an annual basis submit to the Commission a report on the carrying out of their national programmes. They shall submit them by the date, in the format and to the address to be established by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

2. The STECF shall evaluate:

(a)	the execution of the national programmes approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 6(3); and

(b)	the quality of the data collected by the Member States.

3. The Commission shall assess the implementation of the national programmes on the basis of:

(a)	the evaluation by the STECF;

(b)	the consultation of appropriate regional fisheries management organisations to which the Community is contracting party or observer and relevant international scientific bodies; and

(c)	the evaluation of costs carried out by its services.

Article 8

Community financial assistance

1. Community financial assistance for national programmes shall be implemented in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.

2. The basic data referred to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 shall cover only those parts of Member States’ national programmes that implement the Community programme.

3. Community financial assistance for national programmes shall only be granted if the rules set out in this Regulation are fully respected.

4. The Commission may, after having afforded the Member States concerned an opportunity of being heard, suspend and/or recover Community financial assistance in the following circumstances:

(a)	the evaluation, referred to in Article 7, indicates that the execution of a national programme does not comply with this Regulation; or

(b)	the consultation referred to Article 7(3)(b) indicates that the data has not been provided by Member States in accordance with Articles 16(3) and 20(1); or

(c)	data quality control and data process were not achieved in accordance with Articles 14(2) and 17.

5. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the Commission may, after having afforded the Member States concerned an opportunity of being heard, also reduce Community financial assistance in the following circumstances:

(a)	if a national programme was not submitted to the Commission by the date established in accordance with Article 4(4);

(b)	if a report was not submitted to the Commission by the date established in accordance with Article 7(1);

(c)	if an official request for data has been made by an end-user and the data was not delivered in accordance with Articles 20(2) and 20(3) to the end-user concerned or the quality control and the processing of these data were not in accordance to Articles 14(2) and 17.

6. The reduction of the Community financial assistance referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 shall be proportionate to the degree of non-compliance. The reduction of the Community financial assistance referred to in paragraph 5 shall be applied gradually over time and shall amount to no more than 25 % of the total annual cost of the national programme.

7. Detailed rules for the application of the reduction referred to in paragraph 6 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

SECTION 2

Requirements for the data collection process

Article 9

Sampling programmes

1. Member States shall establish multi-annual national sampling programmes.

2. Multi-annual national sampling programmes shall include, in particular:

(a)	a sampling design for biological data following fleet-fishery based sampling including, where appropriate, recreational fisheries;

(b)	a sampling design for ecosystem data that allows the impact of the fisheries sector on the marine ecosystem to be estimated and that contributes to monitoring of the state of the marine ecosystem;

(c)	a sampling design for socio-economic data that permits the economic situation of the fisheries sector to be assessed and enables its performance over time to be analysed, and impact assessments of measures undertaken, or proposed to be carried out.

3. The protocols and the methods used for the establishment of national sampling programmes shall be given by Member States and shall be, as far as possible:

(a)	stable over time;

(b)	standardised within regions;

(c)	in accordance with the quality standards established by the appropriate regional fisheries management organisations to which the Community is contracting party or observer and relevant international scientific bodies.

4. Accuracy and precision for the data collected shall be systematically estimated where required.

Article 10

Access to the sampling sites

Member States shall ensure that, in order to carry out their duties, samplers designated by the body in charge of the implementation of the national programme have access to:

(a)	all landings, including as appropriate, transhipments and transfers to aquaculture;

(b)	vessel and business registers operated by public bodies relevant for the collection of economic data;

(c)	economic data of fisheries related businesses.

Article 11

At-sea monitoring of commercial and recreational fisheries

1. Where necessary for the purposes of the collection of the data under the national programmes, Member States shall design and implement at-sea monitoring of commercial and recreational fisheries.

2. The tasks of the at-sea monitoring shall be determined by the Member States.

3. The masters of Community fishing vessels shall accept on board samplers operating under the at-sea monitoring scheme and designated by the body in charge of the implementation of the national programme and cooperate with them in order to allow them to discharge their duties while on board Community fishing vessels.

4. The masters of Community fishing vessels may refuse to accept on board the samplers operating under the at-sea monitoring scheme only on the basis of an obvious lack of space on the vessel or for safety reasons in accordance with national legislation. In such cases, data shall be collected through a self-sampling programme, carried out by the crew of the Community fishing vessel, and designed and controlled by the body in charge of the implementation of the national programme.

Article 12

Research surveys at sea

1. Member States shall carry out research surveys at sea to evaluate the abundance and distribution of stocks, independently of the data provided by commercial fisheries, and to assess the impact of the fishing activity on the environment.

2. The list of research surveys at sea eligible for the Community financial assistance shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

CHAPTER III

DATA MANAGEMENT PROCESS

Article 13

Data storage

Member States shall:

(a)	ensure that primary data collected under national programmes are safely stored in computerised databases and take all necessary measures to ensure that they are treated as confidential;

(b)	ensure that metadata related to the primary socio-economic data collected under national programmes are safely stored in computerised databases;

(c)	take all necessary technical measures to protect such data against any accidental or illicit destruction, accidental loss, deterioration, distribution or unauthorised consultation.

Article 14

Data quality control and validation

1. Member States shall be responsible for the quality and completeness of the primary data collected under national programmes, and for the detailed and aggregated data derived therefrom which are transmitted to end-users.

2. Member States shall ensure that:

(a)	primary data collected under national programmes are properly checked for errors by appropriate quality control procedures;

(b)	detailed and aggregated data derived from primary data collected under national programmes are validated before their transmission to end-users;

(c)	the quality assurance procedures applied to the primary, detailed and aggregated data referred to in (a) and (b) are developed in accordance with the procedures adopted by the international scientific bodies, regional fisheries management organisations and STECF.

CHAPTER IV

USE OF DATA COLLECTED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CFP

Article 15

Data covered

1. This Chapter shall apply to all data collected:

(a)	under Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 788/96, (EC) No 2091/98, (EC) No 104/2000, (EC) No 2347/2002, (EC) No 1954/2003, (EC) No 2244/2003, (EC) No 26/2004, (EC) No 812/2004, (EC) No 1921/2006, (EC) No 1966/2006 and (EC) No 1100/2007;

(b)

under the framework of this Regulation:

(i)	data on vessels’ activity based on information from satellite monitoring and other monitoring systems with the required format;

(ii)	data allowing the reliable estimation of the total volume of catches per stock by defined regional fishing types and fleet segments, geographical area and time period, including discards and, where appropriate, data regarding catches in recreational fisheries;

(iii)

all biological data needed to assess the status of exploited stocks;

(iv)	ecosystem data needed to evaluate the impact of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem;

(v)	the socio-economic data from the fisheries sector.

2. Member States shall avoid any duplication in the collection of the data referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 16

Access to and transmission of primary data

1. For the purpose of the verification of the existence of the primary data collected in accordance with Article 4(1), other than socio-economic data, Member States shall ensure that the Commission has access to the national computerised databases referred to in Article 13(a).

2. For the purpose of the verification of the socio-economic data collected in accordance with Article 4(1) Member States shall ensure that the Commission has access to the national computerised databases referred to in Article 13(b).

3. Member States shall conclude agreements with the Commission to ensure effective and unhindered access for the Commission to their national computerised databases referred to in paragraph 1 and 2, without prejudice to the obligations established by other Community rules.

4. Member States shall ensure that the primary data collected under the research surveys at sea are transmitted to international scientific organisations and appropriate scientific bodies within regional fisheries management organisations in accordance with the international obligations of the Community and the Member States.

Article 17

Processing of primary data

1. Member States shall process the primary data into data sets of detailed or aggregated data in accordance with:

(a)	relevant international standards, wherever they exist;

(b)	protocols agreed at international or regional level, wherever they exist.

2. The Member State shall provide to the end-users and the Commission, whenever necessary, a description of the methods applied to process the requested data and their statistical properties.

Article 18

Submission of detailed and aggregated data

1. Member States shall make detailed and aggregated data available to end-users to support scientific analysis:

(a)	as a basis for advice to fisheries management, including to Regional Advisory Councils;

(b)	in the interest of public debate and stakeholder participation in policy development;

(c)	for scientific publication.

2. Where necessary, to ensure anonymity Member States may refuse to provide data on vessels’ activity based on information from vessel satellite monitoring to end-users for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1(b).

Article 19

Transmission of detailed and aggregated data

Member States shall transmit detailed and aggregated data in a secure electronic format.

Article 20

Procedure for transmission of detailed and aggregated data

1. Member States shall ensure that relevant detailed and aggregated data to be sent on a regular basis is provided timely to the appropriate regional fisheries management organisations to which the Community is a contracting party or observer and relevant international scientific bodies in accordance with the international obligations of the Community and the Member States.

2. Where detailed and aggregated data are requested for specific scientific analysis, Member States shall ensure that the data is provided to end-users:

(a)	for the purpose referred to in Article 18(1)(a), within one month from the receipt of the request for these data;

(b)	for the purpose referred to in Article 18(1)(b), within two months from the receipt of the request for these data.

3. Where detailed and aggregated data are requested for scientific publication referred to in Article 18(1)(c), Member States:

(a)

may, in order to protect the professional interests of the data collectors, withhold data transmission to the end-users for a period of three years following the date of collection of the data. Member States shall inform the end-users and the Commission of any such decisions. In duly justified cases the Commission may authorise that period to be extended;

(b)	shall in case that three years period has already expired, ensure that the data is provided to end-users within two months from the receipt of the request for these data.

4. Member States may refuse to transmit the relevant detailed and aggregated data only:

(a)	if there is a risk of natural persons and/or legal entities being identified, in which case the Member State may propose alternative means to meet the needs of the end-user which ensure anonymity;

(b)	in the cases referred to in Article 22(3);

(c)	if the same data are already available in another form or format which is easily accessible by end-users.

5. In cases where the data requested by end-users other than appropriate regional fisheries management organisations to which the Community is contracting party or observer and relevant international scientific bodies are different from those already provided to appropriate regional fisheries management organisations to which the Community is contracting party or observer and relevant international scientific bodies, Member States may charge those end-users the actual costs of extraction and, if required, aggregation of the data before their transmission.

Article 21

Review of refusal to provide data

1. If a Member State refuses to provide data under Article 20(3)(a), the end-user may request the Commission to review the refusal. If the Commission finds that the refusal is not duly justified, it may require the Member State to supply the data to the end-user within one month.

2. If the Member State fails to provide such data within the period laid down in paragraph 1, Article 8 paragraphs 5 and 6 shall apply.

Article 22

Obligations for end-users

1. The end-users of data shall:

(a)	use the data only for the purpose stated in their request in accordance with Article 18;

(b)	duly acknowledge the data sources;

(c)	be responsible for correct and appropriate use of the data with regard to scientific ethics;

(d)	inform the Commission and the Member States concerned of any suspected problems with the data;

(e)	provide the Member States concerned and the Commission with references to the results of the use of the data;

(f)	not forward the requested data to third parties without consent with the Member State concerned;

(g)	not sell the data to any third party.

2. The Member States shall inform the Commission of any non-compliance by end-users.

3. Where an end-user fails to comply with any of the requirements set out in paragraph 1, the Commission may allow the Member State concerned to limit or refuse access to the data to that end-user.

CHAPTER V

SUPPORT FOR SCIENTIFIC ADVICE

Article 23

Participation in meetings of international bodies

Member States shall ensure that their national experts participate in relevant meetings of regional fisheries management organisations to which the Community is contracting party or observer and international scientific bodies.

Article 24

Coordination and cooperation

1. Member States and the Commission shall coordinate their efforts and cooperate in order to further improve the reliability of scientific advice, the quality of the work programmes and the working methods of the regional fisheries management organisations to which the Community is contracting party or observer and international scientific bodies.

2. Such coordination and cooperation shall take place without prejudice to open scientific debate and shall aim to promote impartial scientific advice.

CHAPTER VI

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 25

Implementing measures

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

Article 26

Monitoring

The Commission, in association with the STECF, shall monitor the progress of the national programmes in the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture established by Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 (hereinafter referred to as the Committee).

Article 27

Committee

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

3. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

Article 28

Repeal

1. Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 is hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2009. However, the repealed provisions shall remain applicable for national programmes approved before 31 December 2008.

2. Reference to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 29

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

A. VIZJAK

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(11) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17.

(12) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1799/2006 (OJ L 341, 7.12.2006, p. 26).

(13) OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 12, corrected by OJ L 185, 24.5.2004, p. 4. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 809/2007 (OJ L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 1).

(14) OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(15) OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 3.

(16) OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 17.

(17) OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26.

(18) OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, p. 13.

(19) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(20) OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(21) OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(22) OJ L 225, 31.8.2005, p. 18.

(23) OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 70. Decision as amended by Decision 2004/864/EC (OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 91).

(24) OJ L 256, 3.8.2004, p. 17. Decision as amended by Decision 2007/409/EC (OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 68).

(25) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

ANNEX

Correlation table

Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000	Regulation (EC) No 199/2008
Article 1	Article 1
Article 2	Article 2
Article 3	Article 3, 4, 5
Article 4	Article 15
Article 5	Article 3, 25
Article 6	Article 4, 8
Article 7	Article 13, 18
Article 8	Article 25, 26
Article 9	Article 27
Article 10	Article 26
Article 11	Article 29

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 200/2008

of 4 March 2008

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (1), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.

ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 4 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

(EUR/100 kg)
CN code	Third country code (1)	Standard import value
0702 00 00	JO	69,6
	MA	51,8
	TN	120,5
	TR	143,2
	ZZ	96,3
0707 00 05	EG	244,4
	JO	190,5
	MA	114,7
	TR	198,4
	ZZ	187,0
0709 90 70	MA	92,7
	TR	167,2
	ZZ	130,0
0805 10 20	EG	45,4
	IL	53,4
	MA	51,9
	TN	50,1
	TR	97,1
	ZZ	59,6
0805 50 10	EG	95,9
	IL	110,0
	SY	56,4
	TR	123,4
	ZZ	96,4
0808 10 80	AR	97,3
	CA	77,9
	CN	92,3
	MK	42,4
	US	107,6
	UY	89,9
	ZZ	84,6
0808 20 50	AR	80,9
	CL	67,2
	CN	51,9
	US	123,2
	ZA	103,0
	ZZ	85,2

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ ZZ ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 201/2008

of 4 March 2008

amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular of the Article 36,

Whereas:

(1)	The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2007/08 marketing year are fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 (3). These prices and duties have been last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 137/2008 (4).

(2)	The data currently available to the Commission indicate that the said amounts should be changed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The representative prices and additional duties on imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 October 2008.

(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1568/2007 (OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 62).

(3) OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 5.

(4) OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 7.

ANNEX

Amended representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and products covered by CN code 1702 90 95 applicable from 5 March 2008

(EUR)
CN code	Representative price per 100 kg of the product concerned	Additional duty per 100 kg of the product concerned
1701 11 10 (1)	25,86	3,53
1701 11 90 (1)	25,86	8,60
1701 12 10 (1)	25,86	3,39
1701 12 90 (1)	25,86	8,17
1701 91 00 (2)	24,93	12,96
1701 99 10 (2)	24,93	8,25
1701 99 90 (2)	24,93	8,25
1702 90 95 (3)	0,25	0,40

(1) Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.III to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1).

(2) Fixed for the standard quality defined in Annex I.II to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.

(3) Fixed per 1 % sucrose content.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 202/2008

of 4 March 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 28(4) thereof,

Having regard to the request submitted by the European Food Safety Authority on 12 September 2007,

Whereas

(1)	The Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food is a key element of the safety of the food chain and consumer protection.

(2)	Experience demonstrates that, since its creation that Panel has received almost 50 % of the total number of mandates sent to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Despite the adoption of a high number of scientific opinions per year, the Panel faces difficulties in managing its workload.

(3)	It is expected that the number of mandates received by the Panel will increase in the future with the adoption of new vertical legislation in the area of vitamins and minerals added to foods and on food additives, flavourings, and food enzymes.

(4)	It is therefore necessary to replace that Panel by two new Panels named respectively ‘the Panel on food additives and nutrient sources added to food’ and ‘the Panel on food contact materials, enzymes, flavourings and processing aids’.

(5)

The division of responsibilities between the two new Panels should aim at ensuring that the expertise of each Panel corresponds to their respective field of competence and contributes to a better balance of the work. The procedures governing the EFSA Scientific Committee and Panels should guarantee flexible coordination and harmonised methods.

(6)	Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 the first subparagraph is amended as follows:

point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a)	the Panel on food additives and nutrient sources added to food;’

the following new point (j) is added:

‘(j)	the Panel on food contact materials, enzymes, flavourings, and processing aids’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100, 8.4.2006, p. 3).

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/18

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 203/2008

of 4 March 2008

amending Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, as regards gamithromycin

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (1), and in particular the third paragraph of Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Medicines Agency formulated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use,

Whereas:

(1)	All pharmacologically active substances used in the Community in veterinary medicinal products intended for food-producing animals should be evaluated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.

(2)

An application for establishing maximum residue limits (hereinafter MRLs) for gamithromycin, an antibiotic belonging to the group of macrolides, has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency. In its first opinion the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (hereinafter CVMP) established an overall acceptable daily intake (hereinafter ADI) of 370 μg/person as the basis for the MRL calculation. It was based on the microbiological ADI. MRLs for kidney and liver were fixed at 100 respectively 200 μg/kg. The applicant introduced an appeal against the first opinion, disagreeing with the established microbiological ADI as well as with the MRLs set by the CVMP for liver and kidney. He requested to change the overall ADI to 600 μg/person, which corresponded to the toxicological ADI. Furthermore, he requested that, if the overall ADI should not be changed to 600 μg/person, the CVMP consider reducing the MRLs for kidney and liver by half. Having considered the appeal, the CVMP agreed in its final opinion to change the microbiological ADI and, thus, to amend the overall ADI for gamithromycin to 600 μg/person. CVMP decided that provisional maximum residue limits should be established for gamithromycin. As a consequence, it is found appropriate to insert that substance in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 for bovine species, for fat, liver and kidney, excluding animals producing milk for human consumption. The provisional maximum residue limits will expire on 1 July 2009.

(3)	Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4)

An adequate period should be allowed before the applicability of this Regulation in order to enable Member States to make any necessary adjustment in the light of this Regulation to the authorisations to place the veterinary medicinal products concerned on the market which have been granted in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (2).

(5)	The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 5 May 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 61/2008 (OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/28/EC (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 58).

ANNEX

In point 1.2.2 of Annex III (List of pharmacologically active substances used in veterinary medicinal products for which provisional maximum residue limits have been fixed), the following substance is inserted:

1. Anti-infectious agents

1.2. Antibiotics

1.2.2. Macrolides

Pharmacologically active substance(s)	Marker residue	Animal species	MRLs	Target tissues	Other provisions
‘Gamithromycin	Gamithromycin	Bovine	20 μg/kg	Fat	Provisional MRLs will expire on 1 July 2009. Not for use in animals producing milk for human consumption’
			200 μg/kg	Liver
			100 μg/kg	Kidney

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 204/2008

of 4 March 2008

fixing the import duties applicable to semi-milled and wholly milled rice from 5 March 2008

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Based on the information transmitted by the competent authorities, the Commission notes that import licences for semi-milled or wholly milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 have been issued in respect of 192 418 tonnes for the period from 1 September 2007 to 29 February 2008. The import duty for semi-milled and wholly milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 must therefore be adjusted.

(2)	As the applicable duty must be fixed within 10 days of the end of the period mentioned above. This Regulation should come into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The import duty for semi-milled and wholly milled rice falling within CN code 1006 30 shall be EUR 175 per tonne.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 96. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 797/2006 (OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as of 1 September 2008.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/22

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services

(2008/188/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)	By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2)	On behalf of the Community, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Decision of 5 June 2003.

(3)	The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2006/695/EC (2).

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to make the notification provided for in Article 9(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) Opinion of 12.10.2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 286, 17.10.2006, p. 19.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/23

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Georgia on certain aspects of air services

(2008/189/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2), in conjunction with Article 300(2), first sentence of the first subparagraph thereof and Article 300(3), first subparagraph,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)	By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council has authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2)	The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an agreement with Georgia on certain aspects of air services in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Decision of 5 June 2003.

(3)	The Agreement has been signed on behalf of the Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2006/357/EC (2).

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Georgia on certain aspects of air services is approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The president of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided in Article 8.1 of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) Opinion of 6 September 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 23.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/24

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services

(2008/190/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)	By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2)	On behalf of the Community, the Commission has negotiated an agreement with the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Decision of 5 June 2003.

(3)	The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2006/345/EC (2).

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to make the notification provided for in Article 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) Opinion of 16 May 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 126, 13.5.2006, p. 23.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/25

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services

(2008/191/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)	By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council has authorised the Commission on 5 June 2003 to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2)	The Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an agreement with the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Decision of 5 June 2003.

(3)	The agreement has been signed on behalf of the Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in conformity with Council Decision 2006/543/EC (2).

(4)	The agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services is approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The president of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided in Article 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) Opinion of 6 September 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 215, 5.8.2006, p. 15.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/26

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services

(2008/192/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)	By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council has authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements by a Community agreement.

(2)	The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Community, an agreement with the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Decision of 5 June 2003.

(3)	The Agreement has been signed on behalf of the Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2006/848/EC (2).

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided in Article 9(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) Opinion of 12 October 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 330, 28.11.2006, p. 18.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/27

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia on certain aspects of air services

(2008/193/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2), in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)	By a decision of 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(2)	On behalf of the Community the Commission has negotiated an agreement with the Republic of Croatia on certain aspects of air services in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the decision of 5 June 2003.

(3)	This Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2006/370/EC (2).

(4)	This Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia on certain aspects of air services is approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided in Article 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) Opinion of 27 September 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 136, 24.5.2006, p. 31.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/28

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services

(2008/194/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)	By a decision of 5 June 2003, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements by a Community Agreement.

(2)	On behalf of the Community, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the decision of 5 June 2003.

(3)	The Agreement was signed on behalf of the Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2006/592/EC (2).

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services is approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided for in Article 7(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) Opinion of 12 October 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 243, 6.9.2006, p. 21.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/29

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services

(2008/195/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)	On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(2)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Community, an Agreement with the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services (the Agreement) in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(3)	The agreement was signed on behalf of the European Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2007/470/EC (1).

(4)	The agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided for in Article 9.1 of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) OJ L 179, 7.7.2007, p. 38.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/30

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services

(2008/196/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)	On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(2)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Community, an Agreement with the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services (the Agreement) in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(3)	The Agreement was signed on behalf of the European Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Decision 2007/210/EC (1).

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided for in Article 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 26.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/31

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Paraguay on certain aspects of air services

(2008/197/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)	On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(2)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Community, an Agreement with the Republic of Paraguay on certain aspects of air services (the Agreement) in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(3)	The Agreement was signed on behalf of the European Community subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2007/323/EC (1).

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Paraguay on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided for in Article 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 30.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/32

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services

(2008/198/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80, paragraph 2, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)	On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(2)

The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Community, an agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services (the Agreement) in accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.

(3)	The Agreement was signed on behalf of the European Community, subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Decision 2006/550/EC (1).

(4)	The Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The president of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided in Article 8(1) of the Agreement.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. RUPEL

(1) OJ L 217, 8.8.2006, p. 16.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/33

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 February 2008

on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

(2008/199/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction with the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the 2005 Act of Accession, and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, was signed on behalf of the European Community and its Member States on 26 November 2007.

(2)	The Protocol should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (1), is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community and its Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

D. MATE

(1) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 33.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/34

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 February 2008

terminating the examination procedure concerning trade practices maintained by Argentina in relation to the imports of textile and clothing products

(2008/200/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 of 22 December 1994 laying down Community procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community's rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (1), and in particular Articles 11 (1) thereof,

Whereas:

A. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

(1)	On 11 October 1999, Euratex (European Apparel and Textile Organisation) lodged a complaint under Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 (hereinafter the Regulation) on behalf of those of its members which export to Argentina or wish to do so.

(2)

The complainant alleged that the Community sales of textile and clothing products in Argentina were hindered by obstacles to trade within the meaning of Article 2(1) of the Regulation, i.e. ‘a practice adopted or maintained by a third country and in respect of which international trade rules establish a right of action’. The alleged obstacles to trade were the following.

(a)	pre-shipment inspection and minimum customs values,

(b)	excessive requirements for certificates of origin,

(c)	requirement to submit a Declaration Form on Product Composition,

(d)	excessively burdensome labelling requirement,

(e)	statistical tax and discriminatory VAT.

(3)	The complainant also claimed that these practices were causing adverse trade effects within the meaning of Article 2(4) of the Regulation.

(4)

The Commission decided therefore, after consultation of the Advisory Committee established by the Regulation, that there was sufficient evidence to justify initiating an examination procedure for the purpose of considering the legal and factual issues involved. Consequently, an examination procedure was initiated on 27 November 1999 (2).

B. THE FINDINGS OF THE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

(5)

In 2000, the investigation concluded on the certificate of origin that the burdensome requirements appeared to infringe Article VIII.3 and X of GATT 1994, Article 7.1 of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and to contravene the recommendations of Article VIII.1(c) of GATT 1994. The measures on labelling requirements appeared to violate Article 2.2 of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade and to contravene the recommendations of Article VIII.1(c) of GATT 1994. As regards the requirements of the Declaration Form On Product Composition, they appeared to be in breach of Article 2 of the WTO Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures. As for the procedure for controlling the customs value, the Commission services could not express a definitive position due to the recent introduction of a new law regulating this matter. On the pre-shipment inspection issue, no violation of any particular provision of the WTO Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection could be found. However, it did not appear to adhere to the purpose and spirit of the Agreement. Finally, no violation of WTO rules had been identified with respect to the statistical tax, and the issue of the discriminatory VAT was already addressed in the context of another TBR procedure concerning the import of finished leather in Argentina (3).

(6)	The investigation also concluded that the investigated measures had cumulatively caused or threaten to cause adverse effects within the meaning of Article 2(4) of the Regulation.

C. DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE END OF THE INVESTIGATION

(7)	Following the investigation, discussions took place over the years with the Argentinean authorities with the aim of achieving an amicable settlement eliminating or gradually easing the above trade barriers.

(8)

With regard to customs valuation practices, the situation has improved over the last years. Transparency has improved while European manufacturers and exporters can participate in the determination of the indicative values for customs valuation. Pre-shipment inspection has been eliminated, and the requirement of a Declaration Form on Products Composition does not appear to create any problem to exporters.

(9)

On the question of the certificate of origin, substantial progress was achieved through the adoption of Instruccion General No 9/2002 de la Direccion General de Aduanas on 8 February 2002. Until recently, the main remaining obstacle to trade faced by the European industry was the requirement, in the case of triangular trade, to provide the Argentinean authorities not only with the certificate of origin but also with the invoice between the producer of the goods originating in a third country and the exporter in the country of shipping, thereby raising concerns of confidentiality on the original transaction. Through the adoption of Nota External No 3/07 of the Administracion Federal de Ingresos Publicos (Subdireccion general tecnico legal aduanera), Argentina effectively repealed the requirement of providing a copy of the original invoice, which is now replaced by a certificate issued by the competent authorities of the country of shipment, e.g. a Chamber of Commerce, and then legalised in the country of shipment by the Argentinean consulate.

(10)

With regard to the labelling requirements linked to the compulsory sewing of fiscal stamps, the Argentinean authorities provided information according to which the costs of such requirement compared to the value of the shipment is very limited. It thus appears that the possible adverse effects of this remaining obstacle to trade do not have and cannot have a material impact on the economy of the Community or of a region of the Community, or on the textile-producing sector therein.

D. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

(11)

In view of the above analysis, it is considered that the examination procedure has led to a satisfactory situation with regard to the obstacles that faced the trade as alleged in the complaint lodged by Euratex, or that, in the case of the sewing of fiscal stamps, the investigated measure does not have on its own a material impact on the textile-producing regions of the European Community. The examination procedure should therefore be terminated in accordance with Article 11(1) of the Regulation.

(12)	The Advisory Committee has been consulted on the measures provided for in this Decision,

HAS DECIDED:

Sole Article

The examination procedure concerning measures imposed by Argentina in relation to the imports of textile and clothing products is hereby terminated.

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2008.

For the Commission

Peter MANDELSON

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 71. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 356/95 (OJ L 41, 23.2.1995, p. 3).

(2) OJ C 340, 27.11.1999, p. 70.

(3) OJ L 295, 4.11.1998, p. 46.

5.3.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/36

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 February 2008

designating the Community Fisheries Control Agency as the body to carry out certain tasks under Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006 and amending Decision 2007/166/EC adopting the list of Community fisheries inspectors and inspection means

(2008/201/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 28(4) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006 of 7 July 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Article 28(3) and (4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (2), and in particular Articles 2(2), 3(4), 4(5), 6(4), 8(3) and 9(4) thereof,

Having regard to the appointments of Community inspectors and inspection means notified by Member States,

Whereas:

(1)	Articles 2(2), 3(4), 4(5), 6(4), 8(3) and 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006 empower the Commission to designate a body for the purposes determined in those Articles.

(2)

Pursuant to Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 284/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3) the missions of the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) are, inter alia, to assist Member States in reporting information on fishing activities and control and inspection activities to the Commission and to contribute to the work of the member States and the Commission on research into and development of control and inspection techniques.

(3)	The CFCA should therefore be designated as the body referred to in Articles 2(2), 3(4), 4(5), 6(4), 8(3) and 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006.

(4)

Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006 provides that after the establishment of the initial list of Community inspectors and inspection means authorised to carry out inspections in accordance with Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, the Commission shall amend the list by 31 December each year on the basis of modifications notified by the Member States.

(5)	It is therefore necessary to amend the list of Community inspectors and inspection means adopted by Commission Decision 2007/166/EC (4).

(6)	The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) shall be the body designated to:

(a)	receive decisions on authorisations in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(b)	act as contact point in accordance with Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(c)	request and receive reports in accordance with Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(d)	publish the list of Community inspectors and inspection means, and modifications thereto, in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(e)	issue identification documents in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006;

(f)	request and receive reports in accordance with Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006.

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 2007/166/EC shall be replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 865/2007 (OJ L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 14.

(3) OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 76, 16.3.2007, p. 22.

ANNEX

Country	Inspectors	Inspection vessels	Inspection aircraft	Other inspection means
Belgium	Casier, Maarten De Vleeschouwer, Guy Devogel, Geert Lieben, Richard	BNS STERN BNS VALCKE BNS ALBATROS DAB ZEEHOND	OO-MMM
Bulgaria	Angelov Kamenov, Vladimir Apostolov Kumurdgiev, Kiril Dobrinov Tanev, Stanimir	NAFA 1 NAFA 2 NAFA 22
Cyprus	Avgousti, Antonis Karagiannis, Christos Kyriakou, Kyriakos Michail, Michalis Nikolaou, Nikolas Papadopoulos, Andreas Sophokleous, Maria	AMMOCHOSTOS GORGO ALKYON AMFITRITI		5 vehicles
Denmark	Akselsen, Ole Andersen, Bent Andersen, Jesper Sandager Andersen, Lars Ole Andersen, Mogens Andersen, Niels Andersen, Peter Bunk Anderson, Jacob Aufeldt, Lasse Otto Backe, René Barrit, Jørgen Beck, Bjarne Baagø Bendtsen, Finn Jørgen Bendtsen, Lars Bernholm, Kristian Birkenborg, Pernille Brølling, Eigil Toft Baadsgård, Jørgen Carl, Morten Christoffersen, Flemming Christensen, Frantz Christensen, Jesper Just Christensen, Peter Christensen, Thomas Damsgaard, Kristen Degn, Jesper Dølling, Robert Ebert, Thomas Elnef, Frank Godt Eriksen, Lars Bonde Fick, Carsten Frederiksen, Torben Broe Grønkjær, Ole Gaarde, Børge Handrup, Jacob Hansen, Bruno Ellekær Hansen, Gunnar Hansen, Jan Duval Hansen, Martin Hansen, Ole Heldager, Peter Hestbek, Flemming Høi, Jesper Højrup, Torben Jaeger, Michael Wassermann Jensen, Anders Christer Jensen, Anker Mark Jensen, Hanne Juul Jensen, Jimmy Langelund Jensen, Jonas Krøyer Jensen, Jørgen Uth Jensen, Lars Henrik Jensen, Lone Jensen, Poul Erik Jensen, René Sandholt Jensen, Tommy Johansen, Allan Juul, Axel Juul, Torben Jørgensen, Kristian Jørgensen, Ole Holmberg Karlsen, Jesper Knudsen, Malene Knudsen, Niels Knudsen, Ole Kokholm, Peder Kristensen, Henrik Kristensen, Jeanne Marie Kristensen, Peter Holmgaard Lange, Rune Kjærgaard Larsen, Michael Larsen, Peter Hjort Larsen, Tim Bonde Lundbæk, Tommy Madsen, Jens Erik Madsen, Johnny Mogensen, Erik Motzfeldt, Dan Høegh Møller, Gert Nielsen, Christian Nielsen, Dan Randum Nielsen, Gunner Nielsen, Hans Henrik Nielsen, Henrik Früsthück Nielsen, Jeppe Nielsen, Kim Tage Nielsen, Niels Kristian Nielsen, Steen Nielsen, Søren Nielsen, Trine Fris Nørgaard, Max Pedersen, Kenneth Pedersen, Kurt Benny Pedersen, Preben Toft Petersen, Jimmy Porsmose, Tommy Poulsen, Bue Poulsen, John Rasmussen, Tim Risager, Preben Rømer, Kim Schou, Kasper Schultz, Flemming Seibæk, Helge Siegumfeldt, Jeanette Simonsen, Morten Skrivergaard, Lennart Skaaning, Per Sørensen, Willy Thomsen, Bjarne Thomsen, Klaus Thorsen, Michael Trab, Jens Ole Vistrup, Annette Klarlund Wille, Claus Wind, Bernt Paul Aasted, Lars Jerne	VESTKYSTEN NORDSØEN HAVØRNEN HAVTERNEN
Estonia	Grigorjev, Mait Grosmann, Meit Kekkonen, Janno Kutsar, Andres Kõue, Gunnar Lasn, Margus Niinemaa, Endel Ulla, Indrek Varblane, Viljar Vipp, Heino	Kati Kõu Maru Pikker Torm Valvas Vapper	Enstrom 480B MI-8 L-410	Kulkuri 34: AMA 220 Kulkuri 34: AMA 906 Kulkuri 34: AMA 518
Finland	Heikkinen, Pertti Hiltunen, Jouni Komulainen, Unto Koivisto, Kare Koskenala, Timo Koskinen, Aki Lähde, Jukka Linder, Jukka Nikiforow, Mikael Malin, Mikko Sundqvist, Lars Suominen, Ari Suominen, Paavo Ulenius, Niklas Ylönen, Camilla	Merikarhu Tursas Uisko	Dornier OH-MVN Dornier OH-MVH
France	Baron, Philippe Bigot, Jean-Paul Bon, Philippe Chang Pi Hin, Emilien Chapel, Vincent Christ, Hervé Crochard, Thierry Fortier, Eric Hudela, Emmanuel Isore, Pascal Jeany, Maxime Le Cousin, Jean-Luc Richard, Jean-François Sanson, Fabien Villenave, Patrick	VCSM Escaut VCSM Yser VCSM Scarpe VCSM Esteron PCG Géranium PATRA Glaive PSP Flamant PSP Pluvier PSP Cormoran VCSM Aber Vrach VCSM Penfeld VCSM Elorn VCSM Sèvre VCSM Vertonne VCSM Trieux VCSM Charente VCSM Adour PATRA Epée PSP Sterne P400 La Gracieuse VCSM Odet VCSM Tech VCSM Maury VCSM Huveaune VCSM Argens VCSM Vésubie VCSM Hérault VCSM Gravona PSP Arago PSP Grebe Bâtiment ALFAN KAN AN AVEL THEMIS IRIS	2 Dauphins of public service Nord 262 Falcon 50 Marine Alouette III Lynx Panther 3 Reims-Aviation F 406
Germany	Abs, Volker Ackermann, Michael Appelmans, Jürgen Arndt, Oliver Baumann, Jörg Bembenek, Jörg Bergmann, Udo Bieder, Mathias Bigalski, Hans-Georg Birkholz, Rüdiger Bloch, Ralf Bösherz, Andreas Brunnlieb, Jürgen Carstensen, Lutz Cassens, Enno Christiansen, Dirk Cordes, Reiner Dörbrandt, Stefan Drenkhan, Michael Ehlers, Klaus Engelbrecht, Sascha Erdmann, Christian Franke, Hermann Franz, Martin Garbe, Robert Hänse, Dirk Hansen, Hagen Heidkamp, Max Heisler, Lars Herda, Heinrich Hickmann, Michael Homeister, Alfred Hoyer, Oliver Jens, Bernd Kaczenski, Bernhard Kersten, Mickel Kind, Karl-Heinz Knutzen, Stefan Kollath, Mark Köhn, Thorsten Krüger, Martin Linke, Hans-Herbert Lührs, Carsten Mücher, Martin Nöckel, Steffen Oltmann, Jens Pauls, Werner Perkuhn, Martin Raabe, Karsten Ramm, Jörg Reimers, André Rutz, Dietmar Sauerwein, Dirk Schmidt, Harald Schröder, Lasse Schuler, Claas Skrey, Erich Slabik, Peter Springer, Gunnar Sturm, Jochen Sween, Gorm Thieme, Stefan Thomas, Raik Tiedemann, Harald Vierk, Matthias Welz, Oliver Welz, Henning Welz-Juhl, Hans-Joachim Wichert, Peter Wolken, Hans	SYLT HELGOLAND EIDER GLÜCKSSBURG FALSHÖFT FEHMARN GREIF BREMERHAVEN EMDEN HAMBURG HIDDENSEE KNIEPSAND MEERKATZE PRIWALL RÜGEN SCHL.HOLSTEIN SEEADLER SEEFALKE GRAUBUTT STEINBUTT GOLDBUTT
Greece	Παπαλεονάρδος Δημοσθένης Γασπαράτος Σωκράτης Ξυπνητού Βασιλική Κανδυλιώτης Νικόλαος Κουζίλου Σταυρούλα Αργυρακοπούλου Αικατερίνη Αδαμοπούλου Γεωργία Ηλιάδης Νικόλαος Τοπάλογλου Κωνσταντίνος Ακριβός Δημήτριος Καλογήρου Νικόλαος Αργυρίου Γεωργία Γαλανούλη Ιωάννα Παπακωνσταντίνου Νικόλαος Μπουλακάκης Ευάγγελος Βυργιώτης Νικόλαος Πασσαδής Νικόλαος Χαμαλίδης Βασίλειος Γιαννούσης Βασίλειος Ουζούνογλου Ραλλού Σλανκίδης Βασίλειος Κιλέτση Στυλιανή Βαρθής Νικόλαος Γανωτής Κωνσταντίνος Βελισσαρόπουλος Ευάγγελος Καπετανάκης Δημήτριος Δεσποτάκη Σοφία Τριαντάφυλλος Χρήστος Δόντσιος Ευστράτιος Μπραουδάκης Γεώργιος Αλεξανδρόπουλος Ευστάθιος Βασιλοπούλου Διονυσία Τσάμης Χρήστος Ζακυνθινός Κωνσταντίνος Καπλάνης Γεώργιος Χασανίδης Γεώργιος Γαλούζης Γεώργιος Λαΐνης Δημήτριος Τσάρκος Παναγιώτης Βουρλέτσης Σωτήριος Κουλαξίδης Βασίλειος Πέτρου Ευθύμιος Βελισσαρόπουλος Αλέξανδρος	ΛΣ 060 ΛΣ 139 ΛΣ 169 ΛΣ 172	AC 23 AC 3
Ireland	Allan, Damian Allen, Patrick Allison, James Anderson, Kareen Anglim, Bobby Armstrong, Stuart Barber, Kevin Barrett, Brendan Barrett, Elizabeth Barry, Dave Bolger, Derek Boyle, Jimmy Boyle, Ronan Brandon, JJ Brannigan, Steve Brett, Martin Brophy, Paul Brunicardi, Michael Buckley, David Bugler, Andrew Burke, Pat Burke, Stephen Butler, D Butler, John Butler, Patricia Byrne, Kenneth Cahalane, Donnchadh Campbell, Stephen Carey, Ronan Carr, Kieran Casey, Anthony Chandler, Frank Chute, Killian Claffey, Seamus Clancy, Martin Cleary, Aidan Cloake, Niall Coffey, Kevin Cogan, Jerry Coleman, Tommy Collins, Damien Connery, Paul Connolly, Matt Corish, Cormac Corrigan, Kieran Cosgrove, Kenneth Cosgrove, Thomas Cotter, Colm Cotter, Jamie Coughlan, Susan Counihan, Martin Craven, Cormac Cronin, James Cronin, Martin Crowley, Brian Cummins, Paul Cummins, William Curran, Siobhan Daly, JJ Daly, Joe Daly, Mick Dempsey, Brian Dicker, Philip Doherty, Anita Doherty, John Doherty, Pat Donaldson, Stuart Downes, Eamon Downing, Erica Downing, John Downing, Maurice Doyle, Cronan Duane, Paul Ducker, Nigel Duffy, John Falvey, John Fanning, Grace Farrell, Brian Fennel, Siobhan Ferguson, Kevin Finegan, Ultan Fitzgerald, Brian Fitzgerald, Brian Fitzgerald, Richard Fitzpatrick, Gerard Flannery, Kevin Fleming, David Fleming, Owen Flynn, Alan Foley, Brendan Foran, Bryan Fowler, Patrick Fulton, Grant Gallagher, Dominick Gallagher, Neil Gallagher, Orlaith Gallagher, Patrick Geraghty, Tony Gernon, Ross Gleeson, Marie Gormanly, Breda Goss, Frank Goulding, Donal Graepel, Hugo Grant, Willie Greenwood, Mark Grogan, Suzanne Hamilton, Alan Hamilton, Greg Hamilton, Ken Hamilton, Martin Hanley, Richard Hannon, Gary Harding, James Harkin, Paddy Harrington, Michael Harty, Paddy Hayes, Joseph Hederman, John Heffernan, Bernard Hegarty, Paul Henson, Maria Hevers, Brian Hewson, Kevin Hickey, Adrian Hickey, Mick Hobbins, Tom Holland, Ken Hollingsworth, Edward Humphries, Daniel Kavanagh, Douglas Kearney, Brendan Kearney, John Keeley, Dave Keirse, Gavin Kelly, Dominic Kelly, Paul Kenneally, Jonathan Kennedy, Tom Kennelly, Mick Keogh, Mark Kerr, Charlie Kinsella, Gordon Kirwan, Conor Kirwan, Darragh Laide, Cathal Leahy, Alan Linehan, Sean Lowry, Tommy Lynch frahill, Gavin Lynch, Darren Lynch, Gerard Lynch, Grainne Lynch, Robbie MacGabhann, Declan Mackey, John Madden, Brendan Madine, Stephen Maloney, Nessa Manning, Neil Matthews, Brian Mc Carthy, Gavin Mc Carthy, Jerome Mc Carthy, Robert Mc Carthy, Tadgh Mc Connell, Clodagh Mc Cormack, Damien Mc Court, Colm Mc Garry, John Mc Ginn, Aodh Mc Grath, Martin Mc Groarty, John Mc Groarty, Mark Mc Keown, Amelia Mc Loughlin, Ronan Mc Nulty, Pat Mc Philbin, Dwain McGroary, Peter McLoughlin, Gerard McLoughlin, John McNamara, Kenneth McUmphraigh, Caoimhin Mellett, Mark Minehane, John Minehane, Ken Mooney, Caroline Moore, Connor Moore, Stephen Morrison, Joe Motyer, Brian Mulcahy, John Mulcahy, Liam Mulcahy, Steven Mullane, Paul Mullery, Alan Mullowney, Owen Mundy, Brendan Murphy, Brian Murphy, Claire Murphy, Enda Murphy, John Murran, Sean Murray, Paul Nalty, Christopher Navy, John Newstead, Sean Nolan, Brian O Brien, Paul O Connor, Dermot O Donovan, Michael O Driscoll, Olan O Leary, Stephen O Mahony, David O Sullivan, Cormac O’Beirnes, Derek O’Brien, Ken O’Brien, Paul O’Brien, Roberta O’Brien, Tom O’Callaghan, Donal O’Connell, James O’Connell, Paul O’Connor, Frank O’Donnell, Francis O’Donnell, Garvan O’Donnell, Pearse O’Donnell, Seamus O’Donoghue, Niamh O’Donovan, Diarmuid O’Dowd, Brendan O’Driscoll, Mark O’Flynn, Danny O’Halloran, Barry O’Keeffe, Olan O’Leary, Brian O’Leary, David O’Mahony, Denis O’Neachtain, Aonghus O’Neill, Donal O’Neill, Shane O’Regan, Alan O’Regan, Tony O’Shea, Cliona O’Shea, Jack O’Sullivan, Aileen Patterson, Adrienne Pentony, Declan Peyronnet, Arnaud Plante, Tom Plunkett, Thomas Power, Cathal Power, Declan Power, Gillian Prendergast, Kevin Price, Pat Pyne, Alan Quigley, Declan Quinn, Mikey Reddin, Tony Rice, Kieran Ridge, Patrick Robinson, James Rogers, Kevin Russell, Mark Ryan, EP Rynne, Cormac Scalici, Fabio Scanlon, Patrick Scannell, Ken Shalloo, Jim Shields, Brian Smyth, Eoin Stack, Stephen Sweeney, Brian Tarrant, Martin Tigh, Declan Timon, Eric Tortoise, Chas Touhy, Tom Tubridy, Fergal Tully, Hugh Turley, Mark Turnbull, Michael Twomey, Peter Twomey, Tom Tyrell, Wayne VallSenties, Virginia Van Raesfealt, Mark Verling, Ronan Vivash, Nigel Wall, Danny Wallace, Eugene Walsh, Dave Walsh, Larry Walsh, Richard Walsh, Steve Ward, Paul Ward, Terry Weldon, James Whelan, Mark Whelan, Paul Whelehan, Jason White, William Wickham, Larry Wilmot, Emmet Wilson, Tony Woodward, Ciaran	LE EMER LE AOIFE LE AISLING LE EITHNE LE ORLA LE CIARA LE ROISIN LE NIAMH	C-252 C-253
Italy	Bizzarro, Federico Burlando, Michele S.G. Carta, Sebastiano Folliero, Alessandro Maltese, Franco Maria Morello, Salvatore Petrillo, Agostino Rivalta, Fabio Salce, Paolo	CP 901 CP 902 CP 903 CP 904 CP 905 CP 906 CP 276 CP 288 CP 2039 CP 2110 CP 2094 CP 2073 CP 273 CP 286 CP 2077 CP 2108 CP 2087 CP 271 CP 284 CP 2104 CP 2046 CP 2099 CP 2074 CP 267 CP 280 CP 2111 CP 2082 CP 2064 CP 265 CP 278 CP 289 CP 2097 CP 2096 CP 2079 CP 268 CP 281 CP 2103 CP 2053 CP 2066 CP 2071 CP 2102 CP 2080 CP 2072 CP 272 CP 285 CP 2098 CP 2081 CP 2086 CP 274 CP 2107 CP 2085 CP 287 CP 2095 CP 277 CP 2084 CP 266 CP 279 CP 2204 CP 2088 CP 2109 CP 2203 CP 269 CP 275 CP 282 CP 290 CP 2201 CP 2205 CP 2093 CP 2092 CP 2202 CP 2105 CP 2106 CP 283 CP 291 CP 2100 CP 270 CP 2101 CP 2091 CP 2075 CP 292 CP 2076 CP 2058	MANTA 10-01 MANTA 10-02 ORCA 8-01 ORCA 8-02 ORCA 8-03 ORCA 8-04 ORCA 8-05 ORCA 8-06 ORCA 8-07 ORCA 8-08 ORCA 8-09 ORCA 8-10 ORCA 8-11 ORCA 8-12 KOALA 9-01 KOALA 9-02 KOALA 9-03 KOALA 9-04 KOALA 9-05 KOALA 9-06 KOALA 9-08
Latvia	Baruskovs, Vladislavs Brants, Janis Holmstroms, Arturs Kalejs, Rudolfs Klagiss, Felikss Latkovska, Jolanta Leja, Janis Millers, Edgars Naumova, Daina Pincuks, Maksims Pusilds, Aigars Savickis, Helmuts Skrube, Juris Sprogis, Eduards Veinbergs, Miks		Piper Seneca PA-34-220T Tiger AG-5B
Lithuania	Babčionis, Genadijus Barlovskis, Andrius Jonaitis, Arūnas Labanauskas, Aivaras Lendzbergas, Erlandas Vaitkus, Giedrius Vozgirdas, Eduardas Žartun, Vitalij	RIB ‘Brig Falcon 400L’ Vakaris Tobis
Malta	Aquilina, Audrey Axiaq, Saviour Camilleri, David Caruana, Frans Cauchi Marco Cremona, Russel Cutajar, Alex Debono, Joseph Farrugia, Charles Grech, James.L. Hamilton, John Mifsud, Daniel Nappa, Jason Sant, Jean Pierre Scerri, Angelino Scicluna, Etienne Tabone, Alan	P51 P52 P01 P61	BN-2B: AS16 BN-2B: AS19
Netherlands	Altorffer, Wim Arst, Christian Bakker, Jan Bastiaan, Robert Beij, Wim Boone, Jan Kees De Boer, Meindert De Kort, Maarten De Mol, Gert Dieke, Richard Duinstra, Jacob Frankhuisen, Gerrit Freke, Hans Groebe, Pat Hematyar Tabatabaie, Fariborz Jeurissen, Maria Karlas, Tonny Kleinen, Tom Koenen, Gerard Kraaijenoord, Jaap Kramer, Willem Krijnen, Hans Kwakman, Jeroen Leenheer, Adrie Meijer, Cor Miedema, Anco Ros, Michel Schekkerman, Cees Schneider, Leendert Schoon, Anneke Tervelde, Lex Van den Berg, Dirk Van der Jeugd, Rob Van der Molen, Ton Van der Veer, Siemen Van Echten, Jeanet Velt, Ernst Vervoort, Hans Weijtmans, Peter Wijbenga, Arjan Wijkhuisen, Eddy Zegel, Gerrit Zevenbergen, Jan Zijlstra, Evelien	Barend Biesheuvel		Vessels and aircrafts operating under Coast Guard Flag VCC
Poland	Bartczak, Tomasz Jamioł, Waldemar Jóźwiak, Marek Kozłowski, Piotr Kucharski, Tadeusz Łukasewicz, Paweł Łuczkiewicz, Tomasz Niewiadomski, Piotr Nowak, Włodzimierz Patyk, Konrad Skibior, Sławomir Szumicki, Tomasz Wereszczyński, Leszek Wiliński, Adam	Nawigator XXI Kontroler-18 Kontroler-21 Kontroler-25
Portugal	Albuquerque, José Branco, Francisco Camões, Manuel Canato, Francisco Diogo, João Ferreira, Carlos Figueira, Fernando Fonseca, Álvaro Silva, António Silva, Ma João Teixeira, Alexandre	NRP AFONSO CERQUEIRA NRP ANTÓNIO ENES NRP BATISTA DE ANDRADE NRP JACINTO CANDIDO NRP JOÃO COUTINHO NRP JOÃO ROBY NRP PEREIRA D’ECA	C212/100: 16510 C212/100: 16512 C212/100: 16519 C212/300: 17201 C212/300: 17202 EH101: 19607 EH101: 19608
Slovenia	Smoje, Robert Smoje, Vinko
Spain	Alcade Gutiérrez, Pedro Águila Paneque, José Luís Amunarriz Emazabel, Sebastián Avedillo Contreras, Buena Ventura Bermúdez Pena, Francisco Boy Carmona, Esther Boy Carmona, Sara Brotons Martínez, Jose J. Camacho Ayo, Alejandro Carro Martínez, Pedro Chamizo Catalán, Carlos Coello de Miguel, Javier Company Balaguer, Míguel Ángel Criado Bará, Bernardo Dávila Rodríguez, Juan Carlos De la Hoz Perles, Míguel Del Hierro Suánces, Javier Díaz Lago, Tomás Durán Abuín, Santiago Feito Fernández, Cesáreo Ferreño Matínez, Jose A. Fole López, Luís Maria Fontán Aldereguía, Maria C. Fontán Aldereguia, Manuel Fontanet Doménech, Felipe García Asensio, Melchor García Cánovas, Francisco García Domínguez, Alfonso Carlos García Gen, Juan Ramón García Simonet, Cristina Garrote Díaz, Enrique Genovés Ferriols, José C. González Fernández, Manuel A. González Merayo, Sergio González Túñez, José Manuel Guijo Rodríguez, Luís Carlos Gutiérrez Tudela, Manuel Heredia Arteaga, Jorge Hernández Betzen, Roberto Hierro Suanzes, Belén del. Hierro Suanzes, Maria del. León Carmona, Ángel Lestón Leal, Juan Manuel Marra-López Porta, Julio Martínez de la Sierra, José Manuel Martínez González, Jesús Martínez Velasco, Carolina Mata Pena, Alberto Mayoral Vázquez, Gonzalo F. Medina García, Esteban Meijueiro Morado, Victor Méndez-Villamil Mata, María Mene Ramos, Ángel Menéndez Fernández, Manuel J. Miranda Almón, Fernando Muiños López, Juan Carlos Nieto Conde, Fernando Ochando Ramos, Ana M. Orgueira Pérez, Ma Vanesa Ortigueira Gil, Adolfo Daniel Pérez González, Virgilio Pérez Quíles, Julián Javier Piñón Lourido, Jesús Prieto Estévez, Laura Puerta Baranda, Raúl Rey Carríl, Camilo José Ríos Cidras, Manuel Rios Cidras, Xose Rodríguez Moreno, Alberto Rodríguez Múñiz, José M. Rodríguez Novoa, Silvia Romero Insúa, Jesús Ruiz Gómez, Sonia Ruiz Valverde, Antonio Saavedra España, Jesús Sáez Puig, Pedro San Claudio Pérez, José Vicente Sánchez Fernández, Manuel Pedro Sánchez Rodríguez, Joaquín Sánchez Sánchez, Esmeralda Santos Maneiro, José Tomás Santos Pinilla, Beatriz Teijeiro Teijeiro, Alberto Tenorio Rodríguez, José Luís Torre González, Miguel A. Torrejón Colón, José María Torres Pérez, José Ángel Tórtola López, José Antonio Tubio Rodríguez, Xosé Vázquez Pérez, Juana Ma Vega García, Francisco M. Vidal Cardalda, José Manuel Villa Martínez, Rafael Andrés Yeregui Velasco, Pablo Zabala Silva, Laura M.	CHILREU TARIFA ALBORÁN ARNOMENDI RÍO ANDARAX SALEMA RÍO GUADIARO RÍO FRANCOLÍ	DOÑANA SANCTI PETRI ROCHE ALCOTÁN II ALCOTÁN III ALCOTÁN IV ALCOTÁN V
Sweden	Åberg, Christian Almers, Johan Antonsson, Jan-Eric Axelsson, Bjarne Bengtsson, David Berg, Jonas Birgander, Harald Blomqvist, Anders Braxenholm, Tommy Bühler, Hanna Carlsson, Christian Carlsson, Kent Cederholm, Jan Dahl, Ulrika Davidsson, Stig Dunmark, Mats Ekersved, Roger Elsrud, Tomas Engerberg, Johan Englund, Raymond Eriksson, Örjan Erlandsson, Per Falk, David Fernström, Björn Forsberg, Jeannette Hansén, Klas Hansson, Stig-Lennart Holm, Mats Holmberg, Kjell Holmgren, Douglas Hultemar, Staffan Hultén, Lars Jakobsson, Magnnus Jansson, Bengt Johansson, André Johansson, Ingmar Johansson, Thomas Johnsson, Kristin Johnsson, Per Jönsson, Jan-Erik Karlsson, Daniel Karlsson, Bengt-Åke Larsson, Christoffer Larsson, Jesper Larsson, Mats Lindahl, Håkan Lindén, Roger Lundberg, Lars Löfström, Anders Magnusson, Marianne Månsson, Leif Månsson, Olle Mårtensson, Per Nihlén, Linus Nilsson, Birgitta Nilsson, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Joakim Norrby, Tom Ohlin, Ingemar Olovsson, Bo Olsson, Kenneth Olsson, Lars Olsson, Peter Olsson, Sven Östlihn, Gunnar Persson, André Persson, Göran Persson, Mats Pettersson, Anders Petersson, Christer Petersson, Jan Philipsson, Gunnar Pyk, Staffan Risberg, Patrik Robertsson, Roland Roosberg, Henrik Rosén, Hans-Christer Rube, Ann Rydberg, Håkan Samuelsson, Niklas Sandberg, Rolf Sandblom, Örjan Schütz, Elias Selander, Roy Sjöberg, Ruben Sjövik, Kristina Ström, Jonna Sundberg, Caroline Swahn, Johan Svensson, Lars Tedvik, Arvid Thuresson, Lars-Göran Thälund, Bo Thörncrantz, Olof Thörngren, Jonas Weimenhög, Per Wickbom, Jan Wimmer, Anders Wisjö, Patrik Wrangborn, Thomas	KBV 020 KBV 048 KBV 050 KBV 051 KBV 103 KBV 181 KBV 201 KBV 202 KBV 283 KBV 286 KBV 288 KBV 301 KBV 303 KBV 307	KBV 501 KBV 502 KBV 503 KBV 583 KBV 587
United Kingdom	Ainsley, Andrew Aitken, Alison Allen, Terry Austin, Simon Bamford, Kylie Banks, Andrew Bayntun, David Bell, Graham John Bell, Lewis Billson, Carol Black, Jo Boden, Michael Browne, Marc Bryan, Paul Burnett, Graeme Carroll, Dave Charman, Colin Clarke, Ian Collins, Tony Cook, David Corner, Nigel Coyle, James Craig, Ian Alexander Cullum, Will Donnelly, Martin Peter Douglas, Sean Draper, Peter Ebdy, James Edwards, Peter Elliott, Philip Feasey, Ian Ferguson, Adam Fletcher, Paul Flint, Toby Ford-Keyte, Graham Gardiner, Kevin Garside, Nick Gooding, Colin Gough, Callum Green, David Duncan Grier, Derek Griffin, Stuart Gristwood, Malcolm Hall, Ryan Hancock, Jeremy Harris, William Hart, Steve Hay, John Henderson, Rod Hepples, Stephen Higgins, Frank Holbrook, Joanna Hutchinson, Nick Irish, Rachel Jamieson, Malcolm John, Barrie Johnson, Paul Johnston, Stephen Johnston, Isobel L’amie, Chris Laycock, Jonathon Paul Lett, Jonathon Lovett, Graham MacCallum, Archie Mackenzie, Alex MacKinnon, Christopher John Mair, Angus Mair, Aaron Marshall, Phil May, Roger McCusker, Simon McDonnell, Alistair McEwan, Colin Mcqueen, Jason Mills, John Alexander Moore, Matt Moslempour, Tahmores Muir, James Munday, David Neave, James Nelson, Paul Newlands, Andy Nicholson, Chris Nick, Mynard Ord, Viv Owen, Gary Page, Tim Parker, Juliette Parr, Jonathan Perry, Andy Poulding, Daniel Putt, David Radford, Angus Reeves, Adam Renfree, Stephen Roberts, Julian Robinson, Neil Rushton, Jame Scorer, Andy Serafino, P Skinner, Amy Slater, Michael Smart, Barrie Snowball, David Sooben, Jez Stevens, Chris Stipetic, John Strang, Nicol Styles, Mario Thain, Marc Todd, Ian Varty, Jason Weighell, David Wellum, Neil Weychan, Paul Whitby, Philip Whyte, Ron Williams, Justin Wilson, Tom Wilson, Al Worsnop, Mark Alexander Wright, Nicholas Yates, Simon Young, Ally Young, Iain	HMS SEVERN HMS TYNE HMS MERSEY FPV JURA FPV MINNA FPV VIGILANT FPV NORNA FPV HIRTA	WATCHDOG 64 WATCHDOG 65 WATCHDOG 71 WATCHDOG 72

		ISSN 1725-2555
Official Journal of the European Union		L 60

English edition	Legislation	Volume 51 5 March 2008

Contents		I Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory	page
		REGULATIONS
	*	Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy	1
		Commission Regulation (EC) No 200/2008 of 4 March 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables	13
		Commission Regulation (EC) No 201/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending the representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1109/2007 for the 2007/08 marketing year	15
	*	Commission Regulation (EC) No 202/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the number and names of the Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority ( 1 )	17
	*	Commission Regulation (EC) No 203/2008 of 4 March 2008 amending Annex III to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin, as regards gamithromycin ( 1 )	18
		Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2008 of 4 March 2008 fixing the import duties applicable to semi-milled and wholly milled rice from 5 March 2008	21

	II Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory
	DECISIONS
	Council
	2008/188/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Maldives on certain aspects of air services	22
	2008/189/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Georgia on certain aspects of air services	23
	2008/190/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services	24
	2008/191/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services	25
	2008/192/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay on certain aspects of air services	26
	2008/193/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia on certain aspects of air services	27
	2008/194/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services	28
	2008/195/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services	29
	2008/196/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services	30
	2008/197/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Paraguay on certain aspects of air services	31
	2008/198/EC
*	Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services	32
	2008/199/EC
*	Council Decision of 28 February 2008 on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union	33
	Commission
	2008/200/EC
*	Commission Decision of 20 February 2008 terminating the examination procedure concerning trade practices maintained by Argentina in relation to the imports of textile and clothing products	34
	2008/201/EC
*	Commission Decision of 28 February 2008 designating the Community Fisheries Control Agency as the body to carry out certain tasks under Regulation (EC) No 1042/2006 and amending Decision 2007/166/EC adopting the list of Community fisheries inspectors and inspection means	36