(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition.

(2)

Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down transitional measures for applications for the authorisation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)

The application for authorisation of the additive set out in the Annex to this Regulation was submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(4)

Initial comments on that application, as provided for in Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC, were forwarded to the Commission before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. That application is therefore to continue to be treated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC.

(5)

The additive diclazuril (Clinacox 0,5 % Premix) is already authorised by Commission Regulations (EC) No 2430/1999 (3) for chickens for fattening, (EC) No 418/2001 (4) for turkeys for fattening and (EC) No 162/2003 (5) for chickens reared for laying.

(6)

New data were submitted by the holder of the authorisation of the additive in support of an application for authorisation for ten years as coccidiostat for rabbits. The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) delivered two opinions (6) on the safety of the use of that coccidiostat for humans, animals and environment, under the conditions set out in the Annex to this Regulation. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of this preparation, as specified in Annex, should be authorised for ten years.

(7)

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

(1)

In accordance with Chapter II of Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 (2), applications for ‘A’ licence have to be submitted in April, July, October and January of each year, and ‘A’ licences are only valid for the subperiod for which they have been issued.

(2)

According to an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to garlic provided for in Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT (3), approved by Council Decision 2001/404/EC (4), the import tariff quota period for garlic should be divided into four subperiods.

(3)

In order to provide importers with more flexibility, the period in which they may lodge applications for ‘A’ licences should begin six weeks earlier.

(4)

In order to ensure that as much unused or partly used import licences as possible may be reallocated, the quantities, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued should be notified by the end of November for the information available at that time. Later notifications only serve statistical purposes, so a single notification at the end of July would be sufficient for such quantities.

(5)

Under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1084/95 of 15 May 1995 abolishing the protective measure applicable to imports of garlic originating in Taiwan and replacing it with a certificate of origin (5) a certificate of origin is required for the import of garlic from Taiwan. It provides for a regime similar to that laid down in Chapter IV of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 for garlic of certain other origins. In the interests of legislative simplification and readability, it is appropriate to list all countries to which an origin certificate for garlic is needed in one place. Taiwan should therefore be added to the list of countries in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 to which Chapter IV of that Regulation is applied. Regulation (EC) No 1084/95 should therefore be repealed.

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

1.

paragraph 1 of Article 10 is replaced by the following:

2.

in Article 12(1), the first and the second subparagraphs are replaced by the following:

‘By the end of each month referred to in Article 10(1), Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities in kilograms, including nil returns, for which “A” licence applications have been lodged in respect of the relevant subperiod.

By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify the information referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 11(1) of that Regulation by:

3.

Annex IV is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

(1)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 lists the natural and legal persons, bodies and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

(2)

On 21 May, 17 July and on 10 September 2008, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

(2)

On 12 August 2008, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly,