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13 June 2012


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REGULATIONS

 

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 497/2012 of 7 June 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as regards the requirements for imports of animals susceptible to bluetongue ( 1 )

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 498/2012 of 12 June 2012 on the allocation of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 499/2012 of 12 June 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

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DECISIONS

 

 

2012/301/EU

 

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Commission Decision of 11 June 2012 concerning national provisions notified by Denmark on certain industrial greenhouse gases (notified under document C(2012) 3717)

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2012/302/EU

 

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Commission Implementing Decision of 11 June 2012 amending Decision 2011/163/EU on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC (notified under document C(2012) 3723)  ( 1 )

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2012/303/EU

 

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Commission Implementing Decision of 11 June 2012 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State (notified under document C(2012) 3729)  ( 1 )

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2012/304/EU

 

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Commission Implementing Decision of 11 June 2012 authorising laboratories in Croatia and in Mexico to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (notified under document C(2012) 3761)  ( 1 )

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance

EN

Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.

The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk.


II Non-legislative acts

REGULATIONS

13.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 152/1


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 497/2012

of 7 June 2012

amending Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 as regards the requirements for imports of animals susceptible to bluetongue

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April 2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation into and transit through the Community of certain live ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and 92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC (1), and in particular Article 6(1), Article 7(e), and Article 13(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements (2) lays down the list of third countries, territories or parts thereof from which live ungulate animals, including those susceptible to bluetongue, may be introduced into the Union and the veterinary certification requirements for such introduction.

(2)

In particular, with regard to animals susceptible to bluetongue, certificates BOV-X, BOV-Y, OVI-X, OVI-Y and RUM set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 include inter alia the requirement that the animals come from a territory which, at the date of issue of the certificate accompanying them had been free from bluetongue for a period of twelve months.

(3)

As a result of new technical developments, "inactivated vaccines" against bluetongue have become available which do not pose the risk of undesired local circulation of the vaccine virus to unvaccinated cattle, sheep and goats. It is now widely accepted that vaccination with inactivated vaccines is the preferred tool for the control of bluetongue and for the prevention of clinical disease in such animals in the Union.

(4)

To ensure better control of the spread of the bluetongue virus and to reduce the burden on the agricultural sector posed by that disease, the rules on vaccination laid down in Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (3) were recently amended by Directive 2012/5/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) to take account of the recent technological developments in vaccine production.

(5)

Accordingly, Directive 2000/75/EC now provides for the use of inactivated vaccines in all parts of the EU.

(6)

As a result of the evolving epidemiological situation as regards bluetongue, and to align with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) standards, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 of 26 October 2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue (5) was amended recently. The EU standards require the absence of virus circulation for a minimum period of two years in order to consider a territory free from bluetongue. The period of twelve months referred to in the relevant certificates set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

Directive 2000/75/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 apply to intra-Union movements of live ungulates of species susceptible to bluetongue. It is appropriate that the models of veterinary certificates BOV-X, BOV-Y, OVI-X, OVI-Y and RUM set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 be amended to align the animal health requirements for imports into the Union, as regards bluetongue, to the requirements for intra-Union movement in animals susceptible to that disease.

(8)

Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)

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

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

For a transitional period until 30 June 2012, consignments of live ungulates accompanied by a certificate issued before the date of entry into force of this Regulation in accordance with the models BOV-X, BOV-Y, OVI-X, OVI-Y or RUM set out in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 before the amendments introduced by this Regulation may continue to be introduced into the Union.

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 7 June 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO


(1)   OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 321.

(2)   OJ L 73, 20.3.2010, p. 1.

(3)   OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.

(4)   OJ L 81, 21.3.2012, p. 1.

(5)   OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 37.


ANNEX

In Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010, Part 2 is amended as follows:

(1)

Models ‘BOV-X’, ‘BOV-Y’, ‘OVI-X’ and ‘OVI-Y’ are replaced by the following:

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13.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 152/28


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 498/2012

of 12 June 2012

on the allocation of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2012/105/EU of 14 December 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Considering the economic importance for the European Union of imports of raw wood and the importance that the Russian Federation has for the Union as a supplier of raw wood, the Commission has negotiated with the Russian Federation commitments by the Russian Federation to reduce or eliminate its currently applied export duties, including on raw wood.

(2)

These commitments, which will become part of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Schedule of Concessions of the Russian Federation upon its accession to the WTO, include tariff-rate quotas for the export of specified types of coniferous wood, a share of which has been allocated for exports to the Union.

(3)

In the context of the negotiations regarding the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, the Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union, with the Russian Federation, an agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to the administration of those tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of certain coniferous wood from the Russian Federation to the Union (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’).

(4)

As provided for in the Agreement, the Union and the Russian Federation have negotiated detailed technical modalities on the management of the tariff-rate quotas, which are contained in an agreement in the form of a Protocol negotiated between the Union and the Government of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Protocol’).

(5)

In implementation of the Agreement and the Protocol, methods for allocating tariff quotas depending on the date of submission of applications by importers should be established and rules and methods for establishing rights of traditional importers for each quota period and for each product group should be laid down.

(6)

Rules on business continuity for the determination of whether an importer claiming status of traditional importer is the same natural or juridical person that imported the covered products during the reference periods specified in this Regulation should be laid down.

(7)

Rules and procedures related to unused quota authorisations should be laid down.

(8)

Transitional rules applicable during the first three quota periods of application of this Regulation should be established in connection with the choice of reference periods for the calculation of ceilings of quota authorisations for traditional importers.

(9)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Wood Committee established by Decision 2012/105/EU,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER 1

SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1

This Regulation lays down detailed rules on the allocation of quota authorisations in accordance with Article 5(2) of the Protocol, and establishes other provisions necessary for the management by the Union of the quantities of the tariff-rate quotas allocated to exports to the Union in implementation of the Agreement and the Protocol.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation the definitions set out in Article 1(3), Article 2 and Article 5(3) and (4) of the Protocol shall apply.

In addition, the following definition shall apply: ‘product group’ means each of the two categories of covered products according to the classification of such products under the tariff and statistical nomenclature applied in the Russian Federation, namely spruce (tariff lines 4403 20 110 and 4403 20 190) and pine (tariff lines 4403 20 310 and 4403 20 390). The relevant tariff codes applied in the Russian Federation and corresponding Combined Nomenclature (2) (‘CN’) and TARIC codes are attached as Annex I.

CHAPTER 2

ALLOCATION PRINCIPLES

Article 3

The method for allocating the tariff quota shall depend on the date of submission of the application by the importer, as follows:

(a)

for any application submitted by 31 July of each year (hereinafter referred to as ‘first part of the quota period’), the Commission shall allocate tariff quotas in accordance with the ‘traditional’ or ‘new’ categories of importers, pursuant to Article 5(2)(b) of the Protocol; and

(b)

for any application submitted from 1 August (hereinafter referred to as ‘second part of the quota period’), the Commission shall allocate the remaining quantities of the tariff quotas in accordance with the chronological order of receipt by the Commission of notifications from the competent authorities of Member States (hereinafter referred to as ‘Licence Office(s)’) of applications submitted by individual importers, pursuant to Article 5(2)(a) of the Protocol.

Article 4

1.   During the first part of the quota period:

(a)

70 % of each tariff quota per product group shall be allocated to traditional importers (hereinafter referred to as ‘quota for traditional importers’); and

(b)

30 % of each tariff quota per product group shall be allocated to new importers (hereinafter referred to as ‘quota for new importers’).

2.   The quota for new importers shall be allocated in accordance with the chronological order of receipt by the Commission of notifications from the Licence Offices of applications for a quota authorisation from such importers.

3.   Each new importer shall be granted a maximum of 1,5 % of the tariff quota for each product group in accordance with the allocation procedure referred to in paragraph 2.

Article 5

During the second part of the quota period, each importer shall be granted a maximum of 5 % of the remaining tariff quota for each product group.

Article 6

1.   During the first part of the quota period, each traditional importer shall only be entitled to request quota authorisations for a specific share of the quota for traditional importers for each product group (hereinafter referred to as ‘ceiling’), calculated in accordance with paragraph 2. All the quota authorisations granted to a traditional importer during the first part of the quota period shall be counted against such importer’s ceilings.

2.   The ceiling for each product group of a traditional importer applicable in a quota period (hereinafter referred to as ‘quota period n+1’) shall be calculated in accordance with the average of such importer’s actual imports of covered products during the two quota periods preceding the year of calculation of such ceiling, on the basis of the following formula:

Ci = T * (Īi/ΣĪi)

where:

 

‘Ci ’ represents the ceiling for the product group concerned (spruce or pine) for importer i during quota period n+1;

 

‘T’ represents the quota for traditional importers available for the product group concerned during the year of calculation of the ceiling (hereinafter referred to as ‘quota period n’);

 

‘Īi ’ represents the average of the actual imports by the traditional importer i of the product group concerned, in the two quota periods preceding the calculation (hereinafter referred to as ‘quota period n–2’ and ‘quota period n–1’, respectively), as follows:

[(actual imports of importer i in quota period n–2) + (actual imports of importer i in quota period n–1)]/2

 

‘ΣĪi ’ represents the sum of all traditional importers’ average imports Īi for the product group concerned.

Article 7

1.   Every year, the Commission shall calculate the ceilings applicable to each traditional importer for the following quota period in accordance with the method established in Article 6(2).

2.   For the purpose of such calculation, the Licence Offices shall provide the Commission, by 31 March of quota period n at the latest, with a summary of actual imports of covered products in quota period n–1 notified to them in accordance with Article 11(1). Such summary shall be submitted in an electronic spreadsheet format, in conformity with the template set out in Annex IV.

3.   The Commission shall inform the Licence Offices of the updated ceilings resulting from the calculations made according to Article 6(2) by 30 April of quota period n at the latest.

CHAPTER 3

BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Article 8

1.   Where an importer claiming status of traditional importer under Article 5(4) of the Protocol (hereinafter referred to as ‘the applicant’) does not provide satisfactory evidence that it is the same natural or legal person that imported the covered products during the reference period retained pursuant to Article 17(2) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the predecessor’), it shall provide the Licence Office with the necessary evidence to prove that it has business continuity with the activities of the predecessor.

2.   Business continuity as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to exist where:

(a)

the applicant and the predecessor are under the control of the same legal entity within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (3); or

(b)

the economic activity of the predecessor, as regards the covered products, has been legally transferred to the applicant, for instance as a result of a merger or acquisition within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

3.   Importers that do not provide evidence of business continuity shall be considered as new importers.

Article 9

The provisions of Article 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis where an importer claims status of traditional importer under Article 5(3) of the Protocol.

CHAPTER 4

APPLICATIONS FOR QUOTA AUTHORISATIONS

Article 10

1.   Applications for quota authorisations shall be submitted in the form established in Annex II. If information provided in the application is considered inadequate, the Licence Office may require additional details from the applicant.

2.   The granting of a quota authorisation shall be subject to the requirement that the corresponding products undergo processing, within the customs territory of the Union, conferring Union origin in accordance with Article 24 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (4).

3.   Applications for quota authorisations shall be accompanied by an affidavit by the applicant containing a commitment to:

(a)

assign the products concerned to the prescribed processing within one year from the date on which the customs declaration for release for free circulation, containing the exact description of the goods and the TARIC codes, was accepted by the competent customs authorities;

(b)

keep adequate records in the Member State where the authorisation was granted enabling the Licence Office to carry out any checks which they consider necessary to ensure that the products are actually assigned to the prescribed processing, and to retain such records; for the purpose of this subparagraph, ‘records’ means the data containing all the necessary information and technical details on whatever medium, enabling the Licence Offices to supervise and control operations;

(c)

enable the Licence Office to trace the products concerned to their satisfaction in the premises of the undertaking concerned throughout their processing;

(d)

notify the Licence Office of all factors which may affect the authorisation.

4.   Where the products concerned are transferred, the applicant shall provide sufficient evidence of their assignment to the prescribed processing in accordance with paragraph 3(a).

5.   Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (5) shall apply.

6.   Non-compliance with the commitment referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, by the importer or by any natural or legal person to whom the importer subsequently transfers such products, shall be considered as equivalent to an unused quota authorisation, in accordance with Article 13, for the relevant amount of products.

7.   The Commission shall publish a list of the Licence Offices in the Official Journal of the European Union and update it as necessary.

CHAPTER 5

PROOF OF ACTUAL IMPORTS

Article 11

1.   Not later than 15 calendar days after the end of each third month, the importers shall inform the Licence Office of the Member State from which they received a quota authorisation of their actual imports of covered products into that Member State during the last three months. For that purpose, the importer shall provide the Licence Office with a copy of the customs declarations of the imports concerned.

2.   Where the quantity recorded in the customs declaration is measured free of bark and the quantity mentioned in entry 9 of the quota authorisation form includes bark, the importer shall provide the Licence Office, in addition to the information provided in paragraph 1, and within the same time limit, with correct import quantities for each customs declaration, that take account of the bark. The correct quantities shall be established by application of the correction coefficients set out in Annex III.

CHAPTER 6

UNUSED QUOTA AUTHORISATIONS

Article 12

1.   Where a quota authorisation remains unused after six months of its issuing, the importer shall either return it to the Licence Office, or shall notify the Licence Office of its intention to use it within the remainder of the quota period. Where a quota authorisation has been issued before the beginning of the quota period in accordance with Article 4 of the Protocol, the six-month time limit shall be counted as from 1 January of the year corresponding to the quota period.

2.   The Licence Offices shall immediately notify the Commission of any quota authorisation returned by importers in accordance with paragraph 1. The balance of traditional importers’ ceilings available for the product group concerned shall be modified for the corresponding amount.

Article 13

1.   Where the actual imports by a traditional importer of covered products during quota period n–1 are lesser than 85 % of the quantities covered by all quota authorisations granted to such importer during the same quota period, the importer’s import ceilings for both product groups during quota period n+1 shall be reduced by an amount proportional to the size of missing actual imports.

2.   The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated as follows:

ri = (0,85 * ΣΑi – Ii)/ΣΑi

where:

 

‘ri ’ represents the reduction applicable to import ceilings of importer i, for both product groups, during the quota period n+1;

 

‘ΣΑi ’ represents the sum of quota authorisations granted to the traditional importer i during the quota period n–1;

 

‘Ii ’ represents the actual imports of covered products of importer i during the quota period n–1.

Article 14

1.   Where a quota authorisation that has not been returned after six months of its issuing pursuant to Article 12 remains unused at the end of quota period n–1, the importer’s import ceilings for both product groups during quota period n+1 shall be reduced by twice the amount proportional to the size of the unused quota authorisation.

2.   The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated as follows:

Ri = 2 * (ΣUi/ΣΑi)

where:

 

‘Ri ’ represents the reduction applicable to the import ceiling of importer i, for both product groups, during quota period n+1;

 

‘ΣUi ’ represents the sum of unused quota authorisations granted to importer i during the quota period n–1;

 

‘ΣΑi ’ represents the sum of quota authorisations granted to importer i, for both product groups, during the quota period n–1.

Article 15

Should the conditions for reduction of import ceilings provided for in Articles 13 and 14 be both met simultaneously, only the higher reduction (Ri or ri) shall be applied.

CHAPTER 7

TRANSITIONAL MEASURES APPLYING TO THE FIRST THREE QUOTA PERIODS

Article 16

1.   The allocation method set out in Article 4 of this Regulation shall apply to the entire first quota period of application of this Regulation. During this quota period, the provisions of Chapter 6 shall not apply.

2.   Articles 17 to 19 shall apply during the first three quota periods of application of this Regulation.

Article 17

1.   The reference period provided for in Article 5(4) of the Protocol shall be, at the choice of the importer, year 2004, year 2007, or the combination of both years.

2.   Importers claiming status of traditional importer shall specify which of the three options provided for in paragraph 1 is retained for the calculation of their ceilings, in accordance with Article 6, not later than 20 calendar days after the entry into force of this Regulation.

3.   The reference period retained by each importer in accordance with paragraph 2 shall apply to all the first three quota periods of application of this Regulation.

Article 18

1.   Importers claiming status of traditional importer shall inform the Licence Office(s) of the Member State(s) from which they intend to request quota authorisations, not later than 20 calendar days after the entry into force of this Regulation, of their actual imports of covered products into that Member State(s) during the reference period retained in accordance with Article 17(2). In order to substantiate such actual import claims, the importer shall provide the Licence Office with a copy of the customs declarations of the imports concerned.

2.   The Licence Offices shall provide the Commission, not later than 35 calendar days after the entry into force of this Regulation, with a summary of actual imports of covered products notified to them in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. Such summary shall be submitted in an electronic spreadsheet format, in conformity with the template set out in Annex V.

Article 19

1.   Where a single year is retained pursuant to Article 17(2), the variable Īi referred to in Article 6(2) shall represent the importer’s actual imports of the product group concerned during such year.

2.   Where the combination of both 2004 and 2007 is retained pursuant to Article 17(2), the variable Īi referred to in Article 6(2) shall represent the average of the importer’s actual imports of the product group concerned in years 2004 and 2007, calculated as follows:

[(Actual imports in 2004) + (Actual imports in 2007)]/2.

3.   The Commission shall inform the Licence Offices of the ceilings resulting from the calculations made according to Article 6(2) not later than 65 calendar days after the entry into force of this Regulation.

4.   In case the ceilings referred to in Article 6 have not been calculated by the time the Agreement and the Protocol are applied on a provisional basis, the tariff quotas per product group shall be allocated to all importers in accordance with the allocation procedure referred to in Article 3(b) until the Commission has notified the Licence Offices that the ceilings have been established and that the allocation procedure referred to in Article 3(b) has ended. For the purposes of this paragraph, each importer shall be granted a maximum of 2,5 % of the tariff quota for each product group.

CHAPTER 8

Article 20

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

It shall cease to apply on the date on which the Protocol ceases to be applied provisionally.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 June 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO


(1)   OJ L 57, 29.2.2012, p. 1.

(2)  Currently falling within Commission Regulation (EU) No 1006/2011 (OJ L 282, 28.10.2011, p. 1).

(3)   OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(4)   OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

(5)   OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.


ANNEX I

Relevant tariff codes applied in the Russian Federation and corresponding CN and TARIC codes (cf. Article 2 of this Regulation)

 

CN code

TARIC code

Russian Tariff code

Full description

1.

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10

4403 20 110 1

Timber of spruce of the kind Picea abies Karst. or silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), of a diameter of no less than 15 cm but no more than 24 cm, of a length of no less than 1,0 m

ex 4403 20 19

10

2.

ex 4403 20 11

10

4403 20 110 2

Timber of spruce of the kind Picea abies Karst. or silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), of a diameter of more than 24 cm, of a length of no less than 1,0 m

ex 4403 20 19

10

3.

ex 4403 20 19

10

4403 20 190 1

Wood of spruce of the kind Picea abies Karst. or silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, of a diameter of less than 15 cm

4.

ex 4403 20 19

10

4403 20 190 9

Other wood of spruce of the kind Picea abies Karst. or silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)

5.

ex 4403 20 31

10

4403 20 310 1

Timber of pine of the kind Pinus sylvestris L., of a diameter of no less than 15 cm but no more than 24 cm, of a length of no less than 1,0 m

ex 4403 20 39

10

6.

ex 4403 20 31

10

4403 20 310 2

Timber of pine of the kind Pinus sylvestris L., of a diameter of more than 24 cm, of a length of no less than 1,0 m

ex 4403 20 39

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7.

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10

4403 20 390 1

Wood of pine of the kind Pinus sylvestris L. (in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared) of a diameter of less than 15 cm

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Other wood of pine of the kind Pinus sylvestris L.


ANNEX II

Model application for quota authorisation (cf. Article 10(1) of this Regulation)

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Annex to the model application for quota authorisation: Affidavit according to Article 10(3) of this Regulation

Affidavit

Affidavit of … (Name of declarant)

I, the undersigned, do hereby make the following declarations:

As regards my application for a quota authorisation of (DD/MM/YY), I commit to:

(1)

assign the products concerned to the prescribed processing within one year from the date on which the customs declaration for release for free circulation, containing the exact description of the goods and the TARIC codes, was accepted by the competent customs authorities;

(2)

keep adequate records in the Member State where the authorisation was granted enabling the Licence Office to carry out any checks which they consider necessary to ensure that the products are actually assigned to the prescribed processing, and to retain such records;

(3)

enable the Licence Office to trace the products concerned to their satisfaction in the premises of the undertaking concerned throughout their processing;

(4)

notify the Licence Office of all factors which may affect the authorisation.

I, the undersigned, do hereby solemnly verify contents of my above affidavit are true and correct to my knowledge and no part of it is false.

Place/Date

 

Signature


ANNEX III

Correction coefficients according to Article 11(2) of this Regulation

The correction coefficients according to Article 11(2) of this Regulation are hereby established as follows:

CN code

Correction coefficient

4403 20 11

0,90

4403 20 19

0,88

4403 20 31

0,88

4403 20 39

0,87


ANNEX IV

Summary of actual imports according to Article 7(2) in conjunction with Article 11(1) of this Regulation

Name of the importing company

VAT No of the importing company

Actual imports of spruce (Σ of CN 4403 20 11 and 4403 20 19 ) in m3 in quota period n–1 (…-…)

Actual imports of pine (Σ of CN 4403 20 31 and 4403 20 39 ) in m3 in quota period n–1 (… -…)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ANNEX V

Summary of actual imports according to Article 18(2) in conjunction with Article 18(1) of this Regulation

Name of the importing company

VAT No of the importing company

Actual imports of spruce (Σ of CN 4403 20 11 and 4403 20 19 ) in m3 in reference year …

Actual imports of pine (Σ of CN 4403 20 31 and 4403 20 39 ) in m3 in reference year …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


13.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 152/38


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 499/2012

of 12 June 2012

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

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),

Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 Annex XVI, Part A thereto.

(2)

The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 12 June 2012.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development


(1)   OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)   OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.


ANNEX

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

AL

55,3

MK

52,8

TR

51,8

ZZ

53,3

0707 00 05

MK

26,2

TR

119,2

ZZ

72,7

0709 93 10

TR

97,5

ZZ

97,5

0805 50 10

AR

75,2

BO

105,1

TR

107,0

ZA

95,9

ZZ

95,8

0808 10 80

AR

113,1

BR

82,2

CL

97,3

CN

136,2

NZ

132,4

US

153,6

UY

61,9

ZA

113,2

ZZ

111,2

0809 10 00

TR

226,2

ZZ

226,2

0809 29 00

TR

440,0

ZZ

440,0

0809 40 05

ZA

300,5

ZZ

300,5


(1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ ZZ ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.


DECISIONS

13.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 152/40


COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 June 2012

concerning national provisions notified by Denmark on certain industrial greenhouse gases

(notified under document C(2012) 3717)

(Only the Danish text is authentic)

(2012/301/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

By letter of 13 February 2012 and pursuant to Article 114(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) the Kingdom of Denmark notified to the Commission that Denmark intends to maintain its national provisions on certain industrial greenhouse gases which are more stringent than Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (1) beyond 31 December 2012, the end date of the authorisation by Commission Decision 2007/62/EC (2), adopted in accordance with Article 95(6) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC) (now Article 114(6) TFEU).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) aims at preventing and containing the emissions of certain F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6) covered by the Kyoto Protocol. It also contains a limited number of use bans and placing on the market prohibitions when alternatives were considered available and cost effective at Community level and where improvement of containment and recovery were regarded as not feasible.

(3)

The Regulation has a double legal base, Article 175(1) TEC (now Article 192(1) TFEU) with respect to all provisions but Articles 7, 8 and 9, which are based on Article 95 TEC (now Article 114 TFEU) due to their implications in terms of free circulation of goods within the Union’s single market.

(4)

Denmark has had national provisions on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases since 2002 and notified those provisions to the Commission in its letter of 2 June 2006. A general ban on the import, sale and use of new products containing the covered F-gases is accompanied by derogations specified in Annex I of the Order. These derogations relate to a number of highly specific applications and, for a number of more common applications, are based on the quantity of greenhouse gases used in the respective systems, thereby exempting for instance refrigeration units, heat pumps or air conditioning units with charges between 0,15 kg and 10 kg as well as refrigeration systems for recovering heat with a charge less or equal to 50 kg. Products for ships and military use as well as the use of SF6 in high voltage units are exempted. On 8 December 2006 the Commission decided with reference to Article 95(6) TEC (now Article 114(6) TFEU) to authorise Denmark to maintain the provisions until 31 December 2012.

(5)

Since the adoption of Decision 2007/62/EC the circumstances justifying maintaining more stringent provisions, as laid out in that decision, persist. The national rules remain part of a broader strategy put in place by Denmark in order to meet its emission reduction target under the Kyoto Protocol and the subsequent burden sharing agreement adopted at Union level. Under this arrangement, Denmark has undertaken to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 21 % over the 2008-2012 period compared to the base year, 1990. The notified measures are reported to have significantly contributed to the reduction of HFC emissions in Denmark. In the decisions adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (3), Denmark has undertaken to further reduce emissions by 20 % in 2020 compared to 2005 levels.

(6)

The derogations provided for in the Order, as well as the possibility to grant in very specific cases individual exemptions from the general ban, ensure the proportionality of the measure. Furthermore, it concerns only new equipment and allows the use of F-gases for the servicing and maintenance of existing equipment so that unnecessary abandonment of equipment is avoided.

(7)

While noting that the Order has implications on the free circulation of goods within the Union, the provisions are general and apply to national and imported products alike. There is no evidence that the notified national provisions have been or will be used as a means of arbitrary discrimination between economic operators in the Union. In view of the risks for the environment resulting from the use of F-gases, the Commission confirms its assessment that the notified national provisions do not constitute a disproportionate obstacle to the functioning of the internal market in relation to the pursued objectives, in particular considering the conclusions of the recent assessment of the application, effects and adequacy of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 (4) that further measures for the reduction of F-gas emissions are necessary to reach the agreed Union-wide greenhouse gas emission targets.

(8)

The Commission is of the opinion that the request by Denmark, submitted on 13 February 2012, for maintaining its national legislation more stringent than Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 with respect to the placing on the market of products and equipment containing, or whose functioning relies upon, F-gases, is admissible.

(9)

Moreover, the Commission confirms its Decision 2007/62/EC that the national provisions in Order No 552 of 2 July 2002:

meet needs on grounds of the protection of the environment,

take into account the existence and technical and economic availability of alternatives to the banned applications in Denmark,

are likely to result in limited economic impact,

are not a means of arbitrary discrimination,

do not constitute a disguised restriction on trade between Member States, and

are thus compatible with the Treaty.

The Commission therefore considers that they can be approved.

(10)

The Commission may at any moment reassess whether the conditions for the approval continue to be fulfilled. This may, in particular, become relevant in the case of substantial changes to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 or to Decision No 406/2009/EC. Considering this possibility and the long term commitments of the EU and its Member States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a limitation of the duration of the approval to a specific date is not deemed necessary,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The national provisions on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases, which the Kingdom of Denmark notified to the Commission by letter, dated 13 February 2012, and which are more stringent than Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 with respect to the placing on the market of products and equipment containing, or whose functioning relies upon, F-gases, are hereby approved.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.

Done at Brussels, 11 June 2012.

For the Commission

Connie HEDEGAARD

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2)   OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 130.

(3)  Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).

(4)  Report from the Commission on the application, effects and adequacy of Regulation on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (Regulation (EC) No 842/2006), COM(2011) 581 final.


13.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 152/42


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 11 June 2012

amending Decision 2011/163/EU on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive 96/23/EC

(notified under document C(2012) 3723)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/302/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 29(1) and Article 29(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 96/23/EC lays down measures to monitor the substances and groups of residues listed in Annex I thereto. Pursuant to Directive 96/23/EC, the inclusion and retention on the lists of third countries from which Member States are authorised to import animals and animal products covered by that Directive are subject to the submission by the third countries concerned of a plan setting out the guarantees which they offer as regards the monitoring of the groups of residues and substances listed in that Annex. Those plans are to be updated at the request of the Commission, particularly when certain checks render it necessary.

(2)

Commission Decision 2011/163/EU (2) approves the plans provided for in Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC (‘the plans’) submitted by certain third countries listed in the Annex thereto for the animals and animal products indicated in that list.

(3)

In the light of the recent plans submitted by certain third countries and additional information obtained by the Commission, it is necessary to update the list of third countries from which Member States are authorised to import certain animals and animal products, as provided for in Directive 96/23/EC and currently listed in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU (‘the list’).

(4)

Belize has submitted a plan for aquaculture to the Commission. That plan provides sufficient guarantees and should be approved. An entry for Belize for aquaculture should therefore be included in the list.

(5)

Chile is currently included in the list for ovine/caprine but with a reference to footnote 3 in the Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU. That footnote restricts such imports from Chile to ovine only. Chile has submitted a plan for caprine to the Commission. That plan provides sufficient guarantees and should be approved. The reference to footnote 3 should therefore be removed in the list for Chile.

(6)

Curaçao is currently included in the list for milk. However, Curaçao has not provided a plan as required by Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC. The entry for Curaçao should therefore be removed from the list.

(7)

Hong Kong is currently included in the list for poultry and aquaculture. However, Hong Kong has not provided a plan as required by Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC. Hong Kong should therefore be removed from the list.

(8)

Gambia has submitted a plan for aquaculture to the Commission. That plan provides sufficient guarantees and should be approved. An entry for Gambia for aquaculture should therefore be included in the list.

(9)

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 133/2007 of 26 October 2007 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement (3) extends the provisions of that Annex to Iceland. The entries for Iceland should therefore be removed from the list.

(10)

Jamaica is currently included in the list for aquaculture and honey. However, Jamaica has not provided a plan as required by Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC for aquaculture. The entry for Jamaica for aquaculture should therefore be removed from the list.

(11)

Kenya has submitted a plan for camel milk to the Commission. That plan provides sufficient guarantees and should be approved. An entry for Kenya for camel milk should therefore be included in the list.

(12)

Lebanon has submitted a plan for honey to the Commission. That plan provides sufficient guarantees and should be approved. An entry for Lebanon for honey should therefore be included in the list.

(13)

Namibia is currently included in the list for bovine, ovine/caprine, wild game and farmed game. However, Namibia has not provided a plan as required by Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC for farmed game. The entry for Namibia for farmed game should therefore be removed from the list.

(14)

New Caledonia is currently included in the list for bovine, aquaculture, wild game, farmed game and honey. That third country has informed the Commission that it is no longer interested to export fresh bovine meat to the Union. However, New Caledonia provided the guarantees requested to maintain the entry for bovine in the list but with the footnote indicating that third countries using only raw material either from Member States or from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material to the Union. The appropriate footnote reference should therefore be added for the entry for New Caledonia for bovine.

(15)

Sint Maarten is currently included in the list for milk. However, Sint Maarten has not provided a plan as required by Article 29 of Directive 96/23/EC. Sint Maarten should therefore be removed from the list.

(16)

San Marino is currently included in the list for bovine, porcine and honey. That third country has informed the Commission that it is no longer interested to export pig meat to the Union. The entry for San Marino for porcine should therefore be removed from the list.

(17)

In order to avoid any disruption to trade, a transitional period should be laid down to cover the relevant consignments from Curaçao, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Namibia and Sint Maarten, which were certified and dispatched to the Union before the date of application of this Decision.

(18)

Decision 2011/163/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.

(19)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2011/163/EU is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

For a transitional period until 15 August 2012, Member States shall accept consignments from Curaçao of milk, from Hong Kong of poultry and aquaculture, from Jamaica of aquaculture, from Namibia of farmed game and from Sint Maarten of milk provided that the importer of such products demonstrates that they had been certified and dispatched to the Union prior to 1 July 2012.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2012.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 June 2012.

For the Commission

John DALLI

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.

(2)   OJ L 70, 17.3.2011, p. 40.

(3)   OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 27.


ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Code ISO2

Country

Bovine

Ovine/caprine

Porcine

Equine

Poultry

Aquaculture

Milk

Eggs

Rabbit

Wild game

Farmed game

Honey

AD

Andorra

X

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AE

United Arab Emirates

 

 

 

 

 

X

X (1)

 

 

 

 

 

AL

Albania

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

AR

Argentina

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

AU

Australia

X

X

 

X

 

X

X

 

 

X

X

X

BA

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

BD

Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

BN

Brunei

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

BR

Brazil

X

 

 

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

BW

Botswana

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

BY

Belarus

 

 

 

X (2)

 

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

BZ

Belize

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

CA

Canada

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CH

Switzerland

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CL

Chile

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

 

 

X

 

X

CM

Cameroon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

CN

China

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

X

X

 

 

X

CO

Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

CR

Costa Rica

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

CU

Cuba

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

EC

Ecuador

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

ET

Ethiopia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

FK

Falkland Islands

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FO

Faeroe Islands

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

GH

Ghana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

GM

Gambia

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

GL

Greenland

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

GT

Guatemala

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

HN

Honduras

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

HR

Croatia

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

ID

Indonesia

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

IL

Israel

 

 

 

 

X

X

X

X

 

 

X

X

IN

India

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

X

IR

Iran

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

JM

Jamaica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

JP

Japan

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

KE

Kenya

 

 

 

 

 

 

X (1)

 

 

 

 

 

KG

Kyrgyzstan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

KR

South Korea

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

LB

Lebanon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

LK

Sri Lanka

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA

Morocco

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

MD

Moldova

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

ME

Montenegro

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

X

 

 

 

X

MG

Madagascar

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

MK

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (4)

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

MU

Mauritius

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

MX

Mexico

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

X

MY

Malaysia

 

 

 

 

X (3)

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

MZ

Mozambique

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

NA

Namibia

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

NC

New Caledonia

X (3)

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

X

X

NI

Nicaragua

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

NZ

New Zealand

X

X

 

X

 

X

X

 

 

X

X

X

PA

Panama

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

PE

Peru

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

PF

French Polynesia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

PH

Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

PN

Pitcairn Islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

PY

Paraguay

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RS

Serbia (5)

X

X

X

X (2)

X

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

RU

Russia

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

X

 

 

X (6)

X

SA

Saudi Arabia

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

SG

Singapore

X (3)

X (3)

X (3)

 

X (3)

X

X (3)

 

 

 

 

 

SM

San Marino

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

SR

Suriname

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

SV

El Salvador

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

SZ

Swaziland

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TH

Thailand

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

TN

Tunisia

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

TR

Turkey

 

 

 

 

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

X

TW

Taiwan

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

TZ

Tanzania

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

UA

Ukraine

 

 

 

 

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

X

UG

Uganda

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

US

United States

X

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

UY

Uruguay

X

X

 

X

 

X

X

 

 

X

 

X

VE

Venezuela

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

VN

Vietnam

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

YT

Mayotte

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZA

South Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

ZM

Zambia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

ZW

Zimbabwe

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

X

 


(1)  Camel milk only.

(2)  Export to the Union of live equidae for slaughter (food producing animals only).

(3)  Third countries using only raw material either from Member States or from other third countries approved for imports of such raw material to the Union, in accordance with Article 2.

(4)  The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the definitive nomenclature for this country will be agreed following current negotiations at UN level.

(5)  Not including Kosovo (this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence).

(6)  Only for reindeer from the Murmansk and Yamalo-Nenets regions.’


13.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 152/48


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 11 June 2012

amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State

(notified under document C(2012) 3729)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/303/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (1), and in particular Annex D(I)(E) thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 64/432/EEC applies to trade within the Union in bovine animals and swine. It lays down the conditions whereby a Member State or region of a Member State may be declared officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free as regards bovine herds.

(2)

Annex III to Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official tuberculosis, brucellosis and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of Member States as regards bovine herds (2) lists the Member States and regions thereof which are declared officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.

(3)

Lithuania has submitted to the Commission documentation demonstrating compliance with the conditions for the officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status laid down in Directive 64/432/EEC for its whole territory.

(4)

Following the evaluation of the documentation submitted by Lithuania, that Member State should be declared as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free.

(5)

Decision 2003/467/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 June 2012.

For the Commission

John DALLI

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64.

(2)   OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74.


ANNEX

In Annex III to Decision 2003/467/EC, Chapter 1 is replaced by the following:

CHAPTER 1

Officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member States

ISO code

Member State

BE

Belgium

CZ

Czech Republic

DK

Denmark

DE

Germany

IE

Ireland

ES

Spain

FR

France

CY

Cyprus

LT

Lithuania

LU

Luxembourg

NL

Netherlands

AT

Austria

SI

Slovenia

SK

Slovakia

FI

Finland

SE

Sweden

UK

United Kingdom’


13.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 152/50


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 11 June 2012

authorising laboratories in Croatia and in Mexico to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines

(notified under document C(2012) 3761)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/304/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Decision 2000/258/EC designates the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES) in Nancy, France (previously known as the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments, AFSSA), as the specific institute responsible for establishing the criteria necessary for standardising the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.

(2)

That Decision also provides that the ANSES is to document the appraisal of laboratories in third countries that have applied to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.

(3)

The competent authority of Croatia has submitted an application for approval of the laboratory for rabies and general virology of the Veterinary Institute in that third country to perform such serological tests. That application is supported by a favourable report by the ANSES dated 20 September 2011 of the appraisal of that laboratory.

(4)

The competent authority of Mexico has submitted an application for approval of the laboratory in the Centro Nacional de Servicios de Diagnóstico en Salud Animal in that third country to perform such serological tests. That application is supported by a favourable report by the ANSES dated 20 September 2011 of the appraisal of that laboratory.

(5)

Those laboratories should therefore be authorised to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 3(2) of Decision 2000/258/EC, the following laboratories are authorised to perform the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets:

(a)

Croatian Veterinary Institute

Laboratory for rabies and general virology

Savska cesta 143

Zagreb 10000

Croatia;

(b)

Centro Nacional de Servicios de Diagnóstico en Salud Animal

Km 37.5 Carretera Federal México — Pachuca

55740 Tecámac

México.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2012.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 June 2012.

For the Commission

John DALLI

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40.