(1)

In line with United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1483 (2003), Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq (2) freezes in particular the funds and economic resources of Saddam Hussein and other senior officials of the former Iraqi regime.

(2)

In accordance with paragraph 23 of UNSC Resolution 1483 (2003), Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 allows the Member States to unfreeze such funds and economic resources for the purpose of their transfer to the Development Fund for Iraq.

(3)

On 15 December 2010, the UNSC adopted Resolution 1956 (2010) by which it decided under paragraph 5 that the full proceeds from the Development Fund for Iraq should be transferred to the Government of Iraq’s successor arrangements account or accounts and that the Development Fund for Iraq should be terminated no later than 30 June 2011.

(4)

It is appropriate to amend Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 to permit the transfer of frozen funds, other financial assets or economic resources to the successor arrangements to the Development Fund for Iraq put in place by the Government of Iraq under the conditions set out in UNSC Resolutions 1483 (2003) and 1956 (2010).

(5)

It is also appropriate to update Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 with recent information provided by the Member States regarding the identification of competent authorities and the address for notifications to the Commission.

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

Article 6(2) is replaced by the following:

(2)

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

(1)

On 1 August 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 753/2011.

(2)

On 19 and 28 December 2012 and on 15 January 2013, the United Nations Security Council Committee, established pursuant to paragraph 30 of Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011), amended the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.

(3)

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

The Polish version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012 of 13 January 2012 on marketing standards for olive oil (2) contains an error. The text of the first of the two labels provided for in point (d) of the second paragraph of Article 3 of that Regulation incorrectly refers to ‘the pomace obtained after the extraction of olive oil’ instead of ‘the product obtained after the extraction of olive oil’. In consequence the meaning of both labels in the Polish version of the Regulation overlaps.

(2)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012 should therefore be corrected accordingly.

(3)

In order to avoid any prejudice to the interests of those economic operators who have complied with the incorrect obligation provided for by the Polish version of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 29/2012, they should be allowed to continue using incorrect labels for a certain period. In order to minimise the duration of that period, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication.

(4)

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)

Commission Decision 2007/777/EC of 29 November 2007 laying down the animal and public health conditions and model certificates for imports of certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption from third countries and repealing Decision 2005/432/EC (3) lays down rules on imports into the Union and the transit and storage in the Union of consignments of meat products and consignments of treated stomachs, bladders and intestines, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (4).

(2)

Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC sets out the list of third countries or parts thereof from which the introduction of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines into the Union is authorised, provided that those commodities comply with the treatment referred to in that list. Where third countries are regionalised for the purposes of inclusion in that list, their regionalised territories are set out in Part 1 of that Annex.

(3)

Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC sets out the treatments referred to in Part 2 of that Annex, assigning a code to each of those treatments. That Part sets out a non-specific treatment ‘A’ and specific treatments ‘B’ to ‘F’ listed in descending order of severity.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (5) provides that certain commodities are only to be imported into and transit through the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto. It also lays down the veterinary certification requirements for such commodities.

(5)

Ukraine is currently not listed in Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC as authorised for the introduction into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines from poultry, farmed feathered game, farmed ratites and wild game birds. In addition, Ukraine is not listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.

(6)

Ukraine has asked the Commission to be authorised for imports into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of poultry, farmed feathered game, farmed ratites and wild game birds which have been subjected to a non-specific treatment ‘A’, pursuant to Part 4 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC. In addition, Ukraine has asked the Commission to be authorised for imports into the Union of meat of poultry, farmed ratites for human consumption and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products.

(7)

Commission experts have carried out several audits in Ukraine. Those audits demonstrated that the competent veterinary authority of that third country provides appropriate guarantees as regards compliance with Union rules for import into the Union of meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines of poultry, farmed feathered game, farmed ratites and wild game birds, of meat of poultry, farmed ratites for human consumption and wild game-birds and of eggs and egg products. It is therefore appropriate to amend Part 2 of Annex II to Decision 2007/777/EC and Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 in order to authorise imports into the Union of such products.

(8)

In addition, Ukraine provided appropriate animal health guarantees as regards compliance with Union import rules for eggs and submitted a national control programme for Salmonella as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents (6). However, the approval of that programme has not been finalised. Therefore, only imports of eggs of Gallus gallus from Ukraine are permitted as indicated under ‘S4’ in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008.

(9)

Decision 2007/777/EC and Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(10)

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)

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,

(1)

Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 states that the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.

(2)

Article 136(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 lays down that, in order to calculate the import duty referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article, representative cif import prices are to be established on a regular basis for the products in question.

(3)

Under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 642/2010, the price to be used for the calculation of the import duty on products covered by CN codes 1001 19 00, 1001 11 00, ex 1001 91 20 (common wheat seed), ex 1001 99 00 (high quality common wheat other than for sowing), 1002 10 00, 1002 90 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 10 90 and 1007 90 00 is the daily cif representative import price determined as specified in Article 5 of that Regulation.

(4)

Import duties should be fixed for the period from 1 February 2013 and should apply until new import duties are fixed and enter into force.

(5)

Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,

(1)

On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.

(2)

A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Jos CHABERT.

(3)

An alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Jean-Luc VANRAES as member of the Committee of the Regions,

(a)

as member:

and

(b)

as alternate member:

(1)

On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.

(2)

An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr David RATH,

—

Mr Václav NOVOTNÝ, radní hl. města Prahy.

(1)

On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.

(2)

A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following end of the term of office of Mr Francesco MUSOTTO,

—

Mr Rosario CROCETTA, Presidente della Regione Siciliana.

(1)

On 16 December 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/845/CFSP concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians (1), which provided for an extension of the validity of their national permits for entry into, and stay in, the territory of the Member States referred to in Common Position 2002/400/CFSP of 21 May 2002 concerning the temporary reception by Member States of the European Union of certain Palestinians (2) for a further period of 12 months.

(2)

On the basis of an evaluation of the application of Common Position 2002/400/CFSP, the Council considers it appropriate that the validity of those permits be extended for a further period of 12 months,

(1)

On 31 January 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/72/CFSP (1).

(2)

The restrictive measures set out in Decision 2011/72/CFSP apply until 31 January 2013. On the basis of a review of that Decision, the restrictive measures should be extended until 31 January 2014.

(3)

Decision 2011/72/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

On 1 August 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/486/CFSP.

(2)

On 19 and 28 December 2012 and on 15 January 2013, the United Nations Security Council Committee, established pursuant to paragraph 30 of Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011), amended the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.

(3)

The Annex to Decision 2011/486/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,