11.8.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

L 216/3

AGREEMENT

between the European Union and the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the short-stay visa waiver

THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Union’ or ‘the EU’, and

THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Marshall Islands’,

hereinafter referred to jointly as the ‘Contracting Parties’,

WITH A VIEW to further developing friendly relations between the Contracting Parties and desiring to facilitate travel by ensuring visa-free entry and short stay for their citizens,

HAVING REGARD to Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (1) by, inter alia, transferring 19 third countries, including the Marshall Islands, to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the Member States,

BEARING IN MIND that Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 states that for those 19 countries, the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the Union,

DESIRING to safeguard the principle of equal treatment of all EU citizens,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity during their short stay are not covered by this Agreement and therefore for that category the relevant rules of Union law and national law of the Member States and the national law of the Marshall Islands on the visa obligation or exemption and on the access to employment continue to apply,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice and the Protocol on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and confirming that the provisions of this Agreement do not apply to the United Kingdom and Ireland,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Purpose

This Agreement provides for visa-free travel for the citizens of the Union and for the citizens of the Marshall Islands when travelling to the territory of the other Contracting Party for a maximum period of 90 days in any 180-day period.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purpose of this Agreement:

(a)	‘Member State’ shall mean any Member State of the Union, with the exception of the United Kingdom and Ireland;

(b)	‘a citizen of the Union’ shall mean a national of a Member State as defined in point (a);

(c)	‘a citizen of the Marshall Islands’ shall mean any person who holds the citizenship of the Marshall Islands;

(d)	‘Schengen area’ shall mean the area without internal borders comprising the territories of the Member States as defined in point (a) applying the Schengen acquis in full.

Article 3

Scope of application

1. Citizens of the Union holding a valid ordinary, diplomatic, service, official or special passport issued by a Member State may enter and stay without a visa in the territory of the Marshall Islands for the period of stay as defined in Article 4(1).

Citizens of the Marshall Islands holding a valid ordinary, diplomatic, service, official or special passport issued by the Marshall Islands may enter and stay without a visa in the territory of the Member States for the period of stay as defined in Article 4(2).

2. Paragraph 1 of this Article does not apply to persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity.

For that category of persons, each Member State individually may decide to impose a visa requirement on the citizens of the Marshall Islands or to withdraw it in accordance with Article 4(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (2).

For that category of persons, the Marshall Islands may decide on the visa requirement or the visa waiver for the citizens of each Member State individually in accordance with its national law.

3. The visa waiver provided for by this Agreement shall apply without prejudice to the laws of the Contracting Parties relating to the conditions of entry and short stay. The Member States and the Marshall Islands reserve the right to refuse entry into and short stay in their territories if one or more of these conditions is not met.

4. The visa waiver applies regardless of the mode of transport used to cross the borders of the Contracting Parties.

5. Issues not covered by this Agreement shall be governed by Union law, the national law of the Member States and by the national law of the Marshall Islands.

Article 4

Duration of stay

1. Citizens of the Union may stay in the territory of the Marshall Islands for a maximum period of 90 days in any 180-day period.

2. Citizens of the Marshall Islands may stay in the territory of the Member States fully applying the Schengen acquis for a maximum period of 90 days in any 180-day period. That period shall be calculated independently of any stay in a Member State which does not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full.

Citizens of the Marshall Islands may stay for a maximum period of 90 days in any 180-day period in the territory of each of the Member States that do not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full, independently of the period of stay calculated for the territory of the Member States fully applying the Schengen acquis.

3. This Agreement does not affect the possibility for the Marshall Islands and the Member States to extend the period of stay beyond 90 days in accordance with their respective national laws and Union law.

Article 5

Territorial application

1. As regards the French Republic, this Agreement shall apply only to the European territory of the French Republic.

2. As regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands, this Agreement shall apply only to the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Article 6

Joint Committee for the management of the Agreement

1. The Contracting Parties shall set up a Joint Committee of experts (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Committee’), composed of representatives of the Union and representatives of the Marshall Islands. The Union shall be represented by the European Commission.

2. The Committee shall have, inter alia, the following tasks:

(a)	monitoring the implementation of this Agreement;

(b)	suggesting amendments or additions to this Agreement;

(c)	settling disputes arising from the interpretation or application of this Agreement.

3. The Committee shall be convened whenever necessary, at the request of one of the Contracting Parties.

4. The Committee shall establish its rules of procedure.

Article 7

Relationship of this Agreement to existing bilateral visa waiver agreements between the Member States and the Marshall Islands

This Agreement shall take precedence over any bilateral agreements or arrangements concluded between individual Member States and the Marshall Islands, in so far as they cover issues falling within the scope hereof.

Article 8

Final provisions

1. This Agreement shall be ratified or approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective internal procedures and shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date of the later of the two notifications by which the Contracting Parties notify each other that those procedures have been completed.

This Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the day following the date of signature hereof.

2. This Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period, unless terminated in accordance with paragraph 5.

3. This Agreement may be amended by written agreement of the Contracting Parties. Amendments shall enter into force after the Contracting Parties have notified each other of the completion of their internal procedures necessary for this purpose.

4. Each Contracting Party may suspend in whole or in part this Agreement, in particular, for reasons of public policy, the protection of national security or the protection of public health, illegal immigration or upon the reintroduction of the visa requirement by either Contracting Party. The decision on suspension shall be notified to the other Contracting Party not later than two months before its planned entry into force. A Contracting Party that has suspended the application of this Agreement shall immediately inform the other Contracting Party should the reasons for that suspension cease to exist and shall lift that suspension.

5. Each Contracting Party may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party. This Agreement shall cease to be in force 90 days thereafter.

6. The Marshall Islands may suspend or terminate this Agreement only in respect of all the Member States.

7. The Union may suspend or terminate this Agreement only in respect of all of its Member States.

Done in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic.

Съставено в Женева на двадесет и седми юни през две хиляди и шестнадесета година.

Hecho en Ginebra el veintisiete de junio de dos mil dieciséis.

V Ženevě dne dvacátého sedmého června dva tisíce šestnáct.

Udfærdiget i Genève den syvogtyvende juni to tusind og seksten.

Geschehen zu Genf am siebenundzwanzigsten Juni zweitausendsechzehn.

Kahe tuhande kuueteistkümnenda aasta juunikuu kahekümne seitsmendal päeval Genfis.

Έγινε στη Γενεύη στις είκοσι εφτά Ιουνίου δύο χιλιάδες δεκαέξι.

Done at Geneva on the twenty seventh day of June in the year two thousand and sixteen.

Fait à Genève, le vingt sept juin deux mille seize.

Sastavljeno u Ženevi dvadeset sedmog lipnja godine dvije tisuće šesnaeste.

Fatto a Ginevra, addì ventisette giugno duemilasedici.

Ženēvā, divi tūkstoši sešpadsmitā gada divdesmit septītajā jūnijā.

Priimta du tūkstančiai šešioliktų metų birželio dvidešimt septintą dieną Ženevoje.

Kelt Genfben, a kétezer-tizenhatodik év június havának huszonhetedik napján.

Magħmul f'Ġinevra fis-sebgħa u għoxrin jum ta' Ġunju fis-sena elfejn u sittax.

Gedaan te Genève, zevenentwintig juni tweeduizend zestien.

Sporządzono w Genewie dnia dwudziestego siódmego czerwca roku dwa tysiące szesnastego.

Feito em Genebra, em vinte e sete de junho de dois mil e dezasseis.

Întocmit la Geneva, la douăzeci și șapte iunie două mii șaisprezece.

V Ženeve dvadsiateho siedmeho júna dvetisícšestnásť.

V Ženevi, dne sedemindvajsetega junija leta dva tisoč šestnajst.

Tehty Genevessä kahdentenakymmenentenäseitsemäntenä päivänä kesäkuuta vuonna kaksituhattakuusitoista.

Som skedde i Genève den tjugosjunde juni år tjugohundrasexton.

За Европейския съюз

Рог la Unión Europea

Za Evropskou unii

For Den Europæiske Union

Für die Europäische Union

Euroopa Liidu nimel

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση

For the European Union

Pour l'Union européenne

Za Europsku uniju

Per l'Unione europea

Eiropas Savienības vārdā –

Europos Sąjungos vardu

Az Európai Unió részéről

Għall-Unjoni Ewropea

Voor de Europese Unie

W imieniu Unii Europejskiej

Pela União Europeia

Pentru Uniunea Europeană

Za Európsku úniu

Za Evropsko unijo

Euroopan unionin puolesta

För Europeiska unionen

За Република Маршалови острови

Por la República de las Islas Marshall

Za Republiku Marshallovy ostrovy

For Republikken Marshalløerne

Für die Republik Marshallinseln

Marshalli Saarte Vabariigi nimel

Για τη Δημοκρατία των Νήσων Μάρσαλ

For the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Pour la République des Îles Marshall

Za Republiku Maršalove Otoke

Per la Repubblica delle Isole Marshall

Māršala salu vārdā –

Maršalo Salų Respublikos vardu

A Marshall-szigeteki Köztársaság részéről

Għar-Repubblika tal-Gżejjer Marshall

Voor de Republiek der Marshalleilanden

W imieniu Republiki Wysp Marshalla

Pela República das Ilhas Marshall

Pentru Republica Insulelor Marshall

Za Republiku Marshallových ostrovov

Za Republiko Marshallovi otoki

Marshallinsaarten tasavallan puolesta

För Republiken Marshallöarna

(1) OJEU L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 67.

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (OJEU L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1).

JOINT DECLARATION WITH REGARD TO ICELAND, NORWAY, SWITZERLAND AND LIECHTENSTEIN

The Contracting Parties take note of the close relationship between the European Union and Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, particularly by virtue of the Agreements of 18 May 1999 and 26 October 2004 concerning the association of those countries with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis.

In such circumstances it is desirable that the authorities of Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, on the one hand, and the Marshall Islands, on the other hand, conclude, without delay, bilateral agreements on the short-stay visa waiver in terms similar to those of this Agreement.

JOINT DECLARATION ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CATEGORY OF PERSONS TRAVELLING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT A PAID ACTIVITY AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3(2) OF THIS AGREEMENT

Desiring to ensure a common interpretation, the Contracting Parties agree that, for the purposes of this Agreement, the category of persons carrying out a paid activity covers persons entering for the purpose of carrying out a gainful occupation or remunerated activity in the territory of the other Contracting Party as an employee or as a service provider.

This category should not cover:

—	businesspersons, i.e. persons travelling for the purpose of business deliberations (without being employed in the country of the other Contracting Party),

—	sportspersons or artists performing an activity on an ad-hoc basis,

—	journalists sent by the media of their country of residence, and,

—	intra-corporate trainees.

The implementation of this Declaration shall be monitored by the Joint Committee within its responsibility under Article 6 of this Agreement, which may propose modifications when, on the basis of the experiences of the Contracting Parties, it considers it necessary.

JOINT DECLARATION ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PERIOD OF 90 DAYS IN ANY 180-DAY PERIOD AS SET OUT IN ARTICLE 4 OF THIS AGREEMENT

The Contracting Parties understand that the maximum period of 90 days in any 180-day period as provided for by Article 4 of this Agreement means either a continuous visit or several consecutive visits, the total duration of which does not exceed 90 days in any 180-day period.

The notion of ‘any’ implies the application of a moving 180-day reference period, looking backwards at each day of the stay into the last 180-day period, in order to verify if the 90 days in any 180-day period requirement continues to be fulfilled. Inter alia, it means that an absence for an uninterrupted period of 90 days allows for a new stay for up to 90 days.

JOINT DECLARATION ON INFORMING CITIZENS ABOUT THE VISA WAIVER AGREEMENT

Recognising the importance of transparency for the citizens of the European Union and the citizens of the Marshall Islands, the Contracting Parties agree to ensure full dissemination of information about the content and consequences of the visa waiver agreement and related issues, such as the entry conditions.

11.8.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

L 216/10

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1364

of 10 August 2016

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 Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (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, 10 August 2016.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Jerzy PLEWA

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(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	MA	163,3
0702 00 00	ZZ	163,3
0707 00 05	TR	116,3
0707 00 05	ZZ	116,3
0709 93 10	TR	136,4
0709 93 10	ZZ	136,4
0805 50 10	AR	177,4
	CL	151,6
	MA	101,7
	TR	157,0
	UY	164,1
	ZA	166,8
	ZZ	153,1
0806 10 10	EG	223,7
	MA	178,5
	TR	158,2
	ZZ	186,8
0808 10 80	AR	117,0
	BR	102,1
	CL	107,9
	CN	62,4
	NZ	146,9
	PE	106,8
	US	167,6
	UY	92,2
	ZA	100,8
	ZZ	111,5
0808 30 90	AR	220,2
	CL	151,0
	TR	151,5
	ZA	123,3
	ZZ	161,5
0809 30 10 , 0809 30 90	TR	137,4
0809 30 10 , 0809 30 90	ZZ	137,4

(1) Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.

11.8.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

L 216/12

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/1365

of 9 August 2016

amending Decision 98/536/EC as regards the list of national reference laboratories

(notified under document C(2016) 5053)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 Decision 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 14(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Directive 96/23/EC lays down measures to monitor the substances and groups of residues listed in Annex I thereto.

(2)

In accordance with Article 14(1) of Directive 96/23/EC, each Member State has to designate at least one national reference laboratory, which is to be responsible for certain tasks that are laid down in that Directive. The same Article also provides that a list of such designated laboratories is to be drawn up by the Commission.

(3)	The list of national reference laboratories for the detection of residues is currently set out in the Annex to Commission Decision 98/536/EC (2).

(4)

Several Member States have informed the Commission that the groups of residues monitored by certain laboratories currently listed in the Annex to Decision 98/536/EC have changed. In the interest of clarity and consistency of Union law, it is therefore appropriate to update the list of national reference laboratories set out in the Annex to that Decision.

(5)	Decision 98/536/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 Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The annex to Decision 98/536/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 August 2016.

For the Commission

Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.

(2) Commission Decision 98/536/EC of 3 September 1998 establishing the list of national reference laboratories for the detection of residues (OJ L 251, 11.9.1998, p. 39).

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES

Member State

Reference laboratories

Groups of residues

Belgium

Association momentanée ILVO-CER

ILVO (Eenheid Technologie en Voeding) — CER Groupe (Département Santé)

ILVO (Eenheid Technologie en Voeding)

Brusselsesteenweg 370

9090 MELLE

CER (Département Santé)

Rue du Point du Jour 8

6900 MARLOIE

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2a, B2b, B2d, B2e, B2f, B3e

Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid/Institut scientifique de la Santé Publique

Rue J. Wytsman/J. Wytsmanstraat 14

1050 Brussel/Bruxelles

B2c, B3a (organochlorine pesticides), B3b

Centre of Analytical Research and Technology (CART), Université de Liège

Allée de la Chimie 3, B6C (Sart-Tilman)

4000 Liège

B3a (NDL-PCB)

Centre of Analytical Research and Technology (CART), Université de Liège

Allee de la Chimie 3, B6C (Sart-Tilman)

4000 Liège

Federaal Laboratorium voor de Veiligheid van de Voedselketen — FLVVT/Laboratoire fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire — FLVVT

Leuvensesteenweg 17

3080 Tervuren

B3a (dioxins and DL-PCB)

Centrum voor Onderzoek in Diergeneeskunde en Agrochemie (CODA)/Centre d'Étude et de Recherches Vétérinaires et Agrochimiques (CERVA)

Leuvensesteenweg 17

3080 Tervuren

B3c, B3d

Bulgaria

Централна лаборатория по ветеринарно-санитарна експертиза и екология

ул. “Искърско шосе” 5

1528 София

(Central Laboratory of Veterinary Control and Ecology, 5 Iskarsko shousse Str., 1528 Sofia)

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2a, B2b, B2c, B2d, B2e, B3a, B3b, B3c, B3d, B3e, B3f

Czech Republic

Národní referenční laboratoř pro sledování reziduí veterinárních léčiv

Ústav pro státní kontrolu veterinárních biopreparátů a léčiv Brno

Hudcova 56 A

CZ-621 00 Brno

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B2d

Národní referenční laboratoř pro rezidua pesticidů a PCB

Státní veterinární ústav Praha

Sídlištní 136/24

CZ-165 03 Praha

B3a, B3b, B3f

Národní referenční laboratoř pro chemické prvky

Státní veterinární ústav Olomouc, laboratoř

Kroměříž

Hulínská 2286

CZ-767 60 Kroměříž

B3c

Národní referenční laboratoř pro mykotoxiny a další přírodní toxiny, barviva, antibakteriální (inhibiční) látky a rezidua veterinárních léčiv

Státní veterinární ústav Jihlava

Rantířovská 93

CZ-586 05 Jihlava

B1, B2 (except B2d), B3d, B3e

Denmark

National Food Institute

DTU Food

Mørkhøj Bygade 19

DK-2860 Søborg

Chemical methods for groups A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B3

Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

Division of Residues

Søndervang 4

DK-4100 Ringsted

Chemical methods groups B1, B2a, B2b, B2c, B2d, B2e, B2f

Germany

Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Postfach 110260

10832 Berlin

All groups

Estonia

Veterinaar- ja Toidulaboratoorium

Kreutzwaldi 30

Tartu 51006

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2a, B2b, B2d, B2e, B2f, B3c, B3e

Terviseameti Tartu labor

Põllu 1A

Tartu 50303

B2c, B3a, B3b

Põllumajandusuuringute Keskus

Teaduse 4/6

Saku

Harjumaa 75501

B3d

Ireland

State Laboratory

Young's Cross

Celbridge

Co Kildare

A1, A3, A4, A6 (nitromidazoles and chlorpromazine), B2b (nitromidazoles only), B2d, B2e, B2f (corticosteroids), B3d

Veterinary Public Health Regulatory Laboratory

Young's Cross

Celbridge

Co Kildare

A2, A5, A6 (except chlorpromazine, nitrofurans and nitromidazoles), B1, B2f (carbadox only), B3c (except aquaculture products)

Teagasc Food Research Centre, Teagasc

Ashtown

Dublin 15

A6 (nitrofurans), B2a (anthelmintics except emamectin), B2b (anticoccidials), B2c

Marine Institute

Rinville,

Oranmore

Galway

B2a (emamectin), B2f (teflubenzuron & diflubenzuron), B3c (aquaculture products only), B3e (Malachite Green, Leuco Malachite Green, Brilliant Green, Crystal Violet, Leuco Crystal Violet and Victoria Blue only)

Pesticide Control Laboratory

Young's Cross

Celbridge

Co Kildare

B3a (organochlorine pesticides & 7 PCBs), B3b, B3f

Greece

Κτηνιατρικό Εργαστήριο Σερρών

Τέρμα Ομονοίας

621 10 Σέρρες

(Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Serres, Terma Omonias, 621 10 Serres)

A1, A3, A4, A6, (dapsone), B2f, (carbadox, olaquindox), B3a

Διεύθυνση Κτηνιατρικού Κέντρου Αθηνών

Τμήμα Τοξικολογίας, Καταλοίπων και Περιβαλλοντικών Ρυπαντών

Νεαπόλεως 25

153 10, Αγ. Παρασκευή

Αθήνα

(Veterinary Centre of Athens

Department of Toxicology, Residues and Environmental Contaminants, Neapoleos 25, 153 10, Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece)

A2, A5, A6, (chlorpromazine, nitromidazoles), B1 (except honey), B2a, B2b, B2d, B2e, B3b, B3c, B3d, B3e

Κτηνιατρικό Εργαστήριο Τρίπολης

Πέλαγος Αρκαδίας

22100 Τρίπολη

(Veterinary Laboratory of Tripolis, Pelagos Arkadias, 22100 Tripolis, Greece)

A6 (chloramphenicol and nitrofurans), B2c

Κτηνιατρικό Εργαστήριο Χανίων

Μ. Μπότσαρη 66

73100 Χανιά

(Veterinary Laboratory of Chania, Μ. Botsari 66, 73100 Chania, Greece)

B1 in honey

Spain

Centro Nacional de Alimentación (Agencia Española de Consumo, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición)

Carretera Pozuelo-Majadahonda, km. 5,1

28220 Majadahonda (Madrid)

A1, A3, A4, A5, A6 (chloramphenicol, nitrofurans and dapsone), B1, B2f (corticosteroids, carbadox, olaquindox), B3a, B3b, B3d, B3e, B3f

Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal (Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente)

Camino del Jau s/n

18320 Santa Fe (Granada)

A2, A6 (nitromidazoles and chlorpromazine), B2a, B2b, B2c, B2d, B2e, B2f (except corticosteroids, carbadox and olaquindox), B3f

Laboratorio Arbitral Agroalimentario (Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente)

Calle Aguaron 13.

Carretera de La Coruña, km 10,700

28023 Madrid

B3c, B3f

France

LABERCA — ONIRIS

Atlanpôle — Site de la Chantrerie — BP 50707

44307 NANTES Cedex 3

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B2f (glucocorticoids), B3a (PCB), B3f

ANSES — Laboratoire de Fougères

La Haute Marche — Javené

BP 90203

35302 Fougères

A6, B1, B2a, B2b, B2d, B2e, B2f (except glucocorticoids), B3e

ANSES — Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments de Maisons-Alfort

23, avenue du Général de Gaulle

94706 Maisons-Alfort Cedex

B2c, B3a (except PCBs), B3b, B3c

SCL 35- Service commun des laboratoires de Rennes

26 r Antoine Joly

35000 RENNES

B3d

Croatia

Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Savska cesta 143, 10000 Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska

All groups

Italy

Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria e Sicurezza Alimentare

Viale Regina Elena, 299

00161 Roma

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3a (excluding dioxins and PCBs), B3b, B3c, B3d, B3e, B2f

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”

Via Campo Boario

64100 TERAMO

B3a (PCBs, dioxins and DL-PCBs)

Cyprus

Γενικό Χημείο του Κράτους

Υπουργείο Υγείας

Οδός Κίμωνος 44,

1451, Λευκωσία, Κύπρος

(General State Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Kimonos Street 44, 1451 Nicosia)

All groups (except feeding stuffs)

Αναλυτικά Εργαστήρια,

Τμήμα Γεωργίας, Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος

Λουκή Ακρίτα, 1412 Λευκωσία

(Analytical Laboratories, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Loukis Akritas Avenue, 1412, Nicosia)

All groups (feeding stuffs only)

Latvia

Pārtikas drošības, dzīvnieku veselības un vides zinātniskais institūts “BIOR”

Lejupes iela 3

LV-1076 Rīga

All groups (excluding B3e aquaculture)

Lithuania

Nacionalinis maisto ir veterinarijos rizikos vertinimo institutas

J.Kairiūkščio 10,

LT — 08409 Vilnius

All groups

Luxembourg

Association momentanée ILVO-CER

ILVO (Eenheid Technologie en Voeding) — CER Groupe (Département Santé)

ILVO (Eenheid Technologie en Voeding)

Brusselsesteenweg 370

9090 MELLE

CER (Département Santé)

Rue du Point du Jour 8

6900 MARLOIE

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2a, B2b, B2c, B2d, B2e, B2f, B3a, B3b, B3d, B3e, B3f

Laboratoire National de Santé

Rue Louis Rech, 1

L-3555 DUDELANGE

B3c

Hungary

Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal

Élelmiszer- és Takarmánybiztonsági Igazgatóság

Élelmiszer Toxikológiai Nemzeti Referencia Laboratórium

Mester u. 81.

Hungary

H-1095

Budapest 94

POB 1740

H-1465

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2a, B2b, B2d, B2e, B2f, B3a (dioxins and PCBs only), B3c, B3d, B3e, B3f

Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal,

Növény-, Talaj- és Agrárkörnyezet-védelmi Igazgatóság

Budaörsi út 141-145

Hungary

H-1118

Budapest

B2c, B3a (except dioxins and PCBs), B3b

Malta

Laboratorju Veterinarju Nazzjonali.

Direttorat ghar-regolazzjoni Veterinarja

Ministeru ghall-Izvilupp Sostenibbli l-Ambjent u Tibdil fil-Klima

Albertown, Marsa MRS1123

Malta

All groups

Netherlands

Wageningen UR

RIKILT Institute of food safety

Akkermaalsbos 2

Wageningen 6708WB

All groups

Austria

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH

Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit Wien

Abteilung Tierarzneimittel, Hormone und Kontaminanten (THKS)

Spargelfeldstraße 191

1220 Wien

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2a, B2b, B2d, B2e, B2f (corticoids, carbadox and olaquindox)

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH

Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit Innsbruck

Abteilung Pestizid- und Lebensmittelanalytik (PLMA)

Technikerstraße 70

6020 Innsbruck

B2c, B2f (amitraz), B3a (excluding dioxins and PCBs), B3b, B3f (neonicotinoids)

Umweltbundesamt GmbH

Spittelauer Lände 5

1090 Wien

B3a (dioxins and PCBs)

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH

Geschäftsfeld Ernährungssicherheit

Institut für Tierernährung und Futtermittel

Wieningerstraße 8

4020 Linz

B3c

Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH

Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit Linz

Abteilung Kontaminantenanalytik (KONA)

Wieningerstraße 8

4020 Linz

B3d

Lebensmitteluntersuchungsanstalt der Stadt Wien

Henneberggasse 3

1030 Wien

B3e

Poland

Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny-Państwowy

Instytut Badawczy w Puławach

Al. Partyzantów 57

24-100 Puławy

All groups

Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV)

Quinta do Marquês, Av. da Republica

2780-157 Oeiras

All groups (excluding B3a dioxins, B3c aquaculture and B3d mycotoxins in milk)

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA)

Rua Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho, 6

1495-006 Algés

B3c (aquaculture)

ASAE — Laboratório de Físico — Química (LFQ)

Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, Campus do Lumiar, 22, Edifício F — 1.o andar

1649-038 Lisboa

B3a (dioxins), B3d mycotoxins in milk

Romania

Institute for Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health

Str. Campul Mosilor nr. 5, sect. 2,

021201 Bucuresti

A1, A4, A6 (nitromidazoles, nitrofurans), B1 (antibiotics), B2a, B2b, B2c, B2e, B2f, B3a (organochlorinated pesticides and ndl-PCB), B3b, B3c, B3d, B3e

Sanitary Veterinary Food Safety county Directorate

Str. Surorile Martir Caceu nr. 4,

300858 Timisoara

A2, A5, B2d

Sanitary Veterinary Food Safety county Directorate

Sos. Mangaliei nr. 78,

900111 Constanta

A3, A6 (chloramphenicol)

Sanitary Veterinary Food Safety county Directorate

Str. Piata Marasti nr.1,

400609 Cluj-Napoca

A6 (dapsone), B1 (sulfonamides)

Sanitary Veterinary Food Safety county Directorate

Str. Ilioarei nr 16E, sect. 3,

032125 Bucuresti

B3a (dioxins)

Slovenia

Univerza v Ljubljani, Veterinarska fakulteta

Nacionalni veterinarski inštitut

Gerbičeva 60

1000 Ljubljana

A1, A3, A4, A5, A6 (except chloramphenicol in urine and chloroform in urine), B1, B2a (avermectins), B2b, B2d, B2e, B2f, B3c (except mercury in aquaculture), B3d, B3e

Nacionalni laboratorij za zdravje, okolje in hrano Prvomajska 1

2000 Maribor

A2, A6 (chloramphenicol in urine and chloroform in urine), B2a (benzimidazoles), B2c, B3a, B3b, B3c (mercury in aquaculture)

Slovakia

Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav — Veterinárny a potravinový ústav Bratislava

Botanická 15

Bratislava 842 13

A1, A3, A4, A5, A6 (nitromidazoles), B2c, B2e, B3a, B3b

Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav — Veterinárny a potravinový ústav Košice

Hlinkova 1B

Košice 040 01

A2, B2a, B2b, B2d, B3c, B3d

Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav — Veterinárny a potravinový ústav Dolný Kubín

Jánoškova 1611/58

Dolný Kubín 026 01

A6 (chloramphenicol, nitrofurans), B1, B2f, B3e

Finland

Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira

Mustialankatu 3

00790 Helsinki

All groups

Sweden

Livsmedelsverket

Box 622

751 26 Uppsala

All groups

United Kingdom

Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute

Veterinary Science Division

Stoney Road

Stormont

Belfast BT4 3SD

Northern Ireland

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 (nitrofurans except in honey, nitromidazoles), B2b, (nicarbazin), B2f

Fera Science Ltd

(FERA)

Sand Hutton

York

YO41 1LZ

A6 (chloramphenicol, nitrofurans in honey, dapsone). B1, B2a, B2b (ionophores)

LGC Ltd

Queens Road

Teddington

Middlesex TW11 OLY

A6 (chlorpromazine), B2c, B2d, B2e, B3a, B3b, B3c, B3d, B3e’

11.8.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

L 216/23

COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2016/1366

of 10 August 2016

confirming the participation of Estonia in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 328(1) and 331(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2010/405/EU of 12 July 2010 authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation (2),

Having regard to the notification by Estonia of its intention to participate in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation,

Whereas:

(1)	On 12 July 2010, the Council decided to authorise enhanced cooperation between Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Austria, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation.

(2)	On 20 December 2010, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation.

(3)	On 21 November 2012 the Commission adopted Decision 2012/714/EU confirming the participation of Lithuania in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation (3).

(4)	On 27 January 2014 the Commission adopted Decision 2014/39/EU confirming the participation of Greece in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation (4).

(5)	Estonia notified its intention to participate in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation by letter dated 13 April 2016, which the Commission registered as received on 18 April 2016.

(6)

The Commission notes that neither Decision 2010/405/EU nor Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 prescribe any particular conditions of participation in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation and that Estonia's participation should strengthen the benefits of this enhanced cooperation.

(7)	The participation of Estonia in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation should thus be confirmed.

(8)	The Commission should adopt transitional measures for Estonia necessary for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010.

(9)	Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 should enter into force in Estonia on the day following that of the publication of this Decision in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Participation of Estonia in enhanced cooperation

1. The participation of Estonia in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation authorised by Decision 2010/405/EU is confirmed.

2. Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 shall apply to Estonia in accordance with this Decision.

Article 2

Information to be provided by Estonia

By 11 May 2017 Estonia shall communicate to the Commission its national provisions, if any, concerning:

(a)	the formal requirements applicable to agreements on the choice of applicable law pursuant to Article 7(2) to (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010; and

(b)	the possibility of designating the applicable law in accordance with Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010.

Article 3

Transitional provisions for Estonia

1. Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 shall apply in Estonia only to legal proceedings instituted and to agreements of the kind referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 concluded as from 11 February 2018.

However, effect shall also be given in Estonia to an agreement on the choice of the applicable law concluded before 11 February 2018, provided that it complies with Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010.

2. Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 shall apply in Estonia without prejudice to agreements on the choice of the applicable law concluded in accordance with the law of a participating Member State whose court is seised before 11 February 2018.

Article 4

Entry into force and date of application of Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 in Estonia

Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 shall enter into force in Estonia on the day following that of the publication of this Decision in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 shall apply to Estonia from 11 February 2018.

Article 5

Entry into force

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

Done at Brussels, 10 August 2016

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 189, 22.7.2010, p. 12.

(2) OJ L 343, 29.12.2010, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 323, 22.11.2012, p. 18.

(4) OJ L 23, 28.1.2014, p. 41.

11.8.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

L 216/26

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/1367

of 10 August 2016

concerning certain protective measures relating to African swine fever in Poland

(notified under document C(2016) 5278)

(Only the Polish text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	African swine fever is an infectious viral disease affecting domestic and feral pig populations and can have a severe impact on the profitability of pig farming causing disturbance to trade within the Union and exports to third countries.

(2)	In the event of an outbreak of African swine fever, there is a risk that the disease agent may spread to other pig holdings and to feral pigs. As a result, it may spread from one Member State to another Member State and to third countries through trade in live pigs or their products.

(3)

Council Directive 2002/60/EC (3) lays down minimum measures to be applied within the Union for the control of African swine fever. Article 9 of Directive 2002/60/EC provides for the establishment of protection and surveillance zones in the event of outbreaks of that disease where the measures laid down in Articles 10 and 11 of that Directive are to apply.

(4)	Poland has informed the Commission of the up-to-date African swine fever situation on its territory, and in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2002/60/EC, it has established protection and surveillance zones where the measures referred to in Articles 10 and 11 of that Directive are applied.

(5)

In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade being imposed by third countries, it is necessary to describe at Union level the areas established as protection and surveillance zones for African swine fever in Poland in collaboration with that Member State.

(6)	Accordingly, the areas identified as protection and surveillance zones in Poland should be set out in the Annex to this Decision.

(7)	The measures should be limited in application to provide sufficient time for the epidemiological enquiry and allow for a review of the measures taken.

(8)	The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Poland shall ensure that the protection and surveillance zones established in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2002/60/EC comprise at least the areas listed as the protection and surveillance zones in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply until 30 September 2016.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Poland.

Done at Brussels, 10 August 2016.

For the Commission

Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.

(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.

(3) Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002 laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever and amending Directive 92/119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine fever (OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27).

ANNEX

Poland

Areas as referred to in Article 1

Protection zone

The external boundary of this protection zone is formed by:

(a)

from the East: from the north boundary of village Sanie Dąb the south part of the road from village Sanie Dąb to village Kołaki Koscielne, with the intersection with the Dąb river, next southeast along the Dąb river, next along the boundary of the forest to the west boundary of village Tybory-Olszewo, next along the road from village Tybory-Olszewo to village Tybory-Kamianka, next west boundary of village Tybory-Kamianka to the road from village Tybory-Kamianka to village Jabłonka Kościelna, next south to the watercourse from Kamianka pond to the Jabłonka river, next to the mouth of the watercourse to the Jabłonka river, next in a straight line south to crossroads road Nr 66 with the road from village Jabłonka Kościelna to village Miodusy-Litwa;

(b)

from the South: road Nr 66 west to the intersection of the Jabłonka river with road Nr 66, next along the south boundary of village Faszcze to the Jabłonka river, next west along to the Jabłonka river to the boundary of village Wdziękoń Pierwszy and village Wdziękoń Drugi, next in a straight line north to road Nr 66, next west road Nr 66 to the intersection to the watercourse with road Nr 66 at the level of village Wdziękoń Pierwszy;

(c)	from the West: north along watercourse to boundary of the forest, along the east boundary of the Grabówka Reserve, next the boundary of the forest east to the road from village Grabówka to village Wróble-Arciszewo;

(d)	from the North: in a straight line east to the Dąb river south of village Czarnowo Dąb, next east along a straight line to the north boundary of village Sanie Dąb, to the road from village Sanie Dąb to village Kołaki Koscielne.

Surveillance zone

The external boundary of this surveillance zone is formed by:

(a)

from the East: in a straight line from the wysokomazowiecki and zambrowski districts boundaries, at the level of village Stare Niziołki, to the intersection with the Rokietnica river between village Grodzkie Szczepanowięta and Nowe Grodzkie, next in a straight line to village Wnory Wiechy, next south along the road and east along the boundaries of village Chojane Piecki, Kalinowo-Solki, Kalinowo Czosnowo, Buczyno Mikosy to village Brzóski-Gromki, next in a straight line south to the Brok river, to the east boundary of village Brzóski-Falki, next in a straight line to road Nr 66, to the north boundary of village Włosty-Olszanka, next south by road Nr 66 to the boundary of the forest;

(b)	from the South: in a straight line southwest along the south boundary of village Dąbrowa-Zabłotne, to the south boundary of village Dąbrowa Wielka, next in a straight line due west south of village Krzeczkowo Mianowskie to Podlaskie region boundary at the level of village Zaręby-Choromany;

(c)

from the West: along the Podlaskie region boundary to road Nr 63, next along the Podlaskie region boundary and the west boundary of village Srebrny Borek to road Nr 8, along the west boundary of village Ostrożne, next north on the west boundary of village Krajewo-Łętowo, Krajewo-Borowe, Krajewo-Ćwikły, next in a straight line along west and north boundary of village Zbrzeżnica to the road Nr 63, next north the road Nr 63 to the latitude of village Polki-Teklin;

(d)

from the North: in a straight line east to the boundary between zambrowski and łomżyński district including village Polki-Teklin to the point at the latitude of village Kossaki-Nadbielne, next in a straight line south of village Kossaki-Nadbielne and above village Kałęczyn-Walochy, next to the crossroad the road Nr 679 with the road from village Rutki-Kossaki to village Kalinówka-Basie, next along the south boundary of village Rutki-Kossaki to intersection 11 Listopada street with road Nr S8, next in a line above village Górskie-Ponikły Stok and the east boundary of village Modzele-Górki and Olszewo Przyborowo to the boundary of zambrowski and wysokomazowiecki district at the latitude of village stare Niziołki.

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Official Journal of the European Union		L 216

English edition	Legislation	Volume 59 11 August 2016

Contents		II Non-legislative acts	page
		INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
	*	Council Decision (EU) 2016/1363 of 24 June 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the short-stay visa waiver	1
		Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the short-stay visa waiver	3
		REGULATIONS
		Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1364 of 10 August 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables	10
		DECISIONS
	*	Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1365 of 9 August 2016 amending Decision 98/536/EC as regards the list of national reference laboratories (notified under document C(2016) 5053) ( 1 )	12
	*	Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1366 of 10 August 2016 confirming the participation of Estonia in enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation	23
	*	Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1367 of 10 August 2016 concerning certain protective measures relating to African swine fever in Poland (notified under document C(2016) 5278) ( 1 )	26

		Corrigenda
	*	Corrigendum to Council Decision (EU) 2016/1177 of 12 July 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Monaco providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC ( OJ L 195, 20.7.2016 )	29