(1)

On 16 July 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1006 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Republic of Maldives. That Decision provided, inter alia, for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons, entities or bodies responsible for undermining the rule of law or obstructing an inclusive political solution in the Republic of Maldives, as well as persons and entities responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses in the Republic of Maldives.

(2)

Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1001 (3) gives effect to the measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2018/1006.

(3)

On 17 June 2019, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/993, repealing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1006.

(4)

These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty and, therefore, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary.

(5)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1001 should therefore be repealed accordingly,

(1)

From 1 September 2019 all light-duty vehicles will be subject to a new regulatory test procedure for measuring CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from light duty vehicles, the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) set out in Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 (2), replacing the New European Test Cycle (NEDC) set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (3). A new methodology for determining the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from category N1 vehicles which are type-approved in a multi-stage process (‘multi-stage vehicles’) should therefore be established.

(2)

Under Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 the specific emissions of CO2 of a multi-stage vehicle are to be allocated to the manufacturer of the base vehicle. In order to allow the base vehicle manufacturer to plan effectively and with sufficient certainty its compliance with its specific emissions targets, a methodology should be set up that ensures that the CO2 emissions and mass of incomplete base vehicles that will be allocated to that manufacturer are known at the moment of the production and sale of the incomplete base vehicle, and not only at the moment when the final stage manufacturer places the completed vehicle on the market.

(3)

In determining the incomplete base vehicle CO2 emissions, it is appropriate to use the interpolation method provided for in Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, where the specific input values should be designed so as to result in CO2 emissions and mass values that are as representative as possible of those values subsequently determined for the final completed vehicle. In order to ensure consistency, the calculation of the base vehicle manufacturer's specific emission target should take into account the mass values determined for that purpose.

(4)

The base vehicle manufacturer should report the input values used for the interpolation method as well as the incomplete base vehicle CO2 emissions and the mass values to the Commission. At the same time, Member States should continue to report to the Commission the specific emissions of CO2 and mass of the final completed vehicles.

(5)

On the basis of those reported data, the Commission should continuously assess the representativeness of the base vehicle CO2 emission values and inform the manufacturers of any divergences found. In the case of a significant and continued divergence between the average specific CO2 emissions of the final completed vehicle and the average of the monitoring CO2 values determined for the base vehicle manufacturer, the values for the final completed vehicles should be used for the purposes of determining whether manufacturers comply with their specific emissions targets.

(6)

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 293/2012 (2) requires Member States but also manufacturers to report certain data on the registration of new light commercial vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011.

(2)

A new regulatory test procedure for measuring CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from light duty vehicles, the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) set out in Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 (3), is to replace, from 1 September 2019, the New European Test Cycle (NEDC) set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (4). That change will also affect the methodology for determining CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from N1 vehicles which are type-approved in a multi-stage process (hereinafter referred to as ‘multi-stage vehicles’).

(3)

Under Regulation (EU) No 510/2011, the specific emissions of CO2 of a multi-stage vehicle are to be allocated to the manufacturer of the base vehicle. In order to allow the base vehicle manufacturer to plan effectively and with sufficient certainty its compliance with its specific CO2 targets, the methodology ensures that the CO2 emissions and mass allocated to that manufacturer are known at the moment of the production and sale of the base vehicle, and not only at the moment when the final stage manufacturer places the completed vehicle on the market.

(4)

The base vehicle manufacturer should report to the Commission the input values used for the interpolation calculation referred to in point 1a.1 of Part A of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 as well as the incomplete base vehicle CO2 emissions and the mass values. Those values should be used to calculate the base vehicle manufacturer's average specific emissions and of its specific emissions target.

(5)

Manufacturers of incomplete base vehicles that were sold in the preceding calendar year for the purpose of completion by a second-stage manufacturer should submit the data specified in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 to the Business Data Repository of the European Environment Agency.

(6)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 293/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,

(1)

The French language version of Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 (2) contains an error as regards the specific migration limit set out in Annex I, Table 1, point 1, row 1052.

(2)

The French language version of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 should therefore be corrected accordingly. The other language versions are not affected.

(3)

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

(1)

Commission Directive 2004/20/EC (2) included chlorpropham as an active substance in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (3).

(2)

Active substances included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC are deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and are listed in Part A of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4).

(3)

The approval of the active substance chlorpropham, as set out in Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, expires on 31 July 2019.

(4)

An application for the renewal of the approval of chlorpropham was submitted in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012 (5) within the time period provided for in that Article.

(5)

A Task Force composed of three applicants submitted the supplementary dossiers required in accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012. The application was found to be complete by the rapporteur Member State.

(6)

The rapporteur Member State prepared a renewal assessment report in consultation with the co-rapporteur Member State and submitted it to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) and the Commission on 29 April 2016.

(7)

The Authority communicated the renewal assessment report to the applicant and to the Member States for comments and forwarded the comments received to the Commission. The Authority also made the supplementary summary dossier available to the public.

(8)

On 18 June 2017 the Authority communicated to the Commission its conclusion (6) on whether chlorpropham can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. The Authority concluded that a final consumer risk assessment through dietary intake cannot be performed due to several data gaps and uncertainties identified for the food crop uses. Nevertheless, a critical area of concern for chlorpropham was identified regarding the results of an indicative consumer risk assessment where acute and chronic dietary risks for consumers have been identified both for chlorpropham and for its major metabolite 3-chloroaniline. Moreover, the Authority also concluded that further scientific assessment of the potential endocrine disrupting properties of chlorpropham is needed and that the risk assessment for non-target arthropods for field uses could not be finalised.

(9)

The Commission invited the applicants to submit their comments on the conclusion of the Authority and, in accordance with Article 14(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012, on the draft renewal report. The applicants submitted their comments, which have been carefully examined.

(10)

However, despite the arguments put forward by the applicants, the concerns regarding the active substance could not be eliminated.

(11)

On 23 January 2019, one of the members of the Task Force that had submitted the application for renewal of approval of chlorpropham informed the Commission that it had decided to withdraw its support for the representative use of chlorpropham as a potato sprout suppressant. On 19 March 2019, the Task Force notified the Commission that it had withdrawn its support for all representative uses, except for non-edible crops, i.e. flower bulbs.

(12)

Consequently, it has not been established with respect to one or more representative uses of at least one plant protection product that the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are satisfied. It is therefore appropriate not to renew the approval of the active substance chlorpropham in accordance with Article 20(1)(b) of that Regulation.

(13)

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(14)

Member States should be allowed sufficient time to withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing chlorpropham.

(15)

For plant protection products containing chlorpropham, where Member States grant any grace period in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, that period should, at the latest, expire on 8 October 2020.

(16)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/917 (7) extended the expiry date of chlorpropham to 31 July 2019 in order to allow the renewal process to be completed before the expiry of the approval of that substance. However, given that a decision has been taken ahead of that extended expiry date, this Regulation should apply as soon as possible.

(17)

This Regulation does not prevent the submission of a further application for the approval of chlorpropham pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(18)

The Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed has not delivered an opinion within the time-limit laid down by its Chairman. An implementing act was deemed to be necessary and the chair submitted the draft implementing act to the appeal committee for further deliberation. The appeal committee did not deliver an opinion,

(1)

Directives 2002/55/EC and 2008/72/EC provide for the species they cover by way of a two-column table, one column listing the scientific name of the species and the other one listing one or several common names for each species.

(2)

Certain varieties of vegetable species belong to species listed under their scientific names, but not to the types of varieties described by the common names. Therefore, it should be specified whether a variety is covered by the scope of Directives 2002/55/EC and 2008/72/EC.

(3)

This specification should take into account the fact that, while some varieties of certain diverse vegetable species are marketed widely in the Union, others have nationally or regionally limited markets. It would thus not be appropriate to cover all varieties of those vegetable species. It should therefore be specified that for certain species all varieties are to be covered, while for certain other species only certain varieties should be covered.

(4)

The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) introduced the formal category of ‘Group’ to classify varieties of cultivated species. The category of ‘Group’ is a suitable instrument to define the varieties belonging to a certain species, which fall within the scope of Directives 2002/55/EC and 2008/72/EC.

(5)

For the purpose of specifying whether all varieties of a vegetable species or only certain Groups are covered, the tables of species provided for in Directives 2002/55/EC and 2008/72/EC should be amended. The respective botanical names of vegetable species and the Group names belonging to them should be presented in a hierarchical order as to eliminate any possible ambiguity with respect to the scope of the varieties of the species concerned.

(6)

The use of interspecific hybridisation and of intra-specific hybridisation of varieties can result in varieties of vegetable species that are not included into any established species or Group. In order to include such types of varieties in the scope of Directive 2002/55/EC, the list of species should include hybrids between species and Groups indicated in the list in point (b) of Article 2.1 of that Directive.

(7)

The Groups indicated in the list in point (b) of Article 2.1 of Directive 2002/55/EC should also be reflected, where appropriate, in the lists in Annex II, point 3(a), and Annex III, point 2 of that Directive.

(8)

Directives 2002/55/EC, 2008/72/EC and 93/61/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)

Moreover, Commission Directive 93/61/EEC implements Article 4 of Council Directive 92/33/EC (4), which has been repealed and replaced by Article 4 of Directive 2008/72/EC. The Annex to Directive 93/61/EEC establishes a schedule indicating the conditions to be met by vegetable propagating material listing those species and the harmful organisms liable to affect their quality.

(10)

The botanical names of certain species in Directive 93/61/EEC should be updated in accordance with the development of scientific knowledge, as part of updating the respective schedule.

(11)

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

(1)

Pursuant to Article 7 of Decision 2014/486/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising the political control and strategic direction of EUAM Ukraine including, in particular, the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.

(2)

On 25 October 2018, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1662 (2), extending the mandate of Mr Kęstutis LANČINSKAS as the Head of Mission of EUAM Ukraine from 1 December 2018 to 31 May 2019.

(3)

On 13 May 2019, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/761 (3), extending the mandate of EUAM Ukraine until 31 May 2021.

(4)

On 27 May 2019, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy proposed the appointment of Mr Antti HARTIKAINEN as the Head of Mission of EUAM Ukraine,

(1)

On 16 July 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1006 (1) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Republic of Maldives.

(2)

Further to a review of Decision (CFSP) 2018/1006 in light of its objectives and of the current situation in the Republic of Maldives, the Council has decided to lift the restrictive measures in place.

(3)

Decision (CFSP) 2018/1006 should therefore be repealed,

(1)

The active substance etofenprox was included in Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) for use in biocidal products of product-type 8, and pursuant to Article 86 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 is therefore considered approved under that Regulation subject to the specifications and conditions set out in Annex I to that Directive.

(2)

The approval of etofenprox for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 will expire on 31 January 2020. On 27 July 2018, an application was submitted in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for the renewal of the approval of etofenprox.

(3)

Οn 19 December 2018, the evaluating competent authority of Austria informed the Commission that it had decided, pursuant to Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, that a full evaluation of the application was necessary. Pursuant to Article 8(1) of that Regulation, the evaluating competent authority is to perform a full evaluation of the application within 365 days of its validation.

(4)

The evaluating competent authority may, as appropriate, request the applicant to provide sufficient data to carry out the evaluation, in accordance with Article 8(2) of that Regulation. In such case, the 365-day period is suspended for a period that may not exceed 180 days in total unless a longer suspension is justified by the nature of the data requested or by exceptional circumstances.

(5)

Within 270 days of receipt of a recommendation from the evaluating competent authority, the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Agency’) is to prepare and submit to the Commission an opinion on renewal of the approval of the active substance in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.

(6)

Consequently, for reasons beyond the control of the applicant, the approval of etofenprox for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 is likely to expire before a decision has been taken on its renewal. It is therefore appropriate to postpone the expiry date of approval of etofenprox for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 for a period of time sufficient to enable the examination of the application. Considering the time-limits for the evaluation by the evaluating competent authority and for the preparation and submission of the opinion by the Agency, it is appropriate to postpone the expiry date of approval to 31 October 2022.

(7)

Except for the expiry date of the approval, etofenprox remains approved for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 subject to the specifications and conditions set out in Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC,

(1)

Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 requires ship owners to ensure that ships destined to be recycled are only recycled at ship recycling facilities included in the European List of ship recycling facilities published pursuant to Article 16 of that Regulation.

(2)

The European List is set out in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2323 (2).

(3)

Denmark has informed the Commission that two ship recycling facilities (3) located in its territory have been authorised by the competent authority in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013. Denmark has provided the Commission with all information relevant for those facilities to be included in the European List. The European List should therefore be updated to include those facilities.

(4)

Following incorporation of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 into the Agreement on the European Economic Area (4), Norway has informed the Commission that five ship recycling facilities (5) located in its territory have been authorised by the competent authority in accordance with Article 14 of that Regulation. Norway has provided the Commission with all information relevant for those facilities to be included in the European List. The European List should therefore be updated to include those facilities.

(5)

The Commission has received an application in accordance with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 for a ship recycling facility (6) located in Turkey to be included in the European List. Having assessed the information and supporting evidence provided or gathered in accordance with Article 15 of that Regulation, the Commission considers that the facility complies with the requirements set out in Article 13 of that Regulation to conduct ship recycling and to be included in the European List. The European List should therefore be updated to include that facility.

(6)

Moreover, it is necessary to correct an error in relation to the information with regard to Article 16(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 included in the European List for the ship recycling facility located in Finland.

(7)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2323 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013,