(1)

The Union and Member States have set themselves the objective of laying down the measures necessary for the use of the euro as a single currency. Those measures include protecting the euro against counterfeiting and related fraud to ensure the effectiveness of the Union’s economy and secure the sustainability of public finances.

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 (3) provides for exchanges of information, cooperation and mutual assistance, thereby establishing a harmonised framework for the protection of the euro. The effects of that Regulation were extended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1339/2001 (4) to those Member States which have not adopted the euro as their single currency, so as to provide an equivalent level of protection for the euro throughout the Union.

(3)

Actions with the aim of promoting exchanges of information and staff, technical and scientific assistance and specialised training help significantly to protect the Union’s single currency against counterfeiting and related fraud and therefore to attain a high and equivalent level of protection across the Union, whilst demonstrating the Union’s ability to tackle serious organised crime. Such actions could also help addressing the common challenges to combat organised crime, including money laundering.

(4)

A programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting contributes to raising the awareness of Union citizens, increasing their confidence in that currency and improving the protection of the euro, especially through the constant dissemination of results of actions supported by that programme.

(5)

Sound protection of the euro against counterfeiting is a key component of a secure and competitive Union economy, and directly linked to the Union objective of improving the efficient functioning of the economic and monetary union.

(6)

Past support for such actions, through Council Decisions 2001/923/EC (5) and 2001/924/EC (6), which were subsequently amended and extended by Council Decisions 2006/75/EC (7), 2006/76/EC (8), 2006/849/EC (9) and 2006/850/EC (10) and Regulation (EU) No 331/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (11), has made it possible to enhance the actions of the Union and the Member States in the field of the protection of the euro against counterfeiting. The objectives of the programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the preceding periods have been successfully achieved.

(7)

In 2017, the Commission carried out a mid-term evaluation of the multiannual action programme established by Regulation (EU) No 331/2014 (the ‘Pericles 2020’ programme), supported by an independent report. The report was generally positive about the Pericles 2020 programme but it expressed concerns about the limited number of competent authorities applying for the implementation of actions under the Pericles 2020 programme and the quality of the key performance indicators used for measuring the results of the Pericles 2020 programme. In its Communication to the European Parliament and to the Council on the mid-term evaluation of the Pericles 2020 programme and its ex ante evaluation in the form of a Staff Working Document accompanying its proposal, the Commission concluded, taking into consideration the conclusions and recommendations of the mid-term evaluation, that the continuation of the Pericles 2020 programme beyond 2020 should be supported, given its Union added value, its long-term impact and the sustainability of its actions as well as its contribution to combating organised crime.

(8)

The advice contained in the mid-term evaluation was that actions financed under the Pericles 2020 programme should be continued, while addressing the need to simplify the submission of applications, to encourage differentiation of beneficiaries and the participation of a maximum number of competent authorities from various countries in the activities of the Pericles 2020 programme, to continue focusing on emerging and recurrent counterfeiting threats, and to streamline the key performance indicators.

(9)

Counterfeiting hotspots have been detected in third countries and counterfeiting of the euro is acquiring a growing international dimension. Capacity building and training activities involving the competent authorities of third countries should therefore be considered essential to achieve the effective protection of the euro and should be further encouraged in the context of the continuation of the Pericles 2020 programme.

(10)

A new programme for the period 2021-2027 (the ‘Pericles IV’ programme) should be adopted. It should be ensured that the Pericles IV programme is consistent with, and complementary to, other relevant programmes and actions. The Commission should therefore carry out all the necessary consultations with regard to evaluating needs for the protection of the euro with the principal parties involved, in particular the competent national authorities designated by Member States, the European Central Bank (ECB) and Europol, within the committee referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001, particularly as regards exchanges, assistance and training, for the purpose of the application of the Pericles IV programme. Moreover, the Commission should draw on the vast experience of the ECB in relation to the conduct of training and the provision of information on counterfeit euro banknotes when implementing the Pericles IV programme.

(11)

Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) apply to this Regulation. Those rules are laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (12) (the ‘Financial Regulation’) and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also include a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union’s budget.

(12)

Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to facilitate cooperation among Member States and between the Commission and Member States in order to protect the euro against counterfeiting, without impinging on Member States’ responsibilities, and using resources more efficiently than could be done at national level, to assist Member States in collectively protecting the euro and to encourage the use of common Union structures to increase cooperation and the timely and comprehensive exchange of information between competent authorities, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

(13)

The Pericles IV programme should be implemented in accordance with the multiannual financial framework laid down in Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 (13).

(14)

In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Pericles IV programme, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. The Commission should adopt annual work programmes setting out the priorities, the budget breakdown and the evaluation criteria for the grants for actions. The exceptional and duly justified cases, in which an increase in the co-financing rate is necessary in order to give the Member States greater economic flexibility, thus enabling them to carry out and complete projects to protect and safeguard the euro in a satisfactory manner, should be part of the annual work programmes.

(15)

This Regulation lays down a financial envelope for the Pericles IV programme which is to constitute the prime reference amount, within the meaning of Point 18 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 (14), for the European Parliament and for the Council during the annual budgetary procedure.

(16)

To ensure the effective assessment of progress of the Pericles IV programme towards the achievement of its objectives, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the Annex with regard to the indicators where considered necessary for the purposes of evaluation, as well as to supplement this Regulation with provisions on the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (15). In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.

(17)

In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (16) and Council Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 (17), (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 (18) and (EU) 2017/1939 (19), the financial interests of the Union are to be protected by means of proportionate measures, including measures relating to the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities, including fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used, and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative penalties. In particular, in accordance with Regulations (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 and (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has the power to carry out administrative investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is empowered, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, to investigate and prosecute criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union, as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council (20). In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the financial interests of the Union, grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the Court of Auditors and, in respect of those Member States participating in enhanced cooperation pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, EPPO, and ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights.

(18)

The Commission should present to the European Parliament and to the Council a mid-term evaluation report on the implementation of the Pericles IV programme and a final evaluation report on the achievement of its objectives. Pursuant to paragraphs 22 and 23 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making, the Pericles IV programme should be evaluated on the basis of information collected in accordance with specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding an administrative burden, in particular on Member States, and overregulation. Those requirements, where appropriate, should include measurable indicators as a basis for evaluating the effects of the Pericles IV programme on the ground.

(19)

Regulation (EU) No 331/2014 should therefore be repealed.

(20)

In order to ensure continuity in providing support in the relevant policy area and to allow implementation to start from the beginning of the multi-annual financial framework 2021-2027, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency and should apply, with retroactive effect, from 1 January 2021,

(1)

Article 30 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 (2) contains rules to establish the number of determined animals for the purposes of voluntary coupled support based on livestock aid applications under animal aid schemes or rural development support based on payment claims under animal-related support measures. In particular, it sets out rules for cases of non-compliances with regard to the system for the identification and registration for bovine animals and for ovine and caprine animals. Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 (3) provides that the Member States are to establish a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals. Since that identification and registration system contains requirements similar to those of the identification and registration system for bovine animals as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), it is appropriate to align the rules for taking into account non-compliances related to the system of identification and registration of those three animal categories. In that context, it is appropriate to replace the reference to ‘ear tags’ by a reference to ‘means of identification’ in line with those two Regulations.

(2)

Taking into account the evolution of the integrated administration and control system and for reasons of simplification, it is appropriate to adapt the administrative penalties in respect of animal aid schemes and animal-related support measures laid down in Article 31 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 by exempting up to three animals found non-determined from the application of administrative penalties as long they can be individually identified by means of identification or supporting documentation, and by adjusting the level of penalties to be applied if more than three animals are found non-determined.

(3)

In accordance with Article 53(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 (5), where the coupled support measure concerns bovine animals and/or sheep and goats, Member States have to define as an eligibility condition for the support, the requirements to identify and register animals provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 or Regulation (EC) No 21/2004, respectively. Furthermore, in accordance with those Regulations, animal events such as births, deaths and movements are to be notified to the computerised database within certain time limits. Non-respect of those time limits is considered as a non-compliance in respect of the animal concerned. However, in order to ensure proportionality and without prejudice to other eligibility conditions fixed by the Member State, bovine, ovine and caprine animals should be considered as eligible for aid or support without application of administrative penalties as long as a late notification of an animal event took place before the start of a retention period or before a given reference date, as established by the Member State in accordance with Article 53(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014.

(4)

For reasons of clarity and simplification, the wording of Article 31(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 should be aligned between the claim based and claimless system.

(5)

Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

In order to allow Member States sufficient time to adjust their systems to implement the amended rules, this Regulation should apply in relation to aid applications, applications for support and payment claims submitted for claim years or premium periods starting as from 1 January 2021,

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 harmonises the national rules in Member States on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods.

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2012 (2) lays down, in particular, implementing rules for the application of the procedure referred to in Article 8(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 concerning the safety assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) of the substances under scrutiny listed in Part C of Annex III thereto.

(3)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 of the European Parliament and the Council (3) amended Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). Those amendments are aimed at strengthening the transparency and the sustainability of the EU risk assessment in all areas of the food chain where the Authority delivers a scientific risk assessment.

(4)

The amendments to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 introduced new provisions concerning, amongst others, general pre-submission advice by the staff of the Authority at the request of a potential applicant and the obligation to notify studies commissioned or carried out by business operators to support an application and the consequences in case of non-compliance with that obligation. The amendments also introduced provisions on the public disclosure, by the Authority, of all scientific data, studies and other information supporting applications, with the exception of duly justified confidential information, early on in the risk assessment process, followed up by a consultation of third parties.

(5)

Although Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 does not contain any provisions concerning the risk assessment of substances or ingredients, which had been listed to Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, its provisions are of direct relevance to that procedure, as outlined in Article 8(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006. These provisions concern the pre-submission phase, as regards pre-submission advice and the notification of commissioned studies, as well as the risk assessment phase, as regards transparency and confidentiality requirements and public consultations. They govern mainly application-based processes initiated by food business operators.

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 gives an important role in demonstrating the safety of a particular substance under scrutiny listed in Part C of Annex III thereto not only to food business operators, but also to other interested parties, such as industry or consumer organisations. Therefore, the evaluation of a substance under scrutiny does not require the submission of an application by a designated applicant, but all interested business operators and other interested parties may submit data and information to that end.

(7)

It is necessary to ensure that the procedure for the safety assessment of the substance under scrutiny listed in Part C of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 is governed by provisions comparable to those in Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 both for the pre-submission and the risk assessment phases.

(8)

In view of the above, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2012 should be aligned with the amendments to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 introduced by Regulation (EU) 2019/1381, in particular as regards (i) the possibility, provided for in Article 32a, to request pre-submission advice from the staff of the Authority, whenever the Authority is required or requested to provide an opinion; (ii) the obligation, set out in Article 32b, to notify relevant studies to the Authority; (iii) the obligation of the Authority to consult third parties set out in Article 32c, (iv) the obligations as regards the form of the submissions set out in Article 39f, and (v) the confidentiality rules provided for in Article 39.

(9)

The provision by the Authority, upon request, of pre-submission advice on the rules applicable to, and the content required for the submission of the files demonstrating the safety of a substance under scrutiny, listed in Part C of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, can improve the quality of the submissions, and thus provide support to the safety assessment. However, food business operators and any other interested parties may not be able to make full use of the pre-submission advice due to the deadline for the submission of their files. In the interest of the improved quality of the scientific assessment, food business operators and other interested parties should be able to request pre-submission advice for a potential submission from the day of the adoption of an opinion by the Authority under Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, which identifies the possibility of harmful effects on health associated with the intake of a substance, but acknowledges that scientific uncertainty persists.

(10)

The studies required to prove the safety of a substance under scrutiny, listed in Part C to Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, take in account a number of factors and therefore may vary significantly. Extending the period for food business operators or interested parties to submit files from 18 to 24 months from the date on which a substance has been listed in Part C of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 can facilitate the preparation and submission of files, and therefore provide support to the safety assessment.

(11)

The obligation to notify relevant studies set out in Article 32b of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 should apply also to food business operators or interested parties who intend to submit for evaluation the file as defined in Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 307/2012. A further adaptation to the procedure of Article 32b of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 is however, required. The procedural consequences provided for by Article 32b of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 in case of non-compliance with its provisions result in delays in the assessment of the file. However, given the imperative time limit of 4 years prescribed by Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 delays in the evaluation could mean that the prescribed time limit would not be respected. Therefore, those procedural consequences are not appropriate in the context of the evaluation procedure for substances placed in part C of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 and should not be provided for. In order to allow the Commission to take a decision concerning a substance under scrutiny listed in Part C of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 within the required deadline, only files submitted within 24 months from the date on which a substance has been listed in that Annex should be taken into consideration.

(12)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 shall apply from 27 March 2021. Therefore, in order to ensure legal certainty and clarity with regard to transparency requirements for procedure under Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 and to allow for uniform implementation of the transparency and confidentiality requirements for the EU risk assessment for all concerned sectors, it is necessary that this Regulation enters into force on the third day following that of its publication. For the reasons of legal certainty this Regulation should apply to the files submitted to the Authority from that date onwards.

(13)

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 2003/23/EC (2) included cyazofamid 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 cyazofamid, as set out in Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, expires on 31 July 2021.

(4)

An application for the renewal of the approval of cyazofamid 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)

The applicant 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 draft 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 23 June 2015.

(7)

The Authority made the supplementary summary dossier available to the public. The Authority also circulated the draft renewal assessment report to the applicant and to the Member States for comments and launched a public consultation on it. The Authority forwarded the comments received to the Commission.

(8)

On 23 May 2016, the Authority communicated to the Commission its conclusion (6) on whether cyazofamid can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Following a mandate from the Commission due to uncertainties related to non-target arthropods, the Authority updated its conclusion on 28 July 2020 (7). The Commission presented a renewal report regarding cyazofamid to the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed on 3 December 2020 and a draft Regulation on 26 January 2021.

(9)

As regards the criteria to identify endocrine disrupting properties introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/605 (8), the conclusion of the Authority indicates that, based on the scientific evidence, it is highly unlikely that cyazofamid is an endocrine disrupter via the estrogenic, androgenic, thyroidogenic or steroidogenic modalities. Based on the available data and current knowledge summarised in the conclusion of the Authority no adverse effects that could be related to an endocrine disruptor mode of action were observed. Therefore, the Commission concludes that cyazofamid is not to be considered as having endocrine disrupting properties.

(10)

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

(11)

It has been established with respect to one or more representative uses of at least one plant protection product containing the active substance cyazofamid that the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are satisfied.

(12)

The risk assessment for the renewal of the approval of cyazofamid is based on a limited number of representative uses, which however do not restrict the uses for which plant protection products containing cyazofamid may be authorised. It is therefore appropriate not to maintain the restriction to use as a fungicide.

(13)

It is therefore appropriate to renew the approval of cyazofamid.

(14)

In accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in conjunction with Article 6 thereof and in the light of current scientific and technical knowledge, it is, however, necessary to provide for certain conditions. It is, in particular, appropriate to require further confirmatory information.

(15)

In order to increase the confidence in the conclusion that cyazofamid does not have endocrine disrupting properties, the applicant should provide an updated assessment, in accordance with point 2.2(b) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, of the criteria laid down in points 3.6.5 and 3.8.2 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/605, and in accordance with the guidance for the identification of endocrine disruptors (9).

(16)

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

(17)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/869 (10) extended the approval period of cyazofamid to 31 July 2021 in order to allow the renewal process to be completed before the expiry of the approval period of that active substance. As the date of entry into force of this Regulation would be close to the date of expiry of the approval of cyazofamid this Regulation should apply from the day after the date of expiry of the approval of cyazofamid.

(18)

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

(1)

On 12 June 2020, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) initiated an anti-subsidy investigation with regard to imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel (‘the product under investigation’) originating in Turkey. The Commission published a Notice of Initiation in the Official Journal of the European Union (‘Notice of Initiation’) (2).

(2)

The product under investigation is certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, originating in Turkey.

The following products are not covered by this investigation:

(3)

The investigation was initiated following a complaint lodged by the European Steel Association (‘Eurofer’ or ‘the complainant’) on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of the product under investigation. The complaint contained sufficient evidence of subsidisation and of a resulting injury to justify the initiation of the investigation.

(4)

In the Notice of Initiation, the Commission invited interested parties to contact it in order to participate in the investigation. In addition, the Commission specifically informed the complainants, other known Union producers, the known exporting producers and the Turkish authorities, known importers, suppliers and users, traders, as well as associations known to be concerned about the initiation of the investigation and invited them to participate.

(5)

All interested parties had an opportunity to comment on the initiation of the investigation and to request a hearing with the Commission and/or the Hearing Officer in trade proceedings within the time limit set in the Notice of Initiation.

(6)

On 24 March 2021, the complainant informed the Commission that it withdrew the complaint.

(7)

Under Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037, proceedings may be terminated where the complaint is withdrawn, unless such termination would not be in the Union interest.

(8)

The investigation had not brought to light any considerations showing that a continuation of the case would be in the Union interest.

(9)

The Commission therefore concluded that anti-subsidy proceding concerning imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Turkey should be terminated without the imposition of measures.

(10)

Interested parties were informed accordingly and were given an opportunity to comment. No comments were received.

(11)

The Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3),

(1)

In accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), products which are in conformity with harmonised standards or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, are to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex II to that Directive covered by those standards or parts thereof.

(2)

By letter BC/CEN/46-92 – BC/CLC/05-92 of 12 December 1994, the Commission made a request to the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) for the drafting and revision of harmonised standards in support of Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). That Directive was replaced by Directive 2014/34/EU without changing the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex II to Directive 94/9/EC.

(3)

In particular, CEN and Cenelec were requested to draft a standard on the design and testing of equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres as indicated in Chapter I of the standardisation programme agreed between CEN and Cenelec and the Commission and attached to request BC/CEN/46-92 – BC/CLC/05-92. CEN and Cenelec were also requested to revise the existing standards with a view to aligning them to the essential health and safety requirements of Directive 94/9/EC.

(4)

On the basis of the request BC/CEN/46-92 – BC/CLC/05-92, CEN revised standard EN 15188:2007 on determination of the spontaneous ignition behaviour of dust accumulations. As a result of that revision CEN submitted to the Commission standard EN 15188:2020.

(5)

The Commission together with CEN has assessed whether the standard EN 15188:2020 drafted by CEN complies with the request BC/CEN/46-92 – BC/CLC/05-92.

(6)

The standard EN 15188:2020 satisfies the requirements which it aims to cover and which are set out in Annex II to Directive 2014/34/EU. It is therefore appropriate to publish the reference of that standard in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(7)

Standard EN 15188:2020 replaces standard EN 15188:2007. It is therefore necessary to withdraw from the Official Journal of the European Union the reference of standard EN 15188:2007.

(8)

In order to provide manufacturers with sufficient time to adapt their products to the revised version of standard EN 15188:2007, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the reference to that standard.

(9)

References of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/34/EU are published in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1202 (4). In order to ensure that the references of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/34/EU are listed in the same act, the references of standards EN 15188:2020 and EN 15188:2007 should be included in that Implementing Decision.

(10)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1202 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11)

Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the day of its publication,