16.2.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 45/1

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 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 the Annex thereto.

(2)

In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

16.2.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 45/3

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition in the European Union.

(2)

Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 lays down the transitional measures for applications for authorisation of feed additives submitted in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC before the date of application of that Regulation.

(3)

The applications for authorisation of additives listed in the annexes to this Regulation were submitted before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(4)

Initial comments by Member States on these applications were issued under Article 4(4) of Directive 70/524/EEC have been forwarded to the Commission before the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Such applications therefore shall continue to be treated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 70/524/EEC.

(5)

The use of the micro-organism preparation of Bacillus cereus var. toyoi (NCIMB 40112/CNCM I-1012) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for cattle for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1411/1999 (3).

(6)

The use of the micro-organism preparation of Enterococcus faecium (DSM 10663/NCIMB 10415) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for calves by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/1999 (4).

(7)

New data were submitted in support of these applications for authorisation without a time limit of those two micro-organism preparations specified in Annex I to this Regulation. The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied.

(8)

The use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase and endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus niger (NRRL 25541) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for laying hens, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/98 (5).

(9)

New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation without a time limit of this enzyme preparation.

(10)

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) delivered an opinion dated on 14 September 2004 about the efficacy of the use of this preparation for laying hens.

(11)

The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied.

(12)

The use of the enzyme preparation of 6-phytase produced by Aspergillus oryzae (DSM 11857) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for chickens for fattening, laying hens, turkeys for fattening, piglets and pigs for fattening by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1353/2000 (6), and for sows by Commission Regulation (EC) No 261/2003 (7). The use of this enzyme preparation was authorised without a time limit for these animal categories by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1465/2004 (8).

(13)

New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation without a time limit of a preparation of the same enzyme preparation produced by the strain DSM 14223 of Aspergillus oryzae for the same animal categories.

(14)

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has delivered an opinion on the use of this preparation when produced from Aspergillus oryzae strain DSM 14223 instead of strain DSM 11857 which concludes that this preparation does not present a risk to human health, the animal categories specified or the environment, under the conditions set out in the Annex II to this Regulation.

(15)

The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for an authorisation without a time limit of such preparation have been satisfied.

(16)

The use of the enzyme preparation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS 270.95) was provisionally authorised, for the first time, for chickens for fattening, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/98 and, for turkeys for fattening, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 654/2000 (9).

(17)

New data were submitted in support of the application for authorisation without a time limit of this enzyme preparation.

(18)

The assessment shows that the conditions laid down in Article 3a of Directive 70/524/EEC for such authorisation are satisfied.

(19)

Accordingly, the use of those three enzyme preparations as specified in Annex II, should be authorised without a time limit.

(20)

The assessment of these applications shows that certain procedures should be required to protect workers from exposure to the additives set out in the Annexes. Such protection should be assured by the application of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (10).

(21)

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

16.2.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 45/10

(1)

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.

(2)

Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.

(4)

The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force.

(5)

In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.

(6)

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in Annex I to this Regulation,

16.2.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 45/13

(1)

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease occurred in the United Kingdom in 2001. The emergence of this disease represented a serious risk to the Community's livestock population.

(2)

Under Commission Decisions 2001/654/EC (2) and 2003/23/EC (3), a Community financial contribution was granted towards the compensation of owners for value of animals compulsorily slaughtered under eradication measures relating to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001.

(3)

Under Commission Decision 2003/676/EC (4) an additional financial contribution by the Community to the operational and other costs for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 was authorised.

(4)

Pursuant to Article 1 of this latter Decision an advance payment of EUR 40 million to the additional financial contribution has been made.

(5)

According to this same Decision, the balance of the financial contribution by the Community was to be based on the claim submitted by the United Kingdom on 27 February 2003, on detailed documents confirming the figures in the claim, and on the results of the on-the-spot checks by the Commission.

(6)

Having taken into account the abovementioned elements, the financial contribution from the Community towards the operational costs for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 should now be fixed.

(7)

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

16.2.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 45/15

(1)

Decision 90/424/EEC provides that the Community is to contribute towards improving the efficiency of veterinary inspections by granting financial aid to reference laboratories. Any reference laboratory designated as such, in accordance with Community veterinary legislation may receive Community aid, subject to certain conditions.

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 156/2004 of 29 January 2004 on the Community’s financial assistance to the Community reference laboratories pursuant to Article 28 of Decision 90/424/EEC (2) provides that the financial contribution from the Community is to be granted if the approved work programmes are efficiently carried out and that the beneficiaries supply all the necessary information within certain time limits.

(3)

The Commission has assessed the work programmes and corresponding budget estimates submitted by the Community reference laboratories for the year 2005.

(4)

Accordingly, Community financial aid should be granted to the Community reference laboratories designated to carry out the functions and duties provided for in Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products (3), Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins (4), Council Decision 1999/313/EC of 29 April 1999 on reference laboratories for monitoring bacteriological and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs (5), Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (6), and Commission Decision 2004/564/EC of 20 July 2004 concerning Community reference laboratories for the epidemiology of zoonoses and for salmonella and national reference laboratories for salmonella (7).

(5)

In addition to the financial aid from the Community, further aid should also be granted for the organisation of workshops in areas falling under the responsibility of the Community reference laboratories.

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 156/2004 lays down eligibility rules for the workshops organised by the Community reference laboratories. It also limits the financial assistance to a maximum of 30 participants in workshops. Derogations to that limitation should be provided to one Community reference laboratory that needs support for attendance by more than 30 participants in order to achieve the best outcome of its workshops.

(7)

Sound financial management requires that recurring difficulties which have occurred in the operation of one Community reference laboratory be taken into account when providing the Community financial aid to that laboratory, which should be audited in the course of the year to further verify compliance with the functions, duties and eligibility conditions laid down by Community rules.

(8)

Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (8), the veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with Community rules are financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 apply.

(9)

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

16.2.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 45/18

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paragraph 1

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‘30 April 2006’,

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paragraph 2

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‘30 April 2007’,

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paragraph 3

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‘30 October 2006’,

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paragraph 4

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‘30 October 2006’,

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paragraph 6

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‘30 April 2005’.

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the Directive with incomplete references shall read as follows:

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footnote 1 is deleted and footnote (*) shall read as follows: