27.8.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 232/1

(1)

In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 France received on 28 June 2013 an application from BASF Agricultural Specialities Ltd for the approval of the active substance Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI 600.

(2)

In accordance with Article 9(3) of that Regulation, France, as rapporteur Member State, notified the applicant, the other Member States, the Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’) on 4 September 2013 of the admissibility of the application.

(3)

On 5 January 2015 the rapporteur Member State submitted a draft assessment report to the Commission with a copy to the Authority, assessing whether that active substance can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

(4)

The Authority complied with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. In accordance with Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, it requested that the applicant supply additional information to the Member States, the Commission and the Authority. The assessment of the additional information by the rapporteur Member State was submitted to the Authority in the format of an updated draft assessment report on 21 September 2015.

(5)

On 4 December 2015 the Authority communicated to the applicant, the Member States and the Commission its conclusion (2) on whether the active substance Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI 600 can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. The Authority made its conclusion available to the public.

(6)

On 8 March 2016 the Commission presented to the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed the review report for Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI 600 and the draft of this Regulation providing that Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI 600 is approved.

(7)

The applicant was given the possibility to submit comments on the review report.

(8)

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

(9)

It is therefore appropriate to approve Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain MBI 600.

(10)

In accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in conjunction with Article 6 thereof and in the light of current scientific and technical knowledge, it is necessary to include certain conditions and restrictions.

(11)

In accordance with Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (3) should be amended accordingly.

(12)

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

27.8.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 232/6

(1)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

(2)

On 22 August 2016, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend one entry in its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated accordingly,

27.8.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 232/8

(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,

27.8.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 232/10

(1)

Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 establishes an Authority for European political parties and European political foundations.

(2)

Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 provides for the Director of the Authority for European political parties and European political foundations to be appointed for a non-renewable term of five years by common accord of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission,

27.8.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 232/13

(1)

Articles 7b and 7c of and Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC and Articles 17 and 18 of and Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC lay down similar sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids, and similar procedures of the verification of compliance with those criteria.

(2)

Where biofuels and bioliquids are to be taken into account for the purposes referred to in Article 17(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Directive 2009/28/EC, Member States must require economic operators to show the compliance of biofuels and bioliquids with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(2) to (5) of Directive 2009/28/EC.

(3)

The Commission may decide that voluntary national or international schemes setting standards for the production of biomass products contain accurate data for the purposes of Article 17(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC, and/or demonstrate that consignments of biofuel or bioliquid comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Article 17(3), (4) and (5), and/or that no materials have been intentionally modified or discarded so that the consignment or part thereof would fall under Annex IX. When an economic operator provides proof or data obtained in accordance with a voluntary scheme that has been recognised by the Commission, to the extent covered by the recognition decision, a Member State is barred from requiring the supplier to provide further evidence of compliance with the sustainability criteria.

(4)

The request to recognise that the ‘Biomass Biofuels Sustainability voluntary scheme’, based at 11, rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris, France, demonstrates that consignments of biofuel comply with the sustainability criteria set out in Directive 98/70/EC and Directive 2009/28/EC was submitted to the Commission on 25 July 2016. The scheme covers a wide range of feedstocks including wastes and residues and the entire chain of custody. The recognised scheme documents should be made available at the transparency platform established under Directive 2009/28/EC.

(5)

Assessment of the ‘Biomass Biofuels Sustainability voluntary scheme’ found it to cover adequately the sustainability criteria of Directive 98/70/EC and of Directive 2009/28/EC, as well as applying a mass balance methodology in line with the requirements of Article 7c(1) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(1) of Directive 2009/28/EC.

(6)

The evaluation of the ‘Biomass Biofuels Sustainability voluntary scheme’ found that it meets adequate standards of reliability, transparency and independent auditing and also complies with the methodological requirements in Annex IV to Directive 98/70/EC and Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Sustainability of Biofuels and Bioliquids,

(a)

if it has been clearly demonstrated that the scheme has not implemented elements considered to be decisive for this Decision or if severe and structural breach of those elements has taken place;

(b)

if the scheme fails to submit annual reports to the Commission as provided for in Article 7c(6) of Directive 98/70/EC and Article 18(6) of Directive 2009/28/EC;

(c)

if the scheme fails to implement standards of independent auditing specified in implementing acts referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 7c(5) of Directive 98/70/EC and the third subparagraph of Article 18(5) of Directive 2009/28/EC or improvements to other elements of the scheme considered to be decisive for a continued recognition.