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Official Journal of the European Union |
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Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period. The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. |
II Non-legislative acts
REGULATIONS
18.12.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 428/1 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/2145
of 1 September 2020
amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 876/2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards changes to the composition, functioning and management of colleges for central counterparties
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (1), and in particular Article 18(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 has been amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/2099 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) as regards, among other things, the procedures for the authorisation of CCPs and the authorities involved in such authorisation, and requirements for the recognition of third-country CCPs. Those amendments include changes to the composition, functioning and management of CCP colleges. Those changes should be reflected in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 876/2013 (3). |
(2) |
According to Article 18(2), points (ca) and (i), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the CCP’s competent authority is to provide full and detailed reasons in writing if it does not consent to a competent authority or a central bank of issue participating in the college at their request. For reasons of efficiency and legal certainty, it is important that those reasons are given within a reasonable time limit. |
(3) |
In accordance with Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the European Central Bank (‘ECB’) has two votes when it is a member of a CCP college both in the framework of its tasks concerning the prudential supervision of credit institutions within the single supervisory mechanism and as the central bank of issue of one of the most relevant Union currencies of the financial instruments cleared. In order to reflect the appropriate representation of the ECB, it should be laid down that in such cases, the ECB should have two participants with voting rights. |
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It is necessary to ensure an efficient flow of documentation between college members and to give college members enough time to prepare for the college meetings. The CCP’s competent authority should therefore circulate the agenda of the college meeting and all information relevant for the preparation of that meeting well in advance. |
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In order to ensure a proper functioning of colleges and to ensure that a college meets on a regular basis, a meeting of a CCP college should be held at least annually. College members may also request that a meeting of the CCP college be held when they consider such meeting to be necessary. |
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A physical meeting of the college may not always be possible. The CCP college should therefore be able to vote by written procedure where considered appropriate by the CCP’s competent authority or at the request of a college member. |
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Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/2099 attributes new responsibilities to CCP colleges, including for outsourcing arrangements. The CCP’s competent authority should therefore provide college members with information about any changes in a CCP’s outsourcing arrangements for major activities linked to risk management. |
(8) |
In order to enable the college to perform its duties, the CCP’s competent authority should provide college members with information about changes in the CCP’s participation requirements, clearing membership models, account segregation models, changes in the CCP’s default management procedures and changes in the CCP’s payment and settlement arrangements, and with reports on the CCP’s test of its default procedures conducted in accordance with Article 49(2) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012. |
(9) |
In order to protect confidential information and to ensure that college members are informed on an equal basis, confidential information should be exchanged by secure means. |
(10) |
In order to provide college members with sufficient time to prepare for the CCP college meeting and to enable them to raise any points of interest or concern regarding the competent authority’s review or evaluation as referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the information referred to in paragraph 4 of that Article should be submitted to the college members early enough for them to review and discuss that information in advance. |
(11) |
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 876/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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This Regulation is based on draft regulatory technical standards submitted to the Commission by the European Securities and Markets Authority following consultation of the European System of Central Banks. |
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The amendments are limited in scope and concern only competent authorities without imposing any additional requirements on market participants. In addition, it is important that CCP colleges can adjust as soon as possible to the new requirements introduced by Regulation (EU) 2019/2099. Because of the limited scope and impact of the amendments and the urgency of their application, the European Securities and Markets Authority considered it highly disproportionate to conduct open public consultations on the draft regulatory technical standards on which this Regulation is based, and to analyse the potential related costs and benefits. The European Securities and Markets Authority has however requested the advice of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group established in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) No 876/2013
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 876/2013 is amended as follows:
(1) |
in Article 2, the following paragraph 4a is inserted: ‘4a. Competent authorities as referred to in Article 18(2), point (ca), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, and central banks of issue as referred to in Article 18(2), point (i), of that Regulation, that wish to participate in the college shall submit a reasoned request to the CCP’s competent authority. The CCP’s competent authority shall, within 20 calendar days of the receipt of the request, either provide the requesting competent authority or central bank with a copy of the written agreement for review and approval, or substantiating in writing why the request has been rejected.’; |
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in Article 3, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Where an authority has the right to participate in the college under more than one of points (c) to (i) of Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, it may nominate additional participants who shall have no voting rights.’; |
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in Article 3, the following paragraph 6 is added: ‘6. By way of derogation from paragraphs 4 and 5, the ECB may nominate two participants with voting rights where it is a member of the college pursuant to both points (c) and (h) of Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.’; |
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in Article 4(4), the following subparagraphs are added: ‘For the purposes of point (b), the CCP’s competent authority shall circulate a draft agenda for each meeting of the college, other than for meetings called in emergency situations, well in advance of each meeting, in order to enable the members of the college to contribute to the setting of the agenda, in particular by adding points to the agenda. The agenda shall be finalised and distributed by the CCP’s competent authority to college members sufficiently in advance of a meeting of the college. The CCP’s competent authority and other college members shall distribute any information to be considered at a meeting of the college well in advance of the meeting. For the purposes of point (c), the CCP’s competent authority shall distribute the minutes of meetings to college members as soon as practicable following the meetings and give them sufficient time to comment.’; |
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in Article 4(5), the following subparagraph is added: ‘College members may request that the CCP’s competent authority holds a meeting of the college. The CCP’s competent authority shall duly provide reasons for any rejection of such request.’; |
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in Article 4, the following paragraph 8 is added: ‘8. The college may vote by written procedure where proposed by the CCP’s competent authority or at the request of a college member.’; |
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Article 5(2) is amended as follows:
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in Article 5, the following paragraph 6 is added: ‘6. College members shall exchange confidential information by secure means of communication and on an equal basis.’; |
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the following Article 5a is inserted: ‘Article 5a College input on review and evaluation 1. The information referred to in Article 21(4) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 shall be submitted to the college members in time for them to review and discuss that information before the next college meeting. 2. College members may raise any point of interest or of concern they may have with regard to the review or evaluation by the CCP’s competent authority referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012. The CCP’s competent authority shall take such points of interest or of concern into account to the extent possible and shall inform the college member who raised them how they were taken into account.’. |
Article 2
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that 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, 1 September 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 1.
(2) Regulation (EU) 2019/2099 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 as regards the procedures and authorities involved for the authorisation of CCPs and requirements for the recognition of third-country CCPs (OJ L 322, 12.12.2019, p. 1).
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 876/2013 of 28 May 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on colleges for central counterparties (OJ L 244, 13.9.2013, p. 19).
(4) Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84).
18.12.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 428/5 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/2146
of 24 September 2020
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exceptional production rules in organic production
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (1), and in particular Article 22(1)(b) and (c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Chapter III of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 lays down general production rules for organic products. |
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Certain events such as extreme climatic events or widespread animal or plant diseases may have serious effects on the organic production in the holdings or production units affected in the Union. In order to allow organic production to continue or recommence, Regulation (EU) 2018/848 provides for the adoption of exceptional production rules, provided that they are limited to situations that qualify as catastrophic circumstances in the Union, taking into account the differences in the ecological balance, climate and local conditions in the outermost regions of the Union. |
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Having regard to the variety of cases and circumstances that may occur in the Member States and in view of the lack of experience with the application of Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, it is not possible, at this stage, to set common criteria at Union level to determine whether a situation could qualify as catastrophic circumstances. However, it is appropriate to provide that the Member State where such a situation occurs should issue a formal decision recognising the situation as catastrophic circumstances. That formal decision should be issued either for a whole area or for an individual operator. |
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It is necessary to limit the use of exceptional production rules in the Union to what is strictly necessary to organic production to continue or recommence. The derogations provided for in this Regulation should therefore be limited in time and only be granted to the affected types of production, or, where relevant, land parcels, and to all relevant operators in the area concerned, or to the individual operator covered by the formal decision. |
(5) |
It is necessary to lay down in this Regulation the exceptional production rules that may be applied in case of catastrophic circumstances for plant, livestock, aquaculture and wine production in terms of derogations and their conditions. |
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When operators affected by catastrophic circumstances cannot have access to organic or in conversion plant reproductive material for the organic production of plants and plant products other than plant reproductive material, it is necessary to provide for the possibility for those operators to use non-organic plant reproductive material under certain conditions. |
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When a high mortality of animals, including bees or other insects, occurs in a holding or a production unit and operators cannot have access to organic animals, bees or other insects to renew or reconstitute their herd or flock, it is necessary to provide for the possibility for those operators to use non-organic animals under certain conditions. |
(8) |
As certain extreme climatic events such as serious droughts or flooding may reduce drastically the availability of organic or in-conversion feed, it is necessary to provide for the possibility for the operators affected to feed livestock with non-organic feed.. |
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As certain events such as earthquakes or flooding may destroy partly the grazing lands or the buildings used by livestock in a holding or a production unit, it is necessary to provide for the possibility for the operators affected to derogate from the obligation for livestock to graze, or to be kept according to the maximum stocking densities in buildings and minimum surfaces for indoor and outdoor areas as laid down in an implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848. |
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As certain extreme climatic events such as serious droughts or flooding may reduce drastically the availability of organic roughage, fresh or dried fodder, or silage, it is necessary to provide for the possibility for the operators affected to decrease the percentage of the dry matter in the daily rations for bovine animals, ovine animals, caprine animals and equine animals, provided that the animals’ nutritional requirements at their various stages of their development are met. |
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As certain events other than climatic conditions such as fires or earthquakes may reduce drastically the availability of nectar and pollen for bees, it is necessary to provide for the possibility to feed bee colonies with organic honey, organic pollen, organic sugar syrups, or organic sugar, where the survival of the colony is endangered. |
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As certain events such as extreme climatic conditions, fires or earthquakes may reduce drastically the sources of nectar and pollen in certain areas, it is necessary to provide for the possibility for the operators affected to move bee colonies to areas that may not consist essentially of organically produced crops, or of spontaneous vegetation or non-organically managed forests or crops that are only treated with low environmental impact methods, where the survival of the colony is endangered. |
(13) |
When a high mortality of aquaculture animals occurs in a holding or a production unit and operators cannot have access to organic aquaculture animals to renew or reconstitute their stock, it is necessary to provide for the possibility for those operators to use non-organic aquaculture animals under specific conditions. |
(14) |
When certain catastrophic circumstances negatively affect the sanitary status of organic grapes, it is necessary to provide for the possibility for winemakers affected to use more sulphur dioxide than the maximum amount as laid down in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 24(9) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 but in any case no more than the maximum amount set out in Part B of Annex I to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 (2) to obtain a comparable final product. |
(15) |
For the purpose of transparency and controls, it is necessary that information on the derogations granted is shared in an harmonised way between Member States and the Commission via a computer system. |
(16) |
It is necessary to ensure that operators to whom derogations were granted comply with the conditions of the derogations granted. For the purpose of controls, operators should keep documentary evidence proving that they were granted certain derogations relevant to their activities and that they comply with the conditions related thereto. |
(17) |
In the interest of clarity and legal certainty, this Regulation should apply from the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Recognition of catastrophic circumstances
1. For the purposes of the exceptional production rules referred to in Article 22(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, in order for a situation to qualify as catastrophic circumstances deriving from an ‘adverse climatic event’, ‘animal diseases’, an ‘environmental incident’, a ‘natural disaster’ or a ‘catastrophic event’, as well as any comparable situation, it shall be recognised as catastrophic circumstances by a formal decision issued by the Member State in which the situation occurs.
2. Depending on whether the catastrophic circumstances affect a specific area or an individual operator, the formal decision issued under paragraph 1 shall refer to the area or operator concerned.
Article 2
Conditions for derogations
1. Following the formal decision referred to in Article 1, the competent authorities may, upon identification of the operators affected in the area concerned or upon request from the individual operator concerned, grant the relevant derogations set out in Article 3 and the conditions related thereto, provided that those derogations and conditions apply:
(a) |
for a limited period and no longer than necessary, and in no case longer than 12 months, to continue or recommence organic production as carried out before the date of application of those derogations; |
(b) |
in relation to specifically affected types of production or, where relevant, land parcels; and |
(c) |
to all relevant organic operators affected in the area concerned or only to the individual operator concerned, as the case may be. |
2. The application of the derogations referred to in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the validity of the certificates referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 during the period where the derogations apply, provided that the operator or operators concerned fulfil the conditions under which derogations were granted.
Article 3
Specific derogations from Regulation (EU) 2018/848
1. By way of derogation from point 1.8.1 of Part I of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848, for the production of plants and plant products other than plant reproductive material, non-organic plant reproductive material may be used when the use of organic or in conversion plant reproductive material is not possible, provided that point 1.8.5.3 of Part I of that Annex and, where appropriate, the requirements set out in point 1.7 of Part I of that Annex are complied with.
2. By way of derogation from point 1.3.1 of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848, the herd or flock may be renewed or reconstituted with non-organic animals in the case of high mortality of animals and when organically reared animals are not available, provided that the respective conversion periods specified in point 1.2.2 of Part II of that Annex II are complied with.
The first subparagraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the production of bees and other insects.
3. By way of derogation from point 1.4.1(b) of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848, livestock may be fed with non-organic feed instead of organic or in-conversion feed, when feed production is lost or restrictions are imposed.
4. By way of derogation from points 1.4.2.1, 1.6.3 and 1.6.4 of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848, when the production unit of livestock is affected, the grazing on organic land, the stocking density in buildings and minimum surfaces for indoor and outdoor areas as laid down in an implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 14(3) of that Regulation may be adapted.
5. By way of derogation from point 1.9.1.1(f) of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848, when feed production is lost or when restrictions are imposed, the percentage of the dry matter consisting of roughage, fresh or dried fodder, or silage in daily rations may be reduced, provided that the animal’s nutritional requirements at the various stages of its development are met.
6. By way of derogation from point 1.9.6.2(b) of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848, where the survival of the colony is endangered for other reasons than climatic conditions, bee colonies may be fed with organic honey, organic pollen, organic sugar syrups, or organic sugar.
7. By way of derogation from points 1.9.6.5(a) and (c) of Part II of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848, where the survival of the colony is endangered, bee colonies may be moved to areas not respecting the provisions for the placing of the apiaries.
8. By way of derogation from point 3.1.2.1(a) of Part III of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848, aquaculture stock may be renewed or reconstituted with non-organic aquaculture animals in case of high mortality of aquaculture animals and when organically reared animals are not available, provided that the latter two thirds of the duration of the production cycle are managed under organic management.
9. By way of derogation from the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 24(9) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 and establishing in particular the conditions for use of products and substances authorised in organic production, sulphur dioxide may be used in the making of products of the wine sector, up to the maximum content set out in Part B of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 when the sanitary status of organic grapes obliges the winemaker to use more sulphur dioxide than in previous years to obtain a comparable final product.
Article 4
Monitoring and reporting
1. Member States shall immediately inform the Commission and the other Member States on the derogations granted by their competent authorities pursuant to this Regulation via a computer system made available by the Commission that enables the electronic exchange of documents and information.
2. Any operator to whom the granted derogations apply shall keep documentary evidence relating to the granted derogations as well as documentary evidence on the use of those derogations during the period where those derogations apply.
3. The competent authorities, or where appropriate, the control authorities or control bodies of the Member States, shall verify the compliance of the operators with the conditions of the granted derogations.
Article 5
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2022.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 September 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/934 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards wine-growing areas where the alcoholic strength may be increased, authorised oenological practices and restrictions applicable to the production and conservation of grapevine products, the minimum percentage of alcohol for by-products and their disposal, and publication of OIV files (OJ L 149, 7.6.2019, p. 1).
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 428/9 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/2147
of 8 October 2020
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council by defining the list of issues to be addressed in every verification cycle
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices and repealing Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (GNI Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Gross national income at market prices (GNI) data should be reliable, exhaustive and comparable and appropriate measures should be established for this purpose. |
(2) |
In accordance with Article 5(1) of the GNI Regulation and in order to verify the sources, their uses and the methods used to produce GNI aggregates and their components, the Commission draws up a verification model in close cooperation with the GNI Expert Group. This model should take into account the list of issues established in the present Delegated Regulation. |
(3) |
Based on the process of verifying GNI data, the lessons learned from the previous verification cycles and the feedback from national accounts experts from the Member States, the Commission has identified the issues to ensure the reliability, exhaustiveness and comparability of the GNI data, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The list of issues to ensure the reliability, exhaustiveness and comparability of the GNI data to be addressed in every verification cycle shall include the following subjects:
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definition of geographic territory, |
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principles of estimating dwelling services, |
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treatment of repayments of VAT, |
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measures on exhaustiveness, |
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treatment of non-collected VAT. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that 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, 8 October 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
18.12.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 428/10 |
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/2148
of 8 October 2020
amending Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 as regards runway safety and aeronautical data
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (1), and in particular Article 39(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 (2) lays down requirements and administrative procedures related to aerodromes, including their management, operation, certification and oversight. |
(2) |
Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 contains general requirements for aerodrome operators as regards the management of aeronautical data and aeronautical information. With a view to maintain or enhance existing safety levels of aerodrome operations, aerodrome operators should be required to ensure a high quality of aeronautical data and aeronautical information as part of the aeronautical data chain part, from data origination to the provision of data for the purpose of aeronautical information services. For that purpose, data quality requirements should be further completed at the operations level similar to the requirements applicable to air navigation service ATM/ANS providers, notably on data protection, data catalogue and data exchange. |
(3) |
Runway safety is one of the high-risk accident occurrence categories identified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Runway-safety-related accidents account for the majority of all accidents at global level. Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 should therefore be amended in order to reduce the number of runway-safety-related accidents and serious incidents involving runway incursions, but also other runway-safety-related events, such as runway confusion, ground collisions and runway excursions. |
(4) |
Training and proficiency check programmes, including initial and recurrent training, for operational personnel should be harmonised across Member States by establishing common training requirements that should be complied with by the aerodrome operators. |
(5) |
Records should be kept by aerodrome operators with regard to training history, driving authorisations, vehicle authorisations and maintenance and language proficiency. |
(6) |
The current regulatory framework does not include requirement for the origination of NOTAM (Notice to Air Men) by the aerodrome operator. This has led to legal uncertainty as to when, for which reasons, and under what conditions, an aerodrome operator needs to originate a NOTAM on something that may affect safety. Therefore, the amendment should complete the regulatory framework for the origination and publication of NOTAM by the aerodrome operator, taking into account provisions of Annex 15 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944 (‘the Chicago Convention’). |
(7) |
Investigations of accidents indicate that the standards for runway surface condition assessment and reporting are not harmonised, and have shown that this fact is a significant contributing factor to runway excursions, in particular when the runway is wet or contaminated. ICAO has consequently amended a number of Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) in several of the Annexes to the Chicago Convention, and has produced extensive guidance material in order to establish a globally harmonised reporting format for runway surface condition assessment and reporting. |
(8) |
Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 should therefore be amended to implement the applicable ICAO SARPs on runway surface condition assessment and reporting, including adding definitions of new terms. |
(9) |
In order to reduce the risk of an occurrence resulting from expectation bias in the handover of operational activities, aerodrome personnel should be provided with updated information regarding the operational situation at the moment of handover. |
(10) |
Foreign object debris (FOD) on the manoeuvring areas and the apron poses a significant safety risk to operations at aerodromes. The measures to effectively mitigate that risk should be based on ICAO SARPs and guidance material and internationally accepted practices. |
(11) |
Vehicle drivers, condition and suitability of vehicles as well as their communication and surveillance equipment are also contributing factors to runway safety events and damages to aircraft. The conditions of authorisation to drivers and vehicles should be strengthened and new rules should be established for the operation of vehicles on the movement area and other operational areas of the aerodrome. |
(12) |
Based upon safety recommendations and feedback from Member States and stakeholders, the Commission identified a need to enhance the situational awareness between pilots, air traffic services personnel and vehicle drivers when operating on the manoeuvring area, as a measure to prevent runway incursions. Therefore, provisions should be in place to ensure the language proficiency in English of vehicle drivers that operate on the manoeuvring area of the aerodrome corresponds to an operational level. However, it might be the case that, on some aerodromes, the use of such language does not necessarily improve the safety of runway operations. Therefore, competent authorities should be entitled to deviate from the English language proficiency requirement, supported by a safety assessment covering one or several aerodromes. |
(13) |
The number of vehicles at an aerodrome should be limited to only those that are relevant to ensuring the safety of operations. To address the problem of call-sign confusion, those vehicles should be properly equipped, including with radio or lighting. Exceptions should be provided for vehicles that do not comply with the conditions of operation but need to temporarily enter and operate within the aerodrome. In order to ensure that Union legislation is harmonised with ICAO standards, driving rules at an aerodrome should be based on Annexes 2 and 14 to the Chicago Convention and ICAO guidance document Doc 4444 PANS-ATM. |
(14) |
Investigations of accidents and serious incidents during aircraft towing operations indicate that the lack of situational awareness, insufficient aircraft clearances and insufficient or improper lighting of the towed aircraft during night are the contributing factors to damages to aircraft. Therefore, measures to improve safety during aircraft towing operation, in terms of routing, guidance, lighting, communication procedures, coordination of different actors, as well as specific measures to face adverse weather or meteorological conditions should be introduced. |
(15) |
Rules should be established to clarify which mobile objects, other than vehicles, should be lighted at an aerodrome. This includes removing an inconsistency regarding the areas of the aerodrome to which the marking and lighting requirements for vehicle apply. |
(16) |
In order to enhance safety, regularity and efficiency of operations, standard taxi routes at the aerodromes should be established. The operation of aircraft transponders should be taken into account if they are supported by the surface movement guidance and control system of an aerodrome. |
(17) |
Investigations of runway incursion accidents and incidents indicate shortcomings in the communication procedures between air traffic services and vehicle drivers as well as unaware pedestrians. Therefore, coordinated procedures should be established for communication between the aerodrome operator and the air traffic services unit in order to regulate issues such as used languages, frequencies, operation of pedestrians on the manoeuvring area, use of signals and other communication means in case of communication failures. Those procedures should cover dissemination of significant aerodrome-related information through radio communication. |
(18) |
To prevent further occurrences caused by the presence of pedestrians on the movement area, entry of unauthorised personnel in the manoeuvring area and other controlling areas should be forbidden. Measures to ensure the control of pedestrian movement should be taken. |
(19) |
Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 does not explicitly provide for the aerodrome operator obligations concerning the operations in winter conditions. In order to align Union legislation with the ICAO standards of Annexes 14 and 15 to the Chicago Convention, obligations affecting aerodromes that are subject to prolonged winter periods with runways covered with compacted snow or ice should be introduced. Those obligations should be based on the existing practices after feedback of aeroplane manufacturers and ICAO. |
(20) |
In order to ensure that Union legislation is harmonised with ICAO standards, the aerodrome operator should be required to assess the runway surface condition and assign a RWYCC (Runway Condition Code). |
(21) |
The maintenance programme of an aerodrome should ensure that the facilities, systems, vehicles and equipment necessary for the operation of the aerodrome do not impair the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation. The maintenance programme should observe human factors principles in accordance with Annex 14 to the Chicago Convention and the aerodrome operator should have the means for the effective implementation of the maintenance programme. |
(22) |
The requirements set out in Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 with regard to pavement maintenance, especially with regard to runway surface friction characteristics, should be harmonised with ICAO standards in order to mitigate the risk of runway excursions, but also that arising from FOD presence. |
(23) |
Based on the relevant provisions of Annex 14 to the Chicago Convention, Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 should be complemented with improved requirements on the maintenance of the power supply system of the aerodrome and new requirements regarding the maintenance of the aerodrome lighting system. In addition, specific requirements for the maintenance of aerodrome signs and markings should be included. |
(24) |
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has prepared draft implementing rules and submitted them with Opinion No 02/2018 and No 03/2019 in accordance with points (b) and (c) of Article 75(2) and with Article 76(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139. |
(25) |
Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
(26) |
Considering the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on the resources of the competent authorities and the operators concerned and in order to provide them an immediate relief and to allow adequate preparation, the application of the requirements regarding the reporting of surface contaminants, runway surface conditions and operations in winter should be postponed until 12 August 2021, and the application of the rules regarding the quality management system should be postponed until 27 January 2022, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 139/2014
Annexes I, III and IV to Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Date of entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Points (3)(d), (3)(e), (3)(q) and (3)(r) of the Annex to this Regulation, as well as point ADR.OPS.A.057(d)(4) of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 shall apply from 12 August 2021.
Points (2)(a), (3)(a) and (b) of the Annex shall apply from 27 January 2022.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 October 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 of 12 February 2014 laying down requirements and administrative procedures related to aerodromes pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 44, 14.2.2014, p. 1).
ANNEX
Annexes I, III and IV are amended as follows:
(1) |
Annex I is amended as follows:
|
(2) |
Annex III is amended as follows:
|
(3) |
Annex IV is amended as follows:
|
(*1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 of 1 March 2017 laying down common requirements for providers of air traffic management/air navigation services and other air traffic management network functions and their oversight, repealing Regulation (EC) No 482/2008, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1034/2011, (EU) No 1035/2011 and (EU) 2016/1377 and amending Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (OJ L 62, 8.3.2017, p. 1).’;
(*2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 of 26 September 2012 laying down the common rules of the air and operational provisions regarding services and procedures in air navigation and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011 and Regulations (EC) No 1265/2007, (EC) No 1794/2006, (EC) No 730/2006, (EC) No 1033/2006 and (EU) No 255/2010 (OJ L 281, 13.10.2012, p. 1).’;”
18.12.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 428/38 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2149
of 9 December 2020
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds, in order to add Italy as a Union authority and to take into account the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds, (1) and in particular Article 17, Article 19(1 and 2), and Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Withdrawal Agreement (2) sets out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (‘United Kingdom’) from the Union and from the European Atomic Energy Community (‘Euratom’). |
(2) |
The transition period set out in Part Four of the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020 when Union law ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom. |
(3) |
Pursuant to Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement, read in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland will become applicable at the end of the transition period. |
(4) |
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 lists the Participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their duly appointed competent authorities. |
(5) |
By virtue of the adoption of the Administrative Decision ‘Admission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme’ by Kimberley Process Participants at the Delhi Plenary in November 2019, the United Kingdom is admitted as a Kimberley Process certification scheme Participant, with such participation taking effect only from the date on which Union law ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom should be added to the list of Kimberley Process Participants in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. |
(6) |
In addition, the addresses of the competent authorities of several participants in the Kimberley Process, found in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, require an update. |
(7) |
Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for a list of Union authorities to be maintained by the Commission in Annex III to that Regulation. |
(8) |
Following the request for designation of a Union authority pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 by Italy, the Commission met with the Union authority designated by Italy to verify its preparedness to assume the duties referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. The preparations undertaken and the procedures envisaged by the Union authority designated by Italy suggest that it will be able to reliably, timely, effectively and adequately fulfil the tasks required by Chapters II, III and V of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. The relevant authority in Italy should therefore be added to the list of Union authorities in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. |
(9) |
Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, the Union authority in the United Kingdom should be removed from the list of Union authorities in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. |
(10) |
In accordance with Article 17(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, the Commission shall list in Annex V each organisation that fulfils the requirements of Article 17. Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, the London Diamond Bourse and Club should be removed from the list of diamond organisations implementing the system of warranties and industry self-regulation, found in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. |
(11) |
Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly. |
(12) |
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. |
(13) |
To allow the Union’s implementation of the Kimberley Process certification scheme in relation to the United Kingdom as soon as possible, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is amended as follows:
(1) |
Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation; |
(2) |
Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation; |
(3) |
Annex V is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 December 2020.
For the Commission
Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
Vice-President
(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.
(2) Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7).
ANNEX I
‘ANNEX II
List of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their duly appointed competent authorities as referred to in Articles 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19 and 20
ANGOLA
Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum and Gas |
Av. 4 de Fevereiro no 105 |
1279 Luanda |
Angola |
Export authority:
Ministry of Industry and Trade |
Largo 4 de Fevereiro #3 |
Edifício Palacio de vidro |
1242 Luanda |
Angola |
ARMENIA
Department of Gemstones and Jewellery |
Ministry of Economy |
M. Mkrtchyan 5 |
Yerevan |
Armenia |
AUSTRALIA
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Investment and Business Engagement Division |
R.G. Casey Building |
John McEwen Crescent |
Barton ACT 0221 |
Australia |
Import and export authority:
Department of Home Affairs |
Customs and Border Revenue Branch |
Australian Border Force |
5 Constitution Ave |
Canberra City 2600 |
Australia |
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources |
GPO Box 2013 |
Canberra ACT 2601 |
Australia |
BANGLADESH
Export Promotion Bureau |
TCB Bhaban |
1, Karwan Bazaar |
Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
BELARUS
Ministry of Finance |
Department for Precious Metals and Precious Stones |
Sovetskaja Str, 7 |
220010 Minsk |
Republic of Belarus |
BOTSWANA
Ministry of Minerals, Green Technology and Energy Security (MMGE) |
Fairgrounds Office Park, Plot No 50676 Block C |
P/Bag 0018 |
Gaborone |
Botswana |
BRAZIL
Ministry of Mines and Energy |
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco‘U’, 4o andar |
70065, 900 Brasilia, DF |
Brazil |
CAMBODIA
Ministry of Commerce |
Lot 19–61, MOC Road (113 Road), Phum Teuk Thla, Sangkat Teuk Thla |
Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh |
Cambodia |
CAMEROON
National Permanent Secretariat for the Kimberley Process |
Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development |
Intek Building, 6th floor, |
Navik Street |
BP 35601 Yaounde |
Cameroon |
CANADA
International: |
Global Affairs Canada Natural Resources and Governance Division (MES) 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 |
Canada |
For General Enquiries at Natural Resources Canada:
Kimberley Process Office |
Lands and Minerals Sector Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) |
580 Booth Street, 10th floor |
Ottawa, Ontario |
Canada K1A 0E4 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Secrétariat permanent du processus de Kimberley |
BP: 26 Bangui |
Central African Republic |
CHINA, People’s Republic of
Department of Duty Collection |
General Administration of China Customs (GACC) |
No 6 Jianguomen Nie Rev. |
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100730 |
People’s Republic of China |
HONG KONG, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Department of Trade and Industry |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
Peoples Republic of China |
Room 703, Trade and Industry Tower |
700 Nathan Road |
Kowloon |
Hong Kong |
China |
MACAO, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Macao Economic Bureau |
Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region |
Rua Dr Pedro José Lobo, no. 1–3, 25th Floor |
Macao |
CONGO, Democratic Republic of
Centre d’Expertise, d’Evaluation et de Certification des Substances Minérales Précieuses et Semi-précieuses (CEEC) |
3989, av des cliniques |
Kinshasa/Gombe |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
CONGO, Republic of
Bureau d’Expertise, d’Evaluation et de Certification des Substances Minérales Précieuses (BEEC) |
BP 2787 |
Brazzaville |
Republic of Congo |
COTE D’IVOIRE
Ministère de l’Industrie et des Mines |
Secrétariat Permanent de la Représentation en Côte d’Ivoire du Processus de Kimberley (SPRPK-CI) |
Abidjan-Plateau, Immeuble les Harmonies II |
Abidjan |
Côte d’Ivoire |
ESWATINI
Office for the Commissioner of Mines |
Minerals and Mines Departments, Third Floor Lilunga Building (West Wing), |
Somhlolo Road, |
Mbabane |
Eswatini |
EUROPEAN UNION
European Commission |
Service for Foreign Policy Instruments |
Office EEAS 03/330 |
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
Belgium |
GABON
Centre Permanent du Processus de Kimberley (CPPK) |
Ministry of Equipment, Infrastructure, and Mines |
Immeuble de la Geologie, 261 rue Germain Mba |
B.P. 284/576 |
Libreville |
Gabon |
GHANA
Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources |
Accra P.O. Box M 212 |
Ghana |
Import and export authority:
Precious Minerals Marketing Company Ltd (PMMC) |
Diamond House |
PO Box M.108 |
Accra |
Ghana |
GUINEA
Ministry of Mines and Geology |
Boulevard du Commerce – BP 295 |
Quartier Almamya/Commune de Kaloum |
Conakry |
Guinea |
GUYANA
Geology and Mines Commission |
P O Box 1028 |
Upper Brickdam |
Stabroek |
Georgetown |
Guyana |
INDIA
Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry |
Udyog Bhawan |
New Delhi 110 011 |
India |
Import and export authority:
The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council |
KP Exporting/Importing Authority |
Tower A, AW-1010, Baharat Diamond Bourse |
Opp NABARD Bank, Bandra Kurla Complex |
Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051 |
India |
INDONESIA
Directorate of Export and Import Facility, Ministry of Trade M. I. Ridwan Rais Road, No 5 Blok I Iantai 4 |
Jakarta Pusat Kotak Pos. 10110 |
Jakarta |
Indonesia |
ISRAEL
Ministry of Economy and Industry Office of the Diamond Controller |
3 Jabotinsky Road |
Ramat Gan 52520 |
Israel |
JAPAN
Agency for Natural Resources and Energy |
Mineral and Natural Resources Division |
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku |
100-8901 Tokyo, Japan |
Japan |
KAZAKHSTAN
Ministry for Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology |
11, Mangilik el street |
Nur-Sultan |
Republic of Kazakhstan |
KOREA, Republic of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
United Nations Division 60 Sajik-ro 8-gil |
Jongno-gu |
Seoul 03172 |
Korea |
LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic
Department of Import and Export |
Ministry of Industry and Commerce |
Phonxay road, Saisettha District |
Vientiane, Lao PDR |
P.O Box: 4107 |
Laos |
LEBANON
Ministry of Economy and Trade |
Lazariah Building |
Down Town |
Beirut |
Lebanon |
LESOTHO
Department of Mines |
Ministry of Mining |
Corner Constitution and Parliament Road |
P.O. Box 750 |
Maseru 100 |
Lesotho |
LIBERIA
Government Diamond Office |
Ministry of Mines and Energy |
Capitol Hill |
P.O. Box 10-9024 |
1000 Monrovia 10 |
Liberia |
MALAYSIA
Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
MITI Tower, |
No 7, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah 50480 Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
Import and export authority:
Royal Malaysian Customs Department |
Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia, |
Kompleks Kementerian Kewangan No 3, |
Persiaran Perdana, |
Presint 2, 62596 Putrajaya, |
Malaysia. |
MALI
Ministère des Mines |
Bureau d’Expertise d’Évaluation et de Certification des Diamants Bruts |
Cité administrative, P.O. BOX: 1909 |
Bamako |
République du Mali |
MAURITIUS
Import Division |
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Consumer Protection 4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building |
Intendance Street |
Port Louis |
Mauritius |
MEXICO
Directorate-General for International Trade in Goods |
189 Pachuca Street, Condesa, 17th Floor |
Mexico City, 06140 |
Mexico |
Import and export authority:
Directorate-General for Trade Facilitation and Foreign Trade |
SE. Undersecretary of Industry and Trade |
1940 South Insurgentes Avenue, PH floor |
Mexico City, 01030 |
Mexico |
SHCP-AGA. Strategic Planning and Coordination |
Customs Administration “2” |
160 Lucas Alaman Street, Obrera |
Mexico City, 06800 |
Mexico |
NAMIBIA
The Government of Republic of Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy |
Directorate of Diamond Affairs Private Bag 13297 |
1st Aviation Road (Eros Airport) |
Windhoek |
Namibia |
NEW ZEALAND
Middle East and Africa Division |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Private Bag 18 901 |
Wellington |
New Zealand |
Import and export authority:
New Zealand Customs Service |
1 Hinemoa Street |
PO box 2218 |
Wellington 6140 |
New Zealand |
NORWAY
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Department for Regional Affairs |
Section for Southern and Central Africa |
Box 8114 Dep |
0032 Oslo, Norway |
PANAMA
National Customs Authority |
Panama City, Curundu, Dulcidio Gonzalez Avenue, building # 1009 |
Republic of Panama |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
International: |
Ministry of Finance |
9, Ilyinka Street |
109097 Moscow |
Russian Federation |
Import and Export Authority:
Gokhran of Russia |
14, 1812 Goda St. |
121170 Moscow |
Russian Federation |
SIERRA LEONE
Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources |
Youyi Building |
Brookfields |
Freetown |
Sierra Leone |
Import and export authority: |
National Minerals Agency |
New England Ville |
Freetown |
Sierra Leone |
SINGAPORE
Ministry of Trade and Industry |
100 High Street |
#09-01, The Treasury |
Singapore 179434 |
Import and Export authority: |
Singapore Customs |
55 Newton Road |
#06-02 Revenue House |
Singapore 307987 |
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator |
251 Fox Street |
Doornfontein 2028 |
Johannesburg |
South Africa |
SRI LANKA
National Gem and Jewellery Authority |
25, Galle Face Terrace |
Post Code 00300 |
Colombo 03 |
Sri Lanka |
SWITZERLAND
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) |
Sanctions Unit |
Holzikofenweg 36 |
CH-3003 Berne/Switzerland |
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY
Export/Import Administration Division |
Bureau of Foreign Trade |
Ministry of Economic Affairs |
1, Hu Kou Street |
Taipei, 100 |
Taiwan |
TANZANIA
Mining Commission |
Ministry of Energy and Minerals |
P.O BOX 2292 |
40744 Dodoma |
Tanzania |
THAILAND
Department of Foreign Trade |
Ministry of Commerce |
563 Nonthaburi Road |
Muang District, Nonthaburi 11000 |
Thailand |
TOGO
The Ministry of Mines and Energy |
Head Office of Mines and Geology |
216, Avenue Sarakawa |
B.P. 356 |
Lomé |
Togo |
TURKEY
Foreign Exchange Department |
Ministry of Treasury and Finance |
T.C. Bașbakanlık Hazine |
Müsteșarlığı İnönü Bulvarı No 36 |
06510 Emek, Ankara |
Turkey |
Import and Export Authority:
Istanbul Gold Exchange/Borsa Istanbul Precious Metals and Diamond |
Market (BIST) |
Borsa İstanbul, Resitpasa Mahallesi, |
Borsa İstanbul Caddesi No 4 |
Sariyer, 34467, Istanbul |
Turkey |
UKRAINE
Ministry of Finance |
State Gemological Centre of Ukraine |
38–44, Degtyarivska St. |
Kyiv 04119 |
Ukraine |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
U.A.E. Kimberley Process Office |
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre |
Dubai Airport Free Zone |
Emirates Security Building |
Block B, 2nd Floor, Office # 20 |
P.O. Box 48800 |
Dubai |
United Arab Emirates |
UNITED KINGDOM (1)
Government Diamond Office |
Conflict Department |
Room WH1.214 |
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
King Charles Street |
London |
SW1A 2AH |
United Kingdom |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
United States Kimberley Process Authority |
U.S. Department of State |
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs |
2201 C Street, NW |
Washington DC 20520 |
United States of America |
Import and export authority:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
Office of Trade |
1400 L Street, NW |
Washington, DC 20229 |
United States of America |
U.S. Census Bureau |
4600 Silver Hill Road |
Room 5K167 |
Washington, DC 20233 |
United States of America |
VENEZUELA
Central Bank of Venezuela |
36 Av. Urdaneta, Caracas, Capital District |
Caracas |
ZIP Code 1010 |
Venezuela |
VIETNAM
Ministry of Industry and Trade |
Agency of Foreign Trade 54 Hai Ba Trung |
Hoan Kiem |
Hanoi |
Vietnam |
ZIMBABWE
Principal Minerals Development Office |
Ministry of Mines and Mining Development |
6th Floor, ZIMRE Centre |
Cnr L.Takawira St/K. Nkrumah Ave. |
Harare |
Zimbabwe |
Import and export authority:
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority |
Block E 5th Floor, Mhlahlandlela Complex |
Cnr Basch Street/10th Avenue |
Bulawayo |
Zimbabwe |
Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe |
90 Mutare road, |
Msasa |
PO Box 2628 |
Harare |
Zimbabwe |
(1) Without prejudice to the application of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, in accordance with Article 5(4), read in conjunction with Annex 2, point 47, of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement as of 1 January 2021 (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7).
ANNEX II
‘ANNEX III
List of Member States’ competent authorities and their tasks as referred to in Articles 2 and 19
BELGIUM
Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie, Algemene Directie Economische Analyses en Internationale Economie, Dienst Vergunningen en Diamant/Service Public Fédéral Économie,
PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Direction générale des Analyses économiques et de l’Economie internationale, Service Licences et Diamants |
(Federal Public Service Economy SME’s, Self-employed and Energy, Directorate-General for Economic Analyses & International Economy) |
Italiëlei 124, bus 71 |
B-2000 Antwerpen |
Tel. +32 (0)2 277 54 59 |
Fax +32 (0)2 277 54 61 or +32 (0)2 277 98 70 |
Email: kpcs-belgiumdiamonds@economie.fgov.be
In Belgium the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 and the customs treatment will only be done at:
The Diamond Office |
Hoveniersstraat 22 |
B-2018 Antwerpen |
CZECH REPUBLIC
In the Czech Republic the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 and the customs treatment will only be done at:
Generální ředitelství cel |
Budějovická 7 |
140 96 Praha 4 |
Česká republika |
Tel. (420-2) 61 33 38 41, (420-2) 61 33 38 59, cell (420-737) 213 793 |
Fax (420-2) 61 33 38 70 |
Email: diamond@cs.mfcr.cz
Permanent service at designated custom office – Praha Ruzyně |
Tel. (420-2) 20 113 788 (Mondays to Fridays -7:30am – 15:30pm) |
Tel. (420-2) 20 119 678 (Saturdays, Sundays and rest – 15:30pm – 7:30am) |
GERMANY
In Germany the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of Union certificates, will only be done at the following authority:
Hauptzollamt Koblenz |
Zollamt Idar-Oberstein |
Zertifizierungsstelle für Rohdiamanten |
Hauptstraße 197 |
D-55743 Idar-Oberstein |
Tel. +49 6781 56 27 0 |
Fax +49 6781 56 27 19 |
Email: poststelle.za-idar-oberstein@zoll.bund.de
For the purpose of Articles 5(3), 6, 9, 10, 14(3), 15 and 17 of this Regulation, concerning in particular reporting obligations to the Commission, the following authority shall act as competent German authority:
Generalzolldirektion |
– Direktion VI – |
Recht des grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehrs/Besonderes Zollrecht |
Krelingstraβe 50 |
D-90408 Nürnberg |
Tel. +49 228 303-49874 |
Fax +49 228 303-99106 |
Email: DVIA3.gzd@zoll.bund.de
IRELAND
The Kimberley Process and Responsible Minerals Authority |
Geoscience Regulation Office |
Department of Environment, Climate and Communications |
29–31 Adelaide Road |
Dublin |
D02 X285 |
Ireland |
Tel. +353 1 678 2000 |
Email: KPRMA@DECC.gov.ie
ITALY
In Italy the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of Union certificates, will only be done at the following authority:
Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli |
Laboratorio chimico di Torino – Ufficio antifrode –Direzione Interregionale Liguria, Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta |
Corso Sebastopoli, 3 |
10134 Torino |
Tel. +39 011 3166341 – 0369206 |
Email: dir.liguria-piemonte-valledaosta.lab.torino@adm.gov.it
For the purpose of Articles 5(3), 6, 9, 10, 14(3), 15, and 17 of this Regulation, concerning in particular reporting obligations to the Commission, the following authority shall act as the competent Italian authority:
Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli |
Ufficio Origine e valore – Direzione Dogane |
Piazza Mastai, 12 |
00153 Roma |
Tel. +39 06 50245216 |
Email: dir.dogane.origine@adm.gov.it
PORTUGAL
Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira |
Direção de Serviços de Licenciamento |
R. da Alfândega, 5 |
1149-006 Lisboa |
Tel. + 351 218 813 843/8 |
Fax + 351 218 813 986 |
Email: dsl@at.gov.pt
In Portugal the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of EU certificates, will only be done at the following authority:
Alfândega do Aeroporto de Lisboa |
Aeroporto de Lisboa, |
Terminal de Carga, Edifício 134 |
1750-364 Lisboa |
Tel. +351 210030080 |
Fax +351 210037777 |
Email address: aalisboa-kimberley@at.gov.pt
ROMANIA
Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor |
(National Authority for Consumer Protection) |
1 Bd. Aviatorilor Nr. 72, sectorul 1 București, România |
(72 Aviatorilor Bvd., sector 1, Bucharest, Romania) |
Cod postal (Postal code) 011865 |
Tel. (40-21) 318 46 35/312 98 90/312 12 75 |
Fax (40-21) 318 46 35/314 34 62 |
www.anpc.ro
ANNEX III
‘ANNEX V
List of diamond organisations implementing the system of warranties and industry self-regulation referred to in Articles 13 and 17
Antwerpsche Diamantkring CV |
Hoveniersstraat 2 bus 515 |
B-2018 Antwerpen |
Beurs voor Diamanthandel CV |
Pelikaanstraat 78 |
B-2018 Antwerpen |
Diamantclub van Antwerpen CV |
Pelikaanstraat 62 |
B-2018 Antwerpen |
Vrije Diamanthandel NV |
Pelikaanstraat 62 |
B-2018 Antwerpen |
18.12.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 428/54 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2150
of 16 December 2020
amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 as regards fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin
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), and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (2), and in particular Article 5(6)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (3) lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixes representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin. |
(2) |
Regular monitoring of the data used to determine representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for egg albumin shows that the representative import prices for certain products should be amended to take account of variations in price according to origin. |
(3) |
Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
(4) |
Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced by the text set out 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, 16 December 2020.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Wolfgang BURTSCHER
Director-General
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
(2) OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 1.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 of 28 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC (OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 47).
ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
CN code |
Description |
Representative price (EUR/100 kg) |
Security under Article 3 (EUR/100 kg) |
Origin (1) |
0207 14 10 |
Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, boneless cuts, frozen |
167,1 136,8 245 205,4 |
47 62 17 28 |
AR BR CL TH |
1602 32 11 |
Preparations of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, uncooked |
164,4 |
42 |
BR |
(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).
18.12.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 428/57 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2151
of 17 December 2020
laying down rules on harmonised marking specifications on single-use plastic products listed in Part D of the Annex to Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Directive (EU) 2019/904 lays down general requirements on the marking of certain single-use plastic products that are frequently inappropriately disposed of. The marking is to inform consumers of the presence of plastic in the product; of the waste disposal means to be avoided for that product; and the resulting negative impact of littering or other inappropriate means of waste disposal of the product on the environment. |
(2) |
Directive (EU) 2019/904 requires the Commission to establish harmonised specifications for the marking of single-use plastic products listed in Part D of its Annex. The harmonised specifications for the position, size and design of the marking should take into account the different product groups covered. The format, colours, minimum resolution and font sizes to be used should be specified in order to ensure that each element of the marking is fully visible. |
(3) |
The Commission evaluated existing markings identified through a stakeholder online survey and the market overview, in order to understand the assessment mechanism and the requirements behind the markings and their impact. |
(4) |
The Commission has consulted representative groups of consumers and has performed a field test to ascertain that the markings are effective and easily understandable and to avoid misleading information. |
(5) |
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Packaging
For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘packaging’ means sales packaging and grouped packaging as defined in point 1 of Article 3 of Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).
Article 2
Harmonised marking specifications
1. The harmonised marking specifications for sanitary towels (pads), and for tampons and tampon applicators are laid down in Annex I.
2. The harmonised marking specifications for wet wipes, i.e. pre-wetted personal care and domestic wipes are laid down in Annex II.
3. The harmonised marking specifications for tobacco products with filters and filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products are laid down in Annex III.
4. The harmonised marking specifications for beverage cups are laid down in Annex IV.
Article 3
Languages
The information text of the marking shall be written in the official language or languages of the Member State(s) where the single-use plastic product is placed on the market.
Article 4
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 3 July 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 155, 12.6.2019, p. 1.
(2) Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
(3) European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10.).
ANNEX I
Harmonised marking specifications for sanitary towels (pads), and for tampons and tampon applicators
1.
Packaging of sanitary towels (pads), with the surface area of 10 cm2 or more, shall bear the following printed marking:
Note |
: |
the black line bordering the marking is not part thereof. Its only purpose is to show the thin white line bordering the marking against the white page. |
By way of derogation from the first sentence of this point, the marking of packaging of sanitary towels (pads) placed on the market before 4 July 2022 may be affixed by means of stickers.
2.
Packaging of tampons and tampon applicators, with the surface area of 10 cm2 or more, shall bear the following printed marking:
Note |
: |
the black line bordering the marking is not part thereof. Its only purpose is to show the thin white line bordering the marking against the white page. |
By way of derogation from the first sentence of this point, the marking of packaging of tampons and tampons applicators placed on the market before 4 July 2022 may be affixed by means of stickers.
3.
The marking set out in points 1 and 2 shall comply with the requirements laid down in this point.
(a) |
Position of the marking The marking shall be placed horizontally on the external front or top surface, whichever is more clearly visible, of the packaging. Where the marking of the minimum size cannot fit in its entirety on the external front or top surface of the packaging, it may be placed partly on two sides of the packaging, i.e. top and front, or front and side, whichever is more clearly visible. Where it is not possible to place the marking horizontally due to the shape or size of the packaging, it may be rotated 90° and placed vertically. The boxes of the marking shall not be separated. When opening the packaging in accordance with any instructions, the marking should not be torn or made illegible. |
(b) |
Size of the marking The marking shall be composed of two equal-sized red and blue boxes, which are placed next to each other, and a rectangular black box containing the information text ‘PLASTIC IN PRODUCT’, placed below the two equal-sized boxes. The ratio between the height and length of the marking shall be 1:2. Where the area of the external front or top surface of the packaging on which the marking is placed is less than 65 cm2, the minimum size of the marking shall be 1,4 cm by 2,8 cm (3,92 cm2). In all other cases, the marking shall cover at least 6 % of the surface area on which it is placed. The maximum required size of the marking shall be 3 cm by 6 cm (18 cm2). |
(c) |
Design of the marking The design of the marking shall be reproduced without adding any effects, adjusting the colours, retouching or extending the background. The marking shall be reproduced at a minimum resolution of 300 dots per inch when printed in actual size. The marking shall be bordered by a thin white line. The information text ‘PLASTIC IN PRODUCT’ shall be in upper case and in Helvetica Bold font. The font size shall be a minimum of 5 pt and a maximum of 14 pt. Where the information text is translated into another or several official languages of the Member States, the translated information text shall be placed either close below the marking, or inside the rectangular black box below the first language, and shall be in both cases clearly visible. In exceptional cases due to spatial constraints on the external front or top surface of the packaging, the information text translated into another or several official languages of the Member States may be placed elsewhere on the packaging as close as possible to the marking and where it is clearly visible. The translated information text shall be in upper case and in Helvetica Bold font. The font size shall be a minimum of 5 pt and a maximum of 14 pt. Where the information text in additional languages is placed in the rectangular black box, derogations from the maximum required size of the marking are possible. The colours having the following colour codes shall be used:
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ANNEX II
Harmonised marking specifications for wet wipes
1.
Packaging of wet wipes (i.e. pre-wetted personal care and domestic wipes), with the surface area of 10 cm2 or more, shall bear the following printed marking:
Note |
: |
the black line bordering the marking is not part thereof. Its only purpose is to show the thin white line bordering the marking against the white page. |
By way of derogation from the first sentence of this point, the marking of packaging of wet wipes placed on the market before 4 July 2022 may be affixed by means of stickers.
2.
The marking shall comply with the requirements laid down in this point.
(a) |
Position of the marking The marking shall be placed horizontally on the external front or top surface, whichever is more clearly visible, of the packaging. Where the marking of the minimum size cannot fit in its entirety on the external front or top surface of the packaging, it may be placed partly on two sides of the packaging, i.e. top and front, or front and side, whichever is more clearly visible. Where it is not possible to place the marking horizontally due to the shape or size of the packaging, it may be rotated 90° and placed vertically. The boxes of the marking shall not be separated. When opening the packaging in accordance with any instructions, the marking should not be torn or made illegible. |
(b) |
Size of the marking The marking shall be composed of two equal-sized red and blue boxes, which are placed next to each other, and a rectangular black box containing the information text ‘PLASTIC IN PRODUCT’ placed below the two equal-sized boxes. The ratio between the height and length of the marking shall be 1:2. Where the area of the external front or top surface of the packaging on which the marking is placed is less than 65 cm2, the minimum size of the marking shall be 1,4 cm by 2,8 cm (3,92 cm2). In all other cases, the marking shall cover at least 6 % of the surface area on which it is placed. The maximum required size of the marking shall be 3 cm by 6 cm (18 cm2). |
(c) |
Design of the marking The design of the marking shall be reproduced without adding any effects, adjusting the colours, retouching or extending the background. The marking shall be reproduced at a minimum resolution of 300 dots per inch when printed in actual size. The marking shall be bordered by a thin white line. The information text ‘PLASTIC IN PRODUCT’ shall be in upper case and in Helvetica Bold font. The font size shall be a minimum of 5 pt and a maximum of 14 pt. Where the information text is translated into another or several official languages of the Member States, the translated information text shall be placed either close below the marking, or inside the rectangular black box below the first language, and shall be in both cases clearly visible. In exceptional cases due to spatial constraints on the external front or top surface of the packaging, the information text translated into another or several official languages of the Member States may be placed elsewhere on the packaging as close as possible to the marking and where it is clearly visible. The translated information text shall be in upper case and in Helvetica Bold font. The font size shall be a minimum of 5 pt and a maximum of 14 pt. Where the information text in additional languages is placed in the rectangular black box, derogations from the maximum required size of the marking are possible. The colours having the following colour codes shall be used:
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ANNEX III
Harmonised marking specifications for tobacco products with filters and filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products
1.
Unit packet as defined in point 30 of Article 2 of Directive 2014/40/EU (‘unit packet’) and outside packaging as defined in point 29 of Article 2 of Directive 2014/40/EU (‘outside packaging’) for tobacco products with filters with the surface area of 10 cm2 or more; and packaging for filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products with the surface area of 10 cm2 or more shall bear the following printed marking:
Note |
: |
the black line bordering the marking is not part thereof. Its only purpose is to show the thin white line bordering the marking against the white page. |
By way of derogation from the first sentence of this point, the marking of unit packet and outside packaging for tobacco products with filters and packaging for filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products placed on the market before 4 July 2022 may be affixed by means of stickers.
2.
The marking shall comply with the requirements laid down in this point.
(a) |
Position of the marking
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ANNEX IV
Harmonised marking specifications for beverage cups
1.
Beverage cups made partly from plastic shall bear the following printed marking:
Note |
: |
the black line bordering the marking is not part thereof. Its only purpose is to show the thin white line bordering the marking against the white page. |
By way of derogation from the first sentence of this point, the marking of beverage cups made partly from plastic placed on the market before 4 July 2022 may be affixed by means of stickers.
2.
Beverage cups made wholly from plastic shall bear either the following printed marking or the following engraved/embossed marking:
Note |
: |
the black line bordering the marking is not part thereof. Its only purpose is to provide contrast against the white page. |
By way of derogation from the first sentence of this point, the marking of beverage cups made wholly from plastic placed on the market before 4 July 2022 may be affixed by means of stickers.
Note |
: |
the black line bordering the marking and grey background are not part thereof. Its only purpose is to provide contrast against the white page. |
3.
The marking for beverage cups made partly from plastic shall comply with the requirements laid down in this point.
(a) |
Position of the marking
|
(b) |
Size of the marking The marking shall be composed of two equal-sized red and blue boxes, which are placed next to each other, and a rectangular black box containing the information text ‘PLASTIC IN PRODUCT’ placed below the two equal-sized boxes. The ratio between the height and length of the marking shall be 1:2. For cups with a volume of less than 500 ml, the minimum size of the marking shall be 1,4 cm by 2,8 cm (3,92 cm2). For cups with a volume of 500 ml or more, the minimum size of the marking shall be 1,6 cm by 3,2 cm (5,12 cm2). |
(c) |
Design of the marking The design of the marking shall be reproduced without adding any effects, adjusting the colours, retouching or extending the background. The marking shall be reproduced at a minimum resolution of 300 dots per inch when printed in actual size. The marking shall be bordered by a thin white line. The information text ‘PLASTIC IN PRODUCT’ shall be in upper case and in Helvetica Bold font. The font size shall be a minimum of 5 pt for the cups of less than 500 ml and of 6 pt for the cups of 500 ml or more. Where the information text is translated into another or several official languages of the Member States, the translated information text shall be placed either close below the marking, or inside the rectangular black box below the first language, and shall be in both cases clearly visible. In exceptional cases due to spatial constraints on the external surface of the cup, the information text translated into another or several official languages of the Member States may be placed elsewhere on the cup as close as possible to the marking and where it is clearly visible. The translated information text shall be in upper case and in Helvetica Bold font. The font size shall be a minimum of 5 pt for the cups of less than 500 ml and 6 pt for the cups of 500 ml and more. Where the information text in additional languages is placed in the rectangular black box, derogations from the maximum required size of the marking are possible. The colours having the following colour codes shall be used:
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4.
The marking for beverage cups made wholly from plastic shall comply with the requirements laid down in this point
(a) |
Position of the marking
|
(b) |
Size of the marking The marking shall be rectangular-shaped and ratio between the height and length is 1:2. For cups with a volume of less than 500 ml, the minimum size of the marking shall be 1,4 cm by 2,8 cm (3,92 cm2). For cups with a volume of 500 ml or more, the minimum size of the marking shall be 1,6 cm by 3,2 cm (5,12 cm2). |
(c) |
Design of the marking
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DECISIONS
18.12.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 428/68 |
COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2020/2152
of 17 December 2020
on fees due to the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for collecting, handling, processing and analysing of information reported under Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (1), and in particular Article 32(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Open and fair competition in the internal electricity and gas markets and ensuring a level playing field for market participants requires integrity and transparency of wholesale energy markets. Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) establishes a comprehensive framework to achieve this objective. |
(2) |
Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 obliges the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, hereinafter the ‘Agency’, to monitor wholesale energy markets in order to ensure, in close cooperation with the national regulatory authorities and other national authorities, their effective oversight. Point (b) of Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942 introduces fees to improve the Agency’s funding and to cover costs related to this monitoring and oversight function. Increased funding available to the Agency should also enable the Agency to improve the quality of the services provided by the Agency to entities reporting data and, if applicable, to market participants in general. |
(3) |
The legislator sets out in Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942 the scope and the basic principles of the fee scheme and tasks the Commission with setting the fees and the way in which they are to be paid. |
(4) |
In accordance with Article 32(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942, a public consultation took place and the Agency’s Administrative Board and Board of Regulators were consulted. The public consultation was complemented by a stakeholder workshop to which all current potential addressees of the fee scheme were invited as well as associations representing those addressees or other market participants. |
(5) |
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 (3) establishes the framework financial regulation for the bodies which are set up by the Union under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and which have legal personality and receive contributions charged to the Union budget. The Agency is such a body and, as required by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715, adopted its own financial rules, the Financial Regulation of the Agency (4), which do not depart from those pursuant to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715. |
(6) |
The Agency’s programming document, established in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942 and Article 32 of the Financial Regulation of the Agency, contains annual and multi-annual programming and in this context sets out in detail the Agency’s tasks and the resources deployed for those tasks. The programming document is therefore the appropriate tool to identify those costs which are eligible to be covered by fees pursuant to point (b) of Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942. |
(7) |
Eligible costs should include those incurred by the Agency for collecting data in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 (5), but also every other task or activity pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 involving handling, processing and analysing of the collected data in order to ensure integrity and transparency of wholesale energy markets. In accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942, the Commission provides an opinion on the Agency’s draft programming document, including the Agency’s proposals as regards which costs are considered as eligible for funding by fees. |
(8) |
In accordance with Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942, the Agency should be mainly financed from the general budget of the Union. Therefore, fee income should not exceed the contribution to the Agency from the Union budget. |
(9) |
In order to provide transparency that fees are only used to cover eligible costs and that the Agency remains to be mainly financed by the general budget of the Union, the Consolidated Annual Activity Report, established in accordance with Article 48 of the Financial Regulation of the Agency, should provide information about the different sources of revenue received and the use of this revenue. |
(10) |
Market participants are to be registered with Member States’ regulatory authorities in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011. Reporting parties, also called registered reporting mechanisms, are market participants, or entities reporting on behalf of market participants, which fulfil the technical and organisational requirements to ensure efficient, effective and safe exchange and handling of information for the purpose of reporting information pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 and to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014. Registered reporting mechanisms are to be registered directly with the Agency, therefore, it is them who should pay the fees. |
(11) |
The invoices sent to the registered reporting mechanisms should include information about how the fee was calculated to make it transparent to the registered reporting mechanism how the different market participants it is reporting data for contribute to the invoiced fee. To avoid an undue financial burden for registered reporting mechanisms, it should be possible that large invoices are paid in instalments in agreement with the Agency. Deciding to which extent electricity or gas transmission system operators who are registered reporting mechanisms can recover costs incurred by having to pay the fees due to the Agency from network users via network tariffs is part of the duties and powers of Member States’ regulatory authorities pursuant to Article 59(1) of Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) and Article 41(1) of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (7). |
(12) |
In accordance with Article 32(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942, the fees should be proportionate to the costs of the relevant services as provided in a cost-effective way and be sufficient to cover those costs and they should be set at such a level as to ensure they are non-discriminatory and avoid placing an undue financial or administrative burden on market participants or entities reporting on their behalf. |
(13) |
The main cost drivers of the relevant services, and hence of the Agency’s eligible costs, are the number of registered reporting mechanisms, the number of market participants they report for and the amount and the characteristics of the data they report. In order to reflect those cost drivers, the fee each registered reporting mechanism needs to pay should be a combination of a flat amount, the flat enrolment fee component, and a variable amount, the transaction records-based fee component, depending on the number of market participants for which the registered reporting mechanism is reporting data as well as the amount and the characteristics of the reported data. |
(14) |
The flat amount should reflect the Agency’s costs for processing applications for registration as registered reporting mechanisms as well as for ensuring continued compliance of already registered reporting mechanisms with the requirements set out in Article 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014. Since those costs are incurred by the Agency regardless of whether registered reporting mechanisms report transaction records or fundamental data, the flat amount should be paid by all registered reporting mechanisms. |
(15) |
In order to avoid setting an undue financial burden on registered reporting mechanisms, the variable amount referred to in Article 6 should reflect the amount of reported transaction records, which is linked to the volume of trading and hence the potential revenues of a registered reporting mechanism. The variable component should take account of the fact that many registered reporting mechanisms report data for a multitude of market participants that are often active on several organised market places and are using different trading channels. |
(16) |
Points (b) and (c) of Article 4(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 exclude small electricity and gas producers, who are often renewable energy producers, from continuous reporting under Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011. Introducing the fees should therefore not create a financial burden for such producers. |
(17) |
Fundamental data like information related to the capacity and use of facilities for production, storage, consumption or transmission of electricity and natural gas or related to the capacity and use of LNG facilities, is only collected by the Agency to complement the collected transaction records like orders, trades, non-standard contracts or transportation contracts. Fundamental data should therefore not be included in the calculation of the variable fee component. Since the status of a registered reporting mechanism as such is a significant cost driver for the Agency, registered reporting mechanisms reporting fundamental data should nevertheless pay the flat fee component. |
(18) |
In order to effectively uncover market abuses, the Agency does not only collect data on trades and other contracts, but also a considerable amount of data on orders to trade placed on organised market places like energy exchanges. Therefore, also orders to trade should be covered by the fee scheme in order to ensure cost proportionality. For the same reasons, lifecycle information should be covered by the fee scheme as well. |
(19) |
The fee scheme should not discriminate against trading at organised market places. Trading of wholesale energy products in relation to the supply of electricity or natural gas at organised market places is characterised by a higher level of standardisation than the trading of such products outside organised market places. Moreover, reported transaction records stemming from organised market places include orders to trade. Market developments in the trading of contracts for the supply of electricity or natural gas like algorithmic and high frequency trading are gaining in importance resulting in an increasing number of orders to trade being reported from organised market places per standard supply contract compared to supply contracts concluded outside organised market places. Transaction records on wholesale energy products in relation to the supply of electricity or natural gas stemming from organised market places should therefore be weighted differently than those stemming from outside organised market places when calculating the variable fee component. |
(20) |
Wholesale energy products in relation to the transportation of electricity or natural gas are characterised by a similar level of standardisation of contracts, regardless of whether traded outside or at organised market places, and there is limited competition between trading at organised market places and trading outside organised market places. In the case of such products, the fee scheme should therefore not differentiate between transaction records stemming from organised market places and those stemming from outside organised market places. |
(21) |
Since the fees are entirely determined by this Decision, which is the basis for the Agency establishing the amounts receivable, in accordance with Article 71 of the Financial Regulation of the Agency the invoices should be debit notes. |
(22) |
Pursuant to Article 71 of the Financial Regulation of the Agency, an agency is only to provide services after the corresponding fee has been paid in its entirety. Since the fees are calculated on the basis of the amount of transaction records reported in the previous year, the amounts receivable can only be established and invoices be sent out at the beginning of each year. Registered reporting mechanisms should nevertheless be able to continuously report data to the Agency, hence also prior to them having paid the invoice for the respective year. However, should a registered reporting mechanism be overdue with paying the invoice, the Agency should have the possibility to stop the entity’s ability to report data, despite it being registered pursuant to Article 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014. |
(23) |
Year 2021 should be the first year when registered reporting mechanisms need to pay fees to cover the eligible costs identified in the programming document to be adopted by the Agency’s Administrative Board by 31 December 2020 pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942. |
(24) |
At the start of the fee scheme, registered reporting mechanisms should have the possibility to consider whether they would like to maintain their registration with the Agency. Therefore, they should be able, even after receiving the invoice over the annual fee, to avoid having to pay the fee by informing the Agency that they wish to cease being a registered reporting mechanism. In that case, they should have time to implement alternative solutions for fulfilling their obligations under Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011, for example by using the services of another registered reporting mechanism. In the coming years after the first year, registered reporting mechanisms should be able to decide before the end of each year if they would like to maintain this status or not and not be entitled to any reimbursement of fees paid or waiving of fees due. |
(25) |
Article 32(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/942 requires the Commission to regularly examine the level of the fees. This should be done together with the evaluations of the Agency’s performance pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942. Such a requirement does not prevent the Commission from revising the fee scheme independently of those evaluations. |
(26) |
This Decision should enter into force on the third day after its publication as the Agency’s programming document for 2021-2023 referred to in Articles 3(1) and 3(2) is to be adopted in December 2020. Since 2021 should be the first year registered reporting mechanisms need to pay fees, this Commission Decision, except for its Articles 3(1) and 3(2), should not be applied from its entry into force, but from 1 January 2021, |
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Article 1
Subject matter
This Decision sets the fees and the way in which they are to be paid to the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, hereinafter the ‘Agency’, for collecting, handling, processing and analysing of information reported by market participants or by entities reporting on their behalf pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions of ‘fundamental data’ and ‘organised market place’ as laid down in Article 2(1) and 2(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 shall apply.
In addition, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) |
‘registered reporting mechanism’ means an entity registered by the Agency in accordance with Article 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 for the purpose of reporting transaction records or fundamental data; |
(2) |
‘transaction record’ means an individual data set containing details of a trade, order to trade or contract, or containing lifecycle information such as modifications, early termination or corrections of trades, order to trades or contracts, which is reported to the Agency in accordance with Article 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014; |
(3) |
‘market participant’ means an entity registered with the national regulatory authority in the Member State in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011. |
Article 3
Costs covered by fees
1. The programming document, including the budget, adopted by the Administrative Board of the Agency by 31 December of each year pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942, hereinafter the ‘programming document’, shall identify those costs which are eligible for funding by fees in the following year and provide an estimate of the eligible costs planned to be funded by fees for additional two years thereafter. Eligible costs are costs, including overhead, incurred by the Agency by collecting, handling, processing and analysing of information reported by registered reporting mechanisms.
2. The programming document shall set the amount to be covered by fees in the following year. That amount shall:
(a) |
not exceed the eligible costs pursuant to paragraph 1; |
(b) |
be lower than the Union contribution to the Agency according to the Union budget for the respective year. |
3. The Agency shall provide detailed information on the amount of fees collected and the costs covered by the fees in the previous year in the Consolidated Annual Activity Report pursuant to Article 48 of the Financial Regulation of the Agency. The Agency shall make the respective sections of this report public.
Article 4
Obligation to pay fees
1. Each registered reporting mechanism shall pay a yearly fee calculated pursuant to Article 5. All fees shall be paid in EUR.
2. At the latest by 31 January of each year, the Agency shall send each registered reporting mechanism an invoice for the annual fee to be paid within a deadline of four weeks. The invoice shall provide detailed information on how this fee was calculated. The Agency and a registered reporting mechanism may mutually agree that invoices exceeding EUR 250 000 are paid in instalments. The deadline for payment of the last instalment shall not be later than 30 September.
3. In case an entity applies to become a registered reporting mechanism, the Agency shall send the entity an invoice amounting to 50 % of the flat enrolment fee component pursuant to point (a) of Article 5(1) and only accept the application once the invoice is paid. Where the Agency rejects the application because the entity does not comply with the requirements pursuant to Article 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014, the entity is not entitled to a reimbursement of the paid fee. After registration of an entity as registered reporting mechanism, the Agency shall send the entity an invoice over the remaining fee consisting of 50 % of the flat enrolment fee component pursuant to point (a) of Article 5(1) and, unless the registered reporting mechanism declares that it will solely report fundamental data, the transaction records-based component pursuant to Article 6(4).
4. Registered reporting mechanisms which cease to be registered by the Agency shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of paid fees or to the waiving of any fees due. They shall pay the fee for the respective year in full, unless they had informed the Agency at the latest by 31 December of the previous year that they no longer want to be registered by the Agency.
Article 5
Calculation of the individual annual fees
1. The annual fee that a registered reporting mechanism has to pay shall be the sum of the following components:
(a) |
a flat enrolment fee component of EUR 9 000; |
(b) |
a transaction records-based fee component calculated pursuant to Article 6, unless a registered reporting mechanism is solely reporting fundamental data; |
(c) |
where applicable, a positive or negative correction amount to balance differences between the transaction records-based fee component paid in the previous year and the transaction records-based fee component that would have been paid according to the actual reporting in that year. |
The correction amount referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph is calculated by subtracting the transaction records-based fee component calculated in the previous year from the transaction records-based fee component calculated in the current year.
In case of a registered reporting mechanism which was newly registered in the previous year, the correction amount pursuant to point (c) of the first subparagraph is calculated by subtracting the amount pursuant to Article 6(4) from the transaction records-based fee component calculated in the current year pursuant to Article 6(5) after dividing the latter by 365 and multiplying it with the number of calendar days between the registration date and the end of the previous year.
A negative correction amount referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph shall not be higher than the transaction records-based fee component calculated for the current year.
2. In case the sum of the individual fees calculated for each registered reporting mechanism pursuant to paragraph 1 would exceed the amount to be covered by fees pursuant to Article 3(2), the individual fee that each registered reporting mechanism will have to pay is decreased by multiplying it with a reduction factor calculated as follows:
Article 6
Calculation of the transaction records-based fee component
1. The transaction records-based fee component is calculated on the basis of the transaction records reported in the previous year by each registered reporting mechanism as follows:
(a) |
The Agency identifies the data clusters of the respective registered reporting mechanism. One data cluster shall consist of one of the following:
|
(b) |
for each of the data clusters referred to in point (a) the Agency identifies the fee subcomponent pursuant to paragraph 2 or paragraph 3; |
(c) |
the transaction records-based fee component is the sum of the subcomponents identified pursuant to point (b). |
2. The fee subcomponents per data cluster for transaction records pursuant to subitems (i) and (iii) of point (a) of paragraph 1 are as follows:
Transaction records per data cluster |
Fee subcomponent in EUR |
1 to 1 000 |
250 |
1 001 to 10 000 |
500 |
10 001 to 100 000 |
1 000 |
100 001 to 1 million |
2 000 |
More than 1 million to up to 10 million |
4 000 |
More than 10 million to up to 100 million |
8 000 |
More than 100 million |
16 000 |
3. The fee subcomponents per data cluster for transaction records pursuant to subitem (ii) of point (a) of paragraph 1 are as follows:
Transaction records per data cluster |
Fee subcomponent in EUR |
1 to 100 |
250 |
101 to 1 000 |
500 |
1 001 to 10 000 |
1 000 |
10 001 to 100 000 |
2 000 |
100 001 to 1 million |
4 000 |
More than 1 million to up to 10 million |
8 000 |
More than 10 million |
16 000 |
4. In case of a newly registered reporting mechanism the transaction records-based component in the year of registration is EUR 65 for each calendar day from the day of registration until the end of the year. The registered reporting mechanism and the Agency may mutually agree on a different amount in order to better reflect the expected reporting by the registered reporting mechanism.
5. In case of a registered reporting mechanism which was newly registered in the previous year, the number of transaction records for each data cluster is adjusted prior to identifying the respective fee subcomponents as follows:
Article 7
Enforcement
1. The invoices sent by the Agency pursuant to Article 4(2) or (3) shall constitute debit notes pursuant to Article 71 of the Financial Regulation of the Agency.
2. The Agency shall take all appropriate legal steps to ensure full payment of the invoices issued by applying the relevant rules, including those on default interest and on recovery, of the Financial Regulation of the Agency.
3. In case a registered reporting mechanism is overdue with paying the fee for at least one month, the Agency may decide to disable the registered reporting mechanism’s ability to report data to the Agency until the fee is paid in full.
Article 8
Transitional rules in 2021
For fees paid in 2021 the following specific rules apply:
(a) |
the earliest deadline the Agency may set for paying the invoices pursuant to Article 4(2) shall be 31 March 2021; |
(b) |
registered reporting mechanisms which inform the Agency at the latest by 31 March 2021 that they no longer want to be registered by the Agency shall not be obliged to pay the fee. They shall be able to continue to report data until 30 June 2021; |
(c) |
registered reporting mechanisms which fail to pay the fee may be disabled from reporting data to the Agency in accordance with Article 7(3) from 1 July 2021 at the earliest; |
(d) |
point (c) of Article 5(1) shall not apply to the fees levied in 2021. |
Article 9
Evaluation
The Commission shall evaluate the implementation of this Decision by 5 July 2024 and every five years thereafter, together with the evaluation to be carried out pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2019/942.
Article 10
Entry into force and application
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2021.
However, Article 3(1) and (2) shall apply from its entry into force.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 22.
(2) Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (OJ L 326, 8.12.2011, p. 1).
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 of 18 December 2018 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies set up under TFEU and Euratom Treaty and referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 122, 10.5.2019, p. 1).
(4) Decision No 8/2019 of the Administrative Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators of 21 June 2019 on the Financial Regulation of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
(5) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 of 17 December 2014 on data reporting implementing Article 8(2) and Article 8(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (OJ L 363, 18.12.2014, p. 121).
(6) Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 125).
(7) Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 94).