(1)

Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, France’s application to register the name ‘Huile de noix du Périgord’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).

(2)

As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Huile de noix du Périgord’ should therefore be entered in the register,

(1)

Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Croatia’s application to register the name ‘Rudarska greblica’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).

(2)

As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Rudarska greblica’ should therefore be entered in the register,

(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1137 (3) provides for plant health checks and measures to be taken on wood packaging material in use in the transport of specified commodities originating in Belarus and China and it was applicable until 30 June 2020. Those rules applied in addition to those of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2125 (4) concerning specific official controls of wood packaging material.

(2)

Plant health checks conducted by Member States on the basis of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1137 have shown that the marking of wood packaging material used in the transport of certain commodities originating in Belarus and China does not always comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. Furthermore, plant health checks conducted by Member States on the basis of their risk assessments, recorded in TRACES and previously in the EUROPHYT-Interceptions web-based system, have shown that the marking of wood packaging material used in the transport of certain commodities originating in India does not always comply with that Regulation.

(3)

The non-compliances found by Member States demonstrate that there is a risk of introduction of live pests with the wood packaging material used in the transport of certain commodities from those three countries of origin, namely Belarus, China and India, and that those commodities should be subject to specific checks.

(4)

In order to prevent the consequences of such non-compliance in the future, measures should be adopted as regards wood packaging material for the transport of certain commodities originating in Belarus, China and India.

(5)

In order to ensure a better preparation of the authorities carrying out the respective plant health checks, the competent authorities or operators involved in the importation of the specified commodities accompanied by wood packaging material should give, as soon as they are aware of the arrival of that wood packaging material, advance notice thereof to the competent authority of the border control post of first arrival.

(6)

The wood packaging material of consignments of the specified commodities should be subject to plant health checks on a regular basis. Based on the identified plant health risk, the rate of those checks should be no lower than 15 % of the imported wood packaging material of the specified commodities, to ensure that a representative sample is checked.

(7)

The wood packaging material, as well as the specified commodities, should be subject to the Union rules concerning customs supervision until those plant health checks are completed, in order to ensure that their free movement within the Union territory does not introduce any phytosanitary risks.

(8)

Plant health checks should take place at the border control post of first arrival into the Union territory or at control points referred to in point (a) of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, in order to ensure that those checks are carried out in the most appropriate facilities.

(9)

For the purposes of legal clarity, Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1137 should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation, in order to take account of Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and (EU) 2017/625, which are applicable since 14 December 2019.

(10)

In order for the Member States to have time to adapt to the requirements provided for by this Regulation, it should apply from 1 March 2021.

(11)

This Regulation should apply until 31 December 2023 to allow time to monitor the situation and determine compliance of the wood packaging material and the respective consignments with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.

(12)

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

(1)

In accordance with Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the annual ceiling for the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) expenditure for the years 2021 to 2027 is to be constituted by the maximum amounts for the sub-ceiling for market related expenditure and direct payments set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 (2).

(2)

In accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 11(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), several Member States notified the Commission of their decision with regard to the reduction of the amount of direct payments pursuant to Article 11(1) of that Regulation and of the resulting estimated product of reduction for calendar year 2020. In accordance with Article 7(2) of that Regulation, the estimated product of the reduction of payments is to be made available as Union support financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

(3)

In accordance with the sixth subparagraph of Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, several Member States notified the Commission of their decision to make available as additional support under the EAFRD in financial year 2021 a certain percentage of their annual national ceiling for direct payments for calendar year 2020.

(4)

In accordance with the sixth subparagraph of Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, several Member States notified the Commission of their decision to make available as direct payments for calendar year 2020 a certain amount of the support to be financed under the EAFRD in financial year 2021.

(5)

The relevant national ceilings set out in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 were adapted consequently.

(6)

In accordance with Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093, the sub-ceiling for market related expenditure and direct payments of the multiannual financial framework set out in Annex I to that Regulation is to be adjusted under the technical adjustment provided for in Article 4 of that Regulation following the transfers between the EAFRD and direct payments.

(7)

It is therefore necessary to adjust the net balance available for EAGF expenditure for the budget years 2021 to 2027. For the sake of clarity, the amounts to be made available to the EAFRD should also be published,

(1)

Commission Directive 2008/127/EC (2) included garlic extract as an active substance in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC (3).

(2)

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

(3)

The approval of the active substance garlic extract, as set out in Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, expires on 31 August 2021.

(4)

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

(5)

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

(6)

The rapporteur Member State prepared a draft renewal assessment report in consultation with the co-rapporteur Member State and submitted it to the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) and the Commission on 28 March 2019.

(7)

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

(8)

On 16 April 2020, the Authority communicated to the Commission its conclusion (6) on whether garlic extract can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. The Commission presented to the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed a renewal report for garlic extract on 16. and 17 July 2020 and a draft Regulation providing for the renewal of approval of that active substance on 4 December 2020.

(9)

As regards the criteria to identify endocrine disrupting properties introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/605 (7), the Authority concluded that garlic extract is considered not to meet the criteria for endocrine disruption for humans and for non-target organisms, as laid down in points 3.6.5 and 3.8.2 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/605, respectively..

(10)

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

(11)

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

(12)

The risk assessment for the renewal of the approval of the active substance garlic extract is based on a limited number of representative uses, which however do not restrict the uses for which plant protection products containing garlic extract may be authorised.

(13)

It is therefore appropriate to renew the approval of garlic extract.

(14)

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

(15)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1160 (8) extended the approval period of garlic extract to 31 August 2021 in order to allow the renewal process to be completed before the expiry of the approval period of that active substance. However, given that a decision on renewal of the approval has been taken ahead of that extended expiry date, this Regulation shall apply from 1 March 2021.

(16)

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

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 (3) lays down veterinary certification requirements for imports into and transit, including storage during transit, through the Union of poultry and poultry products (‘the commodities’). It provides that the commodities are only to be imported into and transit through the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in columns 1 and 3 of the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto.

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 also lays down the conditions for a third country, territory, zone or compartment to be considered as free from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

(3)

In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Withdrawal Agreement), and in particular Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, Directives 2002/99/EC and 2009/158/EC, as well as the Commission acts based on them, apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland after the end of the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement.

(4)

Therefore, the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland, is listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as a third country from which imports into and transit through the Union of certain poultry commodities are authorised from certain parts of its territory depending on the presence of HPAI. That regionalisation of the United Kingdom is set out in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/24 (4).

(5)

On 27 January 2021, the United Kingdom confirmed the presence of HPAI of subtype H5N8 in a poultry holding on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales.

(6)

The veterinary authorities of the United Kingdom placed a 10 km control zone around the affected holding and implemented a stamping-out policy in order to control the presence of HPAI and limit the spread of that disease. Furthermore, the veterinary authorities of the United Kingdom confirmed that they immediately suspended issuing veterinary certificates for consignments of commodities intended for export to the Union from the whole of the territory of the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland.

(7)

The United Kingdom has submitted information to the Commission on the epidemiological situation on its territory and the measures it has taken to prevent the further spread of HPAI which has now been evaluated by the Commission. On the basis of that evaluation, it is appropriate to place restrictions on the introduction into the Union of commodities from the area in Wales affected by HPAI, which the veterinary authorities of the United Kingdom have placed under restrictions due to the current outbreak.

(8)

The entry for the United Kingdom in the table in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should, therefore, be amended to take account of the current epidemiological situation in that third country.

(9)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(10)

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

(1)

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists public bodies, corporations and agencies and natural and legal persons, bodies and entities of the previous government of Iraq covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources that were located outside Iraq on 22 May 2003 under that Regulation.

(2)

Further to a technical review of the Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, one entity should be removed from the list of persons and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.

(3)

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,