title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/112 of 22 January 2020 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726

text:
                  27.1.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 21/6

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/112
         of 22 January 2020
         operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (1), and in particular Article 105(1), (2), (3) and (5) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Fishing quotas for the year 2018 have been established by:

                                 —

                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 (2),

                                 —

                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 (3),

                                 —

                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 (4), and

                                 —

                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 (5).

                     (2)

                     Fishing quotas for the year 2019 have been established by:

                                 —

                                 Council Regulations (EU) 2018/1628 (6),

                                 —

                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 (7),

                                 —

                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2058 (8), and

                                 —

                                 Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 (9).

                     (3)

                     Pursuant to Article 105(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, when the Commission has established that a Member State has exceeded the fishing quotas which have been allocated to it, the Commission is to operate deductions from future fishing quotas of that Member State.

                     (4)

                     Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 (10) has established deductions from fishing quotas for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing in the previous years.

                     (5)

                     However, for certain Member States, no deductions could be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because such quotas are not available for those Member States in the year 2019.

                     (6)

                     Article 105(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that, if it is not possible to operate deductions on the overfished stock in the year following the overfishing because the Member State concerned has no available quota, deductions may be operated on other stocks in the same geographical area or with the same commercial value, following consultations with the Member States concerned. According to Commission Communication No 2012/C 72/07 containing Guidelines for deduction of quotas under article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (11) such deductions should be preferably operated in the following year or years from quotas allocated for stocks fished by the same fleet as the fleet that overfished the quota.

                     (7)

                     The Member States concerned have been consulted with regard to the proposed deductions from quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished.

                     (8)

                     In certain cases, exchanges of fishing opportunities concluded in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (12) enable deductions from the same stocks in the framework of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726.

                     (9)

                     Moreover, certain deductions required by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 appear to be larger than the adapted quota available in the year 2019 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated in that year. According to Communication No 2012/C 72/07, the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quotas available in subsequent years until the full overfished amount is paid back.

                     (10)

                     Further updates or corrections may still occur following the detection, for the current or previous exercise, of errors, omissions or misreporting in the catch figures declared by the Member States pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

                     (11)

                     Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 should therefore be amended accordingly,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2018/1628, (EU) 2018/2025, (EU) 2018/2058, and (EU) 2019/124 for the year 2019 referred to in Annex I to this Regulation shall be reduced by applying the deductions on the alternative stocks set out in that Annex.

            Article 2
            The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

            Article 3
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 22 January 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

            (2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285 of 12 December 2016 fixing for 2017 and 2018 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks and amending Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 32).

            (3)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 of 27 October 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 1).

            (4)  Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2360 of 11 December 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 1).

            (5)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 of 23 January 2018 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127 (OJ L 27, 31.1.2018, p. 1).

            (6)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1628 of 30 October 2018 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/120 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters (OJ L 272, 31.10.2018, p. 1).

            (7)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 of 17 December 2018 fixing for 2019 and 2020 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 325, 20.12.2018, p. 7).

            (8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2058 of 17 December 2018 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Black Sea (OJ L 329, 27.12.2018, p. 8).

            (9)  Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 of 30 January 2019 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 29, 31.1.2019, p. 1).

            (10)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 of 15 October 2019 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2019 on account of overfishing in the previous years (OJ L 263, 16.10.2019, p. 3).

            (11)  Communication from the Commission – Guidelines for deduction of quotas under article 105(1), (2) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (2012/C 72/07) (OJ C 72, 10.3.2012, p. 27).

            (12)  Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

            ANNEX I

               DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2019 FOR ALTERNATIVE STOCKS

                        OVERFISHED STOCKS

                        ALTERNATIVE STOCKS

                        Member State

                        Species code

                        Area code

                        Species name

                        Area name

                        Quantity that cannot be deducted from the 2019 fishing quota for the overfished stock (in kilograms)

                        Member State

                        Species code

                        Area code

                        Species name

                        Area name

                        Quantity to be deducted from the 2019 fishing quota for the alternative stocks (in kilograms)

                           ES

                        GHL

                        1N2AB.

                        Greenland halibut

                        Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                        41 604

                           ES

                        HAD

                        1N2AB.

                        Haddock

                        Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                        26 783

                        COD

                        1N2AB.

                        Cod

                        Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                        3 418

                        RED

                        1N2AB.

                        Redfish

                        Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                        6 786

                        RED

                        51214D

                        Redfish

                        Union and international waters of 5; international waters of 12 and 14

                        4 617

                           FR

                        GHL

                        1N2AB.

                        Greenland halibut

                        Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                        15 380

                           FR

                        RED

                        1N2AB.

                        Redfish

                        Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                        15 380

                           NL

                        WHG

                        56-14

                        Whiting

                        6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14

                        4 492

                           NL

                        WHG

                        2AC4.

                        Whiting

                        4; Union waters of 2a

                        4 492

                           UK

                        RHG

                        5B67-

                        Roughhead grenadier

                        Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII

                        5 016

                           UK

                        RNG

                        5B67-

                        Roundnose grenadier

                        Union and international waters of 5b, 6 and 7

                        5 016

            ANNEX II
            The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 is replaced by the following:

                     ‘ANNEX

                        DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2019

                                 Member State

                                 Species code

                                 Area code

                                 Species name

                                 Area name

                                 Initial quota 2018 (in kilograms)

                                 Permitted landings 2018 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) (1)

                                 Total catches 2018 (quantity in kilograms)

                                 Quota consumption related to permitted landings

                                 Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms)

                                 Multiplying factor (2)

                                 Additional Multiplying factor  (3),  (4)

                                 Outstanding deductions from previous year(s) (5) (quantity in kilograms)

                                 Deductions from fishing quotas for 2019 (6) and subsequent years (quantity in kilograms)

                                 Deductions from 2019 fishing quotas for the overfished stocks (7) (quantity in kilograms)

                                 Deductions from 2019 fishing quotas for alternative stocks in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1726 (8) (quantity in kilograms)

                                 To be deducted from fishing quotas for 2020 and subsequent year(s) (quantity in kilograms)

                                    BE

                                 RJE

                                 7FG.

                                 Small-eyed ray

                                 Union waters of 7f and 7g

                                 14 000

                                 15 400

                                 19 888

                                 129,14 %

                                 4 488

                                 1,00

                                 /

                                 /

                                 4 488

                                 4 488

                                 /

                                 /

                                    BE

                                 RJU

                                 07D. (9)

                                 Undulate ray

                                 Union waters of 7d

                                 2 000

                                 969

                                 1 394

                                 143,86 %

                                 425 (10)

                                 N/A

                                 N/A

                                 2 617

                                 2 617

                                 2 617

                                 /

                                 /

                                    DE

                                 COD

                                 3BC+24

                                 Cod

                                 Subdivisions 22-24

                                 1 194 000

                                 1 349 400

                                 1 393 360

                                 103,26 %

                                 43 960

                                 /

                                 C (11)

                                 /

                                 43 960

                                 43 960

                                 /

                                 /

                                    DK

                                 COD

                                 3BC+24

                                 Cod

                                 Subdivisions 22-24

                                 2 444 000

                                 2 594 270

                                 2 617 780

                                 100,91 %

                                 23 510

                                 /

                                 C (11)

                                 /

                                 23 510

                                 23 510

                                 /

                                 /

                                    ES

                                 BET

                                 ATLANT

                                 Bigeye tuna

                                 Atlantic Ocean

                                 9 791 920

                                 9 281 920

                                 9 756 069

                                 105,11 %

                                 474 149

                                 /

                                 C (11)

                                 /

                                 474 149

                                 474 149

                                 /

                                 /

                                    ES

                                 GHL

                                 1N2AB.

                                 Greenland halibut

                                 Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                                 /

                                 0

                                 27 736

                                 N/A

                                 27 736

                                 1,00

                                 A

                                 /

                                 41 604

                                 /

                                 41 604

                                 /

                                    ES

                                 GHL

                                 N3LMNO

                                 Greenland halibut

                                 NAFO 3LMNO

                                 4 534 000

                                 4 496 772

                                 4 508 020

                                 100,25 %

                                 11 248

                                 /

                                 A (11) + C (11)

                                 /

                                 11 248

                                 11 248

                                 /

                                 /

                                    ES

                                 NEP

                                 *07U16

                                 Norway lobster

                                 Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea 7

                                 825 000

                                 155 000

                                 158 375

                                 102,18 %

                                 3 375

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 3 375

                                 3 375

                                 /

                                 /

                                    ES

                                 RJU

                                 9-C.

                                 Undulate ray

                                 Union waters of 9

                                 15 000

                                 15 000

                                 17 067

                                 113,78 %

                                 2 067

                                 1,00

                                 /

                                 /

                                 2 067

                                 0

                                 /

                                 2 067

                                    ES

                                 YFT

                                 IOTC

                                 Yellowfin tuna

                                 IOTC Area of Competence

                                 45 682 000

                                 45 354 940

                                 44 964 373

                                 99,14 %

                                 - 390 567  (12)

                                 N/A

                                 N/A

                                 2 138 460

                                 2 138 460

                                 2 138 460

                                 /

                                 /

                                    EE

                                 COD

                                 N3M.

                                 Cod

                                 NAFO 3M

                                 124 000

                                 916 170

                                 953 232

                                 104,05 %

                                 37 062

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 37 062

                                 37 062

                                 /

                                 /

                                    FR

                                 GHL

                                 1N2AB.

                                 Greenland halibut

                                 Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                                 /

                                 0

                                 18 084

                                 N/A

                                 18 084

                                 1,00

                                 /

                                 /

                                 18 084

                                 2 704  (13)

                                 15 380

                                 /

                                    IE

                                 HER

                                 07A/MM

                                 Herring

                                 7a

                                 1 826 000

                                 1 850 311

                                 1 979 666

                                 106,99 %

                                 129 355

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 129 355

                                 129 355

                                 /

                                 /

                                    IE

                                 MAC

                                 2CX14-

                                 Mackerel

                                 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14

                                 69 141 000

                                 66 541 055

                                 66 965 925

                                 100,64 %

                                 424 870

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 424 870

                                 424 870

                                 /

                                 /

                                    NL

                                 POK

                                 2C3A4

                                 Saithe

                                 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a

                                 110 000

                                 210 994

                                 265 115

                                 125,65 %

                                 54 121

                                 1,00

                                 /

                                 /

                                 54 121

                                 54 121

                                 /

                                 /

                                    NL

                                 WHG

                                 56-14

                                 Whiting

                                 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14

                                 /

                                 0

                                 4 492

                                 N/A

                                 4 492

                                 1,00

                                 /

                                 /

                                 4 492

                                 /

                                 4 492

                                 /

                                    PL

                                 COD

                                 3BC+24

                                 Cod

                                 Subdivisions 22-24

                                 654 000

                                 786 200

                                 858 164

                                 109,15 %

                                 71 964

                                 /

                                 C (11)

                                 32 331

                                 104 295

                                 104 295

                                 /

                                 /

                                    PT

                                 ALF

                                 3X14-

                                 Alfonsinos

                                 Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV

                                 182 000

                                 179 044

                                 184 010

                                 102,77 %

                                 4 966

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 4 966

                                 4 966

                                 /

                                 /

                                    PT

                                 BET

                                 ATLANT

                                 Bigeye tuna

                                 Atlantic Ocean

                                 3 717 470

                                 4 152 470

                                 4 405 184

                                 106,09 %

                                 252 714

                                 /

                                 C (11)

                                 /

                                 252 714

                                 252 714

                                 /

                                 /

                                    PT

                                 BFT

                                 AE45WM

                                 Bluefin tuna

                                 Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean

                                 470 190

                                 437 190

                                 450 343

                                 103,01 %

                                 13 153

                                 /

                                 C (11)

                                 /

                                 13 153

                                 13 153

                                 /

                                 /

                                    PT

                                 BUM

                                 ATLANT

                                 Blue marlin

                                 Atlantic Ocean

                                 50 440

                                 45 428

                                 74 337

                                 163,64 %

                                 28 909

                                 1,00

                                 A

                                 /

                                 43 364

                                 43 364

                                 /

                                 /

                                    PT

                                 RJU

                                 9-C.

                                 Undulate ray

                                 Union waters of 9

                                 15 000

                                 33 000

                                 36 295

                                 109,98 %

                                 3 295

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 3 295

                                 3 295

                                 /

                                 /

                                    UK

                                 COD

                                 N1GL14

                                 Cod

                                 Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14

                                 382 000

                                 497 520

                                 512 187

                                 102,95 %

                                 14 667

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 14 667

                                 10 500

                                 /

                                 4 167

                                    UK

                                 GHL

                                 1N2AB.

                                 Greenland halibut

                                 Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                                 25 000

                                 22 000

                                 24 434

                                 111,06 %

                                 2 434

                                 1,00

                                 /

                                 /

                                 2 434

                                 2 434

                                 /

                                 /

                                    UK

                                 HER

                                 4AB.

                                 Herring

                                 Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N

                                 79 381 000

                                 84 694 795

                                 84 739 599

                                 100,05 %

                                 44 804

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 44 804

                                 44 804

                                 /

                                 /

                                    UK

                                 MAC

                                 2CX14-

                                 Mackerel

                                 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14

                                 190 143 000

                                 186 253 028

                                 189 644 893

                                 101,82 %

                                 3 391 865

                                 /

                                 A (11)

                                 /

                                 3 391 865

                                 3 391 865

                                 /

                                 /

                                    UK

                                 POK

                                 1N2AB.

                                 Saithe

                                 Norwegian waters of 1 and 2

                                 182 000

                                 459 700

                                 463 509

                                 100,83 %

                                 3 809

                                 /

                                 /

                                 /

                                 3 809

                                 3 809

                                 /

                                 /

                                    UK

                                 RHG

                                 5B67-

                                 Roughhead grenadier

                                 Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII

                                 1 510

                                 1 510

                                 7 588

                                 502,52 %

                                 6 078

                                 1,00

                                 /

                                 /

                                 6 078

                                 1 062

                                 5 016  (14)

                                 /

                                    UK

                                 WHG

                                 56-14

                                 Whiting

                                 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14

                                 122 000

                                 124 060

                                 139 470

                                 112,42 %

                                 15 410

                                 1,00

                                 /

                                 /

                                 15 410

                                 15 410

                                 /

                                 /

               ’

               (1)  Quotas available to a Member State pursuant to the relevant fishing opportunities Regulations after taking into account exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22), quota transfers from 2017 to 2018 in accordance with Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3) and with Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or reallocation and deduction of fishing opportunities in accordance with Articles 37 and 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

               (2)  As set out in Article 105(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Deduction equal to the overfishing * 1,00 shall apply in all cases of overfishing equal to, or less than, 100 tonnes.

               (3)  As set out in Article 105(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and provided that the extent of overfishing exceeds 10 %.

               (4)  Letter “A” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied due to consecutive overfishing in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. Letter “C” indicates that an additional multiplying factor of 1,5 has been applied as the stock is subject to a multiannual plan.

               (5)  Remaining quantities from previous year(s).

               (6)  Deductions to operate in 2019.

               (7)  Deductions to operate in 2019 that could be actually applied considering the available quota on 22 October 2019.

               (8)  OJ L 263, 16.10.2019, p. 3.

               (9)  To be deducted from RJU/7DE. (Union waters of 7d and 7e).

               (10)  Quantities below 1 tonne are not considered.

               (11)  Additional multiplying factor not applicable because the overfishing does not exceed 10 % of the permitted landings.

               (12)  The deduction cannot be reduced by this unused quantity as article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 is not applicable to the YFT/IOTC stock.

               (13)  Despite not having initial quota for this overfished stock, France concluded exchanges of fishing opportunities in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 enabling partial deduction from the same stock.

               (14)  To be deducted from RNG/5B67- (roundnose grenadier in Union and international waters of Vb, VI and VII).


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/111 of 13 January 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 as regards the approval of civil aviation security equipment as well as third countries recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards on civil aviation security

text:
                  27.1.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 21/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/111
         of 13 January 2020
         amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 as regards the approval of civil aviation security equipment as well as third countries recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards on civil aviation security
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 (2) supplements the common basic standards on civil aviation security laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008.

                     (2)

                     Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 charges the Commission with the recognition of the equivalence of security standards of third countries, in accordance with the criteria set out in Part E of the Annex to that Regulation.

                     (3)

                     The Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 (3) lists the third countries recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards.

                     (4)

                     The Commission has verified that the Republic of Serbia, in regard to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, satisfies the criteria set out in Part E of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 272/2009.

                     (5)

                     The Commission has verified that the State of Israel, in regard to Ben Gurion International Airport, satisfies the criteria set out in Part E of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 272/2009, with regard to aircraft security and screening of passengers and cabin baggage.

                     (6)

                     Detailed measures for the implementation of the common basic standards referred to in Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 include procedures for approval and use of civil aviation security equipment.

                     (7)

                     Steps taken to ensure that civil aviation security equipment meets the required performance standards should be harmonised to ensure the best implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security.

                     (8)

                     The Commission acknowledges the common evaluation process of the European Civil Aviation Conference as a mandatory pre-condition for the approval of civil aviation security equipment. Security equipment that has undergone that process should therefore benefit from an EU approval scheme consisting of a visual stamp marking and its entry into a consolidated Union database allowing for the immediate deployment of civil aviation security equipment throughout the Union.

                     (9)

                     As the final approval of civil aviation equipment will be granted by adopting a legal act, the installation and use of such security equipment should be legally allowed under a pending status until the final approval.

                     (10)

                     Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 should therefore be amended accordingly.

                     (11)

                     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

            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. However, points (1)(b) and (2)(b) of the Annex to this Regulation shall apply from 1 April 2020.

            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 13 January 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 72.

            (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 of 2 April 2009 supplementing the common basic standards on civil aviation security laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 91, 3.4.2009, p. 7).

            (3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 of 5 November 2015 laying down detailed measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (OJ L 299, 14.11.2015, p. 1).

            ANNEX
            The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 is amended as follows:

                        (1)

                        the list in Attachment 3-B of Chapter 3 is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry concerning Montenegro:
                                    ‘Republic of Serbia, in regard to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport’;

                                    (b)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry concerning Singapore:
                                    ‘State of Israel, in regard to Ben Gurion International Airport’;

                        (2)

                        the list in Attachment 4-B of Chapter 4 is amended as follows:

                                    (a)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry concerning Montenegro:
                                    ‘Republic of Serbia, in regard to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport’;

                                    (b)

                                    the following entry is inserted after the entry concerning Singapore:
                                    ‘State of Israel, in regard to Ben Gurion International Airport’;

                        (3)

                        in the list in Attachment 5-A of Chapter 5, the following entry is inserted after the entry concerning Montenegro:
                        ‘Republic of Serbia, in regard to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport’;

                        (4)

                        in the list in Attachment 6-F of Chapter 6, the following entry is inserted after the entry concerning Montenegro:
                        ‘Republic of Serbia’;

                        (5)

                        in Chapter 12, Chapter 12.0 is replaced by the following:
                        ‘12.0.   GENERAL PROVISION AND APPROVAL OF SECURITY EQUIPMENT
                        12.0.1.   General provision

                                    12.0.1.1.

                                    The authority, operator or entity using equipment for the implementation of measures for which it is responsible in accordance with the national civil aviation security programme as referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 shall ensure that the equipment meets the standards set out in this Chapter.
                                    The information contained in this Chapter and classified in accordance with Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 (*1) shall be made available by the appropriate authority to manufacturers on a need-to-know basis.

                                    12.0.1.2.

                                    There shall be routine testing of each piece of security equipment.

                                    12.0.1.3.

                                    Equipment manufacturers shall provide a concept of operations and equipment shall be evaluated and used in accordance with it.

                                    12.0.1.4.

                                    Where several security equipment are combined, each one has to comply with the defined specifications and meet the standards set out in this Chapter, both used separately and combined as a system.

                                    12.0.1.5.

                                    Equipment shall be positioned, installed and maintained in compliance with the requirements of equipment manufacturers.

                              12.0.2.   Approval of security equipment

                                    12.0.2.1.

                                    Without prejudice to point 12.0.5, the following security equipment may be installed after 1 October 2020 only if it has been granted an “EU Stamp” marking or an “EU Stamp pending” marking status as provided for in points 12.0.2.5 and 12.0.2.6:

                                                (a)

                                                walk-through metal detection (WTMD) equipment;

                                                (b)

                                                explosive detection systems (EDS) equipment;

                                                (c)

                                                explosive trace detection (ETD) equipment;

                                                (d)

                                                liquid explosive detection systems (LEDS) equipment;

                                                (e)

                                                metal detection equipment (MDE);

                                                (f)

                                                security scanners;

                                                (g)

                                                shoe scanner equipment; and

                                                (h)

                                                explosive vapour detection (EVD) equipment.

                                    12.0.2.2.

                                    The Commission shall approve the security equipment listed in 12.0.2.1 and shall grant the “EU Stamp” marking.

                                    12.0.2.3.

                                    The “EU Stamp” marking may be granted only to security equipment tested by test centres for which an appropriate authority has the responsibility for quality control measures in accordance with the Common Evaluation Process of the European Civil Aviation Conference.

                                    12.0.2.4.

                                    The Commission may grant an “EU Stamp” marking to security equipment only after it has received the test reports for the equipment in question or Level 2 reports by the Common Evaluation Process of the European Civil Aviation Conference.
                                    The Commission may request additional information relating to test reports.

                                    12.0.2.5.

                                    The Commission may grant an “EU Stamp” marking to security equipment confirmed by the Common Evaluation Process of the European Civil Aviation Conference. Such equipment shall be automatically eligible to the “EU Stamp” marking, and shall receive a temporary “EU Stamp pending” marking status until the final approval.
                                    Security equipment with an “EU Stamp pending” marking status shall be allowed for installation and use.

                              12.0.3.   “EU Stamp” marking and Union database on supply chain security — security equipment

                                    12.0.3.1.

                                    Security equipment listed in point 12.0.2.1 for which “EU Stamp” marking has been granted shall be entered into the “Union database on supply chain security — security equipment”.

                                    12.0.3.2.

                                    The “EU Stamp” marking shall be affixed by manufacturers on security equipment approved by the Commission and visible on one side.

                                    12.0.3.3.

                                    Equipment with “EU Stamp” marking shall be installed with hardware and software versions corresponding to its description in the “Union database on supply chain security — security equipment”.

                                    12.0.3.4.

                                    Without prejudice to points 12.0.4 and 12.0.5, security equipment with “EU Stamp” marking benefits from mutual recognition and shall be recognised for availability, deployment and use in all Member States.

                                    12.0.3.5.

                                    The Commission shall maintain the “Union database on supply chain security — security equipment”.

                                    12.0.3.6.

                                    An entry in the “Union database on supply chain security — security equipment” shall contain the following information:

                                                (a)

                                                a unique alphanumeric identifier;

                                                (b)

                                                the manufacturer name;

                                                (c)

                                                the designation name;

                                                (d)

                                                the detailed configuration with at least:

                                                            (i)

                                                            the hardware version;

                                                            (ii)

                                                            the detection algorithm;

                                                            (iii)

                                                            if necessary, the system software version;

                                                            (iv)

                                                            if necessary, the auxiliary hardware version; and

                                                            (v)

                                                            if necessary, the concept of operations version;

                                                (e)

                                                the standard obtained;

                                                (f)

                                                the status of the equipment, stating one of the following:

                                                            (i)

                                                            “EU Stamp”;

                                                            (ii)

                                                            “EU Stamp pending”;

                                                            (iii)

                                                            “EU Stamp suspended”;

                                                            (iv)

                                                            “EU Stamp withdrawn”;

                                                            (v)

                                                            “EU Stamp obsolete”;

                                                (g)

                                                the date of issuance of the status of the equipment.

                              12.0.4.   Suspension and withdrawal of “EU Stamp” marking

                                    12.0.4.1.

                                    On request from Member States or on its own initiative, the Commission can suspend the “EU Stamp” marking and the “EU Stamp pending” marking status of security equipment without prior notice when it receives information indicating that the equipment does not meet the standard for which it has been approved. In doing so, the Commission updates the status in the “Union database on supply chain security — security equipment” accordingly.

                                    12.0.4.2.

                                    Security equipment whose “EU Stamp” marking or “EU Stamp pending” marking status has been suspended can no longer be deployed and the pieces already installed shall be operated with the addition of compensatory measures, as appropriate.

                                    12.0.4.3.

                                    On request from Member States or on its own initiative, the Commission can withdraw the “EU Stamp” marking or the “EU Stamp pending” marking status of security equipment when it is no longer satisfied that the security equipment meets the standard for which it has been approved.

                                    12.0.4.4.

                                    Security equipment whose “EU Stamp” marking or “EU Stamp pending” marking status has been withdrawn or has become obsolete can no longer be operated from the date of issuance of the status as recorded in the “Union database on supply chain security — security equipment”.

                                    12.0.4.5.

                                    The Commission can reinstate the “EU Stamp” marking or “EU Stamp pending” marking status when it receives information that the equipment meets again the standard for which is has been approved.

                              12.0.5.   More stringent measures on security equipment and national approval

                                    12.0.5.1.

                                    Member States may derogate from the principle of mutual recognition by applying more stringent measures on security equipment. They shall notify the Commission of these measures, their approvals of security equipment and the steps taken to ensure that security equipment they approve meets the standards set out in this Chapter.

                                    12.0.5.2.

                                    Member States may derogate from the principle of mutual recognition by applying their own national approval mechanism of security equipment. They shall notify the Commission of this mechanism, their approvals of equipment and the additional steps taken to ensure that security equipment meets the standards set out in this Chapter.

                                    12.0.5.3.

                                    Security equipment approved at national level on the basis of Point 12.0.5.1 or 12.0.5.2 shall not receive the “EU Stamp” marking.

                           (*1)  Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 of 13 March 2015 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (OJ L 72, 17.3.2015, p. 53).’."

                        (6)

                        in Chapter 12, the following attachment 12-N is added:
                        ‘ATTACHMENT 12-N

                        Detailed provisions for performance requirements for SED are laid down in Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 8005.’;

                        (7)

                        in Chapter 12, the following attachment 12-O is added:
                        ‘ATTACHMENT 12-O

                        Detailed provisions for performance requirements for EVD are laid down in Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 8005.’.

               (*1)  Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 of 13 March 2015 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (OJ L 72, 17.3.2015, p. 53).’.’


title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/116 of 27 January 2020 implementing Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali

text:
                  28.1.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 22/25

         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/116
         of 27 January 2020
         implementing Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (1) and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     On 28 September 2017, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2017/1770.

                     (2)

                     On 14 January 2020, the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee established by paragraph 9 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2374 (2017) amended the listings of five persons to which the asset freeze applies.

                     (3)

                     Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 should therefore be amended accordingly,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 is amended as 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, 27 January 2020.

                  For the Council

                  The President

               M. VUČKOVIĆ.

            (1)  OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 1.

            ANNEX
            In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770, entries 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:

               ‘1.   AHMED AG ALBACHAR (alias: Intahmado Ag Albachar)

               Designation: President of the Humanitarian Commission of the Bureau Regional d’Administration et Gestion de Kidal
               Date of birth: 31 Dec. 1963
               Place of birth: Tin-Essako, Kidal region, Mali
               Nationality: Mali
               National identification no: 1 63 08 4 01 001 005E
               Address: Quartier Aliou, Kidal, Mali
               Date of UN designation: 10 July 2019 (amended on 19 Dec. 2019)

                  Other information: Ahmed Ag Albachar is a prominent businessman and, since early 2018, a special advisor to the Governor of Kidal region. An influential member of the Haut Conseil pour l’unité de l’Azawad (HCUA), belonging to the Ifoghas Tuareg community, Ahmed Ag Albachar also mediates relations between the Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad (CMA) and Ansar Dine (QDe.135). Listed pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 3 of Security Council resolution 2374 (2017) (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).
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               Ahmed Ag Albachar is being listed pursuant to paragraph 8 (b) of resolution 2374 (2017) for actions taken that obstruct, or that obstruct by prolonged delay, or that threaten the implementation of the Agreement; and paragraph 8 (e) of resolution 2374 (2017) for obstructing the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Mali, or access to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in Mali.
               In January Ag Albachar uses his influence to control and choose which humanitarian and development projects take place in the Kidal region, who implements them, where and when. No humanitarian action can be undertaken without his knowledge and approval. As self-proclaimed president of the humanitarian commission, Ag Albachar is in charge of granting residence and work permits of aid workers in exchange for money or services. The commission also controls which companies and individuals can participate in bids for projects that NGOs advertise in Kidal, granting Ag Albachar the power to manipulate humanitarian action in the region and choose those who work for NGOs. Aid distributions can only be conducted under his oversight, thereby influencing who benefits from the distributions.
               Additionally, Albachar uses unemployed youths to intimidate and extort NGOs, severely hindering their work. The humanitarian community at large works in fear in Kidal, but especially national staff who are more vulnerable.
               Ahmed Ag Albachar is also the co-owner of Timitrine Voyage transport company; one of the few transport companies that NGOs are authorised to use in Kidal. Ag Albachar, together with a dozen of other transport companies owned by a small clique of influential Ifoghas Tuareg notables, usurps a significant share of humanitarian aid in Kidal. Moreover, the monopoly position maintained by Ag Albachar, renders aid delivery in certain communities more difficult than others.
               Albachar is manipulating humanitarian aid to fulfil his personal interests and the political interests of the HCUA by exercising terror, threatening NGOs and controlling their operations, all of which results in obstruction and hindrance of aid affecting beneficiaries in need in the region of Kidal. Therefore, Ahmed Ag Albachar obstructs the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Mali, or access to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in Mali.
               His actions also violate article 49 of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali that commits parties to respect the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence which guide humanitarian action, to prevent any use of humanitarian aid for political, economic or military ends, and to facilitate access for humanitarian agencies and guarantee the security of their personnel. Therefore, Albachar obstructs or threatens the implementation of the Agreement.’

               ‘2.   HOUKA HOUKA AG ALHOUSSEINI (alias: a) Mohamed Ibn Alhousseyni b) Muhammad Ibn Al-Husayn c) Houka Houka)

               Title: Cadi
               Date of birth: a) 1 Jan. 1962 b) 1 Jan. 1963 c) 1 Jan. 1964
               Place of birth: Ariaw, Tombouctou region, Mali
               Nationality: Mali
               Date of UN designation: 10 July 2019 (amended on 19 Dec. 2019)

                  Other information: Houka Houka Ag Alhousseini was appointed by Iyad Ag Ghaly (QDi.316) as the Cadi of Timbuktu in April 2012 after the establishment of the jihadist caliphate in northern Mali.
               Houka Houka used to work closely with the Hesbah, the Islamic police headed by Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, jailed at the Detention Centre of the International Criminal Court in The Hague since September 2016. Listed pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 3 of Security Council resolution 2374 (2017) (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).
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               Houka Houka Ag Alhousseini is being listed pursuant to paragraph 8 (b) of resolution 2374 (2017) for actions taken that obstruct, or that obstruct by prolonged delay, or that threaten the implementation of the Agreement.
               After the French forces intervention in January 2013, Houka Houka Ag Alhousseini was arrested on 17 January 2014 but subsequently released by Malian authorities on 15 August 2014, a liberation denounced by human rights organisations.
               Houka Houka Ag Alhousseini has been since based in Ariaw, in the area of Zouéra, a village located west of Timbuktu (Essakane commune), on the bank of the lake Faguibine going towards the Mauritanian border. On 27 September 2017, he was officially reinstated here as a teacher by the Governor of Timbuktu, Koina Ag Ahmadou, this after lobbying by sanctioned individual Mohamed Ousmane Ag Mohamidoune (MLi.003), leader of the Coalition du peuple de l’Azawad (CPA), listed on 20 December 2018 by the Security Council Committee on Mali for reasons including actions taken that obstruct, or that obstruct by prolonged delay, or that threaten the implementation of the Agreement. Mohamed Ousmane founded in 2017 and presided a broader alliance of splinter groups, the Coalition des Mouvements de l’Entente (CME). During its founding convention, the CME openly threatened in an official statement the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali. The CME has been also involved in obstructions delaying the implementation of the Agreement, by pressuring the Malian government and the international community with the aim to impose the CME in the different mechanisms established by the Agreement.
               Houka Houka and Mohamed Ousmane have been instrumental to each others’ rise, the latter facilitating meetings with government officials, and the first playing a key role in the expansion of Ousmane’s influence over the region of Timbuktu. Houka Houka has participated in most of the community gatherings organized by Mohamed Ousmane since 2017, contributing to Ousmane’s notoriety and credibility in the region, as well as to the founding ceremony of the Coalition des Mouvements de l’Entente (CME) to which he gave his public blessing.
               The area of influence of Houka Houka has recently expanded further east, to the Ber region (stronghold of the Bérabich Arabs located 50 kilometres east of Timbuktu), and northern Timbuktu. Even though he is not from a lineage of Cadis and that he started only in 2012, Houka Houka was able to extend his authority as a Cadi and his capacity to maintain public security in certain areas by using Al-Furqan assets and the fear that this terrorist organisation instigates in the Timbuktu region through complex attacks against international and Malian defence and security forces and targeted assassinations.
               Therefore, through his support for Mohamed Ousmane and his obstruction of the Agreement, Houka Houka Ag Alhousseini threatens its implementation, as well as the peace, security, and stability in Mali at large.’

               ‘3.   MAHRI SIDI AMAR BEN DAHA (alias: a) Yoro Ould Daha b) Yoro Ould Daya c) Sidi Amar Ould Daha d) Yoro)

               Designation: Deputy chief of staff of the regional coordination of the Mécanisme opérationnel de coordination (MOC) in Gao
               Date of birth: 1 Jan. 1978
               Place of birth: Djebock, Mali
               Nationality: Mali
               National identification no: 11262/1547
               Address: Golf Rue 708 Door 345, Gao, Mali
               Date of UN designation: 10 July 2019 (amended on 19 Dec. 2019)

                  Other information: Mahri Sidi Amar Ben Daha is a leader of the Lehmar
               Arab community of Gao and military chief of staff of the pro-governmental wing of the Mouvement Arabe de l’Azawad (MAA), associated to the Plateforme des mouvements du 14 juin 2014 d’Alger (Plateforme) coalition. Listed pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 3 of Security Council resolution 2374 (2017) (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).
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               Mahri Sidi Amar Ben Daha is being listed pursuant to paragraph 8 (b) of resolution 2374 (2017) for actions taken that obstruct, or that obstruct by prolonged delay, or that threaten the implementation of the Agreement.
               Ben Daha was a high-ranking officer of the Islamic police operating in Gao when the Mouvement pour l’unicité et le jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) (QDe.134) controlled the town from June 2012 to January 2013. Ben Daha currently is deputy chief of staff of the regional coordination of the Mécanisme opérationnel de coordination (MOC) in Gao.
               On 12 November 2018, the Plateforme in Bamako declared not to participate in forthcoming regional consultations, scheduled to be held from 13 to 17 November in accordance with the March 2018 roadmap agreed upon by all parties to the Peace and reconciliation Agreement in March 2018. The next day, in Gao, a coordination meeting was held by the military chief of staff of the Ganda Koy component of Coordination des mouvements et fronts patriotiques de résistance (CMFPR)-Plateforme, with representatives the MAA-Plateforme, to prevent the consultations to take place. The blockade was coordinated with Plateforme leadership in Bamako, the MAA-Plateforme, as well as Member of Parliament Mohamed Ould Mataly.
               From 14 to 18 November 2018, dozens of MAA-Plateforme combatants together with those of the CMFPR factions obstructed the holding of regional consultations. Operating under the instruction and with the participation of Ben Daha, at least six pick-up truck vehicles from the Mouvement Arabe de l’Azawad (MAA-Plateforme) were positioned in front of the Gao governorate and its vicinity. Two MOC vehicles attributed to MAA-Plateforme were also observed at the scene.
               On 17 November 2018, an incident took place between armed elements blocking access to the governorate and a FAMa patrol passing by the area, but was diffused before it could escalate and constitute a cease-fire violation. On 18 November 2018, a total of twelve vehicles and armed elements lifted the blockade of the governorate following a latest round of negotiations with the governor of Gao.
               On 30 November 2018, Ben Daha organized an inter-Arab meeting in Tinfanda to discuss security and administrative restructuring. The meeting also included sanctioned individual Ahmoudou Ag Asriw (MLi.001) whom Ben Daha supports and defends.
               Therefore, through effectively blocking discussions on key provisions of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement related to the reform of the territorial structure of northern Mali, Ben Daha has obstructed the implementation of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement. In addition, Ben Daha supports an individual identified as threatening the implementation of the Agreement through his involvement in ceasefire violations and organized criminal activity.’

               ‘4.   MOHAMED BEN AHMED MAHRI (alias: a) Mohammed Rougi b) Mohamed Ould Ahmed Deya c) Mohamed Ould Mahri Ahmed Daya d) Mohamed Rougie e) Mohamed Rouggy f) Mohamed Rouji)

               Date of birth: 1 Jan. 1979
               Place of birth: Tabankort, Mali
               Nationality: Mali
               Passport no: a) AA00272627 b) AA0263957
               Address: Bamako, Mali
               Date of UN designation: 10 July 2019 (amended on 19 Dec. 2019)

                  Other information: Mohamed Ben Ahmed Mahri is a businessman from the Arab Lehmar community in Gao region who previously collaborated with the Mouvement pour l’unicité et le Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) (QDe.134). Listed pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 3 of Security Council resolution 2374 (2017) (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).
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               Mohamed Ben Ahmed Mahri is being listed pursuant to paragraph 8 (c) of resolution 2374 (2017) for acting for or on behalf of or at the direction of or otherwise supporting or financing individuals and entities identified in paragraphs 8 (a) and (b) of resolution 2374 (2017), including through the proceeds from organized crime, including the production and trafficking of narcotic drugs and their precursors originating in or transiting through Mali, the trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants, the smuggling and trafficking of arms as well as the trafficking in cultural property.
               Between December 2017 and April 2018, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Mahri commanded a trafficking operation of over 10 tons of Moroccan cannabis, moved in cooling trucks through Mauretania, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. In the night of 13 to 14 June 2018 a quarter of the shipment was confiscated in Niamey, while a rival group had allegedly stolen the remaining three quarters during the night of 12 and 13 April 2018.
               In December 2017, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Mahri was in Niamey with a Malian national to prepare the operation. The latter was arrested in Niamey after he had flown in from Morocco with two Moroccan and two Algerian Nationals on 15 and 16 April 2018 to try and recuperate stolen cannabis. Three of his associates were also arrested, including a Moroccan national, who had been sentenced in Morocco in 2014 to five months imprisonment for drug trafficking.
               Mohamed Ben Ahmed Mahri commands trafficking of cannabis resin to Niger straight through northern Mali, making use of convoys led by members of the Groupe d’autodéfense des Touaregs Imghad et leurs allies (GATIA), including sanctioned individual Ahmoudou Ag Asriw (MLi.001). Mohamed Ben Ahmed Mahri compensates Asriw for the use of these convoys. These convoys frequently generate clashes with competitors associated with the Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad (CMA).
               Using his financial gains made in narcotics trafficking, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Mahri lends his support to terrorist armed groups, notably the sanctioned entity Al-Mourabitoun (QDe.141), attempting to bribe officials to release arrested combatants and facilitating fighters to integrate in the Mouvement Arabe pour l’Azawad (MAA) Plateforme.
               Therefore, through the proceeds from organized crime, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Mahri supports an individual identified under paragraph 8(b) of resolution 2374 (2007) as threatening the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, in addition to a terrorist group designated under resolution 1267.’

               ‘5.   MOHAMED OULD MATALY

               Designation: Member of Parliament
               Date of birth: 1958
               Nationality: Mali
               Passport no: D9011156
               Address: Golf Rue 708 Door 345, Gao, Mali
               Date of UN designation: 10 Jul. 2019 (amended on 19 Dec. 2019)

                  Other information: Mohamed Ould Mataly is the former Mayor of Bourem and current Member of Parliament for Bourem’s constituency, part of the Rassamblement pour le Mali (RPM, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s political party). He is from the Lehmar Arab community and an influential member of the pro-governmental wing of the Mouvement Arabe de l’Azawad (MAA), associated to the Plateforme des mouvements du 14 juin 2014 d’Alger (Plateforme) coalition. Listed pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 3 of Security Council resolution 2374 (2017) (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze).
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               Mohamed Ould Mataly is being listed pursuant to paragraph 8 (b) of resolution 2374 (2017) for actions taken that obstruct, or that obstruct by prolonged delay, or that threaten the implementation of the Agreement.
               On 12 November 2018, the Plateforme in Bamako declared not to participate in forthcoming regional consultations, scheduled to be held from 13 to 17 November in accordance with the March 2018 roadmap agreed upon by all parties to the Peace and reconciliation Agreement in March 2018. The next day, in Gao, a coordination meeting was held by the military chief of staff of the Ganda Koy component of Coordination des mouvements et fronts patriotiques de résistance (CMFPR)-Plateforme, with representatives the MAA-Plateforme, to prevent the consultations to take place. The blockade was coordinated with Plateforme leadership in Bamako, the MAA-Plateforme, as well as member of parliament Mohamed Ould Mataly.
               His close associate Mahri Sidi Amar Ben Daha, alias Yoro Ould Daha, who resides in his property in Gao, participated in the blockade of the venue of the consultation at the Governor’s office during this period.
               Furthermore, on 12 July 2016 Ould Mataly was also one of the instigators of demonstrations hostile to the implementation of the Agreement.
               Therefore, through effectively blocking discussions on key provisions of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement related to the reform of the territorial structure of northern Mali, Ould Mataly has obstructed and caused delays to the implementation of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement.
               Lastly, Ould Mataly has pleaded for the release of members of his community captured in counter-terrorist operations. Through his involvement in organised crime and association with terrorist armed groups, Mohamed Ould Mataly threatens the implementation of the Agreement.’


title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/119 of 28 January 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

text:
                  28.1.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  LI 22/1

         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/119
         of 28 January 2020
         implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

                     (2)

                     Following the organisation by the Russian Federation of so‐called ‘local elections’ on 8 September 2019 in the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol in Ukraine, the Council considers that seven persons should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

                     (3)

                     Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            The persons listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

            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, 28 January 2020.

                  For the Council

                  The President

               A. METELKO-ZGOMBIĆ

            (1)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

            ANNEX
            The following persons are added to the list of persons set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014:

                        Name

                        Identifying information

                        Reasons

                        Date of listing

                        ‘184.

                        Sergei Andreevich DANILENKO (Сергей Андреевич ДАНИЛЕНКО)

                        Gender: male
                        DOB: 14.3.1960
                        POB: Krasnodar (former USSR)

                        Head of the Sevastopol Electoral Commission. In this capacity, he participated in the organisation of the local elections in the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol on 8 September 2019 and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

                        28.1.2020

                        185.

                        Lidia Aleksandrovna BASOVA (Лидия Александровна БАСОВА) /
                        Lidiya Oleksandrivna BASOVA (Лiдiя Олександрiвна БАСОВА)

                        Gender: female
                        DOB: 1972
                        POB: Unknown

                        Deputy Head of the Sevastopol Electoral Commission. In this capacity, she participated in the organisation of the local elections in the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol on 8 September 2019 and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

                        28.1.2020

                        186.

                        Ekaterina Eduardovna PYRKOVA (Екатерина Эдуардовна ПЫРКОВА) /
                        Kateryna Eduardivna PYRKOVA (Катерина Едуардiвна ПИРКОВА)

                        Gender: female
                        DOB: 22.8.1967
                        POB: Sevastopol (former USSR)

                        Secretary of the Sevastopol Electoral Commission. In this capacity, she participated in the organisation of the local elections in the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol on 8 September 2019 and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

                        28.1.2020

                        187.

                        Ekaterina Borisovna ALTABAEVA (Екатерина Борисовна АЛТАБАЕВА) /
                        Kateryna Borysivna ALTABAEVA (Катерина Борисiвна АЛТАБАЄВА)

                        Gender: female
                        DOB: 27.5.1956
                        POB: Uglich (former USSR)

                        Member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation for the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol. In taking on and acting in this capacity, she has worked for further integration of the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

                        28.1.2020

                        188.

                        Yuriy Mikhailovich GOTSANYUK / Yuriy Mikhailovich GOTSANIUK (Юрий Михайлович ГОЦАНЮК) /
                        Iurii Mykhailovych HOTSANIUK (Юрiй Михайлович ГОЦАНЮК)

                        Gender: male
                        DOB: 18.7.1966
                        POB: Novaya Derevnya / Nove Selo (former USSR)

                        Prime Minister of the so‐called “Republic of Crimea”. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has worked for further integration of the so‐called “Republic of Crimea” into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

                        28.1.2020

                        189.

                        Vladimir Vladimirovich NEMTSEV (Владимир Владимирович НЕМЦЕВ) /
                        Volodymyr Volodymyrovych NEMTSEV (Володимир Володимирович НЄМЦЕВ)

                        Gender: male
                        DOB: 15.11.1971
                        POB: Sevastopol (former USSR)

                        Chairman of the so‐called “Legislative Assembly” of the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has worked for further integration of the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

                        28.1.2020

                        190.

                        Mikhail Vladimirovich RAZVOZHAEV (Михаил Владимирович РАЗВОЖАЕВ) /
                        Mykhailo Volodymyrovich RAZVOZHAEV (Михайло Володимирович РАЗВОЖАЄВ)

                        Gender: male
                        DOB: 30.12.1980
                        POB: Krasnoyarsk (former USSR)

                        So‐called “acting Governor” of the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol. In taking on and acting in this capacity, he has worked for further integration of the illegally annexed City of Sevastopol into the Russian Federation and thereby actively supported actions and implemented policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

                        28.1.2020’


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/162 of 5 February 2020 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I‐1079 as a feed additive for turkeys for fattening (holder of authorisation Danstar Ferment AG represented by Lallemand SAS) (Text with EEA relevance)

text:
                  6.2.2020

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  L 34/31

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/162
         of 5 February 2020
         concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I‐1079 as a feed additive for turkeys for fattening (holder of authorisation Danstar Ferment AG represented by Lallemand SAS)
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
         Whereas:

                     (1)

                     Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.

                     (2)

                     In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I‐1079. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of that Regulation.

                     (3)

                     That application concerns the authorisation of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079 as a feed additive for turkeys for fattening, to be classified in the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’.

                     (4)

                     The preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079 was already authorised as a feed additive by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1905 (2) for chickens for fattening and for minor poultry species for fattening and by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/347 (3) for piglets and sows.

                     (5)

                     The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 2 April 2019 (4) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079 does not have an adverse effect on animal health, consumer safety or the environment, and when used in feed for turkeys, it is efficacious in reducing carcass contamination with Salmonella spp. It also concluded that the not-coated form of the additive should be considered a respiratory sensitiser. Therefore, the Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on human health, in particular as regards the users of the additive. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

                     (6)

                     The assessment of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079 shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

                     (7)

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

               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

            Article 1
            Authorisation
            The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional group ‘other zootechnical additives’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

            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, 5 February 2020.

                  For the Commission

                  The President

               Ursula VON DER LEYEN

            (1)  OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.

            (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1905 of 18 October 2017 concerning an authorisation of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079 as a feed additive for chickens for fattening and for minor poultry species for fattening (holder of authorisation Danstar Ferment AG represented by Lallemand SAS) (OJ L 269, 19.10.2017, p. 30).

            (3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/347 of 5 March 2018 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079 as a feed additive for piglets and sows and amending Regulations (EC) No 1847/2003 and (EC) No 2036/2005 (holder of authorisation Danstar Ferment AG represented by Lallemand SAS) (OJ L 67, 9.3.2018, p. 21).

            (4)  EFSA Journal 2019;17(4):5693.

            ANNEX

                        Identification number of the additive

                        Name of the holder of authorisation

                        Additive

                        Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method

                        Species or category of animal

                        Maximum age

                        Minimum content

                        Maximum content

                        Other provisions

                        End of period of authorisation

                        CFU/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %

                           Category of zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (reduction of Salmonella spp. contamination on carcasses through its decrease in faeces)

                        4d1703

                        Danstar Ferment AG represented by Lallemand SAS

                           Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079

                           Additive composition

                        Preparation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079 containing a minimum of:
                        2 × 1010 CFU/g of additive (not-coated form)
                        1 × 1010 CFU/g of additive (coated form)

                        Turkeys for fattening

                        -

                        1 × 109

                                    1.

                                    In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and stability to heat treatment shall be indicated.

                                    2.

                                    For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks resulting from its use. Where those risks cannot be eliminated or reduced to a minimum by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal protective equipment, including breathing protection.

                        26 February 2030

                           Characterisation of the active substance

                        Viable cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1079

                           Analytical method
                            (1)

                        Enumeration: pour plate method using chloramphenicol destrose yeast extract agar (EN15789:2009)
                        Identification: polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method (CEN/TS 15790:2008)

               (1)  Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports