title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 274/2013 of 19 March 2013 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

text:
               23.3.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 84/5

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 274/2013
   of 19 March 2013
   concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.

               (2)

               Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.

               (3)

               Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.

               (4)

               It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).

               (5)

               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
   Article 2
   Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which is not in accordance with this Regulation can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
   Article 3
   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, 19 March 2013.

            For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
         Algirdas ŠEMETA

            Member of the Commission

      (1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

      ANNEX

                  Description of the goods

                  Classification
                  (CN code)

                  Reasons

                  (1)

                  (2)

                  (3)

                  A colour liquid crystal display (LCD) module with a diagonal measurement of the screen of 16,5 cm (6,5 inches) with mounting devices on the side, an aluminium heat sink on the back, with dimensions of approximately 16 × 10 × 2 cm.
                  The module comprises a low-voltage differential signalling (LVDS) receiver, a light emitting diode (LED) backlight with integrated brightness control, a LED driver circuit, printed circuit boards with control electronics for pixel addressing only comprising a microcontroller, and a 10-pin LVDS interface.
                  The display has the following characteristics:

                              —

                              a resolution of 400 × 240 pixels,

                              —

                              an aspect ratio of 16:9,

                              —

                              a dot pitch of 0,1195(*3) × 0,3305 mm.

                        The module does not incorporate any video signal processing assembly, for example, a video converter, a scaler or a tuner.
                  The module is designed for incorporation into a dashboard of a motor vehicle for displaying video signals.

                  8529 90 92

                  Classification is determined by General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, Note 2(b) to Section XVI, Note 2(f) to Section XVII and by the wording of CN codes 8529, 8529 90 and 8529 90 92.
                  As the module does not have any video signal processing components, classification as an incomplete monitor under heading 8528 is excluded.
                  The module is not classifiable in heading 8531, because it is not considered to be an electrical visual signalling apparatus of heading 8531 or a part of such an apparatus in view of its characteristics (see also the HS Explanatory Notes to heading 8531).
                  The module comprises a backlight unit, LED driver circuit and printed circuit boards with control electronics for pixel addressing only. Consequently, classification under heading 9013 is excluded (see also the HS Explanatory Notes to heading 9013 (1)).
                  As the module is designed for displaying video signals it is a part classifiable under heading 8529 (see also the CN Explanatory Notes to subheading 8529 90 92). It is therefore to be classified under CN code 8529 90 92 as a part suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8528.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1095/2014 of 16 October 2014 on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the subperiod from 1 December 2014 to 28 February 2015

text:
               17.10.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 299/27

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1095/2014
   of 16 October 2014
   on the issue of licences for the import of garlic in the subperiod from 1 December 2014 to 28 February 2015
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 188 thereof,
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 (3) opens and provides for the administration of tariff quotas and introduces a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and other agricultural products imported from third countries.

               (2)

               The quantities for which ‘A’ licence applications have been lodged by traditional importers and by new importers during the first seven working days of October 2014, pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 exceed the quantities available for products originating in China.

               (3)

               Therefore, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, it is now necessary to establish the extent to which the ‘A’ licence applications sent to the Commission by 14 October 2014 can be met in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007.

               (4)

               In order to ensure sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, the present Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Applications for ‘A’ import licences lodged pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 during the first seven working days of October 2014 and sent to the Commission by 14 October 2014 shall be met at a percentage rate of the quantities applied for 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, 16 October 2014.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

      (2)  OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

      (3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 341/2007 of 29 March 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas and introducing a system of import licences and certificates of origin for garlic and certain other agricultural products imported from third countries (OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 12).

      ANNEX

                  Origin

                  Order number

                  Allocation coefficient

                  Argentina

                              —

                              Traditional importers

                  09.4104

                  100 %

                              —

                              New importers

                  09.4099

                  100 %

                  China

                              —

                              Traditional importers

                  09.4105

                  52,561008 %

                              —

                              New importers

                  09.4100

                  0,407882 %

                  Other third countries

                              —

                              Traditional importers

                  09.4106

                  100 %

                              —

                              New importers

                  09.4102

                  —

                  ‘—’: No application for a licence has been sent to the Commission.


title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/147 of 30 January 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Tunisia

text:
               31.1.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 26/3

         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/147
   of 30 January 2015
   implementing Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Tunisia
   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 101/2011 of 4 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Tunisia (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 4 February 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 101/2011.

               (2)

               On the basis of a review of the list in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 101/2011, the entries for three persons should be amended.

               (3)

               Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 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, 30 January 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         E. RINKĒVIČS

      (1)  OJ L 31, 5.2.2011, p. 1.

      ANNEX
      The entries for the following persons set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 are replaced by the entries below.

                  Name

                  Identifying information

                  Grounds

                  3.

                  Moncef Ben Mohamed Ben Rhouma TRABELSI

                  Tunisian, born in Tunis 4 March 1944, son of Saida DHERIF, married to Yamina SOUIEI, managing director, formerly residing at 11 rue de France — Radès Ben Arous, holder of NIC No 05000799.
                  Deceased 4 April 2011.

                  Person (deceased) whose activities are subject to judicial investigations by the Tunisian authorities for complicity in the misappropriation of public monies by a public office-holder, complicity in the misuse of office by a public office-holder to procure an unjustified advantage for a third party and to cause a loss to the administration, and complicity in exerting wrongful influence over a public office-holder with a view to obtaining directly or indirectly an advantage for another person.

                  12.

                  Mohamed Adel Ben Mohamed Ben Rehouma TRABELSI

                  Tunisian, born in Tunis 26 April 1950, son of Saida DHERIF, married to Souad BEN JEMIA, managing director, formerly residing at 3 rue de la Colombe — Gammarth Supérieur, holder of NIC No 00178522.
                  Deceased 27 January 2011.

                  Person (deceased) whose activities are subject to judicial investigations by the Tunisian authorities for complicity in the misappropriation of public monies by a public office-holder, complicity in the misuse of office by a public office-holder to procure an unjustified advantage for a third party and to cause a loss to the administration, and complicity in exerting wrongful influence over a public office-holder with a view to obtaining directly or indirectly an advantage for another person.

                  32.

                  Faouzi Ben Haj Hamda Ben Haj Hassen BEN ALI

                  Tunisian, born in Hammam-Sousse 13 March 1947, married to Zohra BEN AMMAR, managing director, formerly residing at rue El Moez — Hammam-Sousse, holder of NIC No 02800443.
                  Deceased 25 February 2011.

                  Person (deceased) whose activities are subject to judicial investigations by the Tunisian authorities for complicity in the misappropriation of public monies by a public office-holder, complicity in the misuse of office by a public office-holder to procure an unjustified advantage for a third party and to cause a loss to the administration, and complicity in exerting wrongful influence over a public office-holder with a view to obtaining directly or indirectly an advantage for another person.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 660/2012 of 19 July 2012 on certain market support measures in the sector of poultrymeat in Italy

text:
               20.7.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 192/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 660/2012
   of 19 July 2012
   on certain market support measures in the sector of poultrymeat in Italy
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 44 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Because of an outbreak of avian influenza in certain production regions in Italy between December 1999 and April 2000, between August and October 2000 and between October 2002 and September 2003, veterinary and trade restrictions were adopted by the Italian authorities under, in particular, Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza (2). As a result, the transport and marketing of hatching eggs and day old chicks were temporarily restricted within Italy or within the areas directly affected by the outbreak.

               (2)

               The restrictions on the free movement of hatching eggs and day old chicks resulting from the application of the veterinary measures threatened severe disruption of the market in hatching eggs and day old chicks in Italy.

               (3)

               On 9 December 2004 the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No 2102/2004 of 9 December 2004 on certain exceptional market support measures for eggs in Italy (3) pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market of eggs (4). The Commission did not adopt a similar Regulation pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat (5) to provide for comparable exceptional market support measures in respect of day old chicks.

               (4)

               On 19 April 2007 Italy instituted proceedings before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (6) seeking the annulment of the decision as set out in a letter of 7 February 2007 of the Director General of the Directorate-General for Agriculture of the Commission, by which the request of the Italian authorities to adopt exceptional measures to support the Italian market in poultrymeat within the meaning of Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 was rejected, so far as concerns the chicks destroyed in areas affected by avian influenza and subject to veterinary measures restricting circulation in the period from December 1999 to September 2003 inclusive. (7)

               (5)

               On 17 January 2012, the General Court (Seventh Chamber) in its judgment in case T-135/2007 (8) annulled the decision of 7 February 2007 rejecting the request of the Italian authorities to adopt exceptional measures to support the Italian market in poultrymeat within the meaning of Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75. The Commission did not appeal against the judgment of the General Court.

               (6)

               In accordance with Article 266 of the Treaty, an institution whose act has been declared void is required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union. In accordance with Article 254 of the Treaty, that Article also applies to judgments of the General Court.

               (7)

               It follows from the judgment of the General Court that the Commission should have adopted a Regulation under Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 to adopt exceptional measures to support the Italian market in poultrymeat so far as concerns the chicks slaughtered and disposed off in areas affected by avian influenza and subject to veterinary measures restricting circulation and prohibiting the placing of day old chicks, in the period from December 1999 to September 2003 inclusive. Given that Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is no longer in force, in order to comply with the judgment of the General Court the Commission should adopt a Regulation under Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

               (8)

               In accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, for exceptional measures referred to in Article 44 thereof, the Union shall provide part-financing equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by the Member State.

               (9)

               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   1.   The slaughter and disposal of chicks falling within the CN codes 0105 11 19 and 0105 12, between 17 December 1999 and 14 April 2000, between 14 August and 16 October 2000 and between 11 October 2002 and 30 September 2003 in Italy following the application of the national veterinary measures under, in particular, Directive 92/40/EEC, shall be regarded as an exceptional market support measure falling within Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
   2.   The Union shall provide part-financing equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Italy in respect of the measure referred to in paragraph 1. The amount of Union part-financing shall be as follows:

               —

               EUR 0,1344 per males and females for industrial production (different weight gain) day old chicks of Gallus domesticus falling within CN code 0105 11 19 shall be granted for a maximum total number of 3 647 277 day old chicks,

               —

               EUR 0,1548 per mixed (both males and females for rural production) day old chick of Gallus domesticus falling within CN code 0105 11 19 shall be granted for a maximum total number of 3 768 800 day old chicks,

               —

               EUR 0,5064 per mixed (both males and females) day old chicks of Meleagridis gallopavo falling within CN code 0105 12 shall be granted for a maximum total number of 680 730 day old chicks,

               —

               EUR 0,744 per sexed male day old chicks of Meleagridis gallopavo falling within CN code 0105 12 shall be granted for a maximum total number of 193 140 day old chicks,

               —

               EUR 0,2688 per sexed female day old chicks of Meleagridis gallopavo falling within CN code 0105 12 shall be granted for a maximum total number of 535 960 day old chicks.

         Article 2
   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, 19 July 2012.

            For the Commission

            The President

         José Manuel BARROSO

      (1)  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 365, 10.12.2004, p. 10.

      (4)  OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. Regulation repealed and replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as from 1 July 2008.

      (5)  OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation repealed and replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as from 1 July 2008.

      (6)  General Court of the European Union, from 1 December 2009.

      (7)  OJ C 140, 23.6.2007, p. 38 (Case T-135/07 – Italy v. Commission).

      (8)  OJ C 58, 25.2.2012 p. 7.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 234/2013 of 15 March 2013 fixing the Union selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2013 fishing year

text:
               16.3.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 74/15

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 234/2013
   of 15 March 2013
   fixing the Union selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2013 fishing year
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 25(1) and (6) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               A Union selling price is to be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 before the beginning of the fishing year, at a level at least equal to 70 % and not exceeding 90 % of the guide price.

               (2)

               Council Regulation (EU) No 1242/2012 (2) fixes the guide prices for the 2013 fishing year for all the products concerned.

               (3)

               Market prices vary considerably depending on the species and how the products are presented, particularly in the case of squid and hake.

               (4)

               Conversion factors should therefore be fixed for the different species and presentations of frozen products landed in the Union in order to determine the price level that trigger the intervention measure provided for in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

               (5)

               In order not to hinder the operation of the intervention system in the year 2013, this Regulation should apply retroactively from 1 January 2013.

               (6)

               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 104/2000,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The Union selling prices, as referred to in Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, applicable during the 2013 fishing year for the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation and the presentations and conversion factors to which they relate are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   It shall apply from 1 January 2013.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 15 March 2013.

            For the Commission

            The President

         José Manuel BARROSO

      (1)  OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

      (2)  OJ L 352, 21.12.2012, p. 6.

      ANNEX

         Selling prices and conversion factors

                  Species

                  Presentation

                  Conversion factor

                  Intervention level

                  Selling price
                  (EUR/tonne)

                  Greenland halibut
                  (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)

                  Whole or gutted, with or without head

                  1,0

                  0,85

                  1 678

                  Hake
                  (Merluccius spp.)

                  Whole or gutted, with or without head

                  1,0

                  0,85

                  1 080

                  Individual fillets

                              —

                              with skin

                  1,0

                  0,85

                  1 286

                              —

                              skinless

                  1,1

                  0,85

                  1 415

                  Sea-bream
                  (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.)

                  Whole or gutted, with or without head

                  1,0

                  0,85

                  1 242

                  Swordfish
                  (Xiphias gladius)

                  Whole or gutted, with or without head

                  1,0

                  0,85

                  3 483

                  Shrimps and prawns

                     Penaeidae

                  Frozen

                              (a)

                              Parapenaeus longirostris

                  1,0

                  0,85

                  3 460

                              (b)

                              Other Penaeidae

                  1,0

                  0,85

                  6 641

                  Cuttlefishes
                  (Sepia officinalis, Rossia macrosoma and Sepiola rondeletti)

                  Frozen

                  1,0

                  0,85

                  1 702

                  Squid (Loligo spp.)

                              (a)

                              Loligo patagonica

                              —

                              whole, not cleaned

                  1,00

                  0,85

                  1 023

                              —

                              cleaned

                  1,20

                  0,85

                  1 227

                              (b)

                              Loligo vulgaris

                              —

                              whole, not cleaned

                  2,50

                  0,85

                  2 556

                              —

                              cleaned

                  2,90

                  0,85

                  2 965

                  Octopus
                  (Octopus spp.)

                  Frozen

                  1,00

                  0,85

                  1 949

                     Illex argentinus

                              —

                              whole, not cleaned

                  1,00

                  0,80

                  709

                              —

                              tube

                  1,70

                  0,80

                  1 205

                  Forms of commercial presentation:

                              whole, not cleaned

                              :

                              product which has not undergone any treatment

                              cleaned

                              :

                              product which has at least been gutted

                              tube

                              :

                              squid body which has at least been gutted and had the head removed


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2379 of 22 December 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               23.12.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 352/55

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/2379
   of 22 December 2016
   establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
   Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.

               (2)

               The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed 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, 22 December 2016.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General

            Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

      (2)  OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.

      ANNEX

         Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

                  (EUR/100 kg)

                  CN code

                  Third country code (1)

                  Standard import value

                  0702 00 00

                  MA

                  99,1

                  TN

                  262,8

                  TR

                  115,2

                  ZZ

                  159,0

                  0707 00 05

                  MA

                  79,2

                  TR

                  156,6

                  ZZ

                  117,9

                  0709 93 10

                  MA

                  230,7

                  TR

                  176,6

                  ZZ

                  203,7

                  0805 10 20

                  TR

                  81,7

                  ZA

                  70,9

                  ZZ

                  76,3

                  0805 20 10

                  MA

                  67,6

                  ZZ

                  67,6

                  0805 20 30 , 0805 20 50 , 0805 20 70 , 0805 20 90

                  IL

                  163,3

                  JM

                  129,1

                  TR

                  77,1

                  ZZ

                  123,2

                  0805 50 10

                  AR

                  76,7

                  TR

                  79,2

                  ZZ

                  78,0

                  0808 10 80

                  US

                  132,4

                  ZZ

                  132,4

                  0808 30 90

                  CN

                  87,8

                  ZZ

                  87,8

         (1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/914 of 9 June 2016 on the maximum buying-in price for skimmed milk powder for the first individual invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/826

text:
               10.6.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 153/31

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/914
   of 9 June 2016
   on the maximum buying-in price for skimmed milk powder for the first individual invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/826
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 of 16 December 2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/826 (2) has opened buying-in of skimmed milk powder by a tendering procedure for the period expiring on 30 September, in accordance with the conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 (3).

               (2)

               In accordance with Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009, on the basis of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, the Commission has to fix a maximum buying-in price.

               (3)

               In the light of the tenders received for the first individual invitation to tender, a maximum buying-in price should be fixed.

               (4)

               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   For the first individual invitation to tender for the buying-in of skimmed milk powder within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/826, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 7 June 2016, the maximum buying-in price shall be 169,80 EUR/100 kg.
   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, 9 June 2016.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 346, 20.12.2013, p. 12.

      (2)  Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/826 of 25 May 2016 closing intervention buying-in of skimmed milk powder at fixed price for the intervention period ending 30 September 2016 and opening the tendering procedure for buying-in (OJ L 137, 26.5.2016, p. 19).

      (3)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (OJ L 349, 29.12.2009, p. 1).


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1760 of 27 September 2017 on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2017 subperiod by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011

text:
               28.9.2017

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 250/52

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1760
   of 27 September 2017
   on the issue of licences for importing rice under the tariff quotas opened for the September 2017 subperiod by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 188 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 (2) opened and provided for the administration of certain import tariff quotas for rice and broken rice, broken down by country of origin and split into several subperiods in accordance with Annex I to that Implementing Regulation.

               (2)

               September is the fourth subperiod for the quota provided for under Article 1(1)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011, the third subperiod for the quota provided for under Article 1(1)(d) of that Implementing Regulation and the first subperiod for the quota provided for under Article 1(1)(e) of that Implementing Regulation.

               (3)

               The notifications sent in accordance with point (a) of Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 show that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4112 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 — 09.4130 and 09.4168, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2017 under Article 4(1) of that Implementing Regulation cover a quantity greater than that available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by fixing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested under the quotas concerned, calculated in accordance with Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (3).

               (4)

               Those notifications also show that, for the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 — 09.4112 and 09.4119, the applications lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2017 under Article 4(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 cover a quantity less than that available.

               (5)

               The quantity not used for the September subperiod of the quotas with order numbers 09.4127 — 09.4128 — 09.4129 and 09.4130 is transferred to the quota bearing the order number 09.4138 for the following subperiod under Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011.

               (6)

               The total quantity available for the following subperiod should also be fixed for the quotas with order numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011.

               (7)

               In order to ensure sound management of the procedure of issuing import licences, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   1.   For import licence applications for rice under the quotas with order numbers 09.4112 — 09.4117 — 09.4118 — 09.4119 — 09.4130 and 09.4168 referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 lodged in the first 10 working days of September 2017 licences shall be issued for the quantity requested, multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   2.   The total quantity available for the following subperiod under the quota with order numbers 09.4138 and 09.4168 referred to in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 is 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 September 2017.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General

            Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

      (2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011 of 7 December 2011 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice (OJ L 325, 8.12.2011, p. 6).

      (3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13).

      ANNEX

         Quantities to be allocated for the September 2017 subperiod and quantities available for the following subperiod under Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011

                  (a)

                  Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in Article 1(1)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

                              Origin

                              Order number

                              Allocation coefficient for September 2017 subperiod

                              Total quantity available for October 2017 subperiod (kg)

                              United States

                              09.4127

                              — (1)

                              Thailand

                              09.4128

                              — (1)

                              Australia

                              09.4129

                              — (1)

                              Other origins

                              09.4130

                              50,250208 %

                              All countries

                              09.4138

                              1 778 874

                  (b)

                  Quota of wholly milled or semi-milled rice covered by CN code 1006 30 as provided for in Article 1(1)(d) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

                              Origin

                              Order number

                              Allocation coefficient for September 2017 subperiod

                              Thailand

                              09.4112

                              65,541543 %

                              United States

                              09.4116

                              — (2)

                              India

                              09.4117

                              8,704591 %

                              Pakistan

                              09.4118

                              10,992065 %

                              Other origins

                              09.4119

                              99,272249 %

                              All countries

                              09.4166

                              — (3)

                  (c)

                  Quota of broken rice covered by CN code 1006 40 00 as provided for in Article 1(1)(e) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1273/2011:

                              Origin

                              Order number

                              Allocation coefficient for September 2017 subperiod

                              Total quantity available for October 2017 subperiod (kg)

                              All countries

                              09.4168

                              0,994116 %

                              0

         (1)  Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable.

         (2)  Applications cover quantities less than or equal to the quantities available: all applications are therefore acceptable.

         (3)  No quantity available for this subperiod.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1875 of 21 October 2016 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               22.10.2016

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 288/14

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1875
   of 21 October 2016
   establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
   Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.

               (2)

               The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed 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, 21 October 2016.

            For the Commission,

            On behalf of the President,

         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

      (2)  OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.

      ANNEX

         Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

                  (EUR/100 kg)

                  CN code

                  Third country code (1)

                  Standard import value

                  0702 00 00

                  MA

                  141,7

                  ZZ

                  141,7

                  0707 00 05

                  TR

                  156,4

                  ZZ

                  156,4

                  0709 93 10

                  TR

                  149,4

                  ZZ

                  149,4

                  0805 50 10

                  AR

                  83,9

                  CL

                  95,1

                  IL

                  72,6

                  TR

                  105,3

                  UY

                  48,9

                  ZA

                  92,6

                  ZZ

                  83,1

                  0806 10 10

                  BR

                  272,3

                  EG

                  169,2

                  TR

                  138,4

                  US

                  261,8

                  ZZ

                  210,4

                  0808 10 80

                  AR

                  240,2

                  AU

                  237,5

                  BR

                  124,9

                  CL

                  184,3

                  NZ

                  139,5

                  ZA

                  156,6

                  ZZ

                  180,5

                  0808 30 90

                  CN

                  56,4

                  TR

                  146,4

                  ZZ

                  101,4

         (1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 120/2013 of 11 February 2013 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (ข้าวหอมมะลิทุ่งกุลาร้องไห้ (Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai) (PGI))

text:
               12.2.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 41/3

      COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 120/2013
   of 11 February 2013
   entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ( (Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai) (PGI))
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(3)(b) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

            Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2), an application from Thailand received on 20 November 2008 to register the name ‘
                   (Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai)’ as a protected geographical indication was published in the Official Journal of the European Union
                (3).

               (2)

               Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom lodged objections to such registration under Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. The objections were deemed admissible under points (a), (b), (c) and (d) the first subparagraph of Article 7(3) thereof.

               (3)

               By letter dated 14 March 2011, the Commission asked the Parties concerned to seek agreement among themselves in accordance with their internal procedures.

               (4)

               An agreement was reached between Thailand and France. Given that no agreement was reached within the designated timeframe of six months between Thailand and the Netherlands, and that only a partial agreement was reached within such timeframe between Thailand and Belgium, Italy and the United Kingdom, the Commission should adopt a decision.

               (5)

               With regard to the definition of the geographical area for production, processing and packaging, France pointed out an inconsistency between the Single Document and the national legislation of Thailand that allowed processing and packaging outside the geographical area of production. Thailand recognised the inconsistency and amended its national registration as well as the Single Document to clarify that there is only one single geographical area of production, processing and packaging.

               (6)

            With regard to the scope of protection of the name ‘
                   (Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai)’, Belgium, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Thailand reached an agreement that the protection should be limited to the name as a whole. Thailand confirmed that no protection for the term ‘Khao Hom Mali’, in itself, was sought under Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. The Netherlands and Thailand did not reach an agreement. The Netherlands requested a clear indication that it is possible to use the non-geographical parts of the name, whilst Thailand made clear its anxiety on the impact of such a formulation on a trade mark registered in the European Union.

               (7)

            The protection should indeed be given to the whole name ‘
                   (Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai)’. Individual non-geographical components of that term may be used, even jointly and also in translation, throughout the European Union, provided the principles and rules applicable in the European Union’s legal order are respected, including the legislation on trade marks.

               (8)

               With regard to the packaging requirement to take place in the area of production, Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom objected as being not adequately justified or unnecessarily restricting. France and Thailand found an agreement after amendment of the Single Document by Thailand in order to explain better the reasons why packaging has to take place in the geographical area. No agreement on this issue was reached between Thailand and Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Thailand has then amended the Single Document and specification and included a justification more specific to the product.

               (9)

            In the light of the above, the name ‘
                   (Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai)’ should be entered in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications and the Single Document should be updated accordingly and published.

               (10)

               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Protected Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of Origin,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The designation contained in Annex I to this Regulation shall be entered in the register.
   Article 2
   The updated Single Document is contained in Annex II to this Regulation.
   Article 3
   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, 11 February 2013.

            For the Commission

            The President

         José Manuel BARROSO

      (1)  OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

      (3)  OJ C 169, 29.6.2010, p. 7.

      ANNEX I
      Agricultural products intended for human consumption in Annex I to the Treaty:

         Class 1.6.   Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed

      THAILAND

          (Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai) (PGI)

      ANNEX II
      SINGLE DOCUMENT

         REGULATION (EC) No 510/2006
          (1)

         ‘’ (KHAO HOM MALI THUNG KULA RONG-HAI)

         EC No: TH-PGI-0005-0729-20.11.2008

         PGI ( X ) PDO ( )

      1.   Name

      ‘’ (Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai)
      2.   Member State or Third Country

      Kingdom of Thailand
      3.   Description of the agricultural product or foodstuff

      3.1.   Type of product

                  Class 1.6.

                  Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed

            3.2.   Description of product to which the name in (1) applies

      Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai is the rice produced in the Thung Kula Rong-Hai area, extending across five provinces of north-east Thailand. It is grown from Khao Dawk Mali (KDML 105) and RD 15 varieties and is a light-sensitive paddy rice. It can be brown or white (milled rice).

         Physical characteristics

                  Rice hull: straw yellow colour.

                  Long, slim, transparent and shiny.

                  Silky smooth.

                  Good smell like pandanus leaf.

                  Physical characteristics

                  Brown rice

                  White rice

                  Length (mm)

                  > 7,0

                  > 7,0

                  Shape (Length/Width)

                  > 3,2

                  > 3,2

                  Colour

                  Yellowish brown

                  White

         Chemical characteristics

                  Moisture content

                  Not more than 14 %

                  Contaminants

                  Not more than 0,2 %

                  Yellow grains

                  Not more than 0,2 %

                  Mixture of other rice varieties

                  Not more than 8 %

                  Amylose (%)

                  14-16 %

                  Alkaline test

                  6-7

                  Chemical characteristics (mean value (± 5 %))

                  Brown rice

                  White rice

                  Protein (%)

                  7,6

                  5,4

                  Vitamin B1 (mg/100g)

                  0,34

                  0,18

                  Vitamin B2 (mg/100g)

                  0,27

                  0,07

                  Vitamin B3 (mg/100g)

                  5,0

                  1,2

                  Iron (ppm)

                  28

                  16

         Other characteristics

      1.   Cooking characteristics (mean values)

                  Cooking time

                  15-20 min.

                  Rice:water ratio for cooking

                  1:1 or 1:1,25

            2.   Aroma and flavour
      The cooked rice smells liked pandanus leaf and tastes velvety, spongy and slightly sweet. It has a slight hint of the added condiments when cooked with other ingredients. Newly harvested KDML 105 and RD 15 rice grains have a creamy smooth texture when boiled.
      3.3.   Raw materials (for processed products only)

      The rice seeds used to produce Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai have to be grown in Thung Kula Rong-Hai.
      The seeds must be Khao Dawk Mali 105 (KDML 105) and Kor Khor or RD 15 breeds obtained from the Rice Department or rice-grain producers, i.e. farmers’ organisations or private organisations certified by the Rice Department based on the standards for rice grain production.
      3.4.   Feed (for products of animal origin only)

      —
      3.5.   Specific steps in production that must take place in the identified geographical area

      The whole of the production cycle must take place in the defined geographical area to ensure that it is conducted entirely under the geomorphological conditions specific to that area. Needless to say, given the growing conditions the entire biological cycle up to harvesting is carried out in the same place, i.e. where the rice was originally sown. Harvesting is governed by special rules which cover the dates, phonological stages and grain moisture to guarantee the hygiene and safety of the product and complete traceability of the rice to the region of origin and even, in many cases, to the original farmer. The processing shall take place in Roi Et, Surin, Sisaket, Mahasarakham, and Yasothon Provinces, which are the five provinces of the Thung Kula Rong-Hai area.
      3.6.   Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc.

      The packaging shall take place in Roi Et, Surin, Sisaket, Mahasarakham, and Yasothon Provinces, which are the five provinces of the Thung Kula Rong-Hai area. This is to give consumers an effective guarantee of the origin, the quality of the rice and in order to ensure the retention of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (0,1-0,2 micrograms at the growing field), unique to Khao Hom Mali grown within the identified geographical area. The repackaging is not allowed in order to minimise possible dilution in concentration, which would undermine its distinctive aroma and to prevent any possible contamination or alteration of the product.
      3.7.   Specific rules concerning labelling

      Packages must be labelled with the weight, the date of packing, the name of the mill or the name of the cooperative.
      Each package must bear the words ‘’ and/or ‘Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai’.
      The Thai GI logo plus the EU logo (after European registration) are also mandatory.

      4.   Concise definition of the geographical area

      The geographical area where all the operations take place (sowing, cultivation, harvesting, milling, packaging and labelling) is Roi-et, Mahasarakam, Surin, Yasothon and Srisaket.
      Due to the specific weather and soil conditions required the cultivation area lies in:

                  —

                  Roi Et province consisting of 986 807 rai (6,25 rai = 1 hectare) of land in tambons within the Thung Kula Rong-Hai Plain in Kaset Wisai, Suwannabhumi, Pratumrat and Phonsai districts and Nong Hee subdistrict.

                  —

                  Surin province consisting of 575 993 rai of land in tambons within the Thung Kula Rong-Hai Plain in Ta Tum and Chumpol Buri districts.

                  —

                  Sisaket province consisting of 287 000 rai of land in tambons within the Thung Kula Rong-Hai Plain in Rasi Salai district and Silalat subdistrict.

                  —

                  Maharasakham province consisting of 193 890 rai of land in tambons within the Thung Kula Rong-Hai Plain in Phayakaphum Pisai district.

                  —

                  Yasothon province consisting of 64 000 rai of land in tambons within the Thung Kula Rong-Hai Plain in Maha Chanachai and Kor Wang districts.

            5.   Link with the geographical area

      5.1.   Specificity of the geographical area

      The Thung Kula Rong-Hai Plain is a large plain in north-east Thailand, extending across five provinces, namely Roi Et, Mahasarakam, Surin, Yasothon and Srisaket. It covers a total of 2 107 690 rai and was formerly named Thung Mah Long or Thung Pu Pa Lan.
      Natural and human factors play an integral role in production and, in particular, cultivation of Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai rice. Human knowledge also plays a key role in production of this rice, from selecting quality seeds to following suitable cultivation methods, constructing bunds and segmenting the paddy field into sections to retain sufficient water for the rice to grow. Water is drained from the fields about 10 days before harvest, when the mature rice is cut and dried for 2 or 3 days to reduce moisture. These are the natural factors and local knowledge which determine the quality of Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai.
      5.2.   Specificity of the product

      Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai refers to paddy, brown and milled rice processed from the light-sensitive rice varieties Khao Dawk Mali 105 and Kor Khor or RD 15, grown in the rainy season in Thailand in the Thung Kula Rong-Hai area and exuding a natural aroma.
      The only rice eligible is the abovementioned variety from the defined geographical area, since only these conditions produce rice with low amylose content (14-16 %) and with an amylopectin content of 86-84 %. This allows the rice to absorb a low proportion of the water in which it is cooked and release flavours. These outstanding characteristics are possible only under the unique geomorphological conditions in the north-eastern part of Thailand (nature of the soil, quality of the water used, number of hours of sunshine, narrow range of temperatures, cool dry weather in the harvesting season, etc.).
      5.3.   Causal link between the geographical area and the quality or characteristics of the product (for PDO) or a specific quality, the reputation or other characteristic of the product (for PGI)

      ‘Thung Kula Rong-Hai’ is derived from the legendary ‘Kula merchants’. According to the legend, because of the dry weather in the dry season, a group of native people called Kula who were merchants journeyed across this large plain to sell their wares. They travelled until they were exhausted, but were still unable to reach the other side. They then felt like crying (‘Rong-Hai’ in Thai), hence the name ‘Thung Kula Rong-Hai’ (‘plain of the crying Kula’).
      Cultivation of Hom Mali rice in Thung Kula Rong-Hai began after the government improved the Hom Mali rice variety and certified it in 1959 naming it ‘Khao Dawk Mali 105’. Cultivation became more widespread in 1979 when the rice seeds exchange project called for planting glutinous rice in the Thung Kula Rong-Hai area. Farmers were advised to change the new rice seeds every three years to maintain seed purity.
      Because the paddy depended on rain water, cultivation could be carried out only once a year. Harvesting takes place in the cold season when the weather is cold and dry (after the end of the rainy season). According to local knowledge, a flooded paddy field needs to be drained about 10 to 15 days before harvesting to obtain rice of good physical quality, with long, slim, clear and sturdy grains. The cooked rice should be soft and fragrant. This practice, coupled with good agricultural practice (GAP), gives Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong-Hai its unique quality, distinctive from Hom Mali rice grown in other areas and recognised by traders and consumers both in the producing country itself and internationally.
      The slightly saline soil in northern Thailand, the coolness and dryness of the area, the specific rice varieties (KDML 105 and RD 15) used, the climate and the soil nutrients cause the paddy to become stressed and to produce the aromatic substance 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2AP), the same substance which produces the fragrance in pandanus leaves. This is the miracle gift from the nature on Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Rong Hai.

         Reference to publication of the specification

      (Article 5(7) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006).

         (1)  Replaced by Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2011 of 4 July 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the period of application of the transitional measures concerning the conditions for exempting certain animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC  Text with EEA relevance

text:
               5.7.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 176/18

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 648/2011
   of 4 July 2011
   amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the period of application of the transitional measures concerning the conditions for exempting certain animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(c), Articles 11 and 12 and the third paragraph of Article 19 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 of 26 October 2007 on implementing rules for Council Directive 2000/75/EC as regards the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of certain animals of susceptible species in relation to bluetongue (2) lays down rules for the control, monitoring, surveillance and restrictions on movements of animals, in relation to bluetongue, in and from the restricted zones.

               (2)

               Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 lays down conditions for exemption from the exit ban provided for in Directive 2000/75/EC. Article 8(1) of that Regulation provides that movements of animals, their semen, ova and embryos, from a holding or semen collection or storage centre located in a restricted zone to another holding or semen collection or storage centre are to be exempted from that exit ban provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Annex III to that Regulation or with any other appropriate animal health guarantees based on a positive outcome of a risk assessment of measures against the spread of the bluetongue virus and protection against attacks by vectors, required by the competent authority of the place of origin and approved by the competent authority of the place of destination, prior to the movement of such animals.

               (3)

               Article 9(a)(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 provides that, as a transitional measure and by way of derogation from the conditions set out in Annex III to that Regulation, Member States of destination may require that the movement of certain animals which are covered by the exemption, provided for in Article 8(1) thereof, be subjected to additional conditions, on the basis of a risk assessment taking into account the entomological and epidemiological conditions in which animals are being introduced. Those additional conditions specify that the animals must be less than 90 days old, they must have been kept since birth in vector protected confinement and they must have been subject to certain tests referred to in Annex III to that Regulation.

               (4)

               Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1142/2010 (3), prolonged the period of application of the transitional measures provided for in Article 9(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 for another 6 months, until 30 June 2011. At the time of adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1142/2010, it was expected that new rules on criteria for vector protected establishments would have been laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 and that those transitional measures would therefore no longer be necessary. However, those planned amendments to Annex III to that Regulation have not yet been made.

               (5)

               Accordingly, it is necessary to prolong the period of application of the transitional measures provided for in Article 9(a)(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 for another year, pending the adoption of the amendments to Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 on vector protected establishments.

               (6)

               Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.

               (7)

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

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   In the introductory phrase of Article 9a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007, the date ‘30 June 2011’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2012’.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 4 July 2011.

            For the Commission

            The President

         José Manuel BARROSO

      (1)  OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.

      (2)  OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 37.

      (3)  OJ L 322, 8.12.2010, p. 20.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 424/2012 of 21 May 2012 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

text:
               22.5.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 131/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 424/2012
   of 21 May 2012
   establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
   Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.

               (2)

               The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed 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, 21 May 2012.

            For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
         José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1.

      ANNEX
      Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

                  (EUR/100 kg)

                  CN code

                  Third country code (1)

                  Standard import value

                  0702 00 00

                  AL

                  98,8

                  MA

                  56,3

                  TR

                  87,7

                  ZZ

                  80,9

                  0707 00 05

                  AL

                  41,0

                  JO

                  208,4

                  MK

                  59,4

                  TR

                  120,9

                  ZZ

                  107,4

                  0709 93 10

                  TR

                  117,2

                  ZZ

                  117,2

                  0805 10 20

                  EG

                  50,0

                  IL

                  73,0

                  MA

                  50,7

                  ZZ

                  57,9

                  0805 50 10

                  TR

                  60,0

                  ZA

                  55,9

                  ZZ

                  58,0

                  0808 10 80

                  AR

                  140,4

                  BR

                  93,6

                  CA

                  135,2

                  CL

                  91,3

                  CN

                  83,7

                  EC

                  94,2

                  MK

                  29,3

                  NZ

                  148,1

                  US

                  179,9

                  ZA

                  97,9

                  ZZ

                  109,4

         (1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 693/2013 of 19 July 2013 on the issue of import licences and the allocation of import rights for applications lodged during the first seven days of July 2013 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultrymeat

text:
               20.7.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 197/15

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 693/2013
   of 19 July 2013
   on the issue of import licences and the allocation of import rights for applications lodged during the first seven days of July 2013 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultrymeat
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 (3) opened tariff quotas for imports of poultrymeat products originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries.

               (2)

               The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of July 2013 in respect of Groups Nos 1, 2, 4A, 6A, 7 and 8 for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2013 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested.

               (3)

               The applications for import rights lodged during the first seven days of July 2013 in respect of Group No 5A for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2013 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import rights may be allocated should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   1.   The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2013 in respect of Groups Nos 1, 2, 4A, 6A, 7 and 8, shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.
   2.   The quantities for which import rights applications have been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for the subperiod from 1 October to 31 December 2013 in respect of Group No 5A, shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex hereto.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 July 2013.

      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 19 July 2013.

            For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
         Jerzy PLEWA

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

      (3)  OJ L 142, 5.6.2007, p. 3.

      ANNEX

                  Group No

                  Order No

                  Allocation coefficient for import licence applications lodged for the subperiod from 1.10.2013 to 31.12.2013
                  (%)

                  1

                  09.4211

                  0,533575

                  4A

                  09.4214

                  0,824203

                  09.4251

                  1,170672

                  09.4252

                  4,941327

                  6A

                  09.4216

                  0,553315

                  09.4260

                  2,617807

                  Group No

                  Order No

                  Allocation coefficient for import rights applications lodged for the subperiod from 1.10.2013 to 31.12.2013
                  (%)

                  5A

                  09.4215

                  0,707568

                  09.4254

                  0,947779

                  09.4255

                  10,752722


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1103/2012 of 26 November 2012 amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 892/2012 for the 2012/13 marketing year

text:
               27.11.2012

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 327/22

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1103/2012
   of 26 November 2012
   amending the representative prices and additional import duties for certain products in the sugar sector fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 892/2012 for the 2012/13 marketing year
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 36(2), second subparagraph, second sentence thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and certain syrups for the 2012/13 marketing year are fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 892/2012 (3). Those prices and duties were last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1092/2012 (4).

               (2)

               The data currently available to the Commission indicate that those amounts should be amended in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.

               (3)

               Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The representative prices and additional duties applicable to imports of the products referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, as fixed by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 892/2012 for the 2012/13 marketing year, are hereby amended as set out in the Annex hereto.
   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, 26 November 2012.

            For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
         José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24.

      (3)  OJ L 263, 28.9.2012, p. 37.

      (4)  OJ L 323, 22.11.2012, p. 15.

      ANNEX

         Amended representative prices and additional import duties applicable to white sugar, raw sugar and products covered by CN code 1702 90 95 from 27 November 2012

                  (EUR)

                  CN code

                  Representative price per 100 kg net of the product concerned

                  Additional duty per 100 kg net of the product concerned

                  1701 12 10 (1)

                  34,63

                  0,76

                  1701 12 90 (1)

                  34,63

                  4,22

                  1701 13 10 (1)

                  34,63

                  0,90

                  1701 13 90 (1)

                  34,63

                  4,52

                  1701 14 10 (1)

                  34,63

                  0,90

                  1701 14 90 (1)

                  34,63

                  4,52

                  1701 91 00 (2)

                  39,67

                  5,57

                  1701 99 10 (2)

                  39,67

                  2,44

                  1701 99 90 (2)

                  39,67

                  2,44

                  1702 90 95 (3)

                  0,40

                  0,28

         (1)  For the standard quality defined in point III of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

         (2)  For the standard quality defined in point II of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

         (3)  Per 1 % sucrose content.


title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 178/2013 of 28 February 2013 on the minimum customs duty for sugar to be fixed in response to the second partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013

text:
               1.3.2013

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 58/3

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 178/2013
   of 28 February 2013
   on the minimum customs duty for sugar to be fixed in response to the second partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 186, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013 (2) opened a standing invitation to tender for the 2012/2013 marketing year for imports of sugar of CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10 at a reduced customs duty.

               (2)

               In accordance with Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013, the Commission is to decide, in the light of the tenders received in response to a partial invitation to tender, either to fix a minimum customs duty or not to fix a minimum customs duty per eight digit CN code.

               (3)

               On the basis of the tenders received for the second partial invitation to tender, a minimum customs duty should be fixed for sugar falling within CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10.

               (4)

               In order to give a rapid signal to the market and to ensure efficient management of the measure, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

               (5)

               The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   For the second partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2013, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 27 February 2013, a minimum customs duty has been fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation for sugar falling within CN codes 1701 14 10 and 1701 99 10.
   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 February 2013.

            For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
         José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

            Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

      (1)  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2013, p. 7.

      ANNEX

         Minimum customs duties

                  (EUR/tonne)

                  Eight digit CN code

                  Minimum customs duty

                  1

                  2

                  1701 14 10

                  141,00

                  1701 99 10

                  161,00

                              (—)

                              no minimum customs duty fixed (all offers rejected)

                              (X)

                              no offers